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Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

it would seem that there is much to
entitle that burg to such name. At
the gateway, between the north and
south, an object of interest to all who
come among us, it is poor executive
ability that permits such complaints
to be possible. Bakersfield's law Of
ficers should place her in the process
sion.-Los Angeles Times.
Two bicyclists crashed their wheels
together at Pasadena, one of them be-
ing a woman. She was on the right
side of the street, and made the man
pay for repairs to her wheel. The
Los Angeles method is something as
follows: He Is riding in on Main
street, on the right side, she is driving
out, but on her left side. Her course
was triangular, and at Tenth street
she crowded him into hitching post
over which he turned a foot spring
and slid ten feet along the gutter. He
arose with his mouth full of mud and
Volapuk, his body full of pains, and
his soul full of wrath. She eyed him
with disdain. He said, with much feel
ing: my dear madam, you are on the
wrong side Of the street." Dear
nuthin'," she snorted, "guess you don't
own this street." and she drove on.
He emptied his mouth of mud, and;
curtain.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
FILIPINO WAR SUPPLIES.
Come From German Merchants in
Hongkong and Yokohama.

New York-A special to the Herald
from Washington says:
According to verbal reports to the
navy from officers returning from the
Philippines, Aguinaldo continues to
get war supplies through German mer-
chants in Hongkong and Japanese
merchants in Yokohama, although our
consuls have been directed to keep a
sharp lookout for filibustering In
more than one instance British Off
cials have aided the United States in
preventing the shipment of arms from
Hongkong, but officers just returned
say there is no doubt the temptation
offered by Aguinaldo's high prices has
induced merchants to violate the neu-
trality laws and try to force the imper-
feet blockade.
Twelve Spanish gunboats recently
put on blockade duty have done re-
markably good service in cutting off
supplies between different islands.
Last mail reports said they had cap
tured sixteen different cargoes of sup
plies, but not any valuable munitions
of war;
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
OUR NEXT WAR.
Admiral Dewey Says It Will Be With
Germany.


A Tribune special from New York
says that the Herald has special ca
blegram from Trieste, in which Ad-
miral Dewey is quoted as saying, Our
next war will be with Germany"
The prediction of the admiral was
brought about, according to the Her
aid correspondent, by a discussion of
the threatened clash with the German
fleet at Manila. Admiral Dewey is
thus quoted:
prince Henry of Prussia is a man
of the type of his brother, the German
Emperor. Admiral Won Diedrichs was
relieved from his Manila post in ac
cordance with an arrangement of long
standing and because his time was UP,
not as concession, made in friendn-
ness to the American government.
Germany's policy is to prevent other
powers from obtaining what she can
not acquire herself"
The admiral continued: "We need
a large and thoroughly equipped navy
that can cope with any other power.
England is our natural ally, and diff
ferences such as those about the Ven
ezuelan border and the fisheries do
not interfere with friendly under
standing existing between the two ma
tions.
"Our next war will be with Ger
many"
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
DESERTED WHILE DRUNK.
Private Is Returned to Manila for
Court Martial.

San Francisco-On board the trans
port Ohio, which, with the Newport
sailed for the Philippines, was Benja-
min Givens, private of Co. H., Fourth
United States Infantry, manacled and
guarded, to be returned to Manila for
trial upon the charge of "desertion in
the face of the enemy" the penalty for
which is death.
The young soldier has been confined
in the Presidio guard house since last
Friday. He was taken there from the
transport Indiana. When taken before
Colonel Freeman at the Presidio, Civ
ems stated that he had not realized for
week after he deserted his post, the
enormity Of his offense He had been
drinking heavily, and in his half
crazed condition went aboard the In
diana. Four or five days out the first
sergeant of his company, who was
coming home in charge of an insane
soldier, saw him and reported to the
commanding officer. Givens was ar
rested and placed in custody, and as
soon as the vessel arrived he was sent
to the Presidio. Cabled orders from
Manila directed that he be sent back
for court-martial.
Givens deserted from his company
when it was stationed at Blockhouse
No. z, a mile and a half north of Ma
Mia. The command was under fire
constantly from marauding bands.
One day IN the latter part of May he
went to Manila, drank heavily and
cast military obligations to the
winds.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
News of the State, Nation
and the World

