Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
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.

ghbinders-Three more Cinnamon
were added to the list of Mongolians
now in the Fresno county Jail, as a
result of the highlander shooting last
week.
Santa Cruz-A jury in the superior
court awarded Julia Kippen $500 dam
ages against l.. Ollasson, whose dog
bit her. The plaintiff sought to recov-
er $4,000.
Dog Show-Santa Barbara is plan
ming to hold a dog show during the
last week in May. Invitations will
be sent out asking all the Southern
California counties to participate.
The San Francisco newspapers state
that police Commissioner Gunst
wants to leave the state for six
months" Let us be thankful that he
doesn't want to take it with him.
The Southern Pacific has been pur-
suing it's usual methods at Santa Ana,
appropriating the streets first and ask
ing for permission to use them after
ward if it shall think it worth while.
The federal government has learned
where it can get the best lot Of seeds
for its money, as is shown by the
award of contract for twenty two car
loads at a cost of $64,9 to Califor-
MIA scotsman.
Colonel Melick of the Pasadena
News remarks: 1--WE take from 100 to
500 microbes into our system with each
breath" Colonel Melick ought to take
something killing for that breath, if
he does live in Pasadena
San Luis Obispo has voted for bond
ing to the amount of $4,000 for the
purpose of acquiring a water and sew
err system to be under municipal con-
troll. Evidently that town is going to
keep abreast of the procession.
/ Electrical Storm-Pasadena was Wis
| tied by an electrical storm, during
which balls of fire played about the
telephone and electric lighting wires.
The novel display was followed by a
sharp fall of rain, which lasted but a
few minutes.
Several of the Southern California
newspapers are printing timely sug-
gestions looking to the cleaning up and
general identifying of their respect
i've cities. Cannot the Petaluma Wom-
ems association be duplicated a few
times in this section?
San Francisco-Cornelius McCarty,
an old man who lived at No. 606 Minna
street, died in the receiving hospital
from injuries received by being thrown
out of a saloon at No. 1161 Market
street, Wednesday night. The police are
looking for his assailants. j.
Death is a serious thing to joke
about, but Visalia man is not likely
soon to hear the last of the fact that
man who ate his last meal at his res
taurant choked to death on a piece of
meat. Visalia restaurant ham seems
to be more suddenly fatal than even
army beef
The recent developments in the
placer mining regions of Lower Cali
fornia indicate a Klondike rush in that
direction soon. Nevertheless, the wise
prospector will operate in California,
where there is doubtless just as much
mineral and where he will not freeze
or starve to death, nor melt with fer
vent heat
Los Angeles Rate-The Executive
Committee of the trunk-line passenger
agents held a meeting at New York, at
which it was decided to charge one
fare, plus 50, to the National Teachers
meeting at Los Angeles from July II
to IA. This will also allow stop-over
privileges A one-fare rate was also al
lowed to the Peace Jubilee at Washing
ton from May % to May 25.
San Francisco-The Call says that
an order has been issued by the South
ern Pacific company, to go into effect
June 1 forbidding the sale of liquors in
restaurants connected with depots,
when such restaurants are rented
from the railroad company. AS nearly
every restaurant on the western dlvl-
sion is rented from the company, the
order has very wide scope.
Now that the strawberry season is
here it is a good time to remark the
fact that a good many of the boxes in
which this fruit is sold are utterly un-
| fit for use. Many of them are old box
es which were used last year, and, per
haps, the year before, and have held
decayed fruit, rendering them not only
filthy, but actually dangerous on ac-
count of the deadly germ they con-
tain.
The only thing that seems TO be well
established in connection with the
growing mystery of Oak Knoll ranch
| in Pasadena is that STAIRS family is
most grievously afflicted. The sus-
pense of a situation like theirs is hard
! er to bear than almost anything else.
When one critically considers the two
mooted theories of murder and volun-
tary disappearance, there is only one
thing more difficult to accept than
either-and that is the other.
BANKER HELLMAN'S DAUGHTER
Welded TO MR. E. S. HELLER.