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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, February 2, 1906
Death of “Prof” MacDuff -
Word has been received here from San Francisco of the death in that city a few
days ago of “Prof” O.C. MacDUFF, who was for may years a familiar figure about the streets and in the
hotels of Sacramento. The “professor” had a genial way about him and made lots
of friends, upon whose bounty he existed. Some times,
however, he would sell a formula for transferring colored pictures to glass.
The “Professor” was always conspicuous with a silk hat tilted upon the back of
his head and a red necktie upon his shirt front. MacDuff
was about 65 years of age. He was found dead in a room in the Langham Hotel.
Final Divorce Decree - To-day Superior Judge J.W.
HUGHES granted Lottie M. GUNTER a final
decree of divorce from Dalbert M. GUNTER, a year
having elapsed from the date of entry of the interlocutory decree.
To Appraise Estate - Superior Judge J.W. HUGHES to-day
made an order
appointing J.W. LINDNER, C.C. ROBERTSON and Irving NEEDHAM
appraisers of the
estate of the late Mary A. CUMMINGS, relict of Charles H.
CUMMINGS, for many years a member of the Funded Debt Commission of this city.
To Quiet Title - Samuel DICKSON has brought suit in
the Superior Court against Roddy McGRATH,
S.H. JONES as the administrator of the estate of Ellen McGRATH,
deceased, and Mamie E. DUNCAN, as administrator of Della McGRATH,
deceased, to quiet title to the west half of lot 6 the block bounded by I and
J, Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets.
Rode on Sidewalk - Frank AZEVEDO was arrested this
morning and charged with violating the city ordinance prohibiting the riding of
a bicycle upon the sidewalk. The arrest was made by Officer RIBIE.
Early Morning Disturbance - An employe
of the Art Dance Hall, known as Ruby, was arrested this morning upon a warrant
charging her with disturbing the peace. It is said the woman figured to a
disturbance that took place on lower L Street early this morning. Officer
SCANLON is investigating the case.
Charles Wesley REED, of San Francisco, is in the
city. T.R. JONES, Superintendent of the
Sacramento Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad, has returned from a trip
to Sparks, Nevada..
Mrs. Wm. McGUIRE, of Tilsonburg, Ontario, is spending the Winter with her
sister, Mrs. E.T. CROLY.
Mayor R.H. BEAMER of Woodland,
is in the city to-day.
Their Graves in City Cemetery Bedecked With Flowers -
A Record of the Dead The remains of J.E. LA RUE, a former resident of
Sacramento, who died suddenly on the La Rue ranch near Davisville
last Wednesday, were this afternoon laid to rest in the Sacramento City
Cemetery. The body was brought here by train at 12:35 o’clock from Davisville, accompanied by members of the family and a
large number of neighbors and friends from various parts of Yolo County, where
deceased had resided for many years. Scores of beautiful floral pieces which
had been sent from Sacramento, Woodland and other places were brought here with
the body and placed upon the grave. A long line of carriages followed the
remains to the cemetery.
Funeral services were held at the ranch residence at
10 o’clock this morning, the religious services conducted by Rev. DORRENCE of Davisville.
The Woodland Commandery,
Knights of Templar, of which deceased had been a
member, also participated in the ceremonies the pall-bearers
were Henry
HEMMEL, William RUSSELL, Dr. BATES,
George PIERCE, Otis WILBUR and Al PLANT.
Songs were rendered at the house by a choir.
The funeral of Alfred OLSON, a well-known business man
of Sacramento, who died suddenly a few days ago, took place at 2:30 o’clock
this afternoon from the family residence, 1711 N Street. There was a very large
outpouring of friends and neighbors to attend the services and a great wealth
of flowers was placed upon and about the coffin in the house, and also upon the
grave in the City Cemetery.
The services at the house were conducted by Rev. C.L.
MIEL, while Masonic
and Red Men’s services were held at the grave. The
honorary pallbearers were
George W. LOCKE, Sr., William M. PETRIE, H.W. BRAGG,
Peter NEWMAN, William
LAND and William TURTON. The active pallbearers, six in number, were selected
from the Masonic Lodge to which deceased belonged and from the old Tribe of Red
Men, four from the first-named and two from the latter.
John H. DAVIS, a former Constable of Sacramento
Township, died last Monday in Napa. He was a member of the Sacramento Aerie of
Eagles, the remains were sent to San Francisco for interment, the funeral
taking place under the auspices of San Francisco Aerie, No. 5. Davis was about
36 years of age.
Kensington W. ROBBINS, and old and well-known resident
of Sacramento, died last Wednesday. For a great many years deceased was
associated with the business house of the late Richard DALE. In his younger
days Robbins was an ardent sportsman, being an expert with the shotgun. He had
fame over the Coast as a trainer of hunting dogs, and he was also a noted
billiard expert. He was a brother of
Edward ROBBINS. Deceased was a native of Illinois, aged 61 years.
The friends of Mrs. B.W. CAVANAUGH will regret to
learn that she is quite low at her residence, 814 Ninth Street, with an ailment
to her throat. It has been necessary to operate upon her six times, and her
throat is in such a condition that she can hardly take nourishment. Her grief
over the recent death of her husband makes her condition all the more critical.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Friday, March 16, 1906
Affair Is Being Probed
COURTLAND (Sacramento Co.), March 16 - The doctor’s
examination of the body of Patrick FAHEY, found yesterday in Chinatown, as told
in last evening’s Bee, was finished last night, and every indication bears out
the murder theory, Dr. LINDSAY, the physician who conducted the examination,
says that the man has not been dead more than three days at the most. Although
there was over five and a half feet of water in the outhouse where the body was
found, the doctor claims that death was not from drowning, as there was no
water in the lungs and the hands were open.
There are no marks of violence on the body, except a
slight discoloration over one eye. The body is in a comparatively good state of
preservation. The body, as already told
in The Bee, was found about 5:30 Wednesday evening by a
Japanese, who, however, failed to notify the Constable until shortly
after noon yesterday. He had in the meantime secured a Japanese interpreter
from Sacramento, and after his arrival, word of the discovery of the body was
sent to W.B. CALLOWAY, the Constable. The Coroner arrived late yesterday
afternoon from Sacramento, and the body has been taken there, where the inquest
will be held.
The following Japanese were arrested on suspicion last
night about 10:30:
Y. Gabayushi, J. Yanagawa and H. Kubo.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal
March 17, 1906
Page 6
FREEPORT (Sacramento Co.), March 17 - The residence of
Frank GOVERNOR, Sr., was completely destroyed by fire yesterday. The blaze was
caused by a defective flue and before the family knew it the entire roof of the
home was inflames. Efforts to save it were without avail. The loss will amount
to several thousand dollars, fully covered by insurance.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, March 22, 1906
Page 6
FAIROAKS (Sacramento Co.), March 22 - Felix JERRAILES,
a wood chopper and charcoal burner, who has been working for the last two
months on what is known as the “Bald Spot” near this place, while tearing down
an old log barn found a roll of bank notes, with a face value of $270, tucked
away in an auger hole.
One of the bills was a $100 note on a New York bank
with the date 1830, which has been found worthless. The rest were treasury
notes and are worth face value.
Jerralles, after a windfall of this sort, finds he is unable to
cut any more wood and will leave for newer pastures. The old barn, which is
more of a dug-out, was no doubt in use by the early miners and has been in a
tumble-down condition beyond the memory of the eldest resident.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, March 30, 1906
Page 5
Inquest
Develops Startling Fact That Death Was Due Partly to Poisons and Partly to
Asphyxiation.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), March 30 - The inquest on
the body of A.N. McVICAR,
conducted this afternoon by Coroner SOUTHWORTH, developed the fact that the
deceased had been put into the trunk alive, and that death was due partly to
the poisons administered and partly to asphyxiation. Dr. J.P. HULL, one of the autopsy surgeons,
stated that the presence of a large quantity of blood in the trunk showed
conclusively that the man must have been alive, though probably in a stupor,
when he was placed in the trunk, as the breaking of a blood vessel after death
would have caused little or no hemorrhage. A blood vessel in the nose was
ruptured. There was no blood found in
the room. The condition of the lungs and other organs gave evidence of
asphyxiation, and the report of the chemist showed chloral hydrate and
morphine.
D.L. DONNELLY, of this city, says he is well
acquainted with Mrs. Emma LE DOUX, the woman confined in the County Jail at
Stockton, charged with having murdered McVICAR and
packing his body in a trunk. Donnelly says the woman is bold and coarse in her
manner. He procured a divorce for her, as her attorney, at Jackson, Amador
County, in 1898, from a man named BARRETT. The new State law which prohibited a
divorced person marrying until one year had elapsed had shortly gone into
effect. Donnelly says that during the divorce proceedings he learned the woman
had planned to marry immediately after she got the decree,
and he so informed Judge RUST of the Superior Court. Judge Rust granted the
divorce and at the same time cautioned the woman against marrying until a year
had elapsed.
But she did not care for the laws and boldly walked
into the County Clerk’s office and demanded a license to marry “Billy” WILLIAMS
at the same time saying she was determined to have Judge Rust, who had
cautioned her against marrying so soon, tie the matrimonial knot. The County Clerk, however, refused to grant
the license. But that did not worry the woman much, for she and Williams went
to Reno, Nevada, the next day, and were wedded. Then they went to Arizona, and
there Williams died a short time afterwards. The woman says he was a victim of
miners’ consumption. When she came back to California she married Le Doux and lived with him near Jackson. She also, it appears,
lived with McVicar, whom she is accused of having
murdered.
In One Grave Dug a Few Days Ago the Water Is Now Two
Feet Deep - Bodies Allowed to Rest Temporarily in Receiving Vault.
The undertakers of this city are having a great deal
of trouble with Helvetia Cemetery because of the high water which prevails in
that section at this time of year.
The cemetery proper is on much higher ground than
McKinley Park, but burials are impossible because the graves fill with water as
soon as dug. This fault has caused the
postponement of several funerals of late, the local undertakers having to keep
the bodies in the public vault at the City Cemetery until such time as the
water has receded sufficiently to allow the graves being pumped out. In one of
the graves dug several days ago, the water is two feet deep. This condition is
explained by a local undertaker who states that the ground has been cut up so
much of late years that it has become porous, and allows of freer seepage than
would otherwise be the case. Coupled
with this it may be stated that I Street in the neighborhood of the cemetery is absolutely impassable, the water being quite deep on the
street. It is impossible to reach the burial ground from the G-Street car line
because of the high water coming from McKinley Park. This leaves J Street as
the only entrance, and as that street has been overflowed during the past few
days the holding of funerals has been absolutely impossible.
Told to Leave Town - Thomas WILLIAMS and J.J. HURLEY,
two vagrants, were given two hours to get out of town by Justice MARCH in the
City Justice’s Court this morning.
Final Divorce Decrees - Judge SHIELDS, in Department 2
of the Superior court, this afternoon granted four final decrees of divorce as
follows:
Harry A. SMITH from Winnie A. SMITH; Bessie E. ROACH
from William H. ROACH;
Florence M. FITZSIMMONS from
Christopher FITZSIMMONS; Minnie M. HIDINGER from F.W. HIDINGER.
Added an Attorney - Upon a motion made by the
attorneys for plaintiff in the suit of the Western Pacific Railway Company vs.
Louis BREUNER, et al., Judge HUGHES this afternoon made an order adding A.L.
SHINN as an attorney of record for the plaintiff in the action.
Vivian HART, a student at Stanford
University, is home on a visit to his parents, Judge and Mrs. E.C. HART.
Dr. R.H.
BOWERS has returned from Santa Cruz.
Governor
PARDEE went to San Francisco this afternoon.
Secretary of
State Charles F. CURRY is in San Francisco.
Last evening when an adjournment was taken in the case
of Charles MACK, one of the thugs who assaulted Officers J.A. WILSON and Arthur
D. RYAN at the Art Saloon, seven jurors had been selected. Mack is charged with
assault with intent to commit murder. The list of talesmen
having been exhausted an adjournment was taken until 1:30 o’clock this
afternoon, a special venire having been ordered, returnable at the hour named.
The jurors who were chosen up to the hour of adjournment are: P. VAN HATTON,
Henry ALLTUCKER, J.P. MAMPLE, E.R. EDWARDS, F.B. TAYLOR and James LOWRY.
A Japanese woman whose name could not be learned was
accidentally shot in the leg late last night by an Austrian, Nick BEN. The
woman and her husband run a small shooting gallery on L Street, and it was
while handing Ben a loaded gun that the woman was shot. Ben was arrested by the
Police and is detained at the station, though the officials believe that the
shooting was accidental. He will probably be discharged when the officers who
are investigating the matter make their report.
Governor PARDEE to-day issued a requisition upon the
Governor of Pennsylvania for the return to this State of Frank L. FULLEN, now
under arrest at Beaver, that State. Fullen is wanted
in San Francisco on a charge of having forged a certified check for $1800 on a
West Virginia bank and collecting upon it from a San Francisco bank. Detective
Edward GIBSON, of San Francisco, left for Pennsylvania for Fullen
to-day and on the return trip will be accompanied by the cashier of the West
Virginia bank, who will press the prosecution of the forger.
Governor PARDEE has received a petition praying that
the death sentence pronounced upon George C. EASTON for murder committed in
Dixon, Solano County, be commuted to life imprisonment. A protest against
granting the petition for clemency has also been received by the Governor. This
is signed by many prominent residents of Dixon and vicinity, who declare that
murder was brutal and unprovoked.
Easton will be hanged at Folsom next Friday, unless
the Governor interferes. As yet he has taken no action in the case.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, June 11, 1906
Page 7
FREEPORT (Sacramento Co.), June 11 - Holy Crown picnic
was a great success, and this year it was attended by a much larger crown than
usual. The steamer Joaquin No. 3 brought down a load of people from Sacramento,
numbering about 600. Dancing commenced at 9 o’clock Saturday night and will
continue until Tuesday night, a continual round of pleasure.
When the steamer arrived Sunday morning at the grounds
all the people formed in line, with the Freeport Union Band in the lead, and
marches to the church, about a mile away, to attend high mass and witness the
crowning of the Queen, Miss Leonora SILVA. After the mass, the crowning took
place among a great display of banners and much singing, Miss Rose SOTO, Clara
SOTO, William SOTO, Mrs. ROSE and Mrs. HANLON, of Franklin, leading the choir,
with several children in addition.
Then the march back to the hall took place. Ladies of
the Lodge S.P.R.S.I in the lead, with their banner, and the Gentlemen’s Lodge,
I.D.E.S., next, the band following. Then came the
Queen, with her guard of about eighty children, ranging from 8 years old to 15.
The People followed on foot and in vehicles. All told, there were about 2000
attended the picnic.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, June 12, 1906
Page 5
Estate of Wagner - Nicolaus and
Amelia THIELEN, who have been administering upon the estate of Jacob WAGNER,
deceased, have filed their final account in the Superior Court. It shows that
WAGNER left real property in the city of the value of $4500, and the personal
property will bring the estate up to a valuation of $7507.29.
Go to Los Angeles - Dr. W.R. CLUNESS and son, Dr. W.R.
CLUNESS, Jr., former residents of Sacramento, who have interests in the Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance Company of California, whose building in San Francisco was
destroyed by the fire, have removed to Los Angeles, which will hereafter be the
principal place of business of the Company.
Wednesday Evening Social - The first Wednesday evening
social of the season will be given to-morrow night at Oak Park. Music for the
occasion will be furnished by a band.
Epworth League Meeting - To-night a sub-district
meeting of the Epworth League will be held at the Central M.E. Church. George
D. KELLOGG, of Newcastle; Rev. W.H. LLOYD, of Folsom, and W.S. KENNETY, of that
city, will be the speakers.
Completing a History - T.J. SCHOONER has returned to
Sacramento from a trip through Superior California, where he has been
collecting material to be added to a new edition of his history, “The Life and
Times of John A. SUTTER.” He will add a
new chapter to his book relating to the life of Peter LASSEN.
Application Denied - Judge SHIELDS, of the Superior
Court, has denied the application of the defendant in the suit of Lucy R. WING
for a divorce from Frank R. WING, for a change of venue to San Diego County,
where he resides. The plaintiff lives in
Sacramento. The Court holds that the application for change of venue was made
too late, and that the motion for a change of place of the trial must be made
at the time the party appears.
Sent to Asylum - E.S. DOWD, who at one time held the
position of Deputy Constable at Oak Park, and who was well-known throughout the
county, has been committed to the Insane Asylum at Stockton. DOWD has not been
mentally strong since last November, when he was injured by a kick from a
horse.
Mr. and Mrs. T.T. WISEMAN, accompanied by Miss
Gertrude WISEMAN, left to-day for an extended visit to New York.
W.E. MACKENZIE, editor of the Placerville Nugget, was
a visitor to Sacramento to-day.
About 1 o’clock yesterday morning four shots were
fired on I street, between Fourth and Fifth, but so far as can be learned, no
damage was done. According to the
stories going about, a Japanese gambler named HAYADA went to 408 I Street, and
kicking in the front door, sought the presence of a Japanese woman named Hanna.
He was successful in his search and promptly started to empty the contents of
his revolver at the fleeing woman. None of the shots took effect, and his prey
having escaped. HAYADA departed and is now in hiding.
At the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. J.H. WOODS, a
quiet wedding was solemnized this morning, Miss Edna A. WOODS and Frank B. DALY
being the contracting parties. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Charles F.
