Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

TO SUPPRESS BOYCOTT-The Turkish
government has issued instructions to the
customs authorities at Constantinople to
take measures to suppress the existing boy
cott on Austrian and Bulgarian goods.
NEVADAN KILLED-John Davis, work.
er employed by the Minneapolis Steel com
pany, the new unit of the concentration at
McGill New, slipped and fell about ffty-fiv
feet yesterday and was instantly killed.
PRELATE NONIINATED-Oficial notice
has reached the apostolic delegate Mgr.
Falsonio at Washington that Mgr. Jean Bap-
tiste Pitaval has been nominated archbishop
of Santa Fe, to succeed the late Rt. Rev.
Peter Bourgade.
HELD FOR TRIAL-At the close Of his
preliminary examination in San Francisco
ing Henry J. Boas by means Of poison sent
in a letter. was held by Police Judge Conlan
to answer in the superior court a charge OF
murder.
TRANIPS CREMATED-At an early hour
yesterday morning fire destroyed the large
hay storage house of w. L. Edmundson at
Houston, Texas, with $4,000 bales OF hay.
1t is believed three tramps who entered the
were not seen to emerge and cannot be
located.
FAVORS TNNOVATION-Repres
Martin of South Dakota thinks the govern
ment should establish mining experiment
stations in the various states in which there
/
after the order of the agricultural expert
ment stations, and he has introduced a bill
to this end.
FANATIC REPRIEVED-Pope Isio, the
leader Of a band of fanatical Ladrones which
long dominated large section of the Phil
ippines and who sentenced TO be hanged
next Friday, has been reprieved by Governor
General Smith He was convicted of murder
and Ladronism, but because of his having
surrendered the officers sent to effect his
capture suggested a contamination of his
sentence.
LIGHTSHIPS DEPART-The three light
ships and tenders which have just completed
a trip around the horn sailed last night from
San Diego en- voyage to San Francisco where
they will be thoroughly overhaued at the
Mare island navy yard. Afterwards they
will depart for their various destinations, one
to the mouth of the Columbia river, to
the mouth Of the Juan de Fuca straits and
the third to the San Francisco lightship
station.
! BIG TIMBER REVENUE-The United
! States treasury was replenished by nearly a
million dollars in revenue last year from
| timber cut off the various national forests
| the timber yield being 102 per cent of an
| increase over the preceding year. Twenty
/ five per cent of this amount went back into
the state treasury in which the forests are
| located in lieu of taxes, in accordance with
the law. The amount of timber cut from
all the national forests was 392 1892 900 feet
against 1s4,S72.000 feet in 1907.
JURIST DEFIANT - Threatened with
! being transferred and having a record OF
! his alleged mistakes published by Chief JUS
tice Olson of the municipal court of Chicago
Judge Cleland is still defiant and declares
he will continue to run his court his owr
way. Objections to his parole system the
main feature of which is the suspended fine
during the good behavior of the prisoner
have been voiced by his associates and q
committee of judges has been appointed tc
inquire into the legality of Of his ac-
tions
TO RESTRAIN AUTOISTS-"Bump the
bumps is the latest plan of the Long Island
Railroad company to force automobiles tc
! check the speed Of their cars at crossings
If the project is a success hummocks will be
erected on each side of the tracks at al
crossings Of the road on Long Island Nc
/ exception is to be made where crossings are
already protected by gates 1agmen, as II
is said some of the more reckless drivers
even attempt to dash past, despite the flag
mans warnings. The bunaps will be i've and
! one-half inches high.