The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
THE PACIFIC COAST.
San Diego's Chamber of Commerce
IndOrSeS Blaine'S Letter.
Secretary of the Navy Becoming Anxious
About the Completion OF the
Monterey.

James G. Colmesnil, at one time
United States Consul at Samoa, is charged
at Seattle with forgery.
The California Board of Forestry has
sc, 900 tan-bark waffle trees growing at
Santa Monica They will be gratuitous-
ly distributed the coming winter.
Alexander Thompson has been con-
victed at Jackson, Amador county, CAL,
of murder in the first degree, he having
killed William Spray. The punishment
inflicted is life imprisonment.
The four Indians who killed the Indian
medicine man, Bullock, near Mariposa
last June will be tried in September.
Bullock was killed according to Indian
custom because he had lost patient.
The Susanville (Cal.) Mail asserts that
title to desert land in Lassen county is
being obtained by fraud, and specifies
cases where title has been confirmed to
$40 acres when the claimant had not
enough water to irrigate an acre.
The revised returns of the Salt Lake
(Utah) county election show that the
Liberals have elected the Assessor, Sc
lectmen, Surveyor, Attorney, Coroner,
Clerk and Treasurer. The Mormons
elected the Sheriff and Recorder.
Sixty miles of the Santa Fe road be-
tween Benson and Nogales, A. T., are
washed out by rain, and rail communi-
cation to Sonora is cut off. The Santa
Cruz river is flooding the valley, and is
higher now than at anv time during the
flood.
The Chamber of Commerce of San
Diego has adopted resolutions declaring
itself in favor of a commercial reciprOc-
ity as embodied in Secretary Blaine's
letter to Senator Frye. The resolutions
were telegraphed to the Pacific Coast
delegation in Congress.
Twenty-three Cinnamon recently cap
tured in Lower California while attempt
ing to smuggle their way across the bor-
der from Mexico into the United States
arrived in San Francisco last week, and
were Immediately taken to the county
jail pending the sailing of the Belgic for
China.
Oregon complains that Washington
cast this year 5S, ,443 votes, and the CEN
sus gives her population of 339, 900,
while Oregon cast this year 73,4O0 votes
and is given a population of 242 242
Oregon naturally protests vigorously
against such census blunders, and insists
upon recount.
The following officers have been elected
by the Board of Managers of the Puget
Sound Chatauqua Assembly: Rev. g.
A. Tewksbury, President; Rev. Samuel
Green, Secretary; w. II. Reeves, Treas
urer; Rev. G.. R. Pomeroy, Superintend-
ent of Grounds; Rev. d. J. Pierce, SUI
perintendent of instruction.
Sailors of the American ship Louisi-
ana, which has just arrived at San Fran
cisco from Philadelphia, complain of i'll
treatment by Captain Oliver, First Mate
Oliver, his son, and the second mate,
Davis. Delaying pins and billies were
brought constantly into play and the
men compelled to work when sick. One
man was kept in irons three months
Davis was on the ship r. q. BelknaI
two years ago, and was arrested on the
arrival of the ship at New York. Two
of the crew were missing. and it was
charged that Davis had hand in theil
disappearance. A charge against him
for cruelty at sea is now pending.
The Oceanic Steamship Company has
secured the mail contract from the
French Government for service between
San Francisco and Tahiti and the Mar
quesas islands. The mails heretofore
have been carried by schooners. The
new arrangement means considerable tc
San Francisco, as the mails will now be
delivered every four weeks. The line
will not be established. however, unit
the first of the year, as it will take the
intervening time to get ready. The
proposition is to have the island steam
ers meet the Australian steamers to anC
from that city at Honolulu, SO they viii
run on the same schedule as the vessels
between there and the colonies. The
Oceanic Company has new steamer
now on the way from Clyde to Honolulu
which could be readily turned into
service.
In the course of a quarrel over horse
at Roslin, WASH, negro named Miles
Mavo stabbed and dangerously wounded
liveryman named Palheny. Mayo wa
arrested, and through fear of lynchins
was taken to Ellensburg and jailed. The
negroes declare that if he is lynche(
they will avenge his death. A bite
hatred exists between white and blacl
miners.
The San Jose Chamber of Commerce
has appointed committee to confer will
a like committee from the Board o
Trade for the purpose of calling con
vention in San Jose of committees o
Kern, Tulare, Fresno, Merced, San Be
nito, Santa Clara, San Mateo and Sal
Francisco for the purpose of negotiatin,
with the officials of the Santa Fe rail
road to the end that their line be bull
through the counties named.
The cruiser San Francisco, which vii
probably leave the latter part of mex
week for the Santa Barbara channel t.
make her official trial trip, is requires
to develop 140 pounds of steam, l3O rev
olutions and speed of nineteen knots
The other day, with 10 pounds of stea1
and 100 revolutions, the cruiser mad
eighteen knots. Commodore Irwin sal
that he expected the San Francisco t
reach twenty knots on her trial trip.
At San Francisco Sub-Treasurer Jack
son is in daily expectation OF instrut
tions from Washington for the purchas
of quantity of bullion in accordanc
with the new law, which provides fo
the purchase of 4, 4,500, 900 ounces month
ly by the Secretary of the Treasury
Jackson thinks that large part of tn
bullion will necessarily be purchased q
San Francisco, the production OF the Ps
cife Coas. mines being greater tha
those In the East,