Mesa free press., 1897-09-24

Ger: delegates to the national conyen-
tion that will meet in Washington next
October, Mrs. Mary J. Stevens, Mrs.
Rebecca Johnson, W. HI. Yaw and Mrs.
J. J. Whitney.
The board of fire underwriters of
the Pacific has adopted new system of
rating insurance premiums which will
be put in force in all the towns of the
coast. The new system is perfection
of what is called the mercantile system.
A result of its adoption will be reduc-
tion of premiums and general readjust-
ment of rates. The idea advanced is
that premiums NAV be lessened by
remedying matters of hazard, and GER
tain precautions taken by househoIders
may lead to promised decrease in
premiums.
A Buffalo, Wyo., dispatch SAYS the
forest fire which has been running for
two or three weeks in the Big Horn res
ervation continues unabated, and is
snreading rapidly, famed by a high
gale. Already about twenty miles
SQUARE are reported covered and millions
of feet of timber destroyed. The set
until forced to give up. There is no
prospect of rain, and unless something
is done by the government there is no
limit to the loss which may be sustained.
Another fire is reported over the divide
in the Big Horn country.
The much-talked-o of Knapp roller boat
was launched at Toronto, Canada, in the
presence of great crowd of spectators.
The vessel, which is cylindrical, is 100
feet long and 25 feet in diameter. At
each end are two 6-horse power engines.
Mr.. Knapp, the designer, by means of
the principle of rolling over the water
instead of ploughing through it, expects
to shorten the time of voyage across
the Atlantic to two days. The vessel
cost $40, 900, and was built by George
Goodwin. a wealthy contractor.
The newly organized National League
for the Propagation of Christian Social
ism has elected the following officers
President, Paul Tyner of Denver,
founder of the Civic Church; vice-pres-
ident, Rev. William HI. Morland of San
Francisco, pastor of st. Luke's Episco-
pal Church; treasurer, John M. Reyn-
olds of San Francisco; secretary, Rev.
j. E. Scott of San Francisco, editor of
the Social Economist; California MEM
ber of the national executive commit
tee, James Andrews of San Francisco
national organizer, Rev. W. D. Bliss of
Boston.
The financial statement of the COM
mittee of '97 of the sixteenth Interna-
shows balance in the hands of the
/ oe hn
ceipts, $32, 331, the business men of San
Francisco contributed $18, 900 and the
various Christian Endeavor societies
balance as follows: One hundred dol
wagon, 5000 to the work among sailors
(foating work., under the Alameda
county union, and whatever balance
may be left for the purchase of a
naphtha launch to be used in work
among the sailors on the bay of San
Francisco.
The citizens committee of the mer.
chants exchange, the board of trade OF
Oakland and of Contra Costa county
at large, have been working out plan
for the completion of the tunnel road
between Oakland and Contra Costa
county, and have come to the conclus-
ion that no better route presents itself
than the old Kennedy Tunnel. They
were anxious to make the route little
shorter, but found that they could not
do so without increasing the grade.
The committees have had the hills sur
veyed by County Surveyor Nustaumer,
and the result is that the old tunnel
will probably be adopted. It's esti-
mated length is 1900 feet.
A meeting was held at the State Board
of Trade rooms in San Francisco last
week for the purpose of organizing So
ciety to be known as the State Good
Roads League, for the promotion of the
good roads sentiment throughout the
State and securing the necessary legisla-
tion to attain the object. Senator j..
M. Gleaves presided over the meeting,
which was we'll attended by representa-
tives from fifteen counties of the State.
After the adoption of constitution the
league was formally organized by the
appointment of temporary officers, who
will work for the organization OF county
leagues and attend to other business of
the league until the first regular elec-
tion, which takes place in Novem ber.
The temporary officers are: President,
Seth Mann, Alameda; vice-president,
7. j. Field, Monterey; secretary, J. L.
Maude, Riverside; treasurer, E. M.
Welsh San Francisco; directors, c..
Sharp, A. B. Nye, E. B. Jerome of Ala
media, J. H. Watkins of Los Angeles, J.
/. A. Filcher of Placer, W. H. Mills, G. A.
Adams, F. I. Vassault, S. +. Orie and S.
Henderson of San Joaquin, A. P. Stan
ton and j. A. Linscott of Santa Cruz,
E. S. Gray and A. B. Lennon of So
nOma.
Ben Kurtz, the university student
badly injured at crush" at Stanford
recently, will recover from his wounds,
though he will be marked for life. His
condition is still serious, though the
physicians pronounce him out of
danger. Where trampled on the face,
the injuries are most serious, and it
will be necessary to cut away a large
portion of the upper lip. Other stu
dents, more or less mangled, are conva-
lescing Owing to the serious outcome
of the "rnsh" the facultv Of the mi YER