MOUNTAIN, JAMES M.
Fatal Accident
A singular and fatal accident occurred at Yorkville
on Brushy Canon in this county on Thursday, the 4th
instant. James M. Mountain (better known as Major
Mountain) and his partner were engaged in washing a
pile of tailings from one of the tunnels at that
place through a long sluice that emptied its
contents down a bedrock sluice or gully on the
hillside of some three hundred feet in depth. In
throwing in dirt at the upper end of the sluice, it
had choked and backed up that water for a time and
finally went out with a sudden rush. Major Mountain
was at work near the lower end of the sluice at the
time, and it is supposed the mass of dirt and water
came upon him unawares and carried him over the fall
and down the precipitous rock sluice, killing him
instantly. The accident was not observed, but Mr.
M’s absence caused a search to be made, which
resulted in finding his body sadly bruised and
mutilated at the bottom of the steep sluice. The
deceased was formerly from Illinois but came to this
state from Kirkville, Adrian County, Missouri, where
his family now reside. He was about eighty years of
age. Coroner McBurney held an inquest upon the body
at Yorkville on Saturday, and the facts elicited
were as above mentioned. The deceased was not known
to possess any effects in the state of particular
value. [The
Placer Herald (Auburn), 2-12-1859. Submitted by
Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
WALKUP, JOSEPH
SUDDEN DEMISE
On last Wednesday morning, Gov. Joseph Walkup left
his home in Auburn and repaired to the
Herald
office in his usual health. About nine o’clock AM,
he arose from the chair in which he had been sitting
and requested his partner, Mr. Filcher, to help him
to the door and at the same time remarked, “This is
the last.” Before reaching the door, he became
helpless and unconscious, and was placed on a
lounge. Medical attendance was immediately procured
and all the assistance rendered him that was
possible, but without effect. In less than an hour
and a half from the time he was taken, he breathed
his last. This is the third stroke of paralysis that
Gov. Walkup has had within the past eighteen months.
His remains were interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery on
Friday last. In another column will be found a brief
history of his life; we are under obligations to
Judge Hale and Tabb Mitchell for the data from which
we obtain the same.
DEATH OF
GOVERNOR WALKUP
It is with feeling of sorrow
and grief that we announce the death of Gov. Joseph
Walkup which took place at 11 o’clock AM on
Wednesday last. Deceased was a native of Miami
County, Ohio, and was born on the 25th
of December, 1819. During the earlier years of his
life, he followed the business of ship and house
carpenter, working at his trade in Ohio and New
Orleans. In the spring of 1849, he crossed the
plains, arriving in California in the month of
August of that year and first settled in Auburn and
engaged in the mercantile business in company with
S. B. Wyman. In 1851, the firm of Walkup & Wyman
engaged very extensively in the business of farming
and stock-raising near the present site of the town
of Lincoln, and while so engaged raised the first
crop of wheat in Placer County. During his residence
in California, he has three several times visited
his former home in the States, in 1854, 1861, and
1865, and during his second visit he was married in
Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth
Eliott, by whom he has had two children, one of whom
is now living, a daughter aged about nine years.
Upon his return to California in 1862, he located in
Auburn and has continued to reside here since that
time. Since January 11, 1868, he has been editor and
proprietor of the
Placer Herald,
and at the hour of his death was in the active
discharge of the duties of that position. Gov.
Walkup was elected as State Senator from this county
in 1852 and served the full term and was again
elected to the same position in 1856, and at the end
of the first session resigned the office. In 1857,
he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State,
under the administration of John B. Weller as
Governor, holding that position for the then term of
two years. During his incumbency of the office of
Lieutenant-Governor, he was the presiding officer of
the State Senate and Warden of the State Prison. His
administration of the wardenship of the State Prison
was at a time when the affairs of that institution
were in a very unsatisfactory and confused
condition; but by his foresight, judicious
management, and untiring energy, he succeeded in
placing that department of State Government in good
working order.As
a public officer, Joseph Walkup leaves behind him a
name of which no one need be ashamed, but on the
contrary, might well feel proud. As President of the
Senate, he gained the esteem and good-will of his
political opponents as well as the praise of his
political friends by the impartiality of his rulings
and the courteous and gentlemanly manner in which he
presided over that body. The following comments on
the character of Gov. Walkup as a journalist and
private citizen we clip from the Grass Valley
Union
as being more expressive and couched in better terms
than anything we could write, and with the
sentiments therein expressed we heartily concur:As
a journalist, Governor Walkup was always strong. He
said what he believed and he said it with great
force. He wielded a battle-ax rather than a rapier;
he cut through the armor of an opponent rather than
to find a joint by skillful swordsmanship. He was
not an adept as a rhetorician, but he used words as
if they were things that had weight. Of course, he
was assailed and while being assailed was not slow
to give as well as take. His career as a journalist
was as positive and as honest as any part of his
useful life.In his personal relation, he was also
positive and always reliable. His word in business
matters was as good as his bond and was always kept
in the letter as in the spirit. As a friend, no one
ever had a better one than Joseph Walkup, and as an
enemy he was positive and outspoken, requiring much
to make him change an opinion. There was nothing
negative in his composition, whether as a friend or
foe. He was a most kind husband and father and
leaves a widow to mourn an irreparable loss.At a
time like the present we look upon the death of
Governor Walkup as a public loss. He was one of
those true men who should have died long hereafter.
We deeply sympathize with his bereaved family, and
we feel the poverty of words with which to express
that sympathy. We share the sorrow that his many
friends feel at the death of this noble man. [The
Placer Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 10-18-1873.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
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RICHARDS, J. J.
RUSSELL, EDMUND
SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT
On Wednesday evening last, a short time before
the men working in the quarry of G. Griffith at
Penryn got through with their labors for the day, a
blast was put off in one of the pits for the purpose
of throwing down a large body of rock. After the
blast, J. J. Richards, foreman of the quarry, and
Edmund Russell, one of the workmen, went into the
pit for the purpose of examining the result of the
blast, when the bank above them fell, killing them
instantly. The employees of the quarry and citizens
of Penryn commenced immediately the work of
recovering the bodies, but owing to the fact that
the body of rock which fell was so great and
required blasting to remove it, it was nearly twelve
o’clock at night before they were taken out. The
body of Richards was found to be mutilated and
mashed in a horrible manner; that of Russell was
less mangled, but one arm was cut entirely off, one
leg and shoulder broken, and skull mashed. Both men
were doubtless instantly killed. The rock and debris
which fell upon them is estimated to weigh about
fifty tons. Mr. Richards was a member of California
Lodge, No. 1, IOOF of San Francisco, and his body
was taken to San Francisco on Friday by J. H.