Chicago brickmakers have struck,
but we trust they won't throw any.
Last years production of copper in
the United States was 526,375, ,591
pounds.
1t Is absolutely certain that Dewey
would never have been worth cent as
a prize fighter. He cannot make
speech.
The San Rogue mines may not turn
out any gold nuggets, but they have
certainly have developed some mag
nificent liars.
The east is going our earthquake
considerable better with a temperature
hugging the 1O0-degree mark in the
little glass tube. How'd you like to be
parboiled?
Brazil is going to send $4,000 worth
of snakes to the Paris exposition. We
visitors from Kentucky may not think
that something has happened to them.
Manila-The transport Sherman
sailed for San Francisco via Naga-
MIA infantry, consisting of forty eight
officers and $50 men, two batteries Of
California heavy artillery, nine Off
GERS and 866 men, and 275 discharged
soldiers of other regiments.
Washington-The War Department
has received the following from Gen.
Brook at Havana: "Gen. Wood reports
26th: No more cases reported among
troops or government employees. Sani-
tary conditions are excellent. In
tensely hot weather. I think safe to
consider the present epidemic over"
Havana-Senor Escalante, who
claims to be a practical farmer, has
written to the Diaro de la Marina,
taking the ground that the scheme for
importing $4,000 American cattle to
Cuba is impracticable on account Of
the difficulty of acclimating the ami
mails. He asserts that 40 per cent
would die.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
CALIFORNIA PRIDE.
Protest Against Applying the State
Name to a Cruiser.

Washington-A protest has been
been made to the State Department by
people in California against the action
of the secretary in naming one of the
new armored cruisers in honor of that
state. 1t is contended by those max
ing the protest that the state is enti-
tied to the honor of having a first
class battleship named after it.
1t was said at the Navy Department
that the people of California would
have to be satisfied with having tho
name of their state bestowed on an ar
mored cruiser unless they were will
ing to wait until congress authorized
the construction of more first-class
battleships, all those heretofore pro-
vide for having been named.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
Some Aged Birds.

J. II. Gurney, in an article on the
Ibis, has collected from various books
and papers number Of facts regard
ing the age to which birds live. He
mentions an instance of raven having
lived sixty-nine years; a pair of eagle
owls, one Of which is 68 and the other
So years old; Bateleur eagle and a
condor in the geological gardens at
Amsterdam, aged 55 and 52; an i'm
perial eagle Of the age Of So; golden
eagle Of fOrty-six and sea eagle OF
forty-two, and many birds Of the age
of forty downwards are also recorded.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
GIRL POISONS FAMILY.
Woman's Attempt to Kill Parents Re-
suits in Brothers Death.

Carmi, Ill.-Walter S. Warthen, his
wife, son and married daughter and a
neighbor, Barry Carter, were poisoned
Tuesday noon. Mrs. Warthen was taken
i'll during dinner, and the others i'm
mediately afterward. Physicians who
were summoned found their patients
lying upon the floor of the room in
every conceivable position. They found
evidences of arsenical poison, and
worked all night. Wednesday Floyd
Warthen, lad of IA years, died.
Sheriff Ackerman summoned War
then's daughter, Mrs. Ivy Crabtree. and
ELECTED from her confession that she
had put rough on rats in the coffee and
cabbage at dinner. She seemed sorry
over the death of her brother. saying
she did not mean to harm him, bur
showed no feeling but anger in speak
ing or her father and step-mother
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Recent disasters at sea have attract.
ed public attention to certain inevita-
BILE gaps In the system maintained for
the safety Of passengers. Two Of the
most noteworthy of these wrecks were
that Of the Mohegan last autumn, in
which more than 100 lives were lost,
and that of the Paris few weeks ago,
both off the southern coast of England,
within few miles Of shore. In both
cases the cause was that the vessels
were steering wrong course. They
were headed straight for the reefs, and
struck; that was all there was to it.
In the case of the Mohegan the cap
tain and his four chief officers were
lost with the ship, along with large
part Of the crew; and it will never be
known why the mistake was made.
The excuse made for the officers of the
Paris is that the route was a new one
and they were not thoroughly accus.
toned to it. Some mention Is made of
alterations inethe compass. The public
wants to understand why such acct
dents can happen. 1t also wants to un-
derstand why the arrangements for
launching boats are Of such antiquated
and absurd nature that in accidents
like that Of La BOurgogne and the
Mohegan, where only few minutes
are allowed for rescue, the life-saving
system proves totally untrustworthy.
A writer in Harper's Magazine calls
attention to the amazing apathy of
ship-owners with regard to this matter
of the life-boats. The pattern Of davits
still In use on most of the ocean steam
ers is said to be criminally inadequate
While in calm sea, and in daylight
with full crew of sailors to each boat
and no hurry, very pretty boat drill
can be carried through, in an hour OF
emergency the system usually breaks
down. The davits are so constructed that
when the ship is listing or rolling bad;
ly, as it is sure to do in wreck, the
boats on the upper side of the vessel
cannot be launched, or at any rate NO
passenger can be safely embarked in
them; and the tackle is said to be fire.
quently in such poor condition that
several of the boats are useless under
any conditions when time is limited
The magazine writer calls attention to
the fact that numerous devices have
ben patented In the past few years,
any one Of which would obviate most
of these difficulties; yet the ship-own-
ers continue 20 cling to the old system,
and only when a great disaster occurs
is there any public agitation of the
matter. 1t is also suggested that the
tremendous responsibility of navigat-
ing the ship when sailing along coast
should not rest solely on the captain OF
on any one man.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
their names will be used In large type
in all the Partisan journals.

