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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, June 29, 1906
Page 6
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 29 -
The conclusion of the case of the city against J.H. LEGGETT, the dredger man,
and his foreman, for obstructing the streets, in which both pleaded guilty, as
stated in last night’s Bee, is regarded as a distinct victory for the Board of
Trustees. It was thought that LEGGETT intended to attack the legality of the
incorporation of the city, but his plea of guilty shows that he recognizes the
validity of the city’s ordinance, and this fact will do much to simplify the
matter for the Trustees in any further questions that may arise in reference to
the dredger.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 29 -
Superintendent RONCOVIERI, of the San Francisco School Department, has written
to R.H. DUNN, Superintendent of Schools of this county, asking that he enlist
the aid of the school children of Butte County in the reconstruction of the
schools of San Francisco. Six million dollars is required to restore the school
property. A number of pamphlets were forwarded to be distributed among the
children which will be distributed among the schools by Mr. DUNN, when the Fall
term opens.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 29 -
One of the workmen employed at Camp 10 on the Western Pacific, was arrested a
few days ago, it being thought the was suffering from delirium tremens. But it
now turns out the man is violently insane. He lives in constant fear of being
blown up with dynamite and is now an inmate of the padded cell. He will
probably be committed to an insane asylum.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 29 -
The appraisers of the estate of the late L.H. PHILLIPS, of Honcut, who died
from injuries received in a runaway accident some time ago, filed their report
yesterday in the County Clerk’s office. The total value of the estate is placed
at $18,977.24. Of this amount $15,340 is in realty and $3237.24 in personal
property.
LINCOLN (Placer Co.), June 29 -
Japanese have the olive orchards and vineyard rented which belongs to the E.J.
CROLEY estate. While burning grass around the premises Thursday afternoon the
fire got beyond their control, and the drying sheds and trays for drying fruit
upon and the house and contents were burned to the ground. The place being two
miles out of Lincoln, they had not water to quench the flames.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), June
29 - In the big tennis tournament at Stockton on July Fourth four of the
fastest players in this county will be on the court in Dr. J.T. JONES, C.R.
CLINCH, Max MILTON and Hubert HARPHAM, all of this city. They competed in the
recent tournament held here for the championship of Superior California, CLINCH
barely meeting defeat in the singles finals at the hands of ELLIOTT, one of California’s
best players.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), June 29 -
Three carloads of San Francisco ruins have been received at Redding in the form
of scrap iron for the Redding Iron Works. The proprietors say that the iron is of
the very best quality for casting purposes, because it comes from the ruins of
buildings built between 1850 and 1860. In those days San Francisco foundries
used pig iron brought over in ballast from England. This iron, being free from
old scrap, is the very best of material for casting purposes. It is only a
trifle cheaper than pig iron, but it is better.
An ordinary observer would
imagine that the San Francisco ruins would furnish scrap iron enough to supply
California foundries for months to come.
JOHNSON & TODD, proprietors of the Redding Iron Works say, however,
that this is a mistaken notion, for only a limited amount of cast iron was used
in the construction of San Francisco’s buildings. Of late years, much wrought
iron and steel have been used, but it is only in the buildings erected in the
‘50s and ‘60s that cast iron in any great quantity went into the construction.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), June 29 -
George W.F. BORING was discharged from custody yesterday by Justice of the
Peace CARR, before whom BORING’s preliminary examination was held. BORING is
the man who stabbed George GRASSELL almost to death two weeks ago. The
testimony given showed that GRASSELL was the aggressor, and that BORING had
acted in self-defense. Thereupon BORING was
discharged.
KENNETT (Shasta Co.), June 29 -
The remains of an unknown man have been found on a sandbar about four miles
above Kennett. The body is that of a white man, but it is decayed beyond all
recognition. It is believed to be the remains of George MILLER, who disappeared
from Kennett several months ago. MILLER went out hunting and never returned.
The Coroner has taken charge of the remains, and will hold an inquest.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
June 29 - The youngest son of Frank CUNNINGHAM,
ditch tender for the El Dorado
Water and Deep Gravel Mining Company, died yesterday at Camp 7 from the effects
of drinking carbolic acid. The
CUNNINGHAMs were packing up preparing to move, and Mrs. CUNNINGHAM, while
engaged in packing a trunk, placed a bottle of carbolic acid on the floor
beside it. The baby got the bottle, and had swallowed a part of the contents
before the mother knew it.
A doctor was immediately called,
but the child was unconscious when he reached Camp 7, and died early yesterday
morning. The funeral took place to-day
from Smith Flat.
CHICO (Butte Co.), June 29 - The
project looking to the removal of Chinatown to some less desirable location is
progressing nicely. It is estimated that $8000 will be required to purchase the
land now occupied by the Celestials, and of this sum $6000 has been promised.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
29- The weding (sic) of a prominent society couple took place in this city at 1
o’clock yesterday afternoon. The bridegroom is Dr. Albert HODGKINS and the
bride is Miss Elsie Graham WILHOLT.
The ceremony was performed at
the WILHOLT residence, one of the finest in the Knob Hill district. Relatives
of the contracting parties and a few intimate friends were present. The parlors
were artistically decorated for the occasion. A string orchestra played the
weding march, and Rev. STARR, of St. John’s Episcopal Church, performed the
ceremony that made them husband and wife. Miss Ethel COOPER, of San Francisco,
was the maid of honor and Henry EARLE the best man.
An elaborate wedding breakfast
was served on the lawn which was enclosed with canvas. The happy couple left on
the afternoon train for the North, where they will spend their honeymoon.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
29 - The fifteenth annual Convention of the California Epworth League was
opened in the Grace M. E. Church South yesterday.
Rev. W.E. VAUGHAN, editor of the
Pacific Methodist Advocate, delivered the opening sermon, on “Personal
Consecration.” Professor N.H. GARRISON welcomed the members in a happily worded
address, after which a musical program was rendered.
The Sacramento delegates are C.
Todd CLARK and Miss Donnah HALL.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
29 - S. SEPPI and H.A. QUINLAN are under arrest on the charge of tapping
electric wires. They occupied quarters on the third floor of the Windsor Hotel
and are alleged to have tapped the wires of the Stockton Gas and Electric
Company. They kept three incandescent lights burning until 2 o’clock in the
morning. The men are linemen. The offense is a felony, and they may be sent to
State Prison. Both put up bail.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), June
29 - The following schools closed to-day for the term: Cox Bar, Miss Lubertha
E. POST, teacher; Deadwood, Miss Gertrude WHITE; Hayfork, Miss Gertrude
McNAMARA; Hettenshaw, Mrs. Frances S. ANGUS;
Hettenpome, Miss Ida STARK;
Junction City, Miss Helen Lee CROSS; Mad River, A.S. HILLIS; Minersville, Miss
Nellie M. JORDAN; Wildwood, Miss Beatrice June JOHNSON; Zenia, Mrs. Harriet N.
DEERING.
CHICO (Butte Co.), June 29 - Dr.
John D. MENG left an estate valued at “over $10,000.” His will was filed at
Oroville yesterday. To the mother of his dead wife, Mrs. Jane RICE, is left for
life the income on $2600. For the term of five years $50 a month is to be paid
to his son, Charles A. MENG; at the end of which time the estate is to be
turned over to him if he is temperate and a useful member of society. Should
the son die, the estate will go to brothers and sisters.
WINTERS (Yolo Co.), June 29 -
This town is watching with some interest the filings made at Alva UDELL beause
(sic) he is suing to get control of the San Francisco relief fund. UDELL can
afford to be jeered and scoffed at if uncontradicted reports be true. It is
said that he recently married Mrs.
Phoebe SLADE, a widow who owns a fine fruit ranch west of Winters. Mrs. SLADE (or Mrs. UDELL) is spending the
Summer in Southern California, and in consequence any authoritative statement
cannot be had from her. But her sons here do not deny that she was married to
Alva UDELL before going South. She is possessed of considerable property. She
has been married three times before.
WINTERS (Yolo Co.), June 29 -
Jack BLISS, the missing printer, returned home last night. Instead of going up
Putah Canyon, where he expected to, he joined some friends and went to Sacramento.
The item in The Bee about his disappearance sent him home.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 29 -
The petition of William DAVIDS, of Sacramento, for the custody and guardianship
of Mabel WAUGHTEL, the little daughter of C.H. WAUGHTEL, was begun in the
Superior Court yesterday. The child’s
mother first married WAUGHTEL, afterwards securing a divorce.
