Things that happen
MAYOR BARS PICTURES OF FIGHT San Francisco Call, July 7, 1910 Mayor Declares Exhibition to Be Just as Unlawful as Battle Itself Movement Against Films Assumes National Proportions, but Trust Smiles Motion Films Can Not Be Displayed in City, is Declaration of McCarthy BOARD OF CENSORS IN FAVOR OF EXCLUSION Nationwide Movement – May Wreck … [Read more…]
DECAYED RELICS OF BODY MAY SOLVE MYSTERY Coroner Seeks Clews Among Bones and Belongings of Sec- ond Tamalpais Victim No Tangible Connection as Yet Between Two Tragedies on Silent Mountain Rivaling the sea in its propensity for giving up its dead, Mount Tamalpais has added a fresh tragedy and mystery to the history of Marin … [Read more…]
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 5.— Wilhelm Beckert, former chancellor of the German legation, was shot here today for the murder of a Chilean messen- ger of the legation on February 5, 1909. Beckert embezzled funds of the lega- tion and attempted to cover up his crime by making it appear that he had been burned to … [Read more…]
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS. Heavy Losses by Recent Floods in San Luis Obispo. [Special Correspondence of the Alta.] San Luis Obispo, November 23d.— The evening of the 15th inst., one of the worst storms that ever visited our county set in. It wrought more devastation and ruin than the county can recover from in months. The rain … [Read more…]
The whale ship Ann Alexander, Capt. J. C. De- blois, of New Bedford, was struck by a wounded sperm whale on the 20th Augnst, in lat. 5 50 S, lon. 102 W. A large hole was stove in her bottom, and she sunk so rapidly that she was abandoned. Crew saved.
Monday morning brought with it, as usual, a full at- tendance at His Honor’s levee. Faces of every hue and color, more or less battered up. exhibited themselves in the dock, to be greeted by the dignified smile of Judge Waller. John Murphy got drunk, got on a fast horse, rode through the streets, fell … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, 4 November 1851 Another Duel— Man Killed. — We extract the following account of a duel, on the Yuba river, from the Ne- vada Journal extra, issued on Saturday evening : A duel took place on the Yuba, about eighteen miles from here, on the spot of the disputed Chinese claims, of … [Read more…]
Gone. — Alas ! for the instability of human hopes! the immense multitude gathered together on Wed- nesday evening, to witness the inimitable exploits of the renowned ” Peter Hontz,” were terribly morti- fied to find that incomparably sublime Dutchman of wax, paper and rags flown, vamosed, defunct ! The building remained as on the … [Read more…]
RECORDER’S COURT. — In the case of the people against James Huff, for an assault upon Quang, a Chinaman, two juries have disagreed and been dis- charged. In the trial which took place on Wednes- day, S. S. Goode, one of the counsel for the defence, moved to exclude Chinese testimony, on the ground that … [Read more…]
False Alarm. — Several cracks resembling the explosions of a pistol were heard to occur on Second street, between I and J, on Wednesday night, which started a number of people, and sent them inquiring- ly into the street. The cause of the explosions could not be ascertained, although facts were sufficiently apparent to show … [Read more…]