Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-11-14
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED FROM
THE WEEKS DISPATCHES.
Escape of Captive Balloon Carrying
Eight Peopie--Crime Among Chinese.
Crew of n Schooner Kidnaped-Miner
Narrowly Escapes Murder by Hebos.

DAILY during his lifetime, will soon DO
planted to sugar beets.
The steam whaler Jeanette, the first
Of the Arctic fleet to arrive at San Fran
cisco, has had an unsuccessful season.
She did not take single whale.
The repair shops of the Santa Fe Rail-
road company at Point Richmond. near
San Francisco. were destroyed by fire.
The loss to the company will amount to
Sl25, 900.
Mrs. John Emmett. II years of age,
committed suicide at hotel In Port
land, Or, by swallowing carbolic acid.
She had quarrelled with her husband,
to whom she had been married but two
days. They couple came to Portland
from Halsey to spend their honeymoon.
Andrew Carnegie. through his secre-
tary, has written to L. L. Ford of Los
Gatos, Cal, that he will give $40, 900 for
the erection Of library building in that
town II the town authorities will fur
nish site and guarantee to expend
not less than $1,000 year in maintain
ing library. Los Gatos Will meet all
the conditions with promptness.
Two big asparagus canneries will be
built Immediately at Jersey landing,
about 40 miles from Stockton, CAL, on
the San Joaquin river. A portion OF
the land on Jersey island, where the
canneries are to be built, will be planted
to asparagus next year. II. V. Wright,
a San Jose capitalist, and Mr.. Davis, a
San Francisco capitalist, are the princi-
pals in the Jersey Land and Canning
company.
The charge against DIR. 0rrin Ia.
Woodwork of stealing u deed from
John Kempley of Long Beach, Cal, to
land in Iowa, valued at $4,000, was
dismissed i'll the superior court at Los
Angeles on the ground that the stealing
of q deed that has never been delivered
to the grantee is not grand larceny,
inasmuch as the document Is of no
effect until delivered, and therefore
worthless. Woodwork, however, was
again arrested on the charge Of having
counterfeiting tools in his possession.
Seven men and one woman got into
the car of captive balloon at San
Francisco, for the purpose of ascending
800 feet, but when the balloon was
returning to earth the rope by which 1t
was held broke, and the airship sailed
away in southerly direction. The
voyagers were sailing through the air
for an hour and n half, and ultimately
reached the earth near Pescadero, about
six miles from the ocean. Fortunately
an experienced aeronaut, Edward Dud.
ley, was in the balloon, and by his cool
moss and skill the passengers were
brought safely to earth.
John Terrence. who owns farm
about mile from the village Of Comax,
B. O., was digging in ditch on hi:
farm, when John Peacey, prospector,
mistoolx him for deer and firod, shoot
ing florence through the neck and kill
ing him instantly. He went up to gel
what he supposed was the deer he had
killed, and found Terrence dying. Ht
then went to the house and Informed
Mrs. Terrence Of his terrible mistake
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San Francisco for the Santa Fe Railway
company has been awarded to B. Lang
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The molders OF both Tacoma AM
seattle have returned TO work ate
. being out on strike since June D. IN
$ foundry proprietors nave now arrango'
10 make 90 hours at 10 cents an hour,
!, weeks work, instead OF W hours IN
!, men asked for an oigh'-hour day. W.T.
pay at 40 cents an hour. Blncksmith
employed In the machine shops OF Ia
. coma and Seattle have also returned 3
. work without concessions from the ON
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