| Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS the populists lists of idaho have still dismally failed to get together and it appears that the two factions will have to give it up as a bad job at the division hospital Pre presidio sidia there are 9 patients from the seventh california regiment 78 from the tennessee 52 from the iowa 35 from the twenty third and 25 from the twentieth kansas since the last report there has been one death from typhoid fever at the division hospital that of private W J holden of company I 1 fifty first iowa volunteers the total sick roll is now of which forty are cases of typhoid the capital stock of the california cotton mills has been increased to in order that the capacity of the manufacturing may be enlarged the fact has been demonstrated that cotton can be profitably manufactured in california the schooner mildred E has arrived at san francisco days from boston she brought out about twenty prospective Klondike rs who expect to reach st michael on her and to make the trip up the yukon on some stern wheeler before navigation closes the report of mrs edwin dia diamond mond assistant treasurer of the California red cross society for the quarter ended august shows that were received of which there remains a balance in bank amounting to 1 the money has come from all parts of the state and has been distributed amond the soldiers of many regiments I 1 the medical board of inquiry appointed to investigate the condition of the soldiers at san francisco made a preliminary report friday regarding sickness in the california regiment it states that out of a total of 1260 men in the regiment there axe are 73 who are sick or about 6 per cent of the 74 cases of sickness 19 are die doe to typhoid fever which is 11 per cent of the regiments total strength major huer of the first united states engineer corps has removed 57 of the 63 mines of torpedoes put in san francisco bay at the outbreak of the war with spam he is experiencing some difficulty in locating the remaining six mines as they have dragged their anchors for a distance of a mile or more and hevral of them have become detached from the tackle connecting them with the shore the major hopes to locate the bising mines in a day or two and store them with the others on goat island for future use major davis of the united states engineer corps has received from washington the specifications and bond of the contractors for the big breakwater at the san pedro cal harbor all the docu documents menth have been formally approved and signed by the secretary of war and everything is now in shape for helde maler maier neu of chicago the contractors togo ahead with the work the bond of the contractors is and they are to receive from the government for building the breakwater it is expected that actual work wil be commenced early next month contracts for the erection of a coaling station at pago pago have been invited by commander Z T tanner who has the work in charge the commander will not state the amount to be expended but he says the work will be of a substantial character and at least a year will be required for its completion lengi ion chamber of the civil engineering department of the navy will supervise the construction of the wharf and coal sheds he will also provide for a water supply and make a complete topographical survey of the united states land surrounding the harbor commander tanner says that no are to be erected evidence was presented thursday afternoon to the grand jury at san francisco in an attempt to secure the indictment of mrs cordella cordelia botkin on a charge of violating section of al code of california which makes it a felony to send poisoned goods through the malls mails chief of at police lees and detective mcvey testified to the facts in their possession regarding the poisoning of mrs J P dunning and her sister mrs deane at dover del by means of poisoned candy sent from this city they presented no facts not already made public no action was taken by the grand jury which adjourned consideration of the matter subject to the call of the district di s tri L t attorney the news that the sixth and seventh regiments of volunteers were mustered out while the eighth was to remain in service created little excitement among the troops most interested the soldiers have accepted the in evitable evl table in as good a spirit as if they had received an order to go to the front the seventh which comes from southern california wm will be mustered out at its armory in los LOB angeles the sixth largely composed ot of men from the san joaquin valley which is doing duty around san franisco Pr anisco bay will be mustered out in san francisco the eighth at camp merritt Merrl tt at oakland my may take the of place the sixth in guarding Wua riling the benecia arseniak arsen arse nial lal and various points in that vicinity in conjunction with the california artillery which is also to remain in the service for the present at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the oregon railroad navigation company friday the following directors were elected A I 1 mohler