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Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

patronesses have publicly objected, and
as the announcements said rather more
about them than about the entertain
ment it seems that they have some
right to feel aggrieved. 1t is difficult
to see what the 'patronesses" have to
do with this or great many other en-
terprises which they are said to be pat
ronizing, anyway. Possibly it Is COM
fort to some people who buy tickets to
the entertainment to know that they
are patronizing show which also en-
joys the patronage of some very
wealthy women; but it is difficult to see
how 1t makes the show any better.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
TIMES AND MINING.
GOLD FROM PERRls.

The New Era of PERKS, Riverside
county, CAL, says that from January l..
1899, to April %, say three months and
TWENTY-FIVE days, Hook Bros, mer-
chants in Ferris, have shipped to Los
Angeles gold bricks valued at $4,000.
This is an excellent showing consider
ing. as states the New Era, that all
that gold ..has been abstracted from
the taflings from the Good Hope and
Santa Rosa mines The tailings, which
at one time were considered of no
value, are now put through the cyanide
process, and up to Monday the amount
of gold obtained is as above stated.
At each of the above mines there are
thousands of tons of tailings still to
be put through the process, and it is
estimated that the yield of gold from
them will not fall short of 100000
At Kingman, Ariz., it is stated that
Los Angeles parties have purchased
the Iowa mine from Swikard & Gross.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
new YORK WINS.
1t is Almost Certain That New York
Wins and the Pacific Coast Will Not
Have a Chance to Extend the First
Greetings to Our Manila Heroes.


Washington-"Sen Olympia's mail
to B. F. Stevens, No. Trafalgar
Square, London, England" was the no.
tice given out at the navy department..
This is the first formal indication that
the famous flagship is coming home
Immediately. Upon inquiry it was as
certained that Secretary Long had ca.
bled Admiral Dewey permission to re-
turn at once to the United States. He
has been relieved of the obligation Of
remaining at Manilaunt the Philippine
commission completes it's work. He is
not even required to await the ceSSa-
ton of hostilities but may start home
ward at once. The notice posted at the
navy department indicates that the
Olympia will not remain long enough,
to receive the next outward mail. Mr..
Stevens referred to is the navy depart
ment's agent at London to distribute
all of the mail for United States war
ships in European waters, so he will
see to it that the Olympia receives her
mail as soon as she passes the Suez
Canal.
1t is estimated at the navy depart
ment that Dewey will reach the Unit
ed States in time for a national demon
stration on the Fourth OF July next.
The Olympia will not come under full
steam, but nevertheless she should
make the run to the United States in
about fifty-five days from Manila. That
she is to come to New York is nearly
certain, as shown by the following re-
Spouse made by Secretary Long to the
urgent messages of invitation to Dew
ey from Mayor Van Wyck Of New
York. 1t may be stated that this was
sent before the notice was sent to
Dewey that he might come home at
once:
Navy Department, Washingt6n-Sir
am in receipt of your telegram with
regard to the return of Admiral Dewey
and expressing desire that he arrive
first in tue country at New York. The
time of his return has not been fixed,
and the department has taken no 9TH
er action than to authorize his return
whenever the condition of the peace
commission shall permit AS to the
route he shall take in returning, the
department is inclined to leave that to
him. He has served with great abil-
ity and must necessarily feel so much
the effect of his arduous lahors in
trying climate and under trying cir
cumstances that the department is dis
posed to let him govern himself in
this respect largely by the considera-
ton of his own personal convenience
and wish. 1t is understood, however,
that Admiral Dewey will elect to re-
turn to New York. Very respectfully,
JOHN ID. LONG, Secretary.
Hon. Robert Van Wyck, Mayor.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

