Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-07-12
NEWS OF THE COAST
Short Items Of Interest.
A Fued Cost Two Lives Near Ceima--
Japanese Driven From = Mining Dis
trict = Big Fire at Seattle - Shot .
Woman He Loved.

Many substantial buildings are being
prected at Fresno.
Work on the new auditorium at Grass
Valley has commenced.
The district fair at Napa is being held
this week. This il the first fair in that
district in five years.
Kitty Turner of San Francisco, stab
bed and Sc iously wounded James Tur.
ner in saloon during a quarrel Sunday
night
Emil Markenberg. the seronaut. was
making balloon ascension.
II is probable that beet sugar fac.
tory will be established at Newberg,
Or
Smallpox has been discovered at Jack.
son, Amsdor county. Physicians re.
port 20 developed cases. all excepting
two Of mild type.
William Williamson. an assistant
cook. either jumped or fell from the
porch of the Belleyille Terrace hotel AT
Los Angeles and was killed.
Gordon A. Wynn, 10 years old, was
drowned at Redendo Beach while swim.
ming in the ocean.
The Jail MT Hollister was burned a
few days ago and two prisoners. Bent
mo Gomez aud Jose Baise. were burned
to death. II is supposed that they tried
to burn their way 10 liberty but the fire
got beyond their control.
4. u. Harrington, bookkeeper of the
Evening Record of Los Angeles, and "A
contestant in the Santa Monica road
race. WAS killed by an electric car. II
is not known just how the rider got un-
der the wheels.
Rural free delivery service has been
established at Haywards. Alameda
county. The length of the route is -
miles. The area covered is 30 square
lation Of 220o.
Among the items showing the pros
perous advance OF Vallejo is the re.
quirement by a packing company IN
thar city of 800 employees To pack fruit.
4 $50,000 fire caused by a skyrooket
I'm the hands of careless boy burned
a business block at Seattle recently, Oc-
cupied by Holden & Wilson, Rudolph
Gross and Rhodes Brothers, on Second
avenue The building and most of the
contents is total loss. All are believed
TO be fully insured.
Frederick A. Taylor, an employe Of
the mint at San Francisco, placed un-
der arrest some days ago charged with
stealing gold. was dismissed at his pre-
liminary trial.
Lieutenant Henry de II. Waite has
been detailed by the war department To
act as military instructor at the uni
versity of California
The Los Angeles ordinance forbid
ding the drilling of oil wells within u
limit of 1900 feet from Westlake and
Sunset parks has been sustained by
Superior Judge Smith,
Il. Laventhal & Sons. wholesale
liquor and cigar dealers of Los Angeles
have failed for nearly $50. 900
The bitter feud that has ragged at
Colma. san Mateo county, beween the
families of William Mitchell and the
late Joseph |. ImsaDd, hog ranchers,
has evidently broken out afres!l. and "a
"A result of it the wife of William
Mitchell and their son David lie dead,
fheir bodies riddled with rifle bullets.
Mitchell WAS shot several times but es-
capped injur,. Frank I4emascher. Ces-
arrest charged with the murder. The
evidence IL purely circumsrantial, as
the deadly shots We're fired from am
bush, but it is of such u nature as To
leave little doubt of their guilt.
Five Indians found guilty of muir
dering Mr.. and Mrs. Horton III Alaska
have reached Mcneil island Puget
sound. where they are to serve sen
tences ranging from 20 TO 80 years
Because he loved Mrs. Lulu Roylance
a married woman, Al Moody, IA jockey
and race track tout, fearing that she
was about to become reconciled with
her husband, fatally shot her in San
Francisco slightly wounded Harold
Adams. with whom she was talking and
then turned the revolver upon himself.
The woman cannot survive the injury.
Moody's self-infiicted wound is not ser.
ious. and il blood poisoning can be
averted he will soon recover,
Eighteen Japanese, who were sent to
work at the New Idria quicksilver
mines In the southern part OF the state
last Friday. on arriving AT the mine
were met by delegation of four min
ers. who said that if the Japanese We're
to get the same wages us the white
men, 81 - to ~ so day. they could
20 to work The japanese were under
contract to work for 81 % day, and
the miners turned them back under
severe threats. The Japs struck out
overland for Fresno fruit orchards.
The miners are very much in earnest
abont the matter, and trouble is likely
il the company persists in sending
Japs.
The Jap labor war at keswick is over,
as the railroad has decided not 10 at
tempt to force the issue.
Plans are being perfected for the eroc.
ton Of $4,000 hotel on the Greer
place at Pslo Alto.