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WEAVERVILLE, June 23 - A.N.
WELLES, general manager of the Union hill group of mines, returned Tuesday from
a business trip in the interests of the mine, which took him to several Eastern
cities.
William R. BEALE and Henry
NEILSEN of the Hotel Lorenz, Redding, were at the Bullychoop mine this week.
Mrs. Mary
PAULINE of Douglas City left Wednesday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs.
CARRICO of
Mrs. Morris COLLINS and son and
Miss Josie KENRICK of Indian creek are visiting in town this week.
Mrs. Charles HALDERMAN went to
the Union hill mine Wednesday. She expects to spend the summer there with her
husband.
Miss Daisy GAROUTTE, who teaches
the Douglas City school, left Wednesday for her home in Chico, Cal.
Mrs. George WILLIAMS and family
arrived in
Laurence JORDAN of Ono, Shasta
county, is visiting with his grandparents in
George JUMPER, who is a student
at St. Mary’s College in Oakland, came home Thursday evening for the summer
vacation.
Mrs. James MORRIS, who left here
last Sunday to join her husband, who is under the care of physicians in Red
Bluff, writes that he is improving rapidly.
At
the meeting held by the Weaverville Fire Company Wednesday night a uniform
consisting of dark blue shirt and dark trousers and belt was adopted. The shirt
is to have the monogram “W.F.C.” in white appliqued
on the bosom. The committee appointed to take charge of the celebration on the
Fourth of July has announced that it will be principally for the juvenile
population of the town. There will probably be a parade in the morning. The
literary exercises will be conducted entirely by the children. In the afternoon
there will be sports, and they hope to have fireworks in the evening. A ball
will conclude the day’s pleasures.
COLUSA,
June 23 - Frank REEVE received word yesterday from his attorney in
OROVILLE, June 23 - Mrs. C.L.
BILLS entertained her friends at a most delightful five hundred party yesterday
at her home in this city. She had invited nearly fifty of her friends to her
home, and a most enjoyable time was had by all. The first prize, a beautiful
cut-glass bon-bon dish, went to Mrs. A.F. JONES; the second prize, an exquisite
cut-glass vase, to Mrs. H.J. GRAHAM, and the consolation prize for the lowest
score made, a fancy vase, went to Mrs. George FETHERSTON.
The
list of invited guests was as follows: Mrs. A.F. JONES, Mrs. FETHERSTON, Mrs.
H.J. GRAHAM, Mrs. J.H. BOWERS, Mrs. T.C. LEE, Mrs. J.C. OSGOOD, Mrs. J.H.
KARSNER, Mrs. T.D. M. SLAVEN, Mrs. W.W. GINGLES, Mrs. M.E. LARKIN, Mrs.
BALDWIN, Mrs. W.E. DUNCAN, Jr., Mr. Charles HELMAN, Mrs. ALEXANDER, Mrs. J.M.
LONG, Miss Evelyn E. THOMPSON of Sacramento, Miss HALES, Mrs. E.H. NEWBOLD,
Mrs. E.F. ESTEN, Mrs. S.H. WILSON, Mrs. HAMLYN, Mrs. WOODALL, Miss SEXTON, Mrs.
LEGGETT, Mrs. R.S. KITRICK, Mrs. E.H. ORR, Mrs. G.W. BRADEN, Mrs. J.E.
SANGSTER, Mrs. W.P. HAMMON, Mrs. R.S. POWERS, Miss Georgia HAMMON, Mrs. J.A.
LAWRENCE, Mrs. Karl KRUG, Mrs. O.C. PERRY, Mrs. A.E. BOYNTON, Mrs. John GALE,
Mrs. T.B. REARDON, Mrs. R.H. DUNN, Mrs. DURBROW.
OROVILLE,
June 23 - Andrew PERSICH, a workman at the Wattis
camp of the Utah Construction company, was brought into the company’s hospital
in this city yesterday badly mangled and with about half a dynamite box
distributed through various portions of his anatomy. It appeared that Persich was unfastening a can of black powder, using a
wrench to accomplish this purpose. Having opened the can of powder he
carelessly threw the wrench into a box half filled with dynamite. The next
moment Persich, the box and the dynamite were so
mixed up that the physicians had not finished separating them at a late hour
last night. Despite the fact that the wounded man is most seriously injured,
the physicians report that they expect he will recover.
