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Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
EXCITED OVER GOLD.
Rich Strike Turns Miners Heads
Who Make Rush.

Spokane, Wash.-The richest gold
ore yet found in Republic Camp on
the Colville reservation was uncov-
cred in the Flaghill claim. Telluride
ore was encountered in the shaft at a
depth of twenty feet, which assays
$18,987 per ton. The camp is greatly
excited. Three stages come into camp
daily, loaded to the guards, and large
numbers are going in by private con-
veyance and horseback.
Experienced mining men predict
the camp will have 5000 people before
midsummer and 10000 by the end Of
the year A sensational strike of gold
ore has also been made in the Bunker
Hill mine on Palmer mountain in
Okanogan county. The face of the tun-
mel Is now in remarkably rich ore,
and from sixty pounds Of rock taken
from the waste dump and pounded out
in hand mortar fourteen ounces of
gold were taken.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
NO CANNED ROAST BEEF.
Troops Now Afloat Are Furnished
Food That Is Good.

Misunderstanding the state
ment recently made that the troops
now afloat for the Philippines and
hereafter to be sent would be furnish
ed beef on the hoof as travel rations,
it was said at the War Department
that this in way was true, but does
not indicate any material change of
plan in the handling Of troops in tram
sit The troops destined for the
Philippines are being furnished, as far
as possible, with refrigerated beef,
but this plan is limited in number
of cases by the sizes of the refrigerat-
ing plants aboard the vessels. Where
the refrigerating apparatus is not
large enough to take care Of fresh
beef for the whole voyage cattle on
the hoof are being shipped, to be
slaughtered as required 1t is said that
this is no new departure, but has been
practiced in the past as occasion de-
manded.
1t may be said that none of the
troops now in transit are being fur
nished canned roast beef as travel
ration. The commissary department
has only small remnant Of its i'm
mense war supply of this article left
on hand, and is not buying any more.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
A RURALE SHOT. )
Desperate Indian Cattle Thieves Com
NIT Murder.

San Diego-Word was received
from Ensenada that Jose Rayle,
Mexican rurale, had been shot by
gang of Indian cattle thieves near the
old settlement of Neji, on the Tecarte
ranch in Lower California, near the
boundary line, and had since died Of
his injuries. Rayle and another ru-
rale named Verdugo had been delegat-
ed to arrest the gang of thieves whose
success in stealing cattle and horses
for the past several months had ter
rorized the whole country, and on the
day of the shooting the Indians were
rounded up in the mountains. Rayle
advanced to place the seven men an
der arrest, when the leader, known
as Chappo, drew revolver, and de-
liberately shot the officer in the
breast.
On Sunday a party started from En-
senada for the scene of the tragedy
including the governor, and they will
not return until the desperados have
been captured.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

Certain people have genius for mar
tyrdom. They are never quite so
happy as when they are sacrificing
themselves for some one else. says the
Watchman. If they cannot assume the
burdens of others, they perform their
own In such toilsome way that they
bear upon their countenances and spir-
its the stress Of arduous effort. It is
sometimes said that promiscuous char
ity does more harm than good; certain
ly it is true that these people who are
always ready to take up others bur-
dens, without much discrimination as
to the wisdom of their course, ignorant
iy do much evil. When a mother has
this spirit you will see her sparing her
daughter from the labor and care
which are Rrestl- nAaded for the young
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
HEAD MONEY CLAIMS.
George c. Holden Has Large Num-
ber-Dewey Looks Well.

San Francisco-George H. Holden
of Washington, who returned from the
Orient on the Hongkong Maru, has in
his possession 10 claims of the OFF,
GERS and men of Dewey's fleet for
heau money. The claims are to be
filed with the Court of Claims in
Washington for final action.
The head money for Admiral Dewey
and his officers and men will aggre-
gate $187,5UO, or 500 per head for the
1875 officers and men of Admiral Mon
tejo's feet. The prize money for the
officers and men under Admiral Dew
ey will amount to 100000, plus the
salvage of three vessels recently
raised. This money will be distrib-
uted by the United States district
courts. Speaking of Admiral Dewey,
Mr.. Holden said: while somewhat
worried owing to the exacting duties
and responsibilities of his position;
his health was good. He looked fairly
well, too."
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

