Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-05-23

the roof of the Piedmont power-house
of the Oakland Call Transit company
came in contact with the wires, and
he received charge of 10000 volts of
electricity, causing instant DEATH lie
was a carpenter, and lived with his wife
and three children at 1870 tilbert street
Oakland.
The supreme court of California has
affirmed the Judgment rendered by
Judge Seawell of the superior court oi
San Francisco and county, in which il
was held that the state board of railroad
commissioners had no jurisdiction ovei
the Market-street Railroad company
and could not examine into the affairs
of the corporation for the purpose OF
fixing the passenger rate Or for any
other purpose.
Cornelius Maloney, 70 years of age,
father of Z. ID. Maloney, superintendent
Of streets II Berkeley, Cal. hanged
himself to a rafter in his barn His
suicide is attributed to insanity caused
by i'll health.
The Rev. Dr. Henry c. Minton OF
San Anselmo Theological seminary,
California. was elected moderator by
the Presbyterian general assembly at
its ll3th meeting at Philadelphia.
Chief Engineer P. II. Herlihy of the
wrecked Rio de Janeiro, who was found
guilty of neglect of duty by local H.
speotors Bolles and Bulger, and who
had his license revoked, will be restored
TO his former position at the end Of
three months. This is according to Il
decision handed down by Captain John
Birmingham. United States supervisor
VT steam vessels, who, while agreeing
with the findings OF the local inspectors,
scales down Herlihy's sentence because
of his previous good reputation and of
his having a large family depending
upon him. Captain Birmingham, how
sver is severe upon Pilot Jordan. and
says that, with all due respect to the
pilot commission which acquitted him.
am of the opinion that to the unskill-
fulness of the pilot may be attributed
the disaster. >
At the dairy ranch of Joseph Machado
Refs, near Cayucos, Cal, Mary Betten-
court, aged Z years, shot herself while
playing with rifle she had found be-
hind the door. When the family re-
turned from the evening milking they
found the child lying dead on the tioor
in pool of blood.
The wedding garments of Miss Anna
Corrick of East Las Vegas, n. NJ, were
used as her burial robes. She was to
have been married at O'Clock one even.
ing recently and many of the gnests had
arrived. The groom to be. J. p. Ryan,
who lived next door, had called to see
her in her bridal dress, and while pleas
antly talking TO him she fell forward
and he caught her i'll his arms. In less
than one minute she was dead. The
cause of her death was heart failure.
society favorite.
Judge G. ID. Emery. pioneer lawyer
of the coast and a resident of Seattle
since 1872, was found dead in bed,
apoplexy being the cause. He was 6s
years old and widower. He leaves
four children.
W. f. Darling. superintendent Of the
San Lorenzo Water company, COM
mitted suicide at his residence in Hay
wards, Cal, by shooting himself in the
head with revolver. He was i'll i'll
health and Respondent. Mr.. Darling,
with his wife and daughter, came from
Marysville eight years ago
The California Raisin Growers asso.
citation, Mt a meeting held in Fresno
decided to reorganize upon an entirely
new plan. The growers will lease then
vineyards outright to the combine for
term of three years. The growers will
attend to the raising of the crop and
the association will market it. The
consideration for the lease is to be $lo
for which shares will be issued. A can
vass will now be made for signatures
to the new contract. Ii large per-
centage of growers should remain ON
the outside the association will cut
prices TO force them TO come i'll.
James Wheelock. who was tried at
Oroville, CAL. for the murder of Mrs
Emily Martin at Confidence on March
3. was found guilty of murder in tho
first degree. There was no recommen-
dation to mercy.
Joseph Sohilling. half-breed Indian.
was shot and fatally wounded by +. L.
Brown, at Browns farm, near Santa
Rosa, Cal. The shooting was the re-
suit of an old quarrel between the men.
Brown gave himself up to the author
tiles, aud says he shot in self-defei Sc.
The l4-year old son of Samuel Hop
kins. a rancher living SAINT Maria. Santa
Barbara county, while attempting to
rob a hawks nest. was attacked by the
bird and his injuries are such that his
recovery is not certain. One of the
boys eyes was almost torn from its
socket by the enraged hawk, and blood
was streaming from score of long
gashes in his face and on his breast,
back, shoulders aud hands.
NJ Volke, first assistant to the civil
engineer of the Sisson division, was
killed north of Upton. Cal. He was in-
specting the track on gasoline bicycle
when he was run down by work train.
Charles Stills. farmer, attempted to
kill his sweetheart, Miss Mamie Ram
age, at the Kalar ranch, near Paso
Robles, Cal. After short conversation
with the girl he seized rifle from his
wagon and attempted to shoot her, but
Miss Ramage grasped the muzzle of the
weapon and the ball passed through her