Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-06-09

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to be extended from San Luis Obs
20 south. Work on the extension
will be commenced at once.
Five Chinese were killed and
four others seriously injured by an
explosion of gasoline in a laundry
at Portland, Or, Wednesday.
Governor Markham has announc-
ed that he will under no circum-
stances be candidate for re-elect-
ion to the gubernatorial chair.
A young man named Walter
Goode was shot in the head near
Stockton last Thursday night by a
Chinese. The shooting is said to
have been unprovoked.
The trial of John Comstock, Wal
ter Thorne and Pat Fitzsimmons,
charged with robbing Southern
Pacific train at Roscoe, Feb. 10 last,
was begun in Los Angeles Thursday.
Mrs. Longworth, the aged woman
who disappeared from her home at
Forest City on May 10, has not yet
been found, though nearly the
whole country has been searched
over.
Last Sunday two armed men en-
tered coach of a train laid up near
Missoula, Mont, on account Of the
floods and robbed the passengers.
The robbers secured 5000 and
number of watches.
Subscription for money to pay the
expenses of the preliminary survey
for the proposed canal from Fresno
to the head of navigable water in
the San Joaquin river was started
at Fresno this week.
The body of man supposed to
be that of the late Judge Kennard,
who disappeared from Spoka e,
Wash, several weeks ago, was
found Wednesday in the Columbia
river at Wilbur, Wash
A division of General Barker's
Indnstrials captured a freight train
near PixIey Monday, but the Sher
iff of Tulare county dislodged them
from the cars and the train was de-
layed but short time.
The seduction case Of Lillian
Ashley against E. J. Baldwin may
not be tried in Los Angeles, as
Thursday Baldwin applied for
change of venue, and it is said his
application is likely to he granted.
The trial of Prefosser w. A. San
ders on the indictment for forging
a draft for $1400 has been set for
trial June 10. He is accused of
signing the name of William Woo
tton to draft on the Kutner-G Gold
stein Company.
James H. Coleman has com
menced suit against the estate of the
late Ex-Governor John G. Downey
to secure $11 $50, which he claimed
the Ex-Governor owed him for diff
ferent services performed The suit
was brought in Los Angeles.
Chico women have formed soci-
ETY. called the Ladies' Anti-Chinese
League, and beginning June l they
ceased TO patronize Chinese for any
purpose. Already fully 500 fam
lilies who formerly purchased vege-
tables and fruit of Monaghan ped
oilers are trading with white men.
Mrs Lu Oderkirk of Santa Cruz
has commenced suit against Will
liam Ely for $4,000 damages for
an assault, Ely is President of
Santa Cruz street railroad company
and is the owner of valuable real
estate. The plaintiff is about 80
years of age and was a tenant in
one of the defendants buildings
The trial of the suit of Annie f.
Gadsby, of San Francisco, against
Luis l.. Arguello, of San Jose, to re-
cover $25, 900 damages for breaking
promise to marry her may not be
commenced, as Luis has filed pc
tition in insolvency, and as he
claims not to have a cent to his
name it will hardly pay Miss Gads-
by to prosecute him further,
ID. j. MCGOWAN of Sacramento
has caused the arrest of Supervisor
William Curtis of Sacramento coun-
ty on charges of bribery and cor
ruption. MCGOWAN claims that the
Supervisor interested himself in
road contracts and thus secured