A story was told by London Truth
not long since and its correctness
vouched for, which shows the folly Of
acting hastily and impulsively in i'm
portant concerns in life. The son Of a
very wealthy man at his fathers death
found himself free to indulge every
whim. He had yachts, horses, an ISL
and at which he played king at his
pleasure. He was not an immoral
man, but idle and foolish. One day
while using a long distance telephone,
he was charmed by the voice Of the op-
orator at the other end Of the line. He
managed to discover that 1t was that
of woman, young, single, and pretty.
In the course of few days he con-
vinced himself that the owner Of the
voice was the one human being who
should be his wife, and that life would
be empty and desolate without her. The
girl was poor and listened to his pro-
posals. He cabled her money to buy
her trousseau, and to secure chaper-
one to accompany her to the town
where he resided. In due time she ar
rived; her looks were as attractive as
her voice. He married her, and few
days later was found dead by his own
hand in his room. He left no explana-
ton beyond the words, II have made a
mistake" scrawled ON a sheet Of paper
left on the table. The story will no
doubt impress the reader as almost abb
surd, in spite Of its tragic ending. Why
should a rational man fall In love with
a sound? Yet In this country, where
the choice Of young man or girl in
marriage is not infrequently made with
very little consultation with parents,
how often Is it founded on some trifling
charm as worthless as the infection Of
voice over the telephone! A pink
cheek, beautiful eye, fluent tongue,
or gentlemanly manner, are the sole
base of many a So-called ''love-match."
Men and women who find that they
have thus bound themselves to crea.
ture, coarse, selfish, ill-tempered or cor
rupt, do not often acknowledge that
they have made a mistake, or put an
end to their lives; but they drag on
through years which are servile and
wretched, and more excruciating in
their prolonged misery than death it.
ts
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

girls proper development. Or You will
see the father imposed upon by his
sons, who escape the drudgery that
would be good for them by adding to
his burdens. In almost every commit
tee or organization you will find one or
two who do all the work. In the larg-
est churches the bulk Of the work Is
done by handful Of people. Self-sac-
ritice and burden-bearing are to be
commended, but we ought not to re-
lieve others Of the wholesome discipline
Of life. That is to harm them. Self
sacrifice is such good thing that one
person in family, or few people In q
given society, should not monopolize 1t.
Its benefits should be more equally dis
tributed; each person should take his
full share.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

Is it not about time for the cartoon
lists and picture-makers to hold con-
ference and agree upon some more rep
utable and characteristic figure as
type of Uncle Sam? At present it Is
their almost universal practice to rep
resent that Individual, who should typi-
fy American courage, energy, and en-
terprise, as long and thinlegged, hol-
low-chested, straggle-bearded, sharp
nosed nondescript, arrayed in trousers
halfway up to his knees, In q hat OF
the most shocking and battered de-
scription, his coat and vest covered
with stars and stripes, and attended by
most disreputable bird resembling a
cross between turkey and buzzard.
All the other nations are represented
pictorially by fitting and characteristic
types, Great Britain especially. That
sturdy figure of John Bull would be re-
garded anywhere as an Englishman,
but who would recognize the conven-
tional and utterly ridiculous figure
which. does duty for Uncle Sam? 1t
not only has none of the attributes Of
an American, but it bears NO resem-
blance to one. The whole country
might be searched over without finding
person of that general description,
and the aviaries might be searched in
vain to find the counterpart of the
American eagle which accompanies
him. 1t is, in short, caricature and
makes this country a laughing stock,
Surely among all our artists there
should be some one deft enough to
draw figure Of the typical American,
which would be recognized at once and
command respect
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
FROM FOREIGN LANDS

