Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS

| Grande river at Ell PaSo is the highest
in the history of the city and threatens
damage.
Ice Plant Burns-Fire in the
Peoples Ice company's plant at Kan
sas City late Friday night caused
damage estimated at 100000.
Admiral Sails-Rear Admiral
Raymond P. Rogers, U. S. N, sailed
from New York yesterday to inspect
the various navy yards of Europe.
Priest Murdered-The priest
Ignatus, leader of the Monarchist Or
ganization in Tomsk, Russia, was
found murdered in his bed yesterday.
Blast Kills Two-James Sulli-
van, Frank Sumo and George Sasso
were killed and Mike Soletto was ia
tally hurt by a premature blast in
the High Ore mine near Butte, Mont,
yesterday.
To Get Big Loan-Announce-
ment was made at the Nicaraguan
legation in Washington yesterday that
Nicaragua had just closed negotia-
lions for obtaining a large loan from
European bankers.
To Admit Jews-According to
a special imperial order Just issued at
st. Petersburg Jews will be given ad-
mission to the health resorts in the
Caucasus. This step reverses the &C
ton taken by the governor of Cish-
Caucasia.
Sued for Damages-Adrian {.
| Honore, brother of Mrs. Potter Palmer,
and himself a prominent society man.,
is made defendant in suit for $4,000
damages filed here today by James H.
Lapearl, who charges alienation of his
wife's affections.
Is Given Divorce-Edward ].
Livernash, formerly congressman and
newspaperman of California, was
granted a divorce at Reno, New, yes
terday. With the permission of the
court he also had his name changed
| to DE Livernais."
Ends His Life. w. Carter,
! formerly superintendent of the Metro
politan Street railway system at Kan
| sas City and previously a resident of
Chicago, committed suicide at a hotel
at Council Hill, OKLA, Friday night by
shooting himself in the head.
Millions Moved - Employees of
the Knickerbocker Trust company of
New York yesterday moved more than
| $780, 600, 000 cash and securities from
\ the former quarters of the institution
| at sc Broadway to the new home OF
the company a few doors down Broad
way. 4
Offer Is Rejected-The gen
eral conference of the church of the
| United Brethren in Christ (radical
branch) at Huntington, Ind, yesterday
rejected an overture for union made
by the general conference of the lib
eral branch of the church, in session
at Canton, Ohio. The split occurred
twenty years ago.
Receiver to Pay y Superior
Judge Seawell at San Francisco has
ordered Receiver LIE Breton of the
California Safe Deposit and Trust
company to pay to Stewart and Nc
Iee $9349, which they deposited in the
bank on the day of its failure. This
establishes a precedent for many SIM
| liar cases now pending.
Man Found Dead-Charles A.
| Hugh, a we'll known business man OF
| San Francisco, who for many years
was connected with the firm of ]. d.
| Spreckels & Bros. Co, was found dead
yesterday in his room there. He was
partly undressed and is believed to
night when preparing to retire.
Robbers Loot Stockholders
early yesterday dynamited the safe
and vault of the Princeton State bank
at Princeton, near Ottawa, Kas., and
escaped in a stolen livery rig with
S2675 in currency. Citizens heard the
explosions, but a formidable barricade
of express trucks commanding the
street approach to the bank frightened
them away.
Fraud Is Charged-Charging
the sanitary reduction works at San
Francisco with having practiced frauds
against the city during the last eleven
years in accounting for garbage fur
nished the company City Attorney
Long filed suit yesterday to compel the
company to open its books for inspec-
ton. The amount of fees due the city
which have been retained is alleged to
be large.
Orphans Visit Battleship-One
of the interesting events yesterday at
Natchez, Miss, was the visit of 500
orphans to the battleship Mississippi
as guests of the bachelors of Natchez.
The battleship received her second
piece of silver today when United
States Senator John Sharp Williams in
the name of the city of Natchez pre-
scented an exquisite hand-beaten silver
punch bowl to Capt. Fremont.
Cases Are Delayed The SEN
tence of ]. w. Wilson, convicted of
the murder of Harry Boas by means
of poison sent by mail, was postponed
for two weeks yesterday by Judge
Dunno at San Francisco. The cases
of Abraham Ruef, Eugene Schmitz, t.
w. Halsey and several former super
visors in connection with municipal
graft also were continued, as were
those of Luther Brown and Porter
Ashe, accused of subornation of per-
jury.
Hugger' Arrested" Jack the
Hugger," who has terrorized women on
the streets in the north end of Ia
coma, Wash, for the last few months
by springing upon them, was identified
yesterday in the person of George
| Hanson, aged 81 years, teamster for
local furniture company. He was
arrested clad in a fantastic woman's
garb, which he said he had donned as
a joke on his sister. He admitted to
the police he was Jack the Hugger."
Upward of half dozen women have
been his victims.