REDDING, June 23 - Volney FOX, contractor, carrying the United States mail
between Redding and Weaverville, has had his bid at $4800 rejected three times,
and the postoffice department is calling for bids for
fourth time.
The mail is being carried at
present by Mr. Fox for $1093, but he says that the price is too low. His
contract runs out on July 1st, but the Government has demanded a two
months’ extension and may make it six months.
Mr.
Fox says that he is anxious to get rid of the contract, for there is no profit
in hauling the heavy mail-wagon over the route, which is fifty-five miles long.
His are the only bids that have been made for the contract.
AUBURN
(Cal.), June 23 - Sherman DRESSER, a commercial traveler, who was brought from
Forest Hill last week suspected of being demented, committed suicide last night
in the county jail, cutting his throat with a bread-knife, dying in fifteen
minutes. He was born in
AUBURN, June 23 - Auburn Parlor, N.S.G.W., has elected officers as follows: M.J. PREDOM, president; Alfred BOYNE, first vice-president; Alfred DIXON, second vice-president; John THRELKEL, third vice-president; Ferdinand MORGAN, marshal; J.F. HODGE, secretary; L.L. CHAMBERLAIN, treasurer.
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Evening Bee,
DOZEN BALLOONS CARRY DYNAMITE
Sent High In Air With Lightened
Fuses Attached, and Discharge Resembled Heavy Rolls of Thunder.
A dozen toy paper balloons were
purchased. To each of these balloons was attached a stick of dynamite with a
lighted fuse inserted. The length of the fuse was carefully estimated so that
the explosion would come when the balloon would probably reach its greatest
altitude.
Thus
primed and loaded, the balloons were sent up one at a time. The explosions that
followed rivaled anything ever heard in the thunder line in
MUST
ANSWER FOR SHOOTING PARTNER
BECKWITH (Plumas Co.), July 10 -
F. CHAMBERS, a saloon keeper of this place, who was taken to Quincy last Friday
by Deputy Sheriff S.B. PARISH to be tried and examined on a charge of insanity,
was found to be only partially unbalanced. CHAMBERS stated himself that was
true.
At
the close of the proceedings of the Court in
ANDERSON
(Shasta Co.), July 10 - The farm home of J. DAIS, three-quarters of a mile east
of town, was burned to the ground Sunday
Later Details
of the Train Wreck at Gregory Causes Wonder That No Deaths Resulted from
Mishap.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), July 10 - The
wreck at Gregory, Sunday night, of the second section of No. 15, the southbound
express, as reported in last night’s Bee, delayed all trains twenty-one hours,
the track not being opened up to traffic until 6 o’clock last evening.
The marvel of the wreck is that
no lives were lost. Five cars and the locomotive were involved. The tender
rolled down the bank into the river, where it now lies half submerged. The two
forward baggage cars were telescoped. The locomotive itself, which twisted
across the track, and plowed its nose into the bank on the right
was badly smashed up. The way baggage car and the express car were not damaged
farther than to be lifted from their trucks and toppled over, almost ready to
drop into the river. Only the forward trucks of the smoker left the rails.
Jack CAMPBELL, of Dunsmuir,
engineer, stayed with his locomotive, and, strangely, crawled from under the
wreck without a scratch upon him. Fireman H.T. LONG tumbled with the tender
towards the river. He dropped short of the water. R.M. STUART, the express
guard, was the only man on the train that was hurt. His right arm was crushed,
but no bones were broken. He received a gash in the cheek and a cut or two in
the scalp. Stuart is a regular policeman in
In
clearing up the wreck the big wrecker from
KENNETT (Shasta Co.), July 10 -
The Friday-Loydon group of copper claims, three miles
west of Kennett, was bonded yesterday to the Mammoth Copper Company for
$200,000. The bond will have a life of eighteen months, and should the group
show up under developments made during that period, the Mammoth Company will
purchase the property.
