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Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
ymous with commercial honor, and
who left to him ample means.
TIMES AND MINING,
GREAT COPPER BELT.
Immense Ore Body Found at Mount
Ranier's Base.

Tacoma, Wash.-For two years
Chester Thorne, president of the Ma
tional Bank OF Commerce, has had
miners exploring the great copper belt
lying about the base Of Mount Rainier,
sixty miles from Tacoma. Several
good copper prospects have been re-
Gently developed.
A sensation has been caused in min
ing circles by the announcement that
an immense ore body, similar in char
acter to that in the Anaconda and
Butte copper mines, has been found in
,Thorne's Clipper and adjacent pros
poets.
For several weeks SIS ore has been
coming out of the Clipper tunnel,
which has now increased in value to
$1S6 per ton. Veins so far developed in
clude five-foot vein on the Clipper
property, fourteen-foot vein on the
Apex, and siX-foot veins on four 9th
er adjoining claims. A dozen men have
been sent in to push the development,
and larger force will be employed as
soon as the snow disappears.
Superintendent Welkins says that
over fifty parallel veins of this ore
have been found in this district, all of
them containing chalco-pyrite ore
mixed with a large amount Of native
silver. One vein runs ninety pounds
of copper and 293 ounces of silver per
ton, while another assays 125 pounds
of copper and 127 ounces of silver.
Banker Thorne's properties are To-
Gated six miles from the Fairfax
branch of the Northern Pacific. The
ore can be shipped to the Tacoma smell
ter at total cost of production of $50
per ton, leaving a profit of $3.50, in
surfing large fortune for their owner.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
Saved by a Fender.

A stirring account of a picturesque
street accident in Buffalo, N Y, is fur
nished by the Courier of that city.
AS a trolley car ran at high speed
down the hill from High street and
dashed past North street it struck Miss
Nellie Cahill, who had attempted tC
cross the track in front of it on a BIZ
cycle. The bicycle ran on the fender
and struck the front of the car with
terrific force.
Miss Cahill fell from her wheel and
landed on the fender. Her bicycle was
by her side for a distance Of forty CT
fifty feet, when its rear wheel was
caught by some obstruction on the
pavement and the wheel was tumbled
off and thrown to one side of the car
Miss Cahill clutched the iron frame OF
the fender and bravely kept her posi-
ton. The skirt Of her dress, which fell
over the side of the fender, caught on
Instructions, and several times, 81
pieces of the garment were torn away
the strength of the young woman was
tested severely, but she held on.
The car, with Miss Cahill on the fen.
der, ran distance equal to an ordinary
half block, when 1t stopped. Miss Ca
hill didn't wait to be lifted from her
seat. She wasn't hurt, and her bicycle
was only slightly damaged.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

After Italy's experience in Abyssinia
it is somewhat surprising that it should
seek a foothold in China. It went to
the shores of the Red Sea as result
of its new ambitions in connection with
Its role as q great power and following
the lead Of England. The experiment
ended at Adowa with the loss of the
Italian army. 1t got out of that scrape
with immense loss of life, treasure,
and prestige, and it's failure as a colon
izing power in Africa would have seri-
ously retarded the winning Of "the
Dark Continent" for civilization had
not England felt in duty bound to
make division in it's favor. The Nile
expedition has more than recouped the
white mans standing in Africa, and
has securely planted the outposts of
civilization in the center Of the greatest
remaining stronghold Of barbarism.
But Italy has not yet sufficiently recov-
cred from the blow Emperor Menelek
gave to it's resources and prestige to
think of prosecuting enterprises on the
other side Of the world unless it has
absolute assurance Of all needed sup
port Otherwise it is ineXplicable why
1t is meddling with affairs in the
Orient, in which it has about as much
real interest as in the country ION the
other side Of the moon'
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

