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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
2
A jittery column riffs on wartime woes and odd business schemes. It mentions a Lieut Hobson’s silence, a Pennsylvania catfish tale, a rye whisky push, a head ache market rise, flint glass makers forming a trust, and coffinmakers joining as a new alliance. The New York Sun wryly notes age and bachelorhood.
This fragment notes misapplied fin de siecle usage in the Dreyfus case, hints at typewriter adoption for letters, defends legibility, mentions Dewey’s $13000 salary, an Eastern ad offering 20000 red haired addresses, and a man who attempted suicide misjudging his heart while using haystacks as targets.
The remark suggests Cecil Rhodes would authorize the United States to claim any unclaimed territory on earth, provided Britain does not desire it. This interpretation frames a potential imperial strategy around shared spoils and geopolitical leverage.
Germany paid more than four million dollars in pensions to the aged poor last year. The author calls it a necessary charity and argues for a social and industrial system that would make such alms unnecessary, urging structural reform.
Howells questions whether the old quarrel with English writers is fully resolved while noting his restraint in forgiveness. The public backs Admiral Dewey’s promotion, with seventy million people approving Congress and the President. Two quarantined girls escaped for a party, sparking poetic justice as both suitors contract smallpox.
The passage parodies high pretenders from monarchs to rulers of Europe noting Queen Victoria preferring to stay away from Cannes this season while the German emperor orders park trees felled for security. It mentions the Czar facing private troubles and the Swedish king discovering a claim to happiness tied to his subjects, ending with a humorous aside about the rest of the tale.
The text contrasts sharp versus gentle rebukes and cites Lord Palmerston using courteous sternness with a diplomat. It notes witty repartee as a vehicle for reproof, and includes Zeno’s quip about extravagance and salt as a retort to scholars. The passages illustrate calm, pointed correction and clever escalation in dialogue.
The passage notes a shift from the ancient world’s lack of social institutions to an era defined by vast organized benevolence. It contrasts a “loveless world” of Caesars with the modern development of hospitals and asylums, signaling a new age of philanthropy and social care.
The passage urges universal protest against cruelty and infidelity, arguing civilized societies must protect animals from pain. It notes gossip and envy cause pain, but kindness becomes a passport to social honor, emphasizing the need for gentleness in all dealings.
The article argues that in France the governing form matters little to peasants as long as stability and protection exist. It notes distrust of Napoleonic heirs, the Orleans line, and Bourbon hopefuls, while middle-class opinion favors the republic. It also highlights a $35,000 irrigation study in the US bill and grand schemes to water vast arid lands including a massive Salt River Valley project near Phoenix.
In a London tale a collier traveling with a pigeon in a bag tries to toss it in town hall square. A policeman cites a ban and threatens arrest, prompting the man to release the bird who then flies away, leaving the officer stunned.
A heated exchange is cited by the Indianapolis Journal where an English lecturer denounces a community as money loving, and locals defend their affection for wealth, noting the lecturer obtained little from them.
A theatrical journal questions tights' fate depending on a judge's mood the next morning. The remark suggests variability in stage costume acceptance based on perceived propriety or taste.
A New Haven man offers 500 dollars for proof earth moves, inviting Earth quake season coverage. Captain John Dillon of the Morgan City is fined 3500 dollars for beating a sailor at sea. Counterfeit five dollar gold pieces circulate in San Francisco with John Keough in custody. Arizona Territorial prison nears capacity as courts in session prompt potential new housing. Oregon boasts about a battleship name while California notes a cruiser named for it and built by California workers.
Governor Henry T. Gage proclaims May 1, 1899 a state holiday in California to honor Admiral Dewey and the May 1898 Manila Bay naval victory. The proclamation, dated April 19, 1899, notes the anniversary of the celebrated engagement and directs patriotic public expressions.
Mrs Nettie B Craven files a second petition in the San Francisco superior court seeking a family allowance from the late James G Fair estate. She says she is his widow and requests $500 a month from the $12 000 000 estate which yields $500 000 yearly. The petition marks a renewed push to gain support from the deceased capitalist estate dated December 28 1894.
