The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Great Anxiety Felt in San Francisco
Over Overdue Ships.
A Report Current That Japanese Are on
the Way From Yokohama to Take
Striking Miners Places.

George Francis Train is to start news
paper at Tacoma.
San Jose says the census taking in hat
town has been farce.
Portland lines will soon have a single
depot, work having already begun on the
structure.
w R. Bibby. ex-Deputy Superintend-
ent of Public Schools at Fresno. con-
victed of forgery, has been sentenced to
three years in San Quentin.
Alexander Badlam's book, "The Won
ders of Alaska" has met with an unprec-
edented success in Portland, Port Town
send, Victoria, Seattle and Tacoma.
A report is now current in coal circles
that DuDsmuir has engaged number Of
Japanese to take the place of the striking
colliers, and that they are now on their
way to Vancouver from Yokohama
News from Juneau, Alaska, saws: Cap
ital seems shy of our low-grade ore, as
we'll as the richer rock. No one is max
ing inquiry since the English and Ger
man syndicates have been buncoed into
investing in the Bears Nest.
Joe Acton of the California Club saws
he is willing to meet any man that Par
son Davies may bring out, providing he
will back his man with at least 81 LOCO.
1t is very probable that the California
Club will match Acton and 'sThe Strau-
eler."
The Board of Directors of the Modesto
irrigation district has purchased the
Wheaton dam and all the water rights
and claims of M. A. Wheaton upon the
Tuolumne river for $21 900. The pay
ment is to be 10000 cash and Sill, 900 in
bonds Of the district at 90 cents on the
dollar.
The San Francisco Chronicle moved
into its new building at the corner of
Market, Kearny and Geary streets last
week, and issued an edition of sixty
pages, devoted largely to historical aud
biographical sketches connected with the
progress of the city and State during the
past quarter of century.
Following snake story comes from
Santa Rosa: A peculiar snake has b en-
killed in Bennett valley near this city,
weighing twenty pounds This serpent
attacked two children while picking ber-
ries, when man named Morse came to
the rescue and shot it. The snake me as
nred feet inches, and was four inches
through the body.
A monument is to be erected over the
grave of Chief Seattle, after whom that
city was named. The old Indian was
buried at Port Madison, and a few days
ago delegation from the remnant of his
Once-powerful tribe called on A. A. Denny
and Hillory Butler, pioneers, and asked
them to buy stone to mark his grave.
Messrs. Denny and Butler at once or
dered marble shaft costing $500, and it
will be erected over the grave of the chief.
A report from Mariposa, CAL, says the
Indians Wilson and Charlie, the sup
posed murderers of the Indian Bullock,
were arrested the other morning near
there by Sheriff Turner and admit the
killing. Bullock was a medicine man,
and had been doctoring one of the chiefs,
who had the grip. The chief died, and
as it is the custom when the medicine
men let the patients die to kill them,
Charlie and Wilson took it upon them
selves to kill Bullock.
The letter addressed to the Attorney
General by the Board of Directors of the
California Club at San Francisco, in
which the Directors endeavor to show
that the question of the legality of the
clubs monthly boxing exhibitions can
be better and more quickly settled by
civil suit for forfeiture of the clubs char
ter brought on the part of the State, has
not in the least influenced the Chief of
Police. He stated the other day that he
will surely arrest the participants in the
LaBlanche- Mitchell fight if they attempt
to carry it out.
Assistant General Superintendent
Pratt and j. H. Wallace, assistant super
of the track, have returned to
San Francisco from an inspectif of the
Oregon line as far north as Ashland. All
line have been completed. and the road
While the east and west-bound travel is
light and the local agents of Eastern lines
are doing but little business, the passen-
ger travel on the Oregon line continues
to be exceptionally heavy, and long and
crowded trains are run.
William E. Writ, Secretary of the Pa
cific Coast Labor Union, has addressed
letter to the Secretary of the Navy. The
letter sets forth that the union regrets
that tie administration, which pledged
itself to the American laboring man,
should have committed so great a mis-
t.ke as to put itself on record as the
friend and supporter of non union labor
by giving the Union Iron Works the con-
tract to build cruiser No. 6. The writer
charges the founders with importing for
eign labor, end states that the national
eight-hour law is being violated in San
Francisco, and begs for a new rule pro-
hibiting any man whose name is not on
the great register from working on gov
ernment contracts. The Secretary of the
Navy is urged to examine the charges
made and to hold the contract in abey-
ance until the matter is sifted to the
bottom.
Several of the ships now on the way
to San Francisco are either overdue or
fully due In this list is included the
Undaunte !, 145 days out from New York !;
John w. Mari and Iroquois, 181 and 148
days out from Baltimore; Anna, 10 days
out from Antwerp; Corryvechap, 1855
days out from Hamburg; Dunfllan and
Engelthorn, 1873 and 158 days out from
Liverpool; Hospodar, 8 6 day out from
London and "a days from Rio; the c.
Southan Hubert, 142 da. out from New
York for Portland; the India, 179 days
out from London for Portland, and the
Old Kensington, al days out from Lon
don for San Diego. The fact that some
of these ships are supposed to have been
off from Cape Horn during the great
storm at thst point in March does not re.
lieve the anxiety felt for their safety