Mesa free press., 1899-03-31
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g,
says the California Independent, you
nave 1T in a nutshell.
An advertisement says a weman's
complexion is nearest her heart. That
sounds very nice, but it isn't true,
says the Stockton Record.
Caparia, Porto Rico is now the old
est city in the United States. 1t was
founded in 1900, fifty-six years before
st. Augustine, Fla, was founded.
Spain has just issued her story of
the war in RED Book;;'' and the
Yankees incidentally furnished the
local coloring matter for the publica-
ton.
Probably Admiral Dewey thinks it
no worse to be under the weather in
Manila than to be fed to death by his
admiring conntrymen should he come
home.
According to a recent writer George
Washington wore No. 13 shoe; and
let it not be forgotten that where
George planted, there was the head of
the table.
We are informed by cable that the
Filipino women want to fight, thus
the same, whether in the tropics or
elsewhere.
The oysters Of the Atlantic coast
are reported as being frost bitten, but
the bivalves will probably look upon
it as no more Of hardship than be-
ing man eaten.
Washington-The transport Grant,
which carried General LaWtOn and his
command to Manila, will soon sail for
San Francisco. She will bring home
only sick and discharged men.
Enlistment Age Increase-The war
department has increased the age
years. The youngest age at which
man can be enlisted is Is years.
The New York Press declares that
the feet of a woman in Kansas were
frozen while she was asleep in bed.
She must have been single, almost
any married will affirm with shud-
der.
Chicago-The APPELLATE Court unan-
imously sustained the decision rem
dered by Judge Tuley last summer
that express companies are obliged to
furnish war revenue stamps to all
shippers.
1t appears that our boys did such
an excellent job in sinking the Girls
tobal Colon that it is impossible to
raise her That's what We get for
having fighters who are so Internally
enthusiastic.
The Filipinos are foolish to waste so
much time in attempting to capture
the Manila water works, asserts the
Marysyille Appeal, when over a mill
ion bottles of beer have just arrived
for the saloon keepers of that town.
Stole Church Money-William A.
Doucette, 22 years old, was arrested
in Boston at st. Cecilia church on
charge of embezZling. $4,000 from the
church funds Marked bills placed in
the collection box were found on his
person.
1t is a pity that the candidates, be-
sides telling how much money they
spent on cigars, do not tell how many
cigars they bought. There is legit-
innate public curiosity as to the price
of the average campaign cigar, says
the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The New York Tribune asks the
white mans burdens this question:
Will the Filipinos who are being let
out of Spanish prisons through the
efforts of the-United States take the
same view of the Americans as Agui-
naldo, who was bought once by the
Spaniards, and is angry because he
was not bought again?
shington-Secretary Long has
received a letter from Rear-Admiral
Sampson, in which the admiral, after
referring to the allegations that the
list of officers recommended for pro-
motion for gallantry off Santiago had
failed of confirmation because it in
cluded his name, asked the secretary
to Immediately reappoint these Off
GERS, omitting his own name.
After Fighting Joe-The war de-
partment is stirred up over an alleged
to belittle the services of Gen
eral Wheeler, who, his detractors say,
direct violation of orders, and that
July 2, before Santiago, he was for
leaving the. position held by the Amer
lean forces and retreating. These sto-
ries are said to come from the office
of the Adjutant-General.
Wages Raised-Representatives of
the Stove Founders National Defense
Association and delegates from the
Iron Moulders' Union of North Amer
lea, held conference in Chicago yes
terday and voted raise of 10 per
cent in wages, which directly benefits
$4,000 stove moulders. The moulders
asked Is per cent. 1t is said that the
will be followed by machine
founders, swelling the number of men
affected to 10000, with an aggregate
increase Of $130,000 a week. Notice
has been issued to the 5000 employees
of the Pencoyd Iron Works, Philadel
phia, that an advance in wages will be
made.
The Spaniards in Cardenas refused
to join in the demonstration in favor
Of Gomez when he arrived in that city.
''We are foreigners and do not
in Cuban play" they said.
This spirit may not be agreeable to
the CubanS, and it may raise appre- |