Russia in Korea-Advices at Van
couver from Korea are to the effect
that Russia is making tremendous in
roads there, looking to final absorp-
ton.
Anarchy at Bluefelds-Advices re-
ceived at New Orleans from Bluefields,
Nicaragua, by the steamer Jari, state
that pandemOnium reigned in that city
on the night of April IS. The arrival Of
the Detroit was anXiously awaited.
Washington-The presence of Arch
bishop Ireland in Europe at this time
led to the efforts among leading mem
bers of the Diplomatic Corps here to
have the eminent American divine
preside at some notable church occa-
sion AS a result it is learned that the
archbishop will deliver the principal
discourse at the Joan of arc celebration
May s, at the old French town of Or
leans, which gave the name of the
Maid of Orleans to the girl saint and
soldier. The exercises will have both
religious and national character,
bringing pilgrimages from all parts of
Europe and having the special benedie-
ton of the Pope.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
GENERAL NEWSITEMS.
News of the State, Nation
and the World

: Col. Fred Funston tips the scales at
about 100 pounds. He is little, but
oh, Jehosophat!
A physician says that people who
keep their mouths shut live longest.
Many statesman, please copy.
One of the marked features of the
Harbor Jubilee was the absence of a
message of congratulation from the
Secretary of War.
Admiral Dewey is not much con-
cerned about what Capt Coghlan
said. The admiral is more concerned
with deeds than with words.
An Arkansas editor has gone into
bankruptcy with assets of 5000 and
liabilities of $4,000 He must have
attended strictly to business.
The Washington Star remarks that
Secretary Alger would probably sane
ton the organization of few military
companies to be known as rough eat
ers.
Let it be said of Captain Coghlan
that he fights as holly as he talks
something that cannot be said, by con-
siderable, Of all the men who talk a
great deal.
Cincinnati has a man, eighty years
of age, who has never had cross
word with his wife. He must have
welded at the age of 70 years, II
months and 20 days.
A Spanish naval writer criticises
Dewey's method of conducting sea
fight But come to think of it, who
has a better right to do that sort of
thing than Spaniard.
Perhaps it is Dewey's plan to send
his ships home one by one so that the
excess of enthusiasm may be pretty
we'll worn off by the time he gets
here, suggests the Chicago Record.
Col. Bob Ingersoll declares that he
is at a loss for words to express his
Indignation at the Georgia lynchings.
When Colonel Bob is at a loss for words
with which to express his feelings, the
case is an almighty bad one.
Aguinaldo has expressed, by proxy,
a desire to have a conference with Ad-
miral Dewey. Unless we are mistaken
in our estimate of Admiral Dewey,
says the Denver Times, the insurgent
chief will be safer if he is represented
at the conference by proxy.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
AN ANGRY MINISTER.
Refers to the Prince of Wales as a
Certain Card-Playing Prince"

London-The three hundredth ami
versary of the birthday of Oliver
Cromwell has furnished the occasion
for biographies, appreciative articles,
portraits in all the papers and celebra-
tons in various parts of the country in
honor of the Lord protector of the Brit
ish commonwealth.
DR.. Joseph Parker, minister of the
City Temple, this city, took the sub
ject as the theme for his sermon and
delivered an extraordinary Grafton to a
large congregation. In the course of
his remarks he attacked the Prince OF
Wales as "a certain card playing
Prince" After eulogizing Cromwell,
Mr. Parker said: eve look to a prince
for noble deeds and high example.
When | see my prince and my premier
on a race course, l don't like it."
These remarks were cheered by the
audience, and DR.. Parker proceeded to
make rabid attack on the Sultan of
Turkey, during which he said: EN-
peror William may call him his friend
but in the name of God, the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost, l say C.
d the Sultan"
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

