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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
2
In a dated editorial, the Mesa Free Press reflects on divisions abroad and at home. It notes Turkey's Krupp gun purchases, questions about China's burdens, and warns that threats and violence shadow women’s rights debates in certain households.
Industrialist Maxim declares the world faces a war greater than any before. He laments the sorrow such conflict would bring and the crying need to fulfill immense orders for cannons if war breaks out.
The Saxonia with over a thousand passengers docked in Boston on its maiden trip. The health officer declared a clean bill of health and the captain said no one was seasick. The report suggests sailors and travelers can now voyage without fear.
Youth and age share space in politics as Mr. Morgan of Alabama and Mr. Gear of Iowa are re-elected to the Senate despite being past seventy. Mr. Beveridge of Indiana is much younger yet not the chamber’s youngest member.
The Ways and Means Committee is authorized to sit during Congress recess to draft a plan for tax reductions tied to Spanish war tax increases. It will assemble in Washington about ten days before December session, aiming to save time by committee work during the recess.
A Castine Massachusetts? Castine Maine? progress board organized to lure a shipbuilding plant to the pretty town. The piece argues such groups help decaying towns by actively marketing their advantages rather than waiting for capitalists to arrive.
The piece cautions against a rush of fortune-seekers to South Africa after the war. It notes absorption of Boer states into the British empire will attract migrants and offer settlement, but stresses the need for capital or resources to sustain independence. The country is expensive to live in and profitable mining requires large investment.
Historical passage contrasts early belief that neurons act independently with later evidence showing intermingling protoplasm. It traces the shift from viewing the brain as a colony of tiny rulers to recognizing interconnected neural networks. The piece labels the independent neuron idea as untenable.
A discussion on materialism and physical self consciousness contrasts with a report on the Hoboken docks fire. The blaze cost lives and property at the North German Lloyd line, with ships Main Saale and Bremen burned and the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse damaged, amid dramatic rescue efforts and acts of courage.
A South American consul says most dams imported into Brazil originate in the United States but are first shipped to England for packing by English dealers to meet Brazilian rules and then reshipped to Brazil. Brazil’s direct imports from this country were only thirty eight ham packages in 1897. A remark on women’s sphere follows with a jab at politics over cooking.
A demented Chinaman chased by San Francisco police leaps from roof to roof and is unharmed. In Fresno Mrs Forsythe buys the Butler vineyard crop for 35000. Miss Mabelle Hart leads a crusade against hats in church. Hanford cannery ships four cars daily. seven in one day. Petaluma Gov Gage raises murderer King reward to 500. A Japanese interpreter is sought for SF courts due to rising Japanese crime. Baby John Martin, abused infant claimant, is hospitalized in Trinity county. Lara faces corruption charges amid regional political turmoil. Archbishop Chappelle prompts Taft to review friar leadership for church affairs. Real estate holdings of friars are smaller than expected.
In San Francisco Bay vagrant whales ignore ferry right of way. Captain McKenzie of the Sausalito ferry San Rafael reports a whale rose directly in its course at full speed, the vessel struck the creature and passed over it, the shock likened to hitting a mud bank.
In New York the Supreme Court Justice Dugro signed a writ of certiorari to have the tax board review its action taxing Bradley Martin on 200000 dollars of personal property for the coming year. Martin, not a resident, is exempt from personal taxes. In May last year Mr and Mrs Martin swore off personal taxes and allegiance to the United States. The tax board later found them not exempt and held them responsible, leading Martin to take the matter to court.
The bureau of mints reports Seattle assay office received 6 084 000 from the Klondike and 266 000 from Alaska in July. San Francisco orig inal receipts were 2 159 032 from the Klondike and 121 676 from Alaska. San Francisco mint total for July from all sources plus Seattle reached 13 400 000. Pacific coast Klondike receipts for the season total about 9 500 000, up from 7 630 000 a year ago.
In three weeks there has been rising insurgent activity in the Philippines with ambushes. First Lieutenant Alstetter of the Engineer Corps and fifteen men were captured in Nueva Ecija after a fierce battle. one killed and three wounded. General Lacuna promised humane treatment for prisoners. Lieutenant Hulzberg was killed near Santa Cruz, and five of the Twenty-fourth Infantry were captured in Nueva Ecija before Sergeant Schmidt and seven men killed five of the captors. Captain Lara of the Manila native police was badly wounded.
July federal finances show receipts of 49 955 160 dollars against expenditures of 53 979 653 dollars, a month deficit of 4 024 498 dollars. Customs lead receipts at 19 082 271 dollars, Miscellaneous down, Civil and miscellaneous and War costs drop from 1899, while pensions and interest decline. Expenditures total 2 581 437 less than July last year.
The San Francisco Chronicle estimates Far North gold districts may produce 25 to 30 million dollars this year. Calumet and Hecla Mining of Michigan reports copper receipts of 17,012,600 for the year ending April 30, 1900, with 8,000,000 paid as dividends. An English syndicate buys the Swift Water Bill Concession in the Klondike for 800,000.
Professor Charles E Wait of the University of Tennessee reports test results on copper welding using the Liebe process. He describes it as a heat and flux method not electrical welding or brazing, enabling copper to weld to itself or to iron or steel as in a blacksmith forge.
J Irving Crowell of Los Angeles and partners own the Mascot group at Crowell and Cooks Camp in the Argus range north of Johannesburg. They will erect a 10 stamp mill to process rich ore already tested and blocked out. Mill completion and operation are expected by month’s end.
I I Irwin of San Diego has purchased the Republica and Fortuna mining properties in Lower California. The Republica mine, formerly owned by Feliz Bros, was under a bond to Republica Mining Company for about a year at 1000 dollars per month before payments lapsed. Irwin assumed the obligations and took the mine. The Fortuna mine passed to him similarly, with the mortgage placed in Irwin's name.
A Shanghai dispatch via Che Foo dated Aug 1 reports Russians near New Chwang with headquarters a few miles away. Five thousand troops around the city, villages burned for ten miles, natives slaughtered. A 24 hour battle at Tahchechow left about 3000 Chinese dead. Five hundred imperial troops defended New Chwang. Russians possibly occupy it according to Che Foo.
The rich man diversifies by buying stock in many oil firms to guard against failure in any single venture, while the poor man bets on one company, risking total loss or gain.
An advertisement touts California Consolidated Petroleum Company, claiming one fifty company and ten thousand oil acres per share, with safety for small investors and no stockholder liability. It urges quick purchase at fifty cents a share, promising potential rise to one dollar soon, with prospectus and bylaws mailed on request.
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