Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04
NEWS OF THE COAST
Taken From The Weeks
Dispatches.
Dan suilivan Abseonds with $4,000 Rail
Money--Fatal Shooting ct Dsvisviile.
Burn . schooIhouss In Order to Get
New One--Drowning Accident.

M0ncy-Fatat shooting ~ Dsvisviio
Burn . schooIhouss In Order to Gel
New One-Drowning Accident.
A burglar entered the room Of Mrs
q. p. Gehring. in the Bellevue Terrace
hotel, Los Angeles. and stole jewslry
worth $500.
The Federated Trades assembly OF
Portland has declared boycott against
the product Of the breweries Of that city
in connection with the strike of this
brewery employees.
Hilda Williams, the four-year. old
daughter of James Williams, and Clar
cnce Gill. the fye.ysar.old son oi
Thomas Gill. while playing near poo
of water at Grass Valley, Cal. fell in
and were drowned.
Dan Sullivan. deputy in the Office oi
Warrant Clerk Peery at San Francisco,
Is missing; 80 also is 5000 that belongs
to people who We're compelled to put up
bail for their appearance, after arrest
In the police courts lie Obtained the
money by forgery The methods used
by Sullivan 10 cash the forged bail de-
mands required that he should forge
rhs names Of the Snn Francisco police
court Judges and also OF Chief War.
rsnt and Bond Clerk Charles 5. Feery.
The money which was thus taken from
tho treasury wll have to be- made good
by Peery. who employed him, Sulli-
van was one II the Giprico Foss gang Of
forgers that was arrested IN 1898, but lie
turned states evidence, and thus
escaped being sunt to the penitentiary
along with the others.
suit will be begnn by the prison direc-
tors and the attorney general against
Joseph Levy, the junk dealer ut tho
foot of Clay street, San Francisco, who
bought S3700 worth of San Quentin
sacks from G. J. Walden, the jute mill
employee, who absconded about three
months ago and has since been missing.
Levy will practically be sued by the
people of the state of Californsa for
s3100 worth of the property OF the state
obtained by him under peculiar condi-
tions.
Chinese who were citizens Of the
Hawaiian islands prior to August IL,
1895, by birth OF naturalization, are
Attorney General Griggs, in reply to u
letter from Collector Stratton Of San
Francisco, said that the treaty Of an
nexation provided that all persons cifi-
zens Of Hawaii under its laws on August
l2, 1898, then became citizens OF tho
United States.
Mrs. Elise L. Drexler. widow of the
millionaire vinyardist. Loniis r. Drox-
ler. Is opposed to the use aud sale OF
wines and liquors, and because Of her
convictions the lady has given notice to
her tenants in San Francisco who are
engaged in the liquor traffic that the
premises they occupy must be vacated
within reasonable time.
]. A. Woodman Of Davisyills, Cal. /.
shot and instantly killed his wife and
fatally wounded Ira E Jones Mrs
Woodman aud Jones went for walk,
and Woodman came up behind them
and opened tire with a shotgun. One
charge pierced the heart of the woman.
killing her instantly. Another charge
struck Jones in the small Of the back.
indicting q wound from which he will
die. Woodman declared that he did
not intend TO kill his wife, but shot
intended for Jones killed her instead.
He had warned Jones to keep away
from his homo, but no attention was
paid to his threats.
A highwayman with = rsvovlsr held
up DR.. II. T. Turner OF Seattle at the
corner Of Aloha and West Lake avenues
The doctor held up his hands when
ordered, but at the same time blew a
mouthful Of tobacco juice into the high
wayman's eyes. While the robber was
shrie<ing with pain his intended victim
escaped.
san Diego section during the past few
days has been visited by thunderstorm,
rain, hail aud snow. The total moisture
for the senson now amounts TO about
9lS inches. The house Of George W.
Scott at Lakeview, in the upper part OF
Ell Cajon valley. was struck by lightning
during thunderstorm, and WAS almost
entirely wrecked by the bolt. The
kitchen stove appeared TO be the center
OF the lishtning's work. for it was liter
ally broken to bits, aud the roof was
lifted and torn away from the building.
No one was injured.
The town Of Corona, Riverside county,
Gal, was much excited over the out
rageous conduct of three drunken Mexi-
can sheepherders. Mounted upon bron-
cos, they rode up and down the princi-
pal streets, discharging their pistols and
promiscuonsly throwing their lariats.
Mrs. T. p. Drinhwater and Miss Grace
Shepherd fell in the pathway Of the
vaQueros and were lassoed. Miss Shop
herd was dragged half . block before
she was extricated, She was not seri-
ously injured. but frightened into
mysteries. Officers. assisted by citizens.
finally succeeded in landing the trio in
Jail.
The Spokane, an addition to the pas
sengsr steamships in the Pacific coast
trade, was successfully launched at the
Union Iron works. San Francisco. Miss
Maude Lavina Wordsworth Of Spokane
dashed the traditional bottle of cham
pague against the vessels side and
named 1t the Spokane ~ it gracefully
slid from the ways into the bay.