Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-10-19
IricE,aphio iIrevitisL


Mt an end.
The congress OF real estate men will be
held In Denver next year.
A convention of men Interested In irriga-
tion met in Los Angeles on the 10th.
There now seems to he prospect that the
great English coal strikes will soon end.
Italians and Spaniards celebrated the dis
covery of America at Chicago on tie 12th.
Over 800 street car horses were burned to
death ut Chicago on the 18th. Loss, $780,
COO.
Thousands nrc out OF work In Sicily and the
condition Of the island is deplorable. Polltl-
cal agitation is increasing.
Charles Clark, young farmer living near
Oakland, Illinois, died of rabies contracted
from the bite Of II guinea pig.
The South Atlantic coast has again been
swept by IL terrible storm that did great dam
! age. Charleston suffered great deal.
Round-trlp tickets TO Chicago. good on all
trains and Pullmans, can be bought until
October 3lst for Sa3. Single rate, sl2.50.
John Jacob Astor's yacht ran into II loaded
ferry boat in the North river a few days ago
and caused terrible panic, but no one was
mi ured.
Up to the present time So 900 miners In
Great Britain, who were engaged In the
great strike, have returned to work Mt the
old wages.
Experts who have been examining the
property of the late Senator Stanford esti-
mate its value at between f4O,0O0.O0O and
f70,000,000
The Ohio synod OF the Presbyterian church
has approved the dismissal from the church
, Of DIR. Preserved Smith Of Lane Seminary on
the ground OF heresy.
An international meeting OF the Evangel.
icnl Alliance opened at Chicago on the 9th.
| 1t is attended by orthodox Christians from
many countries
One of the passengers on the Hamburg
American steamship Russia has died OF
cholera at quarantine, in New York Bay.
There are no other cases.
The Congregational board of foreign mis-
sions met In Worcester, Massachusetts, on
the 10th. The receipts for last year show
falling oil of slG5,0O0
The Yankee boat, Vigilant, won the second
race with Valkyric on the 9th. She appar-
emily out tsailed her competitor on all points
and beat her distance Of three miles.
The Hamburg-Amcrican steamer Russia is
detained at quarantine by the New YORK
health officers, ms there are several suspicious
cases of sickness, thought to be cholera.
President Morsmnn. OF the Pacific Express
Company has directed that all contributions
tied free over all the lines of his company.
party of slxty-seven unemployed me-
chanlcs from Arizona captured freight
train and ran It into Texas on their way east.
| About thirty Of them were arrested In San
Antonio.
|
nanent railway museum, Baltimore VIII
| build one, the nucleus of which will be the
exhibit of the Baltimore Il Ohio Railway
Company at the fair.
President Diaz, of Mexico. has offered q
series of big rewards to the total amount Of
800, 900, for the opening and development of
good gold fields. The value OF silver pro.
| duced In the land Is greater than gold, and
! gold is the metal now wanted.
| John Hansen, one OF the paid patrolmen of
| the Sailors Union nt San Francisco, has been
arrested rs the man who placed dynamite on
board the tug Ethel and Marion, and ms the
| principal In the plot which eliminated In the
| destruction Of Curtains boarding house and
the death OF four men. The chief Of police
says the evidence is positive.
Governor Caleb W. West Of Utah, In his
annual report, stated that the total present
| population of the territory Is estimated nt
233 ,S05, an increase OF 25,90O. Because OF
the recent financial stringency and decline Of
silver values the population OF the mining
districts has materially decreased during the
| past six months, while there has been steady
| growth In other parts OF the territory.
A shocking scandal has been caused by the
| coroncr's investigation Of the San Francisco
! Founding Asylum, where thrty-three babies
have died within the past six weeks. The
| place has been closed. The coroner ascer-
/ tained that the thlrty-three wnifs died of lack
| OF nutrition and maltreatment. The Daugh-
| tiers Of the Good Shepherd publicly branded
The yanderbilts have entered into n con-
tract for one Of tho greatest real estate pur-
chascs ever made on Manhattan Island. The
| property to be purchased covers Tour city
| blocks between One Hundred and Fifty-ffth
| and One Hundred and Flfty-ninth streets and
includes what Is known as the Manhattan
| Field and the new polo grounds 1t Is said
that the contract price is $4,000 and that
| 500. 900 has been deposited to bind the bar
| gain. 1t is understood that the purchase was
made for railroad purposes.
A big combination OF San Francisco street
railways, which has been In progress for some
| time, is at last completed, with capital
stock of a little over $ls,OO0,OOO. OF this the
Southern Pacific company controls 20 per
| cent. The combination includes sixteen
street lines and controls nearly all the travel
| of the city Only six lines remain outside OF
| the combination. The results of the new
| deal will be complete system OF transfers
| to every part of the city, u great reduction In
| running expenses and the number of EN-
| ployes.
| Now that the Canadian river has again re-
| cedcd into its banks, the full extent OF the
| damage done In Oklahoma by the recent un-
| precedentcd rise is being learned. Scores OF
buildings v ere swept away, fences, orchards,
| ETC., all washed away. aud other damage
| done that will cause the loss to run up into
many thousands of dollars. A large number
| of farmers have lost everything they pos
sessed, and much suffering will ensuc. Only
| two lives are known to be lost, built is feared
Others have perIshed, as the flood came una
wares upon scores II Strip settlers encamped
along the river.
| NJ. V. Cannon has handed in his resigna-
ton us president of the Irish National League
| of America. 1t was done two weeks ago, but
| action has not yet been taken upon It, Mr..
Cannon referred TO the ''inanitio ~ OF the
league, owing to the platform now permitting
| support to be given TO either faction OF the
| Irish party across the water. Enthusiasm
could not be aroused under such conditions
and there was no incentive for the collection
| Of money Something must be done, he said,
to set the league on the right lines or 1t must
| go ont of existence. A convention to take
| action in the matter may be called about mid
| winter.
Ateight o'clock Moniay night an east
bound freight train on the Pennsylvania, Fort
| Wayne g. Cincinnati road, while running at y
high rate of speed, one mile west OF North
Lawrence, Ohio, was blown into fragments by
| the explosion of n car containing 432 kegs OF
gunpowder. The train crew escaped unhurt,
| but the engineer, f. p. Calvin, and the fire.
| man. Thomas McCnnn, were burned severely.
! Brakeman Rockhili was badly burned. The
| track was torn up for 100 yards, n hole twenty
feet deep was male In the ground, telegraph
poles were leveled, thirty cars were wrecked,
| and the cab was stripped from the engine.
! Two tramps were hurt, one fatally.
A big strike in the wollen mills at olney.
Vile IA suburb of Providence, was ipnuguratcd