Amador ledger., 1910-03-25
SUMMARY
OF THE NEWS
Continued from Page I

UOO, ana MANY are indicted by the grand
Jury and held under $500 bond. Mem
bers of the present and former boards
are accused, and must stand trial.
Rev. Lambert Louis Conrardy sends
word to friends in Chicago, that he is
dying of leprosy, among the leDers near
Canton, China. The aged missionary
has been working among the afflicted
Chinese more than 20 years, and about
2 wears ago established the colony at
which place he is supposed to have con
tracted the dreaded disease now killing
him.
Joy riders in a speeding auto, fired
point blank at a mounted policeman in
Oakland, after he attempted to check
their speed The men made good their
escape, as neither riders nor machine
could be located by the police.
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The Pacific fleet left San Francisco on
Tuesday morning bound for Santa
Barbara, where they will have target
practice. AS the South Dakota was in
the act of hosting her steam launch to
its skids, the cable parted, and the boat
plunged beneath the waves carrying with
it crew OF seamen. The sailors
managed to escape from their death
trap, and come to the surface. They
were all picked up by the blue jackets
from the man .of-war, and the ship pro-
ceeded on her journey without attempt
ing to recover its lost launch.
A policeman named Smith of the
Oakland force, while on duty and wear
ing his full uniform, was held up and
robbed of his revolver ard cartridges by
highwaymen.
New England and British North
American coasts have been the scene OF
appalling disasters in the winter,
which has just past. 225 persons have
persisted by shipwreck, and 80 vessels
met their fate The total loss will
reach 81, 000,00
Maybray gang received heavy sen.
fences at Council Bluffs, Iowa; 10 Of
the members we're sentenced to 2 years
imprisonment, and $4,000 fine. They
were charged and sentenced for eXten
sive swindling, and by fraudulent USE
of the mails.
Rich gold ore pockets were shaken OH
by blasts in a mine at Downieville
Sierra Co., which contained many
thousand dollars worth of gold.
A fund of S25, 600 has been subscribed
by less than rs people for advertising
the possibilities of the Sacramento
valley. The object in view is to urge
farmers TO settle in the vast tracts o.
fertile country, and thus benefit the lane
of the setting sun.
Peaceful settlement of war between
fireman and railroad companies, avert:
great railway strike, which was pending
in Chicago.
Premature explosion resulted il
severely inJuring miner named Free
Nix, at an Oroville mine in Butte co.
California.
A man giving the name of }. M
Walsh .Ir., and one named Boswick ap
peared at newspaper Office in Stock
ton recently, and represented themsevle
as advertisers, after obtaining figures OF
a page of another newspaper to be pub
lished laily. They promised not to col
lect any money until after the first ap
pearance of their proposed newspape
directory, but contrary to this agreemen
they made several collections, and thel
disappeared without appearing again a
the newspaper office.
The Panama exposition to be held il
1915 has been decided at the Santa Bar
bara conference TO be held at San Fran
cisco. Los Angeles business mel
favored the western metropolis as thl
proper place for an undertaking as gig
antic as the 1915 fair is proposed to b,
and all voted in its favor.
Santa Cruz superior court Judge de
cides vaccination law is unconstitution
al.
A gang of opium smugglers are dis
covered by the arrest of a young bar
tender on Potrero Ave, in San Fran
cisco. Packages we're sent over Mexi
can and Canadian border and boldly
distributed through Frisco agents.