Mesa free press., 1899-02-10
GENERAL NEWS STEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World
Also Interesting News Items of
The War

The volunteer regiments of Major
General Otis force have been ordered
home, in the order they were sent out.
Dewey, Schley, Hobson, Sharkey;
what galaxy of naval heroes we are
accumnlating, exclaims the Denver
Post.
| The Chicago cow is degenerating.
One kicked over lighted lantern the
other day and only one barn was de-
stroyed.
According to figures published in
Madrid, $4,000 Spanish soldiers per-
lsned, chiefly through sickness, during
the last campaign in Cuba.
Orders for aluminium wire come to
Pittsburg by the 100 miles. One order
comprised length of 180 miles, a
weight of 240,000 pounds, and cost Of
| 100000.
Wichita, Kan-The date for the 10th
session of the Transmississippi Com
mercial Congress- to be held in Wich-
ita, has been fixed for May 81. Tt will
continue four days.
Too Many Wives-George Beresford
Foyle of Peoria, ILL.,, was arrested at
Davenport, Ia, charged with having
seven wives scattered throughout the
cities Of this country and Canada.
The Planters bank of Kansas City
has been closed by the authorities and
the proprietors, ,Imboden and Hancock,
were arrested pending investigation.
The bank is entirely without funds or
credits.
The New York World says that the
time fixed for the wedding of William
X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and Miss Virginia
Fair is Tuesday, April 4th, at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs, in that city.
Guthrie, o. T.-The territorial state
hood convention has resolved for a
constitutional convention in June and
state election in October on a prop
osition to go to congress and demand
admission in December.
German bicycle manufacturers
threaten to boycott dealers who
handle American wheels. There's an
easy way around that. Let the Ger
man retailers handle American wheels
exclusively, suggests the Buffalo Ex-
press.
The Philadelphia North American,
the oldest newspaper in America, was
sold today to the publisher Of the New
York Mail and Express, r. e. A. Dorr
The paper descends from the Pennsyl-
vania Packet and General Advertiser,
first issued October 20, It'll.
The use Of voting machines was ap-
| proved by the House Committee on
| Tno
dent, and favorable report was or
dered on the bill to amend the stat
utes so as to permit machine ballots
when the state laws so authorized
them.
Sherman says: "I am decidedly op-
posed to the invasion Of the Philip
pines. The idea of our country fore
| ing it's government upon the 1000, 600
or 100000 population is monstrous.
If l were in the senate I would vote
to withdraw from the islands as soon
as possible"
Various Senator's and Representa-
tives are urging on the Presidents at
tention their favorite candidates for
Librarian Of Congress, among whom
are George alfred Townsend, Thomas
G.. Afford, (hitherto chief assistant),
Mr. Mcfarland. of Washington, and
Representative Burrows of Massachu-
setts.
The board of health of Santa Mon
| lea has issued a notice to the super
vising principal of the public schools
| to the effect that it is not deemed
necessary to order compulsory vacci-
nation Of the pupils, but advises 1t in
the case of every pupil whose physi-
clan thinks it necessary to secure
! immunity from smallpox.
Captain Jack Crawford; the poet
scout, who is in Alaska in the inter-
lest of New York capitalists, has found
a fortune in the shifting banks of
black sand on the Alaska rivers. An
| assay shows value of 81 cents per
yard in platinum and gold, outside OF
placer gold caught in the sluices be-
fore the sand was taken out. With
platinum at So an ounce it becomes an
important factor.
Cory, Pa.-Ira Crandall, aged 70
years, 8 blind farmer, was pounded to
death with an ak welded by Emmet
Bouton, a crazy resident of this city.
| BOuCOu udu Uceu III luO dSy LII q
year, but was discharged some time
ago, pronounced cured. Last night
he became violently insane, and at
tackled Crandall with an ak, literally
cutting him to pieces. Bouton has
| been locked up.
Commodore Phillip, the former
! captain of the Texas, now command
| ant of the navy yard, Is to be pre-
sented with two jeweled swords. One
of these is to be given by citizens of
New York city. The other will be
presented by Sunday school children
of Texas in commemoration of his
work after the destruction of Ger
/ vera's fleet off Santiago. This will
be presented at Galveston on March L.
The Philadelphia Press says that no
parent, not even Christian Scientist,
would calmly sit down and deny the
existence of a pack of wolves that
were devouring her offspring; and yet