OEHLER. Miss WOODS is an accomplished
musician, both as a player and singer. With her mother she has lived in
Sacramento all of her life, and as a Native Daughter
has a large circle of friends among the younger people, who will be both
surprised and delighted to hear of her marriage. Mr. DALY is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B.
DALY, of San Francisco, and has many friends in Sacramento.
Following the wedding the young couple departed to
their honeymoon trip to the Coast resorts, and on their return will be at home
to their friends after June 20th, at 1711 K Street.
One Accuses Her of Grand Larceny and the Other
Declares She Is a Perjurer - Body May Later on Take Up Case of Martin
Kelly. The Grand Jury has been in
session to-day listening to matters in connection with the case of Grace
PENNINGTON, a dissolute young woman now confined in the County Jail. A few months ago a commercial traveler lost a
large roll of greenbacks while he was gambling in a saloon on K Street, between
Third and Fourth.
A man named McCOSH, a
bartender in the saloon, was arrested on a charge of having stolen the money,
and at the preliminary examination the PENNINGTON woman swore she had seen the
bartender take the money. The bartender was held to answer to the Superior
Court. When the case came to trial the woman was called to the stand. She swore
she had lied at the preliminary examination and in a subsequent interview with
officials almost admitted she had taken the money herself. She was ordered
locked up. This afternoon the Grand Jury
reported to Judge SHIELDS and handed up two indictments against the PENNINGTON
woman. One charges her with perjury, the other with grand larceny. Her bail was
fixed at $3000 on each charge. The Grand
Jury at its present session may take up the case of Martin KELLY, the San
Francisco politician who was arrested several months ago on a charge of
perjury. The case has ever since been on file in the Court of Township Justice
CLARKEN. In fact, it has been there for more than a year. It was said KELLY had told Senator C.M.
BELSHAW that he had received a $50 marked bill, one of the number claimed to
have been sent here to Senators EMMONS, BUNKERS, FRENCH and WRIGHT, who were
expelled from the Senate for bribery. Afterward, however, at an investigation
before the Grand Jury KELLY said his daughter had told him she had one of the
marked bills, which he had given her. It developed later, he claimed, that
after an investigation the note was not of one of the numbers on the bills
alleged to have been marked to trap the Senators.
L. Nizitich Taken Into
Custody On Old Charge
In the City Justice’s Court this morning the case of
Lawrence NIZITICH, arrested on a charge of seduction, was continued for one
week. The complaint was issued more than a year ago, but up to yesterday the
police were unable to locate the accused. It is alleged that he fled from the
city when he learned that he was to be prosecuted.
Walter WILLIAMS, charged with battery, pleaded guilty
and was fined $40. Some
time last month WILLIAMS, who is in charge of the street-paving
operation on J Street, had a dispute with John CLAUSS because the latter drove
over some freshly laid asphaltum. According to the
testimony, WILLIAMS struck CLAUSS several terrific blows in the face, and the
fine was the result.
The store of the Aki Company, conducted by Japanese at
1128 Fourth Street, was broken into last night, the stock lightened by about
$250 worth of silk handkerchiefs, and the firms’ assets by about $5 in small
change. The burglars entered through the
skylight last night, by means of a stout rope which was found hanging there
this morning. They took nothing except the silk handkerchiefs which were on
display in one of the showcases, and they stole all of these. They removed all
their booty evidently by climbing through the skylight.
The Japanese manager smiled teethfully
this afternoon, and assured a Bee reporter that his heart was not rent with
anguish. He was, indeed, pained by the loss of his valuable handkerchiefs, but
he was not prostrated with grief.
Hazel M. SCHAD, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
STEINER, died in this city last night after a long illness. As Hazel STEINER
she was well known to the music-loving public of Sacramento, having appeared at
many concerts, particularly those given for charity.
Although but 15 years of age, she possessed a voice of
remarkable sweetness and purity, over which she exercised marvelous control.
She was a native of this city. The funeral will be private.
Had Extended Personal Favors in Way of Getting Jobs
for Workers and Believed He Was Being Rewarded for Help He Had Given Them. A rather interesting case developed this
morning in the Court of Township Justice R.M. CLARKEN, in a suit brought by
George B. HENRY, a collector, against George A. KNOBLAUCH, to collect $70
alleged to have been borrowed from John PATRICK in 1890. KNOBLAUCH was at one
time the night foreman of the round-house of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company in this city, but for several years he has been the Company’s yard
foreman at Ashland, Oregon. PATRICK, who
had formerly worked in the railroad shops, claimed the money was given in two
loans to KNOBLAUCH, $50 at one time and $20 at another. KNOBLAUCH admitted that he had received money
from PATRICK, but denied that it was a loan. He said he understood that it came
to him as a gift in return for favors extended to PATRICK and some of his
friends. He said he had secured positions for friends of PATRICK, at the
latter’s request, and that he had secured the transfer of PATRICK from a night
to a day job. He had also at one time come to the front and saved PATRICK from
expulsion when he was threatened. He said PATRICK had told him he and his
friends wanted to reward him. KNOBLAUCH said he had never considered that he
owed PATRICK any money.
KNOBLAUCH was asked by the attorney for PATRICK if it
was permissible for railroad officials to receive money from the men under
them. An objection to this, made by the
attorney for KNOBLAUCH, was sustained.
PATRICK’s attorney next asked KNOBLAUCH if he had ever said, since the
filing of the suit against him, that the money was only given to him as a bribe
to get jobs for men.
The attorney for the witness argued that this matter
was immaterial and incompetent. The Court overruled the objection, and
KNOBLAUCH answered he had only declared that he did not owe PATRICK anything.
He denied saying the money had been given him as a bribe. In reply to a
question, KNOBLAUCH said he had been prepared at all times to pay such a sum of
money to PATRICK if he considered that he owed it.
PATRICK denied that he was ever under any obligations
to KNOBLAUCH.
Justice CLARKEN said that as the question of the
Statute of Limitations had been raised, it should be remembered that it had
been shown that KNOBLAUCH had remained in Sacramento eighteen months after the
alleged load before going to Oregon. The plaintiff had slept upon his right
when he failed to bring suit to recover the money. There was a question of
doubt, said the Court, as to whether the passage of the money was a gift or a
loan. Judgement
was given for the defendant without costs.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, June 13, 1906
Page 5
Word reached this city last night of the sudden death
in Iowa City, Iowa, of Bert TOWNSEND, a former Sacramentan,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. TOWNSEND, of 2010 K Street.
He had been visiting his parents in this city, and left but a week ago for
Kansas City. He reached the home in Iowa City of his uncle, Dr. SCHRADER, dean
of the State University, where he was suddenly taken ill and passed away. Heart
disease is believed to be the cause of death.
Deceased was reared in Sacramento and was 27 years of
age. He was at one time a student of the Sacramento High School, but left for
Iowa City before he completed the course. He finished his education at the
State University of Iowa, and graduated with a B.A. degree.
He afterward took up newspaper work, and became the
editor of a daily journal in Iowa. He also contributed articles to magazines.
He was a young man of bright intellect and his sunny disposition won him hosts
of friends. Besides his bereaved parents
he leaves a brother, Louis TOWNSEND, of the Wells-Fargo-Nevada Bank, of San
Francisco, the mother and brother left last night for Iowa City to attend the
funeral.
“Judge” Kean Answers Summons
“Judge” Patrick H. KEAN, an old-time politician of
Calaveras County, died last Monday at San Andreas, where he had resided for a
great many years. For several years past he had been a sufferer from a
paralytic stroke. KEAN was widely known
in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. For years he was a familiar figure
about the State Capitol during the sessions of the Legislature. He came into
most prominence when he came to Sacramento with Lieutenant-Governor J.B. REDDICK.
KEAN was with the Lieutenant-Governor wherever he was and it used to be said
jocularly that KEAN was his advisor in all things he did. “Pat” KEAN was a
witty, jovial man and made friends with all people with whim
he came in contact. He came into the judiciary title which he bore from the
fact that he held the office of Justice of the Peace at San Andreas for several
years.
Case Dismissed by Attorneys’ Consent
Judge SHIELDS of Department Two of the Superior Court
to-day, by the consent of the attorneys in the case, dismissed a suit brought
by J. Frank BROWN against County Treasurer D.W. CARMICHAEL. BROWN, who
represented Reclamation District 673, wanted the Treasurer to pay certain
warrants. The Treasurer refused to do so.
BROWN held that the warrants should be paid when
presented. The Treasurer did not agree with him, holding that the old claims in
the office should take the precedence.
The mandamus proceedings which has
been brought by the Trustees of Reclamation District 673 against County
Treasurer CARMICHAEL were also called in Judge SHIELDS’ Court this morning.
This is a suit to compel the Treasurer to cancel the
warrant of the Reclamation District and credit it to a landowner in the
District, when the landowner had paid his assessment to the Trustees of the
District. The question involved in the
suit is whether a landholder can pay an installment for a reclamation
assessment in warrants of the District instead of cash. It was announced that
the Court would take up the matter within a few days and listen to arguments by
the attorneys.
Fred FUTTERER, a well-known young man, living at 1513
K Street, committed suicide this afternoon by shooting himself through the
head. Some time ago FUTTERER was injured
by a fall from a building where he was working, and had been sick for some
time. This afternoon he asked his mother
for his revolver on the plea that he wished to raise some money. He then
retired to his room, locked the door, and shot himself through the head.
FUTTERER was a bricklayer and a member of the
Sacramento Bricklayers’ Union. His body was removed to the Morgue.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, June 20, 1906
Page 7
ISLETON (Sacramento Co.), June 20 - Judge MEALER,
acting for the Coroner, yesterday held two inquests over Chinamen. Lee HENG, a
San Francisco refugee, died of heart failure while at work in a field. At Vorden, Chang SEE, 69 years of age, died from natural
causes.
ISLETON (Sacramento Co.), June 20 - Humane Officer
F.M. WOODSON yesterday went to Tyler Island and arrested three Chinamen for
cruelty to animals. The men were brought before Justice of the Peace MEALER
last night. Ah SONG and Ah CHOW were fined $20 each and Chan FOY $25. The cases
against them were aggravated ones.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, June 27, 1906
Page 6
ISLETON (Sacramento Co.), June 27 - Arthur EASTMAN,
Humane Officer at Walnut Grove, arrested A. KUWAMURA and F. KAWADA, Japanese
farmers on Henry VORMAN’s ranch, Tyler Island, for using wire whips on their
stock. They were brought before Justice of the Peace MEALER, who gave them a
lecture and a fine of $50 each, or twenty-five days with Sheriff REESE. They
paid the fines and promised not to use wire whips in the future. Just a few
days ago a Chinaman from the same ranch paid $35 for a similar offense.
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
July 7, 1906
Page 7
FOLSOM (Sacramento Co.), July 7 - Word was received
here yesterday that “Bobby” KEEFE, the well known baseball pitcher, has
undergone an operation for appendicitis in New York. KEEFE has been pitching
for the Montreal team and has made a fine record. He was formerly of Folsom.
His people are living here at the present time.
FREEPORT (Sacramento Co.), July 7 -
A farmer named CHRISTIE, who resides on a ranch near here, reports that a cook
employed by him has skipped out with $32. CHRISTIE left the money with the cook to pay the butcher bill. When he
returned the cook and money were gone, and the bill remains unpaid.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, July 11, 1906
Page 6
FAIROAKS (Sacramento Co.), July 11 - Alice E. DIPPEL
and Lillian WRIGHT have been elected by the Board of Trustees in this district
as the teachers in the public school for the coming term of 1906-07. Miss
DIPPEL will be Principal and in charge of the grammar grades. She has taught
the Sylvan school in this county for the last seven years and comes to Fairoaks very well recommended as a teacher with tact and
influence over the scholars. Miss WRIGHT
will be the primary teacher. W.H. OAKES, J.E. HOIST and W.W.
HINSEY are the Trustees for the School District.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, July 17, 1906
Page 6
FAIROAKS (Sacramento Co.), July 17 - Mrs. George P.
ROBINSON and Mrs. H.H. CAULFIELD have
bought one of the prettiest sites in this colony for the purpose of building an
Episcopal Church. The deed has been turned over to Bishop MORELAND, of the
diocese, who is now a property owner in Fairoaks. That the new church will be a success in
assured by the enthusiasm of the women mentioned.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, July 18, 1906
Page 6
ISLETON (Sacramento Co.), July 18 - Judge MEALER, of
this place, last evening held an inquest at Sherman Island ferry on the body
found in Three-Mile Slough, as reported in yesterday’s Bee. The man was named
Charles D. WOULF, and he was a German about 54 years of age. He was a fisherman
and had been about Rio Vista for the last twenty years. It is thought he was
knocked from his boat by the boom.
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The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, July 25, 1906
and later released upon the promise of the family to care
for him, broke loose again this afternoon at the home of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. VIGARDI, near Ninth and J Streets.
He rushed into the house, where his wife and children
were stopping at the time, and brandishing a huge carving knife threatened to
kill every member of his family.
He chased his wife and children through the house and
out into the back yard. He did not go further than the kitchen door and ceased
his murderous chase as his wife and children ran out of the house. He disappeared at once, and his wife fearing
that he had committed suicide returned to the house to search for him. There
was absolutely no trace of the man. Mrs. SALERMO appealed to the police at once
to locate her husband and lock him up, as she feared for the life of herself
and children. Up to a late hour this
afternoon SALERMO was still at liberty.
H.C. FRICK and family have gone to Santa Cruz to spend
their vacation. Police Judge John C.
MARCH left yesterday for a month’s vacation in the East.
Senator
Marshall DIGGS has gone to Adams Springs for a fortnight.
Colonel A.W.
BRADBURY and wife have gone to San Francisco for a visit.
F.S. McCULLOH, of Michigan Bar, is a guest at the State House.
Miss A.B.
SMITH is spending her vacation in Sonoma.
P.J. RYAN and family have gone to Carson City, Nevada, for a two weeks’
vacation.
Mrs. Charles F.
OEHLER and family left yesterday for Seaside, near Del Monte, where they will
spend the Summer.
Grove L.
JOHNSON has gone to Pacific Grove.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.L. CURTISS are spending a few days in San Francisco.
U.A. BUTLER
and wife will spend a few days in San Francisco.
N.F. McMAHON, of Oakland, is registered at the Golden Eagle.
N.H. BAGLEY,
of Pomona, is among the guests at the Golden Eagle. Miss A. LADUE, of San Francisco, is visiting
the Misses SERMONETS for a few weeks.
Leland W. MORRISON is spending his vacation at his
father’s mine in Siskiyou County.
Mr. and Mrs. O.A. BAIRD departed Saturday last for a
two months’ visit among the pines of the Coast Range. They will be the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. B.
H.M. KANT,
of Oakland, is registered at the Golden Eagle.
C.M. BURNS,
of Ione, is visiting in Sacramento.
Miss Grace McKORMACK, of Rio Vista, is a guest at the Capital. Judge Peter J. SHIELDS and wife will leave in
a couple of days for an outing in the mountains. They have already sent their
camping outfit away and will be located at Echo Lake, one of the most
delightful spots in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
T.A. STEWART, a former Sacramentan,
but now of Portland, Oregon, was in Sacramento yesterday renewing old
acquaintances. Mr. STEWART spent his boyhood days in this city and attended
school in the old Armory Hall at Sixth and L Streets. He left here in 1872 and
went to San Francisco. He afterward removed to Portland, where he has since
resided. Until yesterday he had not been in Sacramento since 1882.
I find many changes in Sacramento since I left here,”
said Mr. STEWART to a Bee reporter. “Sacramento is ap progressive and beautiful city and I am glad to
find to so prosperous. So many new buildings have gone in since I have been
here that I can hardly recognize any familiar structures. Occasionally, however, I see some old landmark
that looks just as it did thirty-five years ago.”
south of this city, committed suicide this morning by
shooting himself in the head.
According to the report received by The Bee from
Justice E.A. GAMMON of Courtland, BUTTERFIELD was despondent because of
illness. He had been suffering from stomach trouble for some time, and had
treated with doctors of this city for the complaint.
He appeared to be getting better but this morning he
suffered a severe attack of nausea, which made him despondent. While his wife
and child were eating dinner at noon, he went into a bedroom and fired a shot
into his brain.
The bullet went clear through the skull and lodged in
the bed post. Death was instantaneous.
As soon as the shot was fired, the wife, realizing the
result, rushed into the room to find her husband dead.
BUTTERFIELD was about 30 years of age. He leaves a
wife and a small boy.
He was a member of the Woodmen of the World. Coroner GORMLEY was notified of the suicide
and went to Franklin to hold an inquest this evening.
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The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, September 6, 1906
Department is unable to thrust out a protecting hand
to residents. A Bee reporter saw Chief
DENNY in his office this morning and said he wanted to talk to him about the
prevalence of crime in this city. DENNY
said quietly, but firmly, that he had nothing to say, and would not discuss the
situation.
“I have nothing to say,” DENNY stated. “You seem to have it all. We are doing the
best we can.
“I’ll tell you one thing though. Some of those cases
you used were never reported to us.”
That was all Chief DENNY would say.
Meantime the crooks keep up their work, and the police
fail to arrest any of them.
P. REARDON, an employe of
the Utah Construction Company, who resides at the Kerry Woman’s place on Front
Street between I and J, has reported to the police that he was robbed last
night of his watch and chain in Thomas NORTON’s saloon on Front and K Streets.
