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Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Old DR.. Strassman became blind
about year ago, and it has been his
custom to take short walks in the
open air every morning.
Today he was confronted by his dis
graced son. What passed between
father and son both men now say they
will never tell. The'son was seen by
pedestrians to level the revolver at his
father and fire four shots in rapid sue
cession.
DR.. Strassman fell backward upon
the steps and the son walked toward
Pine street. There a number of young
men who had seen the shooting seized
him.
Young Strassman refused to talk,
Besides the revolver, a dagger made
from file, was taken from his person
DR.. Strassman has a gaping wound
just above the right temple, where the
first ball sent from the murderous
sons weapon plowed through his flesh
and scalp.
Another bullet went suuarely
through his right upper arm, breaking
no bones but carrying a wad of cloth
ing along with it.
The chances for the old mans recov-
cry are very precarious, owing to his
advanced age.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
Curious Facts About Children.

An interesting paper by DR.. Macdon-
aid, of the Washington bureau Of edu-
cation, discloses some novel facts con-
cerning children that will cause general
surprise. Children with long heads are
not as bright as those with broad ones.
Very long heads indicate dullness, des-
pite the ancient saw. Bright boys have
the advantage Of dull boys in height
and weight. White boys Of American
parents show more nervousness than
their colored and foreign-born associ-
ates. White boys Of non-laboring par
ents have the poorest eyesight. Colored
children have the best. Girls who at
tend private schools are not as strong
as girls Of the public schools. Girls
as general thing, however, can endure
more pain than boys, but the boys are
not as sensitive to petty annoyances.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
Money-Raising Charge.

Chicago.-Two young men and a
young woman have been arrested in
this city by Capt Porter of the gov
ernment secret service and city detec-
tives on charges of raising and passing
greenbacks. The men are charged
with raising the bills, the woman in
some cases with passing them. Those
arrested are Thomas Kelly, alias Jones,
No. 365 Grand avenue. a printer, 18
years old; Axel Marx No. 365 Grand
avenue, says his age is 19 years; Win
fired Marx, aged 10 years, wife Of
Marx.
The fiat at No. 365 Grand avenue
was raided and the outfits found there
were confiscated. Some of the bills
raised were found on one of the men;
the other was caught in the act of
passing So note that had been raised
to a $40.
Capt. Porter reports that the gang
has worked in nearly every city of
consequence in the United States. The
way the notes had been raised was ex-
ceedingly clever, and only an expert
could tell that they had been tam.
pered with.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
BOERS GIGANTIC PLOT
Recapture of Pretoria and General Rising
Planned.
THE END NOT YET AT HAND
Conspiracy to Kill all British Officers
Boer President Anxious to Surrender
Canadians Complain.

London.-A special dispatch from
Pretoria says the Boer plot to make a
prisoner of Lord Roberts and shoot all
the British officers possible, discovered
Thursday, included the recapture OF
Pretoria and the shooting of Lord Rob
erts and to induce the burghers to
rise en- masse. A number of suspected
accomplices of the conspirators have
been conducted across the border.
The British authorities are awaken
ing to the danger of allowing Boer
sympathizers to remain in Pretoria,
and the issue of passes to burghers
has been stopped.
CANADIANS COMPLAIN.
London.-Various complaints are
published in the morning papers from
the Canadians invalided to England
from South Africa regarding the lack
of arrangements for their comfort and
the delay in sending them home.
KRUGER STILL FIGHTING.
London.-According to the Lorenzo
Marquee correspondent of the Daily
Express, President Kruger, in the
course of an interview last Wednesday,
said that the report that he intended
to surrender was without foundation.
He declared that the war would last a
long time yet.
A Boer bulletin, continues the corre-
spondent, announces a big battle be-
tween Lydenburg and Middleburg, in
which the British had 500 killed and
wounded. 1t also announces the re-
capture by the burghers of Heilbron,
NJ H.
reports by way of Lorenzo Marquee
lately have proved worthy of little Gre
dence.
RUMOR THAT STEYN IS DEAD.
London.-It is persistently rumored
in Lorenzo Marquee, according to a
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph, dated
yesterday, that Mr.. Steyn has commit
ted suicide.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
End Not Yet.

