Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
UNITED STATES.

| New YORK Is TO have a TWENTY-FIVE
story building to cost about s., 0O0, 600.
The warehouse of the Knox Express
Company, four-story structure, north
west, at Washington has been DESTROYED
by fire. Loss 100000.
Sammy Harris, the well-known
feather-weight boxer, died suddenly
of pneumonia at his home in Chicago
lately. He was a twin brother of Harry
Harris, the feather-weight fighter, who
is now in England.
w. c. Clark, Secretary of State of
Colorado i'll 1876, met an accidental
death in the Wade block in Denver.
He tripped while walking down the
stairs and fell to the bottom, breaking
his neck. Hewas 81 years of age.
Fire destroyed the Public Library
building at Grand Haven, Conn.,, IN
Guiding 5000 volumes, entailing loss of
SlOO,OO0 The High School was in the
same building, four-story brick struc-
ture, the largest and handsOmest in
town.
Hostilities i'll China have seriously
affected the exports from the United
States to that country Inl the seven
months ending with January, 1901, the
total exports from the United States in
creased more than S100,000,OOO, or about
IL per cent, as shown by the report of
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics lust
issued, while to China alone the exports
from the United States show fall of
more than so per cent
John +. Searles, who for MANY wears
has been conspicuous figure in finan-
clal, commercial and religious circles in
New York, has made an assignment to
Edward F. Dwight of the law firm of
Carter, Hughes 4 Dwight of So Broad
way. Searles, in the assignment, stated
that he was engaged in general corpor-
alton and financial business. He is at
present interested in many corporations
either as officer or director. Estimates
of Searles' liabilities are anywhere from
100000 to S2,OOO,OOO.
A fifteen-year-old actress, whose stage
name was Mamie Cirelli, was shot and
killed lately by her jealous lover, An
tonic Triolo, 20 years old, at the corner
of Mulberry and Bayard streets, New
York. TriOlo was arrested. The girl
and her mother, Santina Magavero,
also an actress, have been travelling
about the country giving performances
in small concert halls and other resorts
frequented by Italians.
In recognition of the services of Geo.
Labram of Milwaukee, who, as engineer
for the De Beers Mining Company, was
one of the defenders of Kimberly, and
who built "Long Cicil," the monster
gun used to fight the Beers, and was
killed during the siege, the mining COM
pany has settled upon Mrs. Labram,
the widow, an annuity of $500 during
life, and upon her thirteen-year-old son
an annuity of $1,000 until he shall be-
come of age. This is IN addition to the
5000 recently awarded Mrs. Labram
by the English Government.
Made mad by excessive drinking,
John Hazlett rushed into the house Of
John Roberts in Newcastle, Pa, lately
and, whirling large butcher knife
menaceingly over his head, frightened
Miss Mary Roberts so badly that she
died in few minutes. There were
several women III the house when Haz-
lett bounced into the room. He rushed
at them with all the fury of a wild
beast. Three tainted and the others
ran screaming out of the house. The
police followed him and took him into
custody.
Edward &. Beirne of Port Jervis, who
has made much money in advancing
wages to Erie Railroad employees at big
discounts, was before Judge Dickey re-
Gently as defendant in a suit brought by
Sylvester G.. Wheeler, an old Erie fire
man. Wheeler showed that he had bor-
rowed of Beirne Sll on his time. For
this he had paid Beirne $40 in cash and
given his note for S43 more. This he
did because of sickness in his family
and because the railway company had
on pain of dismissal from its employ,
ordered that no employee should sell his
time. He was given judgment and also
the costs amounting to 500.
After having been buried and lost for
l Is years, the remains of General
Nathaniel Greene, the hero of the
American Revolution were discovered
in Savannah through the efforts of the
Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati.
For a week Colonel Asa Bird Gardi-
ner of New York and local committee
have been at work in Colonial Park,
which was formerly used as a cemetery,
searching for some trace of the remains.
Tradition had it that they had been
spirited away after public mterment
in 1876. Recently, however, a vault
was opened which contained plate
bearing the name of General Greene,
and there were also found three buttons
of the Colonial period that are supposed
to have been on the uniform of General
Greene when buried.
Charles Maddox of San Diego, Cal,
is in the county Jail at Albuquerque,
confessed fOrger. A good looking, well
dressed man of middle age, giving that
name, presented at the First National
Bank of Albuquerque a check for SlS,
900 OH the First National Bank of River
side, Cal, and asked for the cash. He
expressed his intention of invest
ing in California real estate. The
cashier declined to pay so large
an amount until the identity of the
man and the genuineness of the check
had been established. Maddox then
produced check for 5000 Endorsed by
Rev. j. w. Marsh, pastor of the Cen
gregatiOnal Church of this city. The
check was cashed, but investigation
proved that the minister's name was
forged. Maddox was arrested and con-
fessed that the check for the larger
amount was also a forgery. He was
sent to Jail in default of $500 bond,
and will be held for the grand jury's
action.