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Capitol awhile hunting up some old legislative bills of this session -- some for John B Gallagher about Lyon County Bonds -- ex Senator of Mason Valley, Lyon County -- Nevada -- Mary Williams, heretofore my landlady ceased as such and evacuated the premises this day. Therefore I am an orphan -- Bed 12 --
Change of Landladies -- Jim James
Friday April 2
Variable & cold -- Bed 12 -- Change in landladies -- May Williams quit & pulled out yesterday -- So Mrs Rickle the proprietress came in temporarily till she can get in somebody else -- Mrs Rickel came in today and resumed possession -- Had Mrs Parker, formerly of Reno with her and we had an interview on the subject -- Mrs Parker thinks of taking the concern --
Jim James -- The Zirn Mine -- 1897 Missouri Legislation -- The Buckeye Mines
Saturday April 3
Variable -- coolly pleasant -- Landlady situation remains the same -- Bed 12
Kinzle -- Wife -- Lodging House to Myself Snow gone -- Streets Dusty -- Good Bicycling Sent for trunk -- Photos of the Fight -- US Grand Jury in Session
Sunday April 4
Variable & cool but pleasant -- PM I wrote a long five page letter to M
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Kinzle, Nevada City Cal -- Also 2 page letter to wife -- Bed 11:30 -- I had this lodging house all alone today -- no other lodger, and no new landlady -- Take care of my own room -- Snow most all gone, streets dusty -- good bicycling -- In letter to wife I sent for my old trunk --
Monday April 5
Clear and very Springlike -- Got letter from Henry Rives, Eureka, via Salt Lake -- Will hear from [him] again shortly with $35 -- I slept alone in my lodging house last night -- Only lodger -- and no new landlady as yet -- Hugh Castle is a Carson boy who managed to get in with his little camera and took two snap shot pictures -- One of the 4th round and one of the 14th showing the rush on the stage after the knockout of Corbett -- Wasn't quite quick enough to catch the knockout itself, best scene of all -- US Grand Jury in session today -- Judge Hawley sat down on Sam Davis of the Carson Appeal considerably as can be seen by clippings from the
Judge Hawley Sits Down on Sam Davis Big Floods East -- 1897 -- Kinetoscope Failure -- Fitzsimmons -- US Grand Jury
Carson Evening News of this evening: [clippings] Gread floods in the Mississippi and other great river valleys, east -- Most disastrous ever known in the history of the country -- Bed at 11:30 -- all alone in the lodging house again --
Big West Wind and Skylight Smash Grand Jury Through -- Kleupfer's Suicide J R White
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Tuesday April 6
Very high west wind all day & clouds of dust -- Sky-light of my lodging house blew off at 2:30 while I was in my room, with a smash of glass -- I picked up the glass which fell in the hallway and went to Mrs Kinckel's house, the proprietor & informed her of the trouble -- She got George Wilcox, carpenter, to fix it -- Four lights of glass broken -- sash twisted off the hinges, etc -- Evening wind moderated -- Bed 11 -- clear & freezing a little -- US Grand Jury completed its labors, reported and was discharged -- Only found a few indictments for selling liquor to Indians, counterfeiting etc -- Evening I sent a letter to John R White 1122 Pine st San Francisco --
John R White -- Jack Bradley Dead -- 1897 News vs Appeal -- The Jones Case -- US Grand Jury Report A find of Greenbacks
Wednesday April 7
Clear & fine, but cool -- Evening sent another letter to John R White, 1122 Pine st, San Francisco -- Jack Bradley, for many years a resident of the Comstock, generally connected with the police and fire departments died there yesterday of pneumonia -- Bed 12 -- clear & a little frosty --
Capt Haynie Dead -- Logan Indian Killing Trial Wife -- Washoe Late catfishing -- Capt W Haynie Dead
Thursday April 8
Clear & Springlike -- The trial of Logan at Dayton for killing Jim King,
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an Indian, at Mason Valley, Feb 13th is progressing at Dayton this week and creates much interest among the Indians generally & many of them gathering at Dayton and the court room -- I got letter from wife today & replied to it -- Quite a number of Carsonites went catfishing today at Washoe Lake -- caught lots of them, but not very good fishing generally -- didn't bite well -- Bed 12 --
Logan gets 30 yrs -- John R White -- Hale & Norcross 1897 -- Folsom vs Marlette -- McCluen's legs cut off Dr Byrne's Keeley cure
Friday April 9
Same -- more so -- Logan's trial for killing Jim King, Indian, Feb 13 in Mason Valley, concluded today, with a sentence of 30 years in State Prison -- To come up tomorrow in court -- Folsom vs Marlette case argued & submitted in Supreme Court today -- Bed 12 -- Letter from John R White
Saturday April 10
Same -- The funeral of Capt Haynie this PM, was largely attended -- The Grand Army Custer Post, G.A.R. did the military honors -- Wm McCluen, yardmaster of the RR depot lost both legs below the knee this morning by a heavily loaded box car passing over them -- He accidentally slipped in adjusting the brake -- Dr Byrne who took the Keeley cure here about 3 yrs ago and afterward lectured on the subject eulogistically, and has since resided in San F. returned yesterday to take the cure again -- very
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drunk -- Went back on it the last five or six months -- Bed 12 -- (over)
Durrant to be Hanged June 11th Kinetoscope -- Joe R Ryan vs Cronan Saturday continued -- Hale & Norcross Fight
Durrant was resentenced to be hanged this morning in SF and taken to San Quentin State Prison this PM -- To be hanged there June 11th -- This PM I attended argument before Supreme Court of petition for mandamas to oust Cronan, Supt of Hale & Norcross mine and put Joe Ryan the newly elected Supt in his place -- Lawyer Baggett of SF. for Cronan spoke 1 1/2 hours -- Deal for Ryan -- Case continued till 10 AM Monday --
Spring Weather -- Bessie Osbiston Marries 1897 -- John R White -- Wife with Students Record Lawyer Baggett -- Carson Paper War -- Dusty -- McCluen Kinzle -- Mrs Rinckel leaves for San F
Sunday April 11
Same -- warmer -- 70° -- Sent another letter to John R White, S.F. Bed 12 --
Monday April 12
Same -- Bundle of 3 copies of the Students Record, a monthly little magazine got up by the students, etc, articles, meritorious, etc by Sammy and his mother, which interested me much -- PM was in Supreme Court awhile listening to Lawyer Baggett in the Hale & Norcross Supt fight -- He is abnormally long winded -- on a post mortem argument, especially -- like that of Saturday PM -- Streets very dusty -- Bed 12 -- The editors of our two Carson dailies are at war of crimination and recrimination -- giving each
