Holbrook argus., 1902-07-26
AT POINT OF REVOLVER
ATTORNEY A. C. HINKLEY,S START
 LING STORY OF IMPRISONMENT
$l 100000 Building-Big Fire in 0akland-II5,- 900 Gases of Salmon-Cruiser Philadelphia has Arrived-Berries at $40 ton-Tried to Stop Runaway

John Vann, aged p, son of Taylor Vann, an old resident of Jackson valley, was accidentally killed Friday in the woods about six miles east of Westport. Young Vann was felling a large redwood tree, which fell on him.
 What is thought to be an unknown wreck has been located off the Marin county shore by J. B. Hafell and C.. c. Haughton, two young men of San Francisco. Opinion is divided as to whether it is the wreck of the City of Chester or that of the Rio Janeiro. Many berry growers of Gold Ridge district in Sonoma county have con tracted their crop of berries to the canners' association for $40 ton. A representative of the association stated that over three hundred tons had been already contracted for at that figure. While trying to stop runaway team at Pacific Grove, Henry French of San Jose. formerly Prohibition candidate for Governor, and trustee of the San Jose Normal School, was thrown down and trampled under the horses feet. His left leg was broken about three inches above the ankle, and his body was severely bruised.
 Wells-Fargo X Go. has made an ap- plication to the Board of Equalization of San Francisco for a reduction of $750, ,0O0 assessed against it's franchise. It is claimed in the application that there is no warrant in law for this assessment, as the company has no franchise within the meaning of the Constitution of the State of California.
 Fire consumed nearly $7500 worth of property at Modesto Thursday night. residence belonging to J. R. Briggs and occupied by Charles N. Veil and family, was destroyed. Briggs is loser to the extent of $4000, while Veil lost $3500. The former had insurance for $2500, and the latter was insured for 5000. The cause of the fire is un- known.
 In his address, read at the annual meeting of the Merchants Exchange in San Francisco, President George W. McNear stated that the plans for the erection of new building to cost $1, 200, ,000, were in hand. The new structure, which will cover the land occupied by the old building on Cali fornia street, near Montgomery is to be twelve stories high, and of the most modern and fireproof character.
 The United States cru iser Philadel- phia arrived in San Francisco from Panama Thursday, in command of Lieutenant Commander Charles Laird. Captain William Wagner Reisinger, who was in command of the Philadel- phia when she left Panama, died July 10 of Panama fever. He was buried at Magdalena. Capt. Reisinger leaves a widow and married daughter in Wash ington, D. c.
 This seasons salmon pack on the about 5000 cases. Storage plants have put up about 200O tierces of Chinook salmon, and have packed about 400 tons of steelheads, the equivalent of about 1000 cases of packed pro- duct in pound cans. The total catch of salmon in the Columbia river to date this year is therefore estimated to be the equivalent of 150, ,000 cases.
 The old Oakland Home Insurance Company's building, otherwise known as the Brunswick Hotel, and now owned by the Firemen's Fund Insur- ance Company on the corner of Wash ington and Ninth streets, Oakland, was badly damaged by fire Thursday night. The walls and floors of the structure remain comparatively sound, but the stores on the first floor and the lodging house in the upper part were com pletely burned. The loss is not far from $50,000, we'll covered by insur- ance.