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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-08
THROUGH WITH 4 RUSH.
The FIOod-sid Resolution Promptly
Made IA Law.

WASHINGTON, April THE joint
resolution making an appropriation Tor
the flood sufferers passed through both
houses Of Congress With rush, and was
signed by President pro TEN. Frye, OF
the Senate. and Speaker Reed, Of the
House. and sent up to the White House
for President McKinley's approval
The resolution as finally passed not only
includes the sufferers by the Mississippi
and its tributaries. but also the sufferers
by the Red River Of the North. I'm North
Dakota and Minnesota. and the amount
appropriated is $4,000, 10 be expended
under the direction OF the Secretary OF
War.
The President signed 1t at p. NJ.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-08

PoITIAUX.-Dled.a a. HIS late residence.
No. 7c5 west Clay street. at IL a. NJ
wedns sday. April Ith. h. EUGENE FCt-
TiAuX. in the 18th year OF his age.
Funeral from above No. THURSDAY.
April sth, at +. ~.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-08

Q'lorida Times-Union)
Isn't II strange that some men will
spend 5000 worth OF time trying to get
into $1,000 office?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-08

Old papers for sale at sc. hundred ct
Dispatch office.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10
ME8A FREE PRESS
n. d. NORTON, A.P. .sHEwMAN
MORTON & SIIEWMAN
Publishers.
Advertising rates made known on ap-
plicatlon.
NEW PORT OF ENTRY,

The Sentinel says Capt. J. A.
Mellon received the signatures OF ev-
cry business man IN Yuma to petit
tion to the minister of customs at the
Olty of Mexico, praying for the es-
tablishment of custom house on the
line between Mexico and Arizona at
the Colorado river. II the custom
house is established, Louis Martinez,
CT Guayn.as, will put line of steam
ers Ola the Gulf to connect with the
Colorado Steam Navigation Co. s
boats in furnishing supplies to mines
at the head of the Gulf and along
The Colorado river. Mining interests
in that section are at present receiv-
ing considerable attention and num-
ber Of camps only need better facili-
ties for obtaining supplies to make
them good producers of the precious
me ais. A custom house on the line
will also STIMULATE trade between
Yuma and the City of Guaymas.
Capt. Mellon investigated the matter
while in Mexico two weeks ago and
feels confident that his petition will
be received favorably by the Mexican
authorities
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10

1t looks now rs though D1rrant may
soon look upon the rope. The supreme
court of California has affirmed Judge
Bahrs' decision reman1ing Durrant to
San Quentin, reverses thot decision
sentencing him to be hung November
II, and orders Judge Bahrs to proceed
according to law, which means that he
shall re-sentence Durrant to. be hung.
Prof Tourney, acting director Of the
experimental station at Tucson, was on
the Southside yesterday to arrange for
further experiments with the raising of
sugar beets. He says efforts this year
will be confined largely to the Salt
River valley. It does seem that the
sugar beet ought to be auccess in this
valley.
w. e. Pomeroy, who has been in
the mining districts of Sonora for
some months: is expected home in
few days to spend the holidays.
The trial, before the District court at
Phoenix, of Phillips. who is charged
with having attempted to set fire to his
confectionery and fruit store, has been
in progress this week. 1t is expected
the trial will end today.
Have you seen that artistic pyra-
mid filled with holiday novelties, in
the Go OPT It was designed con-
structed and arranged by the tyo
lady clerks.
The Odd Fellows of Tempe will be-
gin next Monday the construction of
building of their own. 1t will be
handsome two story brick 5Ox100 feet.
The railroad companies are propos-
ing to make reduced rate from points
in California to Arizona during the
winter.
Mesa Rebekah lodge |. o. o. F.,
visited the subordinate lodge Satur-
day night and provided an elegant
collation..
DR.. DeVore. Dentist is located in
Tempe. In Mesa every Friday over
Barnett's drug store. Satisfaction guar
sn:eed.
Mrs. Capt Bayard arrived yester-
day from Fort Leavenworth to spend
the winter with her mother. Mrs.
Dawley.
Di. Sabin returned yesterday morning
from a visit to Casa Grande. He saws
the ola Vekol mine will start up again
in the not long hence.
Don't forget the lecture SUNDAY
night in the Baptist church. Mira
Philips sustains high reputation as
a speaker.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10

