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A Sympathetic Princess.

The following story about the Arch
duchess Valerie Of Austria is told by
the Vienna correspondent Of the Lon
don Morning Post: A short time ago
a 13-year-old schoolboy was summoned
home from his boarding school at Linz
The lad was without travelling COM
panions, and, while waiting on the plat
form at Linz, began to cry bitterly. His
distress was noticed by lady in first
class compartment, who summoned the
guard and had the boy brought to her.
She paid his excess fare for travelling
first class, and devoted herself to the
task of comforting him and relieving
the tedium Of the long journey to Vienna,
to attend his fathers funeral in Vienna,
telling him that she, too, had suffered
much from the loss of parent, who
had died suddenly and Unexpectedly in
a foreign land. The schoolboy was not
little astonished at the end Of the
journey to learn that the kind-hearted
lady was the Archduchess Valerie,
daughter Of the Emperor.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Cages Latest Appointments.

SACRAMENTO Gage an
nounced number Of appointments as
follows:
Trustees of the State Normal School
at San Diego-Dr r. M. Powere, w. r.
Guy, George Fuller San Diego county;
II. S. West, Orange county; I. B. Dock
weller, Los Angeles.
Trustees of the State Normal School
at Los Angeles-R. H. F. Variel, Henry
w. O'Melveney, N. p. Conrey, Los An
geles; John S. Collins, Ventura; E. ].
Louis, San Diego.
Trustees of the State Normal. School
at Chico-F. C. Lusk, T. HI. Barnard.
Butte county; Frank D. Ryan, Sacra-
mento; Richard Belcher, Yuba county;
Clifford Coggins Siskiyou county.
Direstors of the. Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Asylum-George w. Reed and
John H. Gridley, Alameda county.
Directors of the California Home for
tn care and Training Of Feeble Minded
Children-F. w. Longee, San Fran
cisco; Robert A. Poppe, Sonoma county.
State Fish Commissioner-Henry w.
Keller, Los Angeles.
Trustee Of the Whittier Reform
School-James Clark, Los Angeles.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Republican Clubs.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-THE
State League Of Republican Clubs has
issued a formal call for the second
biennial convention of the State League
which will be held, at Los Angeles,
April q.
Each Republican club in California
including those Of the American Re-
publican College League will be
ent tied to one elegate-at-large.
and one delegate additional for
every twenty-five members upon
Its rolls. No club shall he
entitled to representation in the State
League Convention unless it has been
organized and in existence at least ten
days prior to the date of the conven-
tion No person shall be counted for
representation in more than one club.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

One fact impressively demonstrated
In the proress Of the South African war
is that the entire character Of warfarel
as spectacle has underone a radical.
change within recent years. Battles
have lost much in picturesqueness and
glamour. Even so recently as In tue,
Franco-Prussian conflict Of 1870 and
in the Russo-Turkish war Of 1877 bat
ties were still heroic subjects for the
painter. With some notifications, they
were quite as romantic and inspiring as
those Of the earliest recorded wars,
when armies advanced clad in steel,
armor and men fought hand to hand.
A battle In the Franco-Prussian war,
was tremendous spectacle Of serried
masses of close-ranked men, brilliant
uniforms, tossing plumes and banners
and officers leading with sabers In the
air and directing dashing charges. The
day for this kind Of warfare has passed,
and the whole aspect Of war, as dra-'
matte exhibition, has changed. The en-
gagements In South Africa bear no re-;
semblance to those Of past history. The
scene is unrelieved by a single dash Of
color. The soldiers and officers alike.
wear costume Of dun shade, whichI
blends easily into almost any back
ground. Not even a shoulder-strap is
worn, and flags have been discarded.
Troops are almost never played into
action, and no heroic drummer boys,
lead the line Of advance. Officers and
men alike carry rifles, and there Is no
saber- waving. The thrilling spectacle,
Of a frontal assault, the advancing
force marching rhythmically shoulder,
to shoulder, is entirely out Of the ques-'
ton. In fact, war has been robbed of,
most of its martial glory. 1t Is matter
Of business-of manual labor in making
trenches, Of keeping the laborers fed,;
Of having good hospital service and of;
man who stands up to be shot at may
be heroic, but he doesn't help win bat
ties; he isn't fighting on modern lines.
The modern soldier has absolutely no
chance at the kind Of fighting which
consists in overcoming opposition by
exercising his own strength. A disin-
terested bullet from a. wholly impartial
and unprejudiced soldier a mile away
may drop him while he Is wetting his
lips with his canteen. His business Is
to take the fewest possible risks, to-
work his rifle with mechanical precis-
ion and put up with any hardships Incl
dental to the job. The modern soldier,
in fact, is no longer sculptor's model;
he is an earnest laboring man, and dur
ing working hours he looks the part. !
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Conditions at Dawson.

