Mesa free press., 1898-03-18
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.

There are six vessels trom Alaska
overdue at Seattle.
The Chilcoot and White passes are
reported to be in good condition.
Ben Beech and G. p. Peet, charged
with dynamiting fish, are on trial at
Stockton.
The attempt to float the steamer
Corona, which was wrecked near VIC
toria, has failed. III
Floods and avalanches have nearly
destroyed the town Of Monte Cristo,
situated In the heart OF the Cascade
Mountains, Washington.
J. c. Kimble, 80 years of age, Il cap
italist of Los Angeles, died in San
Francisco from a fractured skull re-
ceived in falling into a store basement.
An English turfman is negotiating
with Barney Schneider for the pur-
chase of Marplot. He wants to secure
the colt to race in some of the long
distance races in England.
The eight wholesale and five hum
dred retail coal dealers of San Fran
cisco, who were members of the "coal
combine" have been charged by the
Federal Grand Jury with violating the
Trust Act.
The story printed in Sam Francisco
that Mrs. John Bradbury, who sprang
into unpleasant notoriety when she
eloped with Russell Ward, had gone
insane, is vigorously denied by her
Los Angeles relatives.
! "A report from Skaguay says Great
Britain has hoisted her flag over
American territory in Alaska. Five
men perished from cod, and scores are
dying from disease resembling ce-
rebro-spinal meningitis.
There will be al big poultry show in
Santa Barbara from the 9th to the
18th of March, inclusive, and the
Southern Pacific has made a reduced
rate for the occasion, tickets good
to return as late as March Is.
/ Hanford is to have one of the lar
gest canneries in the State, the con-
tract having been let for two large
buildings Liberal donations were made
to aid the enterprise, but the money
/ is well invested. There is no moss ON
| Hanford.
| The, Collector of Customs at Port
| Townsend has received from the
Treasury Department official notifca-
| ton Of the opening of the Chilcoot
Railway and Transportation Company
| of Alaska, as carriers OF bonded
freight and merchandise. between the
sub port of Dyea and the British line.
Quite a number of California bred
| horses have been entered in the
! Greater New York steeplechase hand
/ OF Io,
are Showdown, by Fitzjames; Bona
parte, by Sir Modred; Big Strive, by
Surinam; Rifle, by Maxim; Sir Play,
by Sir, Modred, and Prize, by Sir
Modred.
| A 12-inch breech-loading rife ar
| rived at San Francisco from the Wa
| tervliet arsenal at Troy, N. Y. and
was taken to it's new home at the
| Presidio A great many horses and
men were needed to transport the
huge gun through the city streets,
and crowd was attracted by the
| long procession
The Oil Producers Trustees have
made two additional contracts with
San Francisco parties for the use of
Los Angeles Oil. That market stands
prepared to take all the surplus oil
this field affords. AS it is. thirty cars
have been forwarded in the past ten
days, and more will follow as soon as
cars are obtainable.
The War Department has issued or
ders for the immediate transfer of
ammunition from the Benicia arsenal
to San Francisco. The object is to
supply the needs of the mortar bat !
teries and heavy ordnance at the Pre-
sidio and Black Point, which consti-s
tute the most important of harbor
defenses of San Francisco.
The British American Corporation
Of Vancouver, which recently decided
not to take up an option of the AL
aska Commercial Company, is sending
up to the Klondike a Yukon pioneer,
F. G. Hide Bowker, who will look
after the development of the corpora
tion's properties on Stewart River,
Bonanza, Ell Dorado and Bear Creeks. !
Mrs. Emma Sutro-Merritt, guardian
of her father, Adolph Sutro, who was
recently adjudged incompetent, has
applied to the Superior Court for per-
mission to sell 100000 worth of real
property belonging to her fathers es-
tate, in order to pay off the debts
against the estate, which are, said to
aggregate about that sum. The appli-
cation will be heard on April 4.
Experiments are being made at |
Barstow to determine the value of
crude oil for smelling purposes. An
improved burner is under test for
this purpose. Should it be proven that
crude oil is as available as coke for
such usages, an additional outlet will
be obtained which will extend to Ar
i2ona, where the great smelling plants
of the United States are located.
On March Bishop William Tay-
lor of the Methodist Church at Ala
media, received news Of the death
of his niece, DR.. Jennie Taylor Cor
don, who was known to all inter-
ested in foreign missions as CDR. Jen-
nie" She expired at Malange Angola,