Mesa free press., 1898-12-02
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A summary Of Late Events That Ar,
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

Frank Berberich was found dead in
a filthy hovel in San Francisco. His
papers show that he has over $4,000
deposited in various banks.
Secretary Long found the bids from
San Francisco for new officers quar-
ters at Mare Island so high that all will
be rejected and others called for.
Scarcity of logs on Puget Sound.
due to the rush Of men to Klondyke
and war, has led to an advance of 81
per thousand in the price of lumber.
Windy JIM Smith Of st. Michaels has
planned the longest trip on record. He
proposes to carry dispatches from St.
Michaels to Juneau, nearly $500 miles,
in three months.
Letters of guardianship were issued
last week by the San Francisco court
to Mrs. Kluge-Sutro over the persons
and estates of the minor children. The
will contest will begin soon.
The Alameda sugar works at Alva-
RADIO has closed, after short but sue
cessful run. The acreage contracted for
would ordinarily yield $4,000 tons, but
this year there were but $4,000.
The steamer Wolcott, from Copper
river Alaska, reports the drowning Of
a woman named Grosscup and man
named Tankerson in Controller Bay.
They were rowing on the Chilkat river
and the boat capsized.
The miners employed in the vicinity
of Silverton, B. c., have rounded up all
the Chinese laborers in the various
camps and shipped them out of the dis
trict The Mongolians are expected to
return to China by the next steamer.
The latest report from General Mer-
riam shows that there are 250 cases Of
sickness in the hospital at Camp Nc
Kinley, Honolulu, with typhoid and
malaria on the increase. The New York
regiment has furnished the most cases.
The people Of Oregon are considera-
bly, agitated over the question as to
the adoption Of a state flower. Up
to the present writing "the old-time
squash blossom" seems to be in the
lead, but there are some back coun-
ties yet to hear from.
The California Winemakers, in ses-
sion at San Francisco, elected the fol-
lowing Board of Directors: Henry J..
Crocker, G. F. Montelcagre, B. w. Pax
ton, Peter Ball, H. B. Chase, D. M. Del
mas, W. J. Hotchkiss, Osgood Putnam
and c. N. Picket. No price has been
fixed for the wine this year.
The State Code Commissioners at
San Francisco will present to the next
Legislature the civil and political
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mission has prepared volume Of un-
codified statutes, carrying the laws
adopted in 1850 to the present time
that are not embraced in the codes.
Con Van Alstyne, the Klondyker
who spent last summer in San Fran
cisco with box of gold and his wife,
whom he had lost in New York and
found again in Europe, has been sued
in Seattle by his wife for divorce. She
claims he beats and abuses her, that he
has mining claims worth 5000, 900, and
asks the court to act accordingly.
The Manufacturers and Producers
Association and Board of Health Of
San Francisco recently considered
the proposed pure food law to
be presented to the next Legislature.
1t provides for three commissioners,
who shall look after all frauds in
foods, drugs and unlawful labels and
have Jurisdiction over local health Of
fcers.
An increased demand from Texas
and California Oil fields has caused
considerable activity in the Pittsburg
cordage market. The sales for Octo-
Der were about 4,500,OOO pounds at an
average retail price of II cents. This
heavy demand, coupled with the delay
in receipts of raw material from Ma
Mia, is expected to bring about a sharp
advance in price.
The Centennial has reached Seattle
from Hilo, Hawaii, and tells of the
wreck of the City of Columbia, which
for two days and nights was tossed by
a storm, and broke down completely
on arriving at Hilo. In spite Of being
badly disabled, with engines out of or
der and water pouring in, the ship baf-
fled the storm and the perfect disci-
pline of the crew kept the passengers
from knowing their danger.
The stockholders of the California
| Winemakers' Association met in San
Francisco last week. Annual reports
showed good results, but there is dis
satisfaction among the members owing
to the fact that operators outside OF
the corporation received more for '96
wine than members. The question of
continuing the organization after next
year was discussed.
Irving M. Scott Of the Union Iron
Works denies the statement that the
torpedo boat destroyer Farragut has
been rejected by the government. He
says that owing to head wind and a
high sea on her trial trip, she fell
slightly below the required speed for
full hours run. These adverse con-
ditions, he says, will be taken into con-
sideration, and another trial of the
vessel may be had.
The Southern Pacific Is now "break-
| ing in" seven new eight-wheeler loco
motives on the run from Oakland to
Bakersfield. These are the biggest
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