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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
2
A Mesa Free Press note discusses Dr. Koch’s findings on mosquitoes as principal malaria carriers. It highlights the need for a cure and mentions an odd aside on the value of punishment and crime, including a hypothetical ten years for $700,000.
Report by the commissioner of education states seventeen million Americans are in school with one quarter preparing by schooling for life.
Twenty million dollars in gold has been received at Seattle within twelve months from Alaska. Reports on the broader gold-brick trade farther East have not been made public.
The article notes Bishop Fallows advises the nation’s wealthy by letter on directing their money for the world’s good, but the rich show little response to his guidance. It highlights a gap between his exhortations and the wealthy’s actions.
Town residents debate the claim that humanity grows smarter as many women in the community reportedly practice the kangaroo walk. The remark casts doubt on optimistic claims about improving intelligence.
Alvord, once well connected with home and trusted friends, now wanders in New York penniless and jailed. He faces his fate philosophically, admitting he enjoyed his fling but acknowledging the test was enormous and that the road of the transgressor is hard.
The article states Ferrell was sentenced to death for killing Express Messenger Lane. It notes his counsel claims degeneration but argues society must protect itself from degenerates when homicide occurs. The rhetoric compares murder to killing a mad dog to prevent sentimentality.
The fragment argues Americans see the US as a young nation yet claims it is among the oldest civilized states. It notes uninterrupted presidential succession since founding, cites Judge Tourgee on France, Germany, Austria, Italy as younger or evolving nations amid rebellion and political change.
An analysis extols Arizona’s population surge and irrigation driven diversification noting oranges figs almonds and other semi tropical fruits. It likens the desert turning into a garden of Eden while predicting Arizona’s rise as a favored U S region. It cites The Conquest of Arid America for parallels to Egypt and highlights improving irrigation.
The text notes a debate among American educators about universal adoption of the child garden concept. Originating in a cool climate among calm people, it was seen as healthful, happy, and wise, but prolonged experiments yield divided judgment on its adaptability to America's temper and physical environment.
The article weighs both sides of kindergarten education, praising its benefits for deprived children and noting comforts like warmth and play. It warns that for typical American children excessive stimulation can heighten excitability, causing nervousness and potential overfocused mental strain.
The Sultan of Johore plans a nearly million dollar electric plant to transmit five thousand horses power ninety eight miles via three copper wires. The feat mirrors rapid electrical development, from Rhode Island experiments to widespread use, with cost rising as distance increases and coal often cheaper. Niagara gales of progress seem to render few impossibilities.
A railway official recalls a man who tied his necktie while rescuing others after a wreck. A girl learning to swim panicked when told the water was deep, nearly drowning until a rescuer pulled her out. The quotes illustrate fear and odd behavior in perilous moments.
A wounded private, Edward, home on sick leave from the front near Johannesburg, is described by a mother who laments his altered nature and mourns the loss of her once lively son. The visit by a family seeker ends in tears as she speaks of his changed demeanor and the distance between them.
In Baltimore a columnist chides Mrs. Givem-Isn't Loudleigh and Mrs. Roastem-Ostentatious for ostentatious displays of charity. The quip likens her to wanting a pier glass over her mantle of benevolence.
A New York druggist reports that men use hair dyes far more than women based on his experience. The remark highlights a shift in grooming habits and consumer behavior among male customers.
Items note Haywards plans for an automobile factory and Hemet new water company. Fresno to build a 5000 dollar United Presbyterian Church, Oakland post office site, and burglary at Tulare’s Vaughn jewelry shop with 1200 dollars stolen. Alameda officials seek higher pay and aid, along with obituaries, political moves, and university notes including Berkeley debater May Elbridge and President Wheeler’s Christmas trip.
A small force under Colonel Tullock reconnoitering northeast of Pekin met Boxers in the barricaded village of Kaokying. An encampment was found at Tieh Chaing, five miles away. Reinforcements arrived Thursday. the fortress endured a sharp battle and was captured. forty were reported engaged.
The report states Chinese casualties occurred with no British deaths. The country is in general anarchy, necessitating pacifying expeditions outlined by Count Von Waldersee that assign spheres to nationalities and have been accepted. The railroad opening is postponed indefinitely due to lack of capable engineers.
Acting French consul Paul Antonie died after shooting himself in a room at 571 Ellis street. A woman, Belle Poseuer, wife of a man named Poseuer, was present and later arrested as investigators halted a troubling, long‑running affair.
