Mesa free press., 1898-11-04
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

In the vicinity of Monterey, threaten
ing damage to fences and cattle feed.
Big shipments from the treasury of
five and one-cent pieces have been
made to the Pacific coast in response
to the mercantile demands.
The survey Of the mouth of the Yu-
kon river by Capt. Pratt of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey has added $500
square miles to Uncle Sans domain
The Doric has reached San Fran
cisco via Honolulu. She brought OPT
um valued at $270,0C0 on which the
duty is 100000. Among the passen-
gers were ten Spanish priests, 600 Chi
nese and SOB Japanese.
Oregon Short Line stock has takena
big jump skywards on account of the
great increase in earnings of the road,
and also on account of the change in
stockholders and the improvements
intended to be made in the immedi-
ate future
Imports of specie from Mexico at
San Francisco during the first nine
months of the year were $4,512,688,
against $6,444,260 for the same time
in 1897 and consisted of $3,438, 1926 in
silver dollars, $441,0 in silver bull
ion and $632,S29 in gold bullion.
Ten fine, large locomotives have ar
rived at Albuquerque for the Santa
Fe. There are so many freight cars
at this point now that the former
force Of engines could not handle
them: hence the addition of these To-
comotives. which will soon clear out
the yards in good order.
James Flood of the firm of Flood &
Co., San Francisco, dealers in orien-
tai goods, was placed in Jail immedi-
ately on mis- arrival on the Doric The
arrest. was made in compliance with
cable dispatch at Kobe, Japan,
charging Flood with fraud. No partic-
ulars are known.
j. Franklin Brown, San Francisco,
a hypnotist, died last week from blood
poisoning. Some weeks ago he tried
to hypnotize a cub lion, which bit
him. He was afterward discharged
from the hospital as cured, but
slight scratch brought back the
trouble,$ which caused his death.
DR.. Emma Merritt, who acted as
guardian of her father, Adolph Sutro
of San 4Francisco, from the time he
was declared incompetent, has been
granted $5045 for her services and
her attorneys are allowed $4,000. The
property is now under the control Of
the executors mentioned in the will
William Barclay Parsons, represent
ing the syndicate that is to build the
new railroad from Hankow to Canton,
is in San Francisco, and will sail on
the China to make trip over the
route. Calvin S. Brice, the Central
Trust Company, the Rockefellers, for
mer President Morton and other
eastern capitalists are interested.
Charles Farnsworth of Massachu
setts has returned to Tacoma from
Kotzebue Sound. He recounts the
horrors of the trip up and the finding
of 800 prospectors camped in tents
along the beach, with neither work nor
gold in sight, little money and less
food. He thinks the government or
Red Cross Society should send res
cue steamer.
The receipts of the Seattle assay Of
flee and the San Francisco mint of the
cleanup of this seasons output of
Klondike gold are $8,000,000 Superin-
tendent Wing of the former said that
his office has taken in $4,400,00O and
the San Francisco mint, $3,600,000
Besides this, it is estimated that dust
euualing $500,000 was sent to Phila-
delphia, Denver and Helena. The as
say Office has advices of a single con-
signment of $663,000 now en- route.
The arrival of the Roanoke at Sc
attic from st. Michael, practically
closes the exodus of miners and gold
from Alaska via the Lower Yukon, as
there were but three other steamers
in the harbor when the Roanoke
sailed on October 8. These were to
sail within few days. Yukon steam
ers have gone into winter quarters.
The Roanoke brought about $50 pas
sengers and $1,50O,000, million be-
longing to three corportions and the
balance to individuals.
The State Board of Health has ap-
pointed DR.. Ruggles, President of the
Board, to visit the Hawaiian islands
to learn the extent of the presence of
leprosy and report measures to pre-
vent it's introduction into California
Since the annexation of Hawaii, it's
inhabitants are free to come to these
ports, and it is the intention of the
Board of Health to prepare a report
for submission to the next Legislat-
ure which will suggest safeguards
against the spread of the disease to
these shores.
Major-General Merriam has re-
ceived the official report of Brigadier-
General King, commanding at Homo
lulu. 1t contains much interesting
data, concerning the health and disci-
pline of troops and on account of the
recent disturbance that occurred be-
tween the soldiers and citizens. The
report completely exonerates Lieu
tenant Merriam, son of General Mer-
riam, who was reported to have been
under the influence of liquor and to
have behaved in manner unbecom-
ing an officer and gentleman.