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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1898
Page
2
In Oklahoma tensions rise over a live issue about settlers and Indians while Victoria plans a new sea going yacht reportedly costing a million dollars. The piece also notes a price advance for castor oil and a note about a child’s stricter household control.
A tobacco maker says chewing tobacco consumption in the United States is falling off as people eschew the habit. The article notes General Miles stated that foreign wars build a country s backbone and that such wars are freed by strong backbones.
A medical authority calls a music bath an excellent treat for a tired mind but cautions it should not be used where Wagnerian waves are running mountain high.
A Pennsylvania rope factory is to be removed to Kentucky as leaching business in that state is expected to attract outside enterprise and capital.
A short tale recalls a boy who bought newspapers for five cents and sold them for the same price to holler. The same plain motive is attributed to some orators, suggesting simple gain or attention drives both pursuits.
A contemporary remarks that cheaper licenses tempt polygamy and suggests repealing the law. The comment frames the policy as enabling excess and questions its value in a satirical tone.
A French scientist reports that hornet sting acts as an antidote to snake bites. The remedy is to run into a hornets nest after a bite, a claim noted with a wry aside about whisky.
A cablegram reports a planned home for poor authors in Antibes France as a worthy charity. It notes irony that some poor writers are wealthy and cites seven million seven hundred thousand dollars spent at Monte Carlo gambling tables last year. It also mentions Western Union troubles with Spain over Havana interference and contrasts cautious government bluffing with corporate power.
A famous boxer spends earnings to send two sisters to college, highlighting a trend of attempting to offset evil deeds with good works. The note cautions that he is not alone in such balancing acts and suggests the persistence of good intentions alongside wrongdoing.
The article argues that society would not be dominated by professional philanthropists. It asserts that the field is led by amateurs and hard headed business men who recognize humanity’s claims on those who prosper.
Rev Edith Booker lectures in Kansas on the nature of man describing him as a tender creature with innocent eyes and a dove like trust while contrasting her own strength as a sturdy oak. The remarks emphasize gendered perspectives and the nurturing role of women in guiding men.
Cities increasingly borrow for improvements and delay pay as they go, mirroring the improvident railway model that robs capital for current earnings. Yet the market for these securities remains vast and insatiable, with investors preferring them to private corporate bonds despite financial strength.
The Japanese method of liberating a white pigeon during battleship christenings replaces the American wine bottle ritual. The new approach is seen as more poetic and avoids the temptation to drink, signaling a distinct cultural improvement in naval ceremonies.
The article notes a long term decline in anthracite coal output from 1895 to 1897 and a sharp rise in bituminous coal, with 1897 anthracite under 50 million tons and bituminous over 144 million. It predicts higher prices and sustained competition as the anthracite combination strengthens and manufacturers switch to bituminous fuel.
Advocates of woman suffrage face opposition from women within their ranks as Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts women organize against extending voting rights. A pamphlet argues a woman's duty to home and family outweighs political participation, challenging suffrage momentum and signaling strong internal resistance.
A First Assistant Postmaster General report details 1897 experiments in rural free delivery from forty three offices across twenty nine states. Carriers supplied gear and delivered mail by cart or bicycle, reaching ten square miles daily at a cost of about one and two thirds cents per piece. The program increased letter writing and stamp purchases, and planners expect rapid expansion with benefits for rural life and national resilience.
Six Alaska vessels overdue at Seattle and the Childbot and White passes reported safe. Trials proceed in Stockton for Ben Beech and C. P. Peet on dynamiting fish. Corona efforts fail amid wreck near Victoria. Gristo in Cascade Mountains hit by floods and avalanches. J. C. Kimble Los Angeles capitalist dies in San Francisco from a fall. English turfman seeks to buy Marplot for English long races. San Francisco coal dealers charged with trust act violations. Mrs Bradbury denied insanity after elopement. Great Britain hoists flag over Alaska per Skagway report. Five men die from a cod related disease. poultry show in Santa Barbara with reduced rail rate. Hanford to host large cannery. customs notice on Chilcoot Railway. California horses enter Greater New York steeplechase. A 12 inch rifle arrives in San Francisco for Presidio. Oil Producers Trustees sign new Los Angeles oil contracts. vast freight moves. War Dept orders ammunition transfer to San Francisco harbor defenses. Vancouver firm backs Klondike push via Hilde Bowker. Emma Sutro Merritt seeks court sale of 700k estate to cover debts. Barstow experiments test crude oil for smelting to extend to Arizona. Bishop Taylor learns of Dr Jennie Gordon’s death in Angola. McCloud River Railroad extended toward Alturas, linking to Susanville for Oregon-Nevada traffic. Mexican coast waters open to fishing. San Diego Sun notes fleets heading to new waters with barracuda and other species.
The Yellow Aster mine at Randsburg reports a 15 foot ore ledge yielding $92 per ton with 400 dollars daily payroll. Barstow gains 100 workers as new camp grows in Inyo County. The Helvetia mine in San Diego County doubles as a 10 stamp mill processing $22 per ton ore. Placer mining rises in Yavapai Arizona with nuggets from 50 cents to 20 dollars. Old Kern county mines near Caliente and Walker Basin reopen with American operators. The Randsburg Santa Fe reduction plant begins, 40 workers February 15, and mill foundations are laid. Mohave steamship brings 106 tons of sulphur ore to Ventura for testing with high sulfur content. Fifty to two hundred tons of ore await shipment near Hardy River. Winchester Lines promotes a dry ore crushing process to reduce water dependence with a new mill to test.
J H Robinson, an old miner sent to Alaska from Los Angeles to stake Copper River claims, writes from Odiak that stories of fabulous riches are false. He ascended the river but found no gold, only copper float as large as a man’s hand, pure enough to whittle, while eight to fifteen feet of snow hindered prospecting.
Work at the Wedge mine in Randsburg continues with fifteen men drifting at the 150 and 250 foot levels. Fifty tons of ore sit on the dump awaiting mill repair, valued at $100 to $150 per ton, to be mixed with lower grade ore. The mill should restart in about a week, with a $10,000 gold brick expected by mid month. After repaying the $3000 loan from stockholders, dividends are planned.
The Interior Department and General Land Office issued a ruling on patenting mining claims. Commissioner Hermann says all claims with work before December 15 1897 will be approved. For grouped claims, total improvements of 500 dollars per claim suffice for the group. If 750 dollars were spent on one location and 250 on a jointly owned location, both would pass.
A chaotic harvest of calamities and policy shifts spans the era. Fires claim nine in Charleston. railways shift to electricity in Boston and Chicago. leaders like Coren and Singerly die. Kalamazoo lab blast injures twenty-five. legal fights touch Hayes, Rockefeller, and debts. International notes include Hamburg boat challenges and Spain Cuba affairs.
The House appropriates six thousand dollars to improve roads in Yosemite Valley and Secretary Gage seeks one hundred fifty thousand dollars for Yaquina Bay Oregon. Senate confirms Miller for Calais France and Fee for Cienfuegos Cuba. hearing on Frye bill creating a cabinet department of commerce. Congress presses appropriations as adjournment nears. Senate approves bronze Maine memorial. China money order system reported from Denby Pekin. Naval items include one million for smokeless powder and sixty thousand for factory buildings.
A wide range of international notes reports an abortive bid on King George of Greece, diplomatic warnings to foreign correspondents in France, and various moves abroad including railway and mine concessions in China and European reactions to regional conflicts.
Charles A. Shinn notes that dry weather raises orange prices while suggesting alfalfa can yield profits on alkali soils. Planting salt bush provides valuable sheep pasture and may create a new California industry, especially where alfalfa fails.
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