Funston, Twentieth Kansas infantry,
and Maj. w. A. Kobbe, commanding
two battalions of the Third United
States artillery Serving as infantry,
have again proved in actual field SER
vice their capacity and fitness for their
responsible posts and their fitness and
gallantry under fire. / again recon-
mend them, and each of them, for such
special mark of distinction as the
commanding general and the war de-
partment may be pleased to confer
upon them 'on their merits.
cit is my grevious task to have to
report that the casualties of the bril-
gade during the seven days opera
tons particularly described in this re-
port aggregated 1876 in killed and
wounded, thus swelling the brigade's
total casualties in battle since the out
break of the rebellion to 285, or con-
siderably more than 10 per cent of the
average effective strength of the COM
mand actually engaged In the cam
paign from first to last"
1.-THE report states in the outset, that
III the earlier operations the brigade
included, besides the regiments named,
the Tenth Pennsylvania infantry (six
companies), commanded by Col. A. L.
Hawkins, but shortly before the march
on Malolos began this regiment was
transferred, for tactical reasons, to
Hale's brigade, the Second, of the
same division. Up to the date of Brig
Gen. Otis report, April I'd, the casual
ties in the entire Eighth army corps
had reached HOO in killed and wound
ed. BY April %, according to the cables
of Maj.-Gen. E. S. Otis, they had in
creased to 1900, and since then they
must have reached about 1900.
AS to the effective strength Of the
brigade in this campaign, the report
says. after mentioning the transfer,
to the Second brigade, of the Tenth
Pennsylvania regiment:
This left the First brigade with an
effective strength on the fighting line
on the morning Of March 25, OF 2184
officers and men, The number of eff
fectives on March 26 was 20S7; and this
small number was further reduced
from day to day by casualties in the
several combatS which took place dur
ing the advance on the rebel capital."l
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

A papal consistory will be held at
Rome at the end of June for the nom
nation of ten cardinals.
Sixty suicides of persons unable to
pay their rent occurred in Paris dur
ing the week before last.
Birmingham, Eng.-At meeting of
the committee of Birmingham UniVer
sity, resolution was adopted accept
ing the offer of Andrew Carnegie to
donate $4,000 to the university.
London-The Saturday Review
claims to have particular information
to the effect that the present lull in
Carlos will soon submit his fortunes
to final issue.
The divorce court in London is doing
a rapidly increasing business. In 1898
there were $50 suits for divorce, an in
crease of Is per cent over the preced-
ing year. This year there are 72O pc
titions for absolute divorce.
notwithstanding to a dispatch
from Cairo to the Daily Mail, the di-
rector of the Egyptian museum has
discovered the mummy of Thothmes ]
of the eighteenth dynasty, B. c., 1888,
and three other mummies in gilt cot
fins.
Washington-The state department
has been informed that the Duke of
ARGOS will present his credentials to
the President as Minister of Spain
early in June, and that Hon. Bellamy
Storer will be received by the Queen
Regent of Spain at the same time.
Kingston, Representative
interpellated the government as to
whether it intends to take steps to urge
upon the imperial government the ne
cessity of securing American reciproc-
ity before it is too late. The reply
was that the government would do
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
ANGRY JACKIEs.
They Want Transportation to Their
Homes.

New York-There are hundreds of
angry Jack Tars ON the cruiser Buff
falo, just in from Manila by way of
the Suez canal. They all enlisted at
San Francisco, and their grievance is
on the question of Transportation home
There is some question about the gov
eminent providing it, and the men
are making angry protest to the navy
department. They are nearly all west
erners, and shipped at San Francisco
on the Monterey, Boston, Baltimore
and Charleston.
Admiral Dewey has 600 over time
men to send, and as 500 of them had
shipped on the Atlantic coast, it was
deemed advisable to send them all by
way of Suez to New York. 1t is as
serted that the men who are now COM
planning, in their anxiety to get home,
waived transportation. The men are
all veterans of the war, and there
will be a disposition at the navy de-
partment to treat them with every
consideration.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
MORE GOLD DISCOVERIES.
Rich Finds Reported on Snake and
Koyukuk Rivers.

