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Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Cenista, which has been loading at Ma
Mia, have been ordered by American
authorities to leave that port.
The captain-general at Porto Rico
cables that there is no anxiety regard
ing the food supply. He says several
warships have landed supplies.
A Washington dispatch says it Ia
probable the next press censorship will
be established at Mobile, as important
movements are looked for soon.
1t is rumored that Russia would like
to act as mediator between the United
States and Spain to save France the
necessity of becoming prominent.
Fifty-three cadets from the naval
academy at Annapolis, composed OF
cadets not yet graduated, have been as
signed to different ships at Key West.
A Hong Kong dispatch says the
Spaniards are busy fortifying the shore
guns from the interior for shore bat
teries.
A special correspondent at Havana
says that among military men the opin-
ion is held that American troops will
be allowed to land without much re-
sistance.
A Paris cablegram says everything
goes to indicate that Russia is trying to
edge into the Anglo-American agree
ment Russia's chief concern is in the
far east.
The navy department is satisfied that
the fleet that is being prepared at
Cadiz is largely on paper. Many Of
the boats are known to be antiquated
and unserviceable.
Marshal Rivera, former captain-gen-
eral of the Philippines, said, in the
Spanish senate: "The rag, called the
American flag, shall never float over
the walls of Manila.
The British government, according to
statement of a London news agency,
has sent friendly protest to Spain
with regard to the latter Strengthening
Notifications opposite Gibraltar.
A dispatch from Vienna says: "The
press correspondents that 1t has re-
ceived no information whatever OF
Spain having solicited intervention"
Commodore Schley's official report
states his purpose in firing at the fort
at Santiago to discover the enemy's
batteries was successful. None of our
vessels We're hit, and there were no
casualties on our side.
Governor Pingree has telegraphed
for the size Of the foot Of every man in
the Michigan regiment at Tampa. He
will send them shoes with fiat iron
cast insoles. leather lined, as soon as
the order can be filled.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Mail says: Spain has ad-
dressed another appeal to the powers
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

to intervene in the war, and Austria is
prepared to accede, but only in con-
junction with other powers"
A cablegram from Hong Kong says
Aquinaldo, the insurgent leader who
has headquarters at Cavite, Manila, has
captured two bullock carts loaded with
ammunition and 1000 rifles from the
Spaniards without loss of life.
The senate has passed the bill pro-
viding that where a settler on public
lands enlists in the service of the army
or navy, his services shall be construed
as residence and cultivation Of the
land for the same length of time.
A dispatch from Madrid says that the
economic situation Is more critical
than ever. Ahe poverty of the people
was never so distressing as now, and
the financial difficulties of the govern
ment are becoming overwhelming.
A special dispatch from Hong Kong
says the prize money which will go
to the bluejackets of Dewey's squadron,
as the result of the destruction of the
Spanish fleet in the bay of Manila, is
estimated at $500 in gold for each
man.
The navy department has issued cir
culars calling for bids for forgings for
twenty-six 5-inch guns and mounts for
auxiliary purposes. The supply OF
small guns is nearly exhausted. Over
100 guns smaller than 6-inch are now
on warships.
President Mckinley is credited with
the possession of a theory that war can
be ended without an attack on Havana.
He thinks the loss of Cervera's squad
ron, Porto Rico and the Philippines,
added to the financial trouble at home
will satisfy Spanish honor.
Not until an army of 100000 men is
] organized, thoroughly drilled and
/ armed, will the main invasion of Cuba
take place. This is President McKin-
ley's decision after carefully consider
ing all things and all the difficulties
which the army would encounter in at
lacking SPANS stronghold at Havana.
Senator Perkins and other far west
senators will support Wolcott in his
silver seigniorage amendment to the
war revenue bill. This item will cause
big fight when the bill goes to con-
ference, and will delay final agree
ment That in turn will postpone con-
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

persons having relatives in the Sew
enth regiment, soon to sail for Manila:
In view of existing hostilities be-
tween the United States and Spain,
which necessitates. the presence of
United States forces in active service
at and near the Philippine islands,
and of the fact that postal communica-
ton with the islands, as one of the
Spanish colonies, is prohibited by my
order No. 161, dated the 26th ultimo,
it Is hereby ordered, that articles of
mail matter for or from persons con-
nected with said United States forces
shall be subject to the postage rates
and conditions applicable to similar
articles in the. domestic mails of the
United States. The articles shall be
sent to the commandments of the forces
by every opportunity offered by the
sailing of a United States vessel for
said forces. The sailing dates Of the
vessels cannot be announced in adj
vance, and the articles should, there
fore, be forwarded promptly to San
Francisco in order that they may be
dispatched thence to destination at the
first opportunity.
och. EMORY SMITH,
POSTMASTER General"
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