She later maried a Mr. SINCLAIR,
and died, in this city, a few weeks ago.
The child was in her possession until her death, when it was taken by
her relatives. WAUGHTEL is fighting the granting of the petition. It will be remembered, as told in The Bee at
the time, that he was refused a writ of habeas corpus by Judge GADDIS to obtain
possession of the child. These
proceedings are being heard before Judge W. FINCH, of Willows. O.V.
GWINN is attorney for petitioner
and A.C. HUSTON for WAUGHTEL.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
June 30, 1906
Page 6
Licenses To Wed Issued And
Decrees of Separation Granted In Superior California Counties REDDING (Shasta
Co.), June 30 - June has been a good month for matrimony, more licenses to
marry being issued during the month than for any preceding month of the year.
This week’s favored couples are: James BOTHWELL, aged 40, of Ingot, and Ethel
PRINCE, aged 20, of Corning; Asbury BANDY, aged 28, and Mrs. Mary BOXHAM, aged
40, both of Red Bluff; Ira D. MARTIN, aged 29, of Oak, and Sadie A. BOYER, aged
24, of Gas Point; John F. AHAELA, aged 20, of Tonopah, and Mary D. RENGSTOF,
aged 20, of Whitmore. Ruth FUQUA has
applied for a divorce from Jacob FUQUA. Thomas W. MAYO has brought suit to
secure a divorce from Mary J. MAYO.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), June 30 -
The following marriage licenses have been issued during the past week: John P.
STARR, age 24, of Fort Jones, and Hariette Effie WALKER, age 22, also of Fort Jones;
David Wilson POWERS, age 24, and Mary Elizabeth MILLETT, age 17, both of
Edgewood; Joseph John FERNANDES, age 21, and Lyda Elizabeth WOLFORD, age 20,
both of Callahan;
William Gilbert WOLKER, age 37,
of Callahan, and Luella BARNUM, aged 41, of Dunsmuir.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 30 -
The marriage license clerk’s department in the County Clerk’s office was no
sinecure the past week, as the following list of couples who were granted
licenses will readily show: James Elmer KING, aged 22, of Gridley, and Clara
Mabel ROSE, of Biggs; King Terhune LYNN, aged 38, of Chico, and Ella Ree HIBBS,
24, also of Chico; Gray Edward KRATZER, aged 24, and Mary G. BRUNNER, aged 24,
both of Chico; Edwin Anthony EPPERSON, aged 51, and Mattie GREIN, aged 37, both
of Durham; Howard M. HUSE, aged 29, and
Della Ann FRISCHOLTZ, aged 27, both of Oroville; Robert Mellon NICHOLSON, aged
32, of Chico, and Mary Elizabeth LUCAS, aged 27, of Forest Ranch; John Edward
STEELE, aged 48, and Laura Viola EDWARDS, aged 48, both of Chico; Christopher
Columbus REYNOLDS, aged 23, and Nellie SANDWITH, aged 20, both of Chico; Frank
STORER, aged 45, and Abbie Mercy RINES, aged 33, both of Elmhurst, Alameda
County; William Andrew PERLEY, aged 30, and Nellie Edna CLOUGH, aged 24, both
residents of Chico. The divorce docket
for the week was light. Theodore McINTYRE, of Chico, brought suit for divorce
from Ida McINTYRE, upon the ground of desertion. Mrs. P.B. HEISTER was granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce from H.E.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 30 -
The following marriage licenses were issued the past week: Walter HUBER, of San
Francisco, and Daisy CAMPBELL, of Woodland; William L. BRITTON, of Shasta County,
and Anna W. RUSSELL, of Woodland; H.J. PROVOST and Mary Eva NAVONE, both of
Woodland.
BENICIA (Solano Co.), June 3 0 -
C.P. STEVENS, a local attorney, is receiving the congratulations of his
friends, as he and Mrs. Taliah COOPER were married in Oakland a few days ago.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), June 30 -
Since last report County Clerk HALLIDAY has issued marriage licenses to the
following persons:
Walter KILPATRICK, 26, of Santa
Rosa, and Georgie MIKESELL, 19, of Redding;
Thomas ASTON, 32, and Mary Ellen
LYNCH, 29, both of Vacaville.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 30 -
Cupid EASTMAN made two couples happy through his marriage licenses bureau this
week. One pair claims Marysville as their home - A.D. RAMM and Miss Hattie
HERSKINS - while the other couple are well known residents of San Francisco,
being L.R. WILBUR and Mrs. Mary F. BURGESS.
Joseph S. THOMPSON, a well known
employe of the Bay Counties Power Company, has announced that on the 17th
prox he will be married to Miss Mary BUFFINGTON, a charming young woman of San
Francisco. The divorce mill in Yuba
County turned out one separation this week, Rush C. BEARD being given a decree
of divorce from Florence F. BEARD.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), June
30 - The following marriages occurred in this part of the county during the
week: Archie ROWE and Miss Nellie HICKMAN were married at the home of C.O.
JEPSEN. Albert C. TURNER and Miss Benola HOWE were married at the home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.F. HOWE, at the McLeod ranch, Rev. Josiah SIMS
officiating.
Two divorces were granted, both
yesterday. Fannie E. HOLBROOKE was given an interlocutory decree from Frank
HOLBROOKE. Defendant did not appear. Both are residents of this city.
Ethel HART, of Truckee, received
her final decree from George W. HART.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), June
30 - There is joy in the MARX home again, for the missing husband, Manuel MARX,
has returned. He showed up at the ranch on Rush Creek at a late hour of the
night and was received with open arms. A complete reconciliation has taken
place. After a family jar the first of the month MARX left, declaring he would
never return. Where MARX spent the days of his absence has not been learned.
Remains Found Half-Buried In A
Sandbar, With No Clue To Solve Mystery As To Who The Woman Was KENNETT (Shasta
Co.), June 30 - Coroner BASSETT has returned from four miles up the river,
where he held an inquest on the human body found Wednesday half-buried in a
sandbar on the east side of the stream. People here had assumed that the badly
decomposed body was that of a man, possible George MILLER, who is believed to
have perished while on a hunting and fishing trip four months ago.
But the Coroner found
unmistakable evidence that the remains were those of a woman, whether white or
Indian he could not tell. The flesh was all gone, but the hair was long. On the
feet were No. 5 shoes of the style for women, and all the undergarments were
those of a woman. Other articles of feminine use pointed to the unmistakable
fact that the body was that of a woman.
There was nothing to reveal the identity. Owing to the great
inconvenience of conveying a coffin over the rocky points to the place where
the body was found, the Coroner wrapped the bones in a blanket and buried them
on the river bank near by.
The mystery of who the woman was
will never be solved, in all probability.
WHEATLAND (Yuba Co.), June 30 -
R.N. MURPHY, editor of the Four Corners, has sold the paper to J.L. CLEEK, of
Chico. Yesterday Editor MURPHY gave to the public his last issue. Monday
morning CLEEK will take charge. The deal was closed last Thursday, but has just
been made public. MURPHY has published the Four Corners since 1902, and has
resided herE for the last twenty years.
CLEEK has been connected with a paper in Orland, but has sold out his
interests there, and will now reside here.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 30 -
Word has been received from San Francisco of the death of Mrs. Fannie EVANS,
who was a native of Camptonville, this county. One son, Ralph EVANS - and a
daughter - Mrs. William H. COONEY, and a husband survive her. Deceased was 48
years of age.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
30 - Sheriff SIBLEY returned from Placerville to-day with a man named WEBER,
who is wanted here on a charge of robbery. WEBER was caught in Placerville on a
description sent from this city. He is said to have entered a building on a nearby
ranch and stolen 500 sacks.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
30 - S. SEPPI and H.A. QUINLAN, the linemen who were arrested for tapping the
wires of the Stockton Gas & Electric Company, were let down easy. They
could have been prosecuted for felony, but were allowed to plead guilty to
misdemeanor charges and were fined $20 each.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 30 -
The petition of William DAVIS, of Sacramento, for the guardianship of Mabel,
the little daughter of C.H. WAUGHTEL, as told in yesterday’s Bee, was argued
yesterday and taken under advisement by Judge FINCH.
City Of Yreka Exhausted In
Trying To Secure Twelve Men To Try Citizen On Misdemeanor Charge.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), June 30 -
There is a case before Judge BEARD of the Superior Court which is causing quite
a little interest in this city and county. During the month of February, 1906,
Joseph F. WETZEL was arrested for a misdemeanor under the city ordinances. He
demanded a jury trial. The City Recorder issued four venires to fill a jury.