The Friday-Lowdon
mines, so named from their locators, are owned by Walter FRIDAY, John R. LOWDON
of
The deal,
now half consummated, is considered a very important one in this district.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 10 -
Miss Gertrude NOE, of this city, and John Herbert MITCHELL, of Oakland, were
married at the home of the bride’s uncle, Supervisor T.J. VAUGHN, near this
city, to-day, at 10 o’clock. Rev. T.G. PICTON, pastor of the Christian Church,
officiated.
The
bride is well known in educational circles, having been a teacher in the
Body Dug Up by Coyotes That of
William Vienas or Turner Palmer, and Indications
Point To Foul Crime.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), July
10 - The badly decomposed body of a man was found Sunday two miles from
Hayfork, where it had just been dug up by coyotes or other scavenger animals.
It is believed that the man was murdered and the body then buried to cover up
evidence of the crime.
People of Hayfork believe that
the body is that of William VIENAS, who disappeared so mysteriously last
October, while he was on his way from the Hyampom
copper mines to Hayfork, as told in the Bee at the time. And, again, there is
evidence to indicate that the remains are those of Turner Palmer.
Coroner RYAN has gone to Hayfork
to hold an inquest and Sheriff BERGIN went along to hunt evidence.
Articles of clothing lay
scattered about the human bones. In a pocket was found a bottle of medicine. The
prescription label was that of B. BARNICKEL’s drug
store in Weaverville. The number was legible. Mr. BARNICKEL, turning to his
records, found that on October 6 last he put up the prescription - a simple
ointment - for Turner PALMER.
The story of the mysterious
disappearance of William VIENAS is well remembered. Last October he left his
cabin on the Hyampom copper mines, twenty miles west
of Hayfork, to go over the mountains to Hayfork, taking his dog with him. His
partner was to follow him a few days later, going by a different route, but
promising to meet him in Hayfork. A few days after Vienas
left, his famished dog returned to the cabin and behaved very strangely. The
partner noticed the dog’s peculiar actions, but made no further investigation.
A day or so later he went to Hayfork. Arriving there, he was surprised that Vienas had not got there ahead of him.
For days and days search was made
for Vienas. No trace of him could be found. Some
urged that he might have perished in the storm that set in after he started.
But it was also held that he could not have perished in the storm, for the snow
was not deep and he knew the trail like a book. Furthermore, he had time to
reach Hayfork before the storm set in, late in the day that he made the outward
trip.
Nothing has been heard from Vienas from that day to this. Was he murdered and his body
buried? Is the body that the coyotes have uncovered two miles south of Hayfork
that of Vienas? But how about the bottle of medicine
purchased October 6 in Weaverville by Turner PALMER? How could Vienas have that in his possession?
There
is a deep mystery about the case, and the result of
the investigation to be made by the Coroner and the Sheriff is awaited with
much interest.
Caught in the Act, Aided by
11-year-old Sister, And Placed Under Arrest by Foreman
of Ranch.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), July
10 - Evelina WALKER, a 14 year-old girl, was held to
answer late yesterday afternoon to a charge of attempting to steal horses, a
felony.
The girl and her sister, 11 years
of age, were arrested a couple of weeks ago by Foreman KING of the Cohen-Bishop
ranch, about seven miles north of this city, as told in The Bee at the time.
King was on his way out to the ranch with his wife and a hired man when he saw
someone running the horses in the big pasture. The animals seemed terribly
frightened and King surmised things were not right. He and the hired man
returned to the pasture. By that time the horses had been driven into the
largest of three corrals. It was then about
The two men watched the
proceedings for fully three hours until they were certain by the sound of the
voices that the people who were weeding out the horses were girls. The girls
worked until they had driven all the animals but two into the other corrals.
The smaller girl was stationed at the gate and the defendant was riding her
horse, attempting to lasso the others. King stated that she swore like a
trooper when unable to catch the wild equines. King and the hired man placed
the sisters under arrest and took them to the Sheriff’s office.
The girls’ story during the
preliminary examination was that they had been hunting birds’ eggs, and that the
defendant’s horse had got away and had joined the band of sixty or more animals
in the pasture. She said that it took until
Justice PARKER, who held the girl
to answer, stated that there was little doubt but that she and her sister had
attempted to steal the horses.
