Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-07-26


may close down.
The cruiser Philadelphia is at sea on
ten days cruise with the Oregon naval
! reserve.
j Fire at Chinese Camp, Tuolumne
founty, destroyed several buildings one
Of which was the post-ofliee. The loss
is placed as high rs Sl2, 900.
Rev Henry H. Price. a well-known
Pacific coast Presbyterian minister,
living at Berkeley, died suddenly in
Paris few days ago.
A monster whale ran into the pilot
boat Bonita near the Farallone islands
one day last week and struck the vessel
SO hard that it sprung a leak and sank.
The crew escaped in small boats.
Fire on his ranch near Glencoe, Cal
ayeras county. destroyed the home OF
Joseph Bayless. Bayless was asleep
when the fire stated 2nd was burned
to death.
An aged Indian, known as Larodo,
was burned to death i'll his cabin near
Niles "a few days ago. How the fire
started is not known.
Pomeroy, Wash, suffered from 800.
900 fire last week Several citizens
were badly injured. The courthouse
there was totally destroyed.
The jury in the case of w. II. Nc
Mullin, at Marvsville, who shot J. II.
shannon on April 20, brought in ver-
dict of not guilty on the ground Of i'll
sanity at the time of the shooting. Nc
Nlullin was jealous of the attention paid
to his wife by Shannon. The verdict is
popular.
Frank r. Donlan shot and instantly
killed woman with whom he had he, II
living rs his wife on ranch near Vi
salia. Liquor is supposed TO have caused
the crime.
Perry Hayden, veterinary surgeon.
was dragged to death by fractions
horse near Sacramento. He was thrown
from the animal and MSferi became
tangled in sfirrup.
7. &. Calnan, policeman of san
Frapciseo, is under arrest for stealing
horse.
Floie Villa, the country home of Ar
thur Bulla, at Ontario, Cal. was burned
10 the ground. Nothing WAS saved.
Mrs. Bnlla was known to the art world
~ "Floie." She lost S35. 900 worth of
paintings The house cost $1,000. II
was outside the fire limits and there was
small insurance. The origin of the fire
was the explosion of n gasoline stove
The army worm is doing great dam
age in the vicinity of Sumner, Wash
and Governor Rogers has ordered an
entomologist from Pullman to make an
investigation and suggest a remedy.
The lifeless body $. II. Humphreys, q
prominent real estate broker of Hills
boro, Or. was found hanging by a rope
from a small fir tree. 1t is thought that
worry over the condition of his estates
and other financial troubles caused him
To commit suicide. as the speedist solu-
tion of the difficulty.
Reports from the eastern portion OF
Washington indicate that the wheat
crop will not be as heavy as expected.
80 bushels being the average. The est-
mates of the total yield for the state is
now cut down from 30 200. 900 to %.
600, 900 bushels.
The county assessment roll of Saera-
mento county has been increased n mil
lion and half dollars higher than last
year.
An ls-foot fly wheel in the Puget
Sound FIGURING mills at Tacoma burst.
demolishing the enginehouse and knock
ing several holes through the walls OF
main building. Several persons Were
injured by flying pieces of iron.
At an election held at Yuba city the
people voted TO issue Sl5,000 worth Of
bonds TO build II schoolhalse. The
election carried almost unanimously.
Mrs. Almira 5. Townsend of San
Francisco. died suddenly there few
DAYS ago through heart failure. Sh,
was we'll known as n liberal contributor
to charity
san Francisco is making great prepa-
rations for the Admission day celebra.
tion to be held there in September.
The new $1,000 bridge across the Sac.
ramento river III Keswick has been com
pleted.
s. u. Mitchell of Portland, general
manager, and T. l.. DANES, general su
perimendeni of the Tacoma Street 'Rlil
way company. have been formally
charged with manslaughter. This il
the result OF the Fourth of July accident
in which over 40 lives were lost and q
persons injured. 20 of whom are still in
the hospitals.
William Bedell died at Jackson IA few
days ago of smallpox. This is the first
death fairly attributed TO the disease.
1 Injuries received in II runaway acci-
dent caused the death Of Judge j. II.
/ McFarlan of San Diego.
Earnest Gilleran and his 9-year-ol
/ son Thomas was drowned in san Fran
cisco bay Sunday while fishing. The
accident was caused by the boat cap
sizing.
Charles Napper, a painter committed
suicide at San Francisco Il few days
ago. He was despondent owing to lach
of ability to get work and provide fol
his family.