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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
2
A short observational piece from the Mesa Free Press features moral maxims and pithy remarks on desire honesty and crime. It notes how candidates shift during elections and jokes about codlin moth damage while reflecting a community voice.
A light note recalls Mark Twain forgetting a dinner invitation, contrasting typical authors who keenly remember social engagements. The anecdote underscores Twain’s absentminded humor in a casual, reflective tone.
The veteran Bishop Wheeler criticizes the Empress Dowager as a highly capable woman lacking principle, calling her a perfect Jezebel in strong terms.
The piece notes U.S. firms will construct five large battleships for Russia and compares the episode to Krupp securing arms contracts for China, while wryly referencing a poet’s praise of blondes and hinting at broader cautions about appearances and alliances.
After Jay Gould's death the family fortune rose from 65 million to 100 million dollars. The note adds that Anna's four million dollar investment, by comparison, does not appear extravagant given the wealth.
An English observer in China extols American soldiers for distinguishing themselves not only against the enemy but also against the temptations present in Pekin under current conditions. He highlights their conduct in a city beset by challenges.
The Prince of Wales keeps his trousers without a crease. This will upset tailors but please people who fear baggy pants. A tailor notes we could crease our trousers without another nation’s consent if desired.
A Connecticut woman sues a physician claiming a cosmetic change from blonde to brunette. The piece suggests the brunette may come back into fashion and hints at impulsive nature of women.
A New York bank clerk defends the integrity of financial institutions. He quips that Diogenes would find the honest man in any bank today and that honest bankers deserve credit despite occasional dishonor from dishonest individuals.
The Sons of the American Revolution in Hawaii offered a prize for an English oration on a historic theme. The competition was open to all island boys, but the winner was described as a full-blooded son of China, highlighting the multicultural Pacific crossroads rather than any specific ethnicity.
Government by syndicate is repudiated in Newfoundland as a cunning speculator who had leased many colonial functions aims to seize full Legislature control and turn the colony into a stock company. The people decisively defeat him and vow to keep or reclaim self government remaining.
The speaker recalls walking miles with dog and gun to a farmhouse where the missus serves a ham the size of a shin, fresh eggs, biscuits, jug yeast, and a feast with ham gravy, coffee, pickles, pumpkin pie, and butter, questioning the value of cooking schools.
A short-story era emerged a few years ago as public speakers found longer spiels diminish influence. Orators who captivate briefly gain power. preachers who extend beyond twenty minutes lose attention.
The Bookman notes that novels now rarely exceed 70 000 words with 40 000 preferred. Sentences grow briefer from 41 to 22 and 20 words in historic voices. The piece laments dwindling diction and faster talk as writers favor monosyllables and quick looks over lengthy prose.
The essay defends Elias Howe Morse Whitney Fulton and McCormick as pivotal figures whose inventions transformed global progress. It notes Howe deserves inclusion alongside those men and highlights sewing machine impact on women's work and larger industrial wealth creation and daily life.
A young Chinaman studying medicine in town recounts misread diversions of American girls during August heat. He notes a sun burnt neck and shoulders and a lace yoke remark, joking on cultural misunderstandings and fashion quirks as he debates their choices and pinched feet.
Observers describe Constantinople as divided into dog quarters with ten to twenty dogs each. Frontiers are known only to the dogs, learned by how far a dog follows food. Dogs defend their zones with vigilance and attack intruders, prompting questions about how these boundaries originated.
The sneezewood tree from South Africa gives off fine dust that causes sneezing, even when planed, and is bitter to taste with a specific gravity heavier than water. It is a hard light brown wood with close grain, taking a good polish, and durable underwater, suitable for docks and piers.
The Dublin queen's bench rules that barbers are not workmen under the employers' and workmen's act because their trade relies on mental skill rather than mere physical labor. The decision hinges on whether barbering counts as manual labor or brain work within existing labor law.
Selections across the coast note a new steel bridge at Marysville over the Yuba river and varied local items. Reports cover school illnesses in Sacramento, liquor license hikes, a San Francisco kiss lawsuit, charity gifts, hoodlum worries in Santa Clara, reward for embezzlement suspect, gambling machines in Petaluma, a harbor of misfortunes in Oakland, and odd incidents from Lompoc to Los Angeles with theater triumphs and census plans.
A Pullman Adriatic sleeper from Denver and Rio Grande train No 1 is under fourteen day quarantine in Salida Colorado after a smallpox case developed aboard. Sixteen passengers and three trainmen are detained as officials isolate the car and patient Mrs Charles Brum Baugh travels with her husband toward Es la, Alameda County California.
San Francisco reports a historic railroad milestone as the Southern Pacific completes the long construction project closing the gap between Santa Barbara and Surf and uniting the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles. This achievement marks a major advance in California rail progress.
Work on the new trans line is nearly done with ties and rails laid. Ballasting remains and may take about forty days before service can commence.
