Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-04-12
News Of The Coast
Picked From The Weeks
Dispatches.
A Dishonest Attorney Escapes
Jail-Keswick Has Another Big
Fire "A Defaulting County Clerk
Arrested.

Rear Admiral kempff has transfer
red his command as captain of the navy
yard at Vallejo to Captain Morrill, Mil
Ter. Kempff goes to the Philippines.
San Francisco is to lose another land
mark The old Brannan building which
has stood OH the corner of Montgomery
and California streets since in the early
60's, is To be torn down. A fine new
building is to be erected OH the site
A Chinaman is the latest discovery
in the prize fighting business. The fell
low is All Wing and was formerly a
cook at Auburn. He is said to be very
clever with the gloves, and is powerful
He is now in San Francisco being train
cd for the "event.'
The Stockton assessor has increased
the assessment of the Sunset Telephone
company on its franchise from 5000 to
$4,000.
An automobile service is to be es-
tablished at Visa,ia. Three six-seated
automobiles will be run to neighborlng
towns from yisalia. They are expected
to make 10 miles an hour.
Carson valley farmers are irrigaiinP
their fields in anticipation of a short
water supply This summer.
Mason ID. smith, a well known pion-
eer of the coast, died in King county,
Wash. some days ago, aged 70 years.
Another wooden mill will be located
at Santa Rosa. NJ. Walker of san
Francisco will build $4,000 plant,
giving employment to 10 hands. Conn
plete arrangements will be made III a
few days.
\ plan is on foot in San Francisco
to bring the water from Lake Tahoe 10
furnish the city its supply
Thomas Strohni has been elected chief
of the Los Angeles fire department to
ill the vacancy caused by tho res:gna-
ton of Walter 5. Moore.
f ward Ryan, an aged capitalist of
Napa, has been sued for breach OF
promise by Mrs. Emma Hagemels'er.
She wants $50, 900 damages.
Five non-union 'longshoremen were
assaulted by strikers AT Vancouver, b.
c., and seriously beaten.
Dan Hannah, IA well-linown butcher
of Petaluma, was thrown from horse
recently and received injuries which
caused his death
". j. Bryan was accordedan enthnsi-
astic reception at San Diego Monday
and his trip through California has beeI
most cordial.
A. b. Hill, manager Of the Sperry
Flour company at Stockton. died OF
heart disease few days ago.
The horticultural commissioners after
thorough inspection ri the orchards
of Tulare county report that the prom.
ised yield this year is very heavy.
Later, or when the fruit begins to ma
ture, at least half will have to be shak-
en- from the limbs III order to save the
trees from destruction. 1t is estimated
that 2o00 tons of apricots will be harry
ested
Within one hour Saturday portion
of the business section of Keswick was
burned, entailing loss of about sl3,-
600, with $500 insurance. A space
occupied by l2 business houses and
dwellings is now black waste. 1t
was the third fire, all great ones for
town of its size, that has visited Kes-
wick. Owing to lack of water and fire.
fighting facilities in the smelter town
the insurance companies have gradually
withdrawn from there until insurance
from fire was nearly impossible to OBJ
tain.
Orchardists at keswick have com
menccd action against the Mountain
Copper company for $1,000. They
claim the fumes from the smelter de-
stroyed their trees and they want dam
ages.
An enthusiastic meeting of the farm
ers and merchants of MADEIRA county
was held under the auspices of the
chamber of commerce to devise ways
and means of securing better irrigation
facilities whereby $1,000 more acres of
the best land may he irrigated. Will
lam Hughes was chairman, and he in
vited Civil Engineer Tieman of Fresno
to address the meeting. Plans were
formulated to carry out the suggestions
offered by Tielman, and committees
were appointed to confer with Henry
Miller and secure his cooperation.
George II. Tanning, rancher and
large land holder of Merced, died at
Banning some days ago.
The Sanger Lumber company's box,
ash and door factory was destroyed ut
Sanger some days ago. The loss will
reach $4,000
Special Agent Thomas Howard of the
rural free postal delivery service is in
Sacramento for the purpose of looking
over the ground and establishing free
country routes.
l.. a. Upsoll, one of the widely known
men of the sacramento district, died of
paralysis at sacramento a few days ago.
After being ont oss hour the jury in
the John Pendleton murder trial AT
Redding returned II verdict of murder
in the second degree. Pendleton killed
w. l.. handle Oh September 8 last. The