Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-20
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

CASE AGAIN DELAYED-It was stated
yesterday at the office of United States Dis
trict Attorney Stimson in New York that the
case of F. Augustus Heinze, accused of the
violation Of the banking laws, will not be
brought to trial this month, as had been ex-
pected. The case will probably not come up
before March.
AGED EDITOR DIES-William Osnan,
editor and proprietor of the ottawa Free
Trader, is dead in Ottawa, Ill, Of acute
Bright's disease, in his ninetieth year. In
his early life Mr.. Osman was printer on
the Free Trader and afterward went to
Washington and finally repurchased the
Free Trader and edited it almost to the
last.
TO BUILD NEW PIER-The California
state board of harbor commissioners has ad-
vertised for the construction of the new pier
which has been assigned to the Western
Pacific at San Francisco. Plans Tor the new
wharf have been approved by the board and
construction will proceed as soon as the
bids in. The structure will cost $780,
900, to be paid in advance.
HELD FOR MURDER-Thomas ]. Jordan,
a private in the One Hundred and Forty
eighth coast artillery, was held yesterday
by Police Judge Conlan of San Francisco to
answer for trial before a jury in the super
Tor court for the murder Of Sergeant of Po-
lice Antoine Noting in that city on January
8. The order of the judge was made at the
close of an exhaustive preliminary examina-
tlon.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY-Superior Judge
Dunno in San Francisco yesterday denied
the motion of the attorneys for Michael W.
Coffey to quash the indictment accusing him
of accepting a bribe to vote for trolley
franchise for the United Railroads while a
member of the Schmitz board of supervis-
ors. Coffey then pleaded not guilty and his
trial was set for February l, on which date
it Is expected to begin
BRONX IN DARKNESS-Because of the
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Gas company under the Harlem river, five
thousand or more consumers have beer
forced to use lamps in the lower part of the
Bronx Those who were dependent upon gai
for cooking either prepare their meals or
improvised oil stoves go to restaurants
The first break in the main was quickly re-
paired but after burst at another
point, again leaving patrons of the company
in darkness.
JURY is COMPLETED-The jury in the
case of Attorney A. S. Newburgh charged
in San Francisco with an attempt to bribe
j. M. Kelly, a prospective Ruef juror
through E. A. S. Blake, who has been con-
victed of completely in the same affair, is
completed. Blake will tell, for the third
time, Of the effort to influence Kelly. New
burgh sat beside his wife, who is in constant
attendance at the trial. He paid close at
tention to the testimony, and several times
advised his attorney, Bert Schlessinger, who
conducted the examination.
FORGER ARRAIGNED-Fred Signor,
charged with having forged notes to the ex-
tent of $500 was arraigned before Judge
Brown in Oakland yesterday. Through his
attorney Signor has attacked the validity of
the grand jury which found the indictment
against him and upon motion of counsel
Judge Brown issued subpoenas for the diff
ferent members of the grand jury to appear
before him next Saturday. The contention
of Signor is that the grand jury had no
legal authority to hear his case, as the crime
for which he is indicted was not within their
legal jurisdiction.
REQUISITION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gill
lett yesterday honored the requisition of Act
ing Governor Dickerson of Nevada for the
return to Searchlight of Homer G. Tabor
and S. K. Williamson, charged with receiv-
ing deposits in insolvent bank Tabor
who is now in San Diego, was president and
Williamson cashier of the Searchlfght Bank
and Trust company of Searchlight, New on
November 10, 1907, when the bank failed
John Howe has asked for the arrest of the
two former bankers because they are said
to have accepted his deposit for $725 after
the bank was declared insolvent
TO SOLVE RAT PROBLEM-Under the
supervision of Benjamin Russell, United
States superintendent of warehouses at New
port, experiments are in progress there to
one to warehouse authorities. warehouse
in Brooklyn has been selected for the tests
and quantity of virus prepared by a
French scientist is being used. Mixed with
oatmeal it is hoped that the rats will thus
be inocculated and become infected with a
fatal fever. When the Infection is devel-
oped the rats will first seek air and water
and this will be followed by a general
exodus.