In current discussions between those
who defend the right of private prop
erty and those who insist on holding
all things in common, Is there any
reasonable middle ground? Yes, and
both parties are gradually discovering
that ground. The title to private prop
erty is always qualified by public
rights. A man can call nothing abso-
lutely his own. He holds everything,
including his life, as a trust. He can
not live among men without being re-
lated to them. He cannot hold prop
erty In the community without regard
to the necessities and the requirements
Of the community. The power to levy
taxes rests on the claim of society upon
the private property Of its members.
In extreme emergencies-as for public
defense-this power Of taxation Is linn
tied only by the citizens ability to pay.
Under what the lawyers call ''the right
of eminent domain" the state may take
whatever 1t need-just compensation
being made-so that the burden may be
equally borne by all the member of the
community. In a time Of uttermost
peril, the citizen offers his own life to
save the life Of the nation. AS between
individualism and collectivism, the
common ground appears In this princi-
pie Of trusteeship, which requires that
private property be gained, held and
used with due regard to the common
welfare. When society defends every
mans right to his honest personal get
tings and holdings, and every man con.
siders that he is under moral obllga-
ton to give reasonable proportion Of
his income for the benefit Of the COM
munity in which he lives, society will
have ample resources to draw upon for
its general and benevolent uses, with
out impairing the ordinary motives of
industry and economy, without reduc-
ing the people to dependence, and with
out encroaching upon individual lib
erty.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Stamp-savings societies have nothing
to do with the pursuit Of stamp-collect-
ing or "philately." The stamps which
are saved through the agency Of the
societies are not postage stamps, but
bits Of colored paper In form like
stamps, each representing certain des-
ignated value, and each practically a
receipt for the deposit Of certain cor
responding number Of cents The pur-
pose Of the societies Is to encourage
the saving Of small sums of money.
The method is simple. A schoolboy who
has few cents, instead Of spending
them for candy, goes to a station Of one
Of the societies, and gets In exchange
a corresponding value OF the society's
stamps, with card to faSten them on,
and an envelope to hold the card. When
he has few more cents he adds more
stamps to his card. At any time he
pleases, the society will give him back
all or any number Of the cents which
he has given for the stamps, at the
same time taking back the stamps. But
Il the boy u wise he will keep adding
a few cents at q time until he has mon
ey enough to begin to draw interest at
a savings bank, When he will draw It
out and put It in the bank. OF course
It takes some money to provide the
necessary stamps, cards and envelopes,
and some time and patience to deal
With the small savers Of money, but
this Ia a matter of benevolence, and
does not cost the investors anything.
There are stampSavings societies In
New England, New York and other
parts Of the country, and 1t would not
be difReult to start them almost any
where, for old or young people. or both.
At a single station in Boston nearly two
thousand dollars was saved In one
year, most Of it in penny deposits by
school children. Small sums Of money
often are wasted because they do not
seem large enough to be worth saving,
or because there is no convenient way
Of taking care Of them. Stamp saving
societies help to prevent the waste.
Where there are no savings banks, they
take the place Of them to some extent;
and where there are banks they become
feeders to them.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

A genuine picture in miniature OF the
effect Of Spanish misrule 10 to be found
In Puerto Rico. 1t pays Spain this year
34,874, 874 in taxes, Of which only $780,
600 ID spent for the benefit Of the native
population. Out Of 4S0, 267 whites on
the island, only 06,S67 can read and
write. and the Spaniards supported by
the people number not less than 1000.
This IL fair illustration Of the way In
which Spain governs its dependencies.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

The action Of the Swiss National
Council In unanimously rejecting pro
posal that the Government should offer
IT. services In mediation between the
United States and Spain was only what
might have been expected. Switzerland
= Just fun Of people who have made
fortunes by minding their own bust
ness.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Col. J. McCook and Ex-Governor
Beaver, of Pennsylvania, called upon
the President in behalf of the Young
Mems Christian Association, request
ing that the organization be allowed to
send evangelists and agents with the
army. They are to work jointly with
the Red Cross Society and promise to
furnish their own transportation and
food supplies. The request will proba-
bly, be granted.
A dispatch received from Havana
says that in the Chamber Of Repre-
sentatives there Senior Giberga, the
autonomist leader, has presented mo-
ton urging the government Of Cuba
to request the insurgents OF that island
to accept autonomy on the ground that
the insurgents themselves assert that
the country is not yet ripe for the in
dependence. The President of the
Chamber, the dispatch adds, declared
in a patriotic speech, that the govern
ment could not entertain such mo-
ton.
The latest scheme to make lot of
money in q short time on the Klondyke
is that Of Robert Anderson, q well
known California mining man, who
has obtained twenty-year lease from
the Canadian government Of three
miles on the lower part Of Hunker
creek, where 1t has not been taken up
by the miners on account of it being
so wide and "fiat." He proposes to
work this concession by the hydraulic
process, and has succeeded in getting
English capitalists to put up $250,080
with which he expects to take out over
SIG, O00. 900.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