New York.-A dispatch to the Tri-
bune from London says the public in
terest in the South African war has
waned, but the Parliamentary session
closed with a series of angry discus
sions on the subject, Chamberlain be-
ing fiercely baited by the Radicals on
the communications which he alleges
some opposing members have main
tanned with the Transvaal government.
The government is by no means con-
vinced that the end of the war is at
hand, and it is significant that rein
forcing drafts for two of the regi-
ments at the front have just been Or
dered to hold themselves in readiness
for embarkation next week.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
In the six Rocky Mountain States Of

In the six Rocky Mountain States Of
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska,
Utah and Wyoming, agriculture is
largely dependent on irrigation. The
distribution Of the water supply is reg
ulated by law, and costs about one dol
lar per acre. Nebraska and Wyoming
have water commissioners, who re-
ceive all applications and determine all
controversies. In the other four
States there is much litigation. But
when the ranchman's water rights are
once established, he thinks himself far
more sure Of regular crops than the
farmer In "the humid States" where
there is always liability Of drouth or
excessive rainfall, while he has the
exact amount Of moisture he needs
Just when he wants it, and at no other
time-and always on tap.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

not to become prolific cause Of phys
ical and moral degeneration, especially
among the young, more efficient and
more general means must be exerted
against its use. 1t Is known to pro-
duce in children disorders of the nerv-
Gus system ending in hopeless i'm
becility. The insane asylums have had
to open new column of statistics for
its victims. It's deleterious effects are
not transitory, but easily and iperadic-
ally become constitutional. Many cor
porations, especially those dealing with
human life. tolerate among their SER
wants no one who drinks intoxicating
liquor while on duty. The effects Of
the cigarette upon the brain are worse
than the effects of alcohol One great
Chicago corporation has announced
that it will carry on it's pay rolls no
one who uses the cigarette. General
opposition Of this practical nature may
check the sale of the poison. Moral
and scientific protests have proven in
effectual.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
To Kill British Officers.

Pretoria-Everything was prepared
in the plot to make Lord Roberts a
prisoner and shoot the British Off
GERS, and the conspiracy was only dis
covered at the last moment. The con-
spirators numbered about fifteen. They
had planned to set fire to the houses
in the extreme western part of the
city, hoping that the troops would be
concentrated there. The plan was that
then the conspirators were forcibly to
enter all houses occupied by British
officers, these having been previously
marked, and kill the occupants.
All the Boer sympathizers were ac-
quainted with the plot, and several had
been told off to secure the person of
Lord Roberts and to hurry with him
to the nearest commando. Horses had
been obtained for this purpose. Then
the British learned the names of the
ringleaders, who were put under ar
rest The affair has created tremen-
dous sensation.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

A couple Of years ago an old gentle
man who has great common sense re-
marked: 'Don't wake up the Chinese.
They can live on nothing; they can
work for nothing; there are millions Of
them. If they once learn our system Of
manufacturing we cannot compete.
Don't wake up the Chinese" 1t begins
to look as If this statement were true
with regard to military matters. The
problem which the foreign powers have
to solve Is an intricate one. The Chinese
have been laying in great stores of am
munition, guns, etc. If their soldiers
are drilled in modern tactics it would
beem an impossible task for the foreign
powers to subdue them. If China re-
mains united empire the task will be
impossible. If It Is split into several
Kingdoms, each Independent Of the 9TH
er, there may be some chance for for
eign powers to establish governments
bn a modern civilized basis. The con-
sequences Of waking up" 350,OOO,OOO
people may be serious.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
BANDITS PAY THE PENALTY
Slayers of Fay Killed by Posse.