Madrid--A vast quantity of rock
overhanging the village of Rucuerja.
near Albaceta, in the province of the
same name, fell today, destroying
many houses and killing many people.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Daily Chronicle says that
Don Carlos, the pretender, has forbid
den the Carlists to take part in the
forthcoming election to the new Cor
tes.
'Ello, Doncher Know-The British
government has decided to Introduce
competition in the telephone service
Treasury yesterday asked $4,000, 900
as starter in order to develop the
London service. 1t Is notorious fact
that Great Britain is far behind the
United States and other countries in
telephone communication.
London-A special dispatch from
from Paris says it is rumored that one
Of the soldiers who perished in the
explosion of the powder magazine,
near Toulon, had for long time past
been the victim of a systematic per-
secution upon the part of a corporal
and he vowed to be avenged. 1t is
added that this man is suspected of
having blown up the magazine.
For Fifi's Sake-Mr. James Brown
Potter, better known as the husband
of Mrs. James Brown Potter, will sue
for divorce from the celebrated ac-
tress, report says. Meanwhile, Mrs.
Potter makes tremendous hit in
"The Musketeers" at SALISBURY The
ater, London, and lives in the smiles
of the Prince of Wales. Mr.. Potter's
proposed action is taken for his small
daughter Fits sake.
Pekin-The Italian minister here
regards as an: insult the manner in
which the Tsung Ii Yamen, or Chi
nese Foreign Office, has treated it's de-
mand for coaling station at Sanmun
and a rupture of diplomatic relations
between China and Italy is probable.
1t is believed that Russia has reiter-
ated it's protests against the Chinese
government and the United States, so
as to seek compensation, territorial
and otherwise.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
BOUND AND ROBBED.
How Two Men Ambushed Seven and
Got Their Money.

Tacoma, Wash.-Two armed high
waymen laid in ambush on a bicycle
path two miles from the city and cap
tured and robbed seven men between
8 and II o'clock. securing several
watches, but less than $40 in cash.
They laid log across the path and
stopped the travellers as they came to
it. The first man was candy
maker who had bundle of aprons,
which they used to bind their prison
ers aus they came one by one. After
robbing them they tied their hands
and feet and Laid them in a row in
the bushes.
At II o'clock the footpads went
away, leaving the victims bound, but
one managed to roll over where an
other could unite him with his teeth
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
SHOT THREE SAILORS.
Heroic Measures for Quelling a Mu-
tiny.

Philadelphia-Captain Terrence,
commanding the British tanker, Tam
carville, now in this port, shot three
mutinous sailors on his last outward
passage to Belfast. 1t was on January
10 last while weathering terrific
hurricane.
His vessel was driving into a tre-
mendous sea and the spare propeller
that was lashed below got adrift and
threatened to knock the sides out of
the snip. Captain Torrance ordered
the crew below to secure the propeller
and they mutinied. Heroic action was
necessary to quell the disturbance
and Captain Torrance was compelled
to shoot three men,. One, 1t Is under
stood, has since died and second has
gone insane.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
HER OWN DEATH SERVICE.
Mrs. Poirer Will Play and Sing Before
Being Executed.

st. Scholastique, (Quebec)-Samuel
Passlow, who was to be hanged with
Mrs. Cordelia Poirer tomorrow for the
murder of the latter's husband, tried
to escape last night and had actually
got out of his cell when the guards
detected him.
Mrs. Poirer, who was the organist
at st. Canute Church, has asked as a
last favor that her parlor organ be
brought into the jail, so she may play
and sing the musical part Of her own
death service.
At the request of the Catholic priest
it has been decided to hang Sam Pass
low and Cordelia Poirer at st. Scho-
lastique tomorrow back to back and
with a heavy black curtain between
them.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

Another tradition has been swept
away. In train accident it has been
supposed for years that ION seeing the
danger the engineer whistled down
brakes reversed the lever, and jumped
or" But now comes an iconoclast who
says the engineer does not do this, and
has not for many years. What he does
do is to "shut of steam, apply the air
brakes, open the sand box, and jump"
II he is afraid to jump he is either
killed or becomes a hero.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
TURBULENT NEGROES.
Tragedy on the Train Carrying the
Is Twenty-third Kansas.

Kansas City, Mo-The Twenty
third Kansas Volunteers, (colored),
en- route to Leayenworth, Kan, from
Santiago, passed through Kansas City
today. A short distance out from st.
Louis soldier named Williams of
Kansas City was stabbed to death by
a comrade named Gorge Ray. Both are
privates. Williams, who was known
as the "bully of the regiment" had as
saulted Ray. Raw drew a knife and
struck williams in the breast, killing
him instantly. The body was taken
to Leavenworth. Ray is under ar
rest.
Private Burt Moore of Kansas City,
died on the train of fever contracted
in Cuba.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
ON SIX COMPLAINTS.
A Glass Works Proprietor Accused of
Coercion.

