Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-07-05
NEWS OF THE COAST
Short items Of Interest.
Keswick Workmen object tn Japanese
Ipborers Murderous Indians Must
PAY for Their Crime-Substantisi GIFT

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Gold is beginning to come i'll from
Alaska in large amounts. Each steamer
brings dust to the amount of hundreds
of thouands OF dollars.
BY vote of 227 to "a, Oakdale. STAN
islaus county. voted to issue $4,000
worth of bonds for the erection of a
new grammar school. The structure
will be of brick and stone.
A collision occurred Sunday between
two locomotives on the Santa Fe route
near point Richmond. Both engines
were badly wrecked. The crews escaped
by jumping.
Clyde Winslow, accused of the mur-
Ter Of Albert Patterson at Bakersfield
last week was held to answer on the
charge before the superior court. Bail
was refused.
l.. w. Goodwin, a pioneer of 1880,
died at Mokelumne Hill recently. He
had been constable of the township for
30 years. and for 20 years "a deputy un-
der Sheriff Thorn. He was a fearless
officer.
Arthur Black died at Cloverdale from
a fracture of the spinal column received
in his efforts to stop a runaway team
four weeks ago. He was thrown down
and run over.
w o. Priest, for many years propri-
etor of Priests hotel on the Big Oak
fiat stage route, is dead, aged i6 years.
Fred A. Taylor, trusted employe OF
the mint at San Francisco, Is under
arrest charged with stealing gold dust.
A tract of land in Colusa county eight
miles wide and IL long was recently
burned About 1900 acres of grain to-
gefher with residence and some ont,
houses on the Evans tract were de-
stroyed.
Judge o. n. Denny died at Seaside,
near Portland. aged G2. Judge Denny
was United States Consul at Tien-tsin.
China, under President Hayes and con-
sul-general at Shanghai under Presi-
dent Arthnr's administration. From
1855 To 1890 he was foreign secretary to
the king of Corea.
Cattle-growers on the south fork OF
/ the Kern river in the mountain district
f have organized an association for mutual
protection and pledged themselves to
pay into common fund according to
/ the amount of stock they own, for the
purpose of prosecuting cattle thieves.
/ The fund raised at San Francisco for
/ the benefit of the widows and orphans
of John T.. Sweeney, the fireman who
was killed in the discharge of his duty
some time ago. has grown well up in
/ the thousands. Those in charge of the
fund claim 1t will reach the $4,000
mark,
+. Garden of Seattle, manager of the
J. Q. Adams company system OF ware
/ honses along the Great Northern, esti-
/ mates Washington wheat crop. bar
ring bad luck, at 30,0O0,ooo bushels.
/ Samuel A. Glasgow of the Centennial
mills of Spokane and Seattle confirms
/ this estimate. He predicts that II the
present conditions continue the states
| yield will be double that of last year.
In fit of jealousy and because he
could not marry the girl of his choice,
/ G. 4. Martin of Walla Walla, Wash.
shot and killed Miss Leah Coleman and
| shot himself with fatal results. The
shooting took place IN the general tele-
phone office Several people were near
/ but could not stop Martin before he
succeeded in his purpose.
The indians convicted of the murder
of Mr.. and Mrs Horton of Eugene. Or,
Mt Lynn canal last October were SEN
fenced Mt skagway June ~. Hanson,
who killed Horton, will hang. Viii.
| lams. who cut Mrs. Horton ) throat un-
der threats of Hanson. was sentenced
to 80 years imprisonment. ketchinoo
also gets 80 years. Another is given &c
years and two others 20 each. Five
other Indians in the party were set
ut liberty to secure their testimony.
| The crime was committed i'll revenge
for the death of two Indians which was
attributed to witehcraft practiced by
! the Horizons.
Joseph Cole, accused OF numbering
| his sister.in- law, Mary Parez, at Sa'
| lnas, in May, 1897, was recently ac'
Quilted of the charge and set free, aftel
| being in the county Jail and San Quen'
! tin several years. Cole was sentenced
once to life imprisonment and served two
years. The case was appealed, II new
trial granted and acquittal obtained.
| The evidence for the defense was chiefly
that the woman was subject to epileptlt
fits and while IN company of the de-
fendent had an attack and died. The
| jury was out two hours.
Forty-two japanese brought to Kes'
wick two weeks ago to work for the
Southern Pacific railway We're driven
out recently by 200 workmen of the
Keswick smelter and other places. The
workingmen went in body to the ca
where the Japanese slept near Keswicl
station, woke them and told them t.
dress. There was no violence. TIL,
Japanese were quietly driven to thu
south bound Oregon express, put ol
board and told never to return. The,
were carried to Redding and put of b,
the conductor.
The prune- growers and packers have
reached an agreement aud thus year
clo) will be handled by the combine
from present Indications.