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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
2
The page surveys Carnegie libraries and global affairs, noting Mormon missions in Europe, reputational quips about Dewey and heroism, fashion trends in millinery, English nobility, and social observations on marriage and Chinatown. It strings together brief, pointed vignettes without a single cohesive narrative.
It is unclear if the porter will seek a middle ground in the drive to end tipping on railroads. He supports the idea as a principle of give and take.
The rise of men who court and wed many women to swindle them becomes common. Authorities warn that as long as women marry strangers quickly, this fraud will persist and harm multiple individuals.
The heirs received twelve thousand dollars in royalties for the book. Comparatively the article notes Jeffries got fifty thousand dollars for an hour and a half of work.
A gay Lothario pledged marriage to two widows and scheduled both weddings at the same place and hour. The brides waited in vain, as the scheme collapsed and the suitor vanished, leaving behind a tale of ill fated romance.
The two men who allegedly invented the kissing bug story have confessed, ending the spread of a countrywide scare that began with yellow newspapers in the East.
The writer notes that next year will be saved in Roman numerals as MCM and that this year MDCCCXCIX already uses many letters. They joke that 1888 is especially literary, claiming MDCCCLXXXVIII is lengthy but expressive across two millennia.
A 1700 mile long telephone line linking Detroit and Houston is expected to be a great public convenience. It would allow anyone in Detroit to speak freely with a Texan and settle disputes with safety and satisfaction.
The armored train is a force multiplier yet a vulnerable, risky asset. It provides protection for troops but its use diminishes soldiers’ effectiveness in open combat. A derailment or explosion could spread carnage among occupants, highlighting its dual role as asset and hazard.
Berlin and German papers discuss U S plans for South America while the London Saturday Review mocks the idea. The writer notes no American would seek to take control of the entire region as a gift and questions the notion with skepticism and humor.
A La Revue de Paris writer cites exile totals: 900000 (1754–1864) 415000 (1864–1888) and 132000 (1888–1898) exposing the system’s failure to reform criminals or boost society. The czarist decree of May 18, 1899 limits transportation and seeks profitable colonization, noting Siberia could sustain 50,000,000 people and is not as barren as fiction.
In Cornhill Paget records 2 am opening of audience halls and 3 am cabinet councils, with court entertainments at 8 am and emperor's day ending by 10 am. The British Medical Journal links early waking to physiological aging and arterial hardening, interpreting it as a sign of degeneration in China’s body politic.
Gen Otis issues a decree allowing civil marriages in the Philippines. Canadian sealing vessels report a season catch of 35 344 seals, up from 28 352 last year. Lawton fund subscriptions total 31 404 with 17 323 raised so far. Benedick chartered to load 3500 tons of PA coal for Lisbon, first such cargo to a Portuguese port. John Mitchell says the Mine Workers expect a wage advance at the coming convention and denies Indian miners face extreme suffering.
Bicycle enthusiasm, peaking in 1896 and 1897, has declined as the wheel shifts from fashion to practical utility. While still inspiring many as a profitable exercise, the novelty has worn off and demand is now limited to practicality and safety concerns.
A historian notes Montegazza's study in the Humani tarian arguing that European statistics show men five times more guilty than women overall. Comparisons span France Italy Bavaria England Wales and Turin prisons, with figures for forged coinage, perjury, and serious offenses. The piece suggests U S men are likely worse than women too.
Crowds at Pretoria railway station watch hundreds of British troops captured at Nicholson's Neck disembark. Boer commandant orders the soldiers to remove hats, a gesture the surprised captives return by saluting the Boer troops in a brief moment of formal recognition.
Cincinnati official Pierot faced arraignment before U S Attorney Bundy on a neutrality law violation. He acted as a recruiting officer for the Boers, sending men eastward though he claimed the men were for the Hospital Corps. He was warned to cease recruiting or face contempt of court.
The British consul says New Orleans has been a chief port for Boer agents to secure supplies for the Transvaal, with British ships used largely in shipments.
Irish residents in Philadelphia rally to support the Boers in their war with England. The Ancient Order of Hibernians with 25,000 members in the city call for a special assessment and expect a $25,000 contribution to bolster a national fund target of $1,000,000.
In New Haven Connecticut the will of Josephus Forbes leaves four hundred sixty thousand dollars to charity. St. Pauls Episcopal Church and the Ladies Seamstress Friends Society will share the estate with the latter receiving one third. The church is to build a chapel on the Forbes mansion site and an aged womans home.
The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee will begin formal inquiry into Senator Clark of Montana on Friday January 5. Counsel for both sides will be heard, followed by witnesses for the complainants on Saturday and Monday. About twenty witnesses have been requested, with defense to name rebuttal witnesses. The hearing is expected to be lengthy and may involve Montana legislators and charges of bribery tied to thirty $1000 bills offered to secure Clark's support. Counsel for the prosecution includes Edmunds Campbell Hartman and Jere Wilson. Faulkner is the sole named Clark ally counsel so far.
In New York two agents operate in a saloon near police headquarters recruiting men for the Boer cause. Leader Gustav Simon from the Transvaal and German Henry Scharff, recently from Pretoria, spearhead the effort. Many young men have already sailed for the Transvaal, with about two hundred leaving last week and sixty more before Christmas.
In Marinette Wisconsin Dr Schepler pastor of St Pauls Episcopal interrupted Christmas service to chase and capture a sneak thief stealing gifts from the parsonage. He handed the suspect to police then returned to complete services.