1t is reported that an important coal
strike has been made at Bucoda, Wash.
The coal is reported by competent
judges to be first-class quality of an
thracite.
Winchester Recorder: J. Norton has
bought of w. P. Rice all his interest
in the Lettle and Anaconda mines,
which are located south of Winchester.
Recent assays show the ore, which is
free milling, to be very rich. Work on
the mines is being pushed vigorously
Seventeen leasers, says the Redding
(Cal) Searchlight are taking out ore
from the Washington mine in French
Gulch and shipping their output to
Keswick. They do not touch anything
of less value than $500 per ton. Some
milling ore is encountered and treated
in the company's mill.
The old Hathaway mine in the Ophir
district, Placer county, CAL, which
William G. Ralston years ago ran to a
financial disadvantage, has a twenty
stamp MILL now crushing daily aver
age of twenty tons of So quartz. The
shaft is down $50 feet, and work has
been done at the so, 200 and 600-foot
levels.
Los Angeles Mining Review: The
johannesburg mill is running five
stamps steadily on ore from the Butte
dump, and the other five are kept busy
at present on ore from beyond Garden
Station. This latter is rather base
and the tailings will be cyanided' after
leaving the mill. The cyanide plant
is working very successfully and has
lust made it's first big cleanup,
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
BANKER HELLMAN'S DAUGHTER
Welded TO MR.. e. S. HELLER.
One of the Most Brilliant Events OF
the Season in San Francisco
Society Circles.

Under a golden Sabbath lamp in the
homo of one of the most successful
financiers the Pacific coast has pro-
duced, the daughter of Isaias w. He'll
man last night became the wife of
Emanuel S. Heller, and so two widely
known families were united, says the
San Francisco Examiner of Thursday.
BY her beauty and her accomplish
ments, as much as by the brilliant set
ting which her fathers exceptional
standing in the financial world gave
her, the bride has been leader in
youthful society circles and favorite
everywhere. The groom is a lawyer
of standing, the son of a man whose
name during his life time was synon-
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

his good brother, George, king Of Great
Britain, that "he was ready to afford
their ally, the king of Prussia, succor
of land forces" and that he had "des-
tined for that purpose $4,000 men-in-
fantry and cavalry and artillery" The
government of George Ill. then under
took to furnish Che car with sub
sidy of f!5,O00 month and engaged
to pay the first amount as soon as the
Russian armament had crossed the
Russian frontier, and to pay like sum
at the beginning Of each month for
first be made"
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

The old-age pension act of New Zea.
land is the outgrowth Of the agitation
by the Progressive party which con-
trolls the lower house Of the New Zea-
land Legislature. The measure was
twice defeated, and after a desperate
struggle was carried in 1898. AS final
~ shaped, this statute provides that
any New Zealander, whether male or
female, who has reached the age of Is,
if he or she has lived at least twenty
five years In the colony, shall be emit
tied to $1.73 week, Or about 500 a
year. Only those, however, whose an
nual income from any source is less
than $40 are entitled to the full pen
sion. For every SIS of excess over the
amount of income specified S. is to be
deducted from the pension. Should
therefore, the private income exceed
$17O by 500 year, no state pension is
payable. Then, again, If one be pos
sessed of accumulated property, the
net value of which is $4,000, he or
she ceases to be entitled to any allow
ance from the pension fund.- Where
husband and wife are living together
their united income must amount to
$500, or their united property to $4,000,
before they are disentitled to any al
lowance from the pension fund. They
may have between them an income of
$40, or as much as $3.50 in accumu-
lated property, and yet be entitled to
draw their respective pensions in full.
There are moral as well as pecuniary
qualifications for a pension. The act,
for example, draws the line against
persons who, within twenty-five years
of applying for pension, have been
five years in prison for some serious
crime, or within twelve years of appli-
cation have been convicted of one or
more lighter but trifling offenses. A
husband or a wife is disqualified if
either has been guilty of desertion for
six months. In general, the applicant
must be able to show that he is Of good
moral character and, for five years pre-
ceding the date of application, has been
leading sober and reputable life. Even
after a pension is allowed, it is for
feited if the pensioner is guilty of a
crime bringing upon him a sentence of
twelve months imprisonment, or if he
becomes an habitual drunkard. More
over, if pensioner is guilty of any Of
Tense punishable by Imprisonment for
not less than one month, the court may
deprive him of one or more install
ments of his pension. or, at it's discre.
ton, may order the installment to be
paid to some reputable person for his
benefit. 1t may be added that the old
age pension proposition is being con-
siderably agitated throughout Europe,
and especially of late in England.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
JUMP IN SILVER.
Smelter Trust Believed Responsible for
the Advance