REARDON says he was drinking with a gang in the saloon,
and that one of them slipped his watch and chain out of his pocket. He admits
that he was intoxicated at the time, and did not discover that his watch was
gone for some time after. He does not know who any of the men were with whom he
was drinking. He has given a good description of the timepiece to the police.
Railroad against Mrs. Louise HEILBRON to secure a
right-of-way through a strip of land at Sutterville,
was resumed this morning before Judge HUGHES and a jury. The defendant holds that
if the railroad passed through her land it would cut it up in such a manner
that the property would depreciate in value. The railroad company is of the
opinion that the price set upon the land by Mrs. HEILBRON is too high. The
parties could not come to terms, and a lawsuit followed.
E.R. PERRY was the first witness called this morning
for the defense. He said Mrs.
HEILBRON’s property is worth $500 an acre. Alfred NAVLETT and H.B. BANWELL also placed the same valuation upon it, and James LARRABEE thought it worth from $400 to $500 an acre. LARRABEE said the
land is all good except four or five acres of tule
land, which could be improved by drainage.
He said the railroad line, which has been surveyed in a triangular form,
would depreciate the value of the property by 50 per cent on the west side of
the track.
When The Bee went to press
yesterday afternoon the case was on trial.
Arthur FILMER, a real estate dealer, considered the land wanted by the
railroad to be worth $500 an acre. It was admirable for villa purposes. Hugh McWILLIAMS, a
florist and landowner near Sutterville, placed the
market value of the land at from $600 to $700 an acre. It would be valuable for
florist and nursery purposes.
According to J.H. SCHRINER, a farmer, the HEILBRON
land is worth from $500 to $600 an acre. The land remaining after the railroad
strip was taken out, on account of cuts and fills, would depreciate one-half in
value. The land is particularly valuable, he said, for subdivision purposes.
Mrs. SWART, in fear of her life, slipped quietly away
and called for the police. SWART was taken to jail.
SWART will be well remembered as the man who tried,
about a month ago, to hock his wife for a meal at the Saddle Rock restaurant.
At that time he and his wife had a meal at the Saddle Rock and received a bill
of $1.35, which was 40 cents more than he had in his possession. As a way out
of the dilemma SWART offered his wife to E.J. CARRAGHER, one of the
proprietors, as security for the payment of the additional 40 cents. CARRAGHER
refused to trade. He had SWART haled into the Police Court for attempting to beat
his bill. Justice CLARKEN, declining to regard Mrs. SWART as lawful currency,
fined SWART $20.
Since that time the SWARTs have had much domestic
strife. SWART, according to his wife’s description of him, is good when he
isn’t drinking, but he is usually bad. Mrs. SWART ran away from the husband who
had tried to pawn her and took refuge with her daughter-in-law.
A week or so ago SWART came around in a sober and
contrite mood and asked forgiveness. After all sorts of promises and pledges
were made by SWART, he was taken back by his wife.
And for a period of three days they lived happily. Then Labor Day came, and
SWART granted his thirst a day’s amnesty.
He went on a drunk, winding up with his attempt on the lives of himself
and his wife.
No evidence except that of his wife could be obtained
against SWART, so he was merely charged with drunkenness. He was scored
severely by Justice March and dismissed.
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The Saturday
Bee
Sacramento,
Cal.,
September 8,
1906
Page 7
BROWN, the supposed reporter of the Examiner, whose
name has been connected with the theft of some razors from the local office of
that paper, and with the bold daylight robbery of Dr. D.L. McLEAN’s horse and buggy from Fourth and K Streets,
has been captured by the Constable of Truckee. CROWN created a stir in town by
his appearance on the street in tropical regalia, a white vest, khaki pants, a
Panama and a soft brown hat, which he wore separately. He was in possession of a good-sized jag of
long standing. He prowled around local newspaper offices, and is thought to
have stolen the razors missed from the Examiner agency.
He was discovered in Yolo Tuesday morning, dragging
along a dozen or so empty beer bottles, tied on a string. Dr. McLEAN saw a man answering to BROWN’s
description jump into his rig Tuesday evening at Fourth and K Streets, and
drive calmly off.
The last sight of BROWN in the county was caught at
Ben Ali Tuesday night, where he stopped off for a few minutes. Word has been
received at the Sheriff’s office that BROWN’s mad career has been checked at Truckee, and he will be immediately sent back to Sacramento.
Frank GERIG, a powerfully built young man, who drives a
milk wagon for his father, had a most thrilling experience Thursday morning
with the two mysterious hold-up men.
Just at daybreak, as the athletic young milkman drew
up in front of a customer’s house on Twenty-first Street below R, two figures
skulking in the shadow of some trees commanded him to “dismount, stand and
deliver.” GERIG “dismounted, stood and delivered,” but contrary to the
expectations of the robbers. By the slightest touch of the rein the horse
checked suddenly. Quick as a flash GERIG bounded from the seat, stood long
enough on one foot to regain his balance and then “delivered.” The delivery,
however, was a stiff punch landing squarely in the face of the now famous short
man, who to all appearances wanted nothing more.
At this juncture, the robber, evidently to save his
pal, threw himself upon the plucky milkman and a terrific struggle took
place. The disabled robber by this time
regained consciousness and jumping to his feet ran toward the railroad track.
He was evidently the man who carries the gun, but being completely dazed by
GERIG’s quick blow, had no chance to use it, and after coming to, forgot all
about pistols.
As soon as the short man started to run, the taller
robber released his hold on GERIG and escaped.
In the battle young GERIG was considerably bruised,
but after several hours’ rest, he was able to resume his duties.
No arrests.
Robert FERGUSON, an old person found dead in a haystack
near Perkins, died from acute alcoholism. Lou DEEK, a Chinese, found in a
basement on I Street and who died later in the County Hospital, was a victim of
lack of nourishment. Ah Gow, a Chinese infant who
died without having been attended by a physician, was found to have passed away
of an attack of inflamation of the bowels.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, September 27, 1906
O.E. MACK,
of Oakland, is a guest at the Capital.
W. FREELAND,
of Hamilton, is registered at the Western.
V. SPRAGUE,
of San Francisco, is in Sacramento.
J. BERKELEY,
of San Francisco, is at the Golden Eagle.
R.W. GRAY,
of Chico, was in Sacramento to-day.
D. GLOSS, of
San Francisco, is in this city.
Mrs. G.G.
ANDERSON, of Sonoma, is visiting in this city.
H.L. BARKER,
of Vacaville, is in Sacramento.
Mrs. J.A.
THOMAS, of Rio Vista, visited friends in this city to-day.
C.G. KOPP,
of Woodland, is at the Capital.
P. WATT, of
Oakland, is making a brief visit in Sacramento.
F. BATES, of
San Francisco, is at the Capital.
W.W. NEIL,
of Los Angeles, is at the State House.
J.W. BULGER
and wife, of San Francisco, are visiting in
Sacramento.
W.J. MAY, of
Auburn, is at the Capital.
Mrs. L.C.
ASHLEY, of Yuba City, is paying a visit to Sacramento.
J.E. MABEN,
of Woodland, was a visitor in this city to-day.
Thomas R. JONES, Superintendent of the Sacramento
Division of the Southern Pacific Company, was painfully injured last Sunday
while out fishing near Truckee. Mr. JONES is an expert fisherman, and is
exceedingly fond of trying his skill with trout in the mountain streams. He
went to Truckee last Saturday night on a business trip, and as he had a few
hours time Sunday morning, he started out on a quiet little fishing trip. As Truckee has never been known as a
religious center, Mr. JONES had no scruples about fishing on Sunday. He started
out with his rod and basket, expecting to make a catch large enough to supply
all his friends with the toothsome trout. When he was making a cast in the
Truckee River, he stepped upon a large boulder, which turned his ankle and he
was thrown heavily to the ground. He received a painful cut on the side of his
head and complained of a severe pain in the region of his heart. It was at
first believed that he had broken a rib. He returned hastily on a special train
to this city and his injuries were dressed by his son, Dr. Charles B. JONES, at
the Railroad Hospital.
Although Mr. JONES’ injuries were painful, they did
not confine him to his home, and he was at his office Monday morning attending
to his usual volume of business. He was very reticent in speaking about the
accident and said he will probably be more careful the next time he goes
fishing on Sunday.
The following building permits have been issued during
the past week: To WRIGHT & KIMBROUGH, to erect a five-room cottage, to cost
$2150, on the east half of lot 2, Q and R, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh
Streets; to WRIGHT & KIMBROUGH, to erect a two-story residence to cost
$2000, on the west half of lot 2, T and U, Twenty-first and Twenty-second
Streets; to G.W. MERRELL, to erect a five-room cottage, to cost $2750, on the
west half of lot 7, P and Q, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets; to Edward
B. DUFFEE, to erect a dwelling, to cost $2407, on lot 1308, Casa Alameda; to
Minnie J. CRAWFORD and others, to expend $1500 in remodeling the building on
the south half of the north half of lot 8, I and J, Third and Fourth Streets;
to George D. POORMAN, to erect a
cottage, to cost $1800, on the south half of the east half of lot 5, F and G,
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Streets; to J. GUTH, to erect a $2000 dwelling
on the east 50 feet of lot 5, O and P, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Streets;
to Frank J. SILVEY, to erect an $1800 dwelling on lot 53, Boulevard Park; to
Mrs. S.A. BATES, to expend $490 in remodeling the building on lot 5, N and O,
Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets; to William BOYNE, to expend $5000 in
remodeling the building on the east half of lot 2, K and L, Seventh and Eighth
Streets.
William LITTLE was arrested by Policemen MALEY and BALAZ
this afternoon for stealing a ham. The man fought and cursed the policemen in a
drunken rage as the ham was taken from him and he was bundled into the patrol
wagon. When taken to the station it was
found that LITTLE was deaf and dumb. At least so it was announced on the cards
the man carried. He has been working on the sympathies of the public by asking
for aid, on the pretense that typhoid fever has robbed
him of his speech and hearing. Although he is about 60 years old his card says
that he is struggling to secure an education.
The man was dressed in four vests when he was taken.
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The Evening BeeSacramento, Cal.
Friday, September 28, 1906
Page 1
BOY KILLED BY FLYING BOARD
Antone Silva Meets Death While At Work
Is Hit Powerful Blow in Stomach and Succumbs
Antone SILVA, 19 years of age, was struck by a flying board
in the Siller Bros. planing
mill, Thirteenth, P and Q Streets, about 11 o’clock this morning and almost
instantly killed.
SILVA was working at a rip saw and had finished some
sawing when the accident happened. He started to lift the board from the table
and the end caught in the saw as it rapidly revolved. The boy held on to the
board, as is shown by the fact that the under side is
cut from end to end. SILVA lost control and the flying piece of wood struck him
in the pit of the stomach. The blow was
a fearful one, but failed to knock the young man from his feet. He walked
probably a distance of twenty feet and sank to the ground dead. Doctors JAMES
and TWITCHELL were called, but the young man was dead before they arrived. The
physicians declare the young man died as the result of an internal hemorrhage.
SILVA lived at 1926 Third Street and has a number of
relatives residing in this city.
The body of Adolph WEBER, who was executed at Folsom
Prison yesterday for the murder of his mother, will arrive in this city early
this evening in charge of General Overseer J.G. McDONOUGH
of Folsom Prison. Coroner W.F. GORMLEY will take charge of the remains and
prepare them for shipment to San Francisco.
It is understood that an analysis of WEBER’s brain
will be made in San Francisco at the request of his relatives. The remains will
be cremated. Acting Warden P.J. COCHRANE
telephoned from the prison to-day that he would consent to Coroner GORMLEY taking charge of the remains. GORMLEY will act for a San
Francisco undertaker commissioned by Mrs. Bertha E. SNOWDEN, of Auburn, an aunt
of WEBER.
As was told in The Bee last night, WEBER’s execution
was successfully carried out. When the physicians commenced the autopsy, it was
ascertained late yesterday afternoon, there were somewhat in doubt as to
whether WEBER’s neck had actually been broken. The autopsy, however, dispelled
all fears on this point. There was a clean break of the first vertebrae, and
the spinal chord was severed.
An incident until last night known only to Acting
Warden COCHRANE and WEBER’s keepers occurred shortly before WEBER’s execution.
COCHRANE went to the cell of the condemned man and prepared to read the death
warrant. COCHRANE said last night that
WEBER acted like a spoiled child and petulantly declared:
“Get away from here. I don’t want to hear that thing
read.” COCHRANE told WEBER that it was the law that the warrant should be read
to a condemned man.
WEBER then said sulkily:
“Well, you can read it, but you can’t make me listen
to it.” With that WEBER pulled his blanket over his head and pressed his hands
closely to his ears to shut out all sound of COCHRANE’s voice.
After a few minutes WEBER removed the blanket and said
to COCHRANE:
“I don’t need any of that and there’s no use reading
it to me. I waive the reading of that thing and you ought to know it.”
COCHRANE then withdrew and WEBER was left with his
executioners.
Will Remain As Administratrix
In Rich Buckman Estate
The contest over the rich estate of the late Mrs. Ora RUNYON BUCKMAN, deceased, was before Judge HUGHES of
the Superior Court again to-day. In her will, Mrs. BUCKMAN named Robert H.
HAWLEY as one of the administrators of her estate. Before HAWLEY got into
action, however, Mrs E.A. RUNYON, mother of Mrs.
BUCKMAN, applied for and was granted special letters of administration upon the
estate.
The attorneys for HAWLEY made a hard fight to install
him in the place mentioned in the will. Objections were made to the account
filed by Mrs. RUNYON and a motion was
made to have her removed from the position of administratrix
upon the ground that she was a partner in the estate and business of Mrs.
BUCKMAN.
Judge HUGHES, in denying the motion to remove Mrs. RUNYON
said to-day that the letters failed to show that Mrs. BUCKMAN and Mrs. RUNYON
had been partners in business.
Objections had also been made that Mrs. RUNYON was
living in the BUCKMAN house at Eighteenth and H Streets and was not paying any
rent for the property. This objection did not make any impression upon Judge
HUGHES, who brushed aside the point raised by saying that Mrs. RUNYON was
doubtless staying at the house, where there is much valuable furniture, in
order to guard the property of her daughter.
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Sacramento Bee Saturday October 20, 1906
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE RECORD
LICENSES TO WED ISSUED AND DIVORCE DECREES MADE IN
VARIOUS
COUNTIES
DURING THE PAST WEEK
Marysville (Yuba Co.,) October 20, 1906 - The
following couples were given marriage
licenses at Cupid Bowman's bureau this week:
Andrew J. HARRIS of Oroville and Mrs. Mary PEARCE of
Brownville; John BLUE and
Miss Josephie MURRAY, both
of Marysville.
The engagement is announced of Edward FODERHASE of
Sutter City and Carolyn KING
of Yuba City.
The marriage of W.M. MEEK, son of County Surveyor J.R.
Meek, and Miss Anna
COLLINS, both of this city, has been fixed for next
month.
In the divorce suit of Louisa JACKSON vs. Joseph H.
JACKSON, the interlocutory decree
has been made.
SOLANO COUNTY
Fairfield, October 20 - the following licenses have
been issued since the last
report:
Patrick J. HEFFERMAN, 43, and Elizabeth MEAGHER, 33,
both of
Vallejo; Norris Raymond MAYHOOD, 23, and Amie
Christine ANDERSON, 18, both of
Rio Vista
Richard H. GRAGER, 33, and Rose
SCHMIDT, 24, both of Vallejo.
May CAPELL has instituted a suit against her husband,
Robert CAPELL asking for a
judgment embodying a decree of divorce, the custody of their
minor child and alimony in
such sum as the Court may deem proper. The parties to the
action, who are now residents
of Fairfield, were married in Napa on December 24, 1902.
The complaint alleges extreme
cruelty for as the grounds for the action. The defendant has
filed a demurrer, alleging that
the complaint does not state facts sufficient to
constitute a cause of action.
SHASTA
COUNTY
Redding, October 20 - marriage licenses were issued
during the week to the following
couples:
Zeph D. GRAHAM, 33, and Ollie E. SNYDER, 18, both of
Dunsmuir;
Harry HAGEMAN, 38, of Whitmore, and Mary A PRATT, 30,
of Winfield, Kansas;
Cleveland C. TUCKER, 23, and Marie C BUCKLEY, 23, both
of Keswick;
Caspar BRECHEN, 37, and Charlotte
C. CRAFT, 30, both of KENNETT.
Minnie E. MOTT received a final decree of divorce from
Phillip H. MOTT
YOLO
COUNTY
Woodland, October 20 - The following marriage license ws issued the past week:
George CONLY and Lena COUSINS, both of Winters
BUTTE
COUNTY
Oroville, October 20 - The following marriage licenses
were issued during the past week:
James SILVA, aged 42, and Victoria PEIRRARA, aged 25,
both of Chico;
Charles Ernest DUENSING, aged 26, and Laura Evangeline
MANN, aged 20, both of Oroville;
John Shadrick FARROW, aged
30, of Oroville, and Grace Louise HENDRIX, aged 19, of Paradise.
NEVADA
COUNTY
Grass Valley, October 20 - Marriages this week were as
follows:
Miss Belle TEMBY and Thomas H. McGUIRE.
The bride has for several years been one of
the city's most successful and popular school teachers;
Georgia HARVEY and Joseph SIDDLES at the Congregational Church . They will
reside in Sacramento, where the groom has made his home for some time; Mrs.