Franklin B. Livingston, disabled by blindness, killed his wife Dora Livingston during a Christmas night attack and later paid a man to guide him to the police. A coroner's jury found he acted in self defense and Judge Stockbridge discharged him from custody.
Sir Henry Irving notes marked theater progress in twenty five years and the rise of strong critics. He says actors gain publicity and fair criticism, ceasing need for vindication as merit dictates placement. He compares audience praise to art appreciation and praises evolving methods of acting approval.
James Poorman was arrested in Lima Ohio and alleged to run a school of crime. Aged 8 witness Aggie Scanlan testified he instructed her to mingle in stores and lift items. Police found two trunks of stolen jewelry and other small valuables in his room.
The article notes extreme rainfall observed with precision in India. Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills records 39 feet 6 inches annually, Debundia 80 feet 10 inches, and Bibundi 84 feet 4 inches, with the coastal sites being lower than Cherrapunji.
Merced C. F. Thomas, a Weekly Star reporter, is mortally wounded at his office door by Margaret Silvey who accused him of betrayal. They had claimed marriage after a Fresno visit, but no ceremony occurred. Her prior attempt to flee was stopped by her parents and later reports revealed Thomas had a wife elsewhere.
A whimsical reflection on how life might look if others viewed our actions with clever humor and wit, imagining a lighter, more amused perception of daily behavior.
Cape Town dispatch notes Herr Schlesinger of the New York Equitable Assurance says Boer stores hold vast food imported by speculative capitalists hoping mining would be permitted in the war. He also notes there were thou-
In Chinatown a feud between Hip Sing and Suey Sing tongs erupts with one fatal shooting and an attempted killing. Hom Teong, a Chinese cook and former Hip Sing member, was shot on Sacramento and Stockton streets and died later. Police named Chin Wing and Ng Ah Poy as suspects who fled. A Hip Long gambler was chased by Suey Sing members but sheltered by police.
A Cornell style note by C. A. Strohm extols peanuts as superior feed for poultry. He argues peanuts fatten less than corn, boost egg production and chick growth, suit various soils, ripen earlier than corn in north, and offer high yield per area. He praises the small Spanish peanut as the best planting stock.
A roundup of notable happenings across the West includes medicine for lockjaw in San Francisco, gambling crackdowns in Dayton Washington, a Seattle cannery report, a jail Christmas dinner in Fresno, and a new Chinese daily in San Francisco. Other items cover shipbuilding potential at Moran Bros. Seattle, legal questions about mineral land liens, a Portland fireman gifted a cigar store, lemon oil use in San Diego, and a fatal saloon brawl in Red Bluff with a knife assault and a missing suspect.
A telephone message from Spokane reports small pox has broken out among the Indians on the south half of the Colville reservation.
Hugh Lee a Chinese inmate due for execution at San Quentin Friday for killing a fellow Chinese in Tulare has told prison chaplain Father Sullivan that he wishes to embrace the Catholic faith and die a Christian.
San Francisco reports that California receives free space at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo New York opening in May 1901. The state will need at least 20 000 square feet to display its exhibits. The fair is expected to rival the Paris World Fair.
Senator Perkins favors a quarantine measure to protect California fruit. He has a copy of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce resolutions protesting infectious fruit. the resolutions were referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee. A bill is being drafted to implement the quarantine with his support.
W. E. L. Eddy was stabbed to death in a Redding saloon by William Johnston colored. Johnston escaped after a fray witnessed by many. The two men had been playing seven-up for two hours and Eddy allegedly abused Johnston continually before the fatal attack.
Charles L. Tutt president of Colorado Reduction Works in Colorado Springs travels to San Francisco with Boston financiers to tour Southern California. He notes Cripple Creek output will top twenty million for the year, with a 5 million rise from 1898 to 1899 and his plant processing 3 million in ore. He and Spencer Penrose have built wealth from early investments in the Cripple Creek district.
From Foreign Lands reports nearly three million people in Calcutta receive famine relief. The government spends about two lakhs of rupees daily and expects relief costs to reach three crores by end of March. Viceroy Curzon calls for closer scrutiny of relief claims.
The privy council meeting at Windsor led Queen Victoria to issue a warning to all British subjects not to aid the Transvaal or Orange Free State residents or to sell or transport merchandise under threat of legal penalties.
Reports from the steamship Aorangi describe a bloody civil conflict among natives of Kiriwina New Guinea. The head chief was defeated and eleven villages were destroyed with heavy slaughter.
Washington dispatch reports a Porte decree forbidding import of arms into the Ottoman Empire. Arms barred from entry will be confiscated upon arrival at Turkish customs, with no obligation by the government to compensate consignors or their assignees.
Paul Grinstead editor of the Wathena Star was sentenced in Troy Kansas District Court to eleven months in county jail for criminal libel tied to an lawmakers bribery accusation. He will continue to edit his paper from jail.
The American Cultivator reports fourteen Shorthorn cattle sold in Chicago at about 115.75 dollars each, part of a ninety head lot bought last February at 48.30 dollars each. The sale marks the highest prices since 1892 and October since 1884 with Nelson Morris expanding into export trade by buying 1000 Kentucky cattle. An Indiana farmer paid 5.15 dollars per hundred for forty-two polled Angus range steers from North Dakota weighing 1446 pounds average.
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