~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:06 AM Subject: [NORCAL] Sac Bee Oct 19 1905 > The Evening Bee > Sacramento, Cal. > Thursday, October 19, 1905 > Page 6 > > 3200 VOLTS WENT THROUGH HIS BODY > Former Woodland Man Barely Escapes Death While At Work At Hammon On Yuba > River Near Marysville > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), October 19 - A young man named D.J. MORRISON, a > recent arrival from San Francisco, and a former resident of Woodland, > while > working among the electric wires in the loft of the substation of the Bay > Counties Power Company at Hammon last evening received an electrical shock > and serious injuries. The attending physician thinks his escape from > instant > death miraculous. > Morrison's left foot and right hand are frightfully burned, his body > having formed a current for 3200 volts of the electricity. It was with > some > difficulty that Morrison's fellow employes rescued him from the > compartment > in which he met the accident. > The patient was brought to Marysville to-day in order that he might be > near his physicians. The latter now have hope of his recovery. > Eyewitnesses say that only a flash passed through Morrison's body, else > the result would have been fatal. > > TWO PRISONERS ARE SENTENCED > SUISUN (Solano Co.), October 10 - John P. EMERSON, accused of passing a > forged check on C.M. HALL, of Cordelia, was permitted to plead guilty to a > minor charge yesterday and sentenced to six months in the County Jail. > Leniency was shown Emerson because of his wife, who is in a delicate > condition. > T.S. VAN LINDT, who hired a horse from a Dixon stable and tried to sell > it > in Sacramento, pleaded guilty to grand larceny yesterday and was sentenced > to one year in San Quentin. Van Lindt said he was drunk when he committed > the offense. He is a young man and Judge HARRIER was inclined to show him > as > much leniency as possible. > > CHANGES HIS MIND > SUISUN (Solano Co.), October 19 - Austin MARINE, charged with grand > larceny, > robbing Thos. STOKTES of $10 in a Suisun saloon some weeks ago, was > arraigned Monday. He asked for and was granted two days in which to plead. > Yesterday he pleaded not guilty and his trial was set for November 2d. > Immediately after his arrest for the crime, Marine confessed to the > officers. He now seems to have changed his mind. > > WILSON TO TEACH IN AN IONE SCHOOL > McCarty Litigation Over El Dorado Superintendency And Stoppage of Salary, > Forces the Move > PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.), October 19 - A new phase of the > long-drawn-out > election contest between T.E. McCARTY and S.B. WILSON for the office of > Superintendent of Public Schools of this county has made itself manifest > owing to a recent decision of the Supreme Court - the fifth in this case - > the salary of Mr. Wilson has been held up awaiting the final decision of > the > cause. Wilson had been drawing a salary up until August of this year. With > the sinews of war thus cut off, Wilson had to turn to other sources of > income to provide his living. He was offered and accepted the > Principalship > of School No. 3, at Ione, and leaves for that institution as soon as he > finishes his duties in relation to the Teachers' Institute now in session > in > this city, probably on Monday next. > How long the contest will survive is a problem, as neither Wilson nor > McCarty show the slightest signs of quitting. Wilson has appointed two > deputies to look after the office during his absence, Mrs. Wilson and Wm. > F. > BRAY. By the time the suit is ended, it will have cost the litigants a > pretty penny, and the winner will not be winner for much except the honor. > It is nearly three years now, since the action was commenced, and it may > last out the full term. The first decision of the Superior Court was in > favor of Wilson. McCarty appealed and the Supreme Court reversed the lower > Court and sent the case back for a new trial. The decision in the new > trial > favored McCarty and then Wilson appealed. This appeal is now pending. In > the > meantime four mandamus proceedings went before the Supreme Court, the last > of which shut off the salary. Hence Mr. Wilson's latest move. > > MISS DENIO WIFE OF OROVILLE MAN > VALLEJO (Solano Co.), October 19 - One of the most interesting weddings, > briefly referred to in yesterday's Bee, that has ever taken place in > Vallejo, the bride being well known throughout Superior California, was > solemnized in Cornell Baptist Church last night when Henry Garfield PEAKE, > the popular draughting engineer for W.P. HAMMON, dredge mine operator of > Oroville, was united in the bonds of holy matrimony to Miss Hazel Baldwin > DENIO, niece of Master Mason M.H. DENIO, Yards and Docks Department, Mare > Island Navy Yard, and daughter of Mrs. Alice DENIO, Vallejo. The Rev. H. > Warren NICE performed the wedding ceremony. Over 200 guests were invited > to > the wedding. > The bride's maid of honor was Miss Lily WRIGHT, an esteemed school > teacher > of Benicia, the bridemaids being Miss Violet WINIGER, daughter of County > Treasurer WINIGER; Misses Ethel LOUDON, and Ara BRUEGEE, of Vallejo, and > Miss SWEED, of Petaluma. The groom's best man was George ELLIOTT, of > Oroville. Visitors were present from Oroville, Marysville, San Francisco, > Benicia and Petaluma. The church was one mass of blossoms and smilax, the > ceremony taking place beneath an immense floral bell. > The bride was born and educated here at the High School, and afterwards > went to Hopkins University in San Francisco. The Delta Nu Society of that > University sent her a massive silver chafing dish as a present. The ushers > were Kullman SALZ and Stanley CHISHOLM, of Benicia, and Albert CASPER and > Robert PARKS of Vallejo. The presents to the bride were over 200 in > number. > The happy couple left for Southern California, and on returning will > reside > in Oroville until Mr. Peake concludes his work there, and will then reside > in Milwaukee, where the groom's parents are prominent residents. > > DIED JUST BEFORE DATE OF WEDDING > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), October 19 - An unusually sad death occurred in > this > city yesterday, when Miss Cora L. BROWN passed away in the twenty-first > year > of her age and within a few days of the date fixed for her wedding. > With her parents and brothers and sisters the young woman formerly lived > near the Olive Hill Colony, near Honcut. Since their removal to this city, > she had made friends who received with regret the news of her death. Her > illness covered a space of ten weeks. It is said that a bite she received > from a dog when a young girl has been a recurring source of trouble to > her. > Beside her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph BROWN, the surviving relatives > are > Miss May BROWN, of Illinois; Mrs. Thomas LYNCH, of Seattle; Dora and Hazel > BROWN, of this city, and the following brothers - James, Charles, William, > Frank and Edward, of this city, and Walter Brown of San Francisco. > > LARGE AND EARLY CROP OF ORANGES > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), October 19 - Dr. H.J. HEPBURN, President of the > newly-organized Butte County Citrus Association, gives out the statement > that the local orange crop this season is the most promising one in > several > years, and there is every indication that the fruit will be in condition > to > market earlier than usual. It is confidently expected that picking and > packing will begin by the 1st of November. Elaborate preparations have > been > made for handling the crop and packing can begin at any time tht crop is > in > readiness. > > CLUBS INDIAN WOMAN > CEDARVILLE (Modoc Co.), October 19 - While under the influence of liquor, > Jerry GOODWIN, of this place, attacked an Indian and his mahala and > inflicted a painful and serious injury upon the woman. It seems that > Goodwin > was mad with drink when he assaulted the Indians, using a beer bottle as a > weapon. He struck the mahala over the head, laying the skull bare and > rendering her unconscious for some time. As yet Goodwin is at large, and > it > is feared that unless he is soon arrested and punished he will be dealt > with > by "Indian law," which will not be lenient. > > GRIDLEY PEOPLE WED > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), October 19 - R.C. WARSTELL and Miss Mary WICKMAN, > both > of Gridley, were married here yesterday by Rev. R.K. HANN, of the > Congregational Church. The bride is the daughter of George WICKMAN, one of > Gridley's wealthiest and most respected citizens, and the groom holds an > important position with the Bay Counties Power Company. The couple left on > the noon train for San Francisco. > > VENZKE MAY FEAR KNOWLEDGE OF CASKEY > Defense In Queer Trial at Auburn Asserts This Caused the Trouble and the > Present Prosecution > AUBURN (Placer Co.), October 19 - The prosecution of the CASKEY robbery > case > finished its evidence yesterday. Venzke repeated his strange story of the > affair, and was unshaken in its detail, being positive in his statements. > The counsel for the defense attacked the veracity of the witness and > declared that he proposed to show that Venzke's reputation was not good. > He > intimated that his methods at the mine were known to Caskey and that it > was > this that had caused the trouble between the two men, and that Venzke was > now anxious to convict his client in order to get him out of the way. > Venzke > was questioned as to why he did not make the assault