Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-05-25

must be in bank before the recon-
struction of the Dewey arch is at
tempted, can possibly be raised. 1.-THE
interest is dead" he said, land there
is no definite plan in view to revive
it,"
Five hundred core makers in the en-
ploy Of Fraser & Chalmers, the Web
ster Manufacturing Company, the
Gates Iron Works and a number of
other concerns at Chicago, have gone
OH a. strike because of refusal Of the
foundrymen to advance wages 21A cents
an hour, which would have made their
wages 271A cents an hour.
The next conference Of the B'nai
Birth, it was decided at Chicago,
will be held in New Orleans in
1905. The order has been in session
at Chicago several days, and con-
cluded it's session by the election Of
officers, Leon Levy Of New York be-
ing chosen president, and Jacob Furth
of st. Louis, vice-president.
The Great Northern Railway has
placed 10000 shares Of it's stock on sale
at par for it's employees at minneapolis.
No employee receiving $4,000 year or
over may buy stock, and none may
hold more than $4,000 worth. Service
Of three years or more is necessary for
purchasing employees. AS the stock is
worth $155 share, this action means
a gift of over 100000 to its employees.
The body of Charles Morton, former
night clerk Of the Southern Hotel, who
disappeared after resigning his posi-
ton, was found in room at the Re-
gent Hotel, st. Louis. He had evil
IDENTIFY ended his life with carbolic acid.
The dead man was one Of the most
widely known hotel clerks in the coun,
try. Previous to going to st. Louis
he was for many years at the Grand
Pacific in Chicago.
A Menominee, Mich, dispatch says
the forest fires are abating. The danger
Of Fisher being burned is past Sew
eral camps of the Wisconsin Land and
Lumber Company, near Herkmansville,
and valuable timber land, burned to-
day. Rain fell. Superintendent
Stephenson of the boom company says
the burned district covers an area Of
thirty-seYen miles to the north and
west of Menominee. The total damage
is estimated at $4,000.
The Munich Allegemein Zeitung, the
Kreuz Zeitung and other papers point
out that a representative of the Fort
Wayne Knitting Company has hired
a large number Of ChemnitZ knitters.
on a binding contract for $4,000 each,
and has departed unmolested. The
i Chemnitz manufacturers are described
as greatly indignant. The papers as
sert that another American agent has
appeared at Chemnitz, bent upon a
similar errand, and they demand inter-
ference by the German authorities.
claiming that such methods are IL
legal.
The activity Of Vesuvius is becoming
more formidable and the observatory
officials announce that the seismic in
struments are extremely agitated. A
thick column of smoke is issuing from
the crater, and the earthquakes are
violent. The cable-car service at Mt.
Vesuvius has been suspended on ac-
count of eruptions. Four Englishmen
attempted to ascend the mountain on
foot, and, eluding the vigilance Of the
carbineers, who form Gordon at a
height beyond which the ascent is con-
sidered unsafe, they approached the
, summit. Suddenly the volcano belched
: forth a stream of lava and stones,
which descended upon the foolhardy
tourists, who were rescued in ter
ribly bruised condition.