Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-06-07
NEWS OF THE COAST
Short Items Of Interest.
The Woman's Road Abandoned -Smaii-
Gpox at Red Bluff--Mud Volcanoes Near
LayfonvilIe-A Wife Shot To Death at
Portland.

The Yosemite stage and four teams
were held up by lone robber aA few
days ago and considerable money Sc
cured.
While crossing II railroad track near
Suisun. Frank Frietas, "A years of age,
was struck by an engine and killed.
For the sixth time Mrs. Mary b.
O'Dell of Stockton, has been married.
This time to Alexander K. Percival, an
Oakland real estate dealer.
While handling "A shotgun Robert
Smell accidentally discharged it'killing
Peter Peterson, a 12-year-old boy OF an
Alameda county farmer.
Admiral Farragut's old flagship, the
frigate Hartford, ended her long voy-
age from San Francisco May 30, and
came to anchor in Hampton Roads, Va.
George Stanley of Livermore, super
intendent and part owner of the STAN
ley x Bartlett magnesia mine III Chiles
valley, was killed by Frenchman
named i. Matthia, ten miles from st.
Helena a few days ago. 1t was the out
come of an old feud over mining
claim
While patroling his beat at Los An
geles Special Police A. II. Copeland
was held up and robbed by two men.
After robbing him they deliberately
shot him causing wound in the back
of the neck.
Receipts of coal at san Francisco by
water for the past month amounted to
nearly 49, 900 tons. About half of this
amount came from the State of Wash
ington. about $1,000 tons from British
Columbia, 1925 tons from Oregon, and
25S9 tons from Cardiff.
The steel rails that We're TO have been
used ON the Stockton and Tuolumne
road or tie "Woman's road" have
been shipped to San Francisco and the
road is supposed to be abandoned.
Two burglars at Seattle recently in
gaded the ONE of T. Kilbnrne. aud
at the point i a revolver compelled him
and his vile 80 cover themselves with
bedclothes while they ransacked the
place.
There is merry war on between
railroads on Puget sound. Different
roads are striving hard to get rights OF
way to Bellingham bay points
Mrs. Naomi Moss, wife of Riley NJ.
Moss Of Portland was shot and killed
by her husband a few days ago. Jeal-
ousy caused the deed Moss afterwards
committed suicide.
4 case of smallpox has been fonnd IN
Red Bluff. The victim 5 name is Brown
aged "a years. and for the past two
months he has been employed in
the Sierra Lumber company's sash and
door factory. Brown has been re-.
moved outside of the town and placed
IN a tent.
Michael Roche, a window cleaner,
fell from n window of the third story
of a building at San Francisco and was
killed.
The inauguration of Il new electric
light service at Santa Ana recently
was celebrated by booming cannon,
bontires and blowing Of horns and steam
whistles.
san Francisco has 100, I35 children
under Il years of age and is,51l who
are of "school age, - or 326} more than
We're counted last year.
T. II. Word, a contracting governs
ment surveyor at laytonyille, suddenly
died Saturday. He bad been i'll only
few moments. Death was due 20 heart
disease. The sudden death of Ward
will seriously interfere with the work
Of large government survey that has
just begun. Ward was IL resident of
Oakland The remains We're shipped
there.
A shooting affair occurred in Watson
willie recently, whereby g. w. White
field better known as professor"
Whitefield, was shot and seriously
wounded by Mike Lebash, an old-time
resident. The shooting was the out
come of warrant sworn ont against
Iabash by Whitefeld. Labash was
placed under bonds for threatening
Whitefield's life. Labash had accused
Whitefield of kidnapping his daughter
and had him arrested on the charge.
Moutain View, Santa Clara county,
is TO have bank, with capital stock
of s25, 900
Emma Gutsell was drowned in Lake
Union, near Seattle, one day last week
by falling from a wharf while fishing.
Her husband almost lost his life while
trying TO rescue her.
The famous mud volcanoes of Mendo-
elmo county, situated about IL miles
from Laytonville, high up on the mogn.
tain, broke out again recently with II
roar like thunder that was heard for
! miles around. The first known of the
present eruption was the deep rumbling
/ from the vicinity of the craters These
craters are % III number and resemble
/ in every way those of genuine vol
canoes. The volcanoes are about six
feet above the surface of the ground
and are confined within IL circular base
or miniature crater from four to seven
feet in diameter ut the base and from
| two to three feet at the mouth. These
mnrky craters are filed with n blush
mud of about the consistency of boiling
tar. and when active bubble like boiling
water. making a laundering, gurgling
] noise. The present disturbance is so
...olout that tho ,,,,1 f,.on,ort1xy eLnot.