After exhausting the city there were only six jurymen accepted. He then asked
the defendant if he was willing to proceed with the six jurymen accepted. The
defendant, however, would not accept a jury under twelve. The Recorder, finding
that no more jurymen could be obtained and that the defendant would only accept
a full jury of twelve, refused to dismiss the case and ruled that he would try
the case without a jury, which he proceeded to do. He found the defendant
guilty and fined him $75 with the alternative of spending seventy-five days in
jail.
The defendant took an appeal to
the Superior Court, which came up before Judge BEARD.
The defendant’s counsel agreed
that the case should be sent back to the Recorder’s Court for trial. After
hearing both sides of the case, Judge BEARD ruled that the defendant was
entitled to a jury trial but that the case should be tried before him and
should not be sent back to the Recorder’s Court. The time for trial will be set
Monday. This case has been the talk of Siskiyou County and City of Yreka for
some time and will bring up many questions and points of law.
WOODLAND (Yolo CO.), June 30 -
The County Board of Education has adjourned, having finished the work of the
fiscal year. Before adjournment the members of the Board presented Miss
Gertrude NOE, a fellow member, who is soon to be married, with a silver bon bon
dish and spoon. Frank HULBERT, another member of the Board, will retire also,
having served eight years. Among the
pupils who took the examination for grammar grade certificates the place of
honor belongs to Margaret ISH, of Winters District, with an average of 94.24.
Next come Grace M. McCLURE, of Washington, 92.6; Ruby CASSELMAN, of Washington,
90.56; Louise LONG, of Oak Creek, 90.1; Elsie STABEL, of Enterprise, 90.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
30 - Police Detective DONAHUE last evening arrested Mrs. THOMPSON, a pretty
blonde, on a charge of petty embezzlement.
She was engaged as a waitress in a caf? and was at work when taken into
custody. The woman is accused of having pawned another person’s watch and
having kept the money. The offense is said to have occurred in Oakland five
months ago, in which place the warrant was issued. An Oakland detective is here
to take the woman back for trial.
BRIDGEPORT (Mono Co.), June 30 -
The LOOSE Company has purchased from Mrs.
Minnie PIMENTEL the timber on the Pimentel lands. The timber rights are
to be transferred for a period of seventy-eight months. A sawmill will probably
be erected there this Summer to furnish timber for the large power plant to be
built on the Walker River. The branch of the Walker River flowing through Bridgeport
is higher than it has been for years. The fields are flooded and the water is
still rising. The last few warm days and heavy rains have caused the snow in
the mountains to melt more rapidly than the river can carry off the water.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 30 -
Two young Swedish girls, refugees from San Francisco, arrived in this city
Thursday on their way to Yuba City. They had enough money to pay their fare to
this city and started to walk to Yuba City. They walked several miles and being
burdened with grips, gave out, sat down by the side of the road and woman-like
began to cry. Mrs. D.B. WOODS came along and on discovering their plight took
them to her home for the night. Friday she sent them to this city and Mrs. S.A.
HUSTON, editor of the Home Alliance, took them in charge. A subscription has
been raised and Dr. LAWHEAD, County
Physician, has secured transportation from this county and they were sent to
their destination on the noon train.
DUTCH FLAT (Placer Co.), June 30
- The funeral of Charles W. STAPLES took place here Thursday, the remains being
brought from Reno where deceased has resided for several years past. Mr.
STAPLES was an old resident of this vicinity and engaged in mining during his early
life here. He was a brother of Mrs. Geo. W. TOWLE, of Towle Bros. Co., and aged
71 years. His funeral was largely attended.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, July 2, 1906
AUBURN (Placer Co.), July 2 -
Adolph WEBER is to have a new guardian. The continued ill-health of John ADAMS,
his present guardian has made this necessary, as Mr. ADAMS has not been able to
be away from his home in many weeks. The prisoner has wanted to make a change
for some time, and Mr. ADAMS has also wanted to relinquish his charge. The new
guardian will be Fred S. STEVENS, a
well-known druggist, of this city, and Mr. STEVENS’ connection with the WEBER
story is somewhat romantic.
Mr. STEVENS is the only one who
made an effort to stop Adolph WEBER, the reputed robber, as he was hurrying
from the Placer County Bank in May 1904, with $6300 of its funds in his
possession, when WEBER made his wild and daring flight through the crowded
streets, and reached the hills in safety undetected. Mr. STEVENS’ place of
business is directly opposite the bank, and by arrangement with the bank
officials, an alarm bell was placed in STEVENS’ store, and also in J.G.
McLAUGHLIN’s store, which was to be used in case of a robbery.
These bells had often been rung
by the bank officials, accidentally coming in contact with the button, so when
the bell rang out on the day of the robbery, Mr. STEVENS did not think there
was a robbery in progress, but ascribed it to the usual accident. He went out
and looked toward the bank, however, but could not see the interior, as the
awning curtains were down. Just as he
was about to return to his own store, a bearded man with a canvass sack hurried
down the bank steps and moved swiftly along Main Street. A horse and cart were
standing by the sidewalk, and the fleeing robber jumped into the cart and began
beating the horse into a run down the then crowded street.
STEVENS, in the meantime, had
rushed into his store and secured a shotgun which was in readiness for such an
emergency, and returned to the sidewalk.
The robber had gone some distance down the street, but STEVENS’ position
was such that he could not fire instantly without endangering the lives of
others. He secured a safe sight on the retreating bank robber, as soon as he could
and fired both barrels, but WEBER was at such a distance by that time that the
shots were ineffectual, and only succeeded in riddling some rain pipes near by.
The participants to this
thrilling incident will be associated thenceforth as guardian and ward.
WEBER has been removed to
another cell, as the prisoner strongly objected to occupying the one he had as
its previous tenant was a man who suffered the death penalty and this was
distasteful to WEBER. The prisoner has a
dread of newspaper representatives and declines to converse with them.
A large rock was found in
WEBER’s old cell, though how it got there is a mystery. WEBER declined to make
any explanation.
the wagon road between here and
Gold Run, met with a peculiar accident Friday evening by which his leg was
broken in two places between the knee and hip.
A short distance from his home
is an old mining shaft, and a steer that wandered away from a drove of cattle
that was being driven up in the mountains fell into it. It is about fifty feet
deep. A tripod of poles was built to haul the animal to the surface. CLARK with
quite a number of others was watching the work when one of the poles snapped
near the top, striking him and breaking his leg. The animal was near the
surface, but in the excitement caused by CLARK’s accident, the rope slipped on
the steer and choked him to death.
Penniless and Blue, Brown Sought
Death
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), July 2 -
Sunday morning the dead body of a man was found in a dredging pool at the foot
of Bird Street. A gaping wound in the forehead showed that either a suicide or
murder had been committed. The corpse was almost submerged in water and a coat
and vest, neatly folded, were lying on the bank.
The Sheriff and Coroner were at
once notified, and investigation revealed the identity of the dead man. John
HAGERMANN, who is stopping at a rooming house on Robinson Street, identified
the body as that of R.H. BROWN, a mining operator and draughtsman, who had been
stopping at the same house since June 15th, coming there from San
Francisco. The first few days he was
there, he had money to pay for bed and meals, and afterward he was allowed to
stay there on the promise that he expected a check.
According to HAGERMANN, BROWN
left the place about 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon and failed to return. He told
Hagermann that for the past five or six years he had been in Alaska and
expected to go there again this Summer, but the San Francisco disaster
prevented him. He had also mined in Oroville in early days.
The man was apparently about 60
years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches in hight, with gray mustache and hair.
The autopsy revealed the fact
that death had resulted from a 44-calibre bullet. The skull was split its
entire length, either by the force of the bullet or from the blow. The pond
will be thoroughly searched for the revolver, which, if found, will go to show
it was a case of suicide, but if the weapon cannot be found there will remain
some doubt as to whether it was a case of suicide or murder.
The officers scoff at foul play
and believe it was a case of suicide.
prominent farmer of Marysville
Township, died at the family residence four miles north of this city at an
early hour Sunday morning, the result of heart derangement. Deceased was a
former resident of Watsonville, at which place the burial will take place.
