Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-05-31
NEWS OF THE COAST
Short Items OF Interest.
Sudden Storm on the Ceiumbi River
Causes Dissster--Iivermore's Marshal
Short of Cash--Excitenaent Over the
Discovery of Dry Placers.


Los Angeles.
Agnes Schuster a woman of San
Francisco's tenderloin attempted suicide
few days ago by shooting.
Thomas McDermott, keeper of a
low saloon at San Francisco committed
suicide a few days ago. He was a
brother of Maxine Elliott, the actress.
Engineer Frank J. Shaw and Fire
man Henry Witzee were killed at Oak
land some days ago by the oyerturning
of the engine they We're running.
e. w Hall, a well-known pioneer
farmer of Suisun, died recently after a
lingering illness. He was a native OF
Massachusetts, aged 6S years.
A company has been organized on
Puget sound with the object of ship
ping to eastern cities all kinds of fresh
fish packed III ice.
Domestic troubles and drink caused
AL Corkery to commit suicide at Han
ford some days ago.
Three robbers held up the conductor
and motorman of an electric car at Los
Angeles and relieved them of then
money and jewelry one night last week.
Paul, the two-and. IA half-year- son
of MIR. and Mrs. f. w. Myers, died from
drinking sulphuric acid. The child
found the bottle containing the acid
while playing around the skimming sta
tion OF the San Joaquin Ice company
AT Selma, where his father is employed.
Governor Gage has issued requiSition
papers for the return to California oi
w. T. Wykes, arrested In st. Louis on
the charge OF having embezzled several
thousand dollars from G. Il. Whitney
d Co, OF San Frrncisco.
Richard senlly, proprietor of the Lu.
Gene Hotel 81 Lemoore, committed sui
eide by tsh rg morphine, No reason
is given for his action, as his family re-
lations have always been Of the pleas.
ATTEST aud his financial standing Is OF
the best. He leaves wife and three
children
Government Surveyor II. H. Ward OF
Washington is at Laytonyille, with a
stall Of ten assistants. They propose
taking up all fractional parts of unsnr.
yeyed grazing and redwood timber
lands.
The town trustees of Liverinore, after
having examined the accounts of Town
Marshal William Harvey, found that he
was short about $500 in his tax money.
His bondsmen st once paid in all but
$500 of the shortage, and as soon as the
exact amount OF that which is due can
DE determined, the balance will be made
good Harvey has been asked to re.
sign.
Arthur Jones, bus driver, was shot
and probably mortally wounded by j.
". Phillips of Keswick The men
were osrousing ia the bauoom of the
Monte Carlo theatar, and finally got
into dispute as 10 which could kick
the higher. Words passed into blow,
and then Phillips shot Jones through
the body just below the liver. Phil
lips was arrested.
There is considerable excitement III
Southern California over the discovery
of dry placer diggings near Barstow,
San Bernardino county Several men
are making good wages. There is a
rush on and the entire section Is taken
up.
Panl Chaigneau, formerly city mar.
shal of Napa. and recently convicted Of
en- mbezzlement, was sentenced to one
year in San Quentin. The motion ion
n new trial was denied. Judge Ham
refused bail pending an appeal.
While making tour around the
world, John Thomann, an cid resident
OF ST. Helena, died at Zurich. Switzer-
land.
The steamer Mink is reported sunk
in the Siuslaw river, near Mapleton,
Or, mt the head of time water, She
was Il small steamer and had been car.
rying passengers and freight from tide
water TO Florence.
Jacob Furth, president of the Puget
Sound National bank of Seattle, has
purchased the coal mine ut Renton from
the Renton Coal company. The price
paid WAS about 100000.
n. Hakes, AN old resident of Fresno
county, was drowned in an irrigatin2
ditch in Central colony He lost his
balance and fell in and his inflrmities
rendered him helpless His remains
will be sent to his old home in Rock
Island IN.
Miss Florence Bunnell, who lived
with her parents near Susanville, was
killed a few days ago while trying te
jump from cart attached TO Il run
away horse.
j. I. b. Arnold. of prominent firm
of London solicitors, is under arrest at
San Francisco, held ON information from
England charging him with embezzling
SIS, 900 from his clients. He is said to
be II son of Sir Thomas Arnold.
Captain X. r. Searle, one of the old
time nayigators of the Pacific coast,
died Mt San Francisco few days ago.
A sudden storm broke over the mouth
of the Columbia riysr few days age
and played havoc with fisherman.
Numerous boats were overturned. aud
had it not been fer the life saving crews
stationed there the loss of life would
have Dsen heavy. -Four fisherman are
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