Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-10-01
EASTERN NEWS ITEr1S.

Two deaths and several prostrations
are reported as last weeks heat record
at Chicago.
The Atlantic City, N. j., Life Guard
have entered the service of the Cuban
insurgents.
A tidal wave has swept the gulf coast,
almost wiping out the towns of Port
Arthur and Sabine Pass.
Emma Goldman, the woman anar-
chist, was arrested and jailed at Provi-
dence, r. l., for making incendiary
speeches.
st. Louis has in prospect SIS, 900, 900
opposition gas company in which the
Standard Oil people are believed to be
represented.
III. D. Purroy, county clerk of New
York, has been expelled from mem ber-
ship in the New York State Democratic
central committee for rebellion.
William J. Bryan told 25, 900 people at
Sedalia, Mo-, that the burning Of prop
erty and destruction of life are not the
means of settling labor disputes.
Cornelius Vanderbilt jr. has made
peace with his mother He journeyed
| to New York to bid her good by when
she sailed for Europe last week.
1t is reported that John D. Rockefel-
Ter, of Standard Oil fame, with other
American capitalists, is trying to cor
ner the Canadian nickel mines.
An exhausted carrier pigeon arrived
at Logansport, Ind, bearing message,
partly obliterated, of which only
'August 20, Pole. Andree," could be
deciphered.
Lord Chelmsford, who commanded
the British forces in the Zulu campaign,
has arrived in New York for the pur-
pose of investigating the defenses OF
Canada and the United States.
In spite of the utmost care yellow
fever cases continue to appear at New
Orleans and all the towns along the
river instituted quarantine. Physic-
ians are hopeful, but the situation
grows worse.
Mgr. P. G. Tonor, missionary apos-
tolic and honorary chaplain to his Hol-
mess Pope Leo XIII and chaplain-gen-
eral to the American warships, was
stricken by the heat and died in Phila-
delphia.
Rufus Smith, one of the deacons in a
Baptist church at Forest Home, Butler
county, Alabama, was assassinated in
church. He was arising from prayer
when the report of shotgun was heard
and he fell over dead.
Agricultural department experts do
not look for cheap wheat until another
crop is harvested. A hundred million
h,1c h01o ~ 30
European deficiencies, and America is
the only available source of supply.
Col Gustav Pabst, son of the million
aire Milwaukee brewer, has married
Miss Hulda Lemp, daughter of the St.
Louis millionaire brewer, W. j. Lemp.
The bridegroom was recently divorced
from Margaret Mather, the actress.
At Oak Park, Chicago suburb, Con-
gregational people have established a
camp, with tents, hammocks, etc., for
the mothers and children of Chicago's
river ward. Each party is allowed to
remain week, and the experiment is
great success.
The steamer Belle of Memphis struck
snag in the Mississippi river at Grains
Island, just below Chester, ILL.,, ripping
q hOAO AOAtS ACOo AOAS LII hO1 OOtUOIhs
She sunk with ten feet of water over
her decks. About 200 tons of freight
aboard was saved.
The American-Pacificr road was char
tered at Topeka, Kan, September Is.
Its directors are from Kansas, Texas,
Honduras and William B. Hunter of
California. The proposed line will run
from Savannah, Ga, to San Diego, Cal.
The capitalization is 500, 100000. Lines
from Texas to North Dakota and Mex
leo are also proposed.
A woman, demented and almost nude,
was found in the woods near Melrose
Park, ILL.,, by farmers, she having spent
over month in the woods. The wo-
man is in terrible condition from ex-
posture and privation The description
tallies in many respects with the miss
ing Mrs. Luetgert, but the authorities
dc not believe the woman is Mrs. Luet-
CERT.
Two hundred miners who were fight
ing fire in mine near Melbourne, Au-
stralia, were overcome with the fumes.
MANY 6aad ho6ioc bo wa boor 4oLox.