In almost every city and town of the
country, young men in soldier dress are
amid the plaudits of their townsmen,
and greeted on their return as heroes,
many of them continue to pose on the
reputation Of their past. There can be
no greater mistake.
The praise that spurs thee on
And higher lifts thy quest
Heaven send thee! Better none
Than in it thou shouldst rest.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

EQuus Is becoming antiquated. His
hoof rings hollow on the pave. Even
where followed by the pneumatic tire,
he seems to be pursued. rather than to
draw. Paris is alive with automobiles.
Throughout France the devOtees are
installing a system Of stations at which
motors may be recharged. Here may
Equus' ghost eat his electric oats.
From France across the channel is but
to the quarter post. London has
caught the fever. Her gloomy fogs are
pierced by two strange, horrid eyes;
the lamp-eyes of the horseless car
riage. So in that land where a hors
was once worth a kingdom at auction
or Richard bluffed, you'll soon be
worth, EQuus, just the value Of the
gelatine in your hoofs, less 40 per cent,
5 per cent. off for cash. The Atlantic
is the home stretch and over this some
passing breeze has already waited the
automobile bacillus. and set it buzzing
In the bonnet Of new-world capital.
Immediately, yea over night, the New
Jersey mushroom bed bursts to three
fresh, huge fungi in the form Of mill
ion-dOllar automobile manufacturing
companies. And SO, Equus, do not say
neigh, but go. Dives shall sell his
horseshoe stock-gol Yet not you, and
not l. shall much mourn your Danish
mcnt from the stony-streeted town.
Your life there has ever been life of
abject thraldom; the country life is the
better life for man. and the better yet
for beast. When the good days come
and your twinkling feet 60 rollicking
round the green pasture again, or, in
the workday, shall only dimple the
plant fallow lands sweet with the
smell Of fresh-turned earth; then again
will life be worth the living.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
SPUNKY KANSAS GIRLS.

independence, Kan.-The girls
clubs of several Southern Kansas
towns have resolved never to marry a
young man unless he served with the
famous Twentieth Kansas regiment.
They say they are determined to keep
their agreement, and that sooner than
marry man who stayed at home,
they will remain single all their lives.
They intend to give the boys of the
regiment a big reception when they re-
turn.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
A $4,000 Dinner.

The bill for the Bradley Martin din
ner in New York for eighty-six per-
sons footed up $9,525, of which $53
was olives, caviare, celery, radishes and
bread, which shows that the Bradley
Martins do not overlook the little lux
uries to q dinner.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Aware that there had been mo mas
ter in English literature during the last
thee centuries who had not been also
master of the English Bible" Har-
ward professor has recently assigned
that book to his classes for continuous
reading.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Generally speaking, the wages Of sin
is DEATH, but it must be confessed that
now and then the wages of sin has
very much the appearance Of fat divi-
dends on very highly watered stock.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

The people of Iceland would like to
be connected with the rest Of the wGrld
by cable, SO that they might call down
occasionally through the summer and
innocently ask If it is hot enough for us.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

A group consisting Of Dreyfus re-
stored to liberty and Esterhazy and Du
Patty de Clam in handouts would make
q tremendous drawing card at the
Paris exposition.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

One Of the most interesting incidents
OF the opening Of the twentieth century
will be the changing Of the Russian cal
.endars 90 as to make 1t conform to that
used by the rest Of the civilized world.
Steps to that end are already being
taken by order of the Russian Govern
mafsf
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Men are fond of laughing at women
for their impractical clothing, in which
comfort and convenience are sacrificed
FOR looks. But what could be more
comfortable than the shirt waist, and
1at could be more senseless than the
.sculine custom of topping an outing
with a stiffiy starched cruelty
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

The claim Of General Joe Wheeler
that the American soldier has no equal
In the world Is enormously called a
theory. 1t is an incontrovertible fact.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11


kalist plot against the
4 France has been re-
ever a crowd of royal
Of the races or of auto
pms they have their alb
a shade stronger, glare
SIS a cafe table. shout
se republicw and go
creme in the conscious
frightful plot will be
the morning and that
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11
DEATH OF A TRAITOR.
Corporal Hayes Killed While Fighting