San Francisco-The sudden upward
jump of silver in London and New
York has caused no end of comment
in local financial and mining circles.
From the condition of a drug on the
market for months, the white metal
appears to be assuming some CONNER
cial Importance, the amount of which
no one at present in the city appears to
be willing to predict.
Opinions concerning the causes
leading to the betterment of the mar
ket are indefinite, but the one that
has gained most ground is that the
smelter trust recently formed, the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany, is at the bottom of the advance,
carrying out it's announced policy of
raising the price of the metal 10 per
cent from that ruling at the time of
the formation Of the trust
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
THE UNITED VERDE OUTPUT.

Arizona papers are printing figures
as to the probable output of the United
Verde copper mines OF Arizona, Of
which Senator-elect w. j. Clark is the
principal owner. 1t is said that the
present daily output is over one hun
dred tons of copper bullion a day, max
ing 100000 pounds as the monthly
output. At the present price of copper,
18 cents a pound, the gross value of a
months yield is $1,O80,O00 equal at a
like monthly average to $12,960,000. AS
the ore carries carries large values in
gold and silver, it is estimated that
the yearly output of the United Verde
mines is not less than $18,000000.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
FUNSTON's DARING.
He Made it Possible for the Army to
Charge.

Manila-By another of his daredevil
exploits, Col. Fred Funston paved the
way for the routing by MacArthur's di-
vision of the flower of the rebel army.
Not only did he swim across the river
under fire, as he has done twice before
in this campaign. but by doing so he
made it. possible for the great body of
Wheaton's brigade to cross without a
wetting and administer a tremendous
thrashing to the overwhelming body Of
Filipino troops under the command of
General Antonio Luna. This was at
Calumpit.
The rebels had almost completely de-
stroyed the bridge, and were strongly
intrenched on the other bank of the
Rio Grande. Beyond there lay great
force as far as Apalit, where there is
a railway station. From their excel
lently constructed trenches on the bluff
their sharpshooterS were annoying, but
not damaging, the American forces by
incessant firing. With means at hand
for a dash in force across the river, it
would have been a splendid opportu-
nifty for Macarthur to demolish the
enemy out of hand.
1t remained for Funston to make
this possible. He went to the general
and begged permission to take over
enough men to outfank the enemy.
And when he unfolded his plan Mac
Arthur told him to go ahead.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

DR.. Elmer Lee, prominent New
York physician, has alarmed the high
liyers by declaring emphatically that
most men of prominence die from over
eating. Too much food, he AYERS, spells
death and destruction, and is worse
than the pestilence that walketh by
MONDAY. He cites the death of Presi-
dent Faure of France of apOplexy. He
says the head of the French republic
had been dying by inches for years
from absorbing more rich nutriment
than his system could properly assim-
late. The germ theory, he declares, is
a fallacy. The symptoms attributed to
germs are caused by the poisonous
gases evolved from undigested or i'm
properly digested food.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

In connection with the peace pro-
posals Of the car, a London CORE
spondcnt has pointed out curious CO.
incidence between 1899 and 1899. In
the first mentioned year the car and
the king Of Great Britain had a CORE
spondence on military ornaments, but
1t was then with a view to their in
crease, not decrease. The idea was to
combine England Russia ana Prussia
against "our common enemy, France"
Russia was to supply the men and
England the money. The czar informed
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

There is no reason for surprise at the
hesitation of capital to take hold of
privileges in Cuba and Porto Rico. No
of the islands Is going to be, and until
that point is settled capital will natu-
rally hold aloof from them. When the
transition state has passed there will
be small trouble about getting all the
money for which good returns are In
sight
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

More than twenty years ago Gam
BETA, speaking Of the increase Of
ornaments in Continental countries,
said, ''If this goes on, Europe will be
reduced to begging at the doors Of the
barracks" And tsar and kaiser now
begin to think his words were true.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12
Failure in Acoustics.

