Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-05-03
UNITED STATES.

Apollo, the eight-footed horse of cir
Gus fame, has just died in Chicago at
the advanced age of 81 years.
Oswold Ottendorffer's $4,000 legacy
has been distributed to the employees of
the Stats Zeitung, of which paper he
was the proprietor.
The damage by the recent storm in
Plttsburg and vicinity is estimated at
about $4,000, 600. Fifty thousand are
suffering from enforced idleness.
Colonel R. F. May, first receiver of a
land office in Montana and pioneer of
California as well as Montana, died at
Bozeman, Mont, aged IS years.
Judge Clancy, in the District Court
of Butte, Mont, awarded Thomas II.
Hinde S231 900 for his services while re-
ceiver for the Boston and Montana
Company about two years ago.
The 400 colleges~of the United States
have an aggregate property. including
income, grounds, buildings and aapar--
tus valued at $3OO,OOO,OOO. The income
producing property is about $150, 0OO,O 600.
The home of John Andigo, a farmer
OF Kendalville, Ind, was entered by
three men, who secured $4,000, after
burning the old mans ears, nose and
fingers with lighted matches.
The safe of the National Steam Laun-
dry at Phoenix, A. T., was blown open.
The door was literally torn to pieces.
The robbers did poor job, as money
and valuables went up in the explosion,
depriving them of the booty.
President James J. Hill of the Great
Northern Railroad arrived at st. Paul,
Mlnn., on special train of three cars,
which had made the run from Seattle,
distance of 1923 miles, in the remark
able time of 46 hours and so minutes.
The usual time of limited trains is e6
hours.
Percy Avery Rockefeller, whose we'd
ding with Miss Isabel Goodrich has
just been celebrated, is the wealthiest
prospective bridegroom of the season.
He Is the second son of William Rock
efeller of the Standard Oil Company,
and is accredited as the future possessor
of $50, 100000.
After being chased for three weeks
for 300 miles up the Colorado river,
Frank Payne, an escaped convict from
the penitentiary at Yuma, has been
captured. Payne made hard fight
when cornered, but he was overpowered
by the guards and Mexican trailers and
returned to Yuma.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
awarded gold medal of honor to Chas.
Reiner of San Francisco in recognition
of his ''eXtreme heroism" in saving
life on the occasion of the wreck off
Humboldt bay, California, on Decem-
Der l, 1899, of the steamer Weott, of
which he was second officer.
A party of cowboys killed Buffalo
Hollow, Pawnee Indian, at White
Eagle, o. T., and the Indians are great
ly excited over it. The cowboys were
driving herd, when steer fell from
exhaustion, and while still alive the
Indian began skinning it. This out
ragged the cowboys, who shot him.
A Springfield, Mass, publishing COM
pany, whose business is so large that it
furnishes more mail matter than all
the rest of the city put together, was
recently awarded the four years con-
tract for carrying the mail to and from
the postoffice and the railroad depot.
Several automobiles are now being built
to do the work.
Governor Murphy has committed to
cisco Garcia, who was sentenced to be
hanged at Prescott. Garcia shot and
killed another Mexican in drunken
row OF Weaver mining camp. Popular
sympathy was with Garcia and petit
ton tor saving his life was signed by
many of the most prominent citizens of
the Territory.
Stella Wagner, 16 years of age, was
drowned in Doyle creek, Peabody, Kas.,
while fishing with young man and
two other girls in boat. In attempt
ing to change places with one of the
girls in the boat it capsized, throwing
the four into the water, which was very
deep. The young man rescued all but
Miss Wagner, who f1oated down the
stream out of reach and was drowned.
A doctor bill for $4,000 was handed
in for collection at Pittsburg, Pa. The
physician who puts this estimate on his
services is DR.. Walter G.. Browning of
Philadelphia. He attended the late
State Senator Chris L. Magee twenty
one months during his last illness, and
accompanied him to various places
He has sent his bill to the executors of
Mr.. Magee's estate. The bill is under
stood to be itemized, covers twenty-one
months treatment, and is charged at
the rate of $50 per treatment hour. One
charge is ST. 900 for last summers treat
ment at Atlantic City, and another
200, for accompanying Magee to
Hot Springs, Va.
Unprecedented snowstorms in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky and the Vir-
ginias, shifting to torrents of rain fur
ther east and south, caused immense
damage in several cities. Bridges were
swept away, factories in the valley dis
tricts flooded, people driven out of their
homes by the rising water, trains aban-
doned and wire communication entirely
cut off at many points. In Ohio the
snow was ten inches on the level, and
drifted to depth of six feet in places.
Fifteen inches of snow was reported
from Kentucky. Residents in the Ohio
and Monongahela valleys fear tremen-
dous floods when the snow melts in the
mountains, as all the streams are now
bank full. Two lives were lost in Penn
sylvania and the property loss in the
storm-stricken district is enormous.