Rittinger and Thomas Cain, a committee appointed by
Auburn Lodge, for interment. He was a native of New
York, aged 39 years. Mr. Russell was a native of
Cork, Ireland; aged 27 years; a member of Auburn
Lodge, No. 7, IOOF, by which Lodge he was buried
yesterday at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Auburn.
[The
Placer Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 10-18-1873.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
TREASURE, WILLIAM
Death of William Treasure
William Treasure, a well-known resident of Colfax,
died at San Francisco on the 25th
from cancer. The first symptoms of the dread disease
manifested themselves about a year ago. Soon
afterwards, he had an operation performed which for
about ten months thereafter was regarded as so
successful that many people believed he had not had
cancer at all. About a month ago, however, it again
became necessary to have a swelling removed from his
neck, which being done, he again showed signs of
marked improvement; and, in fact, until a few days
before his death, it was currently reported that he
was doing as well as could be expected. Deceased was
for several years Constable at Colfax, and he was a
brave and faithful officer and an honest man. He
leaves a wife and three children, two sons and a
daughter, all of whom are grown up. Deceased was a
native of Wales, aged 53 years. The funeral, which
took place Saturday from the Odd Fellows Hall,
Colfax, was largely attended. [The Placer Argus
(Auburn), Thursday, 4-1-1886.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
MANN,
V. VOLNEY
V. V. MANN
V. V. Mann, who died in Auburn on Monday morning,
the 4th
inst., was born in Hart County, Kentucky, November
24, 1827. When a young man, he learned the trade of
a wagon-maker and for some years he worked at that
business in Missouri and in Quincy, Illinois. He
left the latter place for California on the 1st
of April in 1850 and arrived in Placerville, El
Dorado County, in August of the same year. There he
remained mining for just twelve months and then
moved to Sacramento County where for a time he kept
a hotel and toll bridge. Between 1851 and 1864, he
lived most of the time in Sacramento and Calaveras
counties, but for a short time he was engaged in
mining on the Feather River, and he also had a short
residence in Grass Valley. In 1855 he was married to
Miss Sarah A. Ray at Mokelumne Hill. Mrs. Mann died
in 1862 at San Andreas.Mr.
Mann came to Auburn in 1864 and has resided here
continuously ever since. For many years, he was
engaged in the furniture business alone and as a
partner with G. C. Coker. In 1873 he was a member of
the Board of Supervisors and in 1882 he was elected
County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket. He held
the latter office two terms, having been re-elected
in 1884.It would have been a difficult matter to
find a man in this county who was better known or
who had more friends than V. V. Mann. He was genial,
good-hearted, and particularly popular with the
young men. He was an old member of the IOOF and for
several terms the Treasurer of Auburn Lodge No. 7.
He also belonged to the Red Men and carried an
insurance of $3,000 in the Chosen Friends. Last year
he retired from active business and fell ill with
what was thought to be neuralgia. In the latter part
of August, he went to San Francisco for treatment,
but his health did not improve. Two or three months
ago, the doctors discovered that he was suffering
from a cancer in the face. An operation was
performed without any good result, and about three
weeks ago he came home to die. He passed away easily
and peacefully on Monday morning. His funeral took
place at 2 o’clock today from Freeman’s Hotel in
charge of the Odd Fellows, Rev. John Chisholm acting
as chaplain, and his remains were laid at rest in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery. [Placer County Republican
(Auburn), Wednesday, 2-6-1889. Submitted by Kathie
Kloss Marynik.] |
GRIFFITH, GRIFFITH
G. GRIFFITH
In the death of G. Griffith, which occurred in San
Francisco last Sunday, Placer County loses one of
her most prominent citizens and the head of the
granite industry on the coast. The history and
growth of Penryn has been largely the result of Mr.
Griffith’s enterprise and successful development of
the granite quarries at that place, while he
controlled and operated equally important works at
Rocklin. At first thought, there is no one to take
his place. Mr. Griffith has been an invalid for
nearly a year, and he has been under medical
treatment in San Francisco for about three months.
His disease was an affection of the stomach, and he
also suffered much from nervousness brought about by
business troubles in connection with the contract
for the Stockton courthouse and the strikes at the
quarries which took place when that contract was
begun. Mr. Griffith was born December 8, 1823, at Ty
Gwyn, Llanllyfine, Wales. From the “History of
Placer County,” we learn that his parents were David
and Mary (Roberts) Griffith, the father being
superintendent of a large slate quarry in that
country. The elder Griffith died when the subject of
our sketch was but fourteen years of age, leaving a
family of seven children, the youngest being but one
year old. Hard labor on the farm to aid the mother,
burdened by heavy taxes and high rents added to the
support of the large family, occupied the next five
years of his life. At the age of nineteen, he went
to work in the slate quarry and soon became foreman
over a gang of thirty men. In
June, 1847, Mr. Griffith came to the United States,
taking a sailing vessel via Quebec and making his
way to the graphite quarries of Quincy,
Massachusetts. There he obtained employment at
Wright, Baker & Co., first as a quarryman and then
as a stone-cutter. For this firm, he wrought some
years at Quincy, Milford, and Lynnfield in
Massachusetts, and at Millstone Point in
Connecticut, for Baker & Hoxie of Philadelphia. In
1853 he removed to California, arriving in San
Francisco on the 14th
of April of that year. His first effort in this
state was in mining at Coloma, and afterwards at
Mormon Island and Negro Hill in El Dorado County.
There the bedrock was granite, and along the river
banks were immense boulders and projections of this
rock, glistening with the polish of the waters and
as hard as adamant. The experienced quarryman viewed
these as his familiar companions of past years, and
here was promised invocation more to his taste than
the precarious search for gold, and in which he
afterwards engaged and prosecuted in the present
large and successful industry. Mr. Griffith was fond
of society and was a genial companion. He was a
member of the Masonic Order, a Knight Templar,
Thirty-second Scottish Rite, Knight Defender of the
Shield and Star, and a life member of the Cambrian
Mutual Aid Society. In politics, he was a Republican
since the Charleston Convention of 1860, but never
held or aspired to office. Mr.
Griffith’s remains were brought to Penryn Tuesday
evening, and Masonic ceremonies held by Penryn Lodge
F&LM Wednesday morning. Shortly after noon, the last
rites were held in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at
Auburn, the pall-bearers being two from the Penryn
Lodge, two from the Sacramento Commandory, and two
from Delta Chapter of Auburn.
[Placer
County Republican (Auburn), Wednesday, 2-20-1889.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik. ] |
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MRS.