The
The defendant will have to answer before Superior Court. She may be allowed to enter a plea of guilty and be sent to a reform school. Sheriff SIBLEY states that the two have been in various other similar transactions, but that no action was taken before because they were girls. The two are out on bail.
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Evening Bee,
Mother of Murdered Infant Takes
Stand and Describes Indian Woman’s Fiendish Attack on Her.
YREKA (
Siskiyou Co.), July 11 - As told in The Bee last evening, Dora CHIPP,
the young Indian woman who killed the infant child of Mrs. William BEALE, was
held to answer as the result of Court proceedings held here yesterday.
The preliminary hearing commended
in the morning before Judge W.M. THOMAS, District Attorney LUTTRELL appearing
for The People, and Attorneys James D. FAIRCHILD and F.W. HOOPER for the
defendant.
The prisoner was escorted in to
Court by Sheriff HOWARD and Deputy GANEY. The first witness called was Mrs.
William Beale, who described her meeting with the defendant on the road about
two miles distant from her home. Words passed between them and Dora CHIPP tore
the reins from the head of Mrs. Beale’s horse. Then, alighting from the horse
which she was riding, as Mrs. Beale left her rig, both women started to scuffle
in the road, the white woman being twice thrown to the ground.
The Chipp
woman and Mrs. Beale struggled for possession of the latter’s revolver. They
arose and separated, the defendant gaining possession of the weapon as they did
so. She then shot Mrs. Beale in the chin. The white woman ran toward a
neighbor’s house, but fell. While on the ground she thought she heard another
shot, which is presumed to be the shot that killed the child. Arising, Mrs.
Beale continued to the house, where she was followed on horseback by the
defendant, who emptied the revolver at the house where Mrs. Beale had taken
refuge. In the meantime the baby lay in the road. The next time Mrs. Beale saw
the child it was dead.
Mrs. Cinda
CRAME, Dora Chipp’s half-sister, testified that she
had informed the defendant that Mrs. Beale would visit Mrs. THACKERY’s
house on the day of the shooting, she having learned of the fact from Mrs.
Beale some three days prior thereto. It proved that Dora Chipp,
having received the information of the proposed visit to Thackery’s,
laid in wait for Mrs. Beale.
The preliminary hearing was
reopened in the afternoon. Dr. McMULTY, County
Physician, was called and testified as to the results of an autopsy held on the
remains of the Beale child, which showed that two bullets had entered the
brain, one from the back and the other from the side of the head, either of
which would cause death. The witness also identified one of the bullets
extracted from the brain, also the powder-stained hood with bullet holes
through it.
Henry F. GENEY, Deputy Sheriff,
identified a loaded revolver found among the personal effects of the defendant
at the time of her incarceration in the County Jail here, and also testified
that at a subsequent time, when asked why she had killed the child, she
answered, “I had reason to do it.”
The
People closed the case, and the defendant did not offer any defense. Justice
THOMAS carefully summed up the evidence and ordered the defendant held to
answer to the charge of murder without bail.
BECKWITH (Plumas Co.), July 11 -
The trial of Albert Clout for the shooting of George LE VALLEY, of Marysville,
early on the morning of July 2d, was tried before Justice of the Peace Frank L.
NUTTER Monday afternoon. The case was rather an extended one for Beckwith,
requiring five hours for the examination and cross-examination of witnesses,
the pleas by the attorneys in behalf of plaintiff and defense, and the
rendering of the verdict by the Judge.
The charge brought against Clout
was wilful, unlawful and felonious assault upon the
person of George LE VALLEY. Deputy District Attorney M.C.CURR handled the case
for the plaintiff, Attorney JONES, of
The
decision of the Court was that Clout is guilty of the crime attributed to him
and that he be held under bail of $10,000, waiting the session of the Grand
Jury. Later it was decided to lower the amount inasmuch as it would be
impossible for the defense to raise such a sum.
Following this announcement comes
that of the appointment of Mr. DIMMICK, Vice-President of the Company, and
present manager, to the position of General Superintendent, vice F.A. ROSS. F.A. Ross, former Superintendent, has been transferred to
Sacramento, where he is employed by the Company in another capacity.
