Mesa free press., 1897-09-24
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Summary of Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

The Morgan hotel at Grass Valley,
CAL, was burned. Loss, 81,
At Sacramento scheme for building
wagon and bicycle road into Yosemite
valley is being agitated.
The dry goods house of J. J. O'Brien
& Co. of San Francisco has effected
settlement of it's business interests.
Government agents have broken up
ring of dealers in bogus Chinese certif-
Gates at Port Townsend, Washington.
Miss Kuhne Beveridge, the California
sculptress, now resident of New York,
announces her determination to 60 to
the Klondyke region.
The Fresno packing houses are very
actively preparing for the rainy sea-
son. 1t is stated that $40, 600 in wages
will be distributed each month when
the season opens.
The gunboat Marietta, the sister
boat of the Wheeling, went into COM
mission at Mare Island yesterday, and
will proceed to Honolulu, where she
will remain for some time.
new oil well in the Coalinga fields,
Fresno county, struck Septem Der 8, at
1000 feet, is flowing ITO barrels day.
The Oil is carried nine miles to the cars
at Coalinga by pipe line.
An addition to cost $50, 900 is to be
erected on the grounds OF the Mendoclno3
asylum for the insane at Uklah, ana
three San Francisco architects nave
been selected to prepare the plans.
A Canadian Pacific cable from Van,
couyer to Australia will be an assured
fact an early date. Millionaire John
w. Mackey is to take very prominent
part, and the Postal Telegraph will
handle it.
The board of inquiry on the wrecklng
of the steamship Mexico has revoked
the pilots license of Capt. Thomas and
suspended him sixty days. The papers
of Pilot Connell have been revoked
thirty days.
The Sierra Pacific is now opened for
business as far as Chinese, a new station
to be established on the railroad only
two miles from the present town OF
Chinese Camp, which the new town Is
expected to all but depopulate.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers met in San Francisco Septem-
Der 6. One feature of the convention
was the grand parade on the opening
day. The postmasters and letter car
riers from the interior towns and cities
participated in the parade.
There are no fish in Crater lake, Or,
the deepest fresh water lake in the
world, and the government has decided
to stock it with trout. The natives
used to say that the lake was bottom
less, but soundings have shown it's
greatest depth to be 1000 feet.
Reindeer sent to Alaska to feed starv-
ing Eskimos are likely to prove much
more valuable as means OF transport
ing miners supplies. The rush to the
Klondyke shows slight signs of diminu-
tion as a result of tales of hardship and
danger sent back from the foot of the
passes.
When the bark Catherine Sudren
was docked for repairs at San Francisco
it was discovered that some time during
her last voyage the vessel had been
struck by sword-fsh. The sword had
passed through four inches of planking
and gone five inches further into solid
timber.
w. j Arkell, who claims large por-
ton of the Alaska mining region, has
made deal for the sale of part OF his
property to syndicate. Chauncey M.
Depew is said to be a member of the
syndicate which has bought Mr.. Ar
kell's land and also slice OF Joseph
Ladue's holding in Dawson City.
The Mainichi, Japanese paper, pub
lished at Yokohama, states that the
commissioner sent by Japan to the COM
ing conference to be held at Washington
on the sealing question will be instruct
ed to side with the representatives of
the United States as to remedial meas
ures for preserving seals and sea otter.
1t is stated on good authority that the
railroad soon to be built connecting
Johannesburg with Kramer will eventu-
ally pass into the hands of the Santa Fe
COM pany. Johannesburg is to be the
terminus of the present line, but within
the next few months the road will be
continued to connect with the San
Joaquin Valley road at or near Bakers
field. This will give the Santa Fe di-
rect route to San Francisco.
Chief Justice Charles D. Hayt of the
Supreme Court of Colorado has filed
with the Secretary of State his accept
ance of the nomination for reelection
to the Supreme bench rendered him by
the conventions of both the Repu blicans
and the Silver Republicans.
The State of Oregon is now without a
United States district attorney, the
commission of d. r. Murphy having
expired.
DIR. Seward Webb of New York and
party of New Workers, including his
two brothers, arrived at Yellowstone
Lake last evening en- route for the Jack
son Hole country on a months hunting
trip. There they will be met by Gen.
Coppinger, Sir Rose Price of London
and a number OF army gentlemen, when
the com bined party will be the largest
hunting party ever in this section.
comprising about one hundred men,
including soldiers.
::ECol. Lyman Bridges. engineer of the
Oakland board of trade, declares that
San Leandro harbor is to be improved
by an incorporated company. He says
it does not ask for a government appro-
priation, but will build canal for the