G. B. SLATER
Mrs.
Susan Slater of this city succumbed to pneumonia
Tuesday, and the last rites will take place this
afternoon at 2:30 from the residence on Huntley
Heights. Interment will be in Odd Fellows’ Cemetery.
Mrs. Slater was a native of Canada, aged 58 years.
On the second of May 1871, she was married to G. R.
Slater at Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario.
They moved to the State of Missouri where they
resided for about twenty years. About three years
since, they came to Auburn. About two and a half
months ago, Mrs. Slater returned here after a visit
in Dutch Flat and later fell a victim to the dread
disease, which proved fatal. Besides a husband,
deceased leaves to mourn her loss, a son, E. T.
Slater; a daughter, Lottie M.; a sister and brother
in Canada; and a brother in Michigan.
[Placer
County Reader, Auburn, 1-17-1898, Thursday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik] |
MRS. CHARLES
NAGLER
Mrs. Carrie Nagler of Sacramento, but formerly of
Auburn, died in the Capital city on Friday. Mrs.
Nagler was a native of France and was aged 49 years
at the time of her death, which was caused by cancer
from which she had suffered for two and one half
years. Mrs. Nagler, who had also resided at
Greenwood, El Dorado County, about seven years ago
conducted the Borland Hotel, then known as the
Arlington. Two children, Flora and Charles, survive
their mother. Mrs. F. B. Dixon and Mrs. R. E. Lee of
Auburn are stepdaughters and attended the funeral
which took place in Sacramento on Sunday at 2 PM.
[Placer
County Reader, Auburn, 1-17-1898, Thursday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik]
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CHARLES CHASE
CROSBY
On Thursday evening last, C. C. Crosby of this city
passed away at his home from injuries received
twenty-four hours earlier. Mr. Crosby left Auburn
Wednesday afternoon with a dray-load of cement, had
deposited the load at the Dam, and was about to
return home when the fatal accident occurred. In
turning, the horses backed a little too far, causing
driver and team to fall from the grade, Mr. Crosby
being frightfully injured about the head and face,
and the horses miraculously escaping. A Chinaman
coming toward town and carrying a lantern discovered
the unfortunate man lying near the trail.
Recognizing Mr. Crosby and his predicament, he came
to town with all speed and gave the alarm. Walter
Crosby started with a carriage and help and brought
his father home. Medical aid was summoned and all
possible done to relieve the sufferer who, however,
survived but a day. Owing to the absence of the
eldest son, Alber, who was in Calaveras County and
out of the line of direct communication, the funeral
was delayed until Sunday afternoon at 2:30. A very
large number of friends were in attendance, and Rev.
J. A. Macauley of the M. E. Church officiated.Mr.
Crosby was almost a pioneer of Placer County, having
crossed the plains and come here when a young man.
In 1870 he was married to Miss Carrie A. Green of
Bath, and six children were born to them: Albert C.,
Walter T., Elvira S., Elmer C., George A., and Norma
I., all of whom with their mother are living and
have the sympathy of a very large circle of
acquaintances. Mr. Crosby of late years has been
proprietor of the Empire Livery Stables but was
formerly an active participant in the politics of
Placer County, In the fall of 1868, he was appointed
to fill an unexpired term as Superintendent of
Schools; he held the office of Recorder for three
terms, being first elected in 1869; in 1877 he was
elected Sheriff and served the county acceptably.
Mr. Crosby had for many years been a member of the
Masonic Lodge of this city, and many from that order
attended the funeral services at the residence. [Placer
County Reader, Auburn, 1-17-1898, Thursday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
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OAKESHOTT, ADDIE (nee NEWCOMB)
MRS. PHILIP OAKESHOTT
Mrs. Addie Oakeshott of Gold Hill passed away on Saturday after
a brief but severe illness. The funeral took place
on Monday with interment in Red Men’s Cemetery,
Newcastle. Mrs. Oakeshott was a daughter of Mrs. L.
K. Newcomb and had many friends in Auburn where she
resided for some time before her marriage. She was a
native of Lynn, Massachusetts, but Placer County had
been her home for years. On October 20, 1897, she
was married to Philip S. Oakeshott, the ceremony
being a double one for at the same time her sister,
Flossie, became Mrs. Ernest Belmore, and it seems
very sad that at this early date one of the sisters
should be called away. Besides husband and mother,
two sisters, Mrs. Belmore and Ethel Newcomb and
three brothers, Clarence, Ed, and Frank, are left to
mourn the loss of the loved one. The bereaved family
has the sympathy of a large circle of acquaintances
in the county. [Placer County
Reader, Auburn, 1-17-1898, Thursday. Submitted by
Kathie Kloss Marynik] |
MILLIKAN, MARY A. (nee OSBORNE) MOREHEAD
MRS. F. M. MILLIKAN
Early
last Thursday morning, Mrs. F. M. Millikan passed
away at her home in this city after a long and
painful illness. Mrs. Millikan, whose maiden name
was Mary A. Osborne, was a native of Philadelphia,
and while quite young married Wm. Morehead. After a
residence for some years in the State of Illinois,
Mr. and Mrs. Morehead came to California, and for
ten years Sacramento was their home. In 1865 the
husband was taken, and eighteen years later the
widow was united in marriage to Francis M. Millikan,
then of Penryn. Shortly after, Mr. Millikan came to
Auburn to engage in the publication of the
Republican and since then their home has been
here much of the time. Mrs. Millikan was an
estimable woman, of quiet, unassuming manner who
made many friends and will be sincerely mourned. She
was a member of Belmont Relief Corps, and Crystal
Chapter, OES, and the latter society conducted the
funeral services which took place Friday morning at
the residence.
[Placer County Reader, Auburn, 10-6-1898, Thursday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
WHITE, MARY (nee
DeWOLF)
MRS. MARY WHITE
About noon on Tuesday, Mrs. Mary DeWolf White was
called away from her home at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. F. A. Birce. Typhoid malaria was the
fatal malady, and Mrs. White was sick but two weeks,
during which time she was surrounded by loving
friends and relatives who contributed all possible
to the alleviation of her suffering. Mary DeWolf was
born at Deerfield, Mass., April 1, 1830, and in
March, 1852, was married to C. B. White. Mr. and
Mrs. White came “around the Horn” to California on
their wedding trip, and San Francisco was their home
for many years. In 1891, F. A. Birce erected a
residence on Linden Heights, and Mr. and Mrs. White
removed here to make their home with their only
daughter. Two years later, Mr. White passed away in
this city, and his body was laid to rest in Odd
Fellows’ Cemetery, San Francisco, where the remains
of Mrs. White will be laid beside his today. A brief
service was held at the residence at 2 o’clock
yesterday, Rev. H. F. Burgess officiating, and at
the close, the body was taken to the overland train,
accompanied by the family. Besides a daughter,
granddaughter, and grandson, Mrs. White left two
sisters and a mother, the latter living at Elmwood,
Connecticut, at the advanced age of 94 years. Mrs.
