Mesa free press., 1899-11-03

in her hold at o'clock last night, and
will be total loss. She was loading
at the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber
company's mill for Australia, and had
400, 900 feet of lumber below her decks
at the time of the fire. This, with the
vessel, which was uninsured, will make
the total loss $4,000.
The election for the new city charter
at Fresno resulted in victory for the
charter by vote of 844 to 107. The
push" element in local politics made
feeble effort to defeat it, but appears
to have given up the task as hopeless.
The new charter is in many respects a
novelty in city government. One of it's
chief features is that it gives the mayor
almost autocratic power.
Miss Annie Creve, the nineteenyear
old daughter of prominent rancher
of Salinas valley, was seriously in
jured by a dynamite explosion. A
brother of the unfortunate girl took
three small tin boxes Of dynamite home.
His sister tried to pry off the cover of
one of them, when it exploded and lac
Grated her horribly. She will be dis
figured for life, if she recovers.
WI well huOWu dlLOIu0yS OI lisa
liza, E. o. Larkins and Alfred Daggett,
came to blows in the superior court
room during a trial in which both
were interested. Both were fined $1OO
for contempt of court.
The water rights of Kern, county are
being fought over in the courts, in a
suit recently begun between the Kern
County Land Company and Miller &
Lee. The suit is brought to determine
the property rights of several of the
largest canals along the river, also to
determine if Panama Slough is nat
ural waterway, carrying riparian rights
to farmers along it's banks.
The Yosemite commissioners have
decided not to exceed their appropria-
ton this year, and if they cannot Sc
cure contracts to improve the valley at
their figures, they will undertake the
superintendency of the work them
selves. 1t was reported that the road
by the precipice was in dangerous
condition, and it was ordered closed.
The Central Meadow road will be
opened.
The largest shipment Of Klondike
gold that ever came out over the Lynn
Canal route is on the steamer Dirigo,
from Skaguay, en- route to Seattle.
There was nearly $1,250,000, of which
1907, 900 was sent from the Dawson
branch of the Canadian Bank of Com
merce and the remainder was for the
Alaska Commercial company. Purser
Lafarge has four armed men guarding
the gold.
Yuma has received a proposition
from the Galveston Fibre Company to
establish $4,000 factory for the man
ufacture of hemp rope at that place,
providing the citizens will subscribe
and pay $25,O00 towards the enterprise.
1t is proposed to use the wild hemp,
which grows at the bottom of the Col
orado river, and also plant fields of
hemp for the growing of which the soil
of the desert is adapted.
AT Copperopolis, after having been
closed down for six years and two
months, the Union Copper company
has started to pump out the old Union
copper shaft. The pumping of the mine
will probably require three months
time. Last night the residents of the
place fired cannons and giant powder,
whistles were blown and the large bells
at the school house and church were
rung, and general jollifcation was
held. The opening Of this property will
give employment to a great number of
people.