Mesa free press., 1898-11-25
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
R0QdeFA.
Readers.

Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.
The Tempe (Ariz.,) Republic relates
how phonograph was stolen from a
local barber shop recently. What tale
that phonograph could tell If it could
talk to the police
Linda Vista, the beautiful home OF
G. G. M. Ivor of Mission San Jose, was
totally destroyed by fire last week,
only about $1,000 worth of furniture be-
ing saved. Loss, $50,000; insurance,
$25, 900.
The carload of ostriches shipped
from the California Ostrich Farm Com
pany reached Jacksonville, Fla, in
good order. There will be a branch
farm started at Jacksonville, which is
in close touch with eastern markets.
The Chinese Consul at San Fran
cisco is satisfied that at least thirteen
Chinese perished in the J. d. Peters
collision with the Czarina. The Peters
is still on the mud fats at Sausalito,
four tugs being unable to pull her off.
Claude Vautin, metallurgist and in
ventor, known on the Pacific coast
from having lectured here, and who
was reported to have left London re-
Gently after financial coup which net
ted him 100000, has been arrested in
Florence, Italy.
Two masked men entered the post
office at Arago, Ore, took man
named Peter Crow to the river bank,
tying his feet and hands, and, return
ing, forced the postmaster, w. H.
Schroeder, to open the safe, from
which they took $500.
Two masked men entered polling
place at Butte, Mont, and ordered the
judges, clerks, checkers, deputy sheriff
and bystanders to hold up their hands.
Firing followed; one checker was fa-
tally shot another man wounded, and
the would-be robber escaped.
The bodies of six Chinese were taken
from the wreck Of the Stockton steam
er J. D. Peters, near San Francisco, by
the wrecking company and five more
are supposed to be on the vessel. which
still lies on the mud flats at Sausali-
to. Five of the bodies have been identi-
fed, while the sixth is unknown.
The British ship Sir Robert Fernie
was libelled at Tacoma, Wash, last
week, for $4,000 by the owners of the
tug Fairfield, for preventing that ship
from going ashore in this harbor> on
been offered $50 for services. The ship
and her cargo are valued at $3.50, 900.
A French navigation company, Les
Chargeurs, Reunis, has decided to es
tablish steamship line between Havre
and San Francisco, touching at diff
ferent points along the coast of Mexi-
co, Central and South America Three
new steamers, with 6000-ton capacity,
are being constructed, and the first one
cisco next March.
A Frenchman named La Rape COM
mitted suicide at Santa Cruz by almost
blowing his head off. He sat in a chair,
placed gun in his mouth, and with a
string pulled the trigger. He had been
threatening the lives of his family.
His son went for an officer, and was
with the family outside of the house
when the shot was fired. La Rape is
supposed to have been insane.
The cruiser Philadelphia has been
ordered to Samoa, and will leave with
in few days. The Yorktown will prob
ably follow her. 1t is feared that the
forthcoming election of new king
may result in a revolution, and it is
desirable to have war vessels there to
protect American interests. The con-
~ fo, th0 A wi 1iv,o, 70
at Pago Pago has been let to a San
Francisco firm and the work will soon
be begun.
The tonsorial artists Of Oregon have
inaugurated a movement to make
their profession more exclusive. Hon.
G. E. Davis, member Of the State
Legislature, is a barber, and he has
promised to introduce a bill which will
require every barber to pass an exam
ination before being permitted to
scrape the public face. A circular let
ter has been issued to the BARRIERS of
the state, urging them to work for the
passage of the measure. The movement
is opposed by the cheaper sort of jour-
neymen, who may be legislated out of
their jobs, and razors are flying in the
air at Salem and Portland.
Here is an encouraging item from
the National City Record: Packing
houses in this city and vicinity are
now fairly started on this seasons
packing. Lemons are coming in freely
and are of uniform good quality.
The orange crop promises to be larger
than last year, although not as large
as it would have been had the past
winter been less dry. The fruit, how
ever, has fine appearance through
out this section and but few trees seem
to have suffered from the unparalleled
drought. 1t is expected that at least 800
carloads of oranges and lemons will
be shipped from National City this
season.
ARRIVALS FROM ASIA.