White was a charming woman, possessed of those
traits of character which made her a favorite with
all her acquaintances and the object of love and
admiration from those knowing her best. Hers was a
life of sacrifices, always contributing to the
comfort and happiness of others and subjugating self
till it might well be said “she lived for others.”
In family, church, and social circles, Mrs. White’s
death leaves a void, and the bereaved relatives have
the sympathy of all in this hour of affliction.
[Placer County Reader, Auburn, 10-6-1898, Thursday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik] |
JACOBS, ELLA
(nee McCORMICK)
MRS. ELLA JACOBS
On Friday morning of last week, Mrs. Jacobs, wife of
Ex-County Treasurer J. M. Jacobs, died at her home
in this city. Mrs. Jacobs had for some time been a
sufferer from pulmonary complaints, but the end was
not expected so soon. Mrs. Jacobs was the eldest
daughter of Mrs. James McCormick of Auburn and was a
native of San Francisco. Her father was formerly
sheriff of Placer County, and she was Deputy County
Treasurer during the terms of her husband and T. B.
Harper. Her circle of acquaintances was necessarily
large, and her friends were numerous. Her husband and
two sons, Walter and Henry, survive her, and they
and other relatives here have the sympathy of the
community in their bereavement. The funeral took
place from the residence of her mother and thence
from St. Theresa’s Church Sunday afternoon. [Placer
County Reader, Auburn, 12-22-1898, Thursday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik] |
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AMES, CHARLES C.
C. C. AMES
Again we are called upon to chronicle the passing of
one of our well known and generally respected
citizens, C. C. Ames, who succumbed to dropsy at his
home in Auburn, January 2nd.
Mr. Ames was a native of the State of Maine, aged
sixty-six years and three months. He came to
California in 1864 and has made Placer County his
home for the past twenty years. May 29, 1871, he was
married to Mary E. Pulsifer at Indian Valley, Plumas
County. Since coming to Auburn in 1879, Mr. and Mrs.
Ames resided on a small fruit ranch and
fruit-raising was his occupation. Mr.
Ames had been a great sufferer for two and a half
years, the last year and a half being spent in bed.
His case was peculiar, and when one considers the
enormous accumulations of water which were reduced
upon forty-three different occasions by tapping, the
wonder is that the patient sufferer lingered so
long. Possessed of unusual vitality, a hopeful
temperament, and genial manner, he maintained
cheerfulness almost to the last and gladly welcomed
his friends when able to see them.Besides
the widow, Mr. Ames leaves a sister in the east and
four cousins in California: Geo. A. Cooper, Harry
Cooper, Fred L. Cooper, and Mrs. Helen A. Dunn. The
first named, Geo. A. Cooper, came over from Nevada
City to attend the funeral which took place from the
residence yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev.
J. T. Shurtleff conducted the service at the house,
and the Order of Red Men held the service at the
cemetery. Mr. Ames was a member of Miami Tribe, No.
55, IORM, of this city, and also of Placer Council,
No. 68, of Chosen Friends, in which he carried an
insurance policy for $1,000.Mr. Ames was a
broad-minded, public-spirited man of upright
character and will be sincerely mourned by many
friends here and elsewhere, and genuine sympathy is
extended the bereaved wife whose devotion to her
husband was so marked. [Placer County Reader,
Auburn, 1-5-1899, Thursday. Submitted by Kathie
Kloss Marynik.] |
HEROLD, ADAM
SUICIDE OF ADAM HEROLD
News reached this city on Saturday last of the
suicide in San Francisco on the preceding afternoon
of the Hon. Adam Herold, formerly State Treasurer
and for the past few years one of Placer’s prominent
citizens. The rash act is said to have been
committed in a fit of despondency occasioned by
financial reverses and political disappointment. Mr.
Herold went to San Francisco from his home at
Lincoln on the day before Christmas, and a day or
two later his son, Adam Herold, Jr., who had rooms
at the Golden West Hotel, went to Lincoln to spend a
few days at home, the father in the meanwhile
occupying the son’s rooms at the hotel. At about 11
o’clock on Friday morning last, the chambermaid
knocked at his door, intending to enter and clean up
the room. Herold answered the summons but sent the
girl away, saying he would call her when he wanted
his room cleaned. At about 5 o’clock, a boy was sent
to look in the room through the transom. He saw
Herold lying face downward by the washstand, but he
could not see from his position just what caused the
attitude. When the door was opened, it was seen at
once to be a case of suicide. Herold was hanging
from the faucet of the washstand by a silk scarf.
His face was not more than a foot from the floor
and, had he been so disposed, he could have easily
supported himself on his hands. The body was
immediately detached from the faucet and removed to
the morgue. It is supposed that heavy losses in
recent investments and the failure to procure the
appointment as Superintendent of the Mint led to the
suicide. He is said to have worked very hard for the
appointment and when another was chosen for the
position, he felt the blow keenly. His son Adam is a
teacher of drawing in the Lincoln School at San
Francisco, and a grown daughter is a resident of
Newcastle. The family home is at Lincoln. Deceased
was a native of Bavaria where he was born in 1842.
He left Germany in 1869 and came directly to
California where he settled in Santa Clara County.
While there, he went into business as a brewer. He
was proprietor of the Gilroy Brewery when he was
nominated in 1886 for State Treasurer. He was
elected by a good majority and filled his position
with credit. Since the expiration of his term as
State Treasurer, he has been a resident of Lincoln
in this county.
[Placer County Republican (Auburn), Friday,
1-5-1894. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
GLADDING, CHARLES
DEATH OF CHARLES GLADDING
A cablegram received at Lincoln on Thursday of last
week brought the announcement of the death of
Charles Gladding which occurred at Rome, Italy, on
the day previous. The news was entirely unexpected
and was a shock not only to the people of Lincoln,
but also to those of the entire state for Mr.
Gladding was known from one end of the commonwealth
to the other as the senior member of the great
pottery firm of Gladding, McBean & Co., whose works
are situated at Lincoln in this county. We have not
heard the particulars as to his death, but the
cablegram stated that it occurred suddenly while out
for a drive. Mr. Gladding had for some years been a
great sufferer from asthma, and it was partly on
this account that he went on the European trip some
months ago from which he was destined to never
return alive. The Lincoln
News-Messenger
furnishes the following synopsis of Mr. Gladding’s
life: Charles
Gladding was born in Ontario County, New York, April
28, 1818. His parents died when he was very young.
