Mesa free press., 1898-09-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World
Also Interesting News Items of
The War


The War
A receiver has been appointed for the
Cooley Company, publishers of Godey,s
Magazine. A creditor for $4,000
forced the receivership.
There is reason to believe the NAVY
Department will decline to grant per-
mission to Naval Constructor Hobson
to continue his efforts to raise the Girls
tobal Colon.
September 14th at the Transmississ-
ippi Exposition will be National
Shriners' Day. Special invitations
have been sent to the $4,000 members
of Shriner Temples in the United States
and Canada.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans
has ISSUED an order prohibiting the
sending Of pension checks to general
delivery" The intention of the de-
partment is to have all such delivered
at the individual addresses Of the pen
sioners.
Information has developed that a fire
broke out in the coal bunkers of the
transport Cantania during her recent
trip from Santiago. BY hard work 1t
was kept under control until the
steamer reached Montauk Point and
the sick had been landed.
At Concord, N. H., shortage Of
$4,000 in the accounts Of former Deputy
State Treasurer Herman f. Gerrish
was announced last night by State
Treasurer Carter. Gerrish admits hav-
ing abstracted the money, but it Is said
that he will not be prosecuted.
While. Admiral Cervera and several
Spanish officers were walking the
streets at Annapolis one day last week
a party of female excursionists made
for them with a cheer and kissed and
caressed the admiral The other Of
ficers, like sensible men, fled when the
women made for them.
The members of the Democratic CEN
tral committees in fifteen states In the
south and west emphatically indorse
the remarks made by ex-Gov. Stone of
Missouri, to the effect that Bryan
should be renominated in 1900, and
that the issue of the campaigns would
be the free coinage Of silver.
A special to the Boston Globe states
that it seems almost certain that there
are at least sixty cases of yellow fever
in Camp Wikoff A United States Of
ficer said to a reporter that there were
sixty-two cases of yellow fever. 1t is
said the greatest secrecy is maintained
and the fact of the disease being so
prevalent had not reached the presss.
Sedan day at Berlin passsedzoff with
unusual quiet and without demonstra-
tions. Emperor William placed
wreath on the tomb of his father, En-
peror Frederick, at Potsdam, in the
morning, and went to the maneuvers,
where he made speech on local mat
ters and proposd canal to connect the
east and west.
Four firms offered bids for the three
new battleships authorized by the last
congress. The lowest bid Of each for
any type of one vessel follows: New
port News Shipbuilding Company,
Newport News. Va, $3.50, 900; Cramps,
Philadelphia, $2,65O,0O0; Union Iron
Works, San Francisco, $2,674, 900; Dia-
logue and Company, $2,S40, 900.
The Kansas Loan and Trust Com
pany, lately known as the Trust Com
pany of America, has failed at Topeka.
The liabilities are estimated at $400, 900
and assets at 100000. This is one of
the oldest and largest trust companies
in Kansas. Inability to meet obliga-
tions is the reason assigned for the re-
ceivership.
On board the White Star steamer
Britannia from Liverpool, where Sec
retary Hugh c. Kelley, Designer Will
liam Fife, Jr., and H. McGildowney, the
committee Of the Royal Ulster Yacht
Club, who will confer with the New
York Yacht Club in relation to the
challenge of Sir Thomas Lipton for the
Americas cup.
A dispatch from the City of Mexico
says an employe in one Of the banks
there forged a check last April and
drew out a customers entire account,
some $4,000, and went to Europe The
loss was not discovered until Wednes-
day, when the depositor appeared and