New York's Rainy Day Society has
delivered It's ultimatum about woman's
wear. It's president officially says: "A
woman is bifurcated animal and I
cannot for my life see why woman's legs
should be In one bag and mans in two"
Can't this matter be arbitrated?
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Some Inventive genius in Denver has
invented q spanking machine for use In
schools and reformatories. What's the
use Of introducing machinery for work
which can be done equally well by
haudf
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

The Atlanta Constitution quotes the
following explanation from an Arkan-
sas exchange: Maj. Williams did not
mean to shoot Col. Scott through the
left lung yesterday. The Major is near
sighted and mistook the Colonel for an
other man." 1t Is very evident that the
1cke is on the Colonel.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Cissy Fitzgerald testifes In a New
York court that her real name Is Marie
Kate Tipping. But what's the differ-
oncei A wink u the same in all lam
RuaReS.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

A Boston paper says that 1.-THE grow
ing suicide habit canot be too strongly
condemned" We should say not; any
one who contracts the terrible suicide
habit rarely amounts to much after
ward. In fact, suicide is the Last thing
anyone should think Of doing.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

A Berlin professor who declined to ac-
cept q challenge from student whom
he turned down at an examination Is
generaNy denounced as a coward by
the students, but the German papers
agree that 1t would be expecting too
much to ask professors to meet in NOR
tai combat all the Students whom they
were unable to assist to degree.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Speaking about the war spirit, how
about the fact that Mrs. Ace. of North
Carolina, presented her husband with
four sons the other dayi Can Spain
beat that handi
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

A medical journal says that cigarette
smoking brings on softening. Of the
brain. L. it not rather q symptom Of
that diseased
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

'For many years." remarks q Topeka
paper earnestly, MRS. Lease has been
hugging q vain delusion." Does Mr..
Lease know this?
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

A current magazine has an article on
'.The Art Of Dying" 1t will not inter-
ct Z fraction Of the people who are
concerned with the practical problem Of
HYinR.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

It IL Just little over 400 years ago
since the Spanish dag appeared In the
Western hemisphere. What future
Spain has behind 1t.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Contrary to the rule, when war-ships
are stripped for battle 1t may be said
they are undressed to kill.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

A man who has just been sentenced to
the Texas penitentiary has sixteen
wives. How lucky some men are!
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

statistics seem to disprove the popu-
lar idea that the average life Of active
railway men n only seven ysara. but
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Klondike or Cuba-here IL choice
that ought to suit the taste of the most
fastidious adventurer.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Beer In small quantities IL said to
make one fat; IN large quantities It Is
known to make one lean.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Everything depends upon the point Of
view. A Chinese writer who recently
made a tour through the United States
assures his countrymen that Americans
are barbarians. He says: They live
months without eating mouthful of
rice: they eat bullocks and sheep In
enormous quantities: they have to
battle frequently; they eat meat with
knives and prongs; they never enjoy
themselves by sitting quietly on their
ancestors graves, but jump around and
kick balls as II paid to do It; and they
have no dignity, for they may be found
Walking with women"
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

Any dishonest contractor, whose
wealth accumulates while his work
decays, ought to. read, with a blush Of
shame, of a new bridge across the
Danube. Pillars Of bridge built at
the same place by the Emperor TTajan
are to form a part Of the structure. The
engineers attest the strength Of the Ro-
man work under an emperor whose
reign began exactly eighteen hundred
years ago. To do as the Romans did
may sometimes mean a descent to the,
lowest vices. but it may also signify
noble integrity In building az In being.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-17

What the Congressional Record really
needs in this most trying hour Is good
color press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-14
Kaolin Echoes.
Press Supt- A. V. Union.

Wheat has about all been cut and
the oat harvest is at hand. Either
cereal will not yield an average crop
Mrs. Sam Middleton. who has been
quite sick, is able to be around again.
The writer wishes her a steady con-
valescence.
Mrs. Frances krammer of St. Louis
returned to the city Sunday. after
spending a week with her sister, Mrs.
Ed. Dahlke.
Mrs. W. Fl. Webb has the earliest
garden in the valley, and has been
giving ripe tomatoes and cabbage to
her neighbors.
Miss Susie Terrell is at home again,
after a delightful visit with relatives
at Piedmont, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. VanPatten of St. Louis
are the guests of Mr.. Rencekausen and
family, and they have decided to re-
main on Oterey and will put them up
a handsome residence on the old King
place, which they have quite recently
purchased from Mr.. King, whose home
is in Harrisburg, Pa. Mr.. VanPatten
is an expert in wood work. house
painting, CIC's anu JUST GIO Anu VI
mechanic needed in the neighborhood.
Mrs. W. H. Webb and Miss Nettie
Rencehausen attended the Second Bap-
fist church last Sunday at Belleview,
Bro. Calvert, the officiating clergy
man, preaching to quite a large au'
dience; his chief characteristics of
text being boldness, love and humility
AN OUTSIDER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-14
Living and Dying Nations"
IRoNTON. Mo-. July 18th, 1898

