Amador ledger., 1901-03-08
Current News.
CALIFORNIA.
ALAMEDA.


ington streets.
Homesick, without money or friends,
and physically unable to earn her own
living, Vivian Hargrove, a girl of 10,
started to walk from logging camp
eleven miles beyond Santa Cruz to the
home of her mother, Mrs. Kate Har-
grove, in Portland, Oregon. Without
cent of money to pay her expenses
she reached Oakland. Being alone and
without money she applied to the pO-
lice station for shelter, which was given
her, but beyond the fact that she was
destitute and wanted a place to sleep
she did not speak of her troubles. A
kindly official learned her story as she
was about to leave the place and took
it upon himself to assist her.
BUTTE.
Oil companies are being organized in
Chico to bore for oil i'll Butte county.
A fire at Merrimac Mills destroyed
the large hotel owned by John Wagner
and leased to James c. Osgood. The
loss was almost total one as very few
things were saved. The total loss will
be from $4,000 to $4,000, with only a
partial insurance.
The grand jury of Butte county has
indicted DR.. Al. Lands of Chico, who
is charged with forging note against
the Alfred Fuller estate for $15, ZOO.
Sheriff Wilson was handed bench
warrant by the Judge and left at once
for Chico, where he arrested Landis
The sheriff was instructed by Judge
Gray to let Lands give bail and bond
was soon given, with o. l.. Clark, $500,
Mrs. G. j. Sommers $500, and Barney
Kusick $500; the bond being for 5000.
The case will come up in court some
time in March.
LOS ANGELES.
Ex-senator Stephen NJ. White, the
Little Giant of California" as his adj
mirers delighted to call him, died at
his home in Los Angeles after few
days of suffering. His physicians state
that death was due to liberation of the
stomach and bowels. He was 4S years
of age.
Edward Thomas, a veteran from the
Soldiers Home, was shot and killed at
Santa Monica by his stepson, Harry
Hotchkiss, is years old. The trouble
grew out of domestic difficulty. Thomas
went to his wife's house in an intoxi-
Gated condition and began a TRADE,
which led young Hotchkiss to take his
mothers part. Getting 45-caliber re-
volver, he fired at his stepfather, the
bullet entering near the left ear and es-
Gaping above the right temple. Thomas
died about an hour later. After the
tragedy young Hotchkiss went into the
yard, discharged the remaining cart
ridges, then surrendered himself.
CALAvERAS.
r. B. Whiteside, owner of the Gala
veras big trees, has finally fixed price
at which he will sell to the Govern
ment. 1t is $500,0C0. He told Repre-
sentative Metcalf that he had paid
$4,000 for the tract, but expected to
make much more money than that out
of the lumber. He says the big trees
are not too large for milling, as they
can be halved and quartered by using
dynamite.
CONTRA COSTA.
John Mitchell of Clayton was stabbed
and killed at that place by Richard
Gufkin, after quarrel over bucket of
beer. Gufkin was Immediately placed
under arrest and is at present in prison.
Daniel G.. Shine, who was found
guilty of murder in the second degree,
was sentenced by Judge Wells to serve
ten years in San Quentin prison. Shine
last Thanksgiving day shot and killed
George F. Nelson at Crockett. Mason
was porter in the Crockett Hotel, and
put Shine out of the hotel because he
had refused to pay for meal he had
eaten.
FRESNO.
A sensational ten-mile motor-paced
bicycle race was ridden on the Vele-
drome at Fresno between Newkirk of
Chicago and Stone of Denver. 1t was
ridden in one heat, and from scratch.
The last turn around the track was
made in IL seconds, eight laps to the
mile. Stone won the race in 1913 is,
clipping out of it an even Is seconds.
MADEIRA.
A tin lock box has been placed on a
table in the pOstoffice building in the
town of MADEIRA, for people who have
friends or know of persons in the East
who might like to come to MADEIRA
county to write the names and adj
dresses of such persons on slip of paper
and drop the same in the box. This
IL,
the slips taken out and the names and
addresses recorded, and thereafter cop
les of the county papers and such other
literature as we may have explaining
the resources and industries of MADEIRA
county will be mailed to such addresses
free of charge.
MERGED.
James Tucker, proprietor of the Ala
media House and owner of other prop
erty in the tenderloin district of Mer-
ced, was shot and instantly killed by
Robert Mcfarland. Tucker and his
wife were divorced about three months
ago, since which time they have been
quarreling over a division of the prop
erty. She called on her ex-husband
and he elected her, when Mcfarland,
who had accompanied her, opened fire,
the sixth shot killing Tucker.
MONTERREY.
A party of prominent Masonic off
GERS of Pacific Grove and Monterey met
with a serious accident while driving
home from Salinas from the funeral of
County Supervisor A. Wiedeman. All
were thrown out of the carriage and H.
S. Bare and G. K. Tuttle of Pacific
Grove were severely injured.
The Slack Canyon Coal Mining Com
pany will soon begin putting in great
power plant. This plant is designed to
furnish power and light to the Spreck-
els sugar factory at Salinas, light to
the city of Salinas aud all towns south
ward as far as Santa Barbara. Arrange
ments have already been made with
the city of Salinas to furnish light, and
representatives of the company will
soon visit Santa Barbara and other
towns south of Salinas for the purpose
of inducing these places to subscribe for
light. 1t is the intention of the COM