Goodland (Kan.) ).-The two men
who held up Union Pacific train near
Hugo, Colo, last Sunday morning,
killing w. J. Fay of Anaheim, CAL, a
passenger, were killed today by a
sheriff's posse at the Bartholomew
ranch, three miles east of this place.
The robbers were located in the house
on the ranch in the morning and the
posse lined up and cut off escape
After fusilade between the rob-
bers and the posse, in which J. J..
Riggs and Joe Cullins, deputies, were
shot, one of the robbers jumped from
a window and sought to escape, bat
was shot to death. The posse then lay
siege to the house, in which the 1e-
naming robber stood guard with a
Winchester, and finally succeeded in
setting fire to the building, which was
destroyed, with it's occupant. The rob-
bers have not yet been identified.
After the fight in the morning, when
the first one was shot, the citizens
armed themselves and went to the
ranch. The man inside the house was
armed with Winchester, and a too
near approach to the house drew his
fire. About o'clock some men, by
crawling through a cornfeld, got in
shed near the house, and from this
place threw two railroad fuses onto
the roof of the house, setting it afire
1t was not many minutes until the
entire building was in flames, but the
robber made no sign, and if he was
not shot by bullet from the many
that were fired from the outside, he
found his death in the flames.
There is no doubt about the men
being the train robbers. On the body
Of the one shot in the morning was
found watch, two black calico masks,
a lady's chain and charm and an
opened envelope addressed to some
illegible name at Hugo, Colo. He was
tall, with black mustache, and COM
monty dressed. The body was brought
to town tonight. The man in the
house had large roll of bills, but
those, with the robbers two valises,
were burned. Both men were about
80 years of age, and of the desperate
style, having threatened to shoot sew
eral farmers who refused to keep them.
The house on the ranch, with it's
contents, was valued at $1,000, and will
be paid for by the county. The two
citizens, Riggs and Cullins, shot in the
fight in the morning, are doing we'll,
and will probably recover.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

That the remarkable growth of out
door sports in the last twenty years Is
the salvation Of those who are unfor-
tunate enough to be handicapped by
wealth and fettered by leisure is ap-
parent to even the most casual OBJ
server. A man does not need to be an
athlete or tennis player or a wheel
man to note the marked effect of these
outdoor pastimes upon those whom
stern necessity has not condemned to
ordinary physical employments. Nei-
ther does one need vivid Imagination
to picture the condition of these classes
II they were denied participation in
outdoor sports. Twenty years ago."
says Casper Whitney, in the Indepen-
dent, "the popular set at the various
clubs consisted Of those young men
who sat In the windows with their feet
on the railings and glasses by their
sides. Now the glasses have been ban
ished and the young men of influence
are active in yachting, hunting, polo,
football, baseball, rowing, golf, and
so forth" This marked change for the
better Is not confined to the club
world, however. 1t extends through
out the whole United States, and the
result is seen in the glorious physical
development Of the young men and
women whom we meet everywhere.
The wonderful physical hardihood Of
our soldiers, many of whom came from
offices and stores, which excited so
much comment during the war with
Spain, is attributed by Mr.. Whitney to
the growth among us of those outdoor
sports which, strange as it may seem,
have been fostered by the wealthy and
fashionable classes. 1t is Mr.. Whit
ney's belief that the rise Of outdoor
sports is not a craze that will present
~ subside and "leave us cooped up in
doors again with our fannels and our
grog and Doctors prescriptions" We
are outdoors to stay. Our Anglo-Saxon
instincts draw us toward this stimula-
ting, muscle-building play. The ap-
parent subsistence of interest in GER
tain outdoor sports is really the indica-
ton Of more rational enjoyment Of
1t. One might get the impression from
looking about the streets that bicycling
had declined. If you go into the coun-
try, however, you will find that this
is not the case. The bicyclists have
found that riding a wheel in the city
Is nerve-racking, hazardous and un-
satisfactory, and now they ride in the
country. One Of the good things that
golf has done, says Mr.. Whitney, has
been to provide outdoor amusement for
people Of middle age. Previous to the
advent Of golf there was no outdoor
game for them that could be properly
characterized as sport. The craze fea-
ture has now gone out Of golf and it
has settled down as "systemized con-
stitutional." Along with growth Of
sports among us there has also been a
growth of the true sportsman feeling
sport for sports sake, and not merely
to win over a competitor. The grow
ing tendency Of Americans "to play
the game for the sake Of the game" is
the most hopeful sign in the field Of
outdoor sports in this country.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
Beers PitifuI Plight.