Secretary Long acquired a 130 acre Pacific island in San Luis D'Apra harbor Guam for 900 in gold. The American flag now flies over the island, touted as a healthy location for a new coaling station. Native owners are said to gain affluence from the sale.
Victoria B C reports a string of Japanese maritime disasters. The training ship Isukushima Maru foundered in Suruga Bay after hitting Senoiwa rocks with 121 aboard drowned. Captain Matsumoi's body washed ashore unidentified. Other losses include the steamer Inushima Maru near Akshi Bay with 23 dead, the bark Katoku gawa Maru near Ryugashi, and the Kamigi Maru swamped after gale damage with 16 crew saved after days adrift.
New York dispatch reports Governor Muray of Arizona at the Holland House planning to press ahead in Washington to admit Arizona as a state. He cites strong self government desires, early 20th century rhetoric on taxation without representation, and Arizona’s population growth doubling in the last decade.
Fargo North Dakota dispatch reports Russian settlers in McHenry County facing severe hunger. Ella R. Ericsson, acting distributing officer of the Red Cross, says thirty three families depend on aid, many starving, lacking credit until next spring’s crop. Families live in sod houses with limited fuel and many children.
A Chihuahua capital report says Apaches are on the warpath in the state and Granada residents organize to meet the redskins. Indians are hiding in mountains and raiding isolated ranch houses and stealing cattle. Likely from a White River reservation breakout group.
Victoria news reports that the British ships Melville Island and Almora told of narrow escapes with all hands aboard as fires broke out. Melville Island burned on October 28 while bound for Sydney, crew fighting flames for days. Almora caught in a heavy gale two days after starting August 9, and the storm helped extinguish the fire.
A telephone report from Otter Custer county says eleven men stampeded about 3000 sheep belonging to R R Selway killing the entire flock. The animals likely drove off a precipice amid ongoing Otter range troubles. observers expect further violence in eastern Montana.
Ex convict Charlie May killed Robert Martin and wounded John McGee at a De Kalb dance and remains at large. In Oakland a contractor's $3000 eight hour work claim prompts mandamus action. New York Harlem duel leaves Kennedy and bystanders wounded. Biggs California safe demolition at Sierra Lumber Co reports no valuables taken. Miles City Montana 3000 sheep stampeded to death after range disputes.
Judge Coffee admitted Collis P. Huntington’s will in probate. Attorney J. E. Foulds said the estate's sole asset is a $50,000 mortgage on real property. no personal property exists, and the California street mansion is held in the widow's name.
In a runaway accident about three miles above Ouray the Red Mountain stage overturned and six passengers were precipitated over a seventy foot cliff. Mrs. R. S. Hickey suffered serious possibly fatal injuries while driver John Bates had a compound fracture of the right leg and numerous bruises. Other passengers were injured. A second stage carried the injured to Ouray.
Carrie Nation the W C T U joint worker refuses bail and vows to stay in jail until cleared of the charge of malicious destruction of property. The county attorney considers replacing the charge with insanity while Nation predicts continued crusades against saloons in other cities.
Abbeville South Carolina sheriff Kennedy reports a fatal incident following a card game. The event resulted in three deaths and is under investigation led by local authorities including William Kile.
Mrs Lulu C Jenkins now of Chicago has been paid four thousand dollars by the eight bondsmen of ex Sheriff Henry Bushing in a private settlement. The indemnity suit followed the murder of her husband in Ripley Indiana three years ago and the case drew nationwide attention.
In St Joseph Missouri on December 30 electrician N Schellinger of Chicago demonstrated that a cat electrocuted in a telephone office could have its heart revived by reversing the current. After initial death like stoppage the revived cat was lively again two hours later. The note compares to Tesla experiments noting longer suspension in earlier cases.
The War Department reports total Philippine imports at 20,196,983 dollars for eleven months ending May 31 1900. Imports from the United States amount to 1,450,807 dollars. Exports valued at 19,459,003 dollars include 17,634,385 in merchandise and 1,824,612 in gold and silver, with 3,594,575 dollars of exports to the United States. Manila hemp exports totaled 69,644 tons worth 10,582,173 dollars, 5,405,808 dollars of which went to the United States.
London reports from Shan Si that while the court stayed at Tay Yuen Fu the empress dowager secretly named a new emperor titled Ting Hsu a 15 year old spy taken to Sian Fu in the imperial yellow chair This explains the permission given to Emperor Kwang Hsu to return to Peking and his pledge to heed the reform party’s assistance.
At Silvey Creek near Bisbee Arizona two masked cowboys rode in to confront a saloonkeeper after a shooting incident. Jesse Johnson known as Kelly was shot fifteen times by Clint Mitchell and Louis Senete as John Roberts was wounded and hospitalized. Reinforcements arrived and the cowboys retreated with more trouble anticipated as Justice Starr Williams and eight deputies headed to the scene.
The British ship Ben Lee, Capt. Hunter, arrives in Tacoma after sixty four days at sea from Santa Rosalie. The voyage took over two months due to storms and heavy seas. Upon arrival the vessel was quoted at 35 percent.
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