The
constant increase of the work and the creation of new departments is bringing many able men to
Mrs. Dorka
Denies Wrong Relations With Tillotson
and Tells of Her Husband’s Threats to Murder.
The most that Dorka
could be held to account for would be manslaughter, and in his blind, helpless
condition, no jury would convict the husband, who sought out the alleged
destroyer of his home, and in his jealous passion mistook an innocent man for
the tempter who, he claims, alienated his wife’s affections.
The full details of the
conditions and events which led to the shooting were not given in the first
reports of the tragedy, and while the wife of Dorka
protests her innocence of any criminal intimacy with Tillotson,
she tells rather a remarkable story. According to her version she left the
dance hall at Last Chance the night of the tragedy at
Mrs. Dorka
gave the alarm as to her husband’s intentions, and several friends tried to
intercede and dissuade him from his purpose, but he drove everyone away from
him. A warning was sent to Tillotson at the Home
Ticket Mine not to come to Last Chance until Dorka’s
anger had subsided, but it was only a few minutes after this that Dorka arrived at the mine and the tragedy occurred.
Dorka’s story agrees substantially with his wife’s
in the important particulars. He is lying at his home, attended by his wife,
but those who visited the place say that there is no air of wifely devotion
about her, and that she does not appear to regret the awful predicament of her
husband.
It will be several weeks before Dorka’s condition will be so he can appear in Court.
The sentiment in the mountain
neighborhood where the killing occurred is in favor of Tillotson.
The
people of Last Chance were highly incensed over the killing of Polifka, and threats of lynching Dorka
were made.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), July
11 - The Sheriff and Coroner are still at Hayfork making a thorough
investigation into the case of the dead body found buried in the sand there, as
told in yesterday’s Bee. It is now clear that the corpse is not that of William
VIENAS, and everything points to its being that of Turner PALMER. Vienas had red hair, while that on the body found is light
brown, and the frame work is much larger than his.
Not much is known of Palmer. He
came from the
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METCALF WILL BE AT THE HEAD OF NAVY
DEPARTMENT
Californian Will Take More Important
Portfolio When President’s Cabinet Is Reorganized.
The following statement regarding prospective
changes in President Roosevelt’s Cabinet was made public last night at the
White House:
“On the retirement of Secretary SHAW and
Attorney-General MOODY from the cabinet, the following changes will be made:
“Secretary of the
Treasury - George B. CORTELYOU.
“Postmaster-General - George L. VAN MEYER.
“Attorney-General - Charles J. BONAPARTE.
“Secretary of the Navy -
Victor H. METCALF.
“Secretary of Commerce
and Labor - Oscar S. STRAUSS.”
The general understanding for some time has
been that Attorney-General MOODY would retire on January 1 and that Secretary SHAW
will follow him March 4 next. On the first day of the year, therefore, Mr.
BONAPARTE, who is now Secretary of the Navy, will succeed Mr. MOODY as
Attorney-General, and he will be succeeded by Mr. METCALF, Secretary of
Commerce and Labor, the latter’s place being filled by Mr. STRAUSS. Mr. CORTELYOU , now Post-Master General, will take Secretary SHAW’s place on March 4, at which time Mr. MEYER is to
become Postmaster-General.
The appointment of Mr. STRAUSS caused
considerable surprise as it will be the first case where a citizen of the
Hebrew faith has been made a member of the President’s Cabinet. He was born in
1850 and is well known as a merchant, diplomat and author. He represented the
United Sates as Minister to
HAPPENINGS AROUND THE
BAY.
Embezzling Post Office Clerk -
C.J. HARRINGTON, accused of having embezzled
$1600, while in charge of the money order division of the
Death Ends Case -
The case against Peter P. SAVAGE has been
dismissed by the United States Commissioner HEACOCK, SAVAGE having died of
consumption on October 20th. SAVAGE, who was a special policeman,
had been indicted for swearing falsely in a naturalization case.
