Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
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and in Asuncion islands.
The Woman's National Industrial
League has taken the initial steps to
raise fund with which to purchase a
home in Washington for Admiral
Schley.
"There is an imperative need of bread
for wife and little ones. The hard
struggle for pelf blunts the moral
sense, inducing mental inaction and
spiritual asphyxia."
Admiral Schley, it is expected, will
go to South Africa with the Chicago as
soon as the flagship is ready for sea-
This will enable the admiral to see
some one else do some bottling.
With a detonation that was felt in
many towns miles distant, two Of the
powder mills of the Aetna company's
works near Millers, Ind, blew up last
week. Two employees are missing.
At Indianapolis complete official re-
turns show that Mayor Taggart (dem.)
is reelected by BAT majority, and the
city clerk, police judge and council
man -at-large, all democrats, by about
30O
Broom corn has advanced to the
coveted price of $100 q ton. This Is
an advance of $50 in ten days and as
three-fourths of this years crop is al
ready out of the farmers hands, the
price is likely to go higher.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Vanderlip has issued an order antici-
pating the November interest without
discount of 2-10 of one per cent a
| off io fol odu toc cro
Of it will release about 30,00O,0OO.
Oberlin M. Carter, the disgraced army
officer, has paid the fine of $4,000
imposed by the court martial. Judge
Lacombe has extended the time for
submission of briefs in the habeas cor
pus proceedings until next Saturday.
The drowning of our brave boys in
the Bagbag River would make it ap-
pear that our forces have not waited
for the end of the rainy season in or
der to commence starting the enemy
for the tall timber at swift gait
Times
Capt H. H. Rockwell, at present cap
tain Of the Norfolk navy yard, has
been ordered to command the Chicago,
which will be Admiral Schley's flag
ship on the Atlantic station. The de-
tail was made at Captain Rockwells
request.
Spain now has no Cuban question, no
Philippine question, and, generally
speaking, no colonial question at all,
but there is enough in her maladmin-
istration to keep her perfectly busy, if
the work is done right, for a long term
Of years.
Willis Mcguire, formerly an at
torney at Marquette, now of the
mining district of Sonora (Mexico,)
has written that his mining partners,
Ramsey and Miller, undertook to work
and prospect in territory overrun by
Yaqui Indians and were captured and
burned at the stake.
The Santa Fe has lost it's suit in the
United States district court of New
Mexico, involving the sum of $4,000.
principal and interest, for taxes owing
by the old Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road company to the county of Valen-
cia in New Mexico territory. The
suit was for between $4,000 and $780,
600.
The task of recruiting the volunteer
army for the Philippines is practically
completed. 1t was announced at the
war department today that all the reg
iments have been filled except one Of
the additional colored regiments, the
Forty ninth, which needs less than 100
men. These will be secured within
48 hours.
Former United States Senator John
j. ingalls, is suffering from cancer of
the throat and it is believed that he
will not long survive the ravages of the
disease He has gone to Mexico, in the
hope that that climate, in connection
with the treatment he is undergoing,
will arrest the progress of the disease
and afford him relief.
Los Angeles is getting considerable
advertising out of the announcement
that a liquid-air factory is to be es-
tablished in this city. We will get a
still better advertisement when the
factory is actually established. These
few remarks are respectfully COM
mended to those interested in this al
legged terprise.-Times.
A special to the Denver Republican
from Ouray, Colo, says Sheriff Edgar
received telegram from Deputy Sheriff
George Kinchen from Norwood, Colo,
thirty-five miles west of here announc-
ing that he had killed John Carter,
alias "Kid Adams" one of the out
laws who held up the Sneffels stage
near here few days ago.
The operations of the United States
government during the past two years
have stimulated study of geography
not only on the part of our school chill
dren, but with adults as we'll. 1t is
undoubtedly fact that the subject has
been more thoroughly gone into dur
ing the time mentioned all over the
country than ever before in our history.
The Nebraska soldier who fired the
first gun in the Filipino war is to be
married to a California girl at San
Jose next Sunday No one begrudges
the heroes the reward they are getting
for their valor. If any more of them
want California girls-and there are
none lovlier on earth-we will yield