Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-05-09

Chris Evans, the notorious train rob-
ber, who is i'll Folsom under sentence of
life imprisonment, has given notice of
his Intention to apply for parole. He
was sentenced in 1898, and his conduct
since is said TO have been exemplary.
He is 60 years old and is minus an eve
and an arm, which were shot away in
his attempt to escape capture. His
wife is living in Visalia, supporting her.
self and family by washing.
The miles of waste forming the deserts
Of Utah, Southern Nevada and North
srn Arizona and New Mexico have re.
osived a drenching the like of which
has never been known. The storm, 1t
ID believed, viii result in almost incal-
,ulsble benefit to the entire region
Affected.
The Standard Electric company Is
now furnishing San Jose with light
from the power Of the falling water of
the Mokelumne river, near Jackson,
Amalor county, the distance being iSi
miles.
The settlers In Wallowa county, Or.
have signed a petition addressed to Sec-
retary of the Interior Hitchcock, urging
the department to take steps to prevent
the encroachment Of Indians upon the
lands Of settlers of that county.
The Chino (Cal.) Land and Water
company has begun to make q small
plain Of barren land into forest, by
planting.it with eucalyptus trees for the
purpose of growing wood for fuel.
About $4,000 acres Of land will be used
for this purpose.
Mortimer Montpetit returned to Walla
Walla, Wash. from his former home in
Ohio to find that he was buried two
years ago after being fatally burned in
fire. and marble headstone erected
above his grave by lodge of United
Workmen at Starbuck. to which order
he belonged. He disappeared one night
without any apparent reason. and soaae
time later a mans body was foau8 u
the ruins of warehouse that had
burned down. This body was identified
as that of Montpetit. A record in the.
auditors Office shows that he is officially
dead. and he has taken the matter into
the superior court, requesting that the
auditor be directed to make the record
conform TO the facts.
J. p. w. Davis, a pioneer newspaper
man of California, was, in the superior
court at Redding. sentenced by Judge
Sweeney to ten years in San Quentin
for arson. Davis is a victim of liquor,
To get intoxicants he sold a barn that
was not his property to Chinese, and
on that evening applied a torch TO the
building, which burned to the ground.
Ju ge w. H. Smell of Tacoma decided
against former city employees, who
sued for overtime. This decision knocks
out the eight hour law of the Washing
ton Legislature of 1899. The principal
ground for the decision is that the law
attempts to interfere with the right Of
private contract.
w. H. Mills, who for many years has
had charge of the press work in connec-
tion with the transportation and adver-
tising department OF the Southern
Pacific Railroad company, has at his
own request been relieved of that duty.
He will go to Buffalo to take charge of
the Southern Pacific company's exhibit
at the Pan American exposition. He
will, however, continue TO serve as land
agent of the Southern Pacific. Presi-
dent Hays selected Passenger Traffic
Manager +. o. Mccormick to succeed
Mr. Mills in the press bureau Mr..
Mccormick is no stranger to the kind Of
woil - w = Hzcatira unoa 10 perform
in l. -. l1r when he was
conne le Big -Four, with
headquar, :. Cincinnati, he success
fully managed the newspaper depart
ment of the roads and established
friendly relations between the corpora,
tion and the press.
An electric railroad will be constructed
between Tacoma and Seattle, and trains
are expected to be in operation by the
lst of January. The road will be
standard gauge, with 60pound rails,
and "a l.5 miles in length. From Ia
coma the road will cross Puvallup reser-
walton, running northeast TO Auburn in
the White river valley, 1t will run
thence to Kent and through South
Seattle to. Seattle. The cost of con-
struction and equipment witt approxi-
mate 81 100000.
Burglars entered the general mer.
chandise store at Cayucos, Cal, of De
Gottardi Il Righetti and opened the
safe and took over $4,000 in cash. The
safe was opened by manipulation, as it
showed no marks of violence.
The arrest at Butte, Mont. recently
of William Dougherty and John Multi
gan for passing counterfeit SO gold
pieces has led to the capture of one of
the most complete counterfeiting outfits
ever seen in Montana. The men were
traced TO cabin near Pipestone Springs.
where the pant was found. Jim Web.
ber, the man in charge of tho cabin, was
arrested. According to the police.
Webber has served term in the Idaho
penitentiary for oounterfeiting,
DR.. r. 4. Bunker OF San Francisco
was charged by coroner's jury with
the murder of Miss Jane Bouillaguet,
who died from the effects of a criminal
operation. He was released on bonds in
the sum of $4,000.
After five years of litigation the
supreme court has decided that the
estate Of the late Senator James G. Fair
shall go TO his three children-Charles
Fair. Mrs. Oelrichs and Mrs. Wander
bilt, share and share alike. The value