The windstorm Wednesday evening
unearthed a we'll defined ledge of gold
bearing quartz at Pilot Knob, six
miles down the river from Yuma. A
couple of Mexicans made the discov-
cry and Immediately located q num-
Der of claims. From surface indi-
cations the find promises we'll and
may develop into great mine almost
AZ Yuma's back door. Sentinel.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10

We have received q handsomely
illustrated magazine entitled "To the
Yukon and Klondike Gold Fields, I"
published by Edward Holland in San
Francisco, 1t contains valuable in
formation abont the great northern
mining region.
Most people here .bouts are wondering
from whence came the sea gull with q
bright ribbon around its neck. which
rested for time on the top of the spire
of the Tabernacle Being hundreds of
miles from sea or gulf, and having a
ribbon around its neck, it was indeed q
strange visitor.
DIR. Hawley received note on
Wednesday from Ralph Robertson ct
tucson, stating that Mrs. Robertson
had presented him with fine eight
pound daughter.
The Teachers Institute Of Mesa
teachers will meet on the FIRST Satur-
day after New Years Teachers from
the outside are cordially invited to
attend and take part in the institute.
Judge Hakes, Judge Pomeroy and
quite a number of other Mesa people
have been to Phenix this week, called
there as witnesses in the Riggs, Steele
and Daley trials.
Five thousand dollars to loan ou
approved security. Apply to A, T.
Shewman, at Free PRESS office, for
terms and particulars.
Five thousand dollars to loan on
approved security. Apply to A. T.
Shewman At FREE Press office for
terms and particulars.
The weather is delightful but a
little too dry to suit farmers, stock
mon and every one else.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10

Customs Collector Chenowlth, OF
Noyales, states that there is an in
suficiency Of mounted inspectors
along the line to insure complete
protection of the Jaw. In various
unprotected places contraband cattle
are being crossed into the United
States by tbs hundreds, and smug-
Cling of various characters is carried
on. The collector has applied for
four more inspectors.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10
CWNGREoS IN SESSION.

Congress met last Monday. In
his message. on the currency question
the President says,in part: 1--WE ought
not hesitate to enter upon the cur
rency re vision, which will make our
demand obligations less enormous and
relieve our financial laws from am
biguity and doubt. Every dollar of
our currency is good because the
government pledge is out to keep it 80.
The evil of the present system in gen
eral is the great cost of the govern
ment in maintaining the parity of
four different forms of money that is
keeping all at par with gold, and it
is manifest that we must devise some
plan to protect the government
against bor.d issues for redemption.
We must either curtail the opportu-
ni'y for speculation, made easy by
multiplied redemption of our demand
obligations, or increase the gold re-
serve for resumption We have 5000. :
100000 of currency which the gov
ernment has undertaken 60 keep at
par with gold, Banks are not raquir-
ed to redeem gold. The receipts of
the government are not required to
be paid in gold, and the only way the
government can get gold is by bsr-
rowing. A serious qustion is, shall
We continue the policy when the gold
reserve reaches the danger point of
issuing moro bonds co supply the need
ed gold or to provide means to pre-
vent recurring demand on the gold
reserve. l earnestly recommend that
when the receipts OF the government
are quite sufficient to pay the expen-
ses of the government, that when any
of the United States notes are pre-
sented for redemption in gold, and
are redeemed in gold, such notes shall
be kept and set apart and only paid
out in exchange for gold. In my view
it is of the utmost Importance that
the government should be relieved
from the business of providing for all
gold required for exchanges and ex-
ports.
He recommen DIS that national banks
be allowed to issue notes to the full
face value of the bonds deposited by
them that authority he given for the
establishment of national banks with
minimum capital OF $4,000, and
that national banks be- required to
redeem their notes in gold.
Believes the reforms adopted in
Cuba, by the Spanish ministry will
lead % peace and opposes recognition
of Cuban belligerency.
Urges the ratification of Hawaiian
treaty.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10

