Mesa free press., 1898-12-16

tion.
A syndicate has been formed, head
ed by the Rockefellers and Pierpont
Morgan, for the purpose of consolidat-
ing the American, Dascher, Arbuckle
and all other Independent sugar con-
Germs and the Glucose Sugar Refining
Company of Chicago The success of
the scheme depends upon Mr. Have
myer and certain interests of the glu-
cose company.
The Nicaragua Canal Commission, of
which Admiral Walker is president, is
hurrying forward it's work with a view
to presenting report by the time con-
gress meets, or soon thereafter. In any
event, 1t is probable that a summary
OF the commissions findings will be
made known to the President for such
use, if any, he desires to make of it,
in his message to Congress.
Chauncey M. Depew, in the course of
his address to the Railway Y. M. C. r.
of New York said that twenty-five
years ago, about $4,000 men were en-
ployed in the New York Central and of
this number 20 per cent were discharged
for drunkenness in given period. To-
day the company has twice that many
men in it's employe and not 1 per cent
disappear from drunkenness.
The conference committee having In
charge the location. of the Methodist
general conference of 1900 held a meet
ing at Chicago with representatives Of
Minneapolis and Chicago Methodists,
and after discussion of inducements Of
hxyh ri A,,a
decided upon. Chicago Methodists
pledge $4,000 as a guaranty that all
expenses Of the conference will be met.
A representative of the Pope au-
thOrizes the absolute denial of the
Pope's hostility to the American ex-
pansion policy. Cardinal Rampolla
says no utterance of the Pope could
be construed as indicating enmity to
America. The Vatican policy has been
to maintain neutrality. The Pope has
only recommended respect for Catho-
lie rights in Cuba and the Philip
pines.
Grove L. Johnson, formerly repre-
resentative in Congress from Sacra-
mento district, is suing George w.
Cochran, proprietor of Hotel Coch-
ran of Washington, for $1275. John
sons rooms were robbed Of cash and
jewelry to this amount while the fam
lily was at dinner Cochran's defense
is that he is not liable because of a
posted notice in the room that valu-
ables should be left in the safe
Fifty-five warships are under con-
struction in our navy, and eight of
them will be equal to any fighting ma
chimes ever built. England has more
warship tonnage under construction
than our whole navy amounts to; Rus
sia is crowding her shipyards and get
ting other ships built in foreign yards;
Japan has just had completed in En-
gland ship of the same size as the
English Formidable, launched last
week, and, concludes the Salt Lake
Tribune, the ringing of hammers beats
into silence the eloquent plea Of the
Czar for the first movement toward
universal peace.
There is a great uproar in the east
over the number of children with de-
fective sight, and there is proposition
on foot in Philadelphia to purchase, at
public expense, spectacles for poor
children, in the public schools, whose
eyes are defective. The press and peo-
pie are wondering why so many chill
dren have defective eyes. Is it not pos
sible that they are inherited? asks the
Salt Lake Tribune. A great many poor
people have not been able to see how
they were going to get along, during
the past few years.
Hawaii will probably become a full
fedged territory of the United States
on July 4, 1899. There are other stars
incubating.
Arrangements are being made by the
War Department to disinter the re-
mains of all the soldiers who lost
their lives before Santiago and bring
them to this. country. Maps showing
the location Of these graves, the name
of the deceased, the regiment to which
he belonged and his next of kin have
been prepared. What is known as
funeral expedition will soon be started
for Santiago and the ship will be
equipped with caskets and other neces-
sary articles to be used in disinterring
the remains and bringing them to this
country. Upon arrival here they will
be turned over to the relatives of those
who lost their lives for their country,
and the dead heroes who have no rela-
tives will be inferred at Arlington, the
national cemetery, a few miles from
Washington. The ship will leave Cuba
about December 15, but it may be de-
layed until January 1. General Wood
has opposed the removal Of these re-
mains until cold weather, for fear that
If Congress early in the session
should make provision for the increase
of the regular army it is quite probable
that none of the volunteer regiments
now in the service will be sent to do
garrison duty in Cuba. The troops of
the first to- do garrison duty will
be composed largely of regular regi-
ments so far as they are available.
Plans are maturing for the muster out
of as many volunteers now in service
as is possible. The demand of the en-
listed men to go home and leave the
service is growing greater every day.
This is true in nearly every garrison,
and the arrival of Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes with requests for the mus