Mesa free press., 1899-02-03
GENERAL NEWSITEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World
Also Interesting News Items of
The War

| The War
Mark Twain has not got to the
end of his troubles yet. He is writ
ing play.
The report that Admiral Dewey is
dude appears to be confirmed. He has
just ordered 10000 bars of soap.
The Princess of Wales carries no
money with her when she goes shop
ping, Just like an American woman
for all the world.
Gen. Henry governor of Porto Rico,
has promised concessions to the San
Juan councilmen, ,and they have with
drawn their designations.
| We are thoroughly convinced that
those Ell Paso girls could not possibly
/ have kissed Gen.. Shafter unless the
hero of Santiago "scrooched" a little.
Anna George was indicted at Can
| ton, O., for murder in the first de-
gree for the alleged killing Of George
Saxton, President McKinley's broth
/ er-in-law
The remarkable silence maintained
of late by David Bennett Hill leads to
| the suspicion that he is laying an
egg We trust no one will scare him
| off the nest.
/ Most doctors know how to prevent
/ the grip if they are not SO sure about
curing it. This makes it very embar-
RAISING when they have the disease
| themselves.
We give it up-that idea Of trying
/ fo Thin IN Sl1if fhQ
| French newspapers. It's no use try
/ ing further. So Sorry. Bon jour,
| 'steemed contemp's.
Rear Admiral Schley was presented
| with a jeweled sword by his brother
members of the Royal Arcanum at
| Carnegie Music Hall, New York, in
the presence of 1000 persons
The information has not yetreached
| Washington that Spain proposes to
discount that $20,O00,000 payment on
account of not being able to deliver
the goods envoiced from Iloilo.
Preparing for Peace-The Russian
government will have built at once
three cruisers of 5000, 5000 and $3.50
tons respectively, and three battle
ships of about 12,80O tons each.
Chinese coming to the United States
from Cuba, says a Washington dis
| patch, will be required to obtain the
i necessary certificates from the mill
tary government, and not from the
Chinese consuls.
+. Grant C. Gillette, the Kansas cattle
plunger, is reported to have decided
to return from Mexico and help his
creditors straighten out his tangled
affairs, and begin life anew. 1t is
said he has but little money, and can
not make large payment to his
| creditors.
| The squadron of evolution ordered
south under Admiral Sampson is
/ composed of: Flagship New York,
Brooklyn, Indiana, Texas, Chicago,
Newark, and Machias, with colliers
and supply ships Marcellus, Lebanon
and Supply. They must be at Havana
prior to Feb. 1.
In the year 1898 the increase in
money in circulation all told amount
ed to $176,2OO,O00, of which $12O,2OO,-
900 was lin gold coin, more than two
] thirds of the entire increase. Silver
certificates increased $15000,000, Uni
T ted States notes $50,000,000 and Ma.
tional bank notes $14,500,000.
Cubans in the province Of Santa
Clara are numbering Spanish ex-vol-
unteers. Eight have been killed
within week. Governor-General
Brooke referred the matter to Major
General Bates, military Governor OF
| the Department of Santa Clara, with
directions to punish the guilty.
The Marysville Appeal thinks that
one of the worst features connected
with permitting men to start ON a
hunt for the north pole is that when
they fail to return in due season,
other enthusiastic, but misguided IN
diyiduals consider it their duty to i'm
mediately proceed to look them up,
and likewise disappear forever from
public view.
The North Carolina legislature
meets once in two years, for sixty
days at time, and there is a move
ment afoot in that state to hold a con-
stitutional convention and have the
| legislature meet only once in four
years 1t is only reasonable to expect
| that the public will yet wake up gen.
erally to the threatening aspects of
too much law-making.
Four of the new 12-inch breech-
loading rifed coast defense mortars,
which the Niles Tool Works of Ham
ilton, O., are making for the United
States government, have been snip
ped to the government proving
grounds, Sandy Hook, N. J. The guns
are twelve feet in length, weighing
10000 pounds, and throw 500-pound
dynamite shell ten miles.