Besides her husband, a brother Edgar LEWIS, and a sister, Miss LEWIS, both of
this county, survive. She was a member of the local Chapter of Eastern Star, a
native of Alabama, aged 50 years.
established through Thermalito. A short time since it
was discontinued by
the express order of the Post Office Department. The
order aroused a storm
of indignation throughout the section covered by the
route. Now Postmaster
LEONARD has received a letter from the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General
at Washington asking him if he had discontinued the
route and virtually
instructing him to renew the service at once. The
route will accordingly be
re-established. A peculiar thing
about the affair is that no explanation has
been offered as yet for the
order discontinuing the route.
Dunnigan, was held in this city
yesterday. Her death occurred at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.H.
ABELE, near Dunnigan, Friday evening. She was a native of Woodland, 21 years of
age, and was married to John Griffen SPENCER on August 16, 1905. He survives
her. Mrs. SPENCER was well-known in Colusa where she attended St. Aloysius
Academy.
died Saturday night at Shasta
Retreat, after a lingering illness, was taken south yesterday to his former
home in Kirkwood, where interment will be made. He was the son of the late John
V. CHRISTIAN, a pioneer resident of the county, who died last year. He is
survived by his widowed mother and two sisters, Mrs. HIGHTOWER, who now resides
in Goldfields, Nev., and Miss Artie CHRISTIAN, Principal of the Corning public
schools, and who was an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for County
Superintendent of Schools. Mr. CHRISTIAN
leaves a widow and two young children.
who has long been a resident of
Shasta County, owning one of the finest farms within its borders, was married
here about six months ago. A brother of the Baron, who lives in Spain and is a
Count, hearing of the happy event, sent Baron VON BALVAREN a present of $1000,
which came last Friday in the form of twenty $50 bills.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 2 -
John Frederick MOODINGER died at his residence
in this city Saturday afternoon.
Deceased was a native of Germany, 62 years of age, and came to Woodland direct
from Germany in 1891. He is survived by his wife and four children. The funeral
services were held this morning from the Lutheran Church. The Hermann Sons, of
which order he was a member, conducted the services at the grave.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 2 -
L.D. STEPHENS, B.H. STEPHENS and N.A. HAWKINS,
Trustees for Mary A. GRAY,
formerly Mary CRAIG, and Cassie B. CRAIG, under the will of the late John D.
STEPHENS, have filed their final account. The trust ended June 1, 1906, and the
amount in the hands of the Trustees will be turned over to the beneficiaries as
follows: To Mary A. GRAY, 733 shares of capital stock in the Bank of Woodland
and one-sixth interest in Highland Springs, all valued at $20,000. To J. CRAIG,
guardian of Cassie CRAIG, 733 shares of stock in the Bank of Woodland and
one-sixth interest in Highland Springs, other bonds and cash, the whole valued
at $33,389.
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
July 7, 1906
Page 6
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), July 7 -
Dredging officials are inclined to believe that the fire which destroyed the
Central Dredging Company’s blacksmith shop early on Friday morning was the work
of an incendiary, as there had been no fire in the shop since 5 o’clock in the
evening on Thursday. Officers are at work seeking a clue. The force of the
explosion of the dynamite in the shop may be realized by the fact that a heavy
iron door was thrown two blocks away and penetrated the roof of the residence
of T.W. REECE.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), July 7 -
Charles WILLIAMS, formerly in the employ of the Utah Construction Company, was
committed to the Insane Asylum at Napa by Judge GRAY yesterday afternoon.
WILLIAMS was arrested some weeks ago and was thought to be suffering from
delirium tremens, but it soon developed the man was insane. He lives in
constant fear that parties are conspiring to murder him.
WILLOWS (Glenn Co.), July 7 -
Henry DUPLESSIS, a Frenchman who had been trailing along the primrose path for
several days, grew remorseful and decided to end his troubles. He went to a
drugstore to purchase some strychnine, but refused to make a statement as to
the use he was purchasing it for, saying that a physician told him he could get
it. When the clerk went to ask the physician in question DUPLESSIS grabbed the
poison and ran down the street. The drug clerk caught him after a chase and
took the poison from him. DUPLESSIS was arrested.
Licenses To Wed Issued And
Decrees Of Divorce Granted In Superior California Counties REDDING (Shasta
Co.), July 7 - Marriage licenses were issued during the week to the following
couples: John H. HILL, aged 29, and Ada B. CONKLIN, aged 21, both of Montgomery
Creek; Roy A. WINSELL, aged 21, and Nettie J. ZIMMER, aged 20, both of Round
Mountain; Harry E. ABERNATHY, aged 24, of Shasta, and Elizabeth STOEKEL, aged
20, of Cottonwood; Frank MARSHALL, aged 26, and Anora LYONS, aged 24, both of
Redding; August ANDERSON, aged 36, and Ina YEATON, aged 31, both of Redding.
An interlocutory decree of
divorce was given to Etta S. PETTYGROVE from J.J. PETTYGROVE. The couple reside
in Anderson. Ruth FUQUA received an
interlocutory decree from Jacob FUQUA. They reside in Redding.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), July 7 -
The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: Arthur
Clayton DAVIS, aged 23, of Corning, and Anna M.
ELLIS, aged 26, of Etna Mills; James B. GATES, aged 22, and Kattie HILL,
aged 20, both of Sisson; Henry BINGHAM, aged 30, of Quartz Valley, and Anna CAMPBELL,
aged 30, of Portland.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), July 7 -
But three marriage licenses were issued during the past week. They were as
follows: Harry Davis MARCH, 22, of Chico, and Henrietta Mildred CUMMINGS, aged
18, of Chico; Cleve MILLER, aged 21, and Leah LAUGHLIN, aged 19, both of Chico;
Irving Clyde APPLING, aged 21, of Chico, and May Rosa FLINT, aged 21, of
Oroville.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), July 7 -
Two marriage licenses is the extent of Hymen’s record for the week in which
Independence Day occurs. The high contracting parties are as follows:
Charles C. EATON, son of George
W. EATON, of Lowrey, and Miss Josephine K.
DYER, daughter of Z.P. DYER, of Paskenta. John H. JOHNSON, a native of
Sweden, residing at Alviso, and Miss Ethel CHAMPENOIS, a native of California,
and a resident of Anderson.
Helen KAPPEL has begun a suit
for divorce from Samuel KAPPEL.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), July 7 -
While there were no marriage licenses issued at this point this week there was
a disposition on the part of ex-residents to balance matters.
Word has been received of the
marriage of Miss Rose HUMANN, who for two years presided over a school in
Sutter City, and Professor C.G. ROGERS, of the University of California. The
ceremony was performed at the latter place. Syracuse, New York, will be their
home.
Chas. A. RIPLEY, an
ex-Marysvillian, and Miss Kate SMITH, of Fruitvale, were married at the latter
place this week.
The engagement is announced of
Mrs. Rose BLOCK and Daniel T. GRAY, a well-known couple of this city. The
wedding will take place very shortly. In
honor of Miss Blanche HEFSTETTER, whose engagement to B.J. BRUL was announced a
short time ago in The Bee, Miss Carrie BERG gave a linen shower this week which
was attended by a dozen of the friends of the bride-to-be. The affair was a social success.
Miss Annie SULLIVAN, formerly a
school teacher of this county, now of San Francisco, has announced that she
will be married shortly.
LINCOLN (Placer Co.), July 7 - The
marriage of Robert WINCHESTER to his housekeeper, Mrs. HAYNES, on July 5th,
came as a surprise to the people of Lincoln. The couple slipped quietly away to
Sacramento and were married there Thursday arriving home on the 4:30 train.
They will make their home in Lincoln.
Dora Chipp, the Indian Girl
Charged With The Murder Of A Little Child, To Be Examined July 10th.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), July 7 -
The District Attorney has decided to hold the preliminary hearing of Dora
CHIPP, the Butte Valley Indian girl who was arrested for the murder of Mrs.
BEALE’s youngest child, on Tuesday, July 10th. Until yesterday he
was afraid he would have to hold the hearing at the place of the murder, on
account of Mrs. BEALE, the mother of the murdered child, being unable to leave
her home because of illness from excitement and nervous prostration caused by
the loss of her child. She also suffers from the wound inflicted by the shot
fired at her by the murderess, which passed through her chin.