WASHINGTON. March 14.-Under
date Of Dawson City, January IA, Vice
Consul Morrison reports that eighteen
expeditions have left Dawson ror Cape
Nome since December 6. and as scon as
the weather moderatas many more will
start. The population Of Dawson Is 6c0O
less than last year. Late news from
Nome confirms the reports of the rich
ness Of the district and announces new
finds in the interior. but lack of fuel
prohibits these being worked in winter.
Typhoid fever has appeared with in
creasing mortality.
Owing to the flooding Of the mines the
gold output may be kept down. It is
estimated that between $25, 900, 900 and
$30,OOO,009 will comprise the output OF
the Dawson district.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
The News of the State, Nation
and the World
MOST INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
From Everywhere will be found I'm
this Column. Items that inter-
est Everybody

General Wheeler favors a territorial
form Of government for the Philippines.
Fatal labor rioting occurred last week
in Chicago: one man killed and six
wounded.
Queen Victoria visited London last
week and the enthusiasm exceeded that
shown during the diamond jubilee.
Hawaiian advices say that the plague
situation in Honolulu is much improved.
Only one case has been reported since
the last advices were received.
Mrs. Mary F'oote Beecher-Perkins
died the same day at Hartford CT;
aged "a years, 9 months. She was
sitter Of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and
of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
NEW YORK.-The French steamer
Aquitaine, which came into port from
Havre, brought three Frenchmen who
say they intend to make the attempt
to go to the K ondike by automobile.
A bill was introduced In the senate
by Senator Foster, authorizing the
construction by the government Of
cable from some port on the coast of
the state of Washington to Cape Nome
and other points in Alaska.
NEW YORK, IN. Y.,)-Rev. Thomas
K. Beecher, tn. elder and last surviv-
ing brother Of the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, died here March IA, aged 81
years. Mr. Beecher was stricken with
paralysis while on his way home from
church last Sunday.
The New York police recently raided
al the concert halls in the tenderloin
district" drove the women into the
streets and arrested the proprietors.
The latter were taken to police sta
ton and soon released on $500 bail
each. The arrests were the result of
the agitation agaist disorderly resorts
which has lately stirred up the city.
NEW YORK.-Negro men. women
and children, some deaf, some mute,
and others blind, but most Of them
whole and sound. to the number Of 1874
were plunged into a tank Of water and
brought out Of it gasping and breath
less in the Mt. Olive Baptist Church
today. This is the largest number of
persons ever baptised in one Christian
church.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Preparing for the Couut.

Supervisor Of the census in the dis
trict, Frank F. Davis has had his plans
for his work returned from Washing
ton approved by the head officials Of
the census bureau. He will have 2S
enumerators, who will be employed for
about month taking the count Of
noses in Southern California. In his
district are the counties Of Los An
geles. Orange. San Diego, San Bernar-
dino. Riverside. Ventura and Santa
Barbara. This city will have 80 men
Pasadena z, Pomona 3. Santa Monica 2,
San Pedro /, and IS for the country.
The appointments have all be made
and the lists will soon leave for ap-
proval by the general office and will
be returned for final selection by May
he work of counting is expected to be-
in on June 1, lasting until July.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Changes at Catalina.

Everything will have Spanish
sound at the Isthmus the new resort
camp on Catalina island. The avenues
running north and south are named
for the islands on the California coast
Catalina, Clemente, Cruz, Rosa,
Barbara, Anacapa and Mibuel. The
cross streets bear Spanish names
Esperanzea, Mercedes, Dolores, An
tonic, etc. Even the harbor on the side
Of the isthmus next to the Philippines,
will be named Puerto Catalina.
A map has been drawn and blue
printed showing the plan of the town
and giving the names not only of the
streets but Of the geographical points
on that part Of the island.
Workmen are busily engaged now in
constructing a sewer system for the
town and in erecting the buildings
The resort Is rapidly assuming shape
and If the weather remains warm the
new camp will not be ready any too
soon.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Buying More Railroads.