When he was fourteen years old, he went to work on
the Erie Canal, and after a few years became the
owner of a boat. From New York, he went to Ohio
where he was interested in the lime business, and
subsequently located in Chicago, Illinois, engaging
in the manufacture of sewer pipe. He was residing in
Chicago when the war broke out, and during 1861 and
the early part of 1862, he devoted much time and
money to the raising and equipping of volunteer
troops. He was very efficient in the organization of
Company K, Seventy-second Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, and was elected and commissioned First
Lieutenant and accompanied the regiment after its
organization to Paducah and Columbus, Ky. He took
part in the expedition to and the capture of Island
No. 10 under General Pope and was afterward assigned
to the brigade of General Crocker in the Army of the
Tennessee with which he participated in General
Grant’s campaign to Holly Springs, Miss., and later
in the Lake Providence and Yazoo River expeditions. He
also served during the campaign before Vickburg,
took part in the final assault on that town, and was
present at the surrender of General Pemberton. After
this, he made an expedition to Natchez and was in a
number of expeditions against guerillas. His service
in the swamp of the Mississippi so enfeebled his
health that he was forced to resign on September 19,
1863.Early in the spring of 1875, he came to
California and while in the state obtained a piece
of clay found in the Lincoln coal mine which he took
to Chicago. The sample proved suitable for sever
pipe, etc., a company was formed, and he returned
and established the pottery works the same year
under the firm name of Gladding, McBean & Co. The
pottery increased in size rapidly under the
management of Mr. Gladding, until it became the
largest works of the kind west of the Rocky
Mountains, its growth and prosperity being large due
to his thorough knowledge of the business and
never-ceasing energy. The
News-Messenger
very truthfully adds that in the death of Mr.
Gladding, its community suffers an irreparable loss
as he was a true friend to Lincoln in every sense of
the word; and although he was obliged to devote the
strictest attention to his own business connections,
he was never so absorbed in self that he could not
give liberal support to every worthy enterprise, and
it can well be said that he unselfishly laid the
foundation for the prosperity which Lincoln today
enjoys. He was generous to a fault and always
responded freely when called upon for aid for a
charitable purpose. Deceased was a member of the
Loyal Legion, and of George H. Thomas Post, GAR, and
Gold Hill Lodge F&A of Lincoln. He leaves a widow
and three grown children—two sons and a
daughter—whose sorrow is shared by the public
generally. [Placer County Republican (Auburn),
Friday, 1-26-1894. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
McQUIG, MARGARET (nee BURGESS)
Margaret Burgess was born in Canada where she lived
until about forty years ago, coming at that time to
California. In 1859 she was united in marriage with
Robert McQuig. To them were born six children, four
of whom are living, two sons and two daughters. They
have made their home in Rocklin for the last
twenty-two years, at which place Mr. McQuig died ten
years ago. Her death came on Monday a little before
noon as the result of a paralytic stroke suffered
Saturday evening. She had been sitting with the
family at the evening meal and seemed in usual
health just before the attack came. With her husband
she was a loyal Methodist for years. The funeral was
held from the family home in Rocklin, Dec. 13, 1911,
the Rev. H. S. Jackson officiating, after which the
remains were taken to the crematory at Sacramento,
this being the request of the deceased. The ashes
were brought to Rocklin the following day and laid
to rest in the Rocklin cemetery.
[Roseville Register, 12-29-1911, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
CAVITT, JIM
On Wednesday, December 20th,
at his home in Roseville, J. H. Cavitt bid farewell
to this earth and departed for the great unknown. To
those who knew him, he was a man of gentle habits
and a good and loving father. He was born in Rush
County, Indiana, 78 years ago. His parents shortly
afterward moved to Iowa and from there to California
by ox team in 1864. In 1865 he and his brother left
their parents and took a pack train to the Montana
mines where they worked for three years, after which
they again returned to Iowa where he married a
sister of Jack Delaney. During their residence in
Iowa, a daughter and a son, Dicie and Sam, were born
to them. In the early part of the year of 1890, they
came again to California and settled in Truckee
where Hazel and Archie were born. Several years ago,
he moved to Roseville engaging in the dairy
business. Deceased was laid at rest Friday afternoon
in Sylvan Cemetery. The funeral was held from the
Presbyterian Church at 2 o’clock PM, the Rev. O. L.
Linn officiating.
[Roseville Register, 12-29-1911, Friday.
Submitted by
Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
LUCAS, MARY ELLEN (nee CHATEAU)
Mary Ellen Chateau was born January 12, 1869, in San
Francisco and died at her home in Roseville,
December 20, 1911, aged 42 years, 11 months, and 8
days. She was married to J. H. Lucas December 14,
1888, and to this union were born three children.
Her married life was spent in and near Roseville,
and the people of the community who knew her were
united in their faith in her friendship and kindly
life. All who came in touch with this home were
impressed by the devotion of its inmates to each
other, hence the mother will be the more sadly
missed. She leaves to mourn, her old father, a
brother, her husband, and three children: Mrs. Harry
Flint and Charlie and Henry. Thus again the grim
reaper has visited our community and left us in
sadness. The funeral was held from the family home
in Enwood addition Friday morning at 10 o’clock, and
the remains were laid to rest in the Odd Fellows’
Cemetery, Rev. Hugh S. Jackson officiating.
[Roseville Register, 12-29-1911, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
BENSON,
MARY ELIZABETH
Once again the messenger of death has entered our
midst. After a short illness of pneumonia, Mary
Elizabeth Benson passed from this life Sunday
evening, Dec. 24, 1911. She was born at Iowa Falls,
Iowa, January 18, 1860, and had she lived until the
18th
of January would have been fifty-two years of age.
When but a little child, her parents moved from Iowa
to New Westminster, British Columbia, where she grew
to womanhood. On December 13, 1882, she was united
in marriage with John Bradley Benson. In 1889 with
her husband and children, she moved to Eureka,
Humboldt County, California, and since then has
lived in this state, moving to Roseville, July 22,
1910. The funeral service was held in the
undertaking parlors in Roseville, December 26th,
conducted by the Rev. Hugh S. Jackson, and the
remains were taken to the Odd Fellows Cemetery for
interment. She leaves her mother, husband, and two
sons to mourn her loss. [Roseville Register,
12-29-1911, Friday. Submitted by
Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
TUTTLE, WILLIAM M.
