Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-07-05
Robert Donner, q young man OF Red
Bluff was run over by train and

Keswick, fell down a shaft and was in
stantly killed.
s. d. Ingram, one of Sonoma's pio-
aeer and respected citizsns, died at his
lome near Cazadero few days ago,
pged 10 years.
] A fight between I. J. Butler, a ranch
foreman living near Glen Ellen. and L.
A. Wilpret, a carpenter, ended by But
Ter being shot. The wound may prove
fatal.
Gold has been discovered oh Sandy
Point. Whatcom county, Wash, and
has caused stampede.
By the upsetting of O stage on the
Fish ranch grade, near Oakland last
week, Paul Won Stuemer was killed and
Charles Burke badly injured.
The will Of Frederick NJ. Mooers, the
Yellow Aster mining king of the Rands-
burg district. who died suddenly in New
York last month while OH the way to
Europe, is to be contested.
David Williams, a fireman, was killed
and ] other firemen were injured and
nearly $500, 900 worth of property de-
stroyed in fire in the machine shop OF
the Best Manufacturing company, Pitts
| burg.
Carl Anderson, a car man in the Yel-
low Aster mine. Ransburg. was struck
by rock falling on him in the bottom
of the shaft and instantly killed, his
neck was broken. He was % years of
age.
At Randsburg the two-year-old son
Of Walter Brooks, took some capsules
containing strychnine which had been
prescribed for his mother, and died be-
fore medical aid could be summoned.
Thomas W. Flannelly. the Redwood
city parricide and murderer of Sheriff
McEvoy, was hanged at San Quentin
prison Friday.
\ plan is being developed to bring
between 400 aud 800 Indians from Ari-
zona to pick grapes about Fresno. The
Indians are starving, owing to lack OF
work and famine, and this will help
them and the growers, owing to scarcity
of labor,
Brigader- General A. II. Chaffee, y:
5. A., has been ordered to China to
command American troops in service
there. Every arrangement Is being
made by the government to send large
force of soldiers to the fiowery kingdom
to protect American interests.
After spending four months ON st.
Lawrence island. Alaska. James Muir
ply, of New York, was rescued from
starvation by natives. Murphy and
hye companions sailed on the schooner
Eaerett Of San Francisco for Nome. but
were wrecked. All reached st. Lawr-
ence safely, but the other five died of
starvation.
The first passenger train to run all
the way from Chicago to San Francisco
over the rails of the Santa Fe system
arrived ut San Francisco on Saturday,
June 80 1t consisted of ten cars, car
rying 800 naval recruits from New
York for the China fleet.
Roy skinner, high school student,
IS years of age. was killed at Saratoga,
where he had gone on a picnic. He
had climbed tree when the limb broke.
Falling over backward, he struck on a
rock, breaking his neck. Death was
instantaneous.
The Stockton street fair opened last
week, and during its run was an i'm
mense success. President Mckinley
sitting in Washington pressed an cleo
tre button and gave the signal that
opened the fair.
After quarreling with her husband,
Mrs. William Fitzgerald, or Lantier, as
she is better known. jumped from the
wharf into Stockton channel few
days ago The husband is "spieling"
a sideshow ON the midway, and the two
have been fighting for two or three
DAYS, and she informed him that she
would drown herself and he told her tc
go ahead The body was recovered.
J. S. Bundock of Sacramento county
Is preparing for trip to England f0r
the purpose of settling an estate tc
which he has fallen heir. The property
Is worth close to 81 900, 900, and there is
some dispute among the heirs relative
foit. The case comes up in the Eng
lish courts in October, and Bqndock
will be on the ground to prove his claim
personally He has been in the United
States since boyhood.
Preparations for fruit-drying are be.
ing made this year on larger scale
than ever before in California and those
who need trays and boxes should lose
no time In placing their orders, II the
prune season should prove cloudy and
damp and extra trays be required in
large quantity very suddenly there is
danger that they cannot be had.
Patrick Reddy, prominent lawyer Of
California and well-known over the en-,
tire Pacific slope, died at San Francisco
few day ago of Brights disease.
A car of dried apricots left yacaville
on June 20, three weeks earlier than
last year. The yield of dried apricots
from the vicinity of Vacaville is esti'
mated at 1s5 carloads, if help can be
had to handle the entire crop, of which
there is doubt.
An attempt to set fire to the town OF
Mokelumne Hill last Thursday night
WAS frustrated by the vigilance of John
Albright, who was sitting up with a
sick friend. He had returned to his
room to get an overcoat when bright
/ light attracted his attention. On in.
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