Annie CRAGGS and Richard VINCENT, at the Craggs home.
This city will be the future home.
BONAPARTE AROUSES VALLEJO RESIDENTS
Vallejo (Solano Co.) October 20.
The news from Washington that Secretary Bonaparte has
declared that he will send no
naval vessels to Mare Island unless the town of Vallejo
improves its morals, as told in
yesterday's Bee, has created widespread interest here. It is
admitted on all sides that
something will have to be done, as Vallejo is largely dependent
upon the Navy Yard for
its prosperity.
A few years ago the Department refused to send any vesels to the Bremerton Navy Yard,
near Seattle, until the number of saloons was reduced to
six and the license raised to $1000
per annum.
FEAR BLOODSHED
Napa (Napa Co.) October 20 - Two of the
strike-breakers at the cement works at Napa
Junction applied to Justice McKNIGHT
for warrants for the arrest of Fortunatio
CAZZASS, Ruigi MARUFI and Muzetta PREI, strikers whom they accuse of having made
threats of violence against them.
The strike-breakers say that the situation has become
very serious at the works, and that a
battle is liable to take place any time between the two
factions. The men working at the plant
are afraid to come to this city or leave the works, as
they are being constantly watched
and followed.
MIDLAND SUIT TAKES JURY OUT OF COUNTRY
Nevada City (Nevada Co.) October 20 - This morning
Superior Judge NILON, the jurors and
the attorneys in the case of the California Midland vs.
John SWEET will visit the Sweet ranch
and there view the premises for which heavy damages are
asked by the plaintiff. The suit is one
of several brought by the railroad company affecting
land between Grass Valley and Lime
Kiln, and the decision rendered in this case will
undoubtedly be a forerunner of what may
be expected in the others.
Sweet claims heavy damages by reason of the road
preventing the flow of an alleged
valuable spring across his meadow. To determine just how much
injury he would suffer by
reason of the road passing through his ranch, Attorney
TYRELL asked Judge NILON
yesterday at the close of Court to visit the place, in the comopany of the jurors, who
expressed a wish to see for themselves the nature of the
alleged injury.
(Note: I checked the heading several times
and it clearly says "Country", but I think
it
should have said "County"?)
DISEASED BASS IN THE FISH MARKETS
Vallejo (Solano Co.) October 20 - Great excitement was
created yesterday by the seisure in
two of the best-known markets in this city of 120 pounds
of diseased striped bass that were
alive with brown worms and festering sores on the inside.
The seisure was made by
Health Officers F.T. BOND and C.E. TURNER, and was
upon evidence furnished by a
local angler that all of the striped bass caught in San
Pablo Bay at the present time is unfit
for human consumption. The investigation showed that
every fish which appeared to be
healthy and palatable from its first examination to be filled
with egg larvae, in which were
brown worms about a quarter on an inch in length and very
thick. The fish were also found
to be infected with sored and
welts. It is claimed that fish caught by amateur anglers are
similarly affected.
The presence of great quantities of crude oil in bay
waters discharged by crafts is responsible
for the diseased condition of the fish.
PEARL PARENT HELD ON AN UGLY CHARGE
Red Bluff (Tehama Co.) - October 20 - Pearl PARENT,
the young woman who has been
a resident of the "red light district" here
for some weeks, and who is accused of
having attempted to lead her young sister into the same
life, was held to answer by Justice
of the Peace BRANSFORD and yesterday was released on $600
bail given by C.E. BURRESS
and Henry BETHDA.
DIED IN THE SOUTH
Marysville (Yuba Co.) October 20 - John B KERNS, who
died in Los Angeles this week, was
a brother of the late Michael KERNS, a pioneer in this
section, and an uncle of Mrs.
D.P. DONAHOE. The burial took place in San Francisco,
where the latter now
resides.
BARNS DESTROYED
Davisville (Yolo County) October 20 - Fire last night destroyed
the barn of
Jefferson BONNENWIRTH, and contents valued at $1500
and also the barn and contents
of George MOUNT, valued at $200. Eighty tons of hay
belonging to Silva BRAS of
Sacramento was among the property burned.
SANTA ROSAN SUED
Reno (Nev.) October 20 - Mrs. Walter BURKE, who came
to Nevada last winter from Santa
Rosa, Cal., has entered suit against her husband for
divorce, claiming that he abandoned her
and ran away with another woman. She says that he is now
living with this woman.
$10,000 AGAINST PAPER COMPANY
Jorgensen Estate Given Big Verdict in Damage Suit Against the Floriston Corporation.
Reno (Nev.) October 20 - By denying a motion to
non-suit, in the case of the JORGENSEN
estate vs. the FLORISTON Pulp and Paper Company, Judge
CURLER, in the Second
District, held yesterday that a non-resident alien is
entitled to maintain an action for damages
in this country and further that such an action for
damages can be prosecuted in
Nevada, although the accident
upon which it is based occurred in another State.
Jorgensen was boiled to death in the paper mills at Floriston, Cal., last year, and the suit
of the estate if for $30,000. The company, through its
attorneys, asked that a non-suit be
entered because insufficient evidence had been introduced,
because the case could not be
legally tried in
Nevada and because the beneficiaries of the State were
non-resident aliens, living in
Denmark. The latter ground was the real matter at
issue. The company claimed that it was
against public policy to permit aliens to recover damages in
the United Stated unless
other countries should reciprocate by offering the same
advantages to Americans who were
aliens in such countries.
If the company loses the suit it will appeal to the
Supreme Court upon this
ground.
Much to the surprise of the public, a verdict was
reached this morning in the Jorgensen
suit, judgement for $10,000
being given against the Floritson Paper Company.
MILES DUNTON DIES
Reno (Nev.) October 20 - Miles B. DUNTON, a pioneer
resident and Democratic Politician
of Elko County, is dead at Tuscarora, from a fall received
several weeks ago in a local store,
from which he sustained a broken shoulder and other
injuries. The bone failed to knit
properly after being set and the attending physician performed
several operations, each of
which left him weaker than before. He finally succumbed to
the shock and death relieved
him. Mr. DUNTON leaves a widow.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Evening Bee, Sacramento
Tuesday, July 10, 1906
OULTON ISLAND NOW UNDER FLOOD WATER
ISLETON (Sacramento Co.), July 10 - Sunday morning the
cross levee on Oulton Island, the upper division of Twitchell Island, gave way, and water, from twenty-five to
thirty feet deep, was soon pouring through a break fifty feet wide. The Tule
Queen is hard at work trying to close the opening.
Johnson & Son, of San Francisco, who own a large
dairy there, succeeded in getting most of their belongings on the steamer Onisbo. The rest of the island is planted to beans and
asparagus.
Oulton Island comprises 1600 acres and is owned by Oulton & Son. The loss falls heavily on their
tenants.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Bee
Wednesday October 24, 1906
ARE TO ATTEND BARBECUE FOR BELL.
The Iroquois Club of Sacramento held a most
enthusiastic meeting last night. It was decided that the Iroquois Club would
take an active part in the reception to be given to Theodore A. BELL in this
city next Wednesday, and also that the members would attend the barbecue at
Folsom next Saturday night in a body.
A committee was named to make arrangements for a
special train from this place to Folsom on that date. The Committee has been
working hard all day and this afternoon reported there will be between 200 and
300 Bell enthusiasts go from here to Folsom Saturday night.
Arrangements nave been made
to supply those who go with an abundance of red-fire and other pyrotechnics.
The Iroquois Club will send twenty-five braves, bedecked in feathers and
blankets, to take the town of Folsom by storm in the name of Theodore A. BELL.
Congressional candidate W.A. BEARD will be the main
speaker of the evening. Folsom boasts the strongest Bell Club in Sacramento
County and the reception to BEARD should be a splendid one.
A committee was also appointed to raise funds for the
reception of Bell when he comes to this city. It is the intention of the Club
to give Bell a large escort and from the present outlook this will be done in
grand style.
The Committee to arrange for the Folsom excursion is
composed of Morris BROOKS, J.E. MAYO, Robert CALLAHAN, J.H. MURPHY and Thomas
AHERN. Those in charge of the Bell reception are H.W. FREUND, R.O. CRAVENS and
J.H. DEVINE.
PERSONAL NOTES
P.C. COHN of Folsom is in the city.
Dr. C.F. GLADDING and wife of Folsom are visiting
Sacramento.
John Q. BROWN, an old Sacramantan,
and still owner of property here, now a resident of Kansas City, is at the Capital
Hotel. He will be in town a week or more looking after his interests.
J.C. SWEET of Santa Rosa, President of the California
Commercial Teachers' Association, is in the city for a few days.
C.L. LANGLEY of Alameda is at the Capital.
H. MARKS of San Francisco is
visiting this city.
H.F. TUREY of San Francisco is here for a few days.
S. PERRY of Los Angeles is registered at the Golden
Eagle.
G.C. WEBER of San Francisco is here on business.
T.C. MOREHOUSE of Berkeley is a guest at the Capital.
A. ABBEY of Oakland is visiting in Sacramento.
L. QUIGLEY of Oakland is at the Golden Eagle.
B. EDWARDS of San Francisco is here for a brief visit.
C.J. ALLEN of San Francisco is stopping at the
Capital.
S.D. GORDON of Stockton was in this city to-day.
F.M. FRANKLIN of Stockton is at the Capital.
Mrs. J.E. GRANT and daughter, Miss Vivian GRANT, of
Oakland, are guests of Mrs. Sim
BROWN of 1517 Eleventh Street. They were formerly residents of Sacramento.
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Sacramento Bee
Thursday October 25, 1906
ITALIAN FIRES SHOT INTO HEAD
Antonio Armanini Found
Yesterday In A Dying Condition.
An Italian miner, Antonio ARMANINI, was found yesterday
afternoon over the north levee with a bullet hole in his skull and in such
condition that it is doubtful he will recover.
Armanini has been in this city several times and was well
known to some of the Italian colony. He last came here on October 8th and
registered at the Roma Hotel. He stayed at the hotel until the 18th and then
left and so far as known this was the last that was seem of him until he was
found wounded yesterday .He was very reticent about his own business and all
that was known of him was that he was interested in mines in Mariposa County.
Yesterday afternoon a shot was heard in the brush just
north of the Twelfth Street Tunnel at the B Street levee. When an investigation
was made, Armanini was found lying on the ground with
a bullet hole in his right temple. The pistol was still in the hand of the
wounded man and the supposition is that it was an attempt at suicide.
The reason for the deed is not known and the wounded
man has not yet recovered consciousness. Nothing was found in the pockets of
the wounded man. The police are of the opinion that despondency over money
matters may have caused Armanini to attempt his life.
The wounded man was hurried to the City Receiving
Hospital where his wounds were attended by Dr. H.I. NICHOLS. He was at the
hospital last night when Louis CAFFERO, of the Commercial Hotel, appeared at
the hospital and claimed that Armanini was not
securing the best of care. After some words with the officers, CAFFERO called
Dr. Cav Andrea DE LUCIS, who had the stricken man
removed to a local hospital.
After an examination, Dr. LUCIS stated that the
wounded man's condition was critical and that while he might live several
hours, death is seemingly inevitable.
MINERAL OUTPUT OF STATE LARGE
L.E. AUBURY, State Mineralogist, has filed his report
for 1904-05 with Governor PARDEE and contained in it are some interesting
statistics regarding the mineral products of the State.
Aubury states that the condition of the mining industry of
California was never better. As proof he gives the following figures: The gold
production of the State for the year 1905 was $87,448 more than in 1904. In the
same year an increase of 4,539,698 barrels of petroleum is shown. The total
amount of mineral substances produced in the State during 1905 was $43,069,227.
The report also states that the decided increase in
building operations in the State during the year has called for an enormous
output of bricks. The increased amount of the cost of the extra demand was
$279,046.
In his report, Aubury pleads
for a better protection of the forests of California. He asks that more
attention be given to the timber tracts of the State, as their value to
California is an enormous one.
FIGHT CLAIM ON TECHNICALITY
Thomas JENKINS, William McLAUGHLIN
and Cora B. CAVANAUGH have filed a demurrer to the complaint in the action
brought against them by the California State Bank.
The suit was brought to recover a judgement
on a promissory note and to recover from the estate for a rejected claim.
The defendants in their demurrer claim that there is a
mis-joinder on causes of action in the complaint and
that McLAUGHLIN and JENKINS are concerned in the suit
for the note but not on the rejected claim.
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AND FETE
Tuesday Club Will Give Big Social Event At Governor's's Home.
What promises to be one of the most suspicious social
events of the season will be given by the women of the Tuesday Club at the
residence of Governor and Mrs. PARDEE on the evening of November 2. The affair
is to be a Chrysanthemum Show and Doll Fete and will be open to the public.
Committees have been appointed to look after every detail and these are busily
engaged in making the arrangements.
It is the intention of those in charge to have booths
where candy, lemonade, ice cream, coffee and sandwiches, cigars and other good
things may be purchased. An excellent musical program is also being prepared.
The proceeds of the fair will go into the building fund of the Club. The
members have hopes of erecting a new club-house in the near future and it is to
gain the funds necessary for this purpose that the November affair will be
given.
The women of the Club are all excitement with
anticipation of the event and are earnestly devoting their time in preparations
for the successful culmination of their plans. From present observations the
affair will be as successful as they have planned it.
A double significance is given the occasion owing to
the fact that it will probably be the last opportunity Sacramentans
will have of meeting with the Governor in the Gubernatorial
mansion.
Following are the various Committees:
Chrysanthemum Show and Doll Fete
- Mrs. E.R. HAMILTON (Chariman), Mrs. H.E. YARDLEY
(Assistant Chairman).
Chrysanthemums - Mrs. Mary A.
BOSTWICK.
Dolls - Mrs. Alice DRAY, Mrs.
V.S. McCLATCHY.
Bags - Mrs. T.B. HALL, Mrs. J.E.
TERRY.
Cigars - Mrs. G.B. CARR, Mrs. Wm.
BECKMAN.
Candy - Mrs. C.E.V. SAUNDERS,
Mrs. H. MacMASTERS.
Lemonade - Mrs. C.F. PRENTISS.
Ice Cream - Mrs. L.W. NICKELL,
Mrs. R.D. FINNIE.
Musical Program - Mrs. V.S. McCLATCHY.
Coffee and Sandwiches - Mrs. J.G.
STORCH.
Reception Committee - Mrs. F.R. DRAY, Mrs. Alden
ANDERSON, Mrs. M.R. BEARD, Mrs. Gustave BAUMAN, Mrs.
L.F. BREUNER, Mrs. Arthur BRADBURY, Mrs. F.J. CAMPBELL, Mrs. R.T. COHN, Mrs.
John CLAUSS, Mrs. E.P. COLGAN, Miss Bessie CROUCH, Mrs. Philip SCHEID, Mrs. J.
CONRAN, Mrs. Theo. DEMING, Mrs. W.H. DEVLIN, Mrs. W. DUANE, Mrs. Thos. FOX,
Mrs. C.H. DUNN, Mrs. C.F. DILLMAN, Mrs. Albert ELKUS, Miss Lilian
EBERT, Mrs. J.L. GILLIS, Mrs. J.G. FARIS, Mrs. Al FOLGER, Mrs. E.J. GOVAN, Mrs.
Henry HEILBRON, Mrs J.M. HENDERSON, Mrs. J.H.
HELTMAN, Mrs. J.L. HUNTOON, Mrs. E.P. HOWE, Mrs. J.C. ING, Mrs. A.J. JOHNSTON,
Mrs. Wm. E. GERBER, Mrs. R.T. KINSMAN, Mrs. Gus LAVENSON, Mrs. B.R. KLUNE, Mrs.
C.J. LeNOIR, Mrs. G.W. LORENZ, Mrs. D.A. LINDLEY,
Miss Pauline MEISTER, Mrs. W.A. MEYER, Mrs. J. Henry MILLER, Mrs. C.L. WHITE,
Mrs. J.B. LAUCK, Mrs. J.T. MARTIN, Mrs. C.K. McCLATCHY,
Mrs. E.H. McKEE, Mrs. A.B. NYE, Mrs. G.B. PURNELL,
Mrs. J.H ROBERTS, Mrs. G.W. SCOTT, Mrs. H.I. SEYMOUR, Mrs. P.J. SHIELDS, Mrs.
H.G. SMITH, Mrs. Frank SMITH, Mrs. A.R. SPRAGUE, Mrs. K. STANLEY, Mrs. G.A.
STODDDARD, Mrs. F.F. THOMSON, Mrs. Geo. C. SHERMAN, Miss Amanda TITHERINGTON,
Mrs. D.L. WHITBECK, Miss L. WITTENBROCK, Mrs. C.E. WRIGHT, Mrs. H.
WEINSTOCK.
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Sacramento Union
Wednesday May 8, 1907
Marriage Licenses
- Licenses to marry have been issued to William Edward ELLIS of Yuba City and
Pearl of DOWELL of Oroville; to Manuel I. NUNEZ and Anna C. MELLO, both of
Sacramento; to Bertrand ROEDER and Ethel JACKSON, both of Stockton; to George
A. COTA of Oroville and Annie ORR of Galt; to Arthur C. WRIGHT of Sacramento
and Agnes KUTZER of San Antonio, Texas; to John C. HARRISON and Mary MARTIN,
both of Sacramento; to George CRAIG of San Francisco and Ida LORD of this city;
to Alfred MITZEL of Sacramento and Sarah Ann FORRY of York, P., and to Eugene
L., WEBBER and Julia M. TIBBS, both of Yountville.
