Amador ledger., 1901-07-12

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ALAMEDA.


the blame on his wife by limiting of a
confession, William A. Brandes again
stands convicted of causing the death
of his fifteen-year-old daughter Lillian.
The jury returned verdict finding
him guilty of manslaughter. Brandes
beat his daughter to death November
II, 1898.
Less than all hour after the Alameda
Board of Education decided, by adopt
ing the report of Expert e. Alexander
Wright, that the Haight school build
ing, on Santa Clara avenue and Chest
nut streets, Alameda, should be sold or
torn down, an attempt was made to
burn the structure. School Superin-
tendent Hughes believes the incendiary
was some crank, who believed he was
doing the city some service, as the old
building, which cost over SIS, 900, is in
sured for about $4,000.
| BUTTE.
The residence, barn and all the out
buildings of n. o. Barham in Chico
| VoinO, suburb of Chico, were de-
stroyed by fire. The cause was defec-
tive flue. The loss was $4,000 and the
insurance $1,000.
Mrs. J. J. Dwyer of Sacramento was
drowned at Grimes landing, Colusa
county.
CONTRA COSTA.
d. NJ. Pits, who fell off a passenger
train at Cornwall, died from his inju-
ries. The wheels of one of the cars
passed over his left shoulder. The arm
held to the body by only the ligaments.
FRESNO.
Judge George a. Nourse, one of the
veteran members of the bar of Califor-
mia, was found dead on a cot in his
Office in Fresno. He had made an APP
pointment to meet his son, John G.
Nourse, on a business matter the after
noon of the day he died. The autopsy
showed that the cause was heart failure
HUMBOLDT.
Bishop Hamilton's recent trip to
Humboldt county resulted in the rails
ing of $1,000 in church debts. The debt
on Ferndale church of $4,000 was swept
out.
KERN.
The Central Hotel in Kern has been
otally destroyed by fire. Two persons
are known to have lost their lives, two
missing and four are injured. The loss
is estimated at $4,000, on which there
was $4,000 insurance. The fire is sup
posed to have been started by the eX-
plosion of lamp in one of the rooms,
and in moment all avenues of escape
for the inmates were Surrounded in walls
of flame. The building was of wood,
two stories in height, and, together
with other buildings of the same ma
terial which surrounded it, burned like
pine knot. One body has been re-
| covered from the debris, which was
identified as that of George Clark, a
helper in the Southern Pacific shops,
who came here from Albany, New
York. l.. G. Burnger, who had just
returned from the Philippines, is sup
posed to have persisted and covered up
in the debris. Two unknown men who
registered at the hotel the night before
the fire are also missing. Their names
cannot be ascertained, as the register
was burned.
LOS ANGELES.
Mrs. Lindley, an aged colored wom-
an, was burned to death at Los Angeles,
supposedly by the explosion of a gas
oline stove.
Joseph Arp, hostler, entered sa-
loon on the corner of Seventh and
San Pedro streets, Los Angeles, called
for glass of beer and drank it and
almost Immediately pitched forward on
the floor dead. An attack of heart dis
ease, superinduced by the hot weather
and cold drink, is supposed to have
caused his demise.
MONTERREY.
Louis A. Garnett, formerly promi-
nent business man of San Francisco,
died at the Tenant Memorial Home,
Pacific Grove, after brief illness. He
was an authority on finance and coin
age.
James McHolme, on eX-cOnvict, was
arraigned before Judge Lambert in
Monterey on a charge of attempting to
kill his wife, and was held to answer in
the Superior Court. In default of $500
bail he was locked up. McHolme
served four years in San Quentin for
shooting Carl Richter in the eyes, from
which blindness ensued.
A grain fire near Los Banos destroyed
about 1900 acres of wheat and barley,
the property of u. G. Jameson, and
1000 acres of grass feed were also de-
| stroyed. Several persons were pros
trated by OvereXertiOn and heat.
MODOC.
Leventon, Fades and Brown were
brought before the Superior Court of
Alturas on writ of habeas corpus, and
by their attorneys applied for bail, but
were refused by the court. Judge Har-
rington would not listen to the argyll
ments of attorneys, he refused the men
bail and ordered them returned to Jail
MARIN.
=: Under the shadow of BOlinas ridge,
where she had lived for the past sew
enty-three years, Mrs. Ramona BriOnes
Munos, aged 107 years, the Oldest white
woman in California, was buried in the
cemetery laid out by her first husband
SiXty-three living descendants of Mrs.
Munos, who was born one of the wealth.
lest women in the State, followed the
body to the grave and five generations
were represented. The scene at the old
cemetery was impressive. From all
the country round, on horseback, in
carriages and on foot the descendants
of the ancient Spanish aristocracy had
journeyed to pay honors to the deceased
pioneer.
| MENDOCINO.
A Baptist preacher at Hollow Tree
in the Jefferson school district, near
Usal, after preaching at Red Mountain
stepped outside the schOolhouse, and,
throwing off his coat and hat, furiously
attacked Lawrence Williams and Estel
Frazier. Joseph Mitchell only by main
strength kept him from injurlng them.
The people ran in terror and the preach
er left for his house, bowling and crow