Mesa free press., 1898-11-18
laws of Japan go into effe i. Christian
schools Nil be abolished

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They were ugly about it and on reach
ing camp, gathered several hundred
comrades, went to the station and
stopped the train, breaking windows
and injuring a brakeman. They re-
peated this with four other trains.
Ten thousand dollars has been dis
covered at the late home of Oscar Os-
borne, who was murdered in Richfield,
u, few weeks ago. 1t is said the MUIR
dered man confided to neighbor the
hiding place. The story is now ad-
vanced that the strap found about Os-
Dorne,s neck was used to choke and
strangle him, to induce him to tell
where the money was hidden.
Major ]. G. Kirches of the Third
Wisconsin Volunteers, Republican,
was nominated during his absence in
Porto Rico for Sheriff of La, Crosse
county, Wis, by the Democrats. He
reached home on fnrlough too late to
legally decline the nomination, al
though he tried to do so. He Is an
army officer and may not be mustered
out until long after his election which
is considered certain.
"A Partisan correspondent thinks the
fact that the Spanish commissioners
are willing to take dinner with Gener-
al Porter indicates friendly feeling,
says the Indianapolis Journal If that
same correspondent will please point
ont any time during the late war when
the Spaniards were not willing to eat
off us at moments notice, he will
have earned the right to membership
in any society for historical research.
The United States is asked to take
the initiative in a movement to make
private property, except contraband
goods, free from capture in time of
war. Such action by this country
would not be so inconsistent as it might
seem by reason Of our recent contest
with Spain. The threatening and un-
settled conditions in Europe make
such an initiative the proper mission
of an outside disinterested country,
and surely none is better qualified to
undertake 1t than the United States.
The negro republic of Liberia on the
west coast of Africa, has sent a COM
missioner to Washington to ask that
the republic be placed under the pro-
lection of the Stars and Stripes. This
is more serious matter than the mere
request indicates, the Seattle Post-In-
telligencer thinks It involves re-
sponsibility which the government
may well hesitate to assume. 1t would
be desirable before taking action TO
very carefully investigate the condition
of the republic.
And so it comes to pass that Re-
MI ont ISxy
name in a public address Confederate
heroes, exclaims the Memphis (Tenn.)
Commercial Appeal. Truly the Civil
War is splendid memory, and the
bravery Of the Federal and Confeder-
ate is the glory of all citizens of the
republic. President Mckinley has hon.
ored himself by paying tribute to val
or, whether it moved to battle the man
who wore the blue or him who fought
under the stars and bars of the Con-
federacy.
Admiral Dewey has forwarded to the
Navy Department. a memorandum on
the mineral resources Of the Philip
pines, prepared by Prof. George F.
Becker of the United States Geological
Survey. Only about score Of the sew
eral hundred islands are known to
contain deposits Of valuable minerals,
those on the island of Luzon including
coal, gold, copper, lead, iron, sulphur,
marble and kaolin. OF the coal, Prof.
Becker says that 1t is analogous to the
Japanese coal, but not that of Welsh
or Pennsylvania coal.
The San Juan correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times says: 'sThe re-
modelling of the currency and banking
system is among the most serious
Porto Rican problems confronting the
United States. The attempt Of the mil
itary authorities to establish ex-
changes on the basis of two Porto Ri
can dollars to one American has COM
pletely failed. An arbitrary change
from the existing silver basis to the
United States currency would restrict
in every branch of indus
try and create much discomfort among
the Inhabitants
DR.. J. Il. Murphy's new treatment
for consumptives has apparently
worked it's first cures at Chicago. The
patients are William B. Purcell and J.
G. Edwards, who have been undergo
ing the treatment for a little over
three months. The treatment is that
which excited wide interest when pre-
sented in paper read by DR.. Murphy
before the American Medical Associa-
ton at Denver this summer There are
now between sixty and seventy pa
tents taking the treatment. The Cook
County Hospital for consumptives,
charitable institution, with accommo-
1atiOrls for $50 Datients which will ho
opened this week at Chicago, will try
the treatment on an extended scale.
A special from Dallas, Tex, says:
The constitutional amendment author
ling the pensioning Of Confed-
s1ate soldiers has been carried, though
full returns . not In. It provilns
that all ex-Confederates who settled
In Texas prior TO 1880 are eligible to
pensions, but no one should receive
rore than So month, and the annual
.r7ropriations ior pensions shall nos
.ceed $25G,000 Secretary of State