Corporal Hayes Killed While Fighting
for the Enemy.
Kansas City-The Star says that the
tragic scene which attended the death
of Corporal Leonard Hayes, Americas
only traitor in the Philippines, was
witnessed by Sergt. George A. La
marsh of Co. H, Twentieth Kansas
volunteers, now in this city. Sergt.
Lamarsh went to the Philippines with
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

"Unchristian conduct" is about the
easiest thing to convict church mem
Der Of. Nearly everybody has been
guilty Of 1t some time.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Whether the children are being over
educated or not, it Is fact some OF
them want to know things their elders
cannot answer.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

q time not SO very remote
Dreyfus agitation would
4ipitated a revolution in
& may have been a narrow
time, but it is an escape.
ing is that France, long the
,ng nations for unreason-
bleness, impetuOsity and
has become more amena-
has become cooler and
to consider expediency
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

There always have been a great
many George WIS in this country, and
the next century will have as many
George DIS.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

aThe American girl is winning her
way says a learned editorial. That's
partly because the American girl is
winning.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

An era of universal peace might en-
able the magazines to finish up their
war articles within the next century
and get back to the original basis.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

The Boston Globe says every farm
managed by a woman Is restored
Eden. When did Madame Eve en-
deavor to run the ranch?
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Regarding modern progress for the
Chinese, It may be said that so long as
they wear queues they will hang be-
hind.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

A French scientist proposes to work
mp q lot of artificial clouds for the
Paris exposition. One would suppose
they had enough of the real article to
make good showing.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

It's all right to put captured Spanish
guns on exhibition In the parks over
the country. They had no show during
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

A Hungarian by the name Of Daver
kosen robbed a church box In San
Francisco the other day of 80 cents,
was csusht and sentenced to imprison-
. days later the man was
he had been left heir to a
B00, 900 by his mother-in-
happy sequel to an arrest
wever, encourage others
pch boxes. All mothers
so accommodating.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

The soldiers of the army Of the Uni
ted States are experts on climate,
whose testimony would go In any court.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

One may speculate on the prospects
of flying machine, but it is unsafe to
take flyer on 1t.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Guest-What have you got?
Waiter-I've got liver. calf's brains
pigs feet
Gnest-I don't want description of
your physical peculiarities. What
you nave got to eat is what I want to
know.-Tit- Bits.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

montana copper production for the
month OF May amounted to nearly 22.-
O0O, 900 pounds.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

You want the doctor in a hurry. Are
you In as big hurry to pay him?
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

A man can be popular idol In France
about twenty-four hours.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

A sick man never looks as sick as 9
sick women.
Mesa free press., 1899-08-11

Germany's idea or arbitration is SYM
bolized by Krupp gun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17

him civic duty was meaningless combination
OF foreign words. But the greaser Is q grega-
rious animal In his hours OF ease, and he loves
music and oratory, while fireworks, barbecued
meats and good carousc things for which
his soul longs. As soon as tho border politicians
discovered this the corral came.
But TO see the corral right, 1t must be seen tho
night before the election. Every Mexican voter
for miles around will have conc to town, for,
in the sparscly populated counties of Southwest
Texas all tho county votes at the county site. He
will have been captured by the heelers OF ono or
tho other corral, and effectuay guarded At
this stage OF the game the doors carefully
guarded and who enters tho big board enclosure
leaves all hope Of getting out behind until he has
been voted Al the entrance the band plays
for all IL Is WORTH while on the inside beer flows
in a steady stream; the carcasses smoke over the
pits: an occasional rocket Kisses skyward and
hrecrackers add additional noise TO the babel Of
voices speaking the bastard border Spanish.
Late In the night when the enclosure Is packed
TO Its full capacity, a supply Of fiery mescal Is
added TO the beer, and the door is locked. And
when the potent distillation Of the maguey has
had time 10 get in Its work. stupor comes to the
temporary population Of tho corral, and its votes
are tolerably secure
On election day the Me1icans arc taken 70 the
polls In punches Of from Ave to ten and voted.
They go willingly as soon as the stupor induced
by the mixture Of beer and mescal has worn of,
for there Is another drink for them soon as tho
ballot Is cast
On tho way nom the corral to the voting place
acts OF piracy used sometimes TO be committed.
Opposing party heelers would swoop suddenly
down on a party OF Mexicans as they were being
led 70 tho ballot box, overpower their guards,
and for the price Of two drinks secure their votes
But such acts often led 70 bloodshed, and neither
public sentiment nor political ethics on tho border
sanctions them any longer and once the Mexican
Is coralled these days his vote Is practically
assured the party that oorrals him.