Mesa free press., 1899-10-13
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Summary OF Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit cur Busy
Readers.

Recent reports from Cape Nome dis
trict are most flattering. The steamers
City of Seattle and Cottage City lately
landed at Seattle with $5OO,OOO.
Boiler makers at San Francisco have
gone on a strike and all work at the
various iron works has stopped. Both
government and private work is af-
fected by the action.
The San Francisco papers, headed by
the Call. have announced the with
drawal of Col Dan Burns from the
senatorial race, and placed M. H. De
Young of the Chronicle as the possible
candidate.
Edward F. Searles will expend $500
additional in the Mark Hopkins In
stitute of Art in San Francisco. The
new addition will be completed about
January 1st, when the artists will ar
range for a grand art exhibition.
The large warehouse of the Sutter
Development Company at Chandler
Station, below Yuba City, was burned
last week 1t contained 5000 sacks of
barley and 40 tons Of baled alfalfa
hay. The loss was $4,000, with no in
surance. The fire was probably set by
tramps.
Hop picking in the Pleasanton yards
was fnishe last week, 1,653,5 pounds
laying been picked. About one thou
sand persons were employed in the
yards, and 600 acres were picked over.
Pickers are now leaving for different
parts of the state or are going to pick
grapes. The yield is the largest known
in years.
San Francisco is once more enjoying
the blessing of lighted streets. The
city treasury now having funds with
which to pay for the expense OF light,
the company has turned on it's gas.
An appropriation Of $4,000 a month
has not been sufficient to meet the re-
cent expense of furnishing light for the
metropolis.
San Jose-The Supervisors have Off
cially indorsed the proposed celebra-
ton of the fiftieth anniversary of the
Inauguration of California's state gov
ernment. The board will send invita-
tions to all state and county officers to
be here, and especially urgent invita-
proposed celebration is assuming a
broad scope.
The recent earthquakes along the
coast Of Alaska were very severe and
destructive Whole forests of trees
were uprooted, islands disappeared in
the sea and many lives lost. A tremen-
dous tidal wave followed the vibrations,
which carried debris up the mountain
side for mile. Large rocks, weigh
ing forty tons or more, were seen roll
ing over one another down the noun
tain like so many pebbles.
Dr. Sponogle has brought libel suit
against Governor Gage for his COM
munication to the state lunacy COM
missioners in which he alluded to va
rious unpleasant incidents in the life of
the late superintendent of Agnews
asylum 1t must come as singular
sensa tion to the governor to be defend
ant in a libel suit instead of counsel
for the defendant, but he may be ex-
pected to show Sponogle considerable
about the law of libel before the case
is ended.-L. A. Express.
The Southern Pacific company and
it's feeders into San Francisco are de-
termined not to permit the Santa Fe to
alone make the showing with it's linn
tied winter train service during the
coming tourist season. AS result
schedule is now made way for a r.
hour run between San Francisco and
Chicago, which is the time made last
year by the Santa Fe Limited be-
CW0Cu S11lCd6O duu lSOS Au6ClCS. uc
Santa Fe may, however, see its north
ern competitors and still further re-
duce its time. It's winter schedule is
now under consideration.
The first murder in Tehama county
since 1890 was committed last Tuesday
at Vina. William Devin, an old and re-
spected citizen, was struck over the
head with a piece of scantling 2x3
inches in size and five feet long, in the
hands of a breed Indian named
Harry humphrey. The deceased leaves
widow and three children. The trouble
was brought on by quarrel between
the victim and murderer over a ques-
tion by one Hickey to the former
whether he Devin) was a union man
or "scab. The murderer was arrested
and placed in Jail at Red Bluff.