The problem of how to utilize the
vast quantities of mesquite beans that
grow on the prairies Of the southwest
has, il is believed, been solved. Nnm-
erous experiments at converting the
bean into a marketable commodity
have beer made in recent years, bat
have been productive of no permanent
results. A. J. Couley, manager OF
the Luing cotton oil mill, believes he
has solved the problem. He had
gathered ton of mesquite beans and
treated them in the same manner aa
cotton seed. FROM the ton of beans
he secured sixteen and ahalf gallons
of clear. amber colored oil, very rich
and with a very pleasant, aromatic
smell The cake is dark brown, quite
oily and is eaten readily by stock. 1t
is a we'll known fact that stock fatten
rapidly on the beans and that the
year when the crop is a heavy one is
always a prosperous one for stock
MN. This year the beans are very
plentiful, thousands of tons Of them
falling from the trees and rotting. Ii
they could be saved in the shape OF
oil cake, there would be almost enough
to caory etock through the winter
Sentinel.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10
MRS. M. A. PHILLIPS,

At one time State Organizer for the
W. G. +. q. in Illinois, but now .
resident of Tempe, Ariz., will address
the people of Mesa upon some phase
of Temperance work, next Sunday
evening at 7.3O at the Baptist church.
All are most cordially invited by the
Mesa w, G. T. U. and the I. o. G..
II
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10

1t is thought that the dormitory
accommodation at the Territorial
University will not be eqnal to the
demand this year, as applications for
admission to the University are rap
idly increasing beyond all expectation.
The Board of Regents will arrange to
provide for all who come,
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10

1t is again rumored thai the S. F.
p & P. railroad will in the near fu-
ture begin the extension of its line
frc M Phoenix to Globe with branch
TO Florence.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10
FREIGHTs FOR NOVEMBER

The following is the freight re-
ceipts in and shipments from Mesa
during the month of November over
NJ. G P. d S. r. v. railroad.
RECEIVED.
Merchandise, 80 cara,
Lumber, cars; cattle, car;
posts, car; canned goods, car;
coal, car. Total tonnage, 1,275
pounds.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-12-10
FREIGHT FORWARDED.

Hay, 8 cars: straw, car;
barley. cars; wheat, Q cars;
wood, l car; merchandise, 8 cars,
Total tonnage, 524, 400 pounds.
Grand total, 825.675 pounds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Before drinking beer it is wise
habit to eat small piece of bread. So
says Prof. Gaffy. of Germany, who
has followed this habit from youth and
is the personification of health.
In the deserts of Arizona there is a
species of woodpecker which pecks the
telegraph poles to pieces. The bird
hears the humming sound and imagineS
that insects are beneath the surface.
in London the mail deliveries from
ten in the morning until ten at night
are hourly. 1t is not unusual for the
writer of letter in that city to get an
answer from a resident within three
or four hours.
When suspicious-looking person
approaches one of the tellers in the
Bank of France private signal is given
to concealed photographer, and in a
few seconds the suspected individual
is secretly photographed.
Mrs. Bush. of Clayton, n. Y, saw
her sons. Fred and John, aged respect
lively nine and ten years old, fall
through the ice while skating. She
plunged in after them, but they sank
before she could rescue them.
To prevent the hair from falling
out, soak fine pine shavings in n pint
of alcohol for two weeks, strain, add 40
drops of glycerin, and moisten the hair
with this liquid morning and night,
rubbing it well into the scalp.
"A New Haven paper lately con-
tanned two advertisements, side by side,
one exhibiting preparation for remov-
ing superfiuous hair and the other rec
ommending a fluid that is certain to
produce growth of hair on bald heads.
-Nettie Hinkle, aged 10, of Quakal1e
Valley, Pa, was attacked by a huge
eagle, which threw her to the earth and
was endeavoring to carry her off, when
a companion, Jennie Mcdowell, drove a
hatpin through the eagles heart and
killed it.
"A teacher at Ypsilanti, Mich, under
examination for appointment to q
| school, was asked to explain the pur-
pose of the electoral college. He
promptly described it as ''an institution
having for it's object the furthering OF
the study of electricity"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
OLD-TiME STENOGRAPHERS.
They Swap Confessions as to the Mistakes
They Had Made.

