The San Francisco call., 1909-04-16
Telegraphic Brevities

GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BIDS Washing
ton April 15.--The treasury department today
sent out advertisements for bids for the con
struction of the public building at Eureka
Cal. The bids are TO be opened May "a.
KILLED IN EXPRESS TRAIN WRECK -Har-
risburg. Pa. April 1j.--An engineer and FIRE
man we're killed and several persons were In
jured tonight when The Qneen Of the Valley
night express train the Reading railway
was wrecked in Harrisburg.
BARGE CAPsIZEs IN LAKE - spokane.
Wash, April 15.--0ver sixty tons of steel rails
went to the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene. in
Idaho. Wednesday, afternoon. when barge
CARRYING rails for the Occur d Alene Southern $
extension capsized in a high wind
WILL COME TO AMERICA-New York. Anrl
l5--That combination of silk industries in
southern France. representing 10000 coo OF
capital will transfer its plants TO this coun-
try Is stated by Jean Duplan, head of large
silk dye works at Hazelton. Pa.
RANCHER DROWNED Bakersfield. April 15.
The body of man. supposed TO be Louie Tori
gent, y years of age. rancher, found in
Buena Vista lake this afternoon. Torgent has
been missing since Sunday. He crossed the lake
in his boat for supplies and failed to return
BLOWN TO ATOMS Robinson H.. April Is.
Charles Dewes and Moses Iuntz were blown to
atoms today when the nitrogycerine factory
of the Independent torpedo company at Cor
don H.. was destroyed by an explosion The
explosion shook the country for 20 miles around
BOY DROWNED IN DITCH -visalia April
15.--Julio Palmiero, 8 years old, drowned
in the irrigation ditch flowing through here this
afternoon. His body was found about three
miles below town in bunch of drift after
friends had spent several hours dragging the
culvert.
WILD FLOWER sHow-san Rafael. April
1.-THE third annual wild flower show will be
given in the lodge of the Boyd memorial mark
by the school children from the San Rafael
schools Saturday. April Il. The affair will be
held under the auspices of the San Rafael i'm
provement club.
FILIPINo TO DIE ON scAFFoLD-walla
Wala Wash, April 15.-Juan Nicolas. Fill
pino. and the first of his race to be sentenced
die ns an @ fos d IN har ae M
Nicolas was convicted of double murder at
Port Blakeey, Wash
SHARE HOLDERS CONFIRM ACTIoN--Ion-
don, April 15.-An extraordinary meeting Of the
share holders of the Anglo Californian bank.
limited. was held here today The previous reso-
luton voluntarily to wind up the banks bust
ness and sell portion of the assets 10 the Lon
don and Paris national bank of San Francisco
was confirmed
IMPRISONED AND FINED-Honolulu, April
lo--lsoi and wife. procurers of Japanese women
lot immoral purposes and importers of women,
VINO have been on trial In the federal court here
for the last ten days. have been convicted, and
were today sentenced, the forme- to five years
IN the penitentiary with fine of $1,000. and
CALIFORNIA P0STMAsTERS-Wa Washington.
y. 90. April 15.-Calfornia postmasters were
appointed today follows: Elinor. Humboldt
county. Joseph E. Hodgson, vice Mrs. l.. Ho-
gan, resigned; Forest HILL Placer county. Miss
Lydia NJ. Bowers. vice E. Mitchell, resigned;
IaSnes Creek, Tehama county. William y.
fSurns. vice II. Folger. resigned; Willow Brook,
Los angeles county Frederick f. Tschner.
vice j. 5. Chambers. resigned.
BOARD OF TRADE ELECTS OFFICERS
Redwood City. April 1o.-ofhcers aud commit
tees OF the board of trade for the coming year
nave been selected as follows: George W. Win
ter president; Z. p Heise, vice president;
Archer kincaid. secretary treasurer: executive
committee-Carl Beeger d. r. stafford. c. w.
WINTER, p. p. Heise, A. Kincaid: membership
y. H. Stafford, George W. LOWE. Carl Muller;
promofion league delegates-E. p. Heise, George