Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-09
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

PITTsBURG-The four-story brick
building occupied by the NJ. Lantz
Sons belt works, on South Twenty
ninth street, was destroyed by fire
yesterday, loss S150,00O Valuable ma
chinery was precipitated into the eel
lar. The cause Is unknown.
SAN FRANCISCO-Pendi an ap-
peal to the United States circuit court
of appeals, r. T. Glover, convicted of
impersonating naval officer and sem
fenced to serve six months in the Ala
media county jail, was released yes
terday on bond by United States Dis
trict Judge De Haven.
WASHINGTON-To ascertain the
progress and needs Of the Indians in
their development along lines Of civ
ilizatiOn, Assistan Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs Abbott will leave this
city within the next ten days and visit
almost all the schools and reservations
10 the country.
ST. PAUL. MfNN.-r1re starting In
the baseme~, destroyed the residence
of the Iate II. z. Upham yesterday
morning and caused a loss Of Sl00 600.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Stell, J. b. Upham
and two maids who occupied the mousse
were rescued through a window of an
upper story by the firemen.
SOMERVILLE, n. 1.-THE telephone,
electric light and fire alarm service
here is crippled as result of the most
severe electric storm ever experienced
i'm this section of New Jersey yester-
day. A dozen residences and an equal
number of barns and outbuildings were
struck by lightning bolts, but no fires
resulted.
SAN JOSE-The appearance of 100
drunken and nearly naked Hindus with
hands interlocked indulging i'm a sort
of Bacchanalian dance in the middle
Of Calaveras road near Milpitas was
the occasion Of a call to the sheriff s
office. The Hindus blocked traffic and
are said to have insulted travellers.
CHICAGO-Clerical labor is a drug
on the market, according to a report
just issued by the employment eX-
change operated by charitable and phil
anthropic societies here. I'VE cannot
supply the demand for laborers and
mechanics" says the report. I'VE are
flooded with petitions for office work.
There are simply not enough jobs to
go around"
JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri's state
mansion will be a log cabin this sum
mer and the governors cows and
chickens will disport themselves in the
immediate vicinity. Governor Hadley,
a warm advocate of the back-to-the-
farm movement broke ground Mon
day for a log house he intends to erect
on a farm recently purchased by hlm
near this city.
ALBANY, n. "A joint committee
Of ten senators and twenty assembly
men to represent the legislature of
New York at the ceremonies in New
York city in honor of the return OF
former President Theodore Roosevelt is
do fnr in n
will come up for consideration this
week. The resolution appropriates
$4,000 for the committees expenses.
NEW YORK-Free scholarships al
Columbia university for students from
the Scandinavian countries and from
Turkey have been provided by vote OF
the trustees. Professorships at Co
lumbia have been voted to William b,
Fite of Cornell, to Herbert E. Hawkes.,
for many years an instructor in math-
mates at Yale, and to Daniel Gregory
Mason, one of the best known musi-
cal scholars in America.
| SEATTLE-Because two cases oi
smallpox were discovered in the towr
| of Charleston. adjoining the Puge'
! Sound navy yard, the commandant o
| the yard has issued orders that all en-
listed men must be vaecinated befor'
being allowed to leave the yard. Navy
yard employees also must be vaccinateC
and every precaution will be taken t
prevent the spread of the disease.
| BO6TON-Favorab action on Z
resolution for amendment to the state
constitution, providing for the initia
| tive and referendum, has been taker
by the committee on constitutions
amendments. The resolution provides
! that petitions must have IL per cent
of the vote cast for governor and any
act passed by the legislature may be
referred to popular vote on petition OF
20 per cent of the voters at the last
election for governor