They Swap Confessions as to the Mistakes
They Had Made.
They were both old-time stenog-
raphers, employed somewhere by the
week, but the consciousness of being
able, at Will, to produce pages Of hens
tracks which only they could decipher
and sometimes even they failed to do
so-invested them with a feeling OF
intense superiority to the rest of man
kind.
But this normal feeling was for the
moment usurped by ole of humility. as
they sat on the sofa, the light turned
gently down, and the soft radiance of
the Pickering jet in the street alone
illuminating the apartment.
It was an hour for confession, and he
paved the way by saying:
1.-THE first job / ever struck I lost
through carelessness. My employer
dictated a letter to client, asking HIN
to meet him at hotel called the Seven
Ravens. I wrote it out the Seven Ele
plants"
"a wholesale chemist was my first
employer" she murmured. ''He used
to keep diary. One day he dictated TO
me the fateful words: Bought a car
load of sulphuric acid. Quite good
nay business
"How did you transcribe t?'' he in
quired eagerly, for he had registered
VOW in his Utmost soul that he would
never marry perfect idiot.
81 didn't get it quite right. Bought
a carboy of sulphuric acid. Good Godl
It's poisonous!
He moved little way from her, but
remembered his own early struggles
and edged back again.
Dearest" he whispered, 'do you re-
member the converse ton which nomin-
ated Garfield ?''
She thought he was trying TO find out
how old she was. but curiosity got the
better of discretion, and she confessed
&c dim memory of that occasion.
ST was hired by the Times then to re-
port the speeches. A New Yorker got
up and said the dissensions among their
opponents were very timely. for they
bid fair to create q break in the ranks
of the democratic party"
"Oh, tell me-" cried the fair girl. with
a sudden accession of interest, show did
you get t?''
His head fell on his breast.
"I cannot. I dare not tell you"
Rising. she turned the lamp down still
lower. This man said the dissensions
among their opponents bid fair to ere
ate a breach in the ranks of the demo-
cratic party?"
''He did! And Transcribed it pants
of the democratic party and what is
more, it was printed in the paper that
way the very next morning. Chicago
Dispatch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
Sounds a Note of Alarm.

According to the report of Dr.. Dew.
ergie to the Academy of Medicine in
Paris, 1.-The greater part of the 1856, 900
who die annually in France are de-
clared dead and buried without medical
examination" and that more than one
half of the burials are without "verif1-
cation" Suppose a stranger-one of
our own cOuntrymen-dies in Paris,
what are the chances that proper ex-
animation will be made? Probably
most of these people are dead, but sup
pose one is buried alive and RECEIVERS
consciousness? DR.. LamoreuX gives
a percentage of one in a hundred in
certain parts of North America who
he thinks have met this terrible fate.
Most people would not agree with him,
but steps should be taken. laws enacted
and enforced in every civilized coun-
try, which would make it impossible
for such thing to be even discussed
with any degree of probability.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25

General Wiles was colonel of his regiment,
and while with Sherman, was gazetted
brigadier general.
The General lives the greater part of his
time in Halstead, Kansas, though he IS
much in Windsor, New York, in both OF
which places he has business interests that
Some few years ago General Wiles was
attacked by illness, which came very near
proving fatal. Typhoid fever, followed by
iuflammatory rheumatism and then par
alysis, made a temporary wreck of the her
culean frame, and in view of his advanced
age, his anxious friends believed that he
was not long for this world The following
is his own account of his illness:
I'm the latter part of 1890, was taken
down with Il severe attack of typhoid fever,
which confined me to my bed for two
months Two months is long time to be
in bed, but l was not to get up yet Tor IN
f1ammatory rheumatism seized me, and 1t
more painful. To add to my trouble and
make it more interesting, the inf1ammatory
rheumatism was followed by a stroke of
paralysis, and l almost totally lost the use
| of nv legs and arms, for could not walk a
step and could not feed myself. One would
almost think that had reached the summit,
] OR perhaps 1 had better say the depths of
| misery, but such was not the case, for my
| kidneys gave out, and this seemed to be the
| last straw on the load that was to crush me-
| ''My friends all thought would never re-
| cover, and though the doctors came to see
me and prescribe, it was easy to see that
| they were but trying to make my pathway
/ to the grave little more easv. without the
remotest hope of recovery, and looked for
ward to death with happiness.
! while in this frame OF mind. was adj
vised by friend to try DIR. Williams Pink
| Pills, and began the use of them, taking one
pill after each meal, and this 1 continued
| for one week, and began to fancy perceived
| Improvement in my condition. / then in
| creased the dose to two after each meal,
and at the end of the second week there
| was no doubt but what Pink Pills were
making me better, so kept on using them
| according to directions, and in three months
| was Il we'll man"
| DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
| elements necessary to give new life and
| richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are sold in boxes fnever in
loose form, by the dozen or ilundredl at 50
cents 4 box. or six boxes for $3.50, and NAV
be had of all druggists or directly by mail
| from DR.. Williams Medicine COMPANY
| Schenectady, n. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
The Risk Was Too Great.

