Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight 1st John Pendleton, the slayer of W.L. Randle, was convicted of murder in the second degree. The Redding jury was only out for an hour before making its decision. 2nd in an hour, the southern end of Keswick's business district was wiped out by fire. Eleven businesses, houses and dwellings were destroyed for a total of $12,600 in damage. The origin of the fire was unknown. 3rd Baptiste Ranzi a young miner of Churntown, near Summit City, met with a painful and peculiar accident when a revolver he was handling inadvertently discharged. The bullet ricocheted off some rocks and lodged in Ranzi's arm. 4th the saloon belonging to W. L. Eckerman on Market Street in Redding was entered by burglars. They succeeded in getting away with $20 in small change; nothing else was taken. 5th electrical engineer Sidney Sprout prepared to build a power plant on the McCloud River. 6th Charles Pollix, a man working for the contractor at the train trestle near the Elmore Station fell 20 feet off the trestle. He dislocated his wrist and hip. 7th the 5-year-old son of I.S. Moore, a saloon keeper in Redding, was reported lost. He later returned saying he had been making mud cakes in a gulch near the family home. 8th Charles Johnson of Redding was again behind bars. He fired two shots from his pistol at point blank range at June Pharr and missed both times due to the fact that he was extremely drunk. Johnson thought Pharr was trying to steal his girl-friend. 9th the house belonging to R.S. Jewell on Sacramento Street in Redding was burglarized. The burglar was caught in the act. Nothing of value was taken. 10th conditions indicated that the sale of the group of Mammoth mines had fallen through. The full payment of the purchase price, $101,500, had not been made. Janie my Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card - Romans br Dr Suess http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/drsuess.html