Amador ledger., 1901-03-08

lOSt Tor forty-elght hours, he was APP
parently little the worse for his adven-
ture. When discovered he was lying
on the ground amid grove of redwood
trees situated near the golf links. The
little one had travelled several miles in
his wanderings, had gone twenty-four
hours without food, and had spent the
night in the open, but was little the
worse for his adventure.
RIVERSIDE.
The buildings for Government In
dian school, similar to the Carlisle
school in. Pennsylvania, will soon be
erected in Riverside. The buildings
will face Magnolia avenue, on the forty
acre tract at the corner of the avenue
and Jackson street. There is now on
hand and in appropriations for which
provisions have been made, the sum of
$237, 400 for carrying out the work as
designed.
SAN FRANCISCO.
There is smallpox at the Preside.
Two cases have been discovered. Be
fore evening the casual camp, contain
ing several hundred new soldiers, 200
OF whom had arrived during the day
iAoli 11dooCiH IcCIuIIiIlS SUdIlOIlSj WAS
put under close guard, which will be
maintained for sixty days. The camp
will be kept watched and isolated that
the disease may be controlled and Grad
icated before it can spread.
Four burglaries, two attempts at ar
son, hold up and a safe-crack1ng,
form the criminal record for one day of
Arthur DIPPED, aged II, and Paul Wer-
ner, aged 10. The youths were cap
tured by detectives Mcmahon and Wren
after their attempt to burn down a
shOestOre at S02 Montgomery avenue
They admitted the crime, but accused
Willie johnson, aged II years, of hav-
ing led them astray.
August Quinlan and Edward Lynch
were arrested by Policeman Donovan
as they were attempting to loot the
warehouse of Lowenberg & Co., % Jes-
sic street. When Donovan approached
the men showed fight, and it became
necessary for him to use his pistol. One
shot was fired, and though it failed to
strike either man, the thieves surren-
dered. Both men are well known to
the police, and their records include
prior convictions.
The Pacific Mail steamer Rio de
Janeiro, from China, while entering the
harbOr on the morning of February I'D,
during heavy fog, struck on reef near
Fort Point and went to the bottom in
fifteen minutes. There were 30 pas
sengers and crew on board, of whom
127 were drowned. Among those lost
were COnsul-General Wildman, wife
and two children. The steamer had a
cargo valued at 100000. Captain Ward
went down with his ship. The coron-
er's jury brought in verdict of criminal
on the part of Captain Ward
and Pilot Jordan, and censured the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company for en-
Chinese.
SAN DIEGO.
The schooner Fawn, J. G. Hansen,
captain, sailed from Seattle to San
Diego on her maiden trip, with load
of cordwOod December 18th. Not hav-
ing reached that port, an investigation
was made and it was found that the
Fawn had turned turtle and been driv-
en- ashore at Gray's Harbor. Captain
and crew are believed to have been lost.
The long overdue Otto Gildemaster
has arrived at the port of San Diego.
She was towed into port by the steamer
National City. There is hardly bit of
woodwork about the ship which is not
broken to bits. Not boat was left
aboard except one with hole in it that
two men could crawl through, while
the great steel masts are twisted off as
though they were but little more than
With all the hardship, all
the rough weather and all the slow
travelling, there was no suffering, no
sickness and no lack of food ON board,
though considerable amount of stores
were lost during the hurricane which
tore out the masts and sails.
SAN JOAQUIN.
The San Joaquin river broke out of
its banks on what is known as the Fa-
bian and Bell tract, near Tracy, and
flooded about 1900 acres. The river also
overlooked on to the Mclaughlin tract
of 1000 acres, but this break was closed
before any damage resulted. Both
tracts are on the mainland.
SACRAMENTO.
John G. Bunner, civil engineer EN-
ployed by F. A. Hyde & Co., stepped
off the 6 O'clock train from San Fran
cisco to Sacramento and fell through
the bridge into the river. He was last
seen a quarter of mile down the river
from where he fell, apparently floating
easily and encouraging would be rescu-
ers, but the boats sent to his rescue
came back without him.
SISKIYOU.
An engine attached to the south
bound California express, No. II, was
thrown completely off the track, a
second engine and the mail car de-
rallied and considerable damage done to
the roadbed as the result of the head
end of the train being struck by bowl
der which rolled down from a steep
bluff four miles above Hornbrook.
SHASTA.
Boring for oil has been started in
Shasta county.
All ore shipped from the Dewey mine,
six miles west of GazeIle, to the Kes-
wick smelter is reported to have aver
aged S35 per ton.
f. f. Lawson, a farmer of Woodland,
Yolo county, has filed petition in
bankruptcy in the United States Dis
trict Court. His liabilities are Sl379.75;
assets, 5000.