GENEROUS HUSBAND -
Eugene P. MODRY is in the liquor business, and , according to his wife, makes between $250 and $500 a
month, and has property worth at least $4000, yet she says that in a year of
married life he gave her but $10 for clothes, and refused her car fare to come
from Greenbrae to
DOESN’T WANT HIS MONEY -
That State Senator Milton William SIMPSON, of
Alameda, who is accused of being the father of Isabelle DAVIS’ child, is either
badly frightened, or that somebody is fabricating was indicated when the girl
told of his alleged offers of money and promises to adopt the babe if she would
only drop the criminal charge she has brought against him. “My boy’s name shall
be Milton William SIMPSON, Jr., or his father shall go to jail,” declared the
girl vehemently. “Nothing less than marriage will satisfy me. I don’t want
Senator SIMPSON’s money, and he shall not adopt the
child. It is either marriage or jail for him. Captain SMILEY came with papers
for me to sign, and offered all sorts of inducements for me to drop the case,
but I will not do it until I have justice for myself and little one. I do not
care to say how much money was offered, as it might prejudice my case.”
WHAT IF THEY PROVE THEM? -
Four public school teachers have been cited
to appear before the Board of Education to substantiate the inferential charges
of graft that were made against those in authority by members of their
Association at a mass meeting held several days ago. So far, at least, the four
teachers cited to appear have evinced no intention to retract any statement
made by them. Madison BABCOCK, C.W. MOORES, B.L. MANN and Dr. Margaret MAHONEY are
the names of those who will be called upon to sustain their statements. All are
teachers of long standing and wide acquaintances.
FRUIT GROWER DEAD.
Stevenson P. STOCKTON, fruit and grape
grower, who settled in this valley in 1857, died last night. He was from
PARKER GIVES HEARST ROAST
Says Editor Committed High Crime In Politics.
Judge Alton B. PARKER delivered a scathing
arraignment of William R. HEARST in the course of an address at a mass meeting
in this city last night. He called upon his hearers to vote for members of the
judiciary who are free of boss control, and made the announcement that he had
left the bench never to return.
“There is no difference between a Republican
machine where the Republican Party is in control and a Democratic machine, but
in this particular canvass our work is directed against a combination of the
independent Leagues and Democratic machine. Our friends included twelve out of
the thirteen candidates, and I suppose we ought to be satisfied with that. But
if the gallant leader of the Republican machine, himself a man of learning, of
character, of great ability, and , as I believe, of
lofty patriotic purposes, was unequal to the opportunity to arise to that full hight (sic) which the occasion offered him, what, I should
like to know, could you expect of a machine that was dominated by a MURPHY or a
HEARST, or both in combination?
“The evidence is unmistakable,” continued
Judge PARKER, “the leader of Tammany Hall realized that the only opportunity he
would have for patronage this year would be in the judicial ticket. Did you
suppose there would be any inducement for him to place his hand in the hands of
the man who denounced his as a corruptionist and a
criminal and had pictured him with stripes upon him and a ball and chain at his
feet? And yet he did it. He did more.
“Aspiring to be the leader of his party in
the State, he nevertheless went to a Convention, and there, by his will and by
his force, by his ability to command this and that man to break his promise, he
turned a minority into a majority. He made a Convention which had a valid title
a fraudulent Convention. Those things were done which in business constitute a crime.
These things also constitute a crime in politics.”
ARE TO ATTEND BARBECUE
FOR
The Iroquois Club of
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
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
A committee was also appointed to raise funds
for the reception of
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
PERSONAL NOTES
P.C. COHN of Folsom is in the city.
Dr. C.F. GLADDING and wife of Folsom are
visiting
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.
H. MARKS of
H.F. TUREY of
S. PERRY of
G.C. WEBER of
T.C. MOREHOUSE of
A. ABBEY of
L. QUIGLEY of
B. EDWARDS of
C.J. ALLEN of
S.D. GORDON of
F.M.
Mrs. J.E. GRANT and daughter, Miss Vivian
GRANT, of Oakland, are guests of Mrs. Sim BROWN of
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Saturday Bee -
217 ENTRYMEN ON LAND OFFICE LIST
Forty Dropped Out Because Applicants Ahead of
Them Secured Acreage They Wanted to File On.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), November 3
Two hundred and seventeen names of entrymen were on the Land Office list after the rush was
over Thursday evening. Two hundred and fifty-seven land-seekers were given
places in the line. The difference between the two numbers indicates that forty
dropped out when they found that the land of their choice had been taken by
some one nearer the head of the column. More than 217 filings were made, for
some entrymen filed on a timber claim and homestead.
