Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-07-08

/ nat, was huOtu0E SIhuu siCeOIv
won last Sunday in front Of Santiago
by the gallant American sailor boys
led by the intrepid Schley. oervera
with his feet tried, to escape when
Scbley with his flagship Brooklyn
attacked the entire feet, The Brook
lyn was soon Joined by the, Oregon,
Gloucester. Iowa, etc. All the Span
ish vessels were destroyed and Ger
vera and all his men we're captured. J
| 1t is not necessary to tell the peo-
tple of Maricopa county who Ed A.
Tovrea is. Everybody knows him,
and they know him to. be a solid,
substantial business man. full of vim
and energy, just the kind Of men
! good Sheriffs are made, of. He is
genial and whoie-souled, and if bis
party gives him the nomination he
seeks he will{rut up hard fight. II
electsd he will make q frst-elass
Sheriff. See. his announcement.
The Normal School Beard met on
Wednesday in Phoenix and elected
the following teachers. Prof James
AcNaughton, re selected principal;
Mrs. M, G.. Hood, principal Of train
ing school; Prof., Wescott and Miss
Fannie Dury. Two vacancies are yet
to betfilled. Prof. Irish will mot hold
position the coming year.
A resolution was introduced in
congress Wednesday extending the
thanks Of the country to Commodore
Schley for the glorious victory he won
in destroying thelentire Spanish feet
at Santiago. This was done to fore
stall any claim that might be made
giving the credit for the victory to
Conn odore Sampson. It is said that
bat for Schley the Spanish fleet would
have escaped. i
President McKinley has issued q
proclamation calling upon the people
Of the United States upon their next
assembling for worship to offer thanks
giving to God for, the. brilliant victo-
ries which our soldiers and sailors
have won on land and sea and asking
Him to protect our ships and soldiers
fighting on foreign seas and in foreign
lands in the cause Of humanity.
Dan Kleinmsn quietly LETT town
Saturday evening He looked q little
mysterious before he left, and PREF
tended that he was going over to
Tucson. However, his friends assert
that he is now in the great valley Of
the upper ella. He will be back in
due time, and it is safe to say he will
not return alone. .~a i,s.s.
When this war began Spain was
supposed to possess a better navy
than the United States; and yet it
required only a few hours for Dewey
and Schley TO sweep almost their
entire navy from the face Of the sea,
and that, too. without the loss of a
ship and Of but one man. History
affords 40 parallel.
Congress on Wednesday passed the
bill annexing the Hawaiian Islands.
It only remains for the Hawaiian
congress to approve the proposition
when the American flag will be firmly
planted over the fertile islands. The
sugar trust uade strong eight against
annexation. 81 .,.....s.....,
1 Frank Murray. who was formerly
, a waiter in Miss Sic Allison's restau-
rant, came up from Phoenix Sunday
to bid his acquaintance goodby. HI
has gone with the Phoenix company
OF volunteers. @
A. Long appears to grow short
er in his accounts as the investigation
Of his books proceeds. On his ex-
animation yesterday he was held t.
answer to the grand Jury with bal
. fixed at $4,000. He is still in Jail.
Another Spanish warship. the kein'
: Mercedes, in attempting to escap
from Santiago harbor Tuesday nigh
. was attacked by the Massachusetts