A drunk saloon porter wandered into a Presbyterian church in 1,Okomo, Ind during a revival by Evangelist Merton Smith of Chicago. He denounced the evangelist as a scoundrel while women fainted. The evangelist kept him in the pulpit as a living example.
In New York on December 15 importers and handlers clash over fruit acidity. Earl Fruit Company claims domestic lemons have higher citric acid. importers plan a counter analysis. P Saitta says Krone Bros will provide twelve California lemons and twelve Sicilian imported lemons for an impartial chemical test.
The House approved the pension appropriation bill totaling 145,145,530 dollars after action on the freight and express tax revisions. An inheritance tax exemption for estates dying before June 13, 1898 was adopted. a census reapportionment vote kept House membership at 357. Senate discussions on Hay-Pauncefote continued in executive session amid treaty delay concerns.
Oswald Otten dornfer editor of Staats Zeitung dies in New York at his home. Duke of Manchester ordered to pay 250 pounds for wines and cigars from a city merchant. Paris expositions arrests tally shows 44 Americans among 13,007. Cornelius L. Alvord Jr. arraigned. trial set for December 26. U S army transport Kintuck sails to Manila with 504 horses 311 mules and 1300 tons of supplies via Honolulu for the Philippines service.
The papal legation reports Pope Leo orders all archbishops and bishops to publicly pontificate at a midnight service to close the nineteenth century. Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore and Archbishop Martinelli in Washington plan to lead the rites at their respective cathedrals if no obstacles arise.
Gompers named president Samuel Gompers of New York cigarmakers leads the federation as conventions end. Frank Morrison of Washington printer and John B. Lennon of Bloomington tailor are re elected as secretary and treasurer for the coming year.
Washington dispatch reports Miss Elizabeth Moore Flagler, daughter of Brigadier General Daniel W Flagler, engaged to Dr W G McKeen O Da deck Cape Breton with marriage set for June. In 1895 she killed a worker Ernest Green by shooting in Washington. convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to three hours in jail and a $500 fine. She later lived in retirement at Cape Breton.
Eldorado Kansas December 14 Jessie Morrison's murder trial ended in a hung jury they were split nine to three for acquittal with three jurors seeking manslaughter in the fourth degree. The jurors had been deliberating since Tuesday morning and were discharged after failing to reach a verdict.
The German training frigate Gneisenau foundered off Malaga near Gibraltar during a severe storm. Private dispatches report about forty drowned amid cadets clinging to rigging and signaling for help as the vessel sank at the port entrance. The iron 1879-built ship of 2856 tons carried 461 crew and trainees with sixteen Krupp guns and seven torpedo tubes.
A storm capsized a training ship off Malaga after a morning review leaving no fewer than 140 dead or missing. Forty survivors suffer serious injuries while lifeboats and ropes rescued some crew. Captain Kresthmann perished at his post as Malaga shelters cared for the rescued at hospitals and shelters.
Five unidentified men dressed as tramps overpowered the village marshal in Brighton Illinois and robbed E Butler’s general store of 100 dollars. They failed to plunder Blodget Bros bank vault as dynamite wrecked the safe, then set Butler’s store ablaze. The robbers fled on a handcar. a posse with bloodhounds pursued.
Honolulu reports a treasury ruling that Chinese naturalized in Hawaii are not U S citizens under the territorial act. Section 4 had allowed Hawaii citizens to be counted as U S citizens, but a Washington ruling issued December clarifies this. The number affected is small, mainly wealthy Chinese merchants.
Baptiste Garnier known as Little Bat a famed Indian scout was shot and likely fatally wounded in a Crawford Nebraska saloon by James D Haguewood the saloon manager The motive is unknown Hagiewood surrendered and Little Bat held a government post at Fort Robinson with slight hope of recovery.
From the smouldering ruins of the Fredonia State Normal and Training School a charred body is found and a revised missing list confirms seven deaths. The blaze caused about $200,000 in property loss and occurred in Dunkirk, New York, on December 14.
Pacific Union Oil reports a vein struck at 75 feet north of town while Crown King in Piru begins early drilling at about 100 feet. Ramona in Piru reaches 700 feet with gas and oil showing. Puente builds a new refinery still at Chico. Rincon’s drill starts after steam up. continuous operation planned. Arizona oil found eight miles south of Safford near Scarborough’s artesian bore at 700 feet with a hoped stronger flow ahead.
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