Thirty-nine entries of scrip were made before
the close, the scrip being found to be in proper form The scripped
land lies mostly in Siskiyou and Tehama counties, very little Shasta County
land being taken in that manner.
More timber entries than homesteads were
entered, there being forty-four of the latter and 182 of the former. In the
case of the timber claimants subdivisions as small as
forty acres were taken.
There is not much timber left in this part of
the State outside of the Reserves. Many of the claims taken are not valuable
for their commercial timber, farmers and stockmen taking up the timber areas to
protect their ranges and to furnish firewood for domestic use.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), November 2 -
The erstwhile happy family circle at the home
of John H. BOOTH, consisting of the youthful parents and two sets of twins, has
a vacancy, death having claimed one of the youngest pair, which arrived five
months ago. The mate to the one called, also a girl, is in feeble health. The
mother of the little ones is also on the sick list.
FIRST SEINING OF SALMON FOR SEASON
Day Catch Not Very Satisfactory, But Night
Operations Give Much Better Results.
BAIRD (Shasta Co.), November 3 -
The crew of the
The first catch yesterday was not very
satisfactory as to numbers, but better returns were obtained last night. Two
arc lights on the river bank illuminate the fishing ground so that the seining
crew can see to work. Salmon are not so shrewd by
electric light as they are by daylight. In the daytime many of them swim around
the ends of the sein and avoid capture. Within a
week, at the farthest, the season will be in full swing.
Thirty-two million eggs were taken here last
season. Better returns are expected this season, for last Summer’s run was
almost a failure because the high water of May and June took out the racks and
permitted thousands of fish to escape downstream before spawning was over.
ISAAC GLAZIER DEAD
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), November 3
Through a letter from
SNOW AND RAIN UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
The first snow of the season is reported
above this city. Yesterday morning a heavy fall was noted at Gaston and last
night the “beautiful” was falling softly as far down as Blue Tent. A message
was received from the Herkimer Mine in
In this section rain fell during the day and
for and for a greater portion of the night. The air was very cold. Indications
are good for a continuance of the storm.
That it will work good
is attested by statements of
DYING OF PNEUMONIA AT GOLDFIELD CAMP
A dispatch was received here yesterday
afternoon from Goldfield,
McLACHLAN recently staked out half a dozen claims at
the new camp of Golden Arrow, where a rich strike was made a short time ago.
Then he returned here and after transacting some business left again for the
desert to take steps to work his property. On arriving at Goldfield he was
stricken with pneumonia. He has resided here for years and is well known as a
miner.
FIRST SNOW STORM OF SEASON IS EARLY
The first snowstorm of the season took place
yesterday afternoon, and all the mountain tops that can be seen from this place
are white with snow. Samuel CUPPLES, Roadmaster for
the Southern Pacific Company, reported that there was four inches of snow lying
on the ground at the summit. The storm continued until
MRS. CASEY DIES
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), November 3 -
News has been received of the death of Mrs.
Winifred CASEY, an old-time resident of this county and relict of the late
Peter CASEY. The couple formerly resided in
SHASTA MAN DIES
A.A. RICE passed away yesterday shortly after
PROFESSOR WICKSON ON CHICO MEETING
Professor E.J. WICKSON, Dean of the
The California Teachers’ Association will
hold its next convention at Fresno during Christmas week, and President VAN
LIEW has arranged with Professor WICKSON for joint meetings of farmers and
teachers in connection with that convention and programs will be announced in
due time. The first assemblies of that kind will, however, be
held in co-operation with the
HAD BOGUS CHECK
NANA (Napa Co.), November 3 -
A.B. CARSE presented a check for $15 to
Constable George SECORD yesterday and asked him to cash it. In being refused,
CARSE went around town for several hours and made frequent endeavors to pass
the check on various merchants and saloon-keepers, all of whom had refused him.
The check was drawn on the Bank of Calistoga, and SECORD being confident that a
fictitious name was signed to it, telephoned to the bank of Calistoga and
received a reply yesterday afternoon to the effect that there was no account in
the bank to the name written on the check. CARSE was arrested.
