Mesa free press., 1900-03-02
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Important information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
A Summary of Late Events That Are
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Readers

| land dOg-poiSoner since the beginning
Of this month.
A movement is on foot at Stanford
University to erect monument on
the campus to the three Stanford men
who fell in the late war.
Mrs. Margaret Hunt of Oakland has
brought suit against DR.. Walker F.
Lewis for $4,000 damages for careless
ness in the extraction of tooth.
San Francisco has a new improve
ment club, whose object is the better
ment of the whole city. not the fur
| therance of the interests of any par
| ticular district
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1S.-The
battleship Wisconsin, now building at
the Union Iron Works, is fast nearing
! completion. She will probably be ready
for her trial trip before July 1.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports
| that some of the physicians at Seat
tie call a large proportion of the
smallpox cases there in reality Jap
anese Itch" and think that it has been
| introduced into the United States
mainly in the germ state, by the re-
turned soldiers.
| Private John Quinn, violent maniac
who escaped from the insane ward or
the Presidio hospital more than week
ago, was at last accounts still at large
in the woods of the reservation, al
though the terror with which he has
| inspired the neighborhoOd has prompt
ed the sending out of squads of fifty
and even a hundred men for his recap
ture.
DR.. N. H. Chamberlain of Oakland,
who has apparently effected a cure OF
cancer by X-ray, in the case OF Dr.
| Selfridge, has under treatment two
other cases of the same disease, when
have been greatly benefited by the
rays, 50 that complete cure is hoped
for. in time. No pain is involved IN
| tie process, the tissue not being de-
; stroyed.
A meeting of the cattlemen Of Cal
ifornia. Washington, Oregon, IN Montana,
Utah, Nevada and Arizona will be held
| in San Francisco on March for the
purpose of taking steps to secure the
| passage of the Foster bill now pending
before congress- This bill provides for
| the delimination and leasing or the
grazing lands on the public domain TO
stockmen for terms of ITO years, with
| the right of renewals.
| Chief of Police Sullivan Of San Fran
| cisco purposes putting the police on
| more of a military basis than hereto
| fore. He thinks it is desirable that, in
ouelling disturbances and SURPRISING
possible riots, they should appear with
all the discipline and precision or SOL
diers. The Chief will make change,
also, in the matter Of notices. All these
will be sent to the different stations
and read to the watches.
The new order issued by the Santa
Fe road, regarding age and weight or
men applying for the position OF fire
man, has caused, according to the san
Bernardino Transcript, much specula-
ton and CONSERVATION among as
pirants for this position. The condl-
ton of age-limit at both ends Of the
scale and the requirement OF l60
pounds in weight have shut out a very
considerable number Of these.
The Home Trading Committee of the
Oakland Merchants Exchange pur-
pose Offering special inducements to
country trade, on Saturdays. Six cars
have been chartered, and, beglnnlng
with March, excursions will be run
from some of the surrounding towns.
Those who patronize these excursions.
if they purchase a certain amount OF
merchandise in the city, will be given
free transportation, in addition to a
ticket to one Of the theaters.
The San Francisco Fire Commission
ers have adopted a new plan OF f1re
guard for the theaters of the city. Two
experienced firemen will be on duty at
each theater, from to IL Pm. Iney
will make a thorough inspection OF the
theater, just before it's opening, and
special inspection of the stage just be-
fore the curtain is rung up. one Will
remain at the theater entrance ana
one behind the scenes, during the per-
formance. The management OF each
theater will be asked to pay IS nightly
for this service.
Sunday morning ex-Alderman Rich
ard Kennon John M. Cordell, miner,
and William Kelly, fisherman leIt
Nanaimo to shoot ducks. Not return
ing friends grew alarmed and set out
to search for them. The search was
kept up all yesterday and resumed tnls
morning, when their boat was Iouno
living on the mud banks under water
and the body of William Kelly was
plainly visible from the sur1ace. Inc Inc
body was recovered and brought to the
city and a number of people imemdl-
ately left for the scene to grapple Tor
the other bodies All three men were
we'll known and leave widows with
families.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-The
Southern Pacific Company has per-
fected it's plans for the esta blishment
of a relief department for It's en-
ployes, which will pay weekly oene-
| fits to members in cases of sickness or
disability from accident, and, in case
of death, to relatives or other beneficial
ries designated by the insured. A. F.
| Hess has been named as superintend-
ent of the department. with head
quarters at San Francisco. The board
! of directors will consist Of employees
Of the company.
All employees in the service Of the
| company at present can join the relief
/ department regardless Of physical con-
dition or age, for limited period. EN-
ployes who enter the service Of the
company after March 1, 1900, will have
to become members before entering
the company's service, and pay monthly
dues. The company promises to con-
tribute 900 a. year toward the fund
of the department.
The effect of Judge Morrows decis
ion in the United States circuit court on
March 49, 1896. known as the Zante
currant case has been upset by the
United States circuit court Of appeals
for the second circuit. Judge Morrow
decided that Zante curarnts are not
curants but seedless grapes and that
tho name WAS one hV which the dried