Marriage
Annulled - Alma McCONNELL was married when she was a
minor and without her parents’ consent to Daniel H. McCONNELL,
in 1904. She brought a suit of annulment on that ground and for cruelty, and
yesterday Judge SHIELDS heard the case and decreed that the marriage be
annulled, and a judgement to that effect was entered.
It was, however, proved that defendant was extremely cruel to his young wife.
Two Divorce
Decrees - Judge HUGHES yesterday granted to Caroline DRISCOL an interlocutory
decree of divorce from Edward F. DRISCOL for desertion and gave the plaintiff
the right to resume her maiden name. He also granted an interlocutory decree to
Hattie E. JONES from W.H. Jones for cruelty and awarded her the custody of her
minor child.
Building
Burned - The old two-story house belonging to John NICOVICH was destroyed by
fire early yesterday morning and but for the prompt action of the fire
department Castle Brothers’ fruit depot would have been destroyed. The sparks
settled on the roof and small blazes started in several places. The loss from the fire was not great.
Tom Kerr
Missing - Tom KERR, a deckhand on the steamer Dover, disappeared
form the boat last Monday, and his friends fear that
he has either been drowned in the river or has met with foul play. He spent
part of Sunday night in his bunk on board the Dover, but when the crew appeared
on deck for duty Kerr did not show up.
Final Account
- In the estate of Ellen RYAN, deceased, Edward J. Ryan, administrator, has
filed his final account, showing that he received in values $705.75, and has
paid out $230.46, due the administrator. He asks that the realty on hand, lot
3, Fourth and Fifth, R and S streets, be distributed to the three children and
petitioner.
A Friend’s
Petition - Mrs. Alvena L. McCAUSLAND
has petitioned the superior court to be appointed guardian of Mabel C. MARVIN,
a minor, who has no relations living and to whom petitioner is a friend. She is
a widow and able and willing to be guardian of the person of the child.
Beat a Boy -
Samuel MARTIN, a one-armed hobo, has been arrested for battery committed on a
boy on the Y-street levee. Several men passing near the levee saw the assault
and reported it to the police. They held Martin until Patrolman DOUGLAS
arrived.
Fro Sale of Personality - In the estate of John G.
NEWINGTON, deceased, Alma Newington, administratrix,
has petitioned the superior court for an order of sale for two horses, two
wagons and a set of harness.
RELIEF
SOCIETIES GRAND COUNCIL
Business Sessions Yesterday - Grand Reception Last
Night - Election of Grand Officers - Last Session
The grand
council of the Catholic Ladies’ Relief societies resumed its session yesterday
morning and received reports called for under the schedule of the organization
and passed upon them. A letter of congratulation and good wishes was received
from Young Ladies’ Institute No. 48, and with prayers for its future success.
The annual
election was then held, with this result: Grand president, Mrs. Lucy BERG,
Marysville; grand Vice-president, Mrs. F.D. RYAN, Sacramento; grand treasurer,
Mrs. M. FLANNERY, Marysville; grand recording secretary, Miss Ella CHINN,
Sacramento; grand marshal, Mrs. E.C. GORMAN, Sacramento; grand board of
directors, Miss Eliza WITTENBROCK, Mrs. M. SHORROCK, Mrs. F. McKEARNEY, Sacramento.
In the evening
a grand reception was given at the E.B. Crocker art gallery. About 350 guests were
present. The art room was beautifully dressed with floral wealth - not
overdone, for the classical chamber will not bear heavy embellishment of the
decorative order usually effected by use of
evergreens, drapery, or even flowers.
There were
small tables provided for those who chose cards and conversation, and the floor
was clear for those who wished to dance to the music of the Steppan-Lewis
orchestra.
There was a programme, brief but excellent. A mixed quartette composed
of Mrs. COPPERSMITH, Mrs. HAWLEY, R.T. COHN and J.G. GENSHLEA sang “Voices of
Spring”; Miss Irma SHEHAN sang “Dear Heart,” and for an encore “Pretty Maid
Milking the Cow.” Mrs.
Walter LONGBOTTON sang the Scotch ballad, “Leezie
Lindsay,” and for an encore “Come Back to Erin,” with orchestral accompaniment.
IN the 500
game J. GORMAN won the first prize, Mrs. FLANNERY of Marysville the ladies
prize, and Mrs. N.G. PHELPS the guest prize.
In convenient
corners were tables with light refreshments. There were no floor
directors, the guests being given to understand that the affair was informal
and they were to consider themselves at home in the fullest sense of the words.
Ladies in
large number were attentive to the guests and every endeavor was made, without
effusive manifestation of hospitality, to make all present feel that they had
profited socially by attending. It was an entirely successful affair,
excellently managed and thoroughly enjoyed.
The council
will hold its concluding session this morning at Serra Hall.
Appeals
on Writ
A writ of
habeas corpus was filed yesterday in the appellate court looking to release of
L.B. SHEARER and Edward CONIFF ,who are held in the
county jail at Napa awaiting trial on a charge of stealing diamonds from a
woman. The writ is taken on the grounds that the defendants were not in Napa at
the time the diamonds were stolen and that the evidence on which they are held
is insufficient.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening
Bee
Sacramento,
SUIT TO QUIET TITLE
A suit to
quiet title has been filed by the Western Pacific against Anne M. JENKINS et
al. The property in question is a right of way strip across section 19 of
township 8 north, range 5 east.
C.E. SMITH, accompanied by his wife and
daughter, arrived from Los Banos this morning and
will spend the next few days with friends.
Dr. J.M. HICKS and wife of Wheatland are
spending a few days’ pleasure trip in this city.
Mrs. A. CARLYLE arrived here from Lovelock,
Nevada, last evening and will spend several days as the guest of friends.
Miss Margaret BREEN of Woodland spent last
evening in this city with friends.
Mrs. C.A. ESSICK of Reno, Nevada, is here on
a few days’ pleasure trip.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Sacramento Bee
Wednesday, May 6, 1908
SHIELDED WIFE; GETS TWO YEARS
Court Rebukes Carl Schraeder For Waiting Until After Trial To Confess
Carl SCHRAEDER’s delay in confessing as to his wife’s part
in the assault to commit robbery, made on Mrs. Mary VENESIA, for which Schraeder was convicted, cost him just two years in the Folsom
Prison. Had he confessed to the fact that his better half has put him up to the
job and had argued him on to do it, SCHRAEDER would have got off on probation.
This much was stated by Judge HUGHES this morning when
SCHRAEDER came up for sentence. SCHRAEDER waited until the counts had been put
in the expense of a trial before he confessed to the District Attorney that
Mrs. SCHRAEDER had planned the robbery of Mrs. VANEZIA. The confession was made
with the sole purpose of securing the leniency of the Court, but Judge HUGHES
did not look at it that way and this morning gave SCHRAEDER two years in
Folsom.
It was suspected all the time by the officers that some one other than SCHRAEDER furnished the brains for the
attempted robbery, and when Schraeder saw that he
might knock off a year or so on his sentence, he
admitted that his wife had told him to rob. Mrs. VENEZIA. He was told that Mrs.
VENEZIA kept the money in a pouch in the bosom of her dress and that being in
poor health she would faint when attacked. But. Mrs.
VENEZIA did not faint, as planned, and instead put up a good fight, and her
screams attracted passers-by and frightened off Schraeder.
Judge HUGHES, on passing sentence, gave the prisoner a
severe lecture. He told Schraeder that had he
confessed to his wife’s part in the crime, the Court would have been disposed
to let him off on probation; but now that he had put the county to the expense
of a trial, the confession would cut no figure.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Bee
Friday, January 15, 1909
PASMORE TRIO APPEARS IN DELIGHTFUL CONCERT
The Pasmore Trio - Miss Mary
Pasmore, violin; Miss Dorothy Pasmore,
cello; and Miss Suzanne Pasmore at the piano - were
the attraction before the Saturday Club last evening at the Clunie
Theater. It was a concert looked forward to with much interest, the artists
youthful performance of six years ago having awakened a keen interest which has
been fed since by many favorable criticisms. Years and a European training have
broadened (next line not legible) ready fertile imaginations to a remarkable
degree.
In their playing there is still a fresh, delightful
crispness as of something joyous. Not only do they read poetry rather than
verse into the works they undertake, but it is invariably a living
interpretation: they play with great spirit.
At all times the three instruments are as one:
constant playing together has given the perfection of unity, even as to attack.
With all the _expression and artistic completeness imaginable, these young
players noticeably keep all their numbers up to strict time and with a marked
rhythm when called for: there is not a suspicion of blurring or dragging at any
time. They first find the story in anything worth while
and then tell it beautifully and clearly, and always without taking liberties
with the composer's conception.
The one little rift in the lute
last (next line not legible) in ensemble work. A rich, soft-toned instrument and most satisfying
except in the delicate passages where the tone was almost lost, which was also
the case in the heavy forte work, the more brilliant violin tone eclipsing it
entirely.
The program chosen for last evening's recital was on
exceptionally pleasing one. It opened with a group of Schuman pictures - The
"Romance," the "Humoerske,"
"Duett" and "Finale" from his
"Phantasiestuke" for violin, cello and
piano, op 88. These were all inexpressibly clear and limpid, beautifully
colored as to tone and given with a delicacy of shading seldom heard.
Miss Dorothy's solo number for the cello deserved all
the applause it received. Her responses to an encore was
Pergolesi's "Nina."
The last and most ambitious number was Tschaikowsky's Trio in A minor, op 60, a work not head here
before and one full of riches. In it the composer has run the gamut of feeling,
the dandiest and most graceful of passages here and a depth of feeling aroused
in the next instant - all in true Tscahiskowsky
style. L.M.N.
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FINNIE'S NEWS
PUBLISHED BY R.D. FINNIE,
Vol 5 Sacramento, Cal., January 15,
19109 [1909?] No. 117
Cracker Special
Dunn's Extra Sodas 1-8 wooden boxes - 40 ¢ regular
50¢, Dunn's crackers leave all other kinds at the post, so there isn't anything
else in the running.
GOOD NEWS FOR LOVERS OF RIPE OLIVES.
EHMANN, the olive king of Oroville, is always in the
front rank both as to quality and packages. He has just sent us a lot of his
extra select ripe olives put up in one gallon sanitary cans, which we are
selling at $1.45. We appreciate the new package and believe our readers will.
As for the olives, when you say EHMANN's, you say all that can be said.
YOU'LL SMACK YOUR LIPS
The apple cider you get here will make you smack your
lips. Every drop pure apple juice. Made
in the mountains of Tuolomne County, 20¢ bottle, 75¢
gallon. Phone for it - Main 444
EASY BECAUSE GOOD
Never have we attempted to introduce a new article
that has met with such unqualified endorsement as have the VAN DUSER extracts.
Of course they are right, or they wouldn't be here, nor would they give the
satisfaction. They go much further than other kinds and cost no more. Lemon, 25¢; other kinds, 30¢. Better remember Van Duser next time extracts are needed.
GENUINE "BLOATERS" CAN BE HAD OF FINNIE
Our genuine Norway mackeral
make a skrumptous Sunday breakfast, or any other
breakfast for that matter. Fine fat fellows direct to us in the original
barrel.
Remove the head and tail, immerse over night in cold
water. In the morning place in a pan of fresh cold water, split side down, and
boil for three minutes or until sufficiently done; then turn over into the
platter. Spread butter over it, add a dash of Worcestershire and serve.
15¢ to 40¢ according to size of
fish.
YOU BET!
We have the genuine Pennsylvania Buckwheat Flour. Makes buckwheat cakes out-of-sight. Sixty
cents for a 10-lb sack.
In line with the buckwheat, in fact side by each with
the cakes, is the maple syrup. We have the real Vermont kind. In gallon cans at
$1.85 or the maple sugar in pound cakes, 25¢; 5-lb cans $1.10.
You'll like the combination - phone us, Main 444
YOU CAN BET THEY ARE FRESH
Fresh eggs are rather scarce, and sometimes we can't
deliver the goods, for we will not tolerate anything that is at all shady. At
this writing we have a liberal supply, and if you are prompt with your order we
can serve you. 58¢ dozen. The "laid-to-day and
sold to-morrow" kind.
CHASE AND SANBORN PACKAGE TEAS
A good cup of tea is often more satisfying than the
most pretentious meal. Quantity of tea used is small, and there isn't any good
reason why good tea should not be had. Chase & Sanborn tea, packed in
sealed canisters, is good tea - clean and undefiled, full strength preserved. Pound and half pound packages. If you want a good tea, try these.
"Seal Brand," sun-dried
Japan, 60¢ lb.
"Orioff,"
Formosa Oolong $1 lb.
"Emperor's Blend,"
mixed green and black, 80¢ lb.
"Nassac,"
an old-fashioned green tea, 70¢ lb.
"Orange Pekoe," India
and Ceylon, perfectly blended, 85¢ lb.
"Kohinoor," English
breakfast 85¢ lb.
SALTED ALMONDS
Brand spanking new lot of salted
almonds. Crisp and with
just that flavor that makes our salted almonds so much different from the other
kinds. 75¢ lb.
GLAD OF THE CHANCE
Glad to have a chance to recommend such a good article
of asparagus as we are selling at 40¢ a can. Better order a can.
MINCE MEAT
This is sure mince meat weather and we have the mince
meat that's worth while. It's probably as good as
you'd make yourself and saves a whole lot of work. 20¢ lb. or
in 4 ½ lb crocks for $1.
BIG FAT PRUNES
Are you eating as many pruned as you should? It not
we'd like to make you acquainted with the big, fat fellows we sell at 2 lbs for
a quarter. Once you know the virtue of a really good prune you'll be all right.
Small pit, fine flavor. We've been selling the same
kind of prunes for several seasons and they are "Joe Dandies."
AS USUAL - THE FIRST
Crystal Domino Sugar has established its right to be
considered the one best sugar for table use. As usual we were the first to
supply the demand. 65¢ for 5-lb carton.
BRIEF MENTION
Monogram Whisky, worthy a place on anybody's
sideboard. $1.25 bottle - full quart.
Oranges arriving are very nice: deep color and good
size. 40¢ and 50¢ doz
Saratoga chips, fresh and crisp, nicely browned. 25¢ lb.
For a snack with a cup of tea or a glass of beer,
Dunn's Banquet Lunch Cracker goes mighty fine. 15¢ carton.
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ROCHDALERS HAVE ANNUAL BANQUET
MAKE MERRY LAST NIGHT AT PYTHIAN CASTLE 240 STRONG
The rain last night was not fierce enough to keep away
the resolute 240 members of the Sacramento Rochdale
Company who gathered at their annual banquet at Pythian
Castle.
The affair was about twice as big as it has been in
years gone by. The invitations which were sent out begged the recipient to come
hungry and bring his family unfed, and they would all be filled up. This was
enough to make the invited laugh the rain to scorn.
Four long tables set in the basement of Pythian Castle were filled to the last place, and all
promises were kept. The feast consisted of an abundance of sliced turkey, ham,
tongue, salads, relishes, coffee, cake and ice cream, not to go any further
than to give a bare outline of it.
Daniel FLINT and I. SOLOMON
presided alternately, and after-dinner speeches were made, among others, by
P.F. REED, J.W. CONNELL, W.T. MAY and the toastmasters themselves.
In the meeting which preceded the banquet, W.T. MA^Y
was elected Auditor, and the following were elected Directors: Daniel FLINT,
N.H. LAURIDSON, P.F. REED, E.E. BARRY, W.J. HOPTON, Peter HOFFEL, Isadore SCHAD, W.T. MAY, E.D. KEITH, J.W. CONNELL, J.J.
RUGGLES.
CITY NEWS BRIEF
Republican Club Ticket - A ticket of officers to be
vested by the members of the Union Republican Club the evening of January 29th,
was named as follows last night by a Committee consisting of W.H. HOUSTON,
George BULLOCK, T.J. MILLIKEN, E.S. WACHHORST, and C.F. CURRY; President, J.M.
HIGGINS; First Vice President, E.C. REEDER; Second Vice President, George
WITTENBROCK; Secretary, W.G. HOUSTON; Treasurer, W.J. CURRY; Directors: F.L.
MARTIN, Albert ELKUS, W.W. BASSETT, Fred. W. CAREY.
Will Find Boy A House - Judge
HUGHES believes he can find a home in this county for Norman SEAVER, a
14-year-old lad who recently arrived here from New Haven, Conn., on the brakebeams. The youngster came to the notice of the
officers in connection with a theft which occurred near Roseville recently, the
boy giving information leading to the capture of the thief.
When the disposition of the Seaver
boy came up yesterday in the Juvenile Court, the case was continued until word
was received from a rancher who has stated a willingness to give him a home.
Bridge was disabled - A fuse blew out yesterday in the
motor which swings open the draw of the Southern Pacific bridge over to
Broderick. It was opened by hand-power until the electricians put it in order
again late last night, and the consequence was delays of an hour or more to
several trains.
B'nai Israel's Services - Rabbi Michael FRIED's
lecture at the Sabbath eve services to-night at 8 o'clock at Temple B'nai
Israel, Fifteenth Street, N and O Streets, will be on the subject, "Man
the Image of God," text (Genesis 1, 27), and "God Created Man In His
Image; In The Image of God Created He Him."
