The herald., 1898-02-25
STATE NOTES

Maggie Vierra of West Berkeley. years
eld cut her knee slightly on rusty nail
and sixty hours later died from lock1aw.
after suffering intense agony.
The supreme court has affirmed the
Judgment of the superior court Of Tulare
county, which found Benz. Dice guilty or
murder In the second degree. Dice shot
and killed his brother-in-law Grant smith,
James Wilson, secretary OF agriculture.
has accepted the invitation OF the state
board of trade to come to the coast ana
preparations are being made to give the
cabinet official a reception befitting his
rank.
The supreme court has affirmed the
Judgment of the superior court OF Los
Angeles county, convicting John Vasaio Oh
arson. The court finds that the testmony
cenclusively proved that the delenoah.
burned his own premises III orueI !" eeS"'S
| the insurance thereon.
Can't. Turner of the naval militia mas
| been notified that Pinta, assigned py tne
navy department to the division OF me
militia stationed at San Diego, VIII oo
| turned over to the state within ten days:
Cant. Turner will receive the vessei anu
! will sail her down to her destination
A telegram was received In San Diego
Yesterday from Walter Gaskeli VINO was
renorted to have been murdered by IN,
d;ans In Lower California. He telegraphed
| from Yuma and said that his brother Mur
vim Gaskell. who is in Lower California an.
who was also reported killed, was saIe anu
well. - t,u.
Tho 12-vear-old son of ]. r. Pau OF Eu-
rara was found lying unconscious on .he
floor of a shingle mill at Irinioau ynrat
day. with one arm torn iro", n,eces
and the other. fractuss%a there were cuts
DUN 'ss ~ sees and head. His recovery ID
| extremely doubtful.
,rbe san lose Charter club met iast even. ~.
Ahe ratiNed the nominations Tor CITY
nf3cars made by the nomlnatihs eoih
foe Col. A. X. Whitton. VINO nau Del uee,l
nominated for mayor tenuereu ,.,,n ~ ., tha
na.a s,',a that It was being manipulated py
few men for their own enos.
- ~ x,mble Of Los Angeles died at the
.. ,.,;ng hospital at San Francisco yes
.e,Sav from a fractured skull. ABOUT noon
he went into a store on kearney street anu,
little on his way to the basement, missed
W. footing and fell down a flight OF stairs.
Dr We'll trephined the skull, but kimpie
never recovered consciousness.
Torenzo I.apham, superintendent of con-
.truction of the Spreckels building at san
francisco, while coming up In the sioe-
walk elevator yesterday stood TOO close 70
| the edge and was caught by the sidewalk.
| His skull was crushed and he was instant
| Iy killed. Mr.. Lapham was brother-n-
law of w. d, Gibson. the treasurer OF the
Spreckels company, and about AZ years OF
| age He leaves a family.
| The supreme court has affirmed tne
| Judgment of the superior. court IN the SUIT
of the Savings and Loan society OF san
| Francisco against Fannie Mckoon' exc
cutrix, to foreclose mortgage IN san
Mateo county. Defendant claimed that
the plaintiff had not compiled with the law
and that its articles of incorporation had
not been filed with the recorder of San Ma
leo county. The court held THAI this step
| Is necessary only where the corporation
owns real property. and u pelng mort
| the code provision.