Mesa free press., 1899-10-20

activity to the war and navy depart
meats of the government, especially to
the latter. Admiral Dewey has advo-
Gated strengthening the war fleet in the
Philippines, and four war vessels have
already been ordered to proceed at
once to Manila. Other vessels will no
doubt be dispatched soon, and the force
of Major-General Otis will also be in
creased to greater strength. Dewey
believes in expansion and the policy OF
President Mckinley and gives such ad-
vice as will best and quickly reduce the
insurgents to peaceful submission.
'Is it? Well, not much. We SHE'D al
expansion a little when it first came
up, but Massachusetts is for expansion
now, sure OF course, we have few
mugwumps who are against everything
but the great Massachusetts people are
expansionists. They cry for expansion.
1t sounds foolish, doesn't it, after what
you read in the papers? 1t is true,
though. When the people read the
election returns from Massachusetts,
next year they'll rub their eyes. Well
surprise you Californians. The Massa-
chusetts majority for expansion will be
a daZzler."
Washington Dewey's welcome Is
causing the east to shake itself and con-
clude that expansion is mighty good
thing. The entire east is stirred might
lily and healthfully. People are waking
up. They are seeing the man who
turned the original expansion trick.
and they like him. They are feeling
opI LLok
feeling more like expansionIists. Adjt.
Gen. Dalton of Massachusetts, is here
with Gov. Wolcott to attend the Dewey
celebration. Gen. Dalton knows Mas
sachusetts through and through in all
it's mugwump ramiications. Is Mas
sachusetts really against expansion?"
the correspondent asked Gen. Dalton at
the Arlington hotel.
New York-The Fruit Buyers Union
may be amalgamated with the Fruit
Importers Union. At a meeting of the
board of trustees of the Fruit Buyers
Union yesterday afternoon the matter
was talked over at length, and a ma
jority of trustees are said to be strongly
in favor Of the plan. No action was
taken toward enforcing the tax on
Sicily and Jamaica fruit inspection on
the dock, as the Fruit Importers Union
had not considered the request of the
Buyers Union to cooperate in the un-
dertaking. There are members in both
unions who believe that joint organi-
cation of the associations would result
in mutual benefit. It is understood,
however, that no formal proposition to
this end has yet~been made.
Game and fish may be lawfully taken
in Los Angeles county during 1899
1900 as follows: Male deer, September
Is to October Is; sale of deer meat and
hides prohibited Female deer, fawn,
antelope, elk, mountain sheep, pheas-
ants, robins, killing at any time pro-
hibited. Valley quail, bobwhite, noun
tain quail, December 1 to January 1.
Doves, July Is to October l. Ducks,
rail, October l to March 1. Trout,
closed. Black bass, July 1 to January 1,
with hook and line only. Shotguns-
Use or possession in field or marsh of a
shotgun of larger calibre than 10
gauge prohibited. 1t is a misdemeanor
to shoot for sale or shipment quail,
ducks, doves or other game protected
by statute. 1t is also misdemeanor for
one man to kill any more than twenty
five ducks in one day.
About month ago George E. Pindar
died at his home in the hills near Sar-
atoga. He was believed to be exceed
ingly poor, but nearly $4,000 cash has
been found in the bank to his credit.
His personal property and real estate
runs the value of the estate up to about
$4,000. The old man left a will Civ
ing all the property to four distant
cousins, two in Cleveland, CO., and
two at Cottage Grove, Mass. They have
been advised of the fact but told that
if they attempted to take the property
the aged widow will contest on the
grounds that her husband was insane.
1t is possible that a compromise may
be effected and the attorney for the
widow is waiting to hear from the rel
atives. Pindar had had his coffin on
hand for years before he died. He
and his wife accumulated their money
in the wood and coal bushes in San
Francisco.
The officers Of the whaler Beluga tell
of the terrible fate of Oscar Huschen-
bett, a sailor in the Arctic. On August
26, 1898, the boats were lowered for an
enormous whale. Third Mate Victor
Nikito commanded the boat, in which
was Huschenbett Just after the har-
poon had been fixed in the whales side
and he had started off at tremendous
speed, until the rope flew so fast that
it burned the tub, Huschenbett stepped
carelessly into the ropes blight. A
moose of the rope caught his leg and he
was thrown like cannon ball over
the boats stern and out into the water.
In passing out of the boat the body Of
the man hurled itself againstNikito and
one Of the crew, knocking the seaman
overheard and throwing Nikito to the
bottom of the boat. The mate scrambled
up and slashed the rope in two with
his knife. Then began a chase for the
whale and the body Of the man. For
three hours the monster raced and
sank to the bottom, alternately before