Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-07
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

WILL TRANSFER CASE-Judge Lands
has informed the district attorney of Lii
nois that he will not hear the second trial
of the Standard Oil case, but will transfer
it to some other Judge
REPORTS TO SENATE-President Roose-
welt yesterday sent to the senate in response
to the Aldrich resolution the report of all
the departments that have employed secret
service, or other detectives during the fiscal
year 1908.
ELECT PRESIDENT-W. C. Brown yes
terday was elected president of the New
York & Hudson River Railroad company,
succeeding w. P. Newman. Mr.. Brown was
formerly first vice president of the New
York Central
DENIES THEY WILL WED-Charles T.
Wagner, secretary of the lecture bureau at
Chicago which has charge of the public ap-
pearance Of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, yes
terday entered a vigorous denial of a re-
port that he and Mrs. Maybrick are to wed
HONORS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Gil
lett has honored a requsition from the gov
ernor Of Oregon for the return to that state
Of Winrid Won Gassendorff, under arrest in
San Francisco. The charge against the pris-
oner is obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
ROBBED OF SS2OO-Phillip Berkis, a
wealthy merchant of San Francisco. re-
ported to the police of Chicago yesterday
that he had been robbed Of a purse contain
ing $4,000 while sleeping at the home of
Jacob Bickow, in this city. Bickow was
arrested but denied all knowledge of the
alleged theft.
SLAYER MUST HANG-Governor Gillett
announced at Sacramento yesterday after
noon he would not interfere in the case Of
Thomas Fallon, who is to be hanged at San
Quentin Friday for the murder of his wife.
Friends of the condemned made the
plea that he is insane. The governor stated
he had looked into the fully and found
nothing to warrant clemency.
MYSTERIOUS QUAKE-Tenants of the
Stewart building in Chicago. a thirteen
story structure at State and Washington
streets, were thrown into a semi-panic yes
terday by a shock which swayed the build
ing. Search for the cause Of the tremor
was made and in the absence of any evil
dence of accident it attributed to an
earthquake Scores Of tenants left the
building.
TEAR DOWN HALL DOME-A force of
workmen yesterday began to demolish the
city hall dome of San Francisco which was
partially stripped to its steel frame by the
earthquake of 1906, and which has since
stood as a prominent landmark to the de-
struction wrought by the disaster The
task has been undertaken by an eastern
contractor after lengthy njunctions in the
superior court. Four months will be de-
voted to razng the tower.
SHIP LONG OVERDUE-Fears are en-
tertained at San Francisco for the safety of
the American ship Fort George. now 1854
days out from New York to Honolulu. Re
The vessel, with crew of thirty men, was
last sighted August %, a month after she
left New York. At that time she had not
yet rounded the horn, which has since been
reported as a dangerous passage because of
floating ice. The Fort George is owned by
the Matson Navigation company of this city
OPPOSE WATER TRANSPORTATION has
developed to the proposition to allow the
city of San Francisco to acquire portions
of the Hetch Hetchy and Lake Eleanor
reservoir sites in the Yosemite national
park for the purpose of a municipal water
supply. The Sierra club of San Francisco
the Appalachian Mountain club of Boston
and certain individuals have filed protests
with the house committee on public lands
at Washington against the granting of the
privilege sought, and a hearing was held
by the house lands committee today in op-
position to the project.
TOWN NEARLY DESTROYED-The
town of Port Essington, B. c., was partly
destroyed by fire last night. The fire,
which started in the annex of the Caledonia
hotel, was caused by a defective 1ue. On
account of there being water pressure
and the severe weather prevailing 1t was
found necessary to blow up the buildings
east and west of the fire center. The total
loss will amount to about 100000, partially
covered by insurance. Other losses included
about fifteen small cottages and their con-
tents and part of the wharf belonging to
the Skeena River Commercial company.