The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-03-22

Fl. z. Huntington will build a stately
mansion on what is known as Hughes
hill, half a mile south Of the Raymond
hotel, Pasadena
Preliminary steps have been taken for
the amalgamation Of the chief lumber
associations Of Washington and Oregon.
Prices and grades Of fir lumber and
rhinglcs will in consequence be in
creased.
The residence Of T. Y. England Of
Redlands. Cal, was entered while MIR.
and Mrs. England were at q concert,
and $500 worth of jewelry and $3.50 in
cash taken by the thieves.
Word has been received at San Diego
that the bill providing for the relief of
the Warmers ranch Indians, who are
about to lose their rights at Aqua Cali
ente, will include the appointment OF o
commission, of which Charles f. Lum-
mis- will probably be chairman.
Arrangements are now under way for
the consolidation into one big associa-
ton of the wineries and vineyards OF
southern California. Local and eastern
capitalists are in the 9 deal, and there
will be 81, 000, 900 put up to carry the
project through.
]. p. Cotton, Q sawmin owner, was
shot and fatally wounded by a. Q. Mes
senger, another lumberman and pro-
prietor of the Ashland planning mills, at
the formers place near Ashland, Or.
The shooting was the outcome of bust
ness disagreements. Messenger surren-
dered himself to the police.
Sylvanus Mickey, q young man Of
Forest Ranch, about 30 miles from
Chico, CAL, captured a man whom. from
the published description, he believed
to be the murderer Of Nora Fuller, and
for being o~verzealous he is now under.
going a sentence of three months in Red
Bluff Jail for assault. A strange man
was begging at Forest Ranch, and after
obtaining some food, he took to the
woods. Mickey concluded that the man
must be the much-wanted John Ben
net, and arrested him after a hard strug-
gle, in which the suspect received q
cut on the head from the barrel of
Mickey's rife. The amateur detective
then brought his man into Vina strap
ped to the back of q horse, after having
kept him bound for 80 hours. The pris-
oner gave the name of Shanahan and
was only a harmless tramp.
v. C. Dodge shot R. w. Woods three
times. infiicting slight injuries. Woods
shot Dodge In the stomach. and the lat
ter will undoubtedly die. The shooting
occurred on Yolo bridge, which connects
Sacramento with Washington, and was
the result of Woods's refusal to marry
Dodge's daughter. , Dodge, in making
what he believes to be his dying state
ment, says Woods ruined his daughter
and refused to acknowledge the pater-
nifty of a three-months-old baby. Woods
is a young man employed in the railroad
shops in Sacramento. Dodge, who is so
years of age, is a wood carver working
in Sacramento.
Mrs. Honorah Bentley, an aged and
wealthy woman of Berkeley, CAL. was
found guilty recently by Judge Edgar
of violating a town ordinance that
requires property owners to connect
their houses with the street sewer.
She said hat rather than pay a $50 fine
she would choose the alternative Of
serving 80 days in Jail. At the end Of
six days, however, she tired of life in
the county b~astile, and she was released
pending an appeal. Judge Ellsworth
accepted 500 in cash to insure her re-
in case the appeal goes
against her.
Superior Judge Seawell Of San Fran
cisco, in the contest between Edward d
McCabe and Charles M. Shortridgs for
the office of state building and loan
commissioner, decided in favor Of No
Cabe. Governor Gage appointed Short
ridge to the position In June. 1901,
while MoCabe was appointed by Cover
nor Budd t succeed William A. Ryan,
who died Dec. 20, 1898. Judge Seawel
saws that McCabe is entitled to hold four
years from the date on which his ap-
pointment took effect.
d. @. Kent, during q moment of mat
tention on the part OF the guard, COM
mitted suicide at the Receiving hospital,
Los Angeles, by drinking about four
ounces Of carbolic acid. Kent several
weeks ago shot Mrs. Harriet Wiley, who
was his partner in the management of .
lodging-house, and then turned the re-
volver ON himself, inflioting wounds
that, while not serious, have since con-
fined him to the hospital. Mrs. Wiley
is still in the hospital in . ~prscarious
condition.
Fred Lowden and Chris Sherbert were
asleep at the foot Of the Kokanse range
when a snowslide buried their cabin,
says a Nelson (B. o. dispatch. After
Sc hours Of almost superhuman effort
Sherbert freed himself. He obtained
aid at a neighboring mine, but Lowden
was dead. His finger-nails were torn
of, showing that he had made . desper-
ate effort to dig out. Sherbert's feet
and hands were badly frozen, and his
feet may have to be amputated. He