The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-06-07

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goE from 1886 to 1894, died recently 81
his home in Portland from disease Of
the heart. He was born in Grafton.
Tompkins county, N. Y, July, 1881.
J. W. King, q prominent rancher and
capitalist of Santa Ana, Cal. q candt
date for the Republican nomination foi
county treasurer and a Mason Of high
standing, met a violent death by 3 bank
of earth falling upon him in q ravine in
Santa Ana canyon
Mrs. Nettie R. Craven, who. by estab
fishing her claim to be the widow OF
James G. Fair. hoped to take q few mil
lions out of the Fair estate, has relin-
pushed her claims for $4,000. Her
attorneys considered this the best course
in view of the fact that Judge Trout
had decided that she was not Fairs
wife and not entitled to anything.
Alice Durham, sister of James @.
Durham, who murdered the McGhncy
family and their two employees at San
Jose, died recently in that city, her
death having been the result OF sorrow
caused by the tragedy. She was q
years of age. She taught school Al
Hanford and Santa Ana. and finally OBJ
tanned a place in the San Francisco school
department. She changed her name &c
that of Cobb, but whenever her identity
was discovered she invariably lost her
position. 1t is said she was of . loving
and amiable disposition
The Rev. E. Woodward Brown, q re.
tired clergyman who. for several years.
has resided at Palo Alto, Cal, died
while q passenger on the ferry steamer
Berkeley on one of her trips from San
Francisco. He was seen to fall, and
almost before aid could reach him he
was dead. His death was due to heart
trouble. Mr.. Brown was born in New
York 20 years ago, and leaves a wife
and eight children, who are nearly all
engaged in educational pursuits.
Harry Alyea. after three years. ser.
vice in the Philippines, received his
discharge from the army, and, after
buying a ticket to his home, started out
to see the sights Of San Francisco. He
had 5000 in gold in a tightly wrapped
bag in one of his pockets, and next
morning he reported to the police that
of this sum he had been robbed while
in a resort in Taylor street. This was
all the money he had to start out with
in civil life, and he says he will have to
re-enlist.
Andrew Hippert, a ditch tender. met
a terrible death at Bowman dam, says a
Nevada City (Cal.) dispatch. He got
down into the discharge fall below,
where it was more convenient for drop
ping the gates into their several stalls.
Hippert lost his footing on the slippery
stalls and fell into the swift stream,
which carried him to the bottom of the
rocky creek, nearly 100 feet below. The
body, badly mutilated and almost de-
nuded, was found wedged in under some
high powders, the clothing having been
torn to shreds by the force of the water.
By the capsizing of a boat in the Col
umbia river, near Martins Bluff, IL
miles above Kalama, Or, seven persons
were thrown into the water, four of
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sisting of four members of the Martin
family and three friends, were return
ing home from a visit to a neighbor
living on an island. The boat turned
over about $50 yards from the shore,
and Herbert Martin swan safely ashore
with his mother. He returned to rescue
the girls, but was too much exhausted
and sank, while his sister Ivy and Lily
and Nellie Durkee were drowned. Mrs.
Jennie Jones and Ella Martin, the lat
ter II years old, managed to W them
selves.
Benjamin IRE, who was at n time
the wealthiest man in Skagit county,
Wash, was arrested, but is nov out on
bonds, charged with receiving stolen
property. The authorities of Island
county, who have been watching Ure's
island, at the east end Of Deception
pass, for months, say tibet he has used
the place for years as a rendezvous for
water pirates and smugglers. They al
lege that some of the most notorious
desperadoes IN the sound, including
Alfred Hamilton, who was recently
hanged at Whatcom, have landed and
concealed their goods at his place, where
a quantity Of stolen cigars and whisky
was found.
Harold Monet of Versailles avenue.
Alameda. Cal. a precocious child of 8
years, has started on early in life as a
burglar. In the storehouse Of Senator
E. K. Taylor, on the property at the
corner of Regent street and Central av-
enue, were stored in barrels a miscel.
laneous lot Of articles, many Of which
the boy had p~urloined, and he was
caught in the act Of burying them in
the yard. After being taken to Jail the
youth asked permission to go into the
washroom to get a drink of water. In
a moment he had scrambled through an
open window and was making a desper-
ate attempt to escape, when he was
brought back. No charge was placed
against the child and he wal returned
to his parents.
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