Yesterday the District Attorney
talked over the telephone to Mrs. BEALE’s husband, who told him that his wife
had regained strength enough to take the trip to Yreka and will arrive on
Monday the 9th of July. For
some time there have been several reports to the effect that if the girl was
taken to the place of the murder the residents of the valley and surrounding
country would make an attempt to hold up the Sheriff, seize his prisoner, and
lynch her. How true the reports are no person on this side of the valley can
tell. Dora CHIPP’s father and mother have been in Yreka since she was brought
here by the Sheriff. Her mother, who is a full-blooded Modoc Indian and
directly related to the noted Captain Jack, visits her every morning from about
five minutes and remains outside the county jail nearly all day. When
questioned regarding her daughter she will not give any information. Her father
is a full-blooded Pitt River Indian.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), July 7
- Every effort is being made to save the sight of 16-year-old Burgess BRIDGES,
of this city, who was so badly burned about the face on the Fourth by
fireworks. The lad was in the act of setting off a set piece during the
evening, when it exploded, the entire blast striking him full in the face.
The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
July 7, 1906
Page 7
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), July 7 -
The City Board of Education is considering a proposition to add a course in
music in the Marysville schools one teacher to have the work in charge of both
grammar and High School departments. If the course is added, Miss Lulu MURPHY,
a Marysville young woman, who has been applying herself at Berkeley, will
probably be given the position of instructress.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), July
7 - William O. PRAY and Miss Anne H. NOBLE were married yesterday afternoon at
the home of the bride’s parents on East Flora Street by Rev. LUNDY, of the
First Presbyterian Church. The bride is the daughter of Edwin B. NOBLE, of a
local clothing house, and the bridegroom is a mining engineer of Nevada.
FAIRFIELD (Solano Co.), July 7 -
Walter R. MANNING has brought suit for a divorce from Louise W. MANNING on the
ground of desertion. During the week
County Clerk HALLIDAY has issued marriage licenses as follows:
Patrick P. GALT, 37, of San
Francisco, and Florence A. YOUNG, 24, of Berkeley; Chas. A. BYRLING, 40, and
Laura MOORE, 30, both of Vallejo; John H. CAMPBELL, 32, of San Francisco and
Elizabeth F. EDWARDS, 27, of Vallejo;
Thomas ASTON, 32, and Mary E.
LYNCH, 29, both of Vacaville; William BURNS, 31, Annie R. BAEHEHTLIN, 31, both
of Sacramento; Clarence H. DIEHL, 30, of San Francisco, and Kate M. DRONIN, 23,
of Rio Vista.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 7 - A
marriage license was issued the past week to W.J. MELDRUM, aged 33, a native of
Pennsylvania, and Blanche E. BENSON, aged 27, a native of Oregon.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), July 7 -
The following marriage licenses were issued by County Clerk J.B. LANDIS this
week: Adolphus G. HOOPER, of San Francisco, 28, and Grace M. OWEN, of Penryn;
O.L. VAN METER, of Rocklin, 34, and Mary R. CHURCH, of Sacramento, 33; Fredric
H. NAGLE, 24, and Elyda IVES, 24, both of Oakland; Eugene S. GIPSON, of Nevada
City, 29, and Lulu LEAK, of Auburn, 2. (Sic)
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), July 7 -
A woman who gives her name as Mrs. SANCHEZ and who says she is a San Francisco
refugee and that she came here to obtain work in the canneries, has made
complaint to the police that her father, B.
RUTHERFORD, so she alleges, is persistent in his efforts to take
liberties with her.
RUTHERFORD when arrested was
intoxicated. When he sobers up he will be given an opportunity to tell his side
of the story to the Court. Mrs. SANCHEZ
is about 18 years of age, and is separated from her husband. She has not been a
charge of her father for fifteen years, she says. The charge against RUTHERFORD
is common drunkard.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), July
7 - Henry LICHENS and Harry LITTLE pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and
were sentenced by Judge NUTTER to spend one and one-half years each in San
Quentin. The men broke into a store at Woodbridge recently and stole thirty
pounds of brass. They informed Sheriff SIBLEY this morning that they would
rather go to San Quentin than spend 100 days in the County jail. They wanted a
change of temperature.
TRUCKEE (Nevada Co.), July 7 -
George WAGONER who was on his way East with a drove of sheep, made a grewsome
find about four miles east of Truckee. He discovered the remains of some
unknown individual who had taken his life by the gunshot route. About ten feet
from the body was found a 32-caliber revolver with one chamber empty. In the
skull between the eyes was a bullet hole. The body, it is believed has been
laying there about two or three months as the flesh had been eaten away by the
coyotes. There is no clue whatever as to the identity of the individual who had
given up his life while traveling over Sierra Mountains.
The dead man was wearing a gray
suit of clothes, and red striped shirt. In the pockets of the clothes was 20
cents.
TEHAMA (Tehama Co.), July 7 -
This new municipality yesterday held its first official meeting and the
convocation of the new Board of Town Trustees signalized the fact to the
waiting world that a new city had been born.
Trustee John SIMPSON was elected President of the Board and has the
courtesy title of “Mayor.” Trustee M.W. MULLER acted temporarily as Clerk and
took all their required oaths of office before Judge SIMMONS. The salaries of
the Marshal and Tax Collector, City Clerk and Treasurer were fixed and a tax
ordinance was introduced. The officials who are required to give bonds will
have to wait until after July 13 when another meeting of the “City Fathers”
will be held in order to know in what amount to qualify.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), July 7 -
J.H. NORRED, charged with stealing about 2000 pounds of peaches, who recently
jumped his bail rather than stand trial here, was arrested this morning at Weed
by R.H. FRISBIE, of Anderson. NORRED was out on $500 bonds. He did not put in
an appearance when his case was called in Court, and gave his bondsmen
considerable annoyance. FRISBIE was on NORRED’s bonds, and since his
disappearance has been working very diligently to capture him. When NORRED was
captured he put up a fight, but was overcome.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), July 7 -
The little child of Mr. and Mrs. P.B.
WARREN, living near Lodi, narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon
from carbolic acid poisoning.
The child had been in the
basement of the home and managed to secure the bottle from a low shelf, and in
an attempt to drink the acid it was badly burned around the mouth and also on
its bare legs, upon which some had been spilled.
The child’s cries brought its
mother and a doctor hastily summoned. It will recover.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), July 7 -
Fire completely destroyed the home of J.B.
HOWE and family at Brack’s Landing, nine miles northwest of Lodi on the
afternoon of July 4th. Mr. and Mrs. HOWE had gone on a fishing
expedition and left their two children, a boy and a girl, aged 8 and 6 years,
respectively home.
Passersby noticed the children
and gave them some fireworks. The explosives were taken into the house and a
skyrocket was lighted. It exploded and set the house afire.
When the children saw what they
had done they hid in the brush and when their parents returned they thought the
children had been burned. The house was
uninsured and as the HOWES are poor people, the loss (rest of article cut off).
Lumberman Witnesses Logs Crush
Life Out Of His Brother’s Body, But Is Unable To Render Aid McCLOUD (Siskiyou
Co.), July 7 - Howard SMITH, a lumberman, was killed this morning at Camp 5.
SMITH was working about a
logging train when the chain broke and the heavy logs were rolled upon his
body, crushing it badly.
SMITH was 24 years of age, and
resided at Red Bluff. He leaves a wife and family at Red Bluff.
His brother, L.C. SMITH, also a
lumberman, was working near him when the accident occurred, and saw his
brother’s life crushed out, but was unable to do a thing toward helping him.
The Coroner has been notified
and will take charge of the remains.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
July 7 - Max DeBEMALDI, a novice at skating, met with a severe accident at the local
rink last night. While attempting to glide along on the rollers DeBEMALDI lost
his balance and fell backwards. He threw his arms out to break the fall, and
came down so heavily that he broke his left arm in two places.
WASHOE (Nev.), July 7 - A charge
of insanity has been lodged against N.A.R.
RYAN, a rancher living near this place. A few days ago he became so
violent that Mrs. RYAN fled to Reno and notified the authorities. He was
detained at the county asylum but escaped and was recaptured after a long
chase. He is so violent that the people of this section are afraid of him.
RENO (Nev.), July 7 - C.A.
LUNDY, of Bodie, broke the auto record between this place and Carson, by way of
the Geiger grade, yesterday running the distance in one hour and 15 minutes,
clipping 16 minutes from the time established by Dick KIRMAN. Several local
autoists say they will try to break the new record. The distance is
twenty-three miles, over a heavy grade for a third of the distance.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, July 9, 1906
Page 6
Whirlpool Broke Hime’s Weakened
Grasp and Swept Mrs. Burgess to Death MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), July 9 - At this
wiring the body of Mrs. E.E. BURGESS, of
Hammon City, a bride of six months, who was formerly Miss Mabel MALCOLM, of
Woodland, Yolo county, and who was drowned in the treacherous waters of the
Yuba River, opposite the new dredger mining camp, about 2 o’clock Saturday
afternoon, has not been found. Mrs. Jeanette Carey LAWRENCE, of Browns Valley,
who was Mrs. BURGESS’ guest at the time of the accident; C.E. HIMES, dredge
master of boat No. 5, and Frank GRUGAN, dredge master of boat No. 7, had
thrilling experiences and narrow escapes from death.