Portland, Ind.-George Beatty, one
of the proprietors of the Beatty Brady
Glass Works at Dunkirk, arrested on
six different complaints, five Of them
charging that he discharged employees
of his factory for belonging to labor
organizations, and the sixth that he
coerced and threatened to discharge
an employe who was a member of a
labor union. Mr.. Beatty gave bail in
each case for appearance for trial.
The arrest was brought about by D. F.
Kennedy, organizer of the Indiana
Federation of Labor: Mr.. Darrick, a
member of the Advisory Committee,
Of the same organization, and B. H.
Campbell, their attorney.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

For many years 1t has been the proud
boast of Englishmen that their colonial
possessions. were so numerously scat
tered over the face Of the earth that
there. was no hour in the twenty-four
that the sun did not shine on q British
1ag waving somewhere. If any one
will take q map of the world, locate
the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico,
Samoa, the Sandwich Islands, Guam,
In the Ladrones, and the Philippines,
and compute the time for each place
relatively. he will find that the United
States also Is land on which the sun
never sets. From Alaska to the Philip
pines our possessions are within easy
sailing distance Of each other. They
cover the range of climates from the
frigid to the torrid, and all are produc-
tive and full of promise for the future.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
WHEN CASH WILL FLOW.
The Payment of the Cuban Army to
Begin Soon.

HAVANA-Gen. Maxine Gomez
had two-hour conference with Gen.
Brooke regarding the details of the
payment to the Cuban army Of the
$3,00O,0O0 rendered by the United
States as a condition OF disbandment.
He is working in good faith and ex-
poets to disband the troops with or
without the consent of the disaffected
element He is making an excellent
impression upon the United States
military authorities here, and they
confidently believe he will be able to
make good his agreement with Rob-
ert p. Porter, President McKinley's
representative. It is said the distri-
button of the cash will begin in the
course OF fortnight at least.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

The Australian ballot system was q
tremendous advance on the system or
lack of system that prevailed before it,
and how universal was its need was
witnessed by the fact Of its quick adop-
ton in some form by every State in the
Union, when once its features were
understood. That the system con-
duces vastly toward a pure election we
all know. But 1T is not the best that
can be had. Already voting by machin-
cry appears as the next step toward
accuracy.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

and they gave the alarm, but the rob-
bers had fed. About o'clock two
men, presumably the same, held up T.
o. Abbott, prominent attorney, but
a few blocks from the same place, but
he broke away and escaped.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

Earl Poulett, the noble organ grinder
who was disowned by his father, more
than got even by playing his plaintive
instrument beneath the late fathers
window. How fat, stale and unprofit-
able are the usual pleasures Of gilded
youth by comparison with this, the
very ecstasy and quintessence of re-
venge.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

Captain Torrance's actions were in
vestigated by the Board of Trade and
he was upheld by that body. He is
reticent concerning the affair and
feels keenly the fact that such meas
,ures had to be adopted by him to save
the ship
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
THOUSAND A WEEK.

London-The Bombay correspond
ent Of the Morning Post says:
"The bubonic plague Is raging here
with unparalleled severity Accord
ing to official returns there were 912
deaths last week, but these quite un-
derrate the mortality"
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

The Kaiser gave the Sultan sample
Krupp field gun, and the Sultan has or
dered 152 more Of the same sort. w.
Hohenzollern is the advance agent OF
prosperity for the Krupp gun factory.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24
A LA HoBsoN.