Prussia's new Landtag Building, at
Berlin, is failure, the acoustic proper
ties of the Representatives Hall being
SO bad that speakers cannot be heard
even In the front seats.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

1t is not too much to say that the
work that is now being done by Euro
pean diplomats and soldiers to destroy
China by policy of unjust aggression
will render any attempt to bring its
people to Christianity during the next
generation or two almost wholly vain.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

It's natural that Italy, "the boot of
Europe" should be brought in to begin
the kicking down of the Chinese wall
for the grand final assault of the
powers.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

A man wants a divorce because he
was deceived in his wife's age. If she
had not been able to deceive him In re-
gard to that very likely he would have
demanded divorce on the ground that
she was not woman Of ordinary intel
ugence
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

The most humorous sentence uttered
on the Spanish-American war was that
Of the Spanish member of the Cortes
who asked: "The officers of the late
war, why haven't they been shotT'
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

Abdul Hamid's aunt has died and
left him $2O,OO0,O0O. Uncle Sam might
garnishee that money and collect the
bill the Sultan owes us for American
property destroyed.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

The rumor that Rudyard Kipling will
be elevated to the peerage next year
simply means that the British empire
is intending to make the only public
recognition it can make of it's greatest
living poet. And even that tribute
seems empty compared with the whole
souled enthusiasm of the English
speaking world.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

BY sending that telegram Of SYM
pathy to Mrs. Kipling, Emperor Will
lam made friends in American and
England, too.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

A Nicaraguan revolution has col
lapsed, but as its number is not cabled
no one is able to state whether it is the
last one that is meant.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

The servant girls sphere of influence
In the partition of china was defined
shortly after china was discovered,
and is therefore the earliest on record.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

Those 600 locomotives which the
American company is building for for
eign countries will do some strong puff
fing for Yankee enterprise.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

Gomez's army feels that the United
States represented liberty for it, and
now it's glad to see that liberty pays.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

Public sentiment is at times trihe
slow in pulling itself together, but it
usually makes up for lost time by land
Ing hard.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

Friends of higher education will re-
joice to hear that the chewing gum
trust did not materialize.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

And now there is a coffin trust.
These combinations are not only going
to make 1t hard to live, they are going
to make it hard to die. They intend to
follow man just as far as they can.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

Small boys find that the thrashing
machine trust makes no difference with
the slipper.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

The Empire of China is now making
an exhaustive collection Of European
civilizations.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

China is now waiting and wonder
Ing where and by whom she will be
hit next
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

in field far out from any house. The
child was scarcely scratched. No one
has called for the baby and it has not
been identified
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-12

The Filipino women developed into
great fighters on the approach of Hob
son.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-22
second Batallton Goes rhrourh.

The I'd battalion of the 10Th reg
ulars. United States infantry. passed
through the city yesterday afternoon
over the Rock Island enroute to the
Philippines. The soldiers travelled in
two sections, of IL coaches each. The
first carried Companies A and f and
the second Companies G and l.. The
boys wore the regulation uniform of
brown canvas, and from all appear
ances were happy. Youth and vigor
clearly shone from each countenance.
Engineer Jack Leary and his reliable
$50. which brought the second section
to Rock Island, speeded the IL coaches
from Chicago to this city in 4
hours and 20 minutes. which is con-
sidered \ phenomenal run for such a
heavy train. The soldiers claimed it
was the best time made since they
left Pittsburg-