Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-10

Arranging for Drawing-Judge
the land drawings in the Flathead,
Occur d'Alene and Spokane reserva-
tions, is rapidly completing arrange
ments for the big opening. lie is now
in the northwest making arrangements
for the registration, which Will begin
July 15 and continue until August b.
Kills Stepfather-Albert Ferro,
81 years old, has admitted shooting and
killing his stepfather, Emanuel Glgllo,
in their home at Paterson, n. j. Glglo
married Ferro's mother two weeks ago.
Since then Ferro declares that MS
stepfather has repeatedly beaten his
mother Giglio had his bride of two
weeks by the throat. when the son ap-
peared and shot and killed him.
Will Go to Boston-The dele
gates to the international convention of
the Epworth league of the United
States and Canada at Seattle began
Friday with watch services in the
Methodist churches, and department
conferences were held in seven
churches and halls. The board Of con-
troll has decided to hold the next inter-
national convention in Boston, begin
ming Wednesday, May Is, 1910.
Buys Much Timber - The
Blackwell Lumber company has bought
the entire timber holdings of the Men
asha Wooden Ware company on the
St Mares and st. Joe rivers in north
ern Idaho, amounting to 10000 acres,
for so, $50 600 This is the largest timber
deal in point of money involved ever
made in the inland empire. Sixty per
cent of the timber is white pine. 1t is
estimated there is 601,00O,000 feet, board
measure. In the tract.
To Test Marriages-The legal
ity of marriage ties that bind several
thousand Chicagoans probably will be
passed on by the state supreme court
next fall The marriages in question
are those performed in the city by JUS
tices of the peace since the establish
ment of the municipal court. Munich
pal Judge Beitler Thursday held such
marriages illegal, and arrangements
were made to take the case that
brought out the ruling to the highest
court.
Will Be Benehted-Depositors
who lost heavily in the crash of the
California Safe Deposit and Trust COM
pany at San Francisco will be mate
rally benefited by deal just consum-
mated there for an enormous electrical
power plant in the Clear lake region
which will involve the expenditure of
between $700000O and $10000,OO0, 1t is
said have just been made public by
e. ]. LeBreton, receiver for the af-
fected bank.
Has Vengeance - Edwin Hor-
ner of Jacksonville, N. j., had to be
strapped into a dentists chair to have
an aching tooth pulled. The operation
pained him to such an extent he de-
clared he would have vengeance. An
hour later he was found trying to ex-
tract his baby brothers only tooth.
When he was spanked for that he went
into the woodshed, securely fastened
the family dog to the floor and pulled
out six of the animals teeth with
pair of pincers.
Puts Ban on Chinese Know
ing the Chinese character as I do, in |
the face of the awful murder of the
mission worker in New York city, l
would not allow a daughter of mine, |
nor any woman, young or old, to teach |
in any Chinese mission in the United |
states" So spoke Bishop D. H. Moore |
at Steubenville, Ohio, who passed |
years in China for the Methodist Epis- |
copal church, in addressing the state |
Epworth league here last night. Con- |