The death of Mrs. BURGESS, who
was but 22 years of age, and full of life and vivacity, which made her the
recognized leader of social doings at Hammon, has cast a gloom over that
community, and caused heart pangs likewise in Marysville where she had many
acquaintances. Bent on making the visit
of Mrs. LAWRENCE to Hammon pleasant and instructive, Mrs. BURGESS arranged for a
trip to dredger No. 7 on the north side of the river. Dredge Master HIMES had
agreed to act as escort and when it was found that Frank GRUGAN’s duties called
him to the “north side” he was invited to share the boat in which the party was
to make the trip, making four occupants. All went well until the middle of the
stream was reached. Here the current is very swift and a heavy under-current,
which prevails in most any part of the Yuba River, is at the worst. It is now
realized by those who were witnesses of the sad accident that the load of four
passengers was not properly distributed in the boat, too much weight being in
the bow. As soon as the rapids were reached it rolled over in the twinkling of
an eye and its occupants were not permitted to cling to it, so unexpected was
the turn and so quick was the current to carry it from them. When the party went into the water, Frank
GRUGAN was carried down-stream, and when he came to the surface he espied the
two women clinging to HIMES. The latter
called to him to come and take charge of one of the women. He soon reached Mrs.
LAWRENCE, who grasped him about the neck and carried him under the water. When
they came to the surface he implored Mrs. LAWRENCE to be cool and hold on to
his shirt while he swam. Luckily she
showed remarkable presence of mind, and after a severe struggle with the
current, GRUGAN landed her on the bank. Both were too exhausted then to lend
any assistance to their unfortunate companions.
HIMES did not fare as well as
GRUGAN. Although Mrs. BURGESS seemed cool and collected, she frequently lost
her grasp on him and it was with difficulty that he would recover her. He was
not discouraged, however, and was fully satisfied of reaching the bank
downstream with her when a whirlpool took them under and the awful undertow
carried them along the bottom of the stream.
By this time HIMES was so
fatigued that he could no longer hold on to Mrs. BURGESS and she was swept away from him. He
reached shore none to soon to save himself, for as soon as he laid down on the
bank he collapsed and for several hours afterward he was a very sick man,
vomiting about a quart of sand before relief came. He says he and Mrs. BURGESS
were sucked under three or four times before he was forced to give her up.
As soon as the sad news reached
Hammon, Superintendent CLEVELAND organized a searching party and the work of
dragging the stream for the body of Mrs.
BURGESS was at once commenced. The work was continued into Saturday
night without avail and the efforts of Sunday were likewise unsuccessful. The
Yuba River is unusually high at this season. It is feared that in this case, as
it has in many others, it may never give up its dead. As a rule it completes
its work by burying with its detritus its victims. At the point where the accident
occurred the water is about twenty feet in depth. The bereft husband was attending his work as
Superintendent at Hammon for the Bay Counties Power Company when the accident
occurred.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 9 -
The news of the accidental drowning of Mrs.
E.E. BURGESS at Hammon City Saturday afternoon was a shock to her
relatives and friends in this city.
Mrs. BURGESS, who was Miss Mabel
MALCOLM before her marriage, was well known here, where she resided practically
all her life before her marriage on the 20th of last October.
Her mother, Mrs. Emma MALCOLM; a
brother, W.F. MALCOLM, and a sister, Mrs.
George BOTTSFORD, reside in this city. The mother and brother were in
Berkeley at the time of the tragedy and arrived in Woodland late Saturday
night. They, together with the sister, went to Hammon City yesterday.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), July
9 - Harry SERENS, 11 years old, didn’t know his brother’s 22-caliber rifle was
loaded, and that accounts for the sad death of Byron H. SHUCK, about the same
age.
The boys live in the City
Homestead. Last Friday evening about 5 o’clock the SERENS lad was playing with
the rifle. While handling the weapon it was discharged, the bullet striking
SHUCK between the eyes. The other boy
ran for his mother, and three physicians were called in to attend the injured
youth. He lived for two hours, but never regained consciousness, as the bullet
had lodged in his brain.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), July 9 -
Phillip BERRY, the amalgam thief who was sentenced to five years in San Quentin
on Saturday last, made a plea to Judge GRAY for leniency on the ground that he
stole in order to provide his wife and children with the necessaries of life.
He made a sorry showing in his defense. It was found that he had formerly been
a turnkey in the Walla Walla State Prison and that he had a wife and three
children living there, his wife supporting the family by acting as a nurse. In
the meantime, since coming here, BERRY has been living with a woman in the
tenderloin district, who left here a short time ago, and it was BERRY’s
intention to join her as soon as he made a stake.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), July 9 -
Action has been commenced in the Superior Court of Tehama County by Mrs. Anna
A. LENNON for a divorce from her husband, Edward F. LENNON, Coroner and Public
Administrator. Injunction proceedings have also been brought by the plaintiff
to prevent the defendant from disposing of any property until the issue is
settled. Miss Jennie LENNON is also made a defendant to settle certain property
rights. Both parties to the action are
very prominent in Tehama County, where Mr.
LENNON has for years occupied a prominent part in political circles. The
couple were sweethearts in their youth but each married and raised
families. Later the wife of the
defendant and husband of the plaintiff died, and the sweethearts of younger
days were married a couple of years ago. Their married life has not been
pleasant and the divorce proceedings is the result of the couple beeing unable
to agree.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), July 9 -
The residence of Mrs. Jean HEAD was gutted by fire about 9 o’clock last evening.
Mrs. HEAD and her children were not at home when the blaze started and it
gained considerable headway before the Fire Department arrived. All that was
saved of the furniture was three small pieces. The balance was either burned or
damaged by water. The house was saved, although badly burned on the inside and
roof. The building is just across the alley from the new Catholic Church, and
not far form a livery stable where a large amount of hay is stored. There was
not a breath of wind blowing, which was very fortunate as the dwelling is in a
densely settled part of the town.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), July 9 -
At the conclusion of the evening devotional services in the Baptist Church
Sunday the marriage of Arthur N. BLAKE and Miss Ida M. WOLCOTT was solemnized
by the Rev. J.H. HARGREAVES. The young
couple are well known in Tehama County, the groom being an industrious young
man of Hunter. His bride is a charming young school teacher from the Bee Gum
section, who a short time ago was selected as one of the teachers of the
Redding school.
The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, July 9, 1906
Page 7
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), July
9 - BUCKLEY, a Digger Indian, who claimed to be 134 years of age, died on the
Fourth of July and was buried the following day at the Indian burying ground on
the lower Colfax road, between here and Colfax.
There is little doubt that
BUCKLEY, so christened by the early whites, was of the age claimed. The first
gold seekers in 1850, in the neighborhood of what has since become Chicago Park
me him. (Sic). He was then quite an old man. There are living in this county
white men who have been here since 1850, who affirm that the Digger could not
have been far from the length of years which he always claimed.
He was buried with all the pomp
attendant upon the funeral of a warrior of the old days. In his grave were laid
all his possessions, along with many gifts, for his Indian friends still hold
to the belief that there is an awakening in the happy hunting ground, and when
this awakening came they wanted old BUCKLEY to be prepared for the chase at
once.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), July 9 -
Meager details of a shocking tragedy at Last Chance reached here on Saturday in
which Charles DORKA was probably mortally wounded, and William POLIFKA killed
outright.
The particulars of the
occurrence are difficult to obtain, owing to the extreme remoteness of the
scene of the killing. But few people live there, and among these are Charles
DORKA and his wife and two little daughters.
DORKA kept a saloon, and has been a resident of Last Chance about three
years. F.N. TILLOTSON is the owner of a gold mine there called the Home Ticket,
which has recently developed into a rich producer. As far as can be learned,
these two men have been on good terms, until recently when DORKA became madly
jealous of his wife, who he believed had smiled approvingly on TILLOTSON.
Whether DORKA’s jealousy had any foundation is not known at this time.
TILLOTSON has borne a good reputation always. But little is known here of
DORKA, who is said to hail from Texas.