SAN FRANCISCO.-Follo the
acquisition by the Southern Pacific
Railway Company Of the Carson AMI
Colorado railroad comes the news that
President Huntington is negotiating
for the purchase Of the Virginia and
Truckee railroad. The Virginia ard
Truckee is broad-gauge road, run
ming from Reno, New, on the line Of
the Central Pacific, to Virginia, by way
of Carson City, distance of 52 miles.
The Virginia and Truckee was built by
D. o. Mills and few associates, and
Is still owned by him.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Takes the Situation Calmly.

The San Francisco board OF health
has decided that the Chinaman who
recently died in Chinatown was killed
by genuine bubonic plague. No fresh
alarm has broken out, however, and it
is not believed that new quarantine
will be enforced. The board of health
has decided upon house to house in
spection of Chinatown until all danger
of additional cases is past. Reliable
Chinese will be detailed to accompany
the physicians and the police will rem
der what assistance they can. These
Chinese will be supplied for the work
by the Six Companies. Until another
case of plague develops, Chinatown
will remain free from quarantine, but
people are requested to have as little
communication as possible with the
suspected district.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Bryan's California Tour.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 13.-J. J.
Dwyer, Democratic national commit
teman from California, has received
a letter from William J. Bryan, giving
his schedule Of dates for his contem-
plated tour of California. He will ar
rive in Sacramento March 26, and will
speak there that night, leaving after
the meeting for Oregon. Two. weeks
will be spent in Oregon and Washing
ton, and he will then return to Califor-
mia, arriving in San Francisco April Z.
He will leave this city on the same
day for Fresno, and will speak there
the same night. He will also speak
at San Diego, San Bernardino, Los An
geles and Phoenix, AriZ.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Sheldon's Edition a Failure.

TOPEKA (Kan.,) March 13-The first
issue of the Sheldon edition of the To-
peka Capital went to press at 2:37,
o'clock this morning, and the press was
kept running until noon, printing over
100000 copies. The rest of the edition
will be printed in Chicago and New
York, for which matrices will be sent
daily.
The management of the paper says
about 100000 copies are required daily
and that fresh orders are coming by
every mail, $4,000 yesterday. Mr. Shell
don was at his desk again at 8:45
o'clock this morning. The paper is not
satifactory to the regular subscribers
and outside papers have been bought
freely daily.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

The cheering report is made that in
the large cities of the United States the
number of cases of blindness occurring
In young children is steadily diminish
ing. This is due partly to increasing
knowledge on the part of the medical
profession, partly to the advance Of
sanitation in home and school, and
partly to increased and more humane
knowledge among the people generally.
In other words, it Is result of the ad-
vance of civilization.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

/; The University of Chicago has recon-
sidered It's recent determination to
adopt system Of reformed spelling
and will adhere to the method now in
vogue. This Is wise. Now, If the uni
versity will encourage the study Of
spelling In primary and grammar
schools, even to the extent, perhaps. Of
making a fad of 1t, the rising genera
tion viii probably have no trouble
with its double ps," its "ie's" and it's
silent letters. The English language Is
worth spending good deal of time on,
and IL the student comes out of school
with a good working knowledge of it,
spelling included, he can get along in
this world.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

for domestic service. To put her theory
to the test, she is trying to establish a
college for servant-girls, with an en-
lars. Her plan contemplates courses in
the cooking Of meats, vegetables, bread
and pastry; in laundry work, dish
washing, chamber work, table service,
the care Of the sick and other dOmes-
tic duties, for the mastery of which
ton. That the institution may be
largely self-supporting, it will place its
products on sale. Persons whose "heIp"
has deserted them at an inopportune
time may order meals from the college,
and private families may have their
washing done there. The plan has al
ready been tried elsewhere with some
promise Of success. The dignity of do
nestle service may, perhaps, be estab-
lished, as that of nursing has been,
and more intelligent, competent and
self-respecting class Of young women
may thus be attracted to housework.
But there are also dangers to be con-
sidered. If the 'lady of the house, has
not taken domestic electives" in her
own college education, how will she
feel about offering suggestions to the
valedictorian of the class In pie cul-
ture, or giving orders to one who has
taken honors for advanced work in
baked apples? Will she dare to main
tain her personal preferences against
the august authority Of the muffin pro-
fessor or the chair Of comparative
washing? And If she does, will
the suggestion be received in an amia-
BILE and chastened spirit, with no de-
fiant glance at the framed diploma
hanging over the sink? The problem
Of domestic service is much more than
a mere matter Of education, important
though that is a foundation. Art In
omelettes and eminence in beans will
be useless without cordial goodwill and
cooperation between mistress and
maid. The new college, If it is to attain
real success, will need well-equipped
chair Of applied Christianity.
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scribed $4,000 each, while $4,000 is
wanted for the enterprise.

