Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-04-18
Pacific Coast News.
Items Of Interest Picked from
the Weeks Dispatches.

Items Of interest Picked from
the Weeks Dispatches.
A congress Of universal brotherhood
Of Theosophists IL In session ut San
Diego this week.
Adolph Brodbeck, Swiss barkeeper,
was burned to death In . small flre ct
Sacramento recently.
H. E. Huntington, nephew Of Coils
P. has been removed from the position
Of assistant to the president Of the
Southern Pacific company and hereafter
the interest of the big company win b.
in the hands Of George Crocker.
A fsrry-boat system is to be established
between Por Angeles, WASH. and VIC
toria, B. @.
Mrs. Dora Fuhrig. . notorious mid
wife Of San Francisco. was sentenced to
20 years imprisonment for caudng the
death Of young women by . criminal
operation. She caused the death Of four
women during six months by her prac-
tees.
A Stockton firm has arranged to es.
tablish e5O. 90 winery at Hanford.
Reports from all parts Of Santa CLARA
county show that there win be good
hay and grain crop, that the apricot crop
will be fair, almonds immense, prune
average, cherries large and peaches above
the average.
Hay is $55 per ton at Ballarat, Gal.
Lumber demand, has advanced in the
Hawaiian islands and coast prices hks-
wise.
f. d. Elwell was acquitted at Santa
Cruz Of . charge Of attempted bribery
In connection with the Aptos bridge
affair.
The county hospital at Reno, New.
was totally destroyed by nre Saturday.
jos Rioh An inmate was burned to
death.
John D. Sims and Leonard Hale, both
young men, were drowned In the Feather
river. near Oroville, a few days ago.
State Fish Commissioner H. D. Nc
Guire and State Senator A. w. Reed OF
Douglas county were drowned in Ump-
qua river, Oregon, Saturday.
The trial Of murderer Fred Desirello
has been set for May .. It takes place
at Redwood city.
The Southern Pacific company 10 an
ticipating one Of the most prosperous
years in It's history during the season
now opening. The company not long
ago placed an order In the east for 5000
cars and 50 locomotives. This 10 one of
the largest orders ever placed by tho
company at one time. The cars would
have been built at Sacramento were It
not for the destruction by fire last win.
ter Of Of the planning mill and car ma
chine shops
Lawrence McAlnster 10 in jail at San
Diego charged with Wholesale cattle
stealing In both Riverside and San
Diego counties.
Alexander Martin, lsborer. was
killed at Sacramento while dismantline
machinery in fiour mill.
T. 8. O'Donnell. an attorney. has been
found guilty at Modesto Of assisting .
prisoner, his client, to escape from jail.
The prisoner. . horse thief, sawed his
way out aided BY O'Donnell.
By an explosion Of black powder on
the Valley road near Point Richmond,
James Hogan was instantly killed. Pat
rick Keefe received wounds which
caused his death, and Dan Quill was 70
seriously wounded that his chances Of
recovery sre very slight.
Captain Edward A. Won Schmidt
pilot, murdered his wife in Alameda
Sunday and then committed suicide.
The couple had been divorced but Won
Schmidt wished reunion. to which tho
wife would not listen. a. he had been
most cruel to her when they had lived
together. Sunday Won Schmidt went
70 Alameda and when he reached his
former .wife's home and met her. he
drew large knife and stabbed her five
times, causing instant death. He then
stabbed himself and fell dead beside her
body. They leave Ave children. the old
est Of whom is ls years. The couple
were we'll connected.
DR.. George A. Rawson, who figured
In sensational divorce case in Seattle,
WASH, few days ago, committed sui.
eide ut the insane asylum ut Indi-
annapolis, Ind, by hanging. Rawson ap-
peared In indianapolis about three weeks
ago aud was found wandering about
the streets by the police. He was . VIC
tim Of cocaine and morphine, which
had driven him insane.
The scandalous condition Of affairs
at the San Joaquin county hospital viii
be Investigated.
John O'Neil Of tho county hospital at
Sacramento stabbed and killed w. n.
Howard, another inmate. O'Nstl was
drunk.
The collier Nero was placed on com
mission the first Of the week. The Nero
has been thoroughly overhauled at Mare
island and Is fitted out for special sur
vey work between Honolulu and Ma
Mia.
There were $40 boxes Of oranges
shipped from Riverside last week-00
carloads.
The Spreckles Sugar company ct vi
salia has issued circular giving notice
of a reduction In the price Of sugar.
This 10 the second reduction for the
present year.
A freight train was derailed near An.
burn the other day and no trains passed
over the track for ~ hours. No lives
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