Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-03
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

FIRES IN TEXAS-Forest fires are rag
ing in southwest Texas. Heavy losses are
being inflicted the lumber companies.
QUAKE IN RUSsIA-Continuous earth
quake shocks have been perceived in the
northern part of the island of Saghalen and
western Russia for several days past
CASHIER ENDS LIEF. NJ Eckelberg
assistant cashier of-the Sealey Texas, Ma
tional bank, committing suicide late Mon
day by shooting. No reason Is known for
the act.
ELECT COMMITTEEMAN-Th Demo
City, Mo, yesterday elected Colonel Moses
Wetmore of st. Louis as national committee
man from Missouri.
TO IMPORT LABORERS-The planters
of the Hawaiian islands arranging to
bring laborers here from Porto Rico to sup
Japanese immigration.
DEADLOCK UNBROKEN-The twenty
third, twenty-fourth and twenty-ffth bal
lots for United States senator in Springfield,
Ill, yesterday resulted in no election. The
joint ballot will be resumed tomorrow.
FREEZE IN SOUTH-Reports received in
New Orleans from orange growing sections
south of New Orleans indicate that serious
damage to orchards was done by the freez-
ing weather which extended to the Georgia
coast. -
LODGE BUYS HOTEI-The lodge Of I'M
proved Order of Red Men has purchased the
Burlington hotel at Hot Springs, Ark, which
is to be rebuilt and made a national sani-
tarium for the members of the order in
America.
PLAN OPEN SHOP-Official announce
ment Of the intention of the Associated Hat
Manufacturers of New York to reopen their
factories and "offer situations to operatives
as individuals made today by the
Manufacturers association.
TO REPLACE REPUBLIC-The Red Star
Il &,l-. a1A4
and placed in the Mediterranean as a sub
stitute for the liner Republic, which lies at
the bottom of the Atlantic as a result of the
recent collision with the Florida.
BUILD RAILROAD-Ground was broken
few days ago at TruxilIo Spanish Hondu-
ras, for the construction Of the Honduras
National railroad, projected by American
capitalists, and intended to connect Teguci-
galpa, the capital of the republic, with the
coast.
JURY INCOMPLETE-Contr to expec-
tatton no additions were made yesterday to
the six jurors obtained to try former Super
visor NJ. W. COffey the charge of having
accepted a bribe to vote for a trolley fran
chise for the United Railroads in San Fran
cisco.
CHILD KILLED-Wfth the farewell kiss
of his mother still his cheek and tightly
clutching the small coin she had given to
him as he left home, Charles White, 10 years
old. was found dead in Chicago yesterday.
1t is thought he struck by a His
skull was fractured.
PIONEER ENDS LIFE. S. johnson. a
pioneer Of 1S49 who distinguished himself
as a pathfinder and Indian fighter, killed
himself yesterday morning in Oakland at the
Home for the Blind by cutting the arteries
in his wrist. He was 81 years old and a ma
tive of Maryland with relatives.
FIRE BURNS HOME-Fire destroyed the
old Jack Hayes residence in the west end of
Alameda yesterday morning. injuring three
firemen. one of them seriously and threat
ened the entire neighborhOod The injured
flremen Joseph II. Matt. who was caught
by the falling wall, and Albert J. Evans and
W. H. Kemp.
DRIVEN FROM ICE-A thousand men,
women and children driven from Lake
Elizabeth in West park. Pittsburg. north
side, by police with drawn clubs last night
when the ice gave way beneath their weight
and began to sink. All of them got off
safely but about 200 were compelled to wade
deep.
NEW STEAMSHIP LINE-PIans are form
ing for a line of steamers to fly the
Mexican flag and to be operated between the
western coast of Mexico and San Francisco
and Japan. The company will be backed by
Mexican English and japanese capital.
Leung Kan Ling is looking after the Jap
anese interests and j. M Rhodes represents
the English investors.
RAINS IN NORTH-The heaviest rain of
the SedSOH IL III pIORFeSS ATOulu EleuuliS,
Cal. Four inches fell last night al Sisson on
two feet of snow, which is going off with a
rush. Three inches fell at Kennett. A land
slide at Castella blocked the Southern Pa
cifc road for five hours but the track is
clear. More rain is falling and the
Sacramento river is rising rapidly.
BANKER GOES FREE-The supreme
court of Missouri yesterday practically
granted freedom to Harvey w. Salmon. 4
former banker of Clinton, Mo, by reversing
the decision against him charge of re-
ceivng money in his bank when he knew
it to be insolvent. Salmon was under SEN
tence to three years imprisonment He was
head of a private banking concern.
ENDS LIFE IN HOTEI-A man registered
as Horace II. Bird and believed to be a
Californian was found shot in the temple in
his room IN the Hotel Boland in New York
yesterday and died shortly afterward.
Clssped in his hand was'a revolver with one
chamber empty. His hat contained the
name Of a San Francisco maker, and an
examination OF his effects indicated that his
name was Horace X Butler Addresses on
letters in his possession showed that he had
relatives in San Jose. Cal