Mesa free press., 1900-06-22
TELEGRAPH|C RESUME
The Beers and English Still
Vigorously Contesting
OTHER HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
Rported From All Parts of The World Which
Are of Particular Moment to the Busy
Reader.
Reader.


picker rurales to attend the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition at Buffalo as compli-
mentary bodyguard to the President
Of the United States.
The levee at Amesvi11e. La, located
on the right bank of the Mississippi
River, five miles above New Orleans,
caved in. The break is now 20 feet
wide and spreading. The river is not
very high but the waters are rushing
through the gap, and serious damage
may result.
In the contest over the will of the late
Robert Bonner. the publisher. at New
York, Robert Edwin Bonner testified
that after his fathers death he found
$70, 900 worth of bonds between the
leaves of an old magazine in a book
case. He said that his father had told
him where they were concealed.
John A. Graham of Savannah, Ca,
capitalist and senior partner of the
Mark, Fla, shot and killed City Coun-
Gilman John Bradford Of Tallahassee,
manager of Graham's large sawmill
at ST. Mark. The men had dispute
over the settlement Of some business
accounts.
S. H. H. Clark, q director of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, it's
former vce-president and general man
ager, first vice-presidnt of the Texas
and Pacific. and the International and
Great Northern, and formerly general
manager Of the Union Pacific, died
at Asheville,N. C. He was in his
sixty eighth year.
The President Of Chile in opening
Congress said that Chile was at peace
with all the world, and expressed the
hope of an early settlement of the
questions pending between Peru and
Bolivia. He announced a bumget sur
plus of $16,00O,O00 said the financial
condition was flourishing, and that
new railroads and public works will
be pushed.
Presidnet E. III. Gary of the Federal
Steel Company, which controls the
Illinois Steel Companys Mills at South
Chicago, made the following statement
at New York: "The Illinois Steel Com
pany has closed it's plant and slabbing
mills, partly because orders were COM
ing in slowly just now. We expect
to reopen our Joliet mills by the middle
of the month"
The drill at the parade grounds at
Potsdam was witnessed by Empress
Augusta Victoria from a window of
the Schloss Behind were the Crown
Princess of Greece Prince George and
Duke and Duchess of Albany. En-
peror William reviewed on horseback,
wearing the uniform of the Garde du
Corps with a black cuirass and the
orange ribbon of the order Of the Black
Eagle.
A party of scientific men has
perilous enterprise up the Grand Can
yon Of the Colorado. The party COM
prises Prof. w. M. Davis of Harvard,
head professor of geology: Prof. r. E.
Dodge of Columbia, professor of
physiogarphy; DR.. HI. F, Gregory of
Yale. professor of physiography, and
DIR. Anderson of Cambridge University
of England.
The British bark Bessie Markham
from Buenos Ayres is detained at quar-
entine at Philadelphia, having come
from a plague-infected port. On the
voyage Capt. Robert Stewart died
and was buried at sea. The nature
of his malady was not known. The
quarantine officials, fearing that death
might have been due to bubonic plagne,
will hold the vessel until danger of in
fection is over.
The Supreme Court at Helena, Mont,
has granted the application of the Bos-
ton and Montana Company for an or
der restraining the Montana Ore Pur-
chasing Company from working that
part of the Pennsylvania mine claimed
by the plaintiff company under the
condition that it give bond for $780,
600 to protect the defendant company
from loss in case it is eventually de-
termined that it was not entitled to the
relief prayed for.
ORPHEUM. - Week commencing
Monday, June IL. Ezra Kendall, the
Kingpin of all Monologists; Eta But
Ter, Americas greatest Mimic; Mig
mani Family, the Eccentric Barber;
Vandy, the Prince of all Jugglers;
Midgley and Carlisle, Juvenile Char
acter Impersonators; Louise Cunning,
Sweet Singer of Scotch Ballads; Mile.
Bartho, Celebrated Transformation
Dancer, Wilson Family, assisted by
Miss Stella Wiley
Fortress Monroe (Va.)-In the pres
ence of the Kentucky delegation.
guests and officers and the crew of the
battlship Kentucky, Hon. Harry Weis-
enenger presented to that vessel in the
name of the people of the State of
Kentucky beautiful silver service of
some seventy pieces, which cost $4,000.