Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-03-20

Directors of the California home for
the care and training of feeble minded
children-F w. Longee. San Francisco;
Bert \. Poppe Sonoma county.
State fish commissioner-Henry w.
Keller Los Angeles.
Trustee of the Whittier reform school
james Clarke, Los Angeles.
{ Member Of the board of regents OF
+ the university of California--W. H. L.
Barnes. San Francisco.
The Cured Fruit association Of the
1 Pacific northwest has been Incorporated
/ by the fruit-growers of Oregon. In
order to comply with the laws OF Ore
gon it was found necessary to incorpor-
ate and issue stock. For the present
/ the capital il placed at $500, divided in
to shares of 81 each. A resolution was
passed empowering the executive COM
mittee to notify the California Cured
Fruit association that it will be pleased
To appoint "a committee to confer, with
view of bettering common interests.
Hilda Hobson, alias Louise Davis, is
under arrest ut Corvallis, Or, charged
with stealing horse and buggy. The
woman is rank imposter and has
swindled people from one end OF the
coast To the other on her bogus war rec
ord.
II. r. Watts, mining man who was
visiting Sacramento some two weeks
ago, was II ordered and his body
thrown into the river, where it was
found Il few days ago. What prompted
or who committed the crime is un-
known.
/ &. b. Heron, who for the past 80
years has been resident of Merced
county, died of heart disease i'll Merced
recently. He was 20 years OF age and
leaves wife and family of grown chill
dren.
At AN election held at Angels Camp
on the proposition of issuing bonds for
$I5, 900 for the erection and equipment
of grammar school building there
We're but eight dissenting votes out Of
200 cast.
David T.. Lodge, son Of the late So
nona pioneers, Mr.. and Mrs. John ID.
Lodge, has disappeared from Santa Rosa
and with him has gone about $2l 900.
The question Ms TO whether the money
was illegally in possession Of the young
man Is yet to be determined, though he
thought it was when he left Santa Rosa,
Lodges disappearance is regretted by
/ ,.,. TOD
side by the wife and family whom he
deserted, and on the other by his two
sisters, who are, with him, heirs to the
estate of their parents, which is valued
ut about 100000.
Word was received at Santa Rosa re-
Gently that the California Northwestern
railway company has filed amended ar
,icles of incorporation, declaring its in-
tention TO at once construct branch
line from Cloverdale i'll Sonoma county
TO Christine i'll Mendocino county.
IL. c. Gooding, formerly chief Justice
of Arizona, was shot and dangerously
wounded by footpads in front Of his
residence, at Los Angeles, recently.
The place where the tragedy occurred
Is in the thickly settled fashionable
residence district III the southwestern
part of that city. The judge had gone
ont for short stroll preparatory to re-
firing for the night. As he reached the
front gate on his return to the house he
was confronted by two men with drawn
reyolvers, who ordered him to hand out
/ his watch and money. Because he did
not comply promptly they shot him.
William Schwan was shot and killed
at his home near the petrifed forest,
Sonoma county, under circumstances
that indicate murder, although it may
have been suicide.
( Harry B. Thatcher, well known
Young man of Seattle, committed sui
( eide in a hotel there a few days ago.
Family troubles are supposed to have
caused the deed.
Word comes from the Iron mountain
mine at Keswick, that the management
has increased the wages OF miners and
muckers. Miners are to receive 81, III
stead of So. 65, and muckers ". 90 in.
stead of 81 10.
Mrs Ida Wilcox was beaten over the
head ,y her husband, George F. Wilcox,
at Kelseyville, Sonoma county, few
days ago. She died the day following.
Her husband used revolver as a weapon
After committing the deed Wilcox,
made his escape but was arrested Sun
day at Pasaden where he had gone tc
his fathers home. The couple had sep.
arated and he was trying to induce heI
to return homo but she refused.