Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
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and the World


punctured nowadays.
The Filipinos are fast preparing to
embrace the cars disarmament prop
ositiOn.
A New Yorker was recently cowhid-
ed by woman in a brewery. 1t doubt
less drove him to drink.
Wheaton's flying brigade may be
expert on the fly, but Aguinaldo's
merry men appear to be flyer.
The president of France gets sal
ary of $25O,OOO year, and expenses.
Few men, even in the newspaper bus
mess, reap such harvest as this.
The Cuban army will not get even
the $3,OOO,OOO unless that ridiculous
Cuban assembly turns over the mill
tary rolls. Uncle Sam is not to be
bluffed.
If John Bull wants to trade us Can
ada for the Philippines, we might take
the swap into consideration, for we
feel sure that the Canadians could be
conquered by affection.
MACHINISTS WANTED: Lieut..
Wells, in command of the naval re-
cruiting station in Chicago, has re-
ceived instructions to enlist an un-
limited number of first-class machin-
lists for service in the navy.
The fact that Helen Gould is a wo-
man prevents the Introduction into
the field of politics of the name of one
who would prove to be a mighty pop
ular candidate. for any Office sought,
asserts tho San Francisco Post.
The. Baltimore American refers
the loss of "La Burgogne" as "the
greatest ocean disaster of the year
just closed This will cause the
r.er who were with Dewey and Samp-
son to smile audibly, remarks the San
Francisco Post.
BOSTON: The monthly report of
| the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
shows the gross earnings as $3,O26, ZIG,
! a. decrease of $112,940 over the same
month last year. The expenses were
81, ,931, 900, an increase of $87,761. The
net earnings were $240,7 a decrease
of $1S5,272.
| NEW YORK: Before the departure
of Secretary Alger from Washington
| he approved a circular authorizing
fcandies in half-poun6 pack
ages TO be kept on hand for sale as
staples TO officers and enlisted men OF
1.-THE army. This is similar to the ac-
tion taken in the European armies,
passed on recent discoveries as to the
| food value of sugar.
COIN" HARVEY AGAIN: w. Fl.
("Coin") Harvey has resigned as
general manager of the ways and
means committee of the Democratic
committee, and Sam B. Cook of Mis-
souri, has been appointed in his place.
Harvey gives as the cause of his res
ignation that he could not get the
committee to agree on what he
thought was practical, business like
and aggressive policy.
LONDON: William Thomas Jag
gers, the British messenger boy who
was recently sent from London by
Richard Harding Davis to deliver mes
sages ahead of the mails to friends OF
Mr.. Davis in New York, Philadel-
phia and Chicago, arrived in this city
on his return trip at 10 O'Clock. Thurs
day morning, some hours after the
mails of the American line steamer ST.
Louis, in which vessel Jaggers sailed
from NewYork, were delivered. Davis
and a party of. friends awaited the
messenger at Waterloo railroad sta
ton and presented Jaggers with a
silver medal inscribed Richard Hard
ing Davis to William Thomas Jag
gers
MORTON'S NEW PARTY: ]. Ster-
'irg Morton is to lead in forming new
political party, which he declares will
be the greatest political organization
since the formation of the Republican
party. Mr.. Morton says: | have the
utmost faith in the plan. The party
will be organized on the Fourth of July,
and will stand for conservatism
pre-eminently. No doubt the platform
will contain some elements common to
all parties, but the keynote will be
conservatism. There is vast field for
the new party's operations. Before
July 4th call will be issued outlining
the plan, and it will be signed by men
of national fame and of tried political
worth"