Approaching the man who lay bound
upon the floor the most villainous of the
burglars flashed his bulrs-eye lantern
upon his face Remember" he
growled. lone cry for help and we gag
you'll Do you hear?"
The recumbent figure chortled mild
ly: That wouldn't do any good, for
They paused to listen.
81 have always been noted for my
ability to get off a good gag"
Perceiving that they had unwilling
~ broken into the palatiai mansion of
Weakley Tenplunks. the humorist, they
fed with precipitation.-N. Y. Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
DISEASES OF GEMS.
When Once Attacked Their Infirmities
Are Virtually 1ncurabIe.

When Once Attacked Their Infirmities
Are Virtually 1ncurabie.
Just as men and WOMEN have dis
eases, so do gems, but with this differ
ence: The intirmities of the la ter can
rarely be cured. Pearls are most sub
ject 10 this fate, and no means of re-
storing them has been found. Nearly
as often the opal is subject to disaster.
and hence, probably, first arose the SUI
pcIstitiOn that It is ''unlucky." Nil
crotomists say that the prismatic colors
and tire of the opal are due to myriads
OF minute cracks in the stone, the
edges of which reflect the light at diff
ferent angles. During the process OF
grinding and polishing stone is liable
to split at any time, hence it is always
a source of anxiety to those handling
it until it is set. Even then it is better
not to expose it to even the moderate
heat involved by the wearer sitting near
the fire. The opal is COMPOSED princi-
pally of silicic lcid. with from i've to
thirteen per cent. of water, which COM
bination renders it very treacherous.
The emerald, sapphire and ruby suf-
fer least from the light, although even
these, when exposed in the strong light
of shop window for two years, have
been found to be perceptibly lighter
than their mates which were kept in
darkness.
The garnet and topaz change more
rapidly, the latter growing lighter, the
former cloudy and dull in hue.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
A MIGHTIER FOE THAN AR
MES.
Overcome by q Brave Onion General and
His Faithful ally, DR.. Williams.

From the Sentinel, Cherokee, Kansas.
At the breaking out of the war of the re-
bellion in 1861, General Wiles, whose por-
trait adorns our page, was Captain and
owner of the then well-known river steam
boat, Charley Potwin." plying between
GAINESVILLE and Parkersburg, but he inme-
diately disposed of his boat and became en-
rolled as lieutenant in the 18th Ohio Infan-
try. At the battle of Fort Donelson, on
February 10, 1862, Lieutenant Wifes was
jumped from lieutenant to Mathematical
onel, for "brave and meritorious conduct
in the field,'' and at the age of thirty-six
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
Cata--h Cannot Be Cured

with Local Applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
an1 is a regular prescription. 1t is com
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting direct
ly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-25
The Famous West Coast Hotels.

The famous hotels of the west coast of
Florida are all open. The magnificent
Tampa Bay Hotel, aptiy termed modern
wonder of the world" with its casino,
swimming pool, theatrical auditorium, etc,
z Wn4 P on IamPa 6ay; Inc Sem IN at
the Ocala House, at Ocala; the Hotel kis-
simnee; the Belleview, at Belleair, over
looking the Gulf of Mexico; The Inn, at
Port Tampa, and the Hotel Punta Gorda,
at Punta Gorda.
The Plant system of hotels is under the
management of Mr.. d. P. Hathaway, Tampa
Bay Hotel, Tampa, Florida
Mr.: j. J. Farnsworth, Eastern Passen-
Mr.. l.. A. Bell, Western Passenger Agent,
3l2 Marquette building, Chicago, will give
full information regarding any of these ho-
The people have the promise blest
Of an approaching calm;
The orators will take the rest
And so will Uucle Sam.
Washington Star.