Mesa free press., 1899-10-13
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est Everybody.

The first snow of the season fell in
Wisconsin on the 25th ult. The ther-
mometer registered below the freezing
point and farm products are dam
aged.
Under the recent ruling Of the
treasury department at Washington,
Chinese ministers, preachers and mis-
sionaries are declared to have no place
in the exempt class. The question was
raised by Collector Jackson of San
Francisco.
Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the
treasury, has retired as a director and
stockholder of the First National bank
of Chicago. 1t is rumored that upon
his retiring from the cabinet he will
live in New York city and become iden-
titled with one of the large financial
institutions of the metropolis.
The ex-queen of Hawaii is being rap
idly reconstructed in her politics She
now calls herself an American. Her
present home is in Washington, where
she said to recent caller: II am a
thorough American. love the history
of the country. 1t is the heir appar-
ent of all that former nations have
had to fight and perish for"
One of the first remarks Admiral
Dewey made to an Associated Press
correspondent after the Olympia's an
chors were down was that he had ar
rived, butsnot officially. The sunny hu-
NOR of our fighting admiral has not
suffered from his long ocean voyage,
and it is one of the things that endears
him to the American people.
All the talk about precedence, which
has troubled some of Admiral Samp-
sons excited friends sounds very funny
in view of Rear Admiral Howison's ex-
planation that all possible situations
are prescribed absolutely and inf1exibly
by the regulations of the navy. The
anxious gentlemen must find some
thing else to be troubled about, which
they no doubt will do.-Los Angeles
Express.
United Australia will have popu-
lation of about 100000 and its area
will be almost as large as that of the
United States. 1t is estimated that it
will have room for a population of
$50, 100000 when it is all settled and
it's manifold resources are developed.
New South Wales, South Australia and
Victoria have so far voted to come into
the federation, and the other colonies
will soon follow.
The Transvaal is a land-locked coun-
try with an area Of 100000 square
miles, or less than half the size of
Texas, and the total Boer population is
less than 100000. They could not at
the utmost assemble an army of more
than 100000 Unaided, their resistance
of Great Britain would be simply ridic-
ulous. and even if assisted by sympa-
thizing adjoining lands the result
would be inevitable.
Venezuela revolutionists are sweep
ing everything before them under the
leadership of General Castro. What
familiar sound that has. If the general,
is successful he will head a new gov
ernment until revolutionary sentiment
gathers strength again, and then new
general will arise and sweep everything
before him. South American revolu-
tionists are kind of endless chain
Los Angeles Eexpress.
The breaking out of hostilities in
the Transvaal has been deferred from
week to week, and now from day to
day, but in the very nature of things
the tension cannot last much longer.
The formal announcement that the Or
ange Free State has elected to stand
shoulder to shoulder with the Trans
vaal makes the crisis so acute that
news Of the popping Of Mausers may
be expected at any moment.
American horse flesh is looking up.
An order has been received from Lon
don by Chicago firm to buy up all
the 120O-pound "gunners" the western
market afforded and make arrange
ments for immediate shipment. Stress
was laid upon the fact that the animals
are wanted for service in the impend-
ing South African campaign, and the
was marked crush" and
imperative" The demand has created
a furry in the horse market.
The owners of the large cattle ranch
as on the peninsula of Cosigunia, sep
arating the bay of Fonseca from the
Pacific report that the cattle are dy-
1g from the ravages of ticks which at
tack in great numbers and cause a ia
tal sickness known as "Texas" cattle
fever. Cattle from these ranches, it is