FELL FROM BUILDING
J.S. BURDGE, a carpenter in the employ of
Contractor F.J. BEATY, was severely injured yesterday by falling from a
building on which he was at work. It was while he was descending a ladder
leading from the roof of the building that he became dizzy and fell, breaking
his collar bone and injuring himself otherwise. Mr. BURDGE is a man of about 63
years, and his age will go somewhat against his recovering soon.
THROWN INTO ROAD
MANTON (Tehama Co.), November 3 -
Roy DAVIS, who was hauling lumber along the
road below here yesterday, was thrown to the ground by the breaking of an axle
and suffered a number of severe injuries. He was unable to help himself and lay
in the road five hours, until the stage came along. He was then picked up and
brought here. He will recover.
DIES AT
Benjamin FLETCHER, a logger employed by the
Diamond Match Company near Stirling City, died here
yesterday morning from Bright’s disease after an
extended illness. He has no living relatives and little is known of his
antecedents.
SKULL FRACTURED
Orrin TIPTON, who lives about fourteen miles
from here, was thrown from a horse yesterday afternoon. His skull was
fractured, and he lay unconscious until
ADMIRAL TO STAY
VALLEJO (Solano Co.), November 3 -
Rear Admiral LYON, Commandant of the
Is Wanted At
SUISUN (Sonoma Co.), November 3 - The man
captured here Thursday under the name of Edward GETTS, as told in The Bee, turns
out to be Charles HARRINGTON, and in taking him in
Constable DOWNING made no mistake. He is the man
HARRINGTON, it appears, gave Constable
BOSWELL of Santa Rosa, the slip. When that officer placed him under arrest
Wednesday night he asked permission to step into an adjoining room and change
his coat. It was granted, and he never came back. He was searched for that
night, but not found. The next morning it was learned he had boarded a train at
Melitta, and then word was sent out to various towns,
including Suisun.
For some time past the man had been suspected
of the crime, and was being watched, but no evidence could be obtained against
him. His victim is said to be one of the little girls who attempted to run away
to
For some time past the man has been taking
both the little girls out riding and being familiar with them, according to
their statements, and he even took them to adjacent cities late at night. The
warrant for his arrest was sworn to before Justice A.J. ATCHINSON.
SUSANVILLE (Lassen Co.), November 3 - In
spite of the fact that seven out of the twenty-one precincts in
STANDISH (Lassen Co.), November 3 - W.H.H.
FULLER, of this place, died here Wednesday night of pneumonia and was taken to
Susanville for burial Friday.
Nothing is known of his early life, except
that he was a native of
Modoc and Lassen Feel That Their Big Neighbor
Does Not Allow Them Fair Representation
SUSANVILLE (Lassen Co.), November 3 - N.A.
CORNISH, of Alturas, candidate for Assemblyman of the Republican ticket, is
about the only candidate in these parts who has other than a personal issue in
the campaign. He has made a thorough canvas on the following issue:
This Assembly District is composed of Lassen,
Modoc and
Lassen and Modoc have practically identical
interests but differ greatly from Shasta in those interests. Forbearance now
ceases to be a virtue, and the time has come to call a halt, says
CORNISH.
The plan is to pursue one of two courses to
break Shasta’s monopoly on the office and secure a fair degree of
representation for Modoc and Lassen. The first is to place Lassen and Modoc in
a district by themselves, giving them an Assemblyman jointly, and making
The second method is to have a law passed
which would provide for a rotation of Assemblymen: that is, requiring an
Assemblyman to be elected alternately from each county. The
first say, from Lassen; two years later from Modoc, and two years later from
Mr. CORNISH promises if elected to do his
utmost to put through a measure like one of these if possible and calls upon
the Republicans and Democrats alike to help elect him. Probably, when the
Shasta voters hear of his plan, it will not, to say the least, help CORNISH in
that part of the district, but he hopes to unite the Republicans and Democrats
in Lassen and Modoc Counties and succeed in being elected. The population is
increasing so rapidly in Shasta that should the plan fail this Fall in all probability things will continue as they are for
many years to come.