Mesa free press., 1897-09-24
EASTERN NEWS ITEr1S

Ex-Congressman T. T. Flagler of
Rochester, N. Y, is dead, aged 66.
Congressman Lewis Hanback, is
dead at Armourdale, Kan., aged SO.
Kansas City's third annual horse show
opened Saturday and continues week.
Joseph W. Shannon, an oId-time
character actor. died at New York,
aged 81.
Elk President Cleveland makes an as
sessment return of $3.50, 900 worth of
property at Princeton, N. ].
The directors of the Atchison railroad
have decided to pay 8 per cent interest
on adjustment bonds for the year end
ing June 80 last.
A million dollars day at low esti-
mate is the money that is being sent
out by the banks of Chicago to help the
farmers move the big grain crops.
The health of Edward Bellamy, the
author of Looking Backward" is fail
ing. He will remove to Denver in hopes
that the higher altitude will improve it.
The feature of the Labor day celebra-
tion at St. Louis was an address by
Hon. W. j. Bryan at Concordia Park.
The biggest crowd ever seen in the park
greeted the speaker.
R. r. Eckert, the oldest conductor
on the Wabash railroad, is dead at Mo-
berly, Mo-, from injuries received by
falling from his train He was over 20
years old, and had been conductor
since 1855.
United States Senator W. A. Harris is
in Washington attending a meeting of
the subcommittee on Pacific railroads.
Senator Harris states that a determined
effort will be made to prevent the sale
of the Union Pacific before Cogress con-
venes, in order that the government may
. not lose by the transaction.
Ex-Champion J. J. Corbett, who is
playing frst-base with ball team, has
just received telegram from Chicago
informing him that the Northern Tu-
lane Club of New Orleans offers $40,
600 for a contest between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons. Corbett authorized the
Associated Press to say that he accepts
the offer and will await Fitzsimmons'
decision.
Nine. Fraser, professional aeronaut,
while making an ascension at Ben
son. ILL.,, fell from height of 100 feet,
alighting on lot of telegraph wires,
sixteen of which cut gashes in her back
and legs. She fell on a board walk.
Both legs were broken. She will re-
cover.
Governors day at the Rhode Island
State Fair brought out crowd of 5000
people to witness John r. Gentry make
an attempt to beat the world g record of
1914. He paced warming up mile
in 2:O9I, doing the last quarter in
O:29R. He was only able to make the
final trial in 2:03s4, and it was thought
by many that the fast quarter in the
mile had pumped him out.
A dispatch from Owensboro. KY,
says Scott and Reuben Gary, brothers
and noted desepradoes, have been cap
tured at Bardwell and are held for the
murder of j. HI. Borden in March, 1894.
Borden was waylaid and murdered in
most deliberate and brutal manner.
The Gary brothers have been fugitivts
from justice for years.
At Cygnet, O., 200 pounds of nitro
glycerine exploded in and about the
Grant oil well, killing Sam Barber,
Allen Farris, John Thompson, Charles
Bartel, Henry Landsdale and several
other persons at present unknown.
Every pane of glass in the town was
broken, and buildings were shaken to
their foundations. The property loss
was So, 600.
Couriers arriving from the Eastern
Cherokee Nation in the Grand river bot
toms bring news that great excitement
is now in order among the fullbloods.
The Keewotah Society held big meet
ing about twenty-five miles east of
here and about $500 of the fullbloods
were present. Resolutions were passed
condemning any treaty action. The
plan of emigration to Mexico next spring
was discussed.
A question has been sprung which
may result in Chattanooga, which has
been known as one of the leading cities
of Tennessee, becoming Georgia town.
A doubt has been thrown upon the ac-
curacy of the survey of the boundary
line between Georgia and Tennessee,
and if the theory of eminent authorities
is confirmed, it may be found that
Chattanooga is on the Georgia side.
The headquarters of the Modern
Woodmen of America will remain at
Fulton, ILL.,, at least until Septem Der 20,
when Judge Jenkins of the Federal
Court will hold court and hear argu-
ments on the case. bill for an In
junction restraining the board of di-
rectors from moving the headquarters
from Fulton was filed in the Federal
court on Wednesday, and at Milwaukee
Judge Jenkins entered restraining
order, which was served on the officers
of the order at Fulton.
The strike situation at Hazelton, Pa,
reached terrible crisis on the outskirts
of Latimer, September 10, when band
of deputy sheriffs fired into mob of
miners. The men fell like so many
sheep, and the excitement has been SO
intense that no accurate figures of dead
and wounded can be obtained. Reports
run from fifteen to twenty killed, with
forty or more wounded. One man who
reached the scene counted thirteen
corpses. Four others besides lie in the
mountains between Latimer and Har-
leigh. Those who were not injured car
ried their dead and wounded friends into
! the woods and estimates ra haf9ino