Sacramento Circle Installs - Installation of officers
was held last evening by Sacramento Circle, No. 246, Companions of Ancient
Order of Foresters. Deputy Chief Companion Mrs. K. BROWN, assisted by Mrs. C.
LAWRENCE as Herald, installed the following: Junior Past Chief Companion, Mrs.
L. COX; Sub-Chief, Mrs. M. HOLLCROFT; Financial Secretary, Mrs. E. MEYER;
Treasurer, Mrs. K. WEBBER; Recording Secretary, , Mrs. A. KING; Right Guide,
Miss L. WEBBER; Left Guide, Mrs. EMBERLY; Inner Guard, Miss E. DITTNOCK; Outer
Guard, Mrs. D.L. DEFTS; Musician, Mrs. P. POWERS; Physician, J.T. MARTINI;
Trustees, Mrs. K. BALDWIN; Mrs. M. SILVERIA and Miss A. TREGALIAS.
Asks for Trustee - John MILLER has petitioned the
Superior Court for the appointment of a Trustee of the estate of Wesley
MERRITT, deceased, to take the place of Trustee Phillip L. EDWARDS, deceased.
It is asked that John J. BAUER be appointed. The property is lot 4, M and N,
Sixth and Seventh Streets, and is being held in trust for (next line not
legible)
To Open Mission - The Peniel
Aid Society will open a lunch counter and lodging-house at 695 I street
to-morrow night. The place will be operated as a sort of mission home.
Exceedingly low prices will be charged for meals and lodgings, as the place
will be conducted principally for charity. The Directors of the society chosen
at its last meeting are G.A. BROWN, H.L. STEINMEYER, A.H. VAN REED, H.S.
MEINHARDT, Mrs. G. EMSLY and Mrs. J.H. MOORE.
Valuable Help - Let Bee want ads take a hand in the
nest real estate deal you make.
University Extension Lectures - Professor Benjamin P.
KURTZ, of the English Department of California University, will deliver the
first of a series of twelve lectures of the University Extension course next
Wednesday evening at the new High School on the subject, "English Prose."
Will Dismiss Charge - Following the acquittal of
William BAKKAN by a jury yesterday on the charge of stealing amalgam from a
gold dredger at Dodge will come the dismissal of the charge against F.
LEIGHTON. District Attorney WACHHORST will ask for the dismissal of the charge Saturday ,as the case against Leighton is considered to be
even weaker than that against BAKKAN.
Glove Factory - Gloves made to order. Repairing. 1010 6th, bet J and K
Warren Post Installs - Warren Post No. 54, G.A.R.,
Installed the following officers last evening: Post Commander, James N. SNOOK;
S.V. Post Commander, C. BENEDIX; G.V. Post Commander, Ira G. SHAW; Post
Surgeon, J. J. WILE; Post Chaplain, G.G. GORE; Post Quartermaster, G.W. HERR;
Officer of the Day, E.F. WARNER; Officer of the Guard, W.W. JAMES; Adjutant,
L.W. GROTHEN: Sergeant-Major, G.S. HURD, W.B. DAVIS acted as installing
officer.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Bee
Tuesday April 6, 1909
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Sue for Assessments - Reclamation District No. 34 has
filed suit in the Superior Court against Hans HOPPE, F.F. SCHNACKEHRING, Mary
A. BELDEN, John HUTCHINSON and A.I. McCOURTNEY for
the collection of reclamation and drainage assessment.
Denies Executing Note - Mrs. Marion BAGGS has filed an
answer in the Superior Court denying that she delivered a note for $700 in
favor of the Sacramento Rochdale Company. W.T. MAY,
manager of the concern, is suing Mrs. BAGGS for that amount, alleged to be due
for the sale of stock in the corporation.
Alleges Desertion - Desertion is the ground upon which
Maud M. SAYLES asks for a divorce from George W. SAYLES. The couple separated
not long after their marriage at Stockton, September 25, 1905. Mrs. Sayles and
her baby daughter live in Florin with relatives. Sayles is a resident of
Stockton.
Reaches the Spot - Johnson Banquet Blend Coffee, 40¢
lb. Rowe's Coffee & Spice Mills, 718 J. Phone
2452R.
Eloped on Tuesday - Pretty Dorothy ASTORGIN, of the
Capital candy factory ,who eloped with Vincent
GIORANTAZZI, left Sacramento for her wedding trip on Tuesday rather than on
Saturday, as formerly stated. The two were married in San Francisco Tuesday
night, and are now living on a farm in Arizona.
Ivy Hair Teale absolutely
cures dandruff, allays itching and prevents baldness. Jodoin, 913
Sixth St.
Mineral Car Ready - J.A. FILCHER, California
Commissioner to Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, expects to ship the first car
of mineral exhibits to Seattle to-day. It contains some wonderful specimens of
the State's mineral resources and a great variety of them.
Nothing so good as Sherwin
& Williams Paints. Oakley 920 J.
Children's Society To-night - A meeting of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children will be held to-night in the office
of the Superintendent of Schools. Some important business is slated for
transaction.
HAPPENINGS AROUND THE BAY
One Cop Captures Two Thugs - With a blow from his club
and a shot from his revolver, Policeman E.J. FOLEY made a sensational capture
in the San Francisco Mission last night, rounding up two highwaymen just after
they had robbed Daniel O'DAY, an Oakland contractor. The loot was recovered.
Killed Himself In Saloon - Fred J. OLSEN, collector of
the National Packing Company of San Francisco, and a resident of Melrose,
committed suicide in a saloon at Dimond yesterday by
taking carbolic acid.
Viaduct for San Francisco - A viaduct is to be built
across the Mission Road between Bosworth and Marshall Streets, San Francisco,
at a cost to that city of about $225,000, according to a decision reached last
night by the Streets and Finance Committees of the Board of Supervisors.
Shots Fired in a Bank - A sensation was caused at the
Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, late yesterday afternoon, by the firing
of two shots at Forest TUCKER, a young man who had attempted to cash a bogus
check for $16.15, and was making a dash for the door. Failing to obey an order to
halt by Special Policeman SMITH, the latter fired twice at Tucker, as he
reached the street and broke into a run. Neither shot took effect. Tucker ran
into a saloon, where he was arrested.
Selling a Power Plant - An order was issued by United
States Circuit Judge VAN FLEET in San Francisco yesterday, setting May 20th as
the date on which the assets of the Tuolomne Light
and Power Company shall be sold at auction to satisfy the debt owed by the
company to the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New
York, which issued bonds to the extent of $4,000,000. The sale will take place
at Sonora.
New Job for Senator Bates - F.J. Clem BATES has been
appointed cashier of the United States Mint of San Francisco, vice James
SWENEY; resigned. Senator BATES is a resident of Alameda, which district he
represented in the State Legislature. The appointment comes through United
States Senator George C. PERKINS.
Insane Woman Disturbs Priests - Kitty BRENNAN, an
insane woman, created a stir in the Cathedral residence, San Francisco, last
evening by running about the corridors screaming and battering at the doors.
Fathers BYRNES and HANNAHAN endeavored to pacify the woman, but were at last
obliged to telephone for police assistance.
Would Emulate Suicide Wife - Leslie RANKIN, San
Francisco glassblower, was arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant sworn to
by Henry S. MARTIN at whose house he has been living, charging him with being
insane. Rankin's wife committed suicide about a month ago by swallowing
corrosive sublimate. Martin alleges that Rankin has made several attempts to
end his own life by turning on the gas.
Jealous of Even the Cat - Lottie CASEY of Oakland said
that her husband, T.F. CASEY, a motorman, was so jealous that he would not
allow a cat to sit in her lap, and even objected to children occupying her lap.
She got an interlocutory decree of divorce yesterday for cruelty.
$1,000 Each to 43 Heirs -
Final settlement of the will of the late Dr. Mariano GONZALES was made in Judge
GRAHAM's Court yesterday. The arrangement was to set the terms of the will
aside and give to Gonzales' wife and daughter equal shares of the estate, with
the exception of $1,000 to each of the forty-three heirs of Francisco RICO,
Gonzales' half brother.
Devilin on the Stand - United States District Attorney Robert
DEVLIN, his chief aide, George CLARK, and Oscar W. LANGE, Chief of the Second
Division of the General Land Office, were called to the stand yesterday in the
preliminary hearing in San Francisco of the seven charges against Charles P.
SNELL of perjury alleged to have been committed while he was testifying in the
Benson-Perrin land fraud cases. The main issue was the attempt to locate a
contract which figured in the previous cases. DEVLIN refused to testify until
ordered to do so by Judge SHORTALL. The attorney said he had no knowledge of
the wording or whereabouts of the paper.
Abolishing Slot Machines - The days of the ever busy
slot machines are numbered so far as San Francisco is concerned, the Board of
Supervisors having passed to print yesterday on ordinance which puts all drink
and cigar nickle in the slot devices under the ban
after July 1. The terms of the ordinance are sweeping and no machines of a
gambling character will be allowed to run after it becomes effective.
COTHRIN DISCHARGED
Foye Cothrin, arrested on
complaint of James McARDLE, on a charge of battery,
was discharged this afternoon by City Justice MARCH. It was claimed by McArdle that Cothrin had run his
automobile over him. McArdle explained in Court that Cothrin had paid his doctor bills and had reimbursed him
for other losses resulting from the accident. He requested the case be
dismissed.
REQUISITION FOR MAN IN JAIL
Governor GILLETT to-day honored a requisition from the
Governor of Washington for the return of J.E. CALDWELL, who is wanted in
Seattle for obtaining money under false pretenses. Caldwell is alleged to have
obtained $54 by misrepresenting himself as the owner of some jewelry.
BUNCO MEN ARE DENIED LIBERTY
Judge Hughes Refuses To Let
Prisoners Loose on Technicality.
John B. WILLIAMS and Dick LILLY, buncomen,
must serve their sentences of three and six months respectively in the County
Jail for defrauding Jesse SAMUELS out of $15 in a three card monte game. Superior Judge Hughes refused to-day to give
the pair their liberty on a writ of habeas corpus sought by Attorney C.T.
JONES.
Jones read law for half an hour or more, quoting
decisions of the Supreme Court of the State on what constituted a valid charge.
He contended that while his clients might have fleeced their victim, the City
Attorney had overlooked a point or two in drawing up the complaint. In view of
the decisions of the highest Court in the State, Jones argued that the two
prisoners should be released.
Assistant District Attorney ATKINSON disagreed with
the quotations cited as did Judge Hughes, who announced that he saw no reason
for granting the writ. He discharged the writ and remanded the prisoners to the
custody of the Sheriff. Both men walked out of the Court with a look of disgust
on their faces, and Mrs. Williams, who witnessed the proceedings, breathed a
sigh of remorse.
NINETY DAYS FOR CANNED MEAT
John KANE, arrested on a charge of stealing a case of
canned meat from the rear of the Western Meat Company's storeroom, 1314 Sixth
Street, was sentenced by City Justice MARCH to-day to serve ninety days in the
County Jail.
DOCTOR DROPS OUT OF SIGHT
Reno Physician Disappears on Visit Here to A Patient.
Dr. Alphonse WULLSCHEGE of Reno disappeared in this
city two weeks ago when he came here on a visit at the invitation of a patient
of his who lived a distance of fifteen miles from this city. The Sacramento
police are making every effort to locate him.
When Dr. Wullschege left
Reno he gave account of himself, as stated above, that he was visiting a
patient in this city. Since then his friends have not heard of him. Several of
his patients in Reno finally became alarmed at his continued absence and
reported to the Reno Chief of Police. An investigation on his part lead to the
information that all who knew of his purposed trip had been given to understand
that Sacramento was his destination.
Dr. Wullschege is an
Austrian, with dark hair and dark eyes. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 190
pounds. There are three prominent scars on the right side of his face which he
received in duels in his years in the native country.
This is about all the information the local police
have from headquarters with regard to the missing doctor. It is not known that
he has a family or relatives in Reno.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Bee
Thursday May 13, 1909
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Careless With Horses - Dr.
J.F. IVERSON, assistant to State Veterinarian KEANE, was dispatched to Fresno
County yesterday to make an investigation of a violation of the quarantine
against glandered horses. Careless handling of diseased animals has helped to
spread the disease. Dr. IVERSON will also inspect horses and mules in Mariposa
County afflicted with the same disease.
Madera & Setonville
- LAFFERTY's Stables, 1514 J.
Every convenience.
To Raise $500,000 - State
Treasurer will sell $500,000 worth of San Francisco seawall bonds on July 2d
upon the authority of the Board of Harbor Commissioners and pursuant to a
proclamation issued by Governor GILLETT. The money will be used for seawall
improvement.
Don't Forget About Wire fencing and netting, garden
tools, hose, etc. OAKLEY, 920 J
Solicitor Lost to View - B. HOWE, a solicitor for the
Office Supply Company on J Street, has left his position without saying
anything about it to his employer and namesake, Edward P HOWE, and disappeared.
His business was to solicit business, but it is also said that he acted as
collector of bills owing his employer. No charges have been made to the police.
Teachers' Examination - The County Board of Education
has fixed upon June 28th as the date for the next examination of those applying
for teachers' certificates. The date for the examination of pupils who expect
diplomas of graduation is June 31st. At the last meeting of the County Board a
grammar grade certificate was granted to Miss Bertha MERRILL. Miss Myrtle HEATH
was recommended for a life diploma to teach in the grammar schools.
Professor Maurice Leon DRIVER (formerly Dean of the
Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific), will present his pupil, Miss
Mary DEWEES, in a piano recital on Thursday evening, May 13th, at the
Westminster Presbyterian Church. Vocal numbers by Miss Bess
BECKETT, Miss Edna ZIMMERMAN, and Miss Charlotte DENSTON.
Double Eagle Settles Case - Upon the payment of $20 by
John C. ING, as one of the corporation known as the California Dental Company,
the suit brought by F.W. BRAUN was dismissed late yesterday in the Superior
Court.
Suits Made To Order from $25 to $45. Brown, blue,
black, silver gray. Suits cleaned and pressed. 75 ¢ to $1. All new Spring woolens have arrived. J.H. HEITMAN, fine tailoring,
400 J.
New Fire Horses - Two large bay horses for the
Sacramento Fire Department arrived here last evening from O.A. LOWE's ranch
near Woodland and were taken to the Nineteenth Street Engine House. The horses
were purchased Monday by Fire Chief GUTHRIE. They are five years old and weigh
about 1,500 pounds each. The new horses will be broke immediately and them placed in the active fire service. Some of the older
horses will be turned over to the Street Department.
Sidewalks - City ordinance affective May 6th. Save
trouble and extra charges. McGILLIVRAY Const. Co.,
1007 7th. Phone 2524. Estimates
given.
SOCIETY MAKES GREAT PROGRESS
Women's Home Mission Workers
Listen to Encouraging Reports.
The annual meeting of the Women's Home Mission Society
of the Pacific Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which is now in
session in this city, made great progress yesterday in the work that has been
planned for it to do. The meetings are being held at the M.E. Church, South,
Fifteenth and J Streets, and are largely attended and interesting.
The opening devotional exercise
yesterday were conducted by Rev. C. Todd CLARK, the pastor. He spoke
with great earnestness, and made a lasting impression on his audience.
Following this the business meeting was called to
order by the President, Mrs. L.J. MADDUX, of Modesto. After some minor business
the following Committees were appointed:
Parsonage - Mrs. C.N. HAWKINS, Mrs. McNAMAMIN, Mrs. SLEEPER, Mrs. CAREY, Mrs. BEIVEL and Mrs.
HATCHER.
Extension of Work - Mrs. Ella McVAY,
Mrs. EDWARDS, Mrs. STOLLE, Mrs. TITUS, Mrs. McMAHON,
Mrs. HAWKINS.
Juvenile Work - Mrs. GOSBEY, Mrs.
FIELDS, Mrs. RUTHERFORD, Mrs. SMITH.
Resolutions - Mrs. L.S. JONES,
Mrs. GRAY, Mrs. BATCHER, Mrs. FRY.
Education - Mrs. C.D. WALLACE,
Mrs. E.J. PAGE, Mrs. L.L. CLAYTON, Mrs. J.A.B.FRY.
Rev. J.A. BATCHELOR, Presiding Elder of the district, was
asked to act as a Committee on Platform Courtesies.
Memorials - Mrs. McMAHON, Mrs. C.N. HAWKINS, Mrs. WALLACE, Mrs. HEALEY, Mrs.
BURKE.
Nominations - Mrs. CRAIG, Mrs.
JEFFERSON, Mrs. FIELDS, Mrs. PAGE and Mrs. GOSBEY.
The Second Vice President, who is the Superintendent
of "Tithing," made a report showing an encouraging increase along the
line of "giving" during the past year.
Mrs. CLAYTON read an amusing poem on "Money Raising in the Local Church," showing some of the
ridiculous plans in vogue in this day and age.
Mrs. L.S. JONES, of Chico, discussed the beauties and
blessings of a systematic plan of giving.
These were followed by a general discussion.
Miss Ida ALEXANDER, a State Organizer and Lecturer of
the W.C.T.U., spoke briefly on the importance of the temperance crusade.
The devotional services at the opening of the
afternoon session were conducted by Rev. L. HARTER, of the United Brethren
Church.
The president announced that the work of the
organization during the year had made great progress.