S W corbett W R ayer william mackintosh W W cotton henry falling W M ladd of portland miles C moorie moore of walla walla C S mellen E H harriman of st SL paul D S lamont W I 1 dull henry W cannon of new york and samuel carr of boston the directors appointed an executive committee consisting of bull cannon mellen lamont carr fojas la d harriman officers elected were W L bull chairman olf at the board of bif IT rectors rotors A L mohler president w W cotton secretary howard howar d 0 tisla art cey assistant secretary secret ary arnold marcus treasurer george E withington assistant treasurer E S benson gen eral auditor charles C beaman Be anian general counsel W W cotton assistant general counsel kid parker of boston and bob thompson Cco colored lored formerly of salt lake but now of at los angeles angelea cal fought fifteen rounds before the los loa angeles athletic club friday night and thompson was given the decision at the end of the fight thompson was the stronger man all the way through and did most of the leading parker fought a game uphill fight and was badly punished in the fifth round parker administered some punishment ish ment but for the most part hla his blows fell short or were cleveria blocked thompson drew first blood in the first round in the last tow four rounds thompson punished parker repeatedly peat edly the kid was unable to avoid his vicious right hooks and terrible straight lefts which landed con over the kids heart lost his temper toward the last and refused to break clean after the referee john brinkham Brink had announced his decision parker rushed for thompson but his hia seconds caught him and prevented a disgraceful affair the lewiston ida teller gives an account of some big bears that tha t are killing cattle on the craigs mountain and salmon river ranges the teller says these bears lay jay in wait for their prey and bounce upon the unsuspecting bow ow or steers whenever they chance to stray near the jungles they kill and drag off to secluded spots even full grown cattle and they will often gorge themselves till they are almost dormant for a day or two after the capture bf a big fiat fat cow these marauders ave returned to the craigs mountain range and they have killed several head of ef cattle this week an organized effort lei is being made to kill them there is a family or two of grown bears and two cubs near soldier meadows the old members of the family have destroyed thousands of dollars worth of cattle in past years only the bolder sportsmen try ry to find them the indians give them a wide birth even refusing to shoot at them when they accidentally encounter them during their periodical deer hunts the mystery of the cheap little handkerchief which was in the bb box of poisoned candy sent to mrs john P dunning at dover del and intended 1 for baby dunning has been partially cleared chief of police lees of san ban Pran francisco cisco and his detectives have been working on the mystery of the handkerchief ever since they took hold of the case they have been trying to ascertain why it was sent unless it was sent as aa a blind and they have been trying to locate the purchasing place they have solved the latter problem to their own satisfaction but whether the fancy bordered piece of linen was purchased by mrs botkin they will not state they have traced the purchasing place of the handkerchief to the dohty of paris dry goods store where there are dozens more just like atall marked exactly like the one sent for mr mra dunnings little da daughter tighter the clerk in the rore bore knew mrs birk botkin as she was a frequent buyer at the establishment ment but whether the handkerchief salesman will prove a good witness toi foi the prosecution chief lees will not alwi the shine 0 e murt court at Us has iaac an alternative writ of man damis dai hv aiding the superior court of bf pierce dinty to fix the amount of the supersedeas bond on appeal taken fay b y the pacific brewing company in the isace bace of the state ex rel Weinberg vs the pacific brewing and Malting company the writ is returnable october the supreme court has reversed judgment in the case of W teresa eldredge appellant vs john and clara respondents hugh eldredge et al defendants fend ants appeals from whatcom county assistant attorney general vance has filed the following rulings A corporation po ration may change its principal place of 0 business busin basto to a place situated in another county without filing with the secretary of state amendatory articles A certificate issued by the secre secretary of state of the filing and recording of articles of incorporation constitutes as aa a matter of law a certificate of incorporation the fo lowing articles of incorporation have been filed We natchie hardware company We Wen natchie atchle capital stick lake whatcom logging company whatcom What com everett water company everett northwest specialties company spokane 1000 washington mineral malting smelling smelting Sm elting company tacoma alaskan gold mining company spokane T P F rourke co walla walla farmers warehouse company oakesdale Oake Oak adale esdale 2500 |
