Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-30
PACIFIC COAST.
A Portion Of Fresno City,
Cal, Inundated.
A WIDOW AWARDED 81, 1000.
The Legality of the San Diego Charter
Practically Confirmed-0ther
Interesting News.
A WIDOW AWARDED 81 900.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
ers have just completed their session at
Portland.
1t is reported that an oil well at the
West End, Los Angeles, is flowing forty
barrels day.
The birds received from Germany at
Portland have spread all over the Will
annette Valley.
A saw mill, with a capacity of IS, 900
feet of lumber per day, will be erected
at Coos Bay this summer.
The truth of the confession of Xwald
at Sacramento that he murdered two
wives in the East has been confirmed.
During the current gale at Del Norte
the waves dashed spray over the tower
of the Seal Rock lighthouse, 100 feet
above the rock.
True bills have been found by the
Walla Walla grand jury against seven
soldiers who were engaged in the Hunt
lynching affair.
The bark Coloma has Just reached
Portland from Honpkong with large
number of Chinese birds, which are to
be turned loose.
The school census of Los Angeles city,
just completed, shows an increase Of POS
children between and II years of age
over last years report.
Three Superior Judges, sitting in bank.
have practically confirmed the legality
of the San Diego charter, which has been
in dispute for some time.
The putting of the Meusdorfer free
bridge bill into effect in Oregon has been
inaugurated, and Portland people have
now free bridges in sight
A1iIltanu g dad -.
of Owens Lake. The inder SAYS they 20
down from the river and the chemicals
of the lake soon kill them.
The Kaweah Colony Trustees, with one
exception, have been fined 1901, so that
they might appeal their case to the Cir
cult Court. They all averred they had
no property, and will go to Jail for thirty
days.
A large number of Indians at the diff
ferent Indian agencies in Arizona have
applied to the Commissioners of the Co
lumbar Exposition at Chicago for space
in which to exhibit their curios and ar
tices Of their own manufacture.
The extravaganza and corruption of
municipal affairs at Los Angeles have
prompted the taxpayers to appoint COM
mittees to Investigate the county and
city offices and to look into the cost of
managing cities OF the same class in the
East.
The large pumps of the Yuma "a. t.
irrigating works were started the other
day, running successfully and supplying
an immense amount OF water from the
Colorado river. The Yuma pumping
plant for irrigating is the first ever used
in Arizona.
A three-story, attic and basement CON
crete building for the girls dormitory at
the Stanford University has been con
tracted for at a cost of sos 900 1t il to
be completed by next September Work
has been commenced, and POO men will
be put on Immediately.
Mrs. Augusta Schramm of Los An
geles, who asked $50, 900 from the South
ern Pacific Company for the loss of her
husband in October, 1887, has been
awarded - 900 by the jury. This is the
second trial of the case the first trial
being for the defendant.
Articles OF incorporation OF the Pasa-
dena and Mount Wilson Railway Com
pany have been filed at Los Angeles
The purpose of the company is to CON
struct an electric railway twelve miles
long to the summit Of Mount Wilson in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Contracts have been let in London for
the construction of railroad from san
Diego to San Quintin, Lower California,
a distance of 1862 miles This road is to
be built as soon as the Mexican govern
ment approves the survey. A subsidy
of $1,000 a mile has been granted.
A petition is in circulation at Los An
geles to secure the pardon of w. f. Ro-
selle, who was convicted in December,
1887 of being the accomplce of his wife
in the yitriol-throwing episode which
created quite a sensation at the time.
The woman who threw the vitrol was
allowed to go, while her husband was
sentenced to nine years at San Quentin.
The sloop Lou has gone to Clemente
Island to fish in deep water with the aid
OF incandescent lights and nets. The fish
are attracted by the lights, and, it is be-
lieyed, will readily fill the nets. The
experiment is watched with much inter |
est at San Diego, whence the schooner
departed. Fishing in the bay was sue
cessful.
The price of coal for household and |
steam purposes has not been so low in |
San Francisco as it is now for many |
years. The boycott on Wellington coal |
and the fact that many cargoes of il |
nave thliANNh III tliAo pun HAS NdAlSbb lilR /
price to drop to $3.50 ton at wholesale |
and $40 retail. Other British Columbia
and foreign Goals are also selling much |
cheaper than at this season last year
Tine water from the break in the
Church canal near Fresno has inundated !
the northeastern portion of the city, and |
is coming in on several streets. The
people are shut in their houses, and /
school children have difficulty in getting
home. Water in the suburbs is four to
six feet deep. The company will have
several damage suits to attend TO- There .
are fears that the water will reach the
business center of the city.
Labor organizations and the builders
and manufacturers of Helena, Mont,
have locked horns on the boycott ques-
ton. The latter has decided that its
members have the right to employ any
one, regardless of organization, on terms
mutually agreeable; denying the right /
OF any organization to dictate who shall /
be employed, and declaring that boy |
colts and strikes will be met by discharge |
in five days OF all members of any organ /
ization responsible for strike or boy |.
colt.