Mesa free press., 1899-07-07
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.

Governor cage mas appointed II. +.
Spencer of San Jose, ]. J, Street OF
Ventura an w. j. oliver of Los An
geles as members of the state veteri-
nary board.
The first consignment of United
States mail from Yukon in the past
two months reached Seattle on the
City of Topeka There were fourteen
sacks of it, containing about 10000 let
ters.
Sacramento-John O'Neal, convicted
of manslaughter for killing w. N
Howard at the County Hospital sew
eral months ago, was sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment at Folsom. O'Neal
is 70 years old.
San Francisco-Mrs Louise Schnei-
der, woman residing on Bush street,
won a small sum in the lottery, and
proceeded to celebrate by getting in
toxicated. Later she fell out of a
window, sustaining injuries from
which she died.
San Francisco-Superior Judge Dain-
gerfield found Justice of the Peace w.
F. Cook guilty of contempt of court
for disregarding a writ Of prohibition
which Judge Daingerfield had issued.
A nominal fine of S. was imposed on
the aged justice.
Sacramento-Mrs. Maggie Matz, until
recently resident of Oak Park, near
this city, committed suicide at New
castle, Placer county, by jumping into
we'll. Hire husband killed himself
about year ago at Oak Park by drink
ing wood alcohol.
by consent of the War Department
General Shafter will soon receive two
historic cannons which he captured at
Santiago. One is named "Le Compile
d'Argencon," and the other LIE Prince
de Conde" The intention is to set
them up in prominent places in San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
San Francisco-Eugene Franks was
arrested for robbing the mail. He
confessed to Detective Oman that he
had made a systematic robbery of
packages from the tops Of mail boxes.
In his room in a Bush street lodging
house were found about fifty bundles
of goods ranging in value from 81 to
$40.
A San Francisco dispatch says there
is possibility that the wine makers
corporation may go out of existence.
1t is said that the smaller dealers are
trying to hold it together, while the
larger producers do not desire to go
On IN, RI xuh 10 a in
taiEed the production goes mainly to
the small makers.
San Luis Obispo County Cattlemen's
Protective Association has been organ
lied by the election of the following
officers: Smith Shaw, president; A.
A. Tognazzini, vice president; J. B.
Blake, secretary; L. w. Booker, treas
urer. The association is composed Of
large cattle raiser who have combined
for mutual protection.
San FranciScO-An undertaken
named Harry Shook was sent to the
pesthouse with smallpox. He contract
ed the disease from a woman whom he
buried from the Mclean hospital. Two
women who live in the house whence
the smallpox patient was taken to the
hospital have also contracted the dis
ease and are at the pesthouse.
There is a growing feeling among
thinking men and women that some
thing must be done to lessen the num-
Der of collisions ond serious accidents
from indiscriminate bicycle scorching,
and movement is now On foot look
ing to steps in that direction. The only
thing that seriously threatens the sue
cess of the movement is that it origi-
mated in San Jose.
1t was given out from an authority
which should be in position to know,
that Governor Henry T. Gage would
certainly appoint his new code COM
mission on July 1. There is every
reason for believing that the new
commission will consist of Geo. J.
Denis, (Dem.) former Associate Su-
preme Justice Van Fleet of Sacra-
mento and Judge A. B. Freeman of
San Francisco, Republicans Former
Assemblyman Cornelius w. Pendleton
is as confident as ever that he is to be
the now cpcrotoru IF oay,, ;ocio-