Mrs. O.N. HAWKINS, of Hollister, made a report dealing
largely with the subject of providing homes for pastors. She announced that
there were only two pastoral charges in the jurisdiction of the society without
such homes.
A statement from the Treasurer, Mrs. E.O. BURKE, of
Oakland, gave a general review of the work, which was followed by a paper on
the financial conditions and future plans of the society.
PERSONAL NOTES
Dr. G.A. SPENCER and Mrs. SPENCER have been spending a
few days in San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. HOWELL, of Red Bluff, are visiting in this city.
M.T. ADAMS came here yesterday from Grass Valley.
Miss G. PARKS, of Red Bluff, is visiting friends in
Sacramento.
Mr. and Mrs. E. CASE, of Placerville, are among the guests at the Western Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. WOOD are visiting in this city, from
Chico.
Mrs. H.E. TAIT, of Colusa, is in Sacramento.
George MOLATT came here Wednesday from Roseville.
J.T. WALL was in Sacramento yesterday from Redding.
Mr. and Mrs. W.M. GREEN are visiting in this city from
Biggs.
Mrs. W.A. EVERS and Mrs. George SADLER are visiting
here form Colfax.
N.G. CARTER, of Chico, was in this city Wednesday.
W. SMITH, of Marysville, is in Sacramento.
A.M. NASH is in this city from Chico.
B. CALDWELL and E.H. SHAW came here yesterday from
Biggs.
J.T. TRAYNER, of Marysville, is in the city on
business.
T. IRVING arrived here yesterday from Denver Colo.
H.C. DODGE came to this city Wed. from Reno, Nev., and
registered at the Golden Eagle Hotel.
Mrs. J.W. McFAYDEN and Mrs.
J.D. JOHNSON, of Dixon, are visiting friends in
Sacramento.
James CLARK, of Pasadena, is in this city on business.
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. McCUNE, of
Dixon, are among the guests at the Capital Hotel.
G.T. ROBINSON and W.R. CRYEN, of Chico, were among the arrivals here yesterday afternoon.
J.K. O'BRIEN is in this city from Smartville.
Mr. and Mrs. N.B. PERRITY came here this morning from
Marysville.
B. MARSH, of Nevada City, is in Sacramento.
George WILHELM, of Grass Valley, registered at the Turelu Hotel yesterday.
Mrs. T.T. CALLAHAN, of Glendale, was visiting in this
city Wednesday.
Mrs. C.P. HINCKELL, of Placerville, is visiting
friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter DALTON, of Reno, Nev., were among the arrivals here Wednesday.
H. MAREBANK, of Chico, is in Sacramento on business.
C.D. CLARK is in this city from Red Bluff.
A.C. WELSH arrived here this morning from Rawhide,
Nev., and registered at the State House Hotel.
SUPERINTENDENT'S TOUR
General Superintendent J.H. YOUNG and Division
Superintendent H.W. SHERIDAN of the Southern Pacific left Sacramento last night
for Oroville as a tour of inspection.
SAYS HE WAS DRUGGED
Al GRANT, claiming to belong in Chico, appeared at the
Police Station this morning in a condition which resembled intoxication but
which he declared to be the result of drugs administered to him by four men,
whom he charges with filching a check for $54.75 from him.
STREET CAR CRUSHES BABY
Three-Year-Old Girl Toddled Into Path of Street Car
Three-year-old Mabel STASSI stood waist deep in the
car tracks on Third Street, N and O Streets, at 7:45 last night, gleefully
slapping her hands at a merry-go-round droning near, when she was struck by a
speeding car, dying instantly.
According to the statement of Joe STASSI, father of
the dead child, Motorman WRIGHT will be charged with criminal carelessness
under the testimony of Frederico WASTONNIA, living at
1416 Third Street, who claims WRIGHT, the motorman, did not in any way exercise
proper precautions. Those familiar with that section of the town, however, say
it is a wonder there are not more fatal accidents on that line, because of the
recklessness of the children who toddle across the tracks at almost any hour.
Undoubtedly, these matters will be gone into at the Coroner's inquest to-night.
On the night before the accident, the mother of little
Mabel STASSI, living in the alley west of Third Street, between M and N
Streets, was startled in her sleep by a dream in which she saw her young
daughter lying dead. Twelve hours later the ill-omen was fulfilled.
As Policeman dragged the battered flesh from under the
car wheel, the brown eyes opened, the drawn lips puckered into a smile and the
body stiffened. Children near rushed to the home to tell the dire news. Joe STASSI
ran hatless to the car tracks where his baby's body was handed to him. The
blood dribbled down his clothes from cuts in the head of the baby as he walked
unsteadily to his home. In the alley he met his wife, who grabbed the lifeless
infant to her breast and pleaded with it to open its eyes.
Policemen MURPHY and ASH, who had come in the patrol,
escorted the victim to the home and there examined the wounds, finding the
right leg broken and terrible bruises about the head and chest. Coroner GORMLEY
was notified, taking the body to the Morgue.
The baby was the favorite of the family. It was
permitted to go to the corner to see a merry-go-round. Straggling away from the
neighbors' children, it toddled into the car track where the line is being rebuilt.
The foundation had been excavated, creating a pit into which the baby tumbled.
From this novel point it enjoyed the site of the corner attraction even more
and was heard cooing several times.
Motorman WRIGHT says he employed every emergency to save
the baby, but that he did not see her until he was almost upon her.
Last night WRIGHT gave himself up at the Police
Station and was cleared on his own recognizance by City Justice MARCH.
The Coroner's Jury will hold an inquest to-night. If
STASSI introduces witnesses the hearing will probably be continued until to-morrow.
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Sacramento Union
Thursday, July 1, 1909
FAMILY BEREFT BY DROWNING OF LAD
The funeral of Charles JACOBSEN, the 16-year-old boy
who was drowned in the Sacramento river, at Grand
Island, Sunday, June 20, was held yesterday afternoon at Rio Vista.
Coroner Gormley held the
inquest yesterday morning at Rio Vista, the jury bringing in a verdict of
accidental drowning. The boy was the sole support of his family, his father
being a paralytic, and neighbors raised a fund, with which the boy was buried.
PRESENT DIAMOND RING TO RETIRING OFFICER
On Tuesday evening, June 23, the following officers of
Grace Institute No. 17, Young Ladies' Institute, for the ensuing term were
installed by District Deputy Mrs. J. McGEE.
Past President, Mamie M. FARRELL, president, Margaret McMORRY; first vice-president, Kate O'LEARY; second
vice-president, Lena MORLEY; recording secretary, Lillian M. HANFORD; financial
secretary, Elizabeth McMORRY; treasurer, Loretto FARRELL; marshal, Edith GILMORE; inside sentinel,
Katherine KATSULLS; outside sentinel, Ruth MILLER; trustees - Mary L. HAGGERTY,
Mrs. M. LYNCH, Kitty SHECHAN, Christina SCHMORLEIZ, Lucy M. GENIS; organist,
Etta BURKE; delegates to grand institute - Kate O'LEARY, Annie STANFIELD, Lena
MORLEY, Margaret McMORRY.
The retiring president, Mamie M. FARRELL, was
presented with a cluster diamond ring. The members then adjourned to the
banquet hall, where dainty refreshments were served.
SELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT LICENSE
Herman BILSE has been arrested for selling liquor
without a license in a saloon near the mouth of the American river. He will be
prosecuted by the district attorney. Later BILSE was admitted to bail by
Justice CLARKEN in the sum of $250, with J. ZUMANSKY and J. RYAN as sureties.
The defendant is an old-time musician.
NEW S. P. BRIDGE TO COST MILLION
Supervisors Will Consider Plans for Structure.
The supervisors will meet next week as a board of
equalization to consider plans and specifications for a million-dollar
drawbridge which the Southern Pacific company is prepared to construct this
year across the Sacramento river in place of the unsightly structure now used
to connect Broderick with this side.
The new structure is to be of ornamental design and
built entirely of steel. It will span the river at a point several hundred
yards above the present bridge, and will afford a more direct route than
hitherto.
In a letter from Vice-President E.E. CALVIN, presented
to the board of supervisors yesterday by T.R. JONES, request was made for a
conference.
HUSBAND VERY MUCH ABUSED
Wife Kicked Him Out of Bed, Refused to Cook for Him.
T.F. KETTLER, an employe in
the railroad shops of this city, was yesterday, by Superior Judge POST, granted
an interlocutory decree from Cecelia KETTLER. The defendant did not appear in court.
From the witnesses placed on the stand, and the plaintiff's testimony, it was
established that he had been treated with extreme cruelty. His wife had kicked
him out of the bed, refused to cook his meals, and that he had to go away from
home to get something to eat. It appeared to the court that KELLTER was a very
much abused man, and so stated in rendering his decision.
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS IN WIFE'S PRESENCE
The Italian rancher whose suicide at Isleton was told
in yesterday's Union is reported by Coroner Gormley
to be P. PARENTI, a resident of Twitchell Island. Parenti became despondent through financial reversals and
blew out his brains Tuesday in the presence of his wife.
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Sacramento Union
Thursday, July 8, 1909
PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. S.C. McDONALD and
daughter May left Wednesday for Wheatland for a ten days' outing
Mrs. John HOESCH and daughters, Gertrude and Marguerite,
have gone to visit Mr. and Mrs. O.A. LOWE at Woodland.
Mrs. E. KENNEDY at 2400 I street
is spending her vacation at Oceono Beach.
City Detective Max P. FISHER has returned from a two
weeks' outing at Oceono Beach, in San Luis Obispo county.
Captain R. FOSTER and wife of Marysville passed
through here yesterday in their touring car en route home from the celebration
at Jacksonville. They report the roads in good condition.
Harry MURRY of San Francisco, C.L. NELSON of Reno and
Dr. D.E. COGLUM of San Francisco are traveling to Woodland by automobile on a
pleasure trip.
Dr. C.O. ENGSTROM left Sunday morning for San
Francisco, where he will attend the California State Dental association's
convention.
At the State House Hotel - Charles HUNT, Colfax; J.W.
RUDDOCK, Redding; Susie E. WIEDMAN, Georgetown; Emil L. KAHN, Woodland; Budd
BAKER, Woodland; Frank WILLIAMS, Nevada City; W.D. STONE, Redlands; M. WESSICH,
Calistoga; J.L. WILLIS, Chico; T. RICHARDS, Amador City; A. WETTE, Amador City;
F. FOREMAN, Visalia; F. W. ANDRESSEN, Ferndale; J.H. DESROSEN, Isleton; D.A.
GOSQUIT, Canning; John P. FISHER; J.D. HERFORD, Lakeview.
At the Capital hotel: James K. O'BRIEN, Smartsville; George STRAITH, Fair Oaks; H.F. JOHNSTON and
wife, San Francisco; B. BANE, New York; S. S. GEAR, Oakland; T.W. DEAN, George
B. GREEN, F.B. HOLLESTER, James E. GREEN, Miss G. GREEN, Courtland; F.L. CLARK,
San Francisco; Jes. BARKEN, San Francisco; George B.
SCOTT, New York; R.C. BYRON, Marysville; Miss Grace WALTON, Oroville; E.W. MAJOR,
Berkeley.
At the Golden Eagle Hotel - J. BOWEN, San Francisco;
H.C. BAYER, Oakland; J.F. DUGAN, Santa Rosa; F.C. BOYD, San Francisco; Mr. and
Mrs. T. ANDERSON, San Francisco; R.W. MEAD, Portland; T.G. ELGIE, Newcastle;
W.B. GIBSON, Woodland; R.D. BIGGS, Chicago; E.G. STEPHENSON, Elk Grove; E.R.
CROSSETT, San Francisco; S. NATHAN, San Francisco; Miss E.L. SCOTT, San
Francisco; J.B. HILLER, San Francisco; C.L. VILLINGER, Findley, Ohio.
At the Western Hotel - W.J. STEWART, Gold Run; W.
DURRELL and wife, Tacoma; A. WAQUIST, Kennett; Mrs. S.E. HEFFNER, Dixon; L.M.
HARKNESS, Stockton; Mrs. H.L. HUSTON, Sonora; F. BUTTERS and wife, Woodbridge;
W.E. BROWN and family, Elk Grove; C.A .HUBBARD and wife, Woodland; James HENRY,
Reno; O.P. FOWLER, Coalinga; A. RIESE, San Francisco; W.C. SNOW, Winnemucca;
W.E. WOODS, Ogden; J. F. SMITH, San Francisco.
ROBERTS INQUEST - The inquest
over the remains of Harry ROBERTS, the barber who killed himself Tuesday
morning, will not be held until Coroner Gormley
returns at the end of the week. The body meanwhile will be held at the morgue.
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The
Sacramento Bee
Friday, July
9, 1909
TRIES TWO WAYS
TO KILL HIMSELF
Pistol
Snaps, Razor Fails To Cut True When Barton Attempts Suicide.
Rather than drag out a life which he felt
would be made unbearable by his craving for morphine, William BARTON, who lived
alone in a cabin at 919 Fourth Street and was formerly a blacksmith at the
Southern Pacific shops, attempted suicide early this morning, first with a
revolver, and then when it had snapped twice as he tried to shoot himself in
the forehead, by cutting the veins of his right wrist with a razor.
Seen By
Stranger
The front of BARTON’s cabin is in line with
the sidewalk, and the front door was open. A street sweeper from one of the
teams which was at work on that street early this morning,
saw through the door that something had happened to the man inside. When he
found that it was a case of attempted suicide he reported it to Policeman
DESMOND, who called for the patrol wagon. BARTON was brought to the Receiving
Hospital and treated there by Assistant City Physician HENRIKSON. The wound he
inflicted on himself was not fatal, and it is probable that he will recover.
BARTON said
that he was led to attempt his life by looking forward into the future where he
saw nothing in store for him but misery. BATON is over fifty years old. He was
for a number of years a blacksmith at the Southern Pacific shops.
WESTON
COMING DOWN HILL
With the
swing of confidence and the stride of a youth, his body refreshed by a rest and
the gentle, bracing mountain air, Edward Payson WESTON, the septaugenarian
“walker”, struck the crest of the Sierra Nevadas last
night, and is now on his way down the great, long, winding slopes, following
the scar cleaved by the railroad tracks.
The
silver-haired walker is on his way to Auburn this afternoon. Midnight will find
him in that town. Tomorrow he will come into Sacramento under cover of
darkness, anywhere between the dinner hour and midnight.
WILLIAM
ATKINS FINED.
William
ATKINS was fined $100 by City Justice ANDERSON to-day for smoking opium. ATKINS
is a colored barber, who works at 1603 J Street.
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The
Sacramento Bee
Saturday,
July 10, 1909
SUICIDE
LEAVES THREE WIDOWS
A third aspirant to be considered the widow
of Harry ROBERTS, who committed suicide on Tuesday in this city, has put in her
appearance. This Mrs. ROBERTS writes from San Diego to the police to send her
information to assist her in making up her mind whether the unfortunate man was
once her husband.
She has been a long time separated from the
man whose name she bears, and has not been able to keep tab on his course, so
at the time of writing she was far from sure she had been made a widow by the
man who committed suicide here on Tuesday.
ROBERTS was a local barber, who chloroformed
himself, when he was despondent after a long course of drinking. It appeared at
the inquest that he had a divorced wife in this city, and a wife in Alameda.
POLICEMAN ON
DUTY AT KRIPP’S
Acting Chief of Police FISHER kept a
policeman on duty to-day and will until midnight in front of the Columbia Caf’, blockading the entrance to the gaming parlors
upstairs, where the tiger was beginning again to show signs of life until the
prompt action of Chief SULLIVAN yesterday quenched the vital spark.
The word had gone forth among the elect that
Ed. KRIPP was about to open up again, and the floating rumors received
substantiation from the show of life and activity in and about the Columbia Caf’. An officer will be kept on the corner as sentinel as
long as it is deemed necessary.
STRUCK A BOY
George CRESSMAN was
arrested this morning on the charge of striking a boy named Clinton CROSS on
Eighth Street, J. and K. The boy worked for a dyeing and cleaning works
and the members of the firm say the man struck the blow because he was angry
that the boy had a job which he had tried to get for himself.
MEYERS FOUND
GUILTY
George MEYERS was found guilty to-day of
disrupting the peace and sentence postponed until Monday. MEYERS
drew a knife on a man who remonstrated with him for indecent behavior in the
alley between Fifth and Sixth, J and K Streets.
INSTALLS
OFFICERS
Capital City Circle, No. 257, Companions of the
Forest, has installed the following officers: P.C., Mary FORREST; C.C., Ida
TAYLOR; S.C., T. DE COSTA; R.S., Selma SILVERSTONE; F.S., Ida HALE; Treasurer,
Evelyn COOMBES; R.O., Lulu BURDICK; L.G., Hattie MYRICK; L.G., Ella BURDICK;
O.G., Myra BURDICK; Pianist, L. HALE; Trustees, A. MEYERS, C. MATHEWS, Mary
GANNON.
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The Sacramento Bee
Monday, July 12, 1909
FIND DEAD MAN IN
THICK BRUSH
Top Of Head Had Been Blown Off With
Shotgun - Leaves Name Of F. Meyer
The body of a man
who had either blown the top of his head off or was brutally murdered in the
thick brush across the American River about a mile below the Twelfth-Street
bridge, was found this morning by J.W. PRITCHARD and Grover GODDING, who had
been told by members of a fishing party yesterday that the odor arising from
the brush caused them to believe that a dead man was located there.