New York.-A dispatch to the Her.
aid from London says that Lorenzo
Marquee correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says a Frenchman, just re-
turned from the Boer frontier, con-
firms the kilograms which have been
received in the last few days, describ-
ing the pitiful condition of the Beers
position.
Gen. Botha's command, originally
consisting of $50 men, now consists
only of sixty-three, and other COM
mandoes have been reduced in like
proportion by desertions. The remain
ing burghers have divided into two
parties, one for peace and the other
for war. The peace party is the
stronger.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Poison recently ended the life of a
p5-year-old Connecticut woman who
was not only remarkable in herself,
but also in the peculiar quality Of hus-
band she possessed. 1t was while she
was indulging in her eighth consecu-
live elopement with other men and the
seventh case of forgiveness on the part
Of her better half that the latest and
finishing phase Of her fate overlook
her. There is nothing in the occur
renee, however. to affect Connecticut's
historic claim to being the Land of
Steady Habits, for anything more
steady than her elopement practice and
his In the way of pardoning is rather
hard to realize.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
BACTERIA as Purifiers.

At the last meeting Of the Society of
American Psychologists Prof. Kinni-
cut gave an account of the change of
opinion now occurring in England in
favor of the publication Of the sewage
Of cities by means Of bacterial growth,
disseminated through it, rather than by
chemical treatment, as heretofore en-
ployed. The bacterial system, he
thought, offered the cheapest and most
effective method Of purifying the sew
age so that it may be discharged into
rivers without polluting them.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
Paul Now For Peace.

Pretoria.-It is stated positively that
President Kruger is willing and anx-
ious to surrender, provided satisfac-
tory promise is given as to his ulti-
mate destination.
PLAN FOR SETTLEMENT.
Secretary of State for the
Colonies Chamberlain, in reply to a
question in the House of Commons,
said he had already made himself ac-
quainted with the views of Canada and
Australia in regard to the main points
of the South African settlement. He ad-
mitted that they were in accord with
Her Majesty's government as to the
necessity for the annexation of the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal
to the empire, and to the establish
ment of a government supported by
a military force with the ultimate ex-
tension of representative self-govern-
ment.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

A short time ago Prof. Harry Thurs
ton Peck made the statement that wo'
men had never taken part in any gi
gantic enterprise such as the construc.
ton Of steamships, railroads, etc
Evidently he had not heard of the ma
tive women Of India, who make up g
large proportion of the laborers in the
department of public. works. EN-
ployed all over India are women and
girls, said to be quite as efficient as
men, digging canals, making reser.
voirs, working on roadways and build.
ing railroads.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
California Consolidated
Petroleum Company

possible poor protect himself the rich
Consolidated Petroleum Company
fifty land
and royalties
giving fifty companies and these lands and royalties
divide your risks and thus multiply profits.
oil than gold will
gold product Millions dollars being
small block oil
this the Home
which sold originally nominal figure made its
investment this Company is at least saf and
and comfort for life.
stakeholder absolutely protected He cannot be assessed
Companys worcestershire there
stockholders liability.
$5 by He is
lucky who gets the stock at fifty cents share.
Why the stock oil having limited when
the entire oil field of California? Why do it?
The California Consolidated Petroleum Company has behind of
Their honest
handling of the money, but the of the Company
directly indirectly with
Standard Oil Company all the Notwithstanding
bought time at fifty
which onha the value This offer will positively be with
the block Treasury
Stock sale has been sold.
offered sold
application will be promptly returned First
served, the onpany's policy in selling this stock
purchase
balance within from date application
Sold and bylaws mailed application
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
ON DEMAND IN GOLD
At PURCHASE PRICE

it, certificate Company
Office and every cent of back
edeemable demand,
time within thirty date of certificate
instalmn refunded within
thirty from the date of first
is made in good faith and with capital back it,
will faithfully carried CAL
fonia Consolidated Petroleum Company the field will Con-
tinue this protective policy
will dollar This
will justify
enough maintain it.
fifty the
policy of gold redemption.
shaehod
protecting
Consolidated 600 the
of the oil fields between Oakland and San Diego
royalties 5000 leased to capitalists.
2,5OO,OOO fifty selected
hydraulic drills in California This machine
of in
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