IRONTON, Mo, July 18th, 1898.
To the Editor Of the Register:
DEAR SIR-Justice and truth demand
that some notice be taken of the con-
tributIon in your last issue headed,
Living and Dying Nations"
The writer very soon wanders from
his text and contrives to introduce
much irrelevant matter, and to render
very lame and lmpotent conclusions,
very far from the proposition original
ly laid down. l am concerned how
ever with one matter only-the attempt
to show that England's days as a ma
tion are numbered; that she eEhi6tts
most clearly evidences of decay.
Really it must be case o: the wish
being father to the thought. Such a
statement could have arisen in no
other possible way, and the magma
tion is the only ground for such a
fancy. Two things are noticeable in
the contribution-an almost complete
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-14

LAST Friday a courier from Steel
vile, the county seat of Crawford
county, rode into Cuba, on the Frisco,
bearing the terrible news that the
former place had about four o'clock
that morning been almost wiped out
by water-spout. Relief was imme-
diately sent to the town, and the dis
aster was found to be even greater
than at first supposed. The town was
in ruins. Few buildings were left
standing, and groans of anguish were
heard on all sides as searchers sought
for loved ones among the debris. The
waterspout occurred outside the town,
but swelled Yadkin creek, which came
down in a mighty and destructive flood,
sweeping all before it. Fifteen people
were drowned certainly, though it is
believed there was IA still greater loss
of life. As an Indication of the height
of the waters, it is stated that debris
was washed into the second story of the
courthouse. Thirty-five building were
wrecked. the loss in property aggregat-
ing some $25O,O0O.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-14

absence of knowledge and of logic in
the attempt to establish the contention.
The fact of the existence of the British
Empire as distinct from England,
seems never to have been grasped. aud
this vitiates the whole of the reasoning
and is sufficient to overthrow the whole
structure
The food supply of India, Australia,
Canada and the daily increasing en-
pire in South and Central Africa must
be taken in account. They are inte-
grail parts of the Empire and can be
as certainly reckorsd upon as the So
called Home Counties OF the mother
country itself. There is no narrowing
possible of the food supply of the En-
pire TO the agricultural counties OF
England-our view must 60 beyond to
all quarters of the world, where waves
the flag of our forefathers and our
cousins. England has never been be-
fore the world as farmer-that which
was the origin of the sneer: "a nation
of shopkeepers" has been and will still
be ner strength and source of vitality.
| Certainly it will be news. to those
across the water that, 1.-The scepter is
| trembling in her palsied grasp" that
| her very strength is her weakness.
-, l.
greatest and most successful colonizer
| the world has ever seen, or ever will
see, because her own land is too valu-
able to be used for agricultural pur
poses. while there are the almost
boundless tracts of her colonies at her
command, she has no vigor and per-
| force no life and is forced to look to
other nations to be her support in her
old age.
The writer apparently accepts Lord
Salisbury's view of things. Let me
commend these words of his to his no.
tice. He said, three weeks ago, to
the Associated Chambers of Commerce
i in London: ''Do not imagine that be-
cause other nations are increasing
their trade, therefore your own posi-
ton is so difficult as some people seem
to think, fo-, IN spite of adverse tar
ifs. British trade is increasing"
The REGISTERS information is there
fore at fault and sadly needs correc-
ton. England's merchant marine is
| still the most wonderful body in the
| world. Go to whatever corner of the
world you may, there you will find
vessels under that flag. One fact alone
will suffice to prove that. The last
figures at hand concerning vessels
passing through the Suez canal, (Which
! forms very safe criterion for the
| number of vessels afloat) gave as the
total for the year, 6,7S3, 1877 tons. OF
| these the English percentage was II,
the German, 81, the French, 5, and all
the balance comparatively nowhere.
The tight little island" may therefore
rest serene with very little fear of as
sumed dangers.
crave your pardon for the undue
length l have run to. though much
more could well have been said.
Sincerely Yours,
FREDERIC THEO. MAYOR
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-14

GOLD STANDARD Italy has thrown
aside all senblance OF constitutional
government and is now under militia
ry dictatorship. Gold Standard Aus,
tria has also laid aside civil government
for the blessings of martial law. Spain
is in the same condition. The reason
assigned in each case is, that the mill.
tary alone is competent to deal with a
starving peasantry. After our Span
ish war is over, and standing army
is an assured fact, we may be able tC
reach the high standard of these fore
most nations of the civilized world,
and also enjoy the blessings of mill
tary dictatorship.