TUTTLE,
HAZEL (nee TUTTLE)
TRAGIC END OF WELL KNOWN COUPLELast
Saturday evening, Wm. Tuttle, better known here as “Blondy,”
killed his wife and himself at their home in
Sacramento. The couple has been married about two
years but have not got along very well, according to
reports. They were cousins and Mrs. Tuttle was
heiress to about $35,000, and it is reported that
the fact that “Blondy” was not allowed to handle as
much of this as he wanted was the main trouble. For
the past few months, they have been practically
living apart. Last Saturday he went to the house,
seemingly in good humor, played with the baby, and
sent a servant into another room; then he hurried
into his wife’s bedroom where he discharged two
revolver shots into her body and then turned the
weapon on himself.The murdered couple was taken to
Rocklin Sunday where they were buried, Rev. Linn
officiating. “Blondy” Tuttle used to be a fireman
here and was well known to everyone along the line.
His parents reside in Rocklin as well as an uncle,
and he has a brother firing switch engine here. He
had attained quite a reputation here as a bad man
after women before his last marriage and had been
married once before. A great deal might be said that
is better left unsaid, and we have no desire to
harrow the feelings of the bereaved who feel the
affair deeply.It
is claimed by some that Tuttle was crazy at times
and that he attempted his own life once before as
well as that of his wife. The 9 months old babe will
probably fall heir to the wealth left Mrs. Tuttle.
There are two aunts residing in Sacramento. It was
certainly a terrible affair, and it is much to be
regretted that his wife should be the victim of his
insane desire to kill. [Roseville Register,
1-5-1912, Friday. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
KETCHAM,
GEORGE HALE
George Hale Ketcham was born in Towanda,
Pennsylvania, February 20, 1840 and died in Auburn
March 9, 1912, aged 72 years and 18 days. When six
years of age, his parents moved to Turner Junction,
now West Chicago, Illinois, which place was his home
until three years ago when he moved to Roseville
where he has since resided with his son. In 1864 he
was united in marriage with Miss Annie McKenna and
to this union were born five children, four sons and
a daughter. Three of the sons died before the
father. Mr. Ketcham was a railroad man being in the
employ of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
system, running out of Chicago, since the early
sixties. In 1868 he lost a leg in an accident at
Wilton Junction, Iowa.He was a true, brave-hearted
railroader of the older days, always kindly and
generous and will be sadly missed where he was best
known. For weary weeks, he had been a sufferer with
a complication of diseases, but the sudden end was
entirely unexpected. There are left to mourn the son
Lucius Ketcham with whom he made his home, the
daughter Miss Nellie Ketcham of Chicago, and a
brother and sister of Chicago. The funeral service
was held from the undertaking parlors in Roseville,
Monday, March 11th
at 1:30 PM, and the interment was in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Hugh S. Jackson officiating. [Roseville
Register, 3-15-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
KENT, MARY ELIZABETH (nee HAVILAND)
Mary Elizabeth Haviland was born in Duchess County,
NY, Nov. 4, 1821 and died in Roseville March 11,
1912, aged 89 years 4 months and 7 days. She was
united in marriage with the Rev. William Kent and to
this union were born three children, all preceding
her in death. With the three brothers, herself, and
husband formed the Congregational Church at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, Mr. Kent being the first pastor of the
church. They moved from Iowa to Canada where for
many years they made their home doing a great deal
of missionary work. For a time they were
missionaries in the East Indies. Mrs. Kent came from
Canada on the death of her husband about eight years
ago and has since resided with her daughter, Mrs.
Benson, for the last two years residing near
Roseville. Since the death of Mrs. Benson the last
of the year, her health has been gradually failing.
She leaves as near relatives the two grandsons Will
and Ira Benson and their father Mr. Benson.Funeral
services were held from Harmer & Cos. Undertaking
Parlors Wednesday at 10 AM, Interment in the IOOF
Cemetery, Rev. Hugh Jackson officiating. [Roseville
Register, 3-15-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
THEILE, ELLA
PITCHER
WIFE OF MAYOR THEILE JOINS SILENT MAJORITY
Mrs. Ella Pitcher Theile, wife of Mayor R. F. Theile,
passed away Monday evening after an illness that has
dated from last November. She was taken to a
hospital in San Francisco last December and received
every care and attention until given up by the
doctors there and came home to die a couple of weeks
ago. Cancerous growths developed into dropsy, and
there was no hope for her. Dr. Ashby was her
attendant physician here, and no better could have
been secured.Mrs. Theile was born at Forest Hill,
this county, May 31, 1855, and was 56 years 9 months
and 17 days old at the time of her death. Three
children survive her by her first marriage – E. D.
Pitcher of Roseville, Mrs. E. W. Manuel of
Vacaville, and Harry Pitcher of Michigan. She became
the wife of R. F. Theile about five years ago and
has endeared herself to all with whom she came in
contact by her womanly virtues and exemplary
character. The sympathy of the community goes out to
Mr. Theile in this, the loss of a helpmate whose
absence will cause an aching void that cannot be
filled. The funeral was held from the family
residence Wednesday at 2 PM, and a large concourse
of sorrowing friends followed her to her last
resting place in the IOOF Cemetery.
[Roseville Register, 3-22-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
HILL, GEORGE
HERBERT
DEATH OF HERBERT HILL
On last Saturday afternoon, Herbert Hill of this
place, while riding on a logging train on one of the
short lines of the Diamond Match Company, was
crushed by a derailed car and received injuries
which resulted in his death on Monday night as he
was about to undergo an operation which was the only
hope of his recovery.George
Herbert Hill was born in Roseville December 21,
1882, and died in Stirling City May 13, 1912. He
leaves to mourn his loss a widow, Lulu Fisher Hill,
a mother, Mrs. Cassie Hill, a brother, Forest C.
Hill of Sacramento, three sisters, Mrs. Maud
[illegible] of Berkeley, Mrs. Maybel Winters and
Mrs. Myrtle Aiston of San Francisco, two
grandparents, and four aunts. Besides his relatives,
he leaves many friends who deeply feel his untimely
death. He was a man who was well liked by all who
knew him. The sympathy of the entire community is
with the bereaved friends and relatives.The funeral
services were conducted from the local undertaking
parlors Wednesday afternoon. The Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen attended in a body and conducted a
short ceremony at the grave. The Rebekahs, of whom
the widow is a member, were present to bear up their
bereaved sister with their characteristic sympathy,
and marched to the grave in a body. Music was
rendered by a select quartet, and Rev. O. L. Linn
officiated. The large bank of flowers from the
various orders and friends of the deceased was
another indication of the esteem in which he was
held.
