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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1900
Page
2
A wry note reports excursion boats now plying on the Dead Sea. The item blends census trivia about Boston’s bean consumption with a quip on partisan wagers and a biblical allusion to oyster treatment.
A new Maryland effort raises Belgian hares for local market. The note hints at a wealth of oddities and quotes that the region is distinctive, with a wry line about credit lines and a playful aside on exotic purchases by distant rulers.
A Yale professor asserts hypnotism can cure drunkenness in beer drinkers. The report notes crowds of intoxicated men rushing to exit a Connecticut institution, creating a chaotic scene as they stumble and push toward the doors.
If true that men who suddenly appear in other sections of the country change their names the same holds for the American reed bird as it migrates from place to place.
Phrenology and palmistry fade as feet tell truth. The piece jokes that character may be read by lines on the soles and humorously blames shoemakers for more bad character than before.
The passage argues that loss and waste stem from negligence while mechanical intellect and business vigor push economies. It contends inventions in machinery have not reached a limit and that making men remains a central business necessity, underscoring enduring human role.
An insurance expert estimates two and a half million accidents occur yearly with losses totaling 117 million dollars. Those who avoided accidents last year saved about 46.80 dollars on average, suggesting no accident as a form of asset.
Conditions in Porto Rico have greatly improved since the American occupation. A telegraphic system is established clear roads are under construction, the judiciary reformed and schools reorganized. A police force has quelled brigandage, sanitation improved health, and prosperity is expected to rise with the new order.
The late Baron Russell of Killowen, renowned in both Britain and the United States, was admired for his international law work and fair legal wit. He exposed the Piggott forgeries, vindicated Parnell, and served in key roles from the Bering Sea arbitration to leading the Joint High Commission. His death is a loss to international comity and English speaking peoples.
The American Society of Professors of Dancing has formally banned rag-time music and the hop-waltz. Dancers would switch to slower, swinging measures deemed more dignified, transforming jerky two-steps into graceful movement on the ballroom floor. The ban aims to elevate the poetry of motion and overall decorum.
The piece notes lively tunes and electric rhythms, arguing ragtime remains popular despite newer musical forms. It references animated rubber balls and the influence of American dancing masters, suggesting the public prefers energetic tempos over traditional stately measures.
The Boston Journal editor Steven O'Meara criticizes worship of precedent and praises the past, citing Washington Henry Hamilton and McMasters. He notes modern politics has more temptations and corruption, yet overall politics is gradually improving.
A London safe maker sent an expert to a distant town to open an old vault. The locksmith retrieved dust from the key, opened the lock, and charged five guineas. The manufacturer paid six and asked the man return to London quietly.
The best isinglass comes from Russia, obtained from giant sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and connected rivers. The fish can reach twenty five feet, and the air bladder yields isinglass after many preparatory steps. Russians pride in quality as the top market source while Brazilian Amazon varieties are coarse and inferior. Adulteration is detectable by boiling water. pure isinglass dissolves completely with no residue, while inferior types show fibrous threads.
In New Zealand an eight page paper titled The Pleiades of Seven Stars is edited by Tawhino a royal figure who holds the editorial chair when not on the throne. The unusual publication prints in English and the native tongue and features three columns per page.
A mixed column notes Otay Gun Club returning from Otay Dam with 2200 ducks, about 2000 more than needed, and mentions Sandhill cranes in Fresno supplanting Belgian hare. It also reports the first hanging invitations at Folsom prison, Governor Gage's reprieve for George Pullman to November 19, and a river barge Nicholaus incident.
Dispatch from Rome states a letter found with anarchists Milich and Villi, arrested at Milan, proves a Chicago hatched plot to kill King Emmanuel. Bresci denies plot knowledge yet calls for rebellion of all state chiefs. La Tribuna says Italy will seek European action to require passports for all travelers from America.
A head end collision on the Great Northern line near Edmonds, Washington, at 11 this morning killed passenger engineer Sam Work and seriously injured freight engineer Charles Spring. Fireman and several passengers were slightly hurt as both engines wrecked. Work leaves a widow in Seattle.
Cheyenne report identifies VD D Dare former president of the National Bank of San Diego and Cheyenne National Bank as the head of a major Alexandria railway. Disguised and traveling with his wife, he fled after bank failures in 1892, while Cheyenne and San Diego bankers faced ruin and suicides. Secret service men head to Egypt to arrest him.
Coal has given out at the Wellington mines in Victoria B C as the last mine closes today leaving the mining town of Dunsmuirs Wellington deserted aside from Esquimalt and Nanaimo workshops that will move to Ladysmith next year.
Anita Baldwin secures a divorce from George Baldwin in twelve hours after filing in Oakland. The couple, who eloped at sea eight years ago, faced early marital troubles with his desertion a year ago. The divorce marks a swift end to a romance that began with a secret wedding aboard a tug beyond the Golden Gate.
