Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-02-06
Pacific Coast News.
Items OF Interest Picked from
the Weeks Dispatches.
Dead Soldiers Arrive at San Francisco
From Manila-A soiano Woman SEN
fenced for Murder-steamsr Town
send Wrecked.


ment company at San Jose was de-
stroyed by fire few days ago The loss
amounts to 100000.
Philip d. Armour, ,Jr., died very sud-
denly at Montecito, Santa Barbara
county, one day last week. His death
was due to congestion of the lungs and
he was i'll but "a hours. The deceased
Chicago packer.
Rudolph Wittenbrock, well
hop grower and capitalist, died suddenly
at his home in Sacramento of heart dis
ease. He WAS native of Germany and
10 years of age.
B. L. Williams, of the United States
training ship, was drowned in San Diego
bay last week He started to swim
ashore. intending to desert, but his
strength gave out and he sank.
Charles Maltby, at one time business
partner and lifelong friend of Abra
ham Lincoln, died at San Francisco Il
few days ago. Maltby was native of
Vermont and Ss years old. He and Lin
coin were business partners at Waynes-
vile, ILL.,, when both were young men.
At the annual meeting of the Giant
Powder company in San Francisco Oh
the cath the financial statement showed
net profits Of $209, ,SGS04 in fourteen
months, payment of $l19,976 in divi-
dends. net surplus of sS9, ,S93.04. and
assets Of 81, ,269, ,s3s.7l.
The Fraser river fish Gamers have
formed combine to meet the compe
tition Of Puget sound packers.
The liquor dealers of Shasta county
have organized and are prepared to
fight the provisions Of the new license
ordinance that are Objectionable to
them. The ordinance goes into effect
on February /. The portion of the or
dinance that the liquor dealers most OBJ
jsct to is that which provides for the
revocation of license and the forfeiture
Of $1,000 bond upon their allowing any
money paying nickel-in. .the-slot ma
chimes to operate in their places of busi
ness.
home in San Jose recently at the re-
markable age of l04 years She
was once quite wealthy and was pion.
eer resident of Santa Clara county.
John u. Messersmith, well-llnopr
rancher of the Calayeras valley. Santa
Clara county committed suicide at hi.
home by shooting himself in the head
with u rifle. Physical ailments and
business reverses were the causes
Nj. j. Sheldon, a rancher of Burbank
was fatally injured in "A runaway ac-
cidsnt At Los Angeles. The horse he
was driving became Frightened and ran
away and Sheldon fell over the dash
board and was kicked in the head.
The steamer Townsend was totally
wrecked on rocky point near Haines
mission. Alaska. The crew reached
shore safely. The steamers maehiner,
driven on the rocks.
Laura Gillian, who stabbed John Flood
to death in Vallejo. was sentenced by
Judge Buckles of Suisun 10 ten years in
San Quentin. The woman was con
yicted of murder in the second degree
hho fCtuiNtd tAit Stnttntt
which the law permits. This is tn,
first time in the history OF solano county
that a woman has been sent to the state
prison.
The yards and docks department OF
Mare island has received orders from the
secretary of the navy to rebuild the sec.
tion Of the quay wall that slid into the
bay during the recent heavy rain Al
allowance of SIS, 900 has been made fol
commencement of the work.
Mrs. Virginia Charles, wife of r. K
Charles. died at her home in Petaluna
recently Mrs. Charles was a native OF
Sonoma. aged 53 years, and was the first
child of white parents born in California
north of San Francisco bay. She was
member of the famous Roiewt famil,
which came from Virginia in 1914
Insurance rates on packing houses Il
Fresno have been raised from 30 to l0l
Der cant
The transport City OF Peting arrived
at San Francisco last week from Manila
The vessel brought the bodies of 15t
American soldiers who had died in tn,
Philippines. The bodies were unloadet
and removed to the Presidio. Thos,
that are claimed will be delivered t. the
person claiming them and the Others
will be sent to the Arlington cemetery
ut Washington for burial.
The bondholders of the San joaquin
Electric company will construct a larg,
reservoir in Crane valley. Cal, to cost
100000.
On expert bills of lading and receipt,
issued by carriers from the United
States by rail to Canada and Mexico
one-oent revenue stamp is all that il
required
II costs more to get ton of freight
from San Diego to Chicago, s265 miles
than to Hongkong, 1000 miles, *i4 I,
tSS 10 Chicago; to Hongkong Is to $40
w. II. Holabird, OF Los Angeles, Cal,
goes to Washington to arrange for the
emigration of colony of $4,000 people
fxsm Russia and II 200 from Canada.