The boy stood on the burning deck,
For him, alas, they'd missed;
He did not dare to make for land
For fear he would be kissed.
Syracuse Herald.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

It's said of Englishmen that their In
sularity tends to make them distant.
This must be an insular tendency gen
orally, for see the distant character OF
our Pacific island empire.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

One of the evidences that Inventor
Keely's secret died with him is that re-
cent Investigations are bringing the
whole thing into bad odor.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

Havana is moving ahead. In store
window appears this legend: English
spoken. Our very good friends will
come in and received many excellent
treatment" English as cultivated in
the late Spanish colonies promises to
be new dialect.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

100000 Elephants Slain Annually.
1t requires the annual slaughter OF
100000 elephants to keep the world
supplied with ivory. Great Britain
alone uses up the product Of $4,000 ele
phaats. or 12OO.OOO pounds.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

The last wild camel in the United
States could not escape the hunters.
Although he bumped himself to the
best of his ability, he had to die.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

A chewing gum trust is not at all sur
prising. What's the object of any OF
these combines but to get bit in peo-
ple's mouths?
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

France, after all, knows when she
has enough fights on her hands. She
refuses to have woman's department
In her exposition.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

That $4,000 pink which has been so
much admired is probably the pink of
perfection one hears so much about.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-24

As a rule when q person is between
two fires the chances Of his getting
roasted are good.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-02-16
Character.

Our success in this world depends
on character, as we all see every day
of our lives. says the Abingdon DEM
ocrat. The man who succeeds, sue
ceeds for the most part through
character. 1t is chiefly in character
that Mexico differs from the United
States. Spain from England. Not
only are all our religions and philos-
ophies really mean to build it up, or
to sustain it, but so, also. are all our
social arrangements In hiring, aud
contracting and lending and crediting,
we rely on character. In nearly ev-
cry transaction Of life, it is on char
acter rather than on law that we
place our faith. Why we are not
governed better is that in politics we
pay too little attention to character.
Success in life, in its highest sense
that is, success is getting what we
or in convincing people that
we have deserved it is almost al
ways the result of character. And
It is not a monopoly of any one class.
In every class the virtues succeed as
often as anything succeeds in this
world. The sober, Industrious, pru-
lent working mar has as good a
,hance for his faculties as the sober,
Industrious, faithful, prudent lawyer
II capitalist. He may not obtain as
much physical comfort, but he OBJ
aims more than the great mass of
he community everywhere.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-02-16
Methodists Moving to Raise
S27.OOO.O 600.

At Richmond on the 18th Of Feb.
ruary, at Norfolk on the 22nd, and
at Lynchburg on the Goth, there will
be three important meetings of min
listers and leading laymen Of the Vir-
ginia Methodist Conference. The
purpose is to start publicly in Vir-
ginia a movement in which Method
lists the world over are participating
in preparation for the part which that
organization is expecting to have in
the supreme effort of the General
Church to Christianize the whole
world in the twentieth century.
The movement was begun in Eng
land last year by a proposition OF a
member Of the British Parliament,
himself an ardent Methodist, that in
gratitude to God for the wonderful
growth Of the Church there, and in
preparation for enlarged work for the
new century, the Wesleyans Of Eng
land should bring a thank offering Of
one million guineas, ($5,250, 000).
Action was at once taken and a large
part of the money has already been
secured.
Canadian Methodists seconded the
movement with a proposition to raise
81, 600, 900, and the Southern Meth-
odists in their General Conference in
Baltimore last May decided to make
their offering $4,000, 600. The
more numerous and wealthy North
ern Methodists have settled on 800
000,Q O0 as their mark, and have
gone to work to raise it with char
acteristic energy.
The movement to be formally be-
gun in Richmond on the 18th is
a part of a worldwide pan
M~ethodlstic advance. Bishop Gallo
way, who is said to be a most elo-
quent and aggressive Methodist d.
vine, has been specifically assigned
to the leadership of the general
movement, and will be in Virginia
and address the conferences mention
3D.. Rev. DR.. A. Coke Smith is pres
Ident of the Virginia Board having
he enterprise in charge, and Chan
,ellor w. w. Smith is Superintend-
mt Of the Virginia Conference Can
Ass.
1t is expected to raise about $780,
100 in Virginia, and the management
Inspires confidence of success.
The Methodists of the United
are IA great people, grown
rom $4,000 in 1900 to 800, 900
ow, and they have a right to be
rateful for their wonderful success
n the nineteenth century and a duty
D be greatly useful to the world in
approaching century of enlarged
pportunity.