The trouble is thought to have
been brewing since July 4th, at a small celebration held in the
romantic little mining camp. At all events, DORKA on Saturday determined to
kill TILLOTSON, and started for the Home Ticket Mine, where the latter was
working. As he neared the mine, DORKA perceived the man whom he thought to be
TILLOTSON, but it was in reality William POLLFKA. In his maddened jealousy,
DORKA did not stop to see his mistake, but opened fire, killing POLIFKA almost
instantly. TILLOTSON, who had been warned, and divining that the shooting of
POLIFKA had been really meant for him, shot DORKA down before the latter had
time to turn his weapon upon him. DORKA’s mistaking POLIFKA for TILLOTSON is
not wondered at by those who know the two men, as they are said to have borne a
striking resemblance to each other.
Sheriff KEENA, Coroner SHEPARD and Court Reporter ADAMS left Saturday night
for the scene of the tragedy, and are not expected to return before some time
this evening.
At last accounts DORKA was still
alive, but there is but small hope of his recovery. The general impression here
seems to be that the shooting was justifiable and in self-defense, as TILLOTSON
would undoubtedly have been killed if he had not shot the maddened saloonman
who was bent on taking his life.
Sheriff KEENA returned this
morning from the scene of the shooting.
TILLOTSON has not yet been arrested, but probably will be formally taken
into custody, although it is now certain he shot in self-defense. DORKA left his saloon declaring he would kill
TILLOTSON. He entered a room in the house TILLOTSON occupied, and seeing a man
in bed fired. The victim was POLIFKA.
DORKA, realizing his mistake,
then tried to break in the door of the room in which TILLOTSON was. He was
warned to desist, but refused. TILLOSTON then shot, the ball grazing both of
DORKA’s eyes. He will be blind for life if he recovers. His wife says she not
only will never live with him again, but will take the stand against him.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), July 9 -
When the announcement was made by The Bee’s special service last week that
Adolph WEBER would change his guardian and business agent, and that John ADAMS,
who has conducted the prisoner’s business affairs, would retire and F.S.
STEVENS would act as WEBER’s agent henceforth, it was thought the arrangement
had met with the approval of all the interested parties, but it is now reported
that ADAMS declines to retire, and this has angered the prisoner
considerably. WEBER is now in his
majority, however, and declares he will do as he chooses, and exercise his own
discretion in the selection of a business agent. On Saturday he executed a
revocation of the power of attorney he had previously issued to his former
guardian, and issued a new power to F.S.
STEVENS, whom he has appointed as his business agent. Intimations were
made on Saturday that a lively contest is liable to grow out of the change, but
no one would say in just what form this would be.
The prisoner shows more signs of
friendship toward his new agent than for anyone with whom he has been
associated. STEVENS visited him on Saturday and WEBER was in a most congenial
frame of mind. He seems to have taken a strong liking to him, which is very
unusual, as WEBER rarely shows a friendly feeling toward anyone.
Since the death watch has been
placed over the prisoner he has become more cheerful than before. When the
Supreme Court’s decision was first announced to him he is credited with having
said he would contest the case no further, but this is not borne out by the
prisoner’s frequent conferences with his attorneys who, it is believed, are
preparing to take vigorous action to save his life.
YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.), July 9 -
The Democratic primaries were held in the different precincts in Sutter County
Saturday afternoon, the polls being open from 1 to 5 o’clock. The delegates
elected will meet in Convention in Yuba City, Tuesday, July 10th,
and nominate candidates for the various county and township offices.
The following nine delegates
were chosen from this place: Eugene M. BOBY,
L.T. STURNES, Chester C.
BURGESS, Steven R. FORTNA, S.F. WARREN, Thomas W.
PIERANO, James A. MURRY, Dr.
J.A. COLE and George W. BROWN.
HAWTHORNE (Nev.), July 9 - Frank
C. EVERETT, President of the Keeler, Cal., smelter and a prominent mining
promoter, will have to spend the remainder of his life in prison unless the
Supreme Court intervenes. Saturday
afternoon the jury that tried him found him guilty of murder in the second
degree, his plea of insanity evidently saving him from hanging. EVERETT shot and instantly killed M.E.
MALONE, of Ogden, General Foreman of the Mina, Nev., shops, on April 18th
last because MALONE refused to give him a special train to carry him to
Tonopah.
ELKO (Nev.), July 9 - The man
who died in this city a few days ago after lying unattended in the sagebrush on
the outskirts of the city is believed to have been named STEELE. His home is
said to have been near Red Bluff, Cal., where his parents conduct a ranch. He
was about 24 years of age and is believed to have been addicted to the use of
drugs. After a thorough examination the physicians who attended him came to the
conclusion that STEELE died from opium which he is believed to have taken with
suicidal intent. STEELE came to this vicinity with a man named GOMES, who says
that STEELE had left home on account of his dissolute character. The body has
been buried in the Elko Cemetery.
ELKO (Nev.), July 9 - The body
of Samuel RHODES, who either fell or jumped from a Southern Pacific train a
mile and a half east of Carlin several days ago, has been found and will be
sent to his relatives in Michigan, whither he was traveling from Healdsburg,
Cal. According to the ticket held by RHODES he left Healbsburg on July 1st.
After the train had left Carlin he was missed and the conductor informed the
Elko agent of the incident. As RHODES did not show up on a subsequent train,
search was instituted and his body was found where it had fallen. His neck was
broken and his body was frightfully battered by his heavy fall. RHODES was past
middle age and is believed to have relatives in both California and Michigan.
Insurance Companies Swindled -
Scores of indictments by the San Francisco Grand Jury are threatened against
policy holders who made false statements of losses by the big fire. The
insurance companies have had private detective agencies at work and the latter
claim to have evidence against many, especially men, who did business in the
Tenderloin. It is said that $200,000 has been paid on these false statements.
Cannot Wriggle Out - The
endeavor of certain insurance companies to quit the State, forcing their policy
holders to sue in Courts where the home office is located, is effectively
blocked by Section 616 of the Political Code, which provides that any foreign
company or corporation must file in the office of the Insurance Commissioner
the name and address of the agent of the company, in order that a summons and
other process may be served.
Policy Holders Combine - Police
holders in the Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company, which is denying its
liability under the earthquake clause in its policy have taken steps to bring
suit against the company for the aggregate amount.
Tragedy In a Tent - A quarrel
over a trivial matter ended in an attempt by E.V. MURPHY, a Presidio refugee,
to kill his wife, after which he took his own life by shooting Saturday night.
The woman escaped with bullet wounds in both wrists.
A sudden Marriage - Romance of
quick action inspired Peter J. O’NEILL and Annie K. APPLEDORN to step to the
altar and become husband and wife in Oakland at 2 o’clock yesterday morning
with no more preparations for the event than a few moments’ conversation and a
casual “dare” from a friend.
Girls Sold for $6 - A struggle
for the possession of a girl said to have been sold by her mother for $6 was
the sensation in the Juvenile Court at San Francisco on Saturday. The subject
of the dispute was Lenna KEY, a half-breed Chinese, and the competitors for her
guardianship were Mrs. Kate FRESH, her alleged purchaser, and the Maude
Ballington Booth Home.
Jumped to His Death - While his
nurse’s back was turned for a moment at noon Saturday, J. SCULLY, a patient at
the Scobie Memorial Sanitorium, leaped from the window of his room on the third
floor, breaking the glass as he jumped. He struck in the court below and was
instantly killed.
To Bridge the Bay - Because of
the tremendous increase in freight and passenger traffic and the resulting
congestion at Oakland, the Southern Pacific, it is officially announced, has
decided to build at once a pile bridge across the bay from Dumbatron Point to
San Mateo County.
Law Fire Loss Adjusted - The
loss on the Merchants’ Exchange building in San Francisco has been adjusted,
and the work of restoration is under way in this California Street structure.
The sound value of the building was found by the appraisers to be $1,212,645,
and the damage done by the fire was fixed at $705,000.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Evening Bee, Sacramento
Tuesday,
July 10, 1906
DOZEN BALLOONS CARRY DYNAMITE
Sent High In Air With Lightened
Fuses Attached, and Discharge Resembled Heavy Rolls of Thunder.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), July 10 - A
belated report from Deadwood, Trinity county, tells of a novelty feature of the
Fourth of July observance in that small mining camp, where every man, woman and
child knows how to use dynamite.
