Mesa free press., 1897-10-08

law, Capt. Groscup. She came down
the coast in rs hours, making the round
trip In days, 4 ~ hours, including. the
time consumed in loading and unload
lug. The best previous record, 7 days
8 hours, was held by the steamship
Mackinaw, sister vessel.
It has been stated that the directors
of the Southern Pacific Company will
elect Gen. Thomas. Habbard of New
York first vice-president to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Chas. F.
Croker. Gen. Hubbard is now second
president and J.: g.. Stubs third
vice president. Is said that Stubs will
become second vice-president and Gem
eral Manager Julius Kruttschnitt third
vlce-president.
The abundant fruit crop this year has
caused jar famine in Eugene, Ore,
and glass jars cannot be had for love or
money. The usual orders for jars were
placed early in the season by dealers,
who did not foresee the great demand
for this ware that has followed. One
firm in Eugene has sold over 800 dozen
glass jars this season, and could have
sold many more if it had had them.
Many other frms,hav made asslarge
sales or larger. Being unable to get
glass jars, many people are now buy
ing stone jars to preserve their fruit.
The Salvation Army colony at Soledad
will soon be esta blished, and at least
twenty families placed upon farms.
The result of the conference between
Commander Booth-Tucker and citi-
Zens' committee of San francisco was
the selection OF the land offered by G.
I. Romid, com prising about 500 acres
in Monterey county. Commander
Booth-Tucker has left for Oregon. whore
he will inspect lands offered by the
Union Pacific, and will go from there to
Denver to superintend the establish
ment of a colony in Colorado.
The gunboat Wheeling. the new ves-
sci recently turned out by the Union
iron works at San Francisco, will soon
make her maiden cruise. The Wheel
ing is composite gunboat of 1000 tons
displacement, IL knots speed, 800 horse
than $3.50, 900. Her length is ia feet
ON the load water line, and her breadth
"a feet. She is one of six sister boats
whose keels were laid in 1896 on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts. The main
battery consists of six 4-inch rapid firing
guns, and the secondary battery is
made up of four 6-pounder rapid-fring
and two 1-pounder rapid-fring guns.
The six vessels are the Wheeling, An
napolis, Newport, Princeton, and Mari
eta.
Kansas City railroads, shaving outlets
at Gulf ports, are notifying shippers
that freight for Gulf points will be ac-
cepted subject to delay only. This is
due to the yellow fever quarantine,
which is now being rigidly enforced on
freight as well as passenger trains, they
being subject to the rule alike. Every
thing indicates that the big grain crop
of the southeast, which has begun to
move in large quantities to Gulf ports.
will be driven back to the Atlantic
ports, from which it had been largely
diverted, owing to the activity of the
Gulf railroads.
The Lunacy Commission and repre-
sentatives of the various State institu-
tions for the care of insane have met
and decided that the institutions under
their care must be placed under civil
service rules. Hereafter all applicants
must pass an examination to be eligi-s
BILE for appointment. This rule applies
to those holding position, as we'll as to
those seeking employments. 1t was also
decided to isolate the consumptives
among the insane and to exclude alto
gether from the insane asvlums alco-
holic and cocaine fends.