[Roseville Register, 5-17-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
Particulars of Herbert Hills
Death
ED. REGISTER:--It may
interest the many friends of Herbert Hill to know
the particulars of his death, and I write them to
you.He went to the Butte County Railroad to take a
position about two weeks ago. He had worked five
days as brakeman. He was coming down from the woods
with a train of logs, riding in between the cars,
presumably sitting on or near a brake. The third car
ahead of him jumped the track, piling up the cars,
and the ends of the logs crushed him against the
brake staff, crushing his hip bones together and
badly breaking the bones, the sharp ends of which
cut and mutilated his intestines and other organs.At
the time of the accident, he was laid aside as dead,
but after some time began to moan and was picked up
and taken to the company hospital at Stirling City.
The accident happened late Saturday afternoon, and
his unusually rugged constitution kept him alive
until 6 PM Monday after intense suffering. His wife
reached him Sunday morning, in time to be with him
during his last few hours. Herbert realized his end
was near Monday afternoon and gave instructions as
to the funeral, and a Presbyterian minister was
called in and gave spiritual comfort.Herbert
expected to go to work permanently on the electric
line from Sacramento to Woodland about July 1st
and had gone to the Butte County line to put in the
time until the electric line began operations. He
had worked about 12 years on the Southern Pacific
and after getting injured, spoke with considerable
feeling that he could serve a big road so long
without accident and get killed after only five days
on a small road.He was born at Roseville December
21, 1882. He was a member of the B. of R. T. and was
buried under their auspices. The order sent a
representative, J. J. Cox, to Chico to assist the
relatives in getting the body back to Roseville for
interment. [signed] F. C. Hill, Sacramento, May 16,
1912. [Roseville Register, 5-24-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
WHITNEY, JOHN T.
Death of Rocklin
Pioneer
The funeral of John T. Whitney, who died Tuesday in
the Wentworth Hospital in Sacramento, will be held
this afternoon. The services will be conducted from
the funeral parlors of Clark & Boothe. John T.
Whitney was born in Massachusetts and was 70 years
old. He came to California almost 50 years ago and
settled near Rocklin where he has lived continuously
45 years. He was well known among the orchardists of
this section of the state. He leaves a widow, Fanny
I. Smith-Whitney; a daughter, Mrs. Fred Herbert of
Portland, Oregon; and a cousin, J. Parker Whitney,
the well known fruit grower and poultry man.
[Roseville Register, 5-31-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
DARLING, CASSIUS H.
WELL KNOWN MINISTER DIES AT PENRYN
The Rev. Cassius H. Darling, well known comrade of
the Grand Army of the Republic and a popular
minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at
the family home in Penryn last Friday night at the
age of 67 years. During the past few years, he had
suffered several strokes of paralysis, and the last
one, suffered about two weeks ago, proved too much
for his weakened condition. He leaves a wife, Mrs.
Susan Darling. The interment took place at Shasta,
Shasta County, last Sunday.Few ministers were better
known and loved in the counties of Northern
California and Nevada where for over 30 years he had
labored in many pulpits. He was an orator and a man
of education and took an active part in the civic
life of the communities where he had been a pastor.
He was known to nearly all the old soldiers, as he
was, until a year or two ago, a prominent figure at
all meetings of the GAR. While the Rev. Mr. Darling
was pastor of the church at Fall River, Shasta
County, he was appointed chaplain of the state
senate and was popular with the legislators as a man
and a minister. After the session of the
legislature, he was stationed at Honcut, Butte
County, about seven years ago. From Honcut, the Rev.
Mr. Darling was sent to Penryn where he served five
years and retired from the ministry about a year
ago.
[Roseville Register, 7-5-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
PERKINS, ZILLA
Death of Well Known
Lady
Mrs. Zilla Perkins, widow of the last W. D. Perkins,
former state librarian and well known Southern
Pacific representative in land matters in this part
of the state, died at Rocklin last Thursday at the
age of 79 years. She was a native of New York and
highly esteemed in the community. Surviving her are
two sons, W. D. Perkins of San Francisco and Dana
Perkins of Rocklin. The funeral services were held
at the late residence of the deceased near Rocklin
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and the interment
was private. A good many years ago, the deceased and
her husband conducted a well known hotel near where
the town of Loomis now stands. The funeral sermon
was preached by Rev. Wills of Sacramento, and the
singing was by a Sacramento choir. A number went up
from here to pay their last respects to one who will
be missed by a large host of friends.
[Roseville Register, 7-19-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
ROBERTS,
CHARLES ANDREW
SWITCHMAN KILLED WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTY
Another fatal accident occurred in the yard here
last Tuesday evening at 3 o’clock when Charles
Andrew Roberts, aged 19 years, 11 months, and 20
days, had his life crushed out while performing his
duty as switchman. He was riding the head car on a
string of 11 loaded fruit cars that had been cut off
and were running down to the PFE platform to be
iced. He was standing on the footboard and had his
hands on the brake to “spot” the cars at the right
point. The bulkhead at the end of the track gave way
and carried him under the ice chute, and he was
crushed between the end of the car and an iron post
and brace supporting the chute. There were two
witnesses to the accident, and the train had to be
pulled up before young Roberts’ body could be
released. Dr. Woodbridge was at once summoned, but
life was extinct. Coroner Bisbee was notified and
came down and held an inquest, and the verdict was
that “deceased met his death by being crushed
between the car he was riding, in performance of his
duty, and the iron post and brace supporting the ice
chute, the car exceeding its distance by reason of a
defective bulkhead.”
The deceased was born in Rocklin and lived with his
parents here in Roseville and was a hard working and
popular young man. He has two brothers and two
sisters, the latter living in Roseville. He has been
in the employ of the company for some time and last
month joined the BRT from which order he will
receive $15000. The funeral was conducted from the
Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon by Rev.
Jackson, and the interment was in the IOOF Cemetery
under direction of Undertaker Cahn. A large crowd
showed their respect and sympathy by attending the
funeral, and the bereaved family have the sympathy
of the community. [Roseville Register, 8-22-1912,
Friday. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
KOOTROOMBES, CHRIS
GREEK LABORER KILLED BY CARS
Last Thursday Chris Kootroombes, a Greek car
repairer, was killed through being struck and
mangled under a string of “bad order” cars. The
coroner’s inquest was held on Friday night and
verdict rendered was: “Accidental death by being
crushed under a car on which he was working, by the
switching crew bumping into it.” The brake fixtures
caught and disemboweled him. When found, he was
still alive but died a few minutes later.
Kootroombes and his full-brother James Kootroombes
started to work on a flat car in a string of “bad
orders” which had been switched on the track, but
which the switching crew were still working with.
