Mesa free press., 1898-07-29
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Boiled Down to Suit cur Busy
Readers.


The village of Antelope, Ore, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, unknown.
The gunboat Bennington will leave
San Francisco for the Alaska coast In
quest of privateers.
Judge Eugene R. CARRIER, forty, died
at San Francisco from the effects of an
operation for. aural abscess.
to Lake Margaret.
Property valued at $4,000 was de-
stroyed by fire at Soledad, near Sa-
linas.
A mob left New Whatcom for Fair
haven with the intention of driving out
the Chinese employed in the salmon
canneries.
News Of the finding of gold in rich
deposits across the inlet from Vancou-
yer has caused sensation. The rock
runs from S. to SIS ton.
The Republican state central COM
mittee will meet in San Francisco
July %, to fix the time and place of
holding the next state convention.
About 1875 men from Copper river ar
rived at Victoria on the steamer City
of Topeka. They came empty handed,
and say there is no gold from the coast
The National Congregational Church
es' council has closed at Portland,
Ore. Portland, Me-, will probably be
selected as the place for the next meet
ing
Judge Hunt Of the superior court OF
San Francisco reduced the family al
lowance of Jane l.. Stanford from the
estate of her husband from $500 a
month to $1,000.
The San Francisco chamber of COM
merce has sent q beautiful flag as a
gift to the Hawaiian chamber of COM
merce, to be used at the fag-raising
ceremony at Honolulu.
Carlyle Ross, 10, while mixing black
powder in the prismatic mill of the
powder works at Santa Cruz, was IA
tally injured by an explosion OF about
| twenty pounds of powder.
Nearly everything namable has been
named Dewey, but Oakland has gone
the country one better with Dewey
Operahouse." That house will never
suffer from lack Of patronage.
A Victoria, B. c., dispatch says:
Two British warships have been hur-
riedly put to sea. 1t is reported they
will hunt down the Spanish privateers
said to be lying in wait for Klondike
treasure ships.
The Pacific Mail steamer San Jose
American ports, brings the report that
the Central Americans sympathize
with the Spaniards, and will not be-
lieve reports Of American victories.
Brig. Gen. Otis says that every reg
iment and command of any size OF
kind now at Camp Merritt will Ger.
tainly be sent to Manila before many
weeks. There Is no intention to re.
tain any of. the forces on the Pacific
coast.
According to the immigration com
missioner North Of San Francisco there
is a remarkable falling off in immigra
| ton for the month ending June 80
The average number for the summer il
1000 a month, but his report shows
only 239. There are none from Spain
The total value of real estate ani
personal property in San Francisco fol
! the present year is 1851, 784 ,094, an In
crease of So, 1928, 1854 over last year. The
largest taxpayer on the assessment
rolls is the Market street Railway
company. 1t is assessed at $500, 100
The steamer G. w. Elder has arrived
at Seattle from Southern Alaska. She
brings 118 passengers, nearly all OF
whom have a tale of woe. They say
there are about six hundred prospect.
ors at the mouth Of Copper river
awaiting an opportunity to return te
civilization.
The University Of the State of Cali
fornia has $558,960 loaned on mort
cages, and its real estate holdings are
valued at $466,430. This is a good
showing, and when to it is added
those millions promised by pioneer
millionaires, some idea may be formed
Of this institutions future standing
among the great universities Of the
world.
Hugh Craig, president of the San
Francisco chamber of commerce, re-
ceived a cable from William Coolgar-
die, of the Coolgardie International
exhibition of western Australia, ask
| ing that the chamber convey to Pres
| ident Mckinley the congratulation oil
the exhibition commissioners or
American success in the war. A tel.
egram was at once sent to the Presi-
dent.
Maj.-Gen. Otis has issued an order
designating the troops to sail to Ma.
Mia on the fifth expedition. The Sew.
enth California is not included, and
there is much disappointment ex-
pressed by Col. Berry and his brother
officers. Seven hundred of the Four.
teenth regulars, six troops of the
Fourth cavalry, two batteries of the
Third artillery and q number of army
service corps embarked on the Peru
and Puebla for Manila, In all about
1900 Of the rank and file.
| The successful Introduction of flour
in China would mean great deal tC
the Pacific coast. In Southern China
rice takes the place of -four, but II
costs more. In the northern provinces