Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-10
TflfGRAPHIC BRIEFS

RICHMOND, Va.-The state wide prohibition
measure was defeated yesterday, 40 to As.
HoAIE, Arlk.-While running at the rate OF
thirty-eight miles an hour a freight engine on
the ST. Louis & San Francisco road exploded a
mile east of here Monday, killing the engineer,
the fireman and a brakeman
NEW YoRK-A systematic crusade against
the silly postcard is being waged BY the
authorities I'm several OF the larger cities of
the United States, according to an announce
ment by Postmaster Morgan.
OAKLAND-James H. Watson, cement
salesman taught his S-year-old son to smoke
cigarettes and chew tobacco according to his
wife, Sadie E. Watson. who secured an inter
locutory decree of divorce from him.
DENVER-The News says that a north and
south connection through Coroado for the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads is
one of the purposes of the recent INCORPORATION
| of six subsidiary companies of the Southern
Pacific.
OAKLAND-Three men standing in a Broad
way barroom injured when a motor run
about, driven by tyro automobiist, smashed
into the saloon Tuesday night, partially
wreckng the place. The men injured are C.
A. johnson, e. Il. Hayes and j. w. Hoag, all
of San Francisco.
OTTAWA, ont.-The final conference between
the American and Canadian tariff commission
ers was held last night. and Messrs. Emery
and Pepper left for Washington Wednesday
No agreement was reached, but the door to a
mutually acceptable understanding has not
been finally closed.
MINEOLA, L. L-Ground has been broken
here for an aviation building which the Aero
Club of America expects will prove the nucleus
Of its projected national aviation school, The
building is to be erected the edge of the
clubs aerodrome here and will be used this
year for experimental purposes.
NEW YORK-Commander Robert e. Peary
will deliver eight public lectures during his
stay abroad. in addition to his programmed ad-
dresses before the geographical societies of
London, Edinburgh, Paris Vienna, Rome
Brussels and Antwerp. Six of these lectures
are to be given in Great Britain, one in Paris
and one in Berlin.
CHICAGo-J. T. Harahan. president of the
Illinois Central railroad, who returned from
New York yesterday, said he intended remain
ing indefinitely as president of the company.
He admitted that the directors recently were
searching for successor to him, but that
they were unable to get the man they wanted,
| and had on that account abandoned the effort.
NEW YORK-Mortgages amounting to ap-
proxlmately 1870, 600 held by Trinity corporation
against fifty-eight parishes of the church in
Greater New York have been voluntarily wiped
out by the mother church, according to an
announcement made last night. Some of the
mortgages have existed for sixty years. The
corporations financial condition warranted
such action
NEW YORK-The family of the Rev, Thorn
ton Niven was pleasantly surprised today when
they learned that Anna Gray, who died recent
ly after serving the Niven family for thirty
two years a maid. had left about $4,000 in
her will to the members of the family. Out
of her small earnings she had saved nearly
three times this sum, willing the remainder to
various charities.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-Governor Hadley
yesterday signed extradition papers for the re-
turn to Missouri from England of Frank Ma
thusic OF st. Louis, who nine years ago escaped
from the officer who bringing him to the
penitentlary here by jumping from the train.
Efforts to apprehend Mathusic were fruitless
until recently, when he was captured in Eng
land by Scotland Yard detectives. He Is under
sentence of twelve years for robbery.