Mesa free press., 1898-10-28
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World
Also Interesting News Items of
The War

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6Sl fever cases and 1859 sick in his
command.
| 1t Is stated there is no truth in the
Paris dispatches reporting that the
commissioners are at variance on the
Philippine question.
Calvin Fairbanks, the abolitionist,
Is dead at his home in Angelica, N.
T., aged 81 years. He was twice SEN
fenced to prison in Kentucky for vio-
latlon OF the slave laws.
The Colorado forest fires have bro
ken out again, the SHOWS proving but
temporary check. Cattle are being
moved from the muddy meadows as
prairie fires are sweeping them.
A cablegram has been received at
| the State Department from Buenos
Ayres saying Gen. Julio A. Roca had
been 1naugurated president and Al
corta remains Minister for Foreign
Affairs.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones, who went to Walker, Mimi, to
pacify the Indians, finds the situation
beyond his control. Marshal O'Connor
says the situation is as bad as ever
and predicts more bloodshed.
The Treasury Department has just
been advised that the Governor Gen.
eral of the Dutch West Indies has is
sued a proclamation that all American
yachts having war correspondents on
board will be treated as privateers.
The breach between General Miles
and Secretary Alger is said to be wild
er than ever. No courtesies have been
exchanged and Alger ignores General
Miles completely in his orders. Cen
eral Corbin's advice prevails in the
war Office.
Santiago de Cuba is now declared to
be one Of the healthiest cities in the
West Indies. Gems. Lawton and Wood
are seriously considering the advisa-
bility of establishing quarantine
against vessels coming there from in
fected ports.s
The annual report of the Great
Northern Railway company shows:
Total income, 1851, 1853; an increase 'of
$1,114,501; surplus after dividends,
$2,O71, ,76S; increase, $S64,5O1. The to-
tai net earnings of the system were
$13, 3,075, ,S05, an increase of $3,904,973
| A council of thirty chiefs and head
men of the white. Earth reservation,
Minnesota, representing 5000 people,
was held last week. Resolutions
adopted denounce the authors of the
mischief at Leech Lake and memo
rial Of loyalty to the government was
signed by all.
Commissioner-Gene Peck is try
| ing to secure for American exhibitors
an allotment. of more space in the
Paris exposition. In the original al
| lotment the section set aside for the
| United States amounted to about 900,-
900 square feet This was not enough
by half, he says. Il
At ManZanillo the people are al
ready becoming accustomed to the
that the Stars and Stripes float over
the city, the Cuban element which,
under Spanish rule was suppressed,
has come to the surface and the peo
pie are, seemingly, enthusiastic.
1t is reported at Walker, Mimi, that
the Indians have sworn to an agree
ment to attempt in a few days to drive
| from the reservation all of the troops
already there. They will, if they are
successful in the above, not allow the
United States authorities or United
States troops thereafter to land on the
reservation.
Complaints are made by residents
at Santiago regarding the simporta-
tion of Jamaica negroes, many Of
whom are of the criminal classes, who
are obtaining work and crowding out
the natives. On these complaints
Gen. Wood has issued an order that
no boat will be allowed to land pas
sengers of this class.
The following notice has been posted
at the New York sub-treasurey: "De-
pOsits on account of silver dollars for
shipment must be paid for in silver
certificates or treasurey notes." This
notice is made necessary by the light
stock of silver dollars held by the
treasury over the amount of outstand-
ing silver certificates.
G. E. Bradbury, wealthy gold mine
owner of Chicuahua, Mexico, has ar
rived in New York on his way to
Washington. He hopes to be able to
interest the United States government
to use it's diplomatic influence with
Mexico to adopt the present monetary
standards of this country. He will
proceed to Washington at once.
The Journal correspondent at Cass
Lake wires that fewer Indians are
seen going south to Leech Lake, and
the Indian villages are filling up. The
councils held at central points, almost
without exception, declare for peace,
and ask for grub. Stage communica-
tion at the interior has been resumed,
and work has started on the Great
Northern extension to Park Rapids.
Senator Foraker of Ohio tells Wash
ington newspaper men that when
President Mckinley attempts to place
$4,000 or so of American soldiers in
Cuba to garrison the island, he will
bump against some objections by Con-
gress Senator Foraker says Congress