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Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
MILES MAY GO.
But Will Not Take Command of the
Philippines.

Washington-It begins to look very
much as if General Miles were really
going to the Philippines. The plan
now is to have Miles cross the Pa
cif1c so as to land -at Manila about
November 1. Secretary Root rather
favors having Miles go, but he does
not favor his taking command. Gen
eral Miles work in the Philippines
will be exactly the same as his work
about Santiago, when fighting was on
there. He was present, but the op-
erations were directly under General
Skaters control General Shafter
consulted General Miles, and If Miles
goes to the Philippines General Otis
will confer with him up
on military operations; but Miles will
not take active command.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
pie, and-as Editor Watterson phrases
it-"fung her geography into the sea-"

The czar Of Russia is quoted as say
Ing recently: 81 am sick and tired Of
life. What with its responsibilities, It's
hypocrisies, its festivals and its lies, I
wish I were out of it." 1t would be
strange, indeed, If ruler so conspicu-
Gus had permitted himself to express
this sentiment publicly, but the atti-
tude of mind is not so fantastic as 1t
might appear to some young person who
has tired Of life because of its poverty
and hardship. The czar's fate Is that
other of the two extremes In neither Of
which Is to be found the truest happi'
ness
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
seriously injured and 2o4 damaged by

seriously injured and 2O4 damaged by
the storm.
At Yubucoa the police are Obliged
to protect the peasants bringing fruit
from the country in order to prevent
it being taken away from them by
force by the hungry mobs. The sill
uatlon there is most desperate.
In the district surrounding Maya
guez, Hundreds of women, old men
and children are homeless and beg
ging shelter and food. The schooner
Conception, loaded with 200 Porto
Ricans going as emigrants to Sama-
ma, went adrift today. All jumped
overheard and several were drowned.
A Mayaguez paper reminds the pub
lie that in the year 1841 the city was
destroyed by fire. Two days later
the governor was personally distrib-
uting $4,000 among the people who
most needed it. The principal street
of the city bears his name in remem-
brance of this act.
In Arroyo 80 per cent Of the houses
were demolished by the hurricane. At
the playa (port) nothing remains.
Many prominent persons in Utnado
have signed an appeal to the public
asking food and work for the inhabi-
tants. Two thousand persons have
perished in this whole district.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
ATToU ISLANDERS SUFFER.
Cold and Sickness Place Them in a
Pitiable Condition.

Seattle, Wash.-A private letter
from Captain Stamm of the revenue
cutter Grant, now with the sealing
patrol in Behring sea, states that the
inhabitants of Attou Island were
found by him in straitened circum-
stances, but in no immediate danger
of starvation. The Inhabitants num-
bering seventy three men and fifty
women and children, were in a pitia-
BILE condition. Many Of the children
were practically naked, and their eld-
ers were but little better off, All were
dependent for bodily warmth on the
common practice of budding five or
six together in their native huts. The
only fuel on the island is scant sup
ply of drift wood.
The crew Of the Grant gave the peo-
pie all their spare clothing. The peo-
pie were also suffering from a lack Of
salt. This resulted in much sickness
and for while the physicians of the
Grant were kept busy dispensing med
icines. The Grant furnished the in
habitants rations. They had very
good supply of fresh fish, roots and
berries.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
HUDDLED IN TOWNS FOR HELP

New York-A dispatch to the Herald
from San Juan Porto Rico says:
Visits to the most distressed dis
tricts of the island prove that the for
mer reports Of f~terrible conditions
have not been in the least exagger-
ated
People in the towns have been hud-
died together anywhere for shelter. In
tho country the people are sleeping in
the open air.
The food supply has been totally
destroyed. Only the well-to do can
afford to buy provisions.
Unless succor comes in a few days
the people will starve. The supplies
from San Juan have not yet arrived
at the towns but are expected. The
Gcpots In many towns are sur .oundcl
by many hundreds of hungry per-
scrs.
Many of the mayors OF the different
towns are dispensing money generous
ly out of their own pockets. AS far
as Cayay and one other town, the san
itary conditions are not threatening.
The peril lies in the huddling of the
Inhabitants in the towns.
The best posted persons agree that
it will be impossible to provide work
for the inhabitants and seed for The
next planting.
An Official report from Guayamas
says 260 houses were destroyed. 172
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
CARRIERS TO SELL STAMPS.

The mail service of Los Angeles is
to be improved within the next few
weeks. Tho department at Washington
is preparing to establish mail carrier
registered letter service. This means
that carriers will be authorized to sell
stamps and give receipts at houses for
registered mail.
The postoff1ce at Los Angeles has a
very encouraging report to present for
the fiscal year 1898-99. Facts and fig
ures show an increase for the year Of
$685., 1896, neat sum for a city of this
size. The total number of transactions
for the pas. fiscal year, is in debts,
51,614, and in money represented, $2,-
100, ,44007. In credits, 97,466 transac-
tions are registered, representing $2,-
084, ,636.07. The total amounts to $4,-
185,O7614, while the previous year
shows but $3,187,192, leaving an in
crease of 1870 transactions, and in
cash, $997, ,SS366.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Another of the school of imaginative
scientists asserts that he has discov-
cred that music when properly pro-
duced is so soothing and lulling to the
digestive organs that it can be made
in time to take the place Of food. AS
the scientist neglects to tell just how
long this interesting experiment would
take it Is quite evident that he hasn't
carried his tests that far. But it's a
nice theory and there can be no objec-
ton to the learned discoverer's follow
ing it out to the bitter end.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

A San Diego man named G. C.Brandt
is in Pasadena looking up the possibil-
tiles for refined lemon juice factory,
like those already in operation at San
Diego and elsewhere. Any sort of en-
terprise that uses up the waste portion
of the citrus crop and gives employ
ment to men is a welcome addition to
business circles Mr.. Brandt is the au-
thor Of a process of curing whereby
the juice can be kept in all climates,
and hopes to interest capital in the
work at Pasadena. Small manufactur-
ing plants are large conserVators of
corporate wealth, and all such bona
fide business openings should be en-
couraged for the general good they
bring to any locality in which they are
planted
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

The Boston Journal" quotes the
prediction uttered by General Horace
Binney Sargent in his grafton on Mem
orial day, 1869.
Comrades, though few of us may live to
see it, i feel sure that the last survivors
of the Grand Army of the Republic will
celebrate this anniversary after some day
of glory, when the sons of rebels and our
sons shall have fallen side by side in some
common cause of foreign war, as our sires
and their sires fell side by side under the
eye of the great rebel, the Virgin
ian, Washington.
This prophecy has been literally full
filed The predicted foreign war"
has re-emblazoned Americas national
character. restored the unity Of her De0-
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

A French medical paper contains a
strange story by DR.. Koveos of rela-
tive of his, whose beard and mustache
from being prematurely white sudden
ly became dark. The editor adds a
story of an old priest whose white hair
fell off because of an attack of erysipe-
las and was replaced by raven locks.
Are these stories myths like those Of
the ancient Greeks regarding rejuven-
escence, or was goats juice used by
any chance?
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

The class of music to which the 'Hot
Time" belongs is, of course, not ex-
alted 1t is not chamber music or con-
cert music. 1t is just the slap-dash, go
as-you-please sort of thing that suits
the crowd in its hours of effervescence
and outdoor celebration. The Ameri-
can people happen to be built that
way" They grayely chant America"
In the parlor and when they take to
the street or to the battlefield they
change the tune to the primitive Tilt
of Yankee Doodle with it's words Of
superlatiye banality. If this tendency
Is immoral, then Lord help us all! AS
a nation, we are doomed, and the won
der is that the CHASTITY end has not
come long ago.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
The statement that the telephones in

The statement that the telephones in
England are very poor will create no
surprise. Electricity as a household
and business agent is a little too swift
for the conservative Britons to manage
with perfect satisfaction. That is pos
sible only in America, which might be
profited by initiating the more deliber-
ate habits of their English cousins,
while the latter could easily stand a
slight infusion of American enterprise.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
M'COY KNOCKED OUT.

Chicago-Jack Mccormack of Phil
adelphia knocked out kid" Mccoy
in I'm. Ats. The bout was to have been
for six rounds, and it was generally
thought Mccormack stood no show at
all. He himself said before entering
the ring that he was going in the
ring to do his best and let it go at
that The fight was short and so
quickly over that there was almost
nothing to it but the punch that put
Mccoy to sleep. The fight was under
strict Queensberry rules hitting with
one arm free permitted.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

London-The annual congress and
festival of the Cooperative society of
Great Britain opened at the Crystal
Palace. The principal feature was the
delivery of the presidential address of
Rev. George c. Lorimer OF Boston, who
has the honor of being the first Amer
lean chosen president of that society.
He succeeded Earl Gray. The ad-
dress was heartily applauded. DR..
Lorimer and Mrs. Lorimer afterwards
held q reception.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
GENERAL NEWSITEMS
News Of the State, Nation
and the World

We have got wireless telegraphy all
right, but we are still waiting for the
wireless politician.
What seems to be needed in the va
qui region just now is a dozen or two
of Roosevelt's Rough Riders
New York-Sir Thomas Lipton's
yacht Shamrock, challenger for the
Americas cup, reached this port.
The Prince of Wales has discovered
that Will Wally Astor Is a bore. The
discovery was made several years ago
in this country.
New York-The resolution appro-
propriating $15O,O00 for the Dewey re-
ception was passed by the board of
aldermen by vote Of So to 3.
An attempt is being made, it is said
to effect a combine of all the corset
manufacturing concerns. 1t is prob
ably safe to say that this is a trust
that is bound to get squeezed.
Big Rapids, Mich.-The County poor
house at Stanwood was burned. The
fire started in the insane ward. Adolph
Murrin was burned to death. Many of
the inmates had narrow escapes.
Columbus, O.-More than fifty rep
resentatives of the leading window
glass manufacturers of the United
States met in executive session here
and effected a consolidation of inter-
ests. The capital stock Of the COM
bination will amount to between 35,-
100000 and $5O,000,O0O.
New York-The Miles Belmont
Pond Company, incorporated at
Trenton, N. j., is spoken of in finan-
cial circles as the "tool trust" al
though it's organizers declare that
they are not seeking to establish mo-
nopoly. The company has capital
stock of $S,OOO,0OO, 100000 per
cent cumulative preferred, and $5,-
OOO, 900 common.
Detroit-By an almost unanimous
vote the delegates to the Internation-
al Typographical union adopted
constitutional amendment increasing
the unions regular monthly dues 10
cents per capita, the increase of rev.
enue to go to the defense fund. The
action must be ratified by the gen
eral membership.
Rockford, Ill.-Two hundred people
were poisoned at Oregon, I'LL, by lem
onade which they drank at a picnic.
AS yet no fatalities have been report
ed. The picnic was the annual cell
ebration of the Modern Woodmen of
America, and was attended by 1000
people. The poisoning is supposed
to have been the result Of citric acid
in the lemonade sold at one of the
stands. The most violent cases are
of small children.
Washington-A telegram from Sur
geon Cofer of the Marine Hospital
service, dated at the City of Mexico,
brings information to the headquar-
ters of the service in this city that
there has been an outbreak of yellow
| fever at Tuxapan, a town on the Mex
lean coast between Vera Cruz and
Tampico. There had been twenty
deaths up to July 80. The disease is
supposed to have been carried to that
point from Vera Cruz.
Cleveland-James Ackman, a Big
Consolidate street railroad conductor,
is under arrest on charge of shoot
ing a passenger with intent to wound
him. The conductor claims to have
been insulted by passenger named
Charles Linkenberg because he was
operating one of the company's cars.
After some bantering the passenger
| tried to throw the conductor from the
car, and the latter drew his revolver
and sent a bullet through Linden
berg's arm.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

Vienna-A man named August O.
Swig was arrested for selling the mo-
bilization plans of the Austrian army
to France and Russia.
Oporto, Partugal-It is now acknowl-
edged that the bubonic plague began
here June IA last, since which time
there have been thirty nine cases.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Emperor William has bought two ele-
nhants. which will be used hereafter
in his big parades. This, however,
must not be regarded as conclusive
evidence of the Emperor's intention to
mako a show of himself.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
Twain's Pyjamas.

Mark Twain has an intense dislike
for clothes, and IL it were possible
would remain In his pyjamas day in,
day out. And whenever he can do SO
he eats breakfast In them, receives his
friends and works in them. His favor.
ite mode of writing is to lie fiat on the
floor ON his stomach in his pyjamas,
with pipe in his mouth. When on
lecture tours he never gets out Of his
sleeping clothes until it is time to go
to hall or opera house. When the fit
strikes him he likes to exercise, and
then with his customary shamble will
shuttle along for miles and exhaust the
most athletic companion. But he feels
far more at home in his pyjamas than
in a street suit or evening clothes.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

land passengers and also to compel
them to allow boats by paving wharf
age to land at the wharf in question to
be declared public.
The Bannings claim that the wharf
is private property, not open to traffic
and not enfranchised by the board Of
Supervisors.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

AS boxing is called science and Sui
livan prays for the ring success OF MS
favorites, somebody after while may
be making him out Christian Sci
enlist
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

King Corn won gallant victory In
England last year. During the twelve
months the British Government useu
$4,000 gallons of corn whisky IN the
manufacture of smokeless powder.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

AS soon as it becomes thoroughly un-
derstood that eggs will cure consump-
ton the hens will probably incorpo-
rate under the laws of New Jersey.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Nansen talks of trying to flnd the
south pole in 1902 He probably thinks
the people will have ceased py tna'
time to be interested In personal ms
tories of the late war.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

This movement to prevent a certain
kind of divorced people marrying again
would show the marriage rite is being
closed for repairs.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

The hostility to the Americans which
was SO pronounced, in France during
the Cuban war has so far subsidized that
the Parisians are now wiling to furnish
lodgings to visitors from the United
States at much higher prices than have
ever been charged before.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

A western poet has written some
verses to girl, saying at the end Oh
each stanza: 81 dreamed of you last
night" Poets can do that because II
doesn't cost money.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
EFFECTS ARE SIMILAR.

Summer girl Cat popular bathing
resort)- This must be salt water. l
can almost float in it.
Experienced aunt-No, dear, it is
not salt water. But you are so very
fresh, yon know.-Chicago Tribune.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

When Ii Hung Chang in so conserya-
tive a country as China is strong
enough to pull down the Chinese wan
It shows he's got something of pull.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Vacation in its root meaning may I'M
ply emptiness, but few people are like
ly to say there's nothing in it.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

A man is like the hammock to this
extent: He is apt to live where he
hangs out.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Taking hair of the dog that did the
biting also applies to the general run
of growlerS.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Whatever you may say Of trusts it
should always be kept in mind that
they are not Incorporated idiots.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Perth, Western Australia-The exec
utive council of Western Australia
passed a bill enfranchising women.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

The kissing bug has a soft snap on
q sure thing.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

Notice a mean man: he Is always
aDOlogixing.
Mesa free press., 1899-09-01

A woman's dress never turns out aa
she thought 1t would.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-04
WAS A VERY POOR DAY
FOR YACHT SAILING.
The Wind Was FIuky, and Neither of
The Big Boats Succeeded in Fin
ishing Within the Time Limit,

line fences, through which not one of
the pushing, crowding fleet of exeur-
sion vessels was permitted to poke her
nose.
The broad expanse of sea inside. with
out wash or swell. was left clear and
free for the manoeuvering of the rae
ers. On the way back the patrol yes
sells were equally efficient.
Ii was only toward the close when the
hope of finishing the race was given up.
that the excursion boats crowded about
the ends of the patrol lines, many of
them making straight for home.
The course was laid fifteen miles dead
before the wind and back again. The
direction of the wind carried this course
south. southwest from the Sandy Hook
lightship almost straight down the Jersey
coast to a point off Ashury Park, where Il
white float with a red bail was placed 10
mark the turning point. The Columbia
was admirably handled throughout the
race. Though the Shamrock was first
across the line IS seconds. the Columhia's
Deer Island crew of Yankees, wearing
their picturesque watch caps in Iselin's
colors, were so much handler than their
Scotch rivals, that they had the C~olumbia's
spinnaker and balloon jih set first by three
minutes. The spectators marveled at the
cloud of canvas the leviathians carried.
Straight up into the air, the slender yards
carried the point of the pyramids of can
vas for one hundred and seventy-hve feet.
1t is hard to realize that this means the
height of an ordinary twelve story build
ing. and the fraii hulls were bowling
along under the pressure OF 1900 feet OF
canvas.
Taken all together, there could not have
been a more unsatisfactory race. and, yet
as a result of 1t. the friends Of the cup
defender, seem proud of the showing she
made, and confident that the cup Is safe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-04
TAKING E.
Great Britain Making Ample Prep
aratfOn Before Resorting to Force
in South Africa.

LONDON, October 3.-While all the
dispatches from South Africa dwell upon
the condition of wild excitement there and
the expected imminence of a Boer attack
there is in reality little change in the sit
uation, although the massing of the Beers
in all directions inevitably increases the
tension.
While constant military orders are being
issued here, progress is very slow, and it
may be several weeks before Great Britain
will be in a position to strike, although
it is believed the troops now at the front
or near it, are sufficient to protect British
territory.
The government is certainly not showing
any signs of haste in sending an ulti-
matum. This is probably due to belief that
Great Britain is not ready to substitute
force for negotiation and the cabinet
therefore is giving the Transvaal every
chance to accept the latest proposals.
Mr.. Montagu White, the consul general
for the South African republic in London,
told the associated Press this morning
that he telegraphed President Kruger yes
terday, urging him to make a personal
appeal to Lord Salisbury, dwelling upon
the iniquity of the war, and proposing
- ~ ~ q O&D4o III lAlC1 llN6OIAC
tions. He said he was momentarily ex-
pecting to hear that the Transvaal gov
eminent was sending an utimatum to
Great Britain, declaring the despatch of
troops a casus belli in which event he
would be compelled to close his office. Mr..
White added a curious statement to the
effect that a representative of one of the
largest capitalists of the Rand had called
11Hnp him this p90rpino and accartad tho
it was known in capitalist circles that
Lord Salisbury had determined there
should not be war, and had instructed the
secretary of state for the colonies, Mr..
Chamberlain. to wire to South Africa fur
Their assurances with regard to the Brit
ish desire to respect the complete indie
pendence of the Transvaal. No confirma-
ton of this is o~btainable in official circles.
Lloyds publishes a report that gold val
ued at $4,000 and in transit, has been
seized by the T%ransvaal authorities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-04
GAMBLERS
Of High Degree Lost Thousands,
A Sensation in Berlin.

BERLIN, October 3.-The long de-
ferred trial of the persons charged
with gambling at the club Der Herm-
lessen" began in Berlin to-day, and has
already developed a great sensation.
A number of the important witnesses,
belonging to the highest circles are re-
ported TO have fled the country or to
be otherwise beyond the reach of the
process of the court. Those present.
however, suffieed to demonstrate an
abominable state of affairs in the club
management.
The Associated Press is informed
that $500, 900 marks have been lost
within the short period Of the clubs
existence. Two of the defendants,
Herr Bruno Won Kaiser, a government
official, and Herr Paul Won Schacht-
meyer, in the course of a single even
ing won 100, 900 marks each. Herr Won
Kroecher won $4,000. Count Egloff-
stein. Count Stoch and Count Donna
lost from $4,000 to 120. 900 marks each.
To-day's evidence showed the unmis-
taxable use of doctored cards on sew
eral occasions.
Herr Won Kusseron, the bank holder,
has fed to the United States.
Emperor William has given instruc-
tions that the trial is to be carried
through to the end without fear or IA
vor, although Count Won Koenigs-
marck and Herren Won BONN and Won
Prittuitz, members of the club, are in
his personal encourage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-04
WOOD COUNTY CENTENNIAL.
An Auspicious Opening of Parkersburg's
Big Celebration.

~ HuoPASAO0c OPChthS - 9
Big Celebration.
Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, October B.
With the dawn of day Parkersburg pre-
scented a gay and festive appearance.
During the night the city had been trans
formed from one of business into a city
of the gayest decorations ever seen any
where in West Virginia.
Promptly at seven o'clock Long Tom,'
the old coast defense cannon presented
to Parkersburg by the War Department,
belched forth several times and with this
signal the opening of the three days
festivities in honor of the celebration of
Wood county's one %hundredth anniver-
sary began.
All trains leading to the city bring large
crowds, and it is estimated that there are
fully eight thousand strangers within the
gates of the old town.
The Historical exercises began at the
city park this morning. Bishop Cyrus d.
Foss, d. d. Ii. D., opening the exer-
cises with prayer.
The trades display parade this after
noon was grand. Over three hundred
floats were in the procession.
The festivities will continue until Thurs
day night.