Mesa free press., 1899-09-15
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Summary OF Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

A large yield of honey is reported
from Kings and other counties of the
north, and the prices is 5k cents per
pound.
An offer of $1,6OO,O00 has been re-
fused for the piece of land formerly oc-
cupied by the old Baldwin Hotel at San
Francisco.
The overland railroads have ad-
vanced the freight on nursery stock to
the eastern states from 10 to 25 per
cent over former rates.
At Santa Rosa the Sonoma Lumber
Company, whose mills are located at
Guerneville, has advanced the wages Of
it's ESQ employees 10 per cent.
The squirrel bounty law has been in
force in Tulare county for two years
and during that time $4,000 squirrel
tails have been paid for at cost of
$11, 200.
ramento-Governor Gage has is
sued proclamation calling upon the
supervisors Of the state, and citizens to
collect money in aid of the destitute
people of Porto Rico.
| Tacoma (Wash.)-A carload of fruit
was condemned by Fruit Inspector p.
w. Tonneson. which was received
from California. The fruit was badly
infected with the San Jose scale and
codlin moth.
San Francisco-The fourth annual
convention of the State Association Of
Spiritualists opened in this city with a
fair attendance. and after receiving
reports of several committees ad-
journed to await that of the committee
on credentials.
San Francisco-The big battleship
Wisconsin will be ready for her trial
trip inside a fortnight or three weeks.
Were it not for delay in getting the
coming tower from the east the Wis
consin would be ready for her initial
trial.
At San Francisco the theaters of that
city were last Wednesday turned over
to the sailors of the cruiser Boston
and to the soldiers of the returned Cal
ifornia Heavy Artillery. The men
were divided into squads of from 300
to 500 men and distributed among the
principal theaters.
At Oakland, Thomas Pearson, col
ored man, was admitted to practice by
the Supreme court. He is a native of
Warrington, N. c., and was born a
slave. His education was acquired in
the public schools at Vallejo, and for
years he has been prominent in Afro
American circles.
San Francisco-Fritz Wolfert and
Mrs. Lena Muehelm went boat-riding
on the bay and during the progress Of
a dispute between them, the boat was
capsized. Nothing has been heard or
seen of Wolfert since, and Mrs. Nue.
helm was rescued several hours later
by Hans Nelson, who found her cling
ing to the upturned boat
San <Jose-Sheriff Langford and Fred
Keeler left for the Pacheco pass to try
to locate the skeleton which Keeler
says he found one day last week while
coming from Visalia to San Jose. The
sheriff is inclined to think that the
skeleton is that of James G.. Dunham,
the murderer, who was last seen at the
Mountain house in the Pacheco pass in
June, 1896.
The Employers Association, repre-
senting from 100000 to $4,000, 900 of
local capital has been organized at
! Spokane to resist any demand of or
ganized labor in the city which it's
members may regard as unjust. The
lumber mills, breweries, -four mills,
street car companies, water power COM
pany, factories, contractors merchants
and the monied men are all named as
| ICpl COSACSu III lAC dSSOCLdtlOu, WHICH
is said to number over fifty of the
most prominent companies and bust
ness men in Spokane.
Human beings shipped under bond
from San Diego were started east over
the Santa Fe. Two Cinnamon who
arrived here on the Belgian King were
forwarded by the Santa Fe Company
to Chihuahua, Mex. The immigration
law held the steamship company under
bond liable for these Cinnamon while
they are in the United States, but up
on their delivery to the railroad com
pany the latter company becomes spon-
sor for them until they are safely over
the line into Mexico. The railroads
representative at that point will re-
ceipt for their safe delivery, and the
company's bonds Of $500 each, which
| are filed with the collector Of the mort