The body was removed
to the morgue where a slip of paper bearing the name of F. MEYER, Seventh and L
Streets, was found in his pocket. This was the only means that offers a clew to his identity.
A fairly new single-barrel 12 bore shotgun was found by the
side of the body, which was in a bad state of decomposition from about a
month’s exposure to the weather. An empty shell in the gun told the mute story
of how the dead man lost the top of his head. The face had fallen away and no
marks on the body could give an estimate as to the man’s age.
His Panama hat was
found close to the body. The clothes were a dark gray material and from all
appearance the dead man was well to do.
In order to remove the body from the brush it was necessary
to take axes and cut a path through the undergrowth.
Personal Notes
Mrs. R. RHODES of Truckee is in this city.
G.B. JACOBS is visiting Sacramento from San Francisco.
J.D. NAGLE of Newcastle is visiting this city.
Paul JEAN arrived in this city Sunday from Perkins.
Mrs. H. WHITE of San Francisco is registered at the Turclu Hotel.
G.H. DICKINSON came here Sunday from Stockton.
Mrs. J.G. LEE of Nevada City is visiting this city.
J. MAYER is here from San Francisco.
H.E. FRY of San Francisco is among the guests at the Capital
Hotel.
Frank BOWEN is in this city from Ryde.
T.A. DIXON of San Francisco was among the arrivals here
yesterday.
J.H. PRATT of Berkeley is registered at the Golden Eagle
Hotel.
Karathyn JOHNSON arrived in this city yesterday from San Francisco.
G. GREEN of San Francisco is visiting this city.
W.C. FINLEY of San Francisco was among the arrivals here
Sunday.
A. BROWN arrived here yesterday from Lodi.
C.B. HUMPHREY and wife of San Francisco are visiting this
city.
J. BLOE of Oakland is visiting Sacramento.
LITTON GETS
FIFTY DAYS
Alfred LITTON was sentenced by City Justice ANDERSON to-day
to spend fifty days in the County Jail for an assault upon a woman of the
concentration camp.
ABUSED A HORSE
John FABIAN was found guilty by City Justice ANDERSON this
morning on the charge of riding an old work horse in the Capitol Park until it
nearly dropped from exhaustion. Sentence will be pronounced Wednesday.
CITY NEWS IN
BRIEF
Home Burglarized - The residence of Fred BODEN, 2115 Twenty-second Street, was entered and robbed early yesterday
morning. The burglars got in by prying the back door open. They got some small
change from BODEN’s clothes.
Chas. M. CECKWITH has removed his offices to 918 Sixth.
Auto Accident - Ah HONG, an aged Chinese vegetable peddler,
was treated at the Receiving Hospital yesterday for an injured right leg, due
to his horse running away on a road just outside the city, when an auto passed
by and frightened it. The autoists saw the accident,
but did not stop to inquire its seriousness, and the Chinese was found late by
Constable Mike JUDGE.
Awning Burns - The Fire Department was summoned last night
to put out the flames which were consuming an awning in front of the Longshore trunk store at 515 J
Street. It is thought that the flames started from some one
in the rooms above dropping a lighted cigar on the canvas.
Prison Chaplain talks - Rev. W.H.
LLOYD, Chaplain at Folsom Prison, will lecture at the Central M.E. Church
to-night on “Prison Reform.” The men?s
society will furnish several musical numbers.
Alleged Wife Beater - Policeman Ashland SHIELDS last night
arrested Jack ENGLISH, a stevedore, on the charge of beating his wife at their
home in the alley between O and P, Eighth and Ninth Streets.
Restores Peace - Detective KRIPP yesterday smoothed the
difficulties between Madame FRANKLYN, a clairvoyant, and Mr. FRANKLYN, after
the quarrel had reached such a stage that the seeress
thought it necessary to appeal for police protection. The couple
live at 1411 K Street.
Atkinson’s Business College, 13th and J Sts. New and elegant apartments.
Boy Arrested Here - John DAVIS, who ran away from his home
in San Francisco two weeks ago, was caught in this city last Saturday night by
Patrolman Thielan. He was turned over to Probation
Officer SULLIVAN, who notified the Juvenile Court of San Francisco. DAVIS is 17
years old, and says that since leaving his home he has been roaming around the
country. He was on his way to the railroad construction camps near Auburn, so
he says.
Harrison Cyclery, 1010 J - Lawn
blowers sharpened; called for, delivered.
Detective’s Honeymoon - On his fourteenth trip to
California, Detective Sergeant Norman FITZSSIMMONS, of New York, came not
alone, but was accompanied by his bride. This is his honeymoon, but on the side
he is seeking to extradite a man held prisoner in San Francisco, and wanted at
New York on seven counts of forgery.
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The Sacramento Bee
Monday, July 19, 1909
MOTHER
INSANE; HUSBAND IN JAIL
Tale of Wrecked Lives Told By Apprehension of Murray
A domestic tragedy, harrowing in its story of wrecked
lives, is revealed by the arrest of J.W. MURRAY, a teamster. While MURRAY lies
in jail, his wife is the inmate of an insane asylum and their baby of three
weeks is a waif at a foundling home.
The woman’s
mentality, never strong, began to fail rapidly after the birth of her child at
the County Hospital. What appeared to be inevitable happened after her husband
had left her penniless in a room on I Street, opposite the Court House, just after
bringing her back from the hospital. The multiplied troubles unhinged her mind
completely. When she threatened to kill herself and babe it was thought the
part of wisdom to send her to an asylum. Last week she was committed to Napa.
Murray’s last
ignoble act before leaving his wife was to steal $2 she had given him for
medicine. This money had been supplied her by Judge HUGHES, of the Juvenile
Court, out of an estate held by the woman’s adult daughter, now of San
Francisco. Instead of securing the medicine for his wife, Murray spent the
money in saloons, and then disappeared.
A search was
made for Murray by the Sheriff’s deputies, but without success until last
night. It was generally thought that he had fled to some remote part of the
State until a telephone message from the landlady informed the Sheriff last
night that the man had visited the room where he had left his wife. A few
minutes afterward he was overtaken on Seventh Street. The information that his
wife was insane shocked Murray into mild surprise, but he relapsed into
unconcern soon afterwards.
For his
conduct Murray may be sent to jail for a long period, as it lies in the power
of the Juvenile Court to charge him with a felony. Murray has a reputation with
his last employer of being a good workman, which is only equaled by his
capacity for liquor.
Meanwhile the
babe coos in a little crib at the Home of the Merciful Savior, unconscious of
the tragedy that its birth has brought. Charitable women put it there. Like its
mother, it is in sickly health, and may not survive very long.
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Sacramento Bee
Saturday October 23, 1909
CARD FROM WM. LAND
Having signed a contract with the Ransome
Concrete Company to wreck and rebuild the state House
Hotel, I desire to inform the public that I will close the business of the
hotel on Saturday evening, October 22d.
I wish also to thank the many guests who have favored
me with their patronage in the past and to inform them that I will re-open
about July 1st, 1910, at which time the new hotel will be nearly double the
capacity of the present building, and will combine every known feature of a
modern and up-to-date hotel.
Respectfully,
Wm. Land
TO REPLY TO SALOONS
The Rev. Frank M. BAKER, pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Sixth Street, between K and L, will preach a sermon to-morrow night on
the saloon question, taking as his subject: "Two Flags That Never Harmonize." His sermon will be an answer to the letter
sent to him by the Sacramento Royal Arch in which a plea is "made for
equal rights."
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Sacramento
Bee
Sacramento,
Sacramento County, California
4 November
1909, various pages
Fisk's
Injuries Result in Death
Wealth Hop Grower
Struck by Street Car Dies in Hospital
Charles
Fisk, a wealthy hop grower in the Riverside district, died last night at the
Sisters' Hospital from injuries sustained in a street car accident Monday
night. Internal injuries are believed to have been inflicted when a
Tenth-Street car struck FISK, but as the physicians in attendance were not
certain of this Coroner GORMLEY will hold an autopsy. FISK, according to
Motorman S. E. DRAKE and Conductor F. W. SMITH, was lying on the street-car
track in front of the Jolly Two saloon on the
Riverside Road when struck. The lower step of the car hit him and hurled him
some distance. He was picked up and rushed to the Sisters' Hospital.
Earlier in
the evening FISK had boarded the car at Tenth and W Streets and said he was
going home, which is a short distance beyond the new baths. When the car
reached the Jolly Two roadhouse FISK signaled the
conductor to stop and dismounted. Both the conductor and motorman say FISK was
intoxicated.
CITY NEWS IN
BRIEF
Rob Japanese
-- T. TAKAMOTO, a barber at 1122 1/2 Third Street, reported to the police last
night that his room had been entered and robbed of $4 in coin and several
pieces of jewelry. Takamoto was away at the time
celebrating the Emperor's birthday.
Marriage
Licenses in San Francisco -- The following marriage licenses have been issued
at San Francisco to residents of this city: Albert F. FORD, 29 years of age, of
Auburn, and Alice H. STAIGER, 30 years of age, of Sacramento; George L. MALM,
25 years of age, and Lillian E. NELSON, 20 years of age, both of Sacramento.
Building
Permit -- A permit was issued to-day to O. K. BISHOP to erect a two story frame
dwelling to cost $1,500 on part of lot three, V and W, Tenth and Eleventh
Streets.
Hurt in
Runaway -- Alfour PERUCHINI, an Italian vegetable
peddler, was severely hurt yesterday when his horse ran away. He was thrown to
the street at Fifth and J and cut about the head and face.
Reports Big
Winning -- Frank DAROUX, well known in Sacramento, reports having won $20,000
on the result of the election in San Francisco. Of this amount $3,000 was won
on McCARTHY and $17,000 on FICKERT.
Auto Strikes
Bicyclist -- Le Roy OSCHNER, elevator boy at the Oschner
Building, drove Dr. A. F. HIGGINS' automobile over the leg of J. F. KEARNS, a
lodge organizer, last evening at Seventh and K Streets, when the guard of the
machine struck the man, who was on a bicycle, throwing him into the street.
KEARNS was delayed somewhat in catching a train for Modesto, but aside from
this and a few minor bruises he was not badly hurt.
Personal
Notes
B.S. TRACY,
of Medford, Ore., is at the Hotel Sacramento.
Mrs. F. W.
BLANCHARD and Mrs. William H. LAWSON of Woodland are visiting here.
R. GOWER is
in town from Galt today.
Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. FROST of Oroville are visitors to Sacramento.
R. N. DAY is
down from Placerville on business.
J. T.
MORISON of Marysville is registered at the Capital Hotel.
W. C.
DILLIAN is a visitor from Ione.
H. L.
STRICKER of Arbuckle is in Sacramento on business.
Mr. and Mrs.
James MAYFIELD are visiting from Cordelia.
D. C.
CAMPBELL of Colfax is in town.
Mr. and Mrs.
NIESTRATH are up from Courtland.
H. A. OSTLER
is staying at the Golden Eagle Hotel from Reno.
N. W. McCONNELL is in town from Blue Canyon.
Mr. and Mrs.
W. SMITH are visitors from Folsom.
W. M.
FITZPATRICK is a Dunsmuir arrival in Sacramento.
Mrs. A. M.
REID and Miss REID, of Cosumnes, are among the guests
at Turclu Hotel.
W. B. COLBY
and son came to this city yesterday from Clarksburg.
Mrs. W. WOOD
of Roseville, is visiting this city.
Submitted by
Nancy Phillips ncpsac@comcast.net
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Sacramento
Bee
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, California
5 November
1909, page 2
CITY NEWS IN
BRIEF
Rigs Collide
-- A wagon belonging to S. H. FARLEY collided with a buggy belonging to D. W.
CARMICHAEL yesterday afternoon at Seventh and K Streets. The driver of the
wagon was thrown to the pavement but not seriously injured. CARMICHAEL's buddy
was demolished.
Dr. Howard
CAMERON removed his office to Elks' Building.
Andes' Case
Continued -- The case of J. H. ANDES, charged with embezzlement, was on the
calendar in the City Justice's Court this morning, but was continued a week at
the request of the attorneys for the defense.
Tired in Two
Days -- Hiram R. RATCLIFFE, an employe [sic] of the
Southern Pacific shops in this city, has brought suit for divorce in the
Superior Court from Jessie RATCLIFFE, through his attorney Eugene SOULE. The
plaintiff alleges that his bride deserted him in Texas, two days after their
marriage. They were married four years ago.
Woodmen
Initiate Class -- Camp Capital, No. 8056, Modern Woodmen of America, initiated
a class of about 100 candidates into the secrets of the order last Tuesday
night. The ritualistic work was exemplified by the team of Capital Camp,
assisted by State Deputy Head Consul H. V. REES. Many Woodmen from neighboring
cities were present.
Laborer is
Bankrupt -- C. J. MALONE, claiming to be a laborer of Sacramento, has filed a
petition in the United States District Court at San Francisco to be declared a
bankrupt. He owes $402.27, and he has nothing with which to settle his debts.
Gets Ten
Days -- James WELCH, arrested for malicious mischief on complaint of James McMANUS, an employe of the
Northern Electric Railway, pleaded guilty in the City Justice's Court this
morning and was given ten days in jail. He was caught in the act of cutting open
a sack at the Northern Electric freight depot at Second and M Streets.
Teamsters
Fight -- V. PIAGGI and D. PARKER, both teamsters, engaged in a fist fight at
Second and L Streets at an early hour this morning, and were arrested by Patrolmen
RYAN and PATTERSON. No complaint was filed against them, however, and they were
discharged when their cases were called in the City Justice's Court this
morning.
Suite
against Dredger Begins -- The suit of W. S. KENDALL against the El Dorado Gold
Dredging Company to annul a lease of land near Folsom, was begun in the
Superior Court yesterday before Judge POST. The case will be on trial for
several days.
Head Badly
Battered -- Frank HOWARD, a horseman, who claims Colusa as his home, was taken
to the Receiving Hospital last night with a badly battered head. He was under
the influence of liquor and claimed that he had been beaten and robbed.
His Ankle
Injured -- A horse ridden by Leslie HULEN, a 10-year-old boy of Oak Park,
slipped and fell to the pavement at Tenth and L Streets this morning, injuring
the lad's ankle. The little fellow was picked up by the occupants of the house
on the northeast corner of Tenth and L Streets, who dressed his injury. He was
later sent to the Receiving Hospital.
Another
Bicycle Stolen -- N. W. MONTGOMERY, of 1819 K Street, reported to the police
this morning that his bicycle was stolen last night. The police believe that it
was ridden away by some mischievous boy.
PERSONAL
NOTES
M. A. ROSE
and wife, of Roseville, are among guests at the Turclu Hotel.
Mrs. H. L.
CUSHMAN and sister, of Clarksburg, came to Sacramento yesterday.
J. C. SMITH,
of Courtland, will spend a few days in this city.
E. McSHEA, of Stockton, is registered at the Turclu Hotel.
William
LEHMAN, of Auburn, is visiting this city.
P. NEWMAN
and wife of Elk Grove, are among the guests at the Turclu
Hotel.
Submitted by
Nancy Phillips ncpsac@comcast.net
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Sacramento
Bee
Sacramento,
Sacramento County, California
8 November
1909, page 12
City News in
Brief
State Bar
Association -- A meeting of lawyers from all parts of the State has been called
in San Francisco for next Wednesday for the purpose of forming a State Bar Association.
Attorneys Grove L. JOHNSON, Robert WARING and A. M. SEYMOUR will represent the
local Bar Association.
Willis
Resigns as Editor -- E. B. WILLIS has resigned as editor of the Sacramento
Weekly, a society publication which he and J. M. ANDERSON recently launched in
this city. The publication appeared Saturday with the name of Mr. WILLIS
omitted from its place on the editorial page. The paper will continue under Mr.
Anderson's direction.
Whooping
Cough Fatal -- Coroner GORMLEY held an inquest yesterday over the remains of
Pearl QUEDEN, 2 years old, who died on a passenger train while on the way from
Seattle to this city. It was found that the little one succumbed to whooping
cough. It died in its mother's arms.
Was Stanford
Student -- Herbert FRAZER, who was killed by a fall from a telephone pole near
Folsom last Saturday, as told in The Bee of that day, was a student of Stanford
University, and a member of a prominent San Jose family. He was in the third
year of a course of engineering at Stanford.
Successor
for Bruncken -- State Librarian GILLIS was authorized
to exhaust every means to find a successor of suitable caliber to Ernest
BRUNCKEN, who recently resigned the place of research librarian to go to
Washington, at a meeting of the Board of State Library Trustees, Saturday
afternoon. The State Librarian may go East to search
for the man needed for the place.
Porch
Climber at Work -- J. WILLIAM, who has a room in the second story of a building
at 1630 Eleventh Street, has reported to the police that early yesterday
morning his room was entered and $4 stolen from him. The thief climbed to the
roof of the porch and entered the room through the window.
Hurt by Fall -- Thomas EPPERSON, a teamster, fell from a truck he was
driving yesterday afternoon and was taken to the Sisters' Hospital suffering
from injuries to his back and head.
Alleged
Thief Caught -- Detectives RICHARDS and KRIPP and Policeman MALONE yesterday
caught Sandy ROBERTS, colored, who is charged with robbing a man of $80 in
Stockton.
Dr. A.
EBERLE, Dentist, has opened offices in the Ruhstaller
Bldg., 9th and J.
Submitted by
Nancy Phillips ncpsac@comcast.net
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