Clara Barton president of the National Red Cross urges U S manufacturers and business leaders to supply lumber hardware builders material and household goods to build homes for storm survivors in Galveston Texas 8000 or more families lack shelter and tents will not protect against sand and climate funds have fallen short of Johnstown relief levels as relief groups work to stabilize housing and health for victims.
The Los Angeles Times reviews Petroleum in California a concise reliable history by Lionel V. Redpath 164 pages with engravings and a list of California and Arizona oil companies including San Francisco and outside city consumption figures. Available from Redpath 405 Blanchard Building for $1.00.
General Dryden prominent attorney was shot and killed by his son in law Thomas Workma in Wheeling West Virginia. The incident occurred during a domestic confrontation as Dryden assaulted his wife and her father intervened to defend her and himself firing the fatal shot. Mrs Dryden is prostrated.
Nine year old Eddie McBride died from burns after companions bound him to a sapling and set his clothing alight during a “Buffalo Bill” style game in Trenton New Jersey. A boy sprayed gasoline on Eddie and a match was lit, causing a rapid blaze as onlookers watched.
A Rio de Janeiro dispatch says Col Campos Salles brother of Brazil’s president has been assassinated in San Paulo by Italian farmer Angel Sangeretti. President Salles will not delay his Buenos Aires visit, arriving October 24 and staying until October 30.
A letter to Judge Righter of Shelby County from Ralph Corti an Italian asks permission to duel with Peter Camali a fellow countryman. Corti claims Camali stole $200 from him while working in the Moncaqua mines last year and requests a 10 pace shot gun duel until one man falls.
Rich strike reported in northern Sandia Mountains near Canyon Del Agua district south of Santa Fe. Ore yields up to thirty thousand dollars per ton though verification work is incomplete. Discoverer H. T. Brown notes ore lies within feet of where Gen. Grant camped in 1881 during his Canyon Del Agua Copper Company days.
The Red Cross reports say Clara Barton is in Washington, but New York telegrams claiming she left are false. Barton has been in Galveston since a week after the storm and will stay while relief work continues. Thousands live in tents and hundreds are crippled as corpses are found daily.
Mrs Nettie R Craven was brought to Judge Cook in San Francisco on October 6 by litter. Unable to stand trial she saved bondsmen $5000 from forfeiture as proceedings adjourn until next Saturday. A panel of physicians will assess her condition. Garrett McEnenery sought a formal order denying her family allowance and removal of the case from Judge Troutt's calendar. The appeal deadline to the Supreme Court is next Tuesday.
Report indicates the court will sign the order and dismiss all technical objections to the proceedings. It was noted that Mrs. Craven's attorneys will appear in response to Judge Troutt's decision before 4 o'clock Tuesday.
Albert T. Patrick, lawyer for the late millionaire William M. Rice, is arrested for forging Rice’s name on checks totaling 55 000 and 65 000. Accomplice valet Charles F. Jones is also taken into custody. Prosecutors suspect additional forged instruments and a forged will that would leave Patrick about 15 million. Investigation into Rice’s death likely to continue.
Eight Italian night shift workers at Calvin Pardee & Co. colliery in Latimar were ambushed on a road to Holyrood by about 1,500 women, mostly Hungarian and Italian from Milnesville. Stones and clubs caused injuries. a planned march from McAdoo and Jeansville was postponed.
A London dispatch from Lord Roberts dated October 5 reports daily rising numbers of prisoners captured or surrendered, totaling nearly 16,000 men. Commandant Muller has surrendered and more Boers are en route to Pretoria to surrender. A London Irish detachment near Buitfontein engaged the Boers, with six wounded after a half hour of fighting. The Boers suffered heavily.
Paris officials announce California exhibits and gifts to French institutions. A redwood table eight feet wide from a California tree is presented to President Loubet. California forestry specimens win prizes and go to Vincennes forestry museums. The Hotel Dieu hospital receives California wines fruits and foodstuffs.
Sir Henry Irving reports Madame Melba will perform Lucia in the mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor at the Galveston benefit arranged at Drury Lane. This marks her sole London appearance before leaving for her American tour.
The Southern Pacific placed an order for eighty locomotives at Cook Locomotive Company. Passenger engines will have three pairs of drivers and double carriages, moguls will have three drivers and pony carriages. Engines priced around ten thousand dollars each, keeping the factory busy for six months. Night shifts may use workers from Rogers works which is closing.
Vancouver report says Hih Luck the highbinder accused in the murder of Chief of Police Main of Stevenson pleaded guilty and admitted implicating two Chinese accomplices. The unrepresented prisoner was informed by the judge and interpreter about plea norms for white defendants. He replied that all three killed Main. Crown prosecutor urged accepting the guilty plea.
A courtroom quip frames a judge remark about character and a line about a smooth bore. The exchange contrasts modern measures with old fashioned weapons in a legal wit vignette.
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