Mesa free press., 1900-03-16

to be sent to the Paris Exposition.
California may count on one man, and
possibly two. The Califcrnians will
make their headquarters at Princeton.
In the Fair Craven trial; Mrs. Cra-
ven said that the dead senator had
provided for her, financially, las any
good husband would" In proof of her
marriage to Fair, the plaintiff pro-
duced an affidavit made by Justice
Simpton of Sausalito, in which the
justice swore that he married the
couple She had kept the marriage Sc
cret, she said, because of an agree
ment to that effect between herself and
Fair.
General William H. L. Barnes and
Mrs Anna M. Scott of San Francisco,
his housekeeper, were married at New
York Monday, Feb. 26. The ceremony
was performed at the home of John 8.
Barnes, brother Of General Barnes, at
% East Forty Eighth street, and was
very quietly solemnized. The bride
and groom journeyed together across
the continent, according to the story
told by relatives here, merely to salts
fly the sentimental desire Of the law
yer and politician to be married in his
old home.
Six hundred thousand dollars worth
of American goods was shipped to the
Orient on the Japanese liner Tosa
re
tons is composed principally Of cotton
and flour. In the general cargo is 1S
tons Of Montana silver, shipped az a
commodity to the Russo Chinese bank
Of Shanghai. 1t is the product Of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company's
Montana mines. This enormous bulk
of white metal Is listed at value of
100000.
Considerable excitement was caused
at Salinas by report that q man in
Jail, charged with horse stealing, was
no other, than Durham, the San Jose
murderer, the man stole horse here
two weeks ago and was captured in
Hanford. He gives his name as Ash
ton. but many people who have seen
him assert that he looks greatly like
Durham. The whole story was ex-
ploded by Constable John Frost, who
knew Dunham well, and asserts that
the prisoner is at least 10 years too
young.
President Mckinley has selected two
of the three new members Of the Phil
rfynA cS{A
E. Ide Of Vermont and Luke E.
Wright Of Tennessee. The fifth and
last member has not been Sc
lected, and the president is said to
be seeking to find a satisfactory man
on the Pacific Coast. It Is said Ber-
nard Moses Of California is slated for
the appointment. Messrs. Ide and
Wright are Democrats. The two mem
bers previously selected, Messrs. Taft
of Ohio and Worcester OF Michigan, ar
The California Club now has on fill
Endorsements Of it's action regarding
the big trees, from the Merchants Clul.
the Pacific Union, University ano
Olympic Clubs, the California Wate.
and Forest Society, the University O,
California and Leland Stanford and al
the large organizations in San Fran
cisco and adjoining cities. Mrs A. D
Sharon, one of the most active mem
bers of the club. who is at presen;
in Washington, has called on the pres
ident with regard to the matter, anc
feels sure that he will not withhold
his sanction for the most that the law
makers may do.
VICTORIA (B. Co. March Ia
Hongkong correspondent, writes from
Manila that a religious controversy is
existing there overshadowing the in
and plague. The main point
Of the trouble is a suggestion to rein
state the friars in the province on the
old basis as under Spanish rule The
trouble began with the publication OF
an alleged int, view with Archbishop
Chappelle, telegraphed to a Madrid pa
per. An interview was secured by a
Manila paper, coincident with it's beng
When published it raised
a storm. Petitions came in fast, and
many delegations interviewed Gen. OTIS