Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-05-10
NEWS OF The COAST
Short Items Of Interest.


cSnfDsses-A Car oS wheat Fer FaW
iae-striskss IsltA - iadtsss Est =
! Dead Man.
by the upssttine Of coal oil stove
ths olothipg Of Mrs. Sadie Gray Of San
ErAncisoo wNs sst on Are. and before
aid came she was 10 badly burned that
she died.
Westlsy Noon. the eldest resident Of
Suttsr county is dad. He was 30
years old and ceme t. the state in ls4S.
American salmon asnners operating
1t Anacortes and other near by places
have offered the Dominion government
to establish and maintain . frst-class
hatchery ON the Frazer river.
A. s. Hallidis. prs6idsnt Of the Cali
fornia Wine works and inventor Of the
cable railroad, died u his home In San
Francisco few days ago.
With the aband0nment of the effort
to close dowH the shinsls mills on Pu-
get sound and maintain the association,
list prices were givsn the first cut at
Seattle when ofEsring were made at IL
cents below the list ~ all grades. There
was little demand. For the next ten
days deeper cuts are aaticipated
Ths session Of the grand parlor Of the
Native Sons Of the Golden West was
concluded at Orovills q few days ago
Santa Barbara is to get the next ses-
sion.
Work was begun last week at Point
Richmond clearing Of the ground on
which the Santa Fs railroad will build
it's shops and rouadhouse. The plans
Tor ths impraVsmsnt ~ contemplated
by ths railroad company were received
several days before BY the resident en-
gineer Of the cosapany, bur when the
actual work Of building the shops was
begun. is had been hoped by the people
Of Oakland that the company might be
induced to locate its plant there.
James b. Blair, . man with many
Aliases. was arrssssd st Berkeley few
days ago. He has bssn carrying on an
extensive swindling game. He posed az
secretary Of an oil aoompany and would
send letters 70 someone who had just
died that there was IN amount stall due
on oil stock, aRd = sNal ~ it was paid
dividends ssuid y drawn, Relatives
would open the letter, aud, thinking
the dead man had aosually bought stack
send the money demanded.
Judge Buck. of RAawsed city. has
sentenced John A. Wales to serve term
Of three years ia San Quentin Last
January Vaiss strQck fellow. country.
man over the head with Jug of wine,
the maa dying from the effects OF the
blow few days aftsrward. Both men
were drinking aud quarreling over the
hqnor. The jury bcoashr in . verdict
Of Granddaughter and recommended the
prisossF ~ the mercy Of the court.
Both men were wellkaown characters
about Half.moon bay.
In two years the coast shipping situa.
sioa On Puget seNpa has eaAplstely
changed and vessels are worth at least
double what they wsre. Two years
ego john Rossnfeld 3 company of San
Francisco paid esooo tos the Bartlett
Thsobald, clearing over this sum on her
first trip TO San Francisco with coal.
Later they sold her for 10000 Re.
Gently II is reported they offered si5, 900
for her, bat hss pgsssnt e~asrs ask 3l7,-
0O0.
Charles zichfeld, . baker of Carson,
New, attempted TO kill his wife by
shooting n hss while she was at the
house ot y friend. After firing the
shot, which missed hsg. Zichfeld re.
turned TO the bakery and killed himself
by shooting bullet into his brain.
Zichfsld and his wife had trouble last
week ahd his win left him He made
IN attempt to kill her. but the sheriff
took the pistol away, He wss given the
pistol under promise Of NO further trou.
Bile. ziohfsld left letter disposing OF
his property aud also stating that he
intended killing his wife aud himself.
Zichfeld had served a term in the
Nevada penitentisry for bigamy. He
married the woman he tried to kill
while another wife WAS living in Cali.
fornia.
The Truokes hotel II IN ashes The
fire started in the laundry shortly after
midnight, and in, q few moments the
old pine building WAS = mass of flames.
The hotel was built in 1866, and added
to from time to time. There was not
the slightest chance to save the build.
ing and the firemen simply kept the
flames FROM spreading. Fire engines
FROM Summit and Truekee, with the
town water system, copfinsd the fire te
the main building. Tbs loss is placed
at tS6. .000
A gang Of horse thieves is operating
In San Joaquin county. The early part
Of last week six horses were taken from
Fair Oaks, q suburb Of Stockton. We'd
nesday three horses were stolen from
John Dean Of Tracy. The sheriff is OF
she opinion that all the animals were
taken by the SANS lnsp aud suspicion
points to some campers who passed that
way during the week.
Tslegraphis advice Of April ~ from
Dawson to Skagway and brought to
Seattle ON the steamer HUMBOLDT, state
thai the census at she Klondike has
been completed. Tbs population OF
Dawson IL 5Ost, and Of the Klondike
s1v7. Dawson has 1880 voters aud the
entire district l04&. The district has
s761 British subjects and 55s9 citizens
Of the United States The population