A dozen toy paper balloons were
purchased. To each of these balloons was attached a stick of dynamite with a
lighted fuse inserted. The length of the fuse was carefully estimated so that
the explosion would come when the balloon would probably reach its greatest
altitude.
Thus
primed and loaded, the balloons were sent up one at a time. The explosions that
followed rivaled anything ever heard in the thunder line in Trinity County.
Nobody was harmed, but everybody in Trinity County within thirty miles knew
that something was “doing” in Deadwood.
MUST
ANSWER FOR SHOOTING PARTNER
BECKWITH (Plumas Co.), July 10 -
F. CHAMBERS, a saloon keeper of this place, who was taken to Quincy last Friday
by Deputy Sheriff S.B. PARISH to be tried and examined on a charge of insanity,
was found to be only partially unbalanced. CHAMBERS stated himself that was
true.
At
the close of the proceedings of the Court in Quincy, Chambers was arrested on a
charge of attempting to shoot his partner McQUERY about a month ago.
ANDERSON
(Shasta Co.), July 10 - The farm home of J. DAIS, three-quarters of a mile east
of town, was burned to the ground Sunday noon. A defective chimney was the
cause. The loss is $700, with no insurance. The only articles saved from the
dwelling were a few pieces of bedding. Mr. DAIS was in his orchard some
distance away when the fire was discovered burning through the roof.
Later Details of the Train Wreck
at Gregory Causes Wonder That No Deaths Resulted from Mishap.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), July 10 -
The wreck at Gregory, Sunday night, of the second section of No. 15, the
southbound express, as reported in last night’s Bee, delayed all trains
twenty-one hours, the track not being opened up to traffic until 6 o’clock last
evening.
The marvel of the wreck is that
no lives were lost. Five cars and the locomotive were involved. The tender
rolled down the bank into the river, where it now lies half submerged. The two
forward baggage cars were telescoped. The locomotive itself, which twisted
across the track, and plowed its nose into the bank on the right was badly
smashed up. The way baggage car and the express car were not damaged farther
than to be lifted from their trucks and toppled over, almost ready to drop into
the river. Only the forward trucks of the smoker left the rails.
Jack CAMPBELL, of Dunsmuir,
engineer, stayed with his locomotive, and, strangely, crawled from under the
wreck without a scratch upon him. Fireman H.T. LONG tumbled with the tender
towards the river. He dropped short of the water. R.M. STUART, the express
guard, was the only man on the train that was hurt. His right arm was crushed,
but no bones were broken. He received a gash in the cheek and a cut or two in
the scalp. Stuart is a regular policeman in Portland. He was off on his
vacation and was acting as express guard in order to get free passage to San
Francisco. Express Messenger STARK was slightly injured in the right leg -
hardly worth mentioning.
In
clearing up the wreck the big wrecker from Sacramento picked up the wrecked
passenger locomotive, carried it down the track until an open place was found,
and then dumped it on one side out of the way. The telescoped baggage cars are
beyond repair. The way baggage car and express car were switched on the siding
at Gregory.
KENNETT (Shasta Co.), July 10 -
The Friday-Loydon group of copper claims, three miles west of Kennett, was
bonded yesterday to the Mammoth Copper Company for $200,000. The bond will have
a life of eighteen months, and should the group show up under developments made
during that period, the Mammoth Company will purchase the property.
The Friday-Lowdon mines, so named
from their locators, are owned by Walter FRIDAY, John R. LOWDON of Redding, and
T.H. BENTON of Shingleton. They lie between the Trinity Copper and Balaklala on
one side and the Mammoth on the other. They have never been worked farther than
to develop the body of ore and show its extent. The Mammoth Company by diamond
drills will explore the ore bodies farther. A force of ten men will be put on
at once, and under the terms of the bond development work must be carried on
continuously. The mines are on Squaw Creek, in the heart of the Backbone copper
belt. Eleven claims are embraced in the group, comprising 165 acres.
The
deal, now half consummated, is considered a very important one in this
district.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 10 -
Miss Gertrude NOE, of this city, and John Herbert MITCHELL, of Oakland, were
married at the home of the bride’s uncle, Supervisor T.J. VAUGHN, near this
city, to-day, at 10 o’clock. Rev. T.G. PICTON, pastor of the Christian Church,
officiated.
The
bride is well known in educational circles, having been a teacher in the
Woodland schools and also a member of the County Board of Education. Mr.
MITCHELL is a young businessman of Oakland.
Body Dug Up by Coyotes That of
William Vienas or Turner Palmer, and Indications Point To Foul Crime.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), July
10 - The badly decomposed body of a man was found Sunday two miles from
Hayfork, where it had just been dug up by coyotes or other scavenger animals.
It is believed that the man was murdered and the body then buried to cover up
evidence of the crime.
People of Hayfork believe that
the body is that of William VIENAS, who disappeared so mysteriously last
October, while he was on his way from the Hyampom copper mines to Hayfork, as
told in the Bee at the time. And, again, there is evidence to indicate that the
remains are those of Turner Palmer.
Coroner RYAN has gone to Hayfork
to hold an inquest and Sheriff BERGIN went along to hunt evidence.
Articles of clothing lay
scattered about the human bones. In a pocket was found a bottle of medicine. The
prescription label was that of B. BARNICKEL’s drug store in Weaverville. The
number was legible. Mr. BARNICKEL, turning to his records, found that on
October 6 last he put up the prescription - a simple ointment - for Turner
PALMER.
The story of the mysterious
disappearance of William VIENAS is well remembered. Last October he left his
cabin on the Hyampom copper mines, twenty miles west of Hayfork, to go over the
mountains to Hayfork, taking his dog with him. His partner was to follow him a
few days later, going by a different route, but promising to meet him in
Hayfork. A few days after Vienas left, his famished dog returned to the cabin
and behaved very strangely. The partner noticed the dog’s peculiar actions, but
made no further investigation. A day or so later he went to Hayfork. Arriving
there, he was surprised that Vienas had not got there ahead of him.
For days and days search was made
for Vienas. No trace of him could be found. Some urged that he might have
perished in the storm that set in after he started. But it was also held that
he could not have perished in the storm, for the snow was not deep and he knew
the trail like a book. Furthermore, he had time to reach Hayfork before the
storm set in, late in the day that he made the outward trip.
Nothing has been heard from
Vienas from that day to this. Was he murdered and his body buried? Is the body
that the coyotes have uncovered two miles south of Hayfork that of Vienas? But
how about the bottle of medicine purchased October 6 in Weaverville by Turner
PALMER? How could Vienas have that in his possession?
There
is a deep mystery about the case, and the result of the investigation to be
made by the Coroner and the Sheriff is awaited with much interest.
Caught in the Act, Aided by
11-year-old Sister, And Placed Under Arrest by Foreman of Ranch.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), July
10 - Evelina WALKER, a 14 year-old girl, was held to answer late yesterday
afternoon to a charge of attempting to steal horses, a felony.
The girl and her sister, 11 years
of age, were arrested a couple of weeks ago by Foreman KING of the Cohen-Bishop
ranch, about seven miles north of this city, as told in The Bee at the time.
King was on his way out to the ranch with his wife and a hired man when he saw
someone running the horses in the big pasture. The animals seemed terribly
frightened and King surmised things were not right. He and the hired man
returned to the pasture. By that time the horses had been driven into the
largest of three corrals. It was then about 8 o’clock, and as there was no
moonlight it was impossible to discern who were running the horses.
The two men watched the
proceedings for fully three hours until they were certain by the sound of the
voices that the people who were weeding out the horses were girls. The girls
worked until they had driven all the animals but two into the other corrals.
The smaller girl was stationed at the gate and the defendant was riding her
horse, attempting to lasso the others. King stated that she swore like a
trooper when unable to catch the wild equines. King and the hired man placed
the sisters under arrest and took them to the Sheriff’s office.
The girls’ story during the
preliminary examination was that they had been hunting birds’ eggs, and that the
defendant’s horse had got away and had joined the band of sixty or more animals
in the pasture. She said that it took until midnight to catch the equine.
Justice PARKER, who held the girl
to answer, stated that there was little doubt but that she and her sister had
attempted to steal the horses.
The Walker girl carries a paper
route and she and her sister are experts on horseback. Their mother and father
live in this city, but have always allowed the two girls to shift pretty much
for themselves.
The defendant will have to answer before Superior Court. She may be allowed to enter a plea of guilty and be sent to a reform school. Sheriff SIBLEY states that the two have been in various other similar transactions, but that no action was taken before because they were girls. The two are out on bail.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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