scribed $4,000 each, while $4,000 is
wanted for the enterprise.
The fact has just been made public.
that Feb. last there was incorporated
at Reno the California and northern
Railway Company, which is to build
a broad-gauge line, 80 miles in length.
from Eureka, in Humboldt county, to
Crescent City, in Del Norte county. The
capital stock is $780, 900 and the di-
rectors are all business men Of means.
Frank H. Short of Fresno the new
Yosemite commissioner, presided at a
meeting of the commission at San Fran
cisco yesterday: Plans and specifica-
tions for new buildings to be erected
in the valley at cost of about $1,000
were approved. Galen Park, former
guardian Of the valley, was appointed
superintendent of the Sierra club house.
The report of the state railway COM
missioners shows the numebr Of per-
sons killed and injured on lines within
the State to have been as follows dur
ing the past year: Employees killed, 81;
|employes injured, 529; passengers, tres
passers and others killed, IS; passen-
gers, trespassers and others injured,
121; total number Of people killed, 1876;
total number injured, $50.
A number of leading citizens Of San
Jose are organizing to urge Congress
to purchase the big trees in the Santa
Cruz Mountains on the line Of the mar
row-gauge railroads. 1t is rumored
that the owner of the property on which
the trees stand is contemplating turn
that they are, in their way, as great
an attraction as the Calaveras sequo-
las.
Great preparations are being made
at Fresno for the series of events to
take place in the city from April Is to
May 1. First will come the State Con-
vention Of Supervisors, then the Odd
Fellows celebration, and finally the
State Tournament Of the California In
animate Target Association. Feasts
81 excursions by wagon and railroad
have been planned, and on April N
rabbit drive is to take place.
The Sparks Automobile Company, in.
|corporated last October, with a capital
stock Of $1,0OO,O00, is negotiating for
site on which to put up a factory. It
is reported that Visalia and some other
towns have offered the company good
terms, but that 1t favors San Jose and
will build there adequate induce
ments are held out to it. The inten-
tion is to establish a plant capable Of
turning out at least hundred machines
a month. A large number Of orders
are already in.
In report to the War Department
on conditions in Alaska, Capt. Charles
Elliott, retired, asserts that the laws
Of the trapping Of fish are openly vio-
lated, and unless protection to salmon
is afforded, trade in these fish will be
destroyed within ten years. Such
numbers of fish are taken in heAtraps
that large quantities have gone to
waste because it was impossible to can
them all before they spoiled. Wanton
destruction of fish prevails, at. Cook
Inlet, Prince William Sound. Algona'1.
Kodiak Island, Chignik Bay. Nushagak
and other places.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

ORPHEUM-Los Angeles, week be-
inning Monday, March 10. A straight
lew vaudeville bill of merit.
FRANKS TRIO, Acrobats par ex-
ellence; NEWHOUSE and WARD,
rick comedy cyclists; ANNA WHIT
lEY, clever singer and monologist;
GARTINETTI and GROSSI, grotesque
musical novelty; BIOGRAPH, new
Tiews of the Boer war, ;,TROVOLLO,
entriloquist, PAULINE MORAN and
ickaninnies; PASSPARTE, Partisan
dancers.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

| Pure food Is coming to be one Of the
most important questions before the
public. The adulteration of food is so
general and the adulterations are so
frequently Injurious to health, and
sometimes dangerously poisonous, that
It has become necessary to provide
more stringent national and State leg
islation and to impose more severe pen
alties than are now provided.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

A New York man who was Tilted by
his girl, who chose another for her hus-
band, lost no time in taking the young
woman's mother for his wife. His dual
position Of step-father and father-in-
law will give him unprecedented ia
cilities for horrible revenge.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Bliss for President.

