Mesa free press., 1899-09-29
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
A Summary OF Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit cur Busy
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ing company 10 cOlOnlZe san Gle
mente island.
At San Francisco the steamer Homer
arrived from Cape Nome, via st. Mi
chael, bringing about 100000 in gold
dust
Sacramento paid of half a million Of
its Indebtedness within a year so that
this years tax levy is 80 cents on 500
instead of $1.3O in 1898.
After paying all the expenses OF the
welcome to the returning California
soldiers, San Francisco had balance
of $50, 1000 to aid the needy and sick
ones.
Mr.. Stagg of the johannesburg rail-
road reports that the tide of travel has
turned and that now everybody is COM
ing in and but very few are going out
and says the freight business shows a
material increase.
Advices from Stoddard's camp tell
of a phenomenal increase in the can
yon's flow of water. Ten miners inches
have gushed forth and Mr.. Stoddard
is at loss to know where it came
from.
News reached Visalia yesterday that
a large flow of oil was struck at the
depth Of 400 feet on claim owned by
Boots Ball and other capitalists The
strike created quite stir, and claims
are being rapidly filed on all the con-
tiguous territory.
There are now 1853 men quartered
at the Preside. This includes $50 re-
cruits, 40 casuals, 357 in the regular
garrison, approximately 5256 volunteer
infantry on the way to the Philippines,
and approximately 5000 more from the
islands and awaiting muster-out.
At San Francisco United States Com
missioner Heacock decided in the case.
of the United States VS.. H. Mcdonald,
lessee of the Oakland theater, that pro-
prietors of places of amusement and
not the lessees, were liable for the tax
of $100 imposed by the government as
yearly tax.
Oakland. Cal-The City Council at
special meeting has accepted the Of
fer of Andrew Carnegie to give $4,000
for public Library building, providing
that at least $4,000 year is guaranteed
for its support, and have taken meas
Hfes to provide the necessary amount
by slight increase in the tax rate.
Tacoma-After being out all night,
the jury in the trial of Mayor Johnson
Nickeus, charged with having solicited
bribe of $12,500 for approving an or
dinance compromising million dollar
suit against the Tacoma Water and
Light Company, for fraud in selling the
plant to the city, could not agree and
were discharged.
San Rafael-Yoo Sing, Chinese
convict doing twenty-five years for
robbery in Placer county, committed
suicide in the warden's house In San
Quentin prison by hanging himself in
an attic An inquest was held and a
verdict of suicide rendered = No motive
| for the deed is known. Deceased was
% years of age, and had served two
years of his sentence.
Stockton-J A. Hodges, the man
who threw a bomb at Adelina Patti,
the prima donna, in the Grand Opera
house at San Francisco, about twelve
years ago, died at the Stockton state
hospital for the insane. He had been
an inmate of the hospital for ten
| years. He was of q suicidal disposi-
ton. and made numerous attempts to
end his life. He died of natural
causes.
Lulu Summer, q fourteen year -old
girl, was struck by an electric car at
Mission and Thirteenth streets, San
Francisco, and so severly injured that
she died a few hours later. She at
tempted to cross the street in front of
the car but was unable to do so in time
to avert the accident. A charge of
manslaughter was entered against Mo-
torman w. P. Dalton, who has been
relea 3ed on bonds.
At San Francisco Superior Court
Judge Trout gave Judgment against
Wells, Fargo & Co., in suit brought
in the name OF the people of the state
to determine whether Or not the COM
pany should pay for the war revenue
stamps required by law to be affixed to
its bills of lading or other receipts for
goods to be transported over it's lines.
1t is understood that the company will
take an appeal to the Superior Court.
NURSES FOR THE PHILIPPINES