Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-02-28

horses for the use OF the army in the
Philippines. They will be shipped as
soon ~ sufficient have been secured to
load transport.
Ralph Addison Huntington, the young
physician who killed his sweetheart
/ Jennie McKown, on Oct. 9th, while
attempting to perform an unlawful op-
GRAFTON. was sentenced by Superior
Judge Lawlor at San Francisco to ten
years imprisonment in San Quentin.
William Ashurst, \ prominent cattle
man of N N)rthern Arizona, met with q
horrible death while prospecting in the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado north Of
Flagstaff. HIS body was found, with q
huge rock across his legs pinning him
to the earth, by Captain John Hance,
an old canyon guide. Ashurst left
Flagstaff some time late in December to
do work ON prospects owned by him III
the canyon. and that was the last seen
of HIM alive. There was evidence that
he had struggled desperately to release
himself by digging with his hands un-
der the rock The dead man was the
father of Henry +. Ashurst, speaker of
the last legislative assembly of Arizona.
Frozen oranges and lemons are worth
$G5 box in Dawson.
Manuel o. Yglesias, who shot and
killed his former business partner. Ben.
| jamin Perez. at Los Angeles, last No
vember, was acquitted of the charge OF
murder by jury.
The assembly committee on state
prisons and reformatory institutions in
California In its report refer particu-
larly to the happy bearing OF the in
mates at Whittier. The report says:
.It grieves us that we are unable to
apply the same words regarding the
arrangements OF the Preston Ss&sol Of
Industry, but such Is the case. A cloud
Of sorrow was apparent on the faces Of
the children at the latter place. The
| buildings were in good condition and
everything was clean, the food and
clothing abundant. but the children are
not happy, and your committee is Of the
opinion that severe rules, rough treat.
ment at the hands of the guards and the
fogging is the cause We recommend
law prohibiting fogging of any de-
scription in reformatory institutions of
the state
The Cloverdale citrus fair opent d
under the most favorable auspices. and
was well attended.
The special committee appointed by
the Oregon legislature TO examine the
books Of the state land Office reported
that defalcation of 10000 had been
discovered in that department, the
shortage having occurred in 1894. and
when George W. Davis handled the
school funds. 1t appears that the rec
ords were falsified by credit being taken
for payments to the state treasurer
greater in amount than were actually
made. Iu some cases this was accom-
plished by taking credit twice for one
payment, while in other cases the first
entries were changed so as to increase
the amounts.
The entire street railway syitem of
the city Of Oakland, with the exception
of the Haywards line, will hereafter be
under one management, the Oakland
Transit cbmpany and the Oakland Rail.
way company having reached an agree
ment by which the two companies We're
consolidated. This consolidation also
includes the street railway systems OF
Alameda and Berkeley.
The assembly committee on state
prisons and 'reformatory institutions
does not advise Legislative action in RET.
erence to the frauds at San Quentin, as
the committee is OF opinion that the
warden and the officers under him were
not in the slightest degree implicated in
the frauds.
In what was apparently horse race
down narrow bride path through the
dense Presidio woods at San Francisco
one young cayalryman, Frank Flint,
was killed, and his companion, Private
Joseph d. Shay, was injured. The two
soldiers were riding to barracks to get
breakfast after being relieved from
patrol duty. Flint's skull was crushed
in at the top. evidently by his striking
Oh his head as he fell from his horse.
Articles of incorporation Of the EN-
pire Construction company were filed
with the county clerk of Salt Lake
county by @. H. Whittemore. local
counsel for the company. This is the
corporation that is organized to con
struct the railroad from Los Angeles to
Salt Lake, to be known as the San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake rail.
road, of which Senator w. A. Clark OF
Montana is president and r q. kerens
of st. Louis is ce-president. The con.
struction company is organized with u
cash capital OF 81 100000. The Officers
aud incorporrtors are: j. Ross Clark,
Los Angeles. president, George b.
Leighton. st. Louis, vice. president, L,
II. Miller. lbs Angeles, treasurer; II. s.
Mckee, Los Angeles, secretary. The
directors are w. A. Clark, r. Q. Kerens
q. X. Mccormick, David Keith, Reed
Smoot and T. E. Gibbon. The other
incorporators are Charles w. Clark and
y. o. Whittemore,