The repair men did not place signals to notify the
switching crew that they had commenced work on the
car, nor did they ascertain if the proper signals
had been placed by the switching crew denoting the
cars would not be disturbed, and were ready for the
repair men to begin work. Instructions are issued
each morning to the repair men and the switching
crews to regard these signals, and it was the
failure of Kootroombes to do this that resulted in
his death. He had crawled under the end of a flat
car and started to unloosen a bolt, while his
brother went after a number of new bolts. In the
meantime, the switching crew caused a couple of cars
to be “kicked” against the string underneath the end
of which Kootroombes was working. The entire string
was moved, and the brake fixtures caught and fatally
injured the man.The funeral was held from Cahen &
Harmer’s Undertaking Parlors on Sunday. The
Roseville band led the funeral. The interment took
place in the IOOF Cemetery.
[Roseville Register, 9-27-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
HAGERTY, J. L.
J. L. HAGERTY FATALLY INJURED
The second fatal accident within the last week
occurred on last Monday when J. L. Hagerty was
knocked off a box car and fatally injured. This
makes two within the last week. Hagerty was not a
regular switchman but working as a brakeman out of
Roseville, but on Sunday night he was called to go
on the switching crew as they were short handed. He
was riding a string of cars, and it seems that his
lantern in some manner became extinguished, and he
was unable to signal the engineer to stop before
bumping into other cars on the track which threw him
off the car beneath the wheels, and the wheels
passed over both legs between the knees and hips. He
was rushed to the emergency hospital where Dr.
Woodbridge attended him but expressed little hope of
his recovery as his legs were so badly mangled. It
was about 3 o’clock when the accident occurred, and
No. 23 was held about 20 minutes until the injured
man could be put aboard, accompanied by the nurse
and Fred Cornish, and taken to the railroad hospital
at Sacramento where he died about 8 o’clock. He gave
his age as 27, and his folks live at Tipton, Iowa.
He was a member of the B of RT, No. 58, at Lincoln,
Nebraska, which lodge was notified of the accident.
His effects were taken in charge by J. R. Tully,
secretary of the lodge at this place.
[Roseville Register, 9-27-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
ANDERSON, C. W.
EDITOR OF THIS PAPER
PASSES AWAY
After a short illness,
the editor of this paper, C. W. Anderson, died at
his home in Roseville last Friday afternoon. He had
been a sufferer from diabetes for several years, and
his death was not entirely unexpected but still it
was a severe shock to his family. As to his career
as a newspaper man, we will only say that before
coming to Roseville he was connected with several
papers in northern California, Oregon, and
Washington.The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock
from the residence and was largely attended. Rev.
Jackson officiated at the house, and the Knights of
Pythias took charge at the cemetery. The members of
the FOE were well represented, and the Roseville
band was present in uniform.The
Roseville Register will in future be conducted by C.
B. and R. R. Anderson, who will also continue to
conduct the Colfax Record. In the main, the policy
of the paper will be about the same as it has been
in the past, to stand up for what we think is right
and to express our opinions on matters that concern
the welfare of the town and people generally.
However, we are too well known to the people of
Roseville to say much along this line, and if we
fail to make good we will have nobody to blame but
ourselves. [Roseville Register, 10-4-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
EVERS, BARBARA
ROSEVILLE WOMAN DIES ON
FOURTH ATTEMPT
Mrs. Barbara Evers, an account of whose attempted
suicide appeared in last week’s REGISTER, died at
the county hospital in Auburn Saturday night as the
result of a dose of poison taken a week previously
at her home in Roseville. She was buried at Auburn
Monday and is the first occupant of the Placer
County Potter’s Field. Mrs. Evers made an attempt
upon her life about a year ago by jumping from the
cliff near San Francisco Cliff House into the bay.
She has since tried three times to die by poison.
She leaves an 11-months-old child which is at
present being taken care of by a Roseville family.
[Roseville Register, 11-15-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
BROWN, OTIS
OLD TIMER DIED SATURDAY - FIFTY YEARS IN ROCKLIN
Otis Brown, for fifty
years a resident of this county, died last Saturday
and was buried Sunday. For half a century, Otis
Brown lived in the canyon above the Spring Valley
ranch. He was a cattleman in the early days of
California. Later he planted a vineyard and was one
of the experimenters when that industry was in its
infancy. He was one of the most known and most liked
men in Placer County. Deceased leaves a sister who
resides in the east and a nephew in the southern
part of the state. [Roseville Register, 11-22-1912,
Friday. Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.]
YORK, HERBERT A.
HERBERT A. WORK GETS LAST CALL – No Witnesses to the
Fatal Accident to Well Known and Well Liked S. P.
Switchman
On last Sunday morning
at 6:15 o’clock Herbert A. York was killed in the
Roseville yards by being struck by a string of cars
and was dragged and cut to death beneath them. There
was no eyewitness to the affair, and consequently it
is not known absolutely how the fatal accident
occurred, but the following version is pretty near
correct:He had gone to work and was carrying his
raincoat and lantern. Upon entering the yard he
asked one of the boys if the engine was out yet and
was informed that is was not. It was then time for
the night crew to quit, and it is supposed that he
thought that there was no engine moving in the yards
as the day engine had not arrived yet and the night
crew was not supposed to be switching. He stepped
around the end of a string of cars, probably going
within a few feet of them, and as the night crew was
still at work, they had just “kicked” several cars
on this track, and they struck the cars standing
there with great force, no doubt knocking York down
and several cars passed over him killing him
instantly. He was found a few minutes later, and his
lantern and raincoat were several feet from him,
showing how hard the cars must have struck.Herbert
York came to Roseville from Sacramento. He leaves a
wife and two small children to mourn his loss. He
was a popular young man in railroad circles and was
an active member of the Knights of Pythias Success
Lodge No. 226, also of the Masons, Fraternal Order
of Eagles, and the Order of Trainmen. The funeral
was held in Sacramento on Tuesday, December 17th.
A special car carried the remains to Sacramento,
leaving Roseville at 2:15. A large number of friends
and lodge brothers were at the train to pay last
respects to the departed brother, and about 100
friends went down with the body. Services were held
at the undertaking parlors of Cahen Harmer & Co. in
Roseville, Rev. O. L. Linn officiating. He was
buried in the family plot of the old IOOF Cemetery
of Sacramento.The entire community was shocked by
the sudden and unexpected death of this popular
young man, and the REGISTER joins a large number of
sincere friends in extending sympathy to the family
of the deceased in this the hour of their sorrow. [Roseville
Register, 12-20-1912, Friday.
Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik.] |
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