Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-06-13


Oakland, Cal, was held up and robbed
ut 1890 o'clock last Sunday night by
two footpads after she had been bru-
tally beaten. The robbery was com.
mittcd within block Of the young
lady's home.
John Q. Clemans was arrested at San
Francisco on warrant from Los An
geles charging him with embezzlement.
Clemans was formerly bookkeeper for
the Ice and Cold Storage company Of
Los Angeles. He left tho employ OF
the company on Fob. 0, and it is said he
is short in his accounts between $500
md 5000
y dispatch from Fergus Falls, Mimi.
says that n stranger came to the Occi-
dontal hotel and registered as George
Gilbert of Portland, Or. He was next
morning found lying on the floor of his
room with bullet.hole in his fore
head. He died short time afterward
without regaining consciousness. Gill
bert had evidently killed himself. He
was 80 years Of age, well dressed and
had considerable money.
Police Commissioner Carmichael OF
San Jose, who was attending u meeting
Of the commissioners in New York city,
fell into the hands Of the Philistines.
Instead of enjoying an excursion Ia
Coney Island Carmichael decided to
study the life and vicissitudes of the
New York police. When he returned
to his hotel he found that he had been
robbed of his watch, money and return
ticket.
William r. Keith, q machinist belong
ing to Union No. GS of San Francisco,
attempted suicide at San Jose by taking
three kinds of poison. and when an at
tempt was made by the doctors to use a
stomach pump ho bit part of his
tongue off in desperate resistance. He
came to san Jose from the Needles, and
failure to obtain work induced despond-
ency, resulting in the taking of the
poison.
At Wilkeson, Wash, Mrs. Vincent
Hendricks confessed to having at.
tempted to poison her husband by put.
ting carbolic acid In his wine. She is
only II years old, and tho couple were
but IT Gently married. After taking the
wine he was seized with spasms, and n
u doctor had difficulty in saving his life.
An investigation showed that the glass
given him bore strong odor of carbohc
acid, while the glass from which she
drank had nothing but the smell OF
wine.
Articles of incorporation were filed at
Pierre, $. D., for the United Copper
company Of Montana with capital OF
$50, ,OO0. 900, half preferred and half COM
mon stock. The incorporators are
Arthur p. Heinze, Stanley Clifford.
Franklin Men, Frederick Eckstein, Carl
Swenson and Oscar Nelson.
The report Of the grand jury at San
Francisco charges Chief Of Police Sulli-
van with "willtul violation Of tho law" "
and further says that "Wo recommend
an amendment 10 the charter taking the
appointment Of officials from the mayor
and giving election of the same to the
people az heretofore"
The United States supreme court do
cided that Charles w. Nordstrom, under
sentence OF death in the state of Wash.
ington for murder, who has escaped the
gallows nearly ten years, must hang.
Robert Rasmussen, agent for Wells,
Fargo & Co. ut Angels Camp, Cal
committed suicide by shooting himself
In the head. He was in bad health.
Word comes from Ensenada of the
capture aud Incarceration there Of Pedro
Morales, one Of the most noted outlaws