Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-07-14
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
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off by his father, the Petaluma mill
ionaire, with legacy OF only SIS,
stated at Fresno that he intended to
contest the will and expressed conf
dence in his ability to break it. He
declares that his father was under un-
due influence of his son, Fred A.
Wickersham.
Spokane, Wash.-Three thousand
people were in the sad procession that
followed the late Ensign Robert Mon
Afghan from the City Hall to Gonzaga
Chapel, while $4,000 more lined the
streets on the line Of march. Former
Senator John T. Wilson delivered the
eulogy at the public gathering and
Father Jacquel, Monaghan's teacher in
boyhood. also delivered an address.
Entries were made at the Custom.
House at San Francisco of the cargo
of the steamer Rio de Janeiro, which
arrived from the Orient. One ship
ment of silk was valued at 100000,
while 500 cases of opium were listed
on the manifest at $205,000 in value.
The silk, being raw material, Is al
lowed to enter free, while upon the
opium used for smoking purposes, the
duty amounts to $125,000.
Sacramento is in the throes of mn-
nicipal CESSATION, that morality may
come and dethrone gambling. To all
the world in general and Sacramento
in particular is commended the Los
Angeles method, built upon the his
toric and pregnant utterance: "The
way to resume is to resume" An apt
paraphrase is, the way to stop gam
bling is to stop gambling. With
multitude of other blessings already
bestowed on the dyke bound capital,
this is included.
Sacramento-The Society for Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children took
charge of girl, 16 years old, who came
here to meet a man from Folsom who
had agreed to employ her. He prom
ised to meet her at the depot in this
city, but she remained there all day
without food or money Finally her
distress was called to the attention of
the society officer, Dan Healy. She
was placed in good family and her
mother notified. The society believes
it was fortunate for the girl that the
man who wrote her did not meet her,
as the name is that of person who
has bad reputation.
The Sacramento Record Union tells
of 'Bloomer social as follows: 'The
'bloomer' social given yesterday after
noon and evening at the residence of
Mrs. Anna F. Paulk, No. 913 F street,
was an unqualified success, considered
from every standpoint. "Bloomers'
were in evidence everywhere. They
were worn by the ladies, and literally
covered the walls of the parlors, and in
style were everything from the sun
flower to the sweet pea" At this point
in the narrative the snake editor fell
under his table in spasms, and was re-
vived only on reading the remainder of
the item, as follows: "The 'bloomers
were posies, beautiful blossoms culled
from the gardens of the queen city of
the plains"
The world is indebted to Alameda
for many and various things, and now
must stand with uncovered head before
the genius, if not the manhood, of one
Daniel Graham Graham did not like
his mother-in-law and she stood all
the abuse he was capable of, till, in
her own story, when Mr.. Graham
overstepped the bounds of propriety
by getting her into the book yard and
playing the hose on her. She declares
that she attempted to escape from him
by running into the house, but he fol-
lowed her and picking up kettle of
boiling water as he passed through the
kitchen, chased her into her bedroom
and poured the contents IF the kettle
over her" 1t is question which was
the more cruel, Alameda Creek water
straight from the hose, or boiled. Over
the room door should be a red and
yellow worked worsted sign: God
Bless Our Home"