The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-06-21

The turkey thief who recently stole
900 turkeys in one lot near Chico. Cal.
rounded up turkey farms in the vicinity
of Anderson, Shasta county. and NO
ceeded in carrying away 500 young
turkeys.
The San Francisco Athletic club.
which was the successful bidder for the
championship battle between Jeffries
and Ftzsimmons in July. is making
preparations to build q mammoth pa
vilion for the battle at the corner Of
Valencia and Fousteenth streets The
architect employed states that the am
phitheater viii sea 1900 people. The
whole affair is TO be covered with canvas
Paul Underwood, who. with his wife.
is charged with the murder Of tkeir
three weeks-old babe at Seattle. wa
captured in the woods while MAKING
his way to Fraser river. says . Scath
Bend WASH dispatch he inp6csses
his wife, and says that she was anxious
to get rid of the child because Of the
disgrace of its early birth
DIR. William Rider Powell. aSed 50.
charged with killing Albert CrAndAl
on his place near Mount DiAhio was
acquitted BY q jury At Martinez Contra
Costa county, Cal Powell's plea was
that he killed Crsndan in self-defense.
The killing was the resals of . disputs
about land
By the blowing out of the main
steam-pipe Of the transport Meade al
Folsom-street wharf, San Francisco,
seven men employed in the engine-room
were terribly scalded- George le Baron,
machinist ON the Meade, was so severely
burned that he is not expected 70 sur.
vive his injuries
After being covered with tons of fall
ing earth Joseph Wallace was rescued
alive from q prospect shaft near Grass
Valley, Cal, and is expected to recovef
soon. Wallace was one of q gang OF
miners at work in the shaft, but below
others in the place. Without warning
tons of earth came down, burying him
from sight. His companions immedi-
ately set to work to secure his release.
and succeeded in bringing him out alive.
Joseph Briggan, a Swiss dairyman in
the mountains some distance from Red
wood City, CAL, was arrested and
lodged in the county Jail at Redwood
City, charged with numbering a man
named Matte, q Swiss who was EN-.
pioyed on Briggan's farm. Information
was brought to Redwood City by a man
named Koard, who saw Briggan rush
from his house with q bloody ak in
ing were covered with blood. The
officers found the dead body of Matte
buried beneath a waterfall, where it
had been conveyed by Briggan. 1t is
believed that Briggan killed his en-
ployee to avoid paying him his wages,
which amounted to 800.
The imperial council of the Mystic
| Shrine held its 2Sth annual session at
San Francisco, and the city for a week
was beautifully decorated in honor OF
the visitors. Sightseeing and enter
| tainments of various kinds occupied the
time and attention of the visiting
Shriners, and much satisfaction was
expressed at the hearty reception &C.
corded them in San Francisco. The
mex imperial council will meet July 10,
1903, at Saratoga Springs.
An action for damages was brought
| against the Sutter-street Railroad com.
pany of San Francisco for refusal to ac-
cept children's half-fare tickets on
school holidays, and Justice of the
Peace Percy V. Long decided against
the corporation. The cases decided
were brought in the names of Frederick
and Cora Oris by their father and guar
| dian, James Otis. The conductor de-
manded cash fares from the children
and threatened to eject them, but a lady
paid their fares. The court found for
each plaintiff in the sum of 800.
Major Littleton w. T. Waller of the
United States Marine corps, the officer
| who attained An unpleasant notoriety
through the putting to death of II
natives in Samar, was among the pas
sengers who arrived recently at San
Francisco from Manila on the transport
Warren. With him came Captain D.
| d. Porter and Lieutenant J. H. A. Day,
also of the marines, who were with
Major Waller in the Samar campaign.
Major Waller expects to be stationed at
the Brooklyn navy yard.
When d. NJ. Reed of Oakland, CAL,
charged with grand larceny, appeared
before Justice Morgan at Los Angeles,
the case was continued for some days
in order that certain witnesses may be
present. Reed is charged with stealing
800 in $40 notes from the purse Of Mrs.
Eleanor S. Collins, formerly Of San An
tonic. Tex, but now of Los Angeles.
The alleged robbery is said to have taken
place in Pullman sleeper on the South
ern Pacific train on the way to Los An
geles. just west Of Indio. Mrs. Collins
left her seat for a few minutes, and dur.
ing her absence her seat. where she had
left her purse, was occupied by Reed.
James F. Wheelock was hanged at
San Quentin prison for the brutal muir
der OF aged Mrs. Emily Martin at the