Mesa free press., 1899-01-20

would De 1ull ~ per cent larger than !
ever before.
General Gomez, by his domination.
has caused some of the younger mill
tary men to feel disposed to accent an
arrangement with Americans without
consulting him. General Brooke has
declined to send special envoy into
the woods to treat with Gomez as an
equal power. He has been asked to
reside near Havana and give the Gu
bans his counsel but says he will not
enter Havana unless at the head of the
Cuban army.
A dispatch from Washington says:
The President has practically settled
on William Potter of Philadelphia for
ambassador to Russia. Mr.. Potter
was formerly minister to Italy, hav-
| ing been stationed at Rome during
the Harrison administration. His
record during that period has been
carefully examined by the president
and Secretary Hay, and both feel con-
fident that he will satisfactorily fill
the st. Petersburg post.
Tho sheriff's Office received photo
graphs of the Dunham suspect at Bur-
lington, Iowa. There are three pict-
ures, one snapshot photograph and
an enlargement and a photograph of
which there is no details given as to
taking. The snapshot pictures are
indistinct, but look a little like Dun
ham, The other photograph bears
not the slightest resemblance to the
much-wanted murderer. However the
photographs will be held for day or
SO for thorough examination.
A petition has been received by the
senate from the American Association
of Porto Rico asking for the estab-
lishment of free. trade relations be-
tween that island and the United
States, and the abrogation of the
tariff established by the military aQ=s
thorities, and also for the retirement
of the Porto Rican currency and the
substitution of the money of the
United States. The petitioners repre-
sent that the present tariff system
discriminates against the interests of
American citizens.
The government of Great Britain,
which has always led the way in the
introduction Of cheap postage, has now
established penny postage between
the mother country and forty-ive col
onies in all quarters Of the globe. 1t is
proposed, says the Oakland Enquirer,
that the United States shall join Great
Britain in establishing penny postage,
and we hope that congress will see the
advisability of doing so. There Is no
more satisfactory evidence of the prog
ress of civilization than the cheapen-
ing of communication through the re-
duction of the rates of postage.
Leong Quem Sing, the Chinese in
terpreter on board the steamer China,
was arrested. charged with having
aided the illegal landing of his coun-
of the China Sing landed a woman,
whom he stated was his wife, return
ing after her five years visit in Chi
cago. 1t was afterward found out the
woman was not his wife, and that be
had been guilty of aiding other Chi
nese to land when they were legally
barred. Sing is said to be a paid agsltl
of the powerful syndicate that illeg&sS
ly lands Chinese here for a Considers
ton.
Joliet society was convulsed two
years ago over the stealing of $4,000
worth of diamonds from Mrs Swim
back Williams, a guest of the Hotel
Munroe. Sidney B. Davis, guest, was
arrested and convicted on circum-
stantial evidence. He was sent to the
Joliet penitentiary February %, 1897.
/ Yesterday he confessed to Warden !,
McLaughry, locating the diamonds in
block at the corner of Chicago and
Jefferson streets. The diamonds wero
found where Davis had placed them
two years ago in plain sight of those
who used the closet.
Commodore Watson, at present in
command of the Mare Island navy
yard, has applied for the command of
the Asiatic squadron, to succeed Ad-
miral Dewey, when that officer shall
have relinquished his command I'm
less Admiral Dewey changes his mind
that date will not be much before the
end of the current calendar year, for
he has resisted all invitations to ac-
cept relief from the onerous duties
imposed upon him, believing that he
could best serve his country at Ma
nila.i He will retire from active SER
vice next December, providing the law
is not amended in his interest
The bill passed by the house Great
ing an additional judgeship for the
Sixth United States Circuit Court dis
trict, including the states of Ohio,
Michigan, Tennessee and Kentucky.
was put through at this time for the
purpose of making place on the
bench Immediately for VIM. r. Day,
ex-Secretary of State. The bill is exc
pected to go, through the senate withz
out trouble, and ex-Judge Day will b6;
nominated by the president. It is the
general understanding here that Pres
ident Mckinley expects to be able to
place ex-Judge Day on the bench of
the United States Supreme Court be-
fore the expiration of his term.
The president sent these nomina-
tions to the senate: State Department
James B. Yoeman of Iowa, to be an
Interstate commerce commissioner; r.
A. Moseley, Jr, of Alabama, to be
Consul l-General at Singapore; Silas M.
Mcfarland of Iowa, to be Consul at
Nottingham, England Interior-C.