Mesa free press., 1900-06-08

viding the Southern California judicial
district into two districts, with
United Court sessions at Los Angeles
and Fresno. The bill already had
passed the house, having been intro
duced by Representative Needham.
1t will now become a law, after being
signed by President Mckinley, and
will go into effect June 80.
The resolution offered in the Senate
a few days ago by Mr.. Morgan di-
recting the Interoceanic canal commits
sion to make an investigation with a
view of assertaining whether there is
any corporation or organization of
individuals which has for it's purpose
the obstruction of the United States
in constructing an isthmian canal,
and for other purposes was adopted.
There has been within the past few
weeks an advance of something like
rs per cent. in the ocean steamship
freight rates from New York to Aus
tralia. This is a development that has
accompanied the formal ending Of an
| arrangement between the London
steamship combination and the New
York parties who are backing the
United States and Australian Steam
ship Company.
A dispatch from the City Of Mexico
says the appearance of the bubonic
plague at San Francisco excites alarm,
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find a foothold in the Pacific ports of
Mexico, where there are many Chinese
residents. DR.. Liceaga, president of
the Superior Board of Health, says
that every known precaution has been
taken to prevent the disease appear
ing in these ports.
| Nine. Modjeska will not return to
| Poland this summer, but has signed a
contract to make farewell tour Of
| this country the coming season, under
the management Of Wagenhals &
Kemper in big production Of king
john" The version to be used by
Modjeska for this tour has been es-
pecialy arranged for her by William
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seen as Constance, role she has de-
sired to play for many years.
The failures of the Alameda City
Trustees to pass a bond election ordi-
ably, according to the correspondent
of the San Francisco Chronicle, cost
the city the $4,000 offered it by An
drew Carnegie. The gift was condi-
tional ON the raising of $4,000 more,
which was to have been secured by
the issuance of bonds next August;
but there is now a settled feeling, and
ther has been a declaration by some
of the Trustees, that nothing further
will be done in the matter until a
new board organizes.
Prince Alexis Dolgoronkoff, who is
connected with the Imperial Foreign
Office at ST. Petersburg. is at Sam
Francisco, on his way to Siberia to
work valuable concessions, property Of
the Grand Duke Nicolas, including gold
mining lands on Bering Sea. The
Prince, according to the San Francisco
Chronicle, is desirDus Of interesting
American capital in Siberia. He hopes,
after the Trans Siberian Railway is
finished, to see line of large steam
ships plying directly between this Coast
and Siberian ports. and says that the
Car will offer generous subsidies for
the establishment Of such line.
Factories are increasing about Oak
land. The San Francisco Bulletin re-
ports that the California Flax Mills
expect to build works costing 100000;
the Standard Underground Gable Com
pany of Pittsburgh will. enlarge its
works and begin the manufacture OF
wires for telegraph and trolley use;
patent roofing factory of Denver
will erect buildings; the F. B. Hood
Canning Company is planning per-
manent buildings at Emeryville; and
the Pioneer Woolen Mills Company,
which has decided to locate in Oak
land is about to send representa-
tives to select a site.
The Queen has granted Lord Strath-
coma and Mount Royal, the Canadian
High Commissioner, a patent of his
title to Hon. Mrs. Robert Jared Bliss
Howard, his only child. Apart from
this the Queens birthday honors, Of
which it formed part, were not inter
esting. Peerages were conferred on
Lord Morris, Sir Peter O'Bien and Sir
Richard Webster. Among those who
received knighthood is Richard Claw
erhouse Job Regius, professor Of
Greek at Cambridge University. The
order of Knight Of the Grand Cross Of
the Indian Empire is conferred upon
Maj.-Gen. Sir William Forbes Cat
acre. Hamilton Hunter, British Con-
sui in Samoa, is made a companion Of
st. Michael and st. George. The
Times points out that two Of the new
peerages have been conferred upon
Irishmen. The Queen has left Wind