The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
Telegraph Brevities

NO SUNDAY CLosIEG-Salem. Ore. Feb
1T here VIII be no Sunday closing law passe,
al fhls session OF the legislature The senat,
elas inoehnitely postponed measure for thu
tightening OF the lid.
STEPHENSON LACKS FIVE yoTEs-Madi
son. Wis. Feb. 10.-The ninth ballot FOR Trniter
States senator today resulted in no choice
senator Stephenson receiving so out Of l2s
votes cast lacking i've Of election.
ILLINOIS sEEAToRsHIP UNDECIDED
Nlsllot for United States senator proceeded with
out incident today and made little change from
recent votes Senator Hopkins received % votes
THREE MEN KILLED-Loraine. O.. Feb. 10
by the collapse of platform on which gang
ol men were at work on a vessel at the plant
of the American ship building company here
lcQay three men were killed and five Others
injured two Of whom VIII probably die
IDENTIFIES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Wash.
feb. lO-bdwsrd English on the witness stand
~ Mount vernon today positively identifed Leo
Bezmer. shingle weaver. as the kiduaper WHO
took him from his carriage and bound him D.
tree IN tie torest and demanded $4,000 ran.
BILL FoRBIDs RACIAL IHTERMARRIAGE-
Topeka, Kan, Feb. J0.-lf the senate masses .
~ passed by the house today. intermarriage OF
whites with negroes Mongolians will be rro-
noited The bll Is made TO apply 10 Chinese
ana japanese and every nation OF yellow on
ACADEMY BILL COMPLETED WASHINGTON
Feb lO-Ihe military academy appropriation
BIZ was completed today by the house conniftee
on military affairs. The bill carries aDnronrfa
tions Of approximately s.. .O0O OOO The ite5, ~
81, 100000 Tor new buildings at the academy was
included in the bill. but the proposal 10 Increase
the number Of cadets was not approved
FLYwHEEL WRECKS BUILDING-Anaconda
Mont. Feb 10.-One ~ the immense nvwbeeIs
al the smelter power house OF the Anacouda
copper mining cOmpanys smelters burst info
fragments yesterday and wrecked the building
but no one was burt. Fragments Of iron were
hurled through the roof Of the building and
scattered in both directions Tor a distance az
several hundred feet.
TEEcsoPHIsT's WILL VOID - Seattle
Wash. Feb I0.-After IL years Of litigation
Judge C. II. Hanford decided this morning thai
the viii Of Charles 4. White. iheosophist who
died n Seattle in 1895. leaving his entire estate
Of $4,000 10 the Theosophical society o.
Madras India, FOR the purpose OF paying the
cost Of franslatng into English the hierati,
and other sacred writings OF the east is null
and void. Judge HanfOrd holds that the be
ORest is vague aud indefinite
LEAPS FROM SIXTH FLooR-Denver Feb
I0-Niss Violet Briefly. aged 2S. stepdaughtel
n r. A. Powell. leaped from window on the
sixth eo0r Of fle Mining exchange building 10
day. landing on the stone pavement below. Fjf
Tee nth stree. where tie spectacular attempt al
suicide occurred. thronged with people al
the time and the body struck the pavement in
the midst OF horrihed spectators. Miss Brierly
died az the hospital about two hours later
Miss Brierlr had been engaged 10 g. NJ. Wood
- student at the state agricultural college al
Y Fort Collins. Colo. She had not heard from
lin SO several weeks aud brOOding over this
fact Is supposed to have been the cause Of Miss
Brierlys suicide,