WASHINGTON, March 14-Repub-
licans high in party councils stated
today that Cornelius Bliss can have the
presidential nomination if he wants it,
Cornelius N. Bliss of New York was
president McKinley's first secretary Of
the interior and was succeeded in the
cabinet by Ethan A. Hitchcock of
Missouri last year.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Anglo-French War Not Far Off.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 12-The
French ambassador at the Porte is
quoted as having said to the Turkish
officials that ministerial circles in Paris
are Of the opinion that the Anglo
French war could not be postponed
beyond the close Of the expositin.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

A microbe so small that, as we are
told, two hundred and fifty millions Of
them would be required to cover a
square inch Of surface, is declared to
be the primary cause Of the plague. 1t
Is not one of natures marvels that
what is almost inf1nitesimally minute
may cause terror more widespread and
prostrating than the alarm created by
earthquake commissions?
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

There were 219 cases Of sunstroke in
Buenos Ayres in one day recently, 134
of them being fatal. That must be
poor town for people who are in the
coal business.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

Max O'Rell says Americans are not
all beautiful, but they are all intelli-
gent-looking. OF course he doesn't
count those young men who wear mon
ocles and suck the ends Of their sticks
as being Americans.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

The world awaits with breathless in
terest the finish" Of the subject of the
Kaiser who put into the hands of the
school children of the empire text
book wherein 1t is clearly explained
that the twentieth century begins Jan.
/. 1901.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

A New York woman recently wore
100000 worth of jewels at the opera.
Unfortunately, however, her box was
so situated that less than half of the
people In the theater could see her as
easily as the stage.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Civil War Averted.

FRANKFORT (Ky.,) March 13.-The
Legislature of Kentucky adjourned sine
die today. A conference between Adjt.-
Gems. Collier and Castleman resulted
in a perfect understanding being
reached. Gov. Taylor will continue to
act as Governor. Gov. Beckham will
make move toward securing possess
sion of the State buildings until the
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
American Meats Prohibited.

BERLIN, March 12.-Paragraph four
teen of the meat bill containing prohf-
bltion measures against American
meats has passed the Reichstag by a
vote Of 1853 to 80.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

No matter how well-to-do in world
ly way he may be, any man who al
lows another to pay his poll-tax for
him Is the poorest kind of citizen.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

There is a great to-do whether So
ciety leader, suffragist or club is Of any
use to the community. 1t doesn't mat
ter much so long as the great mass Of
everyday womankind is.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30
Court of Appeals has decided the mat
Secretary of War Surrenders.

MANILA.-Flores, Aguinaldos Sec
retary of War, has surrendered to Gen.
Macarthur. Aguinaldo,s infant son,
who was captured in November and
who was suffering from smallpox, is
dead
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

There is coffin trust, and now baby
carriage trust has been formed. The
octopus seems to pursue us from the
cradle to the grave.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

A man died In the dentists chair the
other day while having thirteen teeth
pulled. Here is more good working
material for superstitious people.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

When q dressmaker goes to house,
everytime she sees the husband she
looks at him in way which seems to
say, "You should have attended to this
long agop'
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

! More Investigation that investigates
and more publicity that publishes
would greatly add to the moral growth
of the United States.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

Another groom has vanished on his
wedding day. There Is nothing that
man fears SO much on such an occasion
as stage fright, and they are all more or
less subject to 1t.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

A, public-spirited woman of Kansas
City has become convinced that the
only satisfactory solution Of the "ser-
vant-girl problem" must come through
education and a systematic training
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

DIDO not Judge another too hastily. A
mans sudden getting on his ear may
be due to somebody's having put flea
in Ii.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

II the drama of to-day really "holds
the mirror up to nature" what shock
ing thing nature must sometimes be!
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

Pekin's Unenviable Distinction.
The three chief characteristics Of
Pekin, the Chinese capital, which most
Impress the newly arrived visitor are
dust, stencil and dogs.
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

Latest reports from Nome tell of
fabulously rich district 100 miles from
the cape. Excited prospectors declare
that wonderful strikes have been made
there,
Mesa free press., 1900-03-30

The world is now able to secure a
very fair idea as to just what caused
the brevity OF the Jameson raid.