Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-04

Days Observed Jointly-Jefferson
Davis birthday and Confederate me-
mortal day were celebrated jointly
throughout Louisiana today
Strike Is Ended The Pitts1eld
(Mass.) street railway and the striking
car men, who went out Wednesday,
reached an agreement yesterday. Con-
cessions were made by both sides.
Clubman Commits Suicide-John w.
Speas, a prominent business and club
man of Kansas City, committed suicide
at his home yesterday morning by
shooting. He had been in i'll health
for several months. He was 65 years
old.
Prays for SUGGESTIVE queen of
Spain Yesterday visited the Paloma
church in Madrid in accordance with
custom to pray for happy accouehe-
ment Thousands of women assembled
near the church and cheered her
majesty.
Lynch Negro AssaiIant-John Max
eny a negro who shot and seriously
wounded B. G. Bowers, a circus man,
Wednesday. was taken from jail at
Frankfort, KY early yesterday and
lynched The jailer resisted the mob,
but the door was broken down.
Two Drowned in Yukon River - A
dispatch from Dawson says that Ed
ward cambridge and William Harvey
have been drowned in the Yukon river
from a small boat which capsized in
Five Finger rapids. The men were
travelling from Prince Rupert to Daw-
son.
To Courtmartial Officers-A military
court has been convoked at Troltsk,
Siberia, to try the colonel lieutenant
colonel and six other officers of the
Orenburg Cossack regiment, who are
alleged to be involved in far-reaching
financial irregularities. REGULATIONS
amounting to $4,000 already have been
discovered.
Abolitionist Dead-Henry Montague,
96 years old, one of the three dozen
who organized an abolition party in
Michigan in 1886 at Ann Arbor. is dead
at his home in Kalamazoo. Mr.. Mon
tague was one of the leading agents of
the Underground Railway" by which
many fugitive slaves were assisted in
their flight to Canada.
Electrical Workers Strike-Build-
ing operations in Boston were given
an additional hindrance yesterday when
about 500 electrical workers went on
strike The men asked for a minimum
wage rate of so cents an hour or 81 a
day, and the Saturday half holiday
for five months, beginning May 10.
They have been receiving $3.50 a day.
Jeff Davis Memory Honored - The
state house at Montgomery, Ala, the
first capital of the Confederacy, was
closed Thursday in honor of the JEFF
ferson Davis anniversary The brass
star on the portico, marking the exact
spot where Davis stood to receive the
oath of office as president of the Con-
federacy, was draped with a wreath of
colors of the lost cause.
Accepts Bishopric-The Rev DIR
Lloyd of New York, secretary of the
board of missions of the Protestant
Episcopal churches after having de-
clined to accept a bishopric four times
within six years. has accepted the
election to the position of bishop coad-
tutor of the diocese of Virginia. DR..
Lloyd will go to Virginia, his old home,
early in the fall to assume his new
duties.
Commission Ends Labors The
American commission which went to
Liberia on the scout cruisers Chester
and Birmingham to investigate con-
ditions in the Liberian republic is
bringing its labors to a close, and the
members are preparing to leave for
home The cruisers will assemble at
Las Palmas, Canary islands, prior to
starting for home waters, where they
expect to arrive July 4.
Grocers Want Uniform Laws-Uni-
formity in pure food regulations with
the National pure food law and the
standard was the gist of n resolution
presented yesterday by the legislative
committee of the National Wholesale
Grocers' association in convention at
Detroit. The resolution strongly adj
vocated the amending of all state laws
to conform to the national act now in
force.
To Build Freak Structure-Plans for
a building six feet eleven inches wide
have been filed with the bureau of
buildings at Manhattan, New York.
The building Is to be erected at De-
lancy and Christie streets and is to be
two stories high and 100 feet long. It
is to be built on site made narrow
by the creation of williamsburg bridge
plaza. This six-foot-wide structure is