Mesa free press., 1899-02-17
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World

The rich new gold discoveries in
Colorado have not made Denver finan-
cially impregnable. Two faro banks
were busted" there this week.
The report that the Pillager Indians
of Minnesota will send delegation
to Washington to fight the anti-scalp-
ing bill has not been confirmed.
Beer for Americans-The Empress
of Japan sailed from Vancouver for
Yokohama and Hong Kong, carrying
over a million bottles of beer for the
Americans in the PHILIPPINES.
Ponce's Smallpox-Smallpox is in
creasing at Ponce, Porto Rico, where
l5O cases are under treatment The
military governor will Immediately
order compulsory vaccination.
The graniteware people have gone
into combine, but let them beware
for there are oyster cans on the dump
that the people can use for cooking
utensils if the worst comes to the
worst.
A Chicago footpad held up police
man of that city and took his gun
away from him. History does not say
WACChCl luC OllCCI w DIS dSl6cp Ill lAC
usual place on his beat or in some new
quarter of the town.
The war tax on beer is said to be
responsible for the closing of ten bar
rooms in ST. Louis. And yet the Pro-
hibitionists continue to denounce gov
ernmental recognition of the liquor
traffic, observes the New York Press.
Wise Precaution-Gen. M. G. But
Ter says that General Brooke's order
forbidding participation in the evacua-
tion ceremonies by the Cubans was a
necessary precaution, and that If it
had not been issued there would have
been trouble.
If the lawyers are going to argue
all their cases in verse we may look
to a see a speedy emptying Of the
benches in the courts. There are
things that Weary Willie cannot
abide, and such poetry and any soap
are among them, declares the Brook
lyn Eagle.
Mishawake, Ind.-There was born to
the wife of Noble Austin, in this city,
the smallest infant ever reported in
Northern Indiana. The child is about
the size of an incandescent electric
light globe and weighs one pound.
The physician, an old practitioner,
says it will live.
Tedious Custom Law-The new
treasury regulations providing that
American tourists returning home
shall make detailed declaration of all
things purchased abroad went into eff
feet yesterday, taking an enormous
amount of time, as the officers looked
at the smallest belongings. One small
valise and handbag took twenty min
utes to examine by the New York
City officials.
Roasted Roosevelt-The epithetical
Eagan wrote a letter to Robert B.
Roosevelt, a prominent New York
relative of Colonel Teddy, which
weakens his excuse about goading be-
fore the court-martial Roosevelt
wrote aspublic letter, urging reform in
the commissary department. Eagan
four days later wrote, calling his let
ter "diabolical, Infamous, scandalous.
false and libelous," and him "a liar,
scandal-monger, and falsifier," and
also threatening to lick him.
NSW IOIh-l u6 July Ill Tic IlUCI
suit of Charles A. Hess, Republican
leader of the Twenty-fifth Assembly
District, against the New York Press,
returned a verdict for $3.50 damages,
alleging that the defendant had de-
feated his election to Congress by
charging that he was not resident
of the state; that he bought his NOM
ination from the Republican County
Committee, and that the Press printed
this statement: Hess is bosom
friend and companion of murderer" :"
Louisville, (Ky.,)-A special from
La Grange, KY, says: Whitaker
Manns and Howard Harlan, farmers,
fought duel with knives in black
smith shop at Ballardsville, KY, to-
day, to settle a quarrel which grew
out of the sale of some tobacco. The
men fought until exhausted, then rest
ed awhile and then resumed the COM
bat, which resulted in Manns being so
badly wounded that he died, while
Harlan is thought to be fatally hurt.
They lived on adjoining farms and
were both men of family with the
regulations of being peaceable resi-
DENTS"