Show TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS The Chicago Burlington Quincy Rail road company is interested in a plan to induce the Illinois farmers to go into the business of raising sugar beets The stock of the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar company sold on the New York exchange at from 2 to 27 Spreckels is president and it is capitalized at 1003000 L L Mlller a prominent business man of Myerstown Pa committed suicide Ha was about to be arrested for having forged the name of H PI Lose to a note forled noe of 65 The vote of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Loco-motive Firemen and Railroad Trainmen on the Question of the federation of the orders is coming in and is practically unanimous in favor of i Granville Loud senior member of the firm of Loud Clark Co ship chandlers of Baltimore committed suicide today by shooting himself through the head Business Busi-ness anxieties are assigned as the cause A number of the larger gas companies of Boston were purchased by the New England Gas and Coke company Stephen Peabody of New York is authority for the statement The price paid for the companies was 14000000 The King ranch in Monterey county Cal has been purchased by the Spreckels Sugar company The pries paid is said to have been 300000 The land will be devoted to the cultivation of sugar beets for the supply of the new factory at Salinas |