Show NEWS NOTES disappointed miners are returning in large numbers from alaska almost the entire fruit crop of cf new mexico to ie reported to be killed billed by f frost roe t J E dably of salt bait lake stopped at the palace hotel when in san francisco on sunday john G gray was run over by a heiso hoi secir cair at san jose cal saturday night and died ded next morning lewis cass wright a farmer ol of klickitat KlIcki tat county wash has killed billed forty bears already this year P patrick riley a well known farmer of aberdeen wash killea himself last week while despondent by cutting his throat b JR yon von schmidt and a swedish sailor were out in a boat at the mouth of oakland creek cat cal sunday when the vessel capsized and both men were drw drowned ned ripe apricots are in the market from palm valley this to is the esel caddest lest fruit ot the season 1 sod and though Sin small til is 16 finely flavored and well ripened 1 palm valley vailey is in riverside county cal john weaver a bachl machinist mitat empi employed oyed in the he southern pacific companas comp anys shops at los angeles was instantly killed sunday afternoon after oooo A wheel fell on his neck and nearly severed his bis head bead from his bis body within the next ninety days day the street railway mall mail system is to be in operation in san francisco three oars will be used in the service sod and I 1 50 men w will III be employed in the distribution trib tribu ution tiou mrs sophia swanson Swa naon a young woman who was deserted by her tue tius band a low few weeks ago and left without Me means jumped into the bay at san francisco on saturday but was fished out before she was dead saturday afternoon a man about 60 50 years of age who gave nis file name at as frank kilgore and said he be was a plumber by occupation entered a san ban francisco police station and asked for a place to lie down he said ald he felt very ill A few minutes later kilgore fell dead on the floor of the station he was it a stranger in the city william berry a riveter oame down from the north a short time alto and stayed at be union hotel san fran caleco saturday while intoxicated he wondered wandered out to the neighborhood oi 01 the potrero ropewalk ana became involved to in a quarrel with a chinaman who shot him in the back of the neck barry Is now to in the receiving hospital and Is expected to die an the bullet passed through the vertebrae it ranged downward the chinaman escaped tempe arizona news saturday morning ira M sayler had a serious disagreement with one of his mules rod and as an is usual in such cates the mule got dot the best of it while standing behind the mule mr saylor presumed on ft a long acquaintance and struck the diml animal the mule returned the compliment a by kicking him on the head bead cutting a deep gash over the left eye when the wound was dressed a piece of the hoof was found imbedded bedded Im in we flesh sunday night harry brakeman in the employ of southern pacific at ban fran fram was run over and killed io in the ml M bay freight yard he was engsaw engaged making up a train of empty oars cars b falling failing to return to the engine to another cutoff cut off of care car engineer J berand ter and fireman quill went wentlo in sear seal him they found the brakeman I 1 across the track between the his bead was completely severed ft the body which was cut is in two a at abdomen both legs lega were crushed I 1 there was waa hardly a whole bone in body letters found in his bis show that he be bad a wife at idso ids aija 0 he had been employed 0 on ifor railway about four weeks the total value of the mineral metal production of the united 8 lu in 1895 according to the engineri Engine ei 1 and mining journal amounted to enormous sum ot of wb ifil compares with a similar bial total of 51 for 1894 showing a total crease of for the year the cue whole amount last year 5 represented the value of the met mel that of the noo non wel tt products including 1 M various products fiote those these totals however it Is necessary make some deductions for or artil which have been necessarily d du ae 1 bated in the table among these me the be iron ore used in makin making 9 pig iron v a large part pan of the isa lead d used in white lead the he zinc used in maklan zinc oxide the coal in making co the antimony ore used in making U the m metal and the manganese ore u ej 61 la ft making which is ed in pig iron and some other art arteel lellie of the kind A careful estimate a wo fine proper amount of these deduction would give about in against in 1894 making these deductions we have a total value for 1895 of As s against fur for 1894 I 1 the lia ira crease amounting to 15 5 per cent fir some time past the custom custin in san ban francisco have haa baa ovder surveillance a in the beust that its proprietors P H hink 0 04 o si were to in some way connected ilke illicit sale of opium their being confirmed to some extent a raw raid was planned and successfully executed saturday afternoon the result however was somewhat of a disappoint moot ment to the officers for although over tins tine of a preparation which ap feared to be opium were discovered Js n we the basement of the saloon the stoff on examination arved to be nothing but molasses mola esea and flour A plant tor for turning out the make believe opium was found including the requisite stamps stamp labels and sealing compound aged ui ed upon the Im imported potted packages of the drug dru the operator evidently arranged meetings with customers whom be admitted to the basement through a grating to in tie th sidewalk of au an alley adjoining ad join ing abowd e no them a sample of real opium and tw N livered for spot cash any quantity required of the alleged smuggled smuggle gods go ds his bis dupes dared not prosecute prue eoute him after discovering that they had bad been baft swindled lea nor the authorities interfere with him if discovered as t 6 compound he be turned out was not opium |