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

Frank Dewitt, an official court steno-
rapher Of Sacramento county, and his
7-year-old son, were drowned in the
Sacramento river, at Sacramento, BY
the overturning Of q gasoline launch
George s. Ramsay. who was dismissed
as superintendent of public schools in
Fresno county, CAL, in December last,
u.s committed at Los Angeles to the
insane asylum. Since his dismissal for
immoral conduct his downfall has been
rapid, and he is now q physical and
mental wreck.
The jury in the case of Peter Morton
sen, charged with the murder Of James
R. Hay. at Salt Lake, on the night OF
Dec. 16, 1901, returned a verdict oil
guilty of murder in the first degree"
Mortensen will be sentenced July 5.
and will choose between hanging and
shooting in expiration of his crime.
Phoebe Bailey, % years old. who was
visiting her aunt, Mrs. c. J. King, at
Claremont, heal Pomona, Cal, COM
mitted suicide by setting fire to her
clothing in the sagebrush- The body.
horribly burned, was found by two
ranchers. She was a resident OF Red
ding, and q daughter of E. l. Bailey.
Some time ago she was an inmate Of
Napa insane asylum.
Henri Maurice Cannon, known as the
heaviest man in the world, died sud.
denly from heart disease at his saloon,
1888 Market street, San Francisco. He
weighed 613 pounds. Cannon was born
in Zurich, Switzerland, 50 years ago,
and was deemed there one of the fore
most athletes. and as q wrestler met
many men in the arena. 1t was not
until ten years ago that he began to
grow t abnormal proportions. He
ves q wife.
The Neah Bay, Makah and Clallam
Indian tribes held at Neah Bay the
greatest whale barbecue of recent years,
a y a Tacoma dispatch. The tug Tyes
ran across a dead whale, which had ap-
parently been struck by a lumber
schooner. The Tyee hitched a line to
the whale and towed it inside Cape Flat
terry. The Neah Bay Indians espied the
whale ten miles off, and sent several
canoe.loads of braves out to negotiate
its purchase from Captain Bollong, who
let them have it for $50. From the tip
of its nose to the end of its tail the
whale measured exactly 100 feet.
Mrs. Edward Murphy, who, with her
husband, resides at 1475 Seventh street,
Oakland, CAL, lost her right ear in q
peculiar manner. Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy
were driving in q buggy. and tied to the
horse drawing the buggy was an extra
horse which was being brought home
from pasture in the Contra Costa hills.
This horse began kicking, and one of its
hoofs struck Mrs. Murphy on the right
ear completely severing it from the
head. Although suffering from pain.
Mrs. Murphy wrapped the amputated
ear in her handkerchief and was driven
to a surgeon, who sewed the ear to its
place, though at the time he expressed
the opinion that there was very little
probability of its uniting.
Under q ruling made by Superior
Judge J. W. Hughes at Sacramento in
the coyote scalp suits California will be
saved Thousands of dollars. The law
relating to coyote scalp claims requires
that suits on certificates shall be begun
within one year of their issuance by the
s'owner or holder" Hundreds of claims
~aggregating thousands of dollars have
been assigned to banks and other agents
for collection, and under the ruling of
Judge Hughes they are merely agents.
It is too late for these claims to be trans
ferred back t the original claimants,
and the statute of limitations comes to
the rescue of the state treasury.
The supreme court of California has
decided that the statute prohibiting the
sale of game is constitutional. The
majoUty opinion holds that the owner
ship of wild game is vested in the
people, and that the legislature may pre-
scribe regulations for its slaughter and
subsequent disposition. The minority
opinion, however. shows that the law is
discriminating. and is in the interest of
q special class of sportsmen, namely,
the gun clubs. The minority justices
point out that 1t is only the privileged
few who, under the law. can enjoy any
positive rights in the wild game Of the
state.
A bare. knuckle fight occurred near
Butte, Mont. between Roy Campbell, q
student, and son of ex-C Congressman A.
]. Campbell, and William G. Mangan,
an athlete and protege of William A.
Clark, son of Senator w. A. Clark. The
affair was the outgrowth Of the bitter
fight made against Senator Clark in
Washington several years ago, in which
Congressman Campbell was q leading
figure. and which resulted in the forced
resignation Of Senator CLARK. Mangan
recently insulted young Campbell, who
promptly knocked him down. A meet
Ing was arranged later, and near the
end of the third round the experienced
pugilist landed on Campbell's Jaw and
knocked him ont. f
Governor Henry T. Gage Of q tifor<
MIA filed complaints alleging a. yidaS
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