The Stockton and Jackson Stage company test ran a horseless wagon driven stage between Stockton and the mountain town, linking to steamers for San Francisco. Passengers watched as the gasoline motor powered the stage on level roads, with plans to extend to Clements and add a larger motor to traverse the full line, promising faster travel and a staging revolution.
A description notes that the item is equipped with roller-bearing axles and heavy pneumatic tires. The text emphasizes robust construction suitable for demanding use. No names or dates are present to identify a specific model or event.
In San Francisco the death of 4 year old Hileen Pidge is reported to the coroner. Dr Jones cites canned tomatoes as the cause after a family meal led to convulsions and the girl’s death. Her brother survived, with earlier illness not yet confirmed as linked.
In the Fresno coroner’s inquest Hi Rapelji testified that he killed Leong Tung to save Wong Duck, who he says is innocent. Rapelji, a watchman for Chinese companies, surprised prosecutors by implicating Wong Duck. Hop Lee, alleged leader of local hatchetmen, was freed on $500 bonds and merchants fled Chinatown fearing a flare up as Chinese groups seek more police protection.
Reports indicate Emperor William may push a Prussia government plan that would turn Berlin and environs into a separate province, reducing the city's self governance. In Ottawa, Sir Wilfrid Laurier supports a $500 poll tax on Chinese entrants to Canada but opposes taxing Japanese as allies of Britain. Other items note Baroness Hirsch de Gerath's estate funding charities and a US Venezuela parcel post treaty moving toward ratification. Madrid election returns show Ministerialists leading with 243 seats. Romero y Robledo and Emile Castellar faced losses amid reported bribery and civil unrest in Bilboa and Tortios.
Shanghai dispatch reports the German protected cruiser Gelion ordered to Apia Samoa after delivering ammunition at Kiao Chou China another cruiser to follow.
Havana reports an American shell from last summer's bombardment exploded last Sunday at the Labyrinth of Gold cafe. Three killed and many wounded as workers dug it from under the floor. Yellow fever cases rise. Spanish bankers seek to corner silver amid heavy shipments reports.
The item mix recalls Dewey's Manila move anniversary and naval prize money, anti alliance sentiment among German-Americans in Chicago, and several U S political and legal notes. It mentions tax revenue increases, a hog case verdict, and Spain US tensions with dramatic speeches and a staged opera scene.
The Union League Club hosted a banquet for Captain J B Couglin and Raleigh officers. Elihu Root presided as Couglin praised Admiral Dewey and Manila’s victory, recounting a sharp exchange with von Diedrich over ship movements and the note that flags can be bought.
Dr A J Chapman of Courtland Mississippi arrives aboard the Franklin reporting he survived a February 24 court martial near Ramara. Chapman and English subject Stephen Bowers were condemned as spies and Powers died in the first volley while Chapman was wounded and escaped to Bluefields. Another American gunner Jack Martin faces trial and likely execution.
Advices from Australia recount a March Northeast Queensland cyclone that drowned fourteen whites and about four hundred colored men. Eighty luggers and six schooners wrecked, with £250,000 in damages. Lightships lost, several vessels sunk, bodies found unburied, and miraculous rescues noted amid widespread devastation.
The Sun reports American volunteer soldiers in Luzon prepared a petition for discharge on the island and travel pay as if returning home. They pledge to form a National Guard. The petition lists 4000 names. The Provost Marshal seized $100,000 sent to Aguinaldo's agent. A Filipino recruiting office in Manila was raided and a colonel with two captains were captured.
The San Diego Sun reports a strike at the Dead Oak mine in the Shenandoah district near Mesa Grande post office. Black has operated the mine intermittently for over a year, recently expanding a shaft ledge to four feet and sampling oreassaying from $500 to $1000 per ton.
Dispatches confirm the sale of the Independence mine to an English syndicate for 10000000 dollars. The deal, arranged by Mr Seered with the Venture corporation of London, includes about one acre of surrounding territory in Cripple Creek district and is billed as the greatest in American mining history.
The McCoy and Mallory copper mines in Gila county Arizona are to be sold to ex Senator Stephen W Dorsey and Senator John P Jones for 100000 dollars. Bonds on the mines were posted last March and a first payment of 10000 dollars was made last week. The mines lie near the United Globe mines.
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