Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

DENIES NEW LINE-The Hamburg
American Steamship company of Germany yes
terday denied the report 1t proposed TO estab-
lish line of steamers between Australia and
Portland, Ore
BATTLESHIPS AT ALGIERS-The bat
tleships Wisconsin, Kearsarge and Illinois ar
rived at Algiers yesterday from Malta A big
crowd lined the docks and the water front to
see the vessels come in.
MRS. REED Is sANE-Mrs. Allan F.
Reed, who attempted to dynamite Mrs. Gene
We've Chandler Phipps at Denver, Colo, is
sane and has never been insane, is said to be
the report of the alienist for the state.
DISCUSS IRRIGATION-Plans for the
national irrigation congress in Spokane August
to Il were discussed by officials of the organt-
zation at st. Louis yesterday. Among those
attending was W. A. Beard of Sacramento.
GIVES CHOICE OF DEATH-A bill in
troduced in the house provides a condemned
man in Washington may be given his choice
of death Thus a criminal may have the say
as to hanging, the electric chair or of being
dispatched with drugs.
FOUR CHILDREN BURNED--Four chill
dren\Were burned, three of them fatally yes
terday when one Of them ignetd three kegs of
powder to see the puff at Stoughton, near
Johnstown, Pa. The explosion also wrecked
large double frame house, which took fire
and threatened to cremate the children.
WANT BURLINGTON OFFTCES-The Sc
curing for Denver, Colo, of the western offices
of the Burlington railroad, now located at
Omaha, is to be the object Of a vigorous move
ment inaugurated yesterday by the Denver
Real Estate exchange. 1t is expected that all
the commercial bodies Of Denver will join in
the movement.
MAY BE PUT TO DEATH-The case
against Antonio de Aranjo in the federal court
at San Antonio, Texas, has gone to the jury.
De Aranjo is charged with being leader in
the Mexican revolution which recently caused
considerab BILE excitement in the border states If
convicted and extradited to Mexico it is be-
Iieved he will suffer the death penalty.
HUNTS FOR LOST JEWELS-Police to-
day began a search for jewels worth intrinsic
ally more than $1,000 which Mrs. Jessie Hunter,
a wealthy widow Of San Francisco, lost in St.
Louis Tuesday. She reported her loss to the
police late last night. Mrs. Hunter thinks she
lost the jewels. which were in a bag, from a
| carriage door while she shopping.
WOMEN ATTEND TRIAI-With five
Jurors already in the box and the attorneys
evincing every disposition to secure the others
as quickly as possible the second day Of the
Cooper murder trial opened yesterday al
Nashville, Tenn. More women were in evi-
dence among the spectators than on yesterday
The ager interest in the trial rivals that in the
prohibition fight in progress in the capital
city.
VICTIM OF EXPERINIENTS-Charle
Goeking, 81 years old, who died suddenly last
night after being stricken at a station on the
L road at New York, the victim of ex-
periments which he had performed in the labo-
! ratory of firm of wholesale chemists where
he was employed. He had been engaged for
several days IN making experiments in which il
was necessary for him to handle considerable
quantity of mercury and it is said he absorbed
enough Of this into his system to cause death