Rich Finds Reported on Snake and
Koyukuk Rivers.
San Francisco-The Examiner prints
a story regarding the new gold discov-
cries at Point Nome, in Alaska, which
it's advices declare to exceed in rich
ness those of the Klondike. The strike
is on the Snake river and it's tribu-
taries, about twenty miles back from
Cape Nome, and 120 miles from ST..
Michael, just outside the st. Michael
military reservation of the United
States government. The mines are all
in American territory.
Reports from miners on the ground
say that it is only six feet to bedrock,
and the ground is alleged to pay from
the surface. A stampede from Dawson
to the new gold field is predicted. Leon
Sloss of the Alaska Commercial COM
pany points out the fact that these dig
gings seem to be in well-defined belt,
which takes in the Klondike country,
the Forty Mile and Circle City mines,
the Koyukuk strikes, and passes on
through the Snake river region into
Siberia. Rich finds are also reported
on the Koyukuk river, one of the
northern tributaries Of the Yukon
These are also on American soil.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

The Mennonites select pastors by lot,
and the ceremonies by which the selec-
ton is made are conducted with great
elaboration and solemnity. The people
meet in church, and after preliminary
religious services, committee retires
to an anteroom. A Bible FOR each can
didate for the pastoral Office Is pro-
cured, and into one Of the sacred vol
umes slip of white paper. is inserted.
The books are intermingled and placed
on a table. when each candidate adj
yances. selects Bible and seats him
self. The Bibles are then examined by
the bishop, and the possessor of the one
in which the slip of paper is found be-
comes the apparently predestined pas
tor. Ordination follows; the congrega-
ton unite In praise and thanksgiving,
satisfied and happy in the belief that
the choice is by Divine appointment.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

famous Cuban soldier, will be one of
the first pupils Of the school.
Governor Gage made the following
appointments to the positions named:
Adolph Greeninger, member of the
board of managers of Agnews state
asylum, vice Frank H. Gould. Trustees
of the San Francisco state normal
school-M. Cooney and Judge S. G.
benson, each four years; F. o. Hyde,
three years; w. G.. Jobson, two years,
and H. G. w. Dinklespeil, one year.
San Jose state normal school-Judge
Frank Short, Fresno, and State Sena-
tor Frank j. Leavitt, Oakland, each
four years; Assemblman George w.
Pierce, Davisville, three years; DR.. H.
G. Brown, San Jose, two years, and
George Sweiger, San Jose, one year.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

The popular idea of the upper-class
Frenchwoman is that she is exceeding
ly fond Of dress and style, and the de-
voted slave of the latest fashions. The
serious side of her nature is not so well
known. uow7n-Apy readers are aware,
for instance, that among the French-
women of the better class there is an
order numbering eighty thousand mem
bers, whose aim Is the alienation of
suffering and the general uplifting of
their unfortunate neighbors? 1t is said
that more than one hundred thousand
Frenchwomen are trained and ready to
go on the battlefield as nurses or ''emer-
gency sisters" in the event of war.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
STRIKE OF MOLYBDENUM.

The Seattle ost-Intelligencer prints
special from Chelan, Wash, an
nouncing the discovery of some de-
posts of molybdenum in that dis
trict. The dispatch states that the
"molybdenum is massive-from the
size of ones fist to that of a ten-quart
pail. Lying imbedded in this is
white quartz, carrying free gold and
silver assaying So. All this is on the
surface and may be traced readily the
length of the claim. On the same
property is an eight-foot ledge of white
quartz bearing free gold. and here,
also. are found deposits of other
metal"
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

II the law enabled every person in.
jured or the heirs Of every person killed
by fire or in attempting to escape from
fire in a public inn or hotel to collect a
considerable fixed sum by prompt
and approximately summary process
the precautions against fires and
against fatal consequences from them
would be made very much more effec.
tive. The vigilance and ingenuity OF
the innkeeper would be far more effec.
tive than any official supervision.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

Even Italy makes demands upon
China. This is probably to get q new
market for macaronL The flowery
kingdom must get into European ways
and absorb the goods of foreign devils
or there will be the devil TO pay. Eng
land has forced her to buy opium.
France has absinthe for sale, Germany
wants the Mongolian to soak In innocu-
GUS beer, and the United States will sell
him cigarettes. The heather Chinee is
certainly up against a demoralizing
game when he attacks occidental CIV
ilization.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