upon him known before > he reached this city, as he had ample opportunity to do. Witness replied > that he was afraid of Caskey, and that it was not until he was safely > housed > in the hospital that he felt safe in revealing the true state of affairs. > The testimony of J.H. SKINNER substantiated Venzke's statements. Skinner > was the first one to reach the Venzke cabin after the shooting. He had > been > requested to go there by Caskey, who was on his way to Canada Hill to get > assistance for the wounded man. Venzke would give the witness no > explanation > as to ow he had been shot, and asked him several strange questions. He > finally asked the witness if he would stand as his protector in case of > any > trouble, which witness promised to do. > Much time was taken up regarding the alleged forgeries by Caskey. A small > fragment of one of the checks which Caskey tore up and threw upon the > ground > after the shooting was offered in evidence. The checks were drawn on the > American National Bank of San Francisco. The firearms used in the shooting > and about the cabin were also offered. > John HUTCHINSON told of what he saw at the Venzke cabin after the > assault. > He had visited Caskey in jail and advised him to make a confession. The > prisoner had replied that he "didn't give a dó whether he got twenty or > ninety years." Witness was pressed by defendant's counsel as to whether he > was not anxious to see the prisoner convicted, and he replied that he was. > While there has never been any doubt as to Venzke having been shot by the > defendant, the past relationship between the men is puzzling. > James DODDS, of Westville, who conducts a hotel there, where Venzke and > Caskey stayed over night on their way to this city, testified that Venzke > had requested Caskey to draw a check there, which he did, and was signed > by > Venzke and given to Dodds in payment for their transportation and meals. > Dodds testified that Venzke's reputation was not good. > This morning Caskey took the stand in his own behalf. He said he went to > Venzke's cabin on the morning of the day the latter was hurt and found him > wounded, lying on the ground. In reply to a question by him, Venzke sais > his > dog had knocked over his gun, which was leaning against the cabin, > discharging it, the load striking him in the leg. > The prosecution sprang a surprise in the shape of a copy of an alleged > letter written by Caskey to his sister, in which he is quoted as stating > that during a quarrel with Venzke the latter fired at him and that he then > shot, striking his enemy in the leg. > Caskey denies most emphatically that he wrote the letter. > All the testimony was heard this morning, Court adjourning at noon until > 2 > o'clock this afternoon, when arguments began. It is thought the case will > go > to the jury this evening and also that a verdict will be rendered. > > MAY REBUILD RESORT > REDDING (Shasta Co.), October 19 - Mrs. C.B. GARDNER, a wealthy woman of > New > York, has bonded eight mining claims in Eastern Shasta County, on the > western slope of Mount Lassen, and located fifteen other claims in the > same > district for the purpose, it is understood, of establishing a Summer > resort > and sanitarium. The price to be paid for the eight claims under the bond > is > $20,000. The twenty-three placers lie in a region where sulphur springs > abound. The "mines" certainly contain no gold, though there is an > abundance > of sulphur in the soil upon which to found a mineral location. > > WILL REPORT ON DEBRIS QUESTION > GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.) ,October 19 - Dr. G.K. GILBERT, the expert of > the > United States Geological Survey who is especially detailed to report on > the > debris question, has gone to the properties of the North Bloomfield and > Eureka Lake Companies. He is now engaged in studying erosion at what is > close to its source. > In the meantime, a deputy named BAKER, who is stationed on the Lower > Yuba, is taking two-foot contours on the river canyon above the Government > dam. His survey is being very carefully "tied" to existing surveys and > monuments and is expected to result in a first-class topographical map. > The > purpose of this work is to determine the storage capacity of the Yuba > below > The Narrows. > Dr. GILBERT had been in and around Grass Valley for several days before > starting on his present trip and made a number of photographs. Where roads > have cut into the sides of the mountains, in particular, he has made > measurements and taken pictures, as these road cuts give valuable > information on the subject of erosion. > > > > ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== > Visit NORCAL Genealogy Index > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ >