Mesa free press., 1899-01-06
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World
Also interesting News Items Of
The War

IRE, lOldI lOSS, 9IO,VUV.
The circulation of national banks,
based on the deposit of bonds, in
creased during the year $12,190,0O0.
The Merritt & Chapman Company of
New York has made contract with
the government for the raising of the
Spanish warship Reina Mercedes.
.Ex-Queen Liluokalani of Hawaii has
introduced in the Senate a protest
against the appropriation of the crown
lands of Hawaii by the United States.
1t will be noticed, says the Chicago
Post, that brave old General Garcia
refused to die so long as his death
would give any hope or encourage
ment to the Spanish.
The worst fire in the history Of Ter
re Haute occurred recently, entailing a
loss of nearly $1,OOO,00O. Two women
were injured by jumping from win
dow of one of the stores.
We trust that Hobson will acquaint
Admiral Dewey with the prospect that
awaits Cousin Cargo" when he re-
turns to the land of the free and the
home of the kisseresses.
AC mOllOy Ill LII IAC
United States or December / was
$1,886, &c., ,504, or $23.O9 per capita of
population, and is the largest per cap
ita since February, 1894.
If Hobson keeps on he may kiss the
wrong girl some day and suffer at the
hands of her "best feller" far. more
than he did on that fateful night in
the neck of the bottle at Santiago.
The Bowers Bank of Savings, New
terest rate from to 31s per cent is
the largest institution of the kind in
that city. It's deposits amount 10 $64,-
100000.
Admiral Dewey says that the peo-
people ofkthe Philippines can be easily
governed. 1t is to be hoped that this
is true, and, coming from the source
it does, the evidence is we'll nigh con-
elusive
The Postmaster General made the
official announcement of the appoint
ment of Major Rathburn Of Ohio, ex-
Assistant Postmaster General, to take
charge of the postal service in Cuba
with the title of director of posts.
The shipment to Japan of twenty
seven locomotives, just completed,
and an order from England for ten
mogul engines, all from one firm, is
evidence that American manufacture
ing industries are known abroad.
The only man in the public eye who
has not been heard from since Spain
accepted the peace terms offered by
the United States, is Gen. Weylar. He
has pronably gone off into the cork
forests of Estramadura, to dissemble.
The Carnegie Steel Company has
purchased twenty-five acres of land at
Homestead, and will construct there
on a plant for the manufacture of steel
freight cars, with a capacity of forty
cars daily. Work will begin at once,
giving employment to several thou
sand men.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat calls
attention to the fact. that the new
South is some distance farther down
the map than Florida. Out on the Pa
cific coast when we want to visit the
new East we go west. We can get
there quickest by turning around and
going the other way.
The President has nominated Ethan
A. Hitchcock of Missouri to be Secre-
tary of the Interior; F. M. Johnson OF
California. to be register of the land
Office at Marysville, Cal. Mr.. Hitch
cock is at present ambassador to Rus
sia. He was appointed minister more
than year ago, and when the rank
was raised to an embassy he was reap
pointed.
Lieutenant Hobson once more en-
dured kissing ordeal at the recep-
ton rendered him at the Coates House
in Kansas City. Some four hundred
women were there to greet him, 267
of whom came for a kiss, others being
content with a handshake. The hero
divided hOnors with MajOr-General
Chaffee at the annual banquet of the
Commercial club.
There is falling off in the manu-
facture of cigarettes. The total for the
last fiscal year was 336,OOO,OOO less
than the previous year, while there
was an increase of 400,000,000 cigars.
The total number of cigars manufac-
tured in the United States in 1888 was
3, ,668, 1852, ,4S6; 1897, 4,431, ,050,5 The
total number of cigarettes was 2,2ll,-
9OO,345; in 1897, 4,631, ,S20,620.
The introduction of over 500 love
letters as evidence in a breach OF
promise suit on trial in Detroit, says
the Pittsburg News, has again called
to the value of the billet
doux in establishing case for the
plaintiff in actions of this character,
and is a reminder to young women to
preserve carefully all documents re-
ceived in which mention is made of
The Chicago Journal is afraid the
business will fall into the
hands of trust. 1t says: "Of the
Mary Squire who died in Indiana the
other day after having welded nine
thousand couples the discerning cor
says: His fees ranged
from God bless you to $50" If the
average was $25, or even $40, it was a
1opdid huc;pocc tho old man loft