Bismarck, In speaking about those
people who are always complaining of
the behavior Of the police, said: 81 am
reminded of the story of the police COM
missioner of Hanover. A wealthy man
complained to MIN that the policemen
were unnecessarily abrupt in address
ing the public. Well, you see,' said the
commissioner, I've advertised for soci
ETY. men to join the force, but can't get
thempn
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

President Mckinley proposes to
make tour Of the west during his
coming summer vacation. Arrange
ments for the trip have not been per-
fected. but 1t Is understood that he
will go to San Francisco by the
Southern Pacific route and return to
this city on board special train of
the Northern Pacific, stopping en- route
at Yellowstone Park, and other points
of interest. He will leave about the
middle of July, and be gone probably
six weeks.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

The New York Tribune is authority
for the statement that splitting in public
places Is actually on the decrease In
that city. This seems to show that it
does sometimes pay to interfere with
what other people seem to consider
their rights.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

The so-called endurance sport, six
day bicycle races, has been prohibited
In New York. Among the bills passed
by the Legislature of the State was
one making 1t a misdemeanor for the
proprietor, occupant or lessee of a place
where bicycle races are held to allow q
contestant to continue in race for a
longer time than fifteen hours during
twenty four hours.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

A progressive dinner party is the
latestfad. Weary Willie, Dusty Roads
and FloYery Fields were the origina-
tors Of che game, but 1t never became
really popular until society took it up.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

Warships deteriorate more by being
put out of commission than when kept
in service. This is on the principle
often observed among men who are
spelling for fight.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

1t appears that the young dancing
woman in an Eastern city who embel-
lished the announcement Of her public
entertainment by long list of names
Of very distinguished 'patrOnesses" did
not go to the trouble Of asking the pat
rOaessas'" permission. Some Of the
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

. Do what they will with automobiles,
the horse that is driven out of business
by them will perchance take his re-
venge in the form of beef, and do his
best kicking in the stomachs of his
eyfcters
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

"Come and dine with us tomorrow"
said the old fellow who had made his
money and wanted to push his way into
society. Sorry" replied the elegant
man, II can't; I'm going to see Ham
let" ''That's all right" said the hos
pitable old gentleman; "bring him with
you."-Tit-B Bits.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

Under the new law it seems to be
actually becoming fashionable to go
into bankruptcy. especially among
theatrical people.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

When the Kaiser now goes on board
the admiral's ship in his navy every
Jack tar will recognize the Emperor at
once. His will be the only mustache
on board.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

Johnny has been playing around the
piano and has had fall. what are
you bawling about" asked BERTHE, con-
temptuOusly; cit was the soft pedal
your head hit."-BOstOn Gazette.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

The new mining law of the state Of
Washington will go into effect on the
Sth of June; that is, the constitutional
limitation of ninety days after the ad-
journment of the legislature, which
occurred March 8.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

In Cuba every other man must be a
colonel That's q result of having an
army Of $4,000 with 5000 officers.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

