Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

Pioneer EXPIRES. FeWSOn
Smith, identified with early railroad
construction in the west, died in Salt
Lake city last night, aged Il.
Ministers Disagree = Rev. Mr..
Beal, rector of the Episcopal church
at Elgin, ILL.,, has asked the women
of his congregation to wear hats dur
ing service, and if they remove the
same to cover their heads with veil.
Rev. Mr.. Purkiss, Baptist minister, de-
mands that hats be removed.
Ship Silk Worms = Three
Thousand silk worms have sailed ON
the steamer Mauretania in the charge
of John r. Emery of New York who
will take them to the south of France.
They will be set at work there to breed
with the native worms in an effort to
produce a hybrid that will spin silk
superior to that Of China.
Resigns Presidency 0. c.
Barber has relinquished the presidency
of the Diamond Match company and
has been succeeded in that office by
Edward r. Stettinius, formerly vice
president. Mr.. Barber was made chair
man of the board of directors. The
changes are in accordance with pro-
gram agreed upon some time ago.
Dies of Burns-Richard Nash,
aged 40, one of the proprietors of the
Rainier Valley Record, at Columbia,
suburb of Seattle, is dead from burns
received in a. gasoline explosion in the
plant yesterday afternoon. Mrs. e. S.
Gill, wife of the president of the COM
pany, and G. L. Pierce, linotype
operator, were badly burned while as
sisting the dying man and securing the
company's books. The damage to the
plant was slight.
Children Jubilant = The small
boy will, after all. be likely to have as
much noise-making fun as ever next
Fourth of July at New York. An order
was issued by Fire Chief Hayes several
weeks ago that the sale of fireworks
would be prohibited between june 10
and July 10. Since that decision was
made over 5000 letters of protest have
been received from retailers whereuron
the chief has decided to rescind his Or
der and to issue 1900 permits for the
sale of fireworks.
Old Fight Ended = David Be
lasco, the theatrical manager, who has
already spent $1,000000 in resisting the
efforts of Klaw e. Erlanger to collect
$4,000 of the profits of 1.-THE Devils Auc-
tion," has signed a peace agreement
with his old time enemies and the APP
peal from the Judgment against Belasco
has been taken out of court. This is
considered the last echo of the long
war waged between the producing
managers, the settlement of which was
effected few days ago.
To Fight Plague-A woman is
to be in charge of the real fight against
the white plague which is to be waged
by the Chicago tuberculosis institute.
She is Miss Edna l.. Foley of Boston,
and she has already taken up her pre-
liminary duties. The institute has seven
dispensaries in different parts of the
city, and nine graduated nurses, who
assist in treating the tuberculosis pa
TENTS over these dispensaries and
nurses Miss Foley will have full charge
and the responsibility for the treatment
of the afflicted will rest with her.
Unusual Operation-A bullet
which lodged in the head of Miss Eliza
beth Farragher of Youngstown, Ohio.
fourteen years ago, has been found in
one of her feet The bullet has never
caused her the least pain in its travels.
She discovered the projeetile near the
surface of the skin by accident An
operation will be performed on the foot
and the bullet removed. The bullet
lodged in Miss Farragher's head when
a man accidentally discharged re-
volyer at a Fourth of July celebration
in 1895. Physicians were unable to To-
cate the bullet at the time of the acct
dent.
Strike Causes Melee-A strike
of bakers resulted in the murder at
Chicago of Henry Tetilbohm, who was
employed as a bakery wagon driver.
He was shot three times and fatally
wounded while on his wagon. A police
man who had been riding with him to
protect him from sluggers had left the
wagon half an hour earlier Tetilbohm
was found lying unconscious in the
street by detectives and was taken to
the county hospital, where he died.
-Four members of the bakers union
were arrested and one was identified
by the wounded man as one of his as
sailants.
British Cruisers to Come South
That there is likelihood Of the British
South American squadron, composed of
four first class cruisers, being stationed
in the Southern Pacific, with it's base at
Falkland island, is the news brought
by his majestys ship Algerine, which
has reached port at Victoria, B. C,
yesterday after five months absence
off the South American coast. British
capitalists, who finance nearly all
South American countries, have made
a strong plea to the admiralty for the
maintenance of a guuadrOn at Talkiand