A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Sacramento http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=38401 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: The Evening Bee Article Date: July 26 1906 Article Description: Adolph Weber may not live until date set for execution; Suisun Fire; Western Nevada State News Article Text: The Evening Bee Sacramento, cal. Thursday, July 26, 1906 Page 7 PREDICTED THAT WEBER WILL NEVER ASCEND THE SCAFFOLD Prisoner's Health Is Such He May Not Live Until September 12th FOLSOM (Sacramento Co.), July 26 - Adolph WEBER may not live until September 12, the date of his execution. It is well understood by the people of Folsom that his condition is most precarious. Those who saw the murderer on the day of this arrival from Auburn declare that when the irons were taken from him he was limp and helpless, and tottered rather than walked. That this condition was not due to his having been kept in irons on the journey over the county roads is proved by the fact that since lodged in the prison his condition has grown worse instead of better. He is a confirmed dyspeptic, and his system will take nothing in the way of nourishment but milk. Even this simple food now seems to have gone back on him, and it is plainly evident that his system refuses to assimilate it. His condition now is so grave that the opinion is freely expressed that he will not live until September 12th, the date set for the hanging. WEBER keeps protesting his innocence, but makes no statements differing from those he gave out at Auburn prior to the sentence. The great fact which seems to confront the prison officials is that they are dealing with a dying man. Unless a change for the better takes place in his physical condition, and that very soon, it is freely predicted by those who should know that WEBER will not live to ascend the scaffold in September. INDICATIONS ARE THAT SUISUN FIRE HAD INCENDIARY ORIGIN Prompt Settlement by Insurance Companies Encourages Losers SUISUN (Solano Co.), July 26 - The more learned as to the origin of the fire of Tuesday afternoon and evening, the stronger is the impression that it was the work of an incendiary. The report that it started from a gasoline engine is incorrect. The two engines in the packing shed were operated with natural gas and were not in use on the day of the fire. The flames when discovered were confined under the building and there were no marks of fire anywhere upon the outside. The first idea that the fire started from a railroad engine seems without foundation. There had been no engine along there for some time and it seems impossible for the fire to have started where it did from a locomotive. The incendiary theory seems to be the most tenable one. A great injustice seems to have been done the "defunct" Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. Its successor, the Fireman's Fund Insurance Corporation, had an adjuster on the ground Tuesday evening before the fire was entirely under control, and although the policies had not been transferred to the new concern, all the losses, aggregating only about $10,000, adjusted and settled before any other insurance company had an adjuster in the town. That seems to be pretty good work for a "defunct" concern. The Royal adjuster is here to-day settling with police holders. The belief is general that all of the so-called "six-bit" companies will pay their Suisun losses in full, as there is no grounds for a refusal except absolute inability to pay. James A. KEYS, of the Suisun Lumber Company, is rushing in a new stock of building material as fast as he can secure it and expects to have a new planing mill in operation in thirty days. He will get the machinery in Seattle. The J.K. Armsby Company has secured temporary offices in the Masonic building and will continue its Suisun business. It has announced to its patrons that it has ample facilities for handling this season's crops. The other losers from the fire say they have not had time to give much thought to the matter of rebuilding, but undoubtedly most of them will do so as soon as their insurance is adjusted and paid. Fortunately the business interests of the town did not suffer very seriously. The following table of losses and insurance is about as accurate as can be complied: J.K. ARMSBY, loss, $25,000, insurance, $21,000; Suisun Creamery, loss, $7500, insurance, $3000; W. CHATFIELD, loss, $500, insurance, $250; J.H. PRATHER, loss, $1750, no insurance; J.T. COOPER, loss, $1500, fully covered; L.H. PIMENTAL, loss $1500, insurance $1000; Dr. W.E. DOWNING, loss $5000, insurance $2000; George PAUL, loss $2500, insurance $750; Mrs. Anna CROCKER, loss $2500, insurance $400; Mrs. Maria DOBBINS, loss $6000, insurance $4000; Charles H. NEITZEL, loss $10,000, insurance $5300; George C. RICHARDS, loss $4000, insurance $2455; Mrs. Lena DINKELSPIEL, loss $4500, insurance $1500; Mrs. Lena DINKELSPIEL, loss $5000, insurance (Royal) $2650; Mrs. EISNER, loss $1500, insurance $900; Miss Carrie DINKELSPIEL, loss $300, insurance $200; F.A. HOOPER, loss $1000, insurance $700; J.S. BROWN, loss $4500, insurance $2500; Geo C. GORDON, loss $2000, insurance $900; Mrs. L.S. PEYTON, loss $2800, insurance $1400; Mrs. Eva M. TORP, loss $2500, insurance $1375; Mrs. Edna BARBOUR, loss $2500, insurance $1400; Mrs. O.R. COGHLAN, loss $4060, insurance $2500; H.D. McCREARY, loss $1800, insurance $1200; George A. GILLESPIE, loss $500, insurance $250; Dr. W.E. DOWNING, loss $3500, insurance $2000; George KINLOCH, loss $1000, insurance $500; W.W. REEVES, loss $2000, insurance $1250; Suisun Realty Co., loss $3000, insurance 1200; Cerkel's Feed Mill, loss $5000, insurance $2500; Dr. W.G. DOWNING (barn), loss $2000, insurance $1460; R.D. ROBBINS, loss $6000, insurance $2900; George A. LAMONT, loss $2500, insurance $1500; R.D. ROBBINS, Jr., loss $3000, insurance $1000; J.A. KEYS, loss $15,000, insurance $8000; L.G. HARRIER, loss $150, covered; J.C. MURPHY, loss $21.50, covered; E.E. LONG, loss $2600, insurance $1500; Dr. F.E. WEBSTER, loss $1200, insurance $800; Vest estate, loss $4000, insurance $2200; Mrs. Lizzie MILLER, loss $700, fully covered; Mrs. Lorenda LOCKIE, loss $1500, insurance $800; HALLE estate, loss $4000, insurance $2500; Dr. D.N. MASON, loss $1000, no insurance; Southern Pacific Company, loss, $4000, unknown; Suisun Laundry, loss $3000, no insurance; A. C. TILLMAN, loss $200, fully covered; Mrs. C. CONROY, loss $1700, insurance $1000; Frank and Eugene LOSH, loss $2000, insurance $1260; Mrs. M. LOSH, loss $1000, insurance $600; T.B. McARTHUR, loss $400, no insurance. The total loss foots up about $170,000, with insurance for practically half that amount. Was Allen Insane at Time of the Attack? NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), July 26 - The prosecution closed late yesterday afternoon in the ALLEN case, and the defense began. John P. ALLEN, of Grass Valley, is on trial for assault to murder. On April 8th he dangerously wounded his wife and her father, Alfred JENKIN, at their home in Grass Valley. The defense is making a strong fight to secure ALLEN's acquittal on the grounds of temporary insanity due to either illness, drink or powder smoke. To Spend Honeymoon in Yellowstone Park PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.), July 26 - The wedding of J.C. O'DONNELL and Millie FILLIPINI took place at the Catholic Church yesterday. The church was very prettily decorated in green and white for the occasion. After the wedding ceremony was performed, a nuptial mass was given at the church. The bride was attired in white crepe de chine over white taffeta, trimmed with real lace. She carried a boquet of pale pink orchids. Miss Josie PEDRINI was bridesmaid and wore white mill over white taffeta. Evangeline SIEFERT was ring-bearer, her dress being pink silk. George SIMPERS was best man. From the church the wedding party went to the PEDRINI home, where a wedding breakfast was served. The tables and room were decorated in pink and white, a floral bell of ferns and pink roses being suspended over the table at which the bridal pair were seated. Mr. and Mrs. O'DONNELL left mid the usual shower of rice on the early morning train. They expect to be gone about a month, the most of the time being spent in Yellowstone Park. Western Nevada State News HEAD CRUSHED BY MURDEROUS THUGS Stranger Found Dead Near Track Was William O'Donnell, and He Was Cruelly Beaten To Death CARLIN (Nev.), July 26 - The name of the dead man whose body was found near this place yesterday, as told in The Bee, is believed to have been William O'DONNELL. In the pockets of the stranger were found a copper cent piece and a postal registry receipt showing that on July 17th he had mailed a package to the Soldiers' home at Washington, D.C. Justice RUTLEDGE held an inquest and his verdict was that the man had been killed by unknown parties. Although the body was found but a few feet from the Southern Pacific tracks, all the evidence goes to show that a wicked fight had taken place. The ground was torn up with deep footprints and the wounds on the head of the stranger indicated that he had been struck several times with a heavy weapon, probably a club. The skull was fractured at the back of the head, where there was a long cut. A similar wound was made on the face, the nose having been broken. There were no other wounds except three broken ribs. The body was interred by order of the acting Coroner, but to-day it was disinterred by the District Attorney, who will conduct an additional investigation. Shock May Kill RENO (Nev.), July 26 - L.H. JEWETT, chief engineer at the plant of the Reno Brewery, is in a serious condition from an electrical shock received while at work. He lay for an hour in an unconscious condition before being found. He may not recover. TOO MANY ESCAPE FROM INSANE ASYLUM State Superintendent Being Attacked By Republican Press Over Lay Management at Institution RENO (Nev.), July 26 - An attack is being made by the Republican press upon Superintendent GIBSON, of the Nevada State Insane Asylum, on account of the large number of inmates that are escaping from the institution. Within the last few months there have been numerous cases of the kind. Mrs. Annie WALSH, a Goldfield woman, having escaped twice; F. GINNIS, a highwayman, adjudged insane, twice, and other dangerous people getting away upon different occasions. There has also been serious internal trouble in the Hospital between the employes and the Superintendent. Several have been discharged, Superintendent GIBSON claiming that they aided the inmates to escape in order to make him trouble. Upon one occasion the State Board in charge of the institution caused an investigation to be made. Superintendent GIBSON says the attack is prompted by political prejudices. Transcribed by Betty Loose ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com