What little reform gets into Turkey
usually slips in by the back door. Re-
port has 1t that the only dynamo now
In Constantinople passed the custom
house as a washing machine; and thus
the feeling Of the authorities were
spared.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Inside of eighteen months every ele-
tated railway engine in New York Will
have been displaced by electric motors.
How long will it be before the same
thing will be true of every steam loco
motive In the country?
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

The Delaware & Raritan Canal Com
pany Is said to be mastering its mules
out Of service, and Harvesting up the
automobile to do their work on the
tow-path. If this sort Of thing is al
lowed to go on till the beasts Of burden
and of draft are let off from their pres
emit tasks, the Society for the Proven
don Of Cruelty to Animals will be
tempted to relax its vigilance.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
NOME NEEDS RELIEF
Thousands of Miners Face Destitution.

San Francisco.-Charles D. Lane, the
Well-known miner, who has returned
from Cape Nome, where he has large
interests, said:
From 5000 to 10000 people at Nome
are facing absolute destitution, and
their only possible relief is through
the United States government.
steamers now running to Nome
could not possibly bring out the des-
titute gold hunters, even if the owners
could be expected to give them free
transportation.
United States Senator Lindsay of
Virginia and Congressman julius
Kahn, to whom I have explained the
conditions at Nome, have written the
War Department urging prompt relief
measures of some sort.
"Gen. Randall has been successful
in maintaining peace, but the military
force there find it next to impossible
to enforce the sanitary regulations
necessary to preserve the health of the
community. Practical miners have left
the beach and are prospecting in the
gulches. Rumors of good finds are
heard occasionally, but they are with
out confirmation"
Moroscos Burbank Theater-Com-
mencing Sunday evening, Aug. IL, Mr..
James Neill and the incompatible
Neill company, presenting Jerome K.
Jerome's beautiful drama, "The Mais-
ter of Woodbarrow," Mr.. James Neill
as Allen Rollitt, Miss Edythe Chapman
as Deborah Dexter.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
Son Shoots His Father.

San Francisco.-Max Strassman, a
retired physician, aged "a years, and
living at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. j. Pilger, at 141S Larkin street,
was shot down on the street by his
son, Leo Strassman, musician, who
has been estranged from his relatives
for nearly twenty years, and who has
a criminal record
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Mosquitoes, it is said, will not bite a
person who takes sulphur into his sys-
lem. Making the air sulphurous in the
vicinity where they work does no good.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

1t Is reported that Joel Chandler Har-
It's has resigned his editorial position on
the Atlanta Constitution because he
wants more time to play with his
grandchildren. If the report is true, we
congratulate the grandchildren.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

The New York woman who began the
study of the Greek testament on her
Tooth birthday must have read Of Cato
and the enterprise Of his eightieth
year.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

These Chinese towns have perfectly
hdiculously names. Why can't they
tall themselves something sensible,
like Showhegan, for instance, or Punk
lutawney, or Caucomgamoc, or Kala-
hazoo2
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
Spain to Have a Better Navy.

The Queen Regent Of Spain has sign
ed decree ordering the sale Of large
number of obsolete men-of-war and
providing for the reorganization and
modernization Of the other vessels.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Despite repeated and unquestionable
proof Of its poisonous nature, the sale
Of the cigarette Is increasing. If it is
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
When Papa Reads.

"Eh, paw"
"What?'
"Did Jack and the beans talk PIN
dianapolis Sun.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24
We Divide Your Risks, and
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in onet may
failure.
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gold in her teeth who has the dearest
smile.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Considering what it has got various
folks into, that Chinese open door has
tome of the qualities of a trap door.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

The boy who causes the most trouble
Doesn't always grow up to be the great
est man.
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Speak but little and let that little be
the truth. - -
Mesa free press., 1900-08-24

Others are bad enough, but coffin
trust is like working the idea to death.