The effort to provide homes In this
country and Canada for the Russian
sect called the DOukhobOrs, Of whom
the total number is about 10000, gives
prominence to one Of the most curious
religious bodies that are to be found
anywhere in the world. The real title
Of the body Is the Universal Brother
hood Christians, and 1t was first heard
Of In 1850. The leaders trace their orr
gin to the English .Quakers, although
there are now remaining few traces of
the parent religion. They are described
as "peaceable, simple and devout, and
they live the communal Hfe." At one
time they numbered more than 10000,
but prosecutions and efforts to repress
them in Russia have reduced their mum.
Der about one-half. Their form Of be-
lief is peculiar and strange. They deny
the existence OF q personal God, and
their doctrine of the Trinity is> that
Memory is God the Father, Reason is
God the Son and Will is God the Holy
Ghost. They believe in the immortality
Of the soul, but hold that an infant is
soulless and that it does not possess a
soul until the fifteenth or sixteenth
year Of its. life. They deny human au-
,thority over them and denounce the
forcing of one man to do the bidding Of
another, but they are in no sense revo-
lutionists and their only resistance to
the government Is their refusal to take
up arms in it's behalf. Their domestic
affairs are as anomalous as their faith.
Their family ties are based entirely
upon mutual love and affection, but
their marriages, or unions, are binding
upon neither husband nor wife. They
have been most inhumanly prosecuted
in Russia. In August, 1899, the entire
body was banished to Siberia under a
ukase that provided that they should be
kept for life at hard labor land that
they should never have the chains re-
moved from their hands and feet In
1882 they were permitted to colonize q
Siberian farm, but in 1889 their farm
was seized and the able bodied men
were all forced into the army. Ins186O
they were permitted to return to Rus
STA, and about $1,000 Of them came
back, but they. were driven from one
part of the country to the other and
were finally removed to the Caucasus.
About two years ago they were given
permission to emigrate at their own ex-
pense, and the cost of this movement
was, by the efforts of Count Tolstoi.
contributed by the English Quakers. A
colony of about LOO was sent to Cy-
,prus and another body is to be sent to
Western Canada. In this country there
is committee which has taken up the
cause Of these refugees, at the head of
which is William d. Howells, the novel
list. of New York. Jane Adams, of
Chicago is also an active member of
this board.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
The pump trust has been organized
with everything right up to the handle.

Some nations seem to think that that
Dpen door In China is an illimitable cow
pasture.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

China may yet have to live in a
shanty boat IL she doesn't quit leasing
her land to foreign powers.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

The eminent scientist, Prof. Koch, OF
Berlin, who has achieved much fame
and brought great blessings to human.
ity by running down microbes to their
native lair, has departed for the Orient
and the tropics on still hunt for the
origin of malaria. Naturally it occurred
to so clever a man as the professor to
look for the origin of malaria among
the Malays, from whom 1t unQuestion-
ably derives its name, and we have no
doubt that in a few weeks or months
we shall hear that the bacilli are In full
retreat, seeking refuge in the dense jun
giles or in the caves Of ocean. When
the professor succeeded in capturing
the cholera bacillus fifteen years ago he
discovered that 1T was comma, and he
is inclined to believe that the same
description will be applicable to the
malaria bacillus. This, however, is Wig
sorously disputed by scientists living In
the low and marshy districts Of the
Middle West, who maintain that mala-
ria is not a comma, but a period, and
who steadily contend that the only way
Of destroying the bacilli is to drown
them out with whisky and Quinine at
the ratio of 16 to /. On account of the
popularity Of this life-renewing remedy
the efforts of the professor to stamp out
malaria are surveyed with hostility in
malarial selections. Many excellent
verses have been written in delineation
of that phase Of human suffering COM
monty termed "fever and ager," and
we remember reading last fall very
beautiful contribution from poet, be-
ginning ''The chill Of yester cen is with
me STILL" thereby disproving the popu-
lar theory that chill returns every
other or third day. Lord Byron's IA
nous poem, ''The Prisoner with Chill
On" is much inquired for In literary
circles in the swamp lands, and fairly
divides patronage with "Chilled Har-
ODDS Pilgrimage" Naturally Prof.
Koch's Investigations will excite de-
gree of curiosity, but we advise him In
advance that he cannot sell any ma
laria lymph in the part Of the world Of
which we write. Its people are conserv-
alive and never desert a tried and
faithful household remedy for any new
tangled medicines.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26
COMING WEST.

The President to Visit San Fran
cisco.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-05-26

San Francisco-At Point Iona, near
San Diego, the United Brotherhood,
headed by Mrs. Tingley, is erecting a
school for the purpose of educating
Cubans in methods of self-support. 1t
is proposed to receive and instruct
young Cubans in relays of twenty-five
who are to be sent back home to i'm
part their new ideas of thrift and lib
erty to their ellow-countrymen. 1t is
said that Santiago Maceo, son OF the