Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-09-07
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The President has returned 70 Warrington.
+! MIIwaukes had t3OJ, ,0OO fire on the sdth.
1, The Illinois Steel Company Is to close
down.
Tho FIRST National Bank of York, Neb has
suspended.
The cranberry crop Of Wisconsin has been
ruined by frOsts.
The governor of Montana says he will not
call an extra session of the legislature.
! The Gear Of Russia has arrived in Copen-
hagen with the CzarlnA and full suite.
! The meetings of the unemployed In Chicago
are growing larger and more threatening each
/ day.
! thirteen passengers we're killed In M acci-
sssg' ssss' On the Boston . Albany railroad Thurs
Geo. c. Cribb, an extensive implement deal
soc g % coUG Sn"e''Ks'' has '''''a' A''0'''''s'
The Burlington and the Santa Fe companies
are cutting rates between Ogden and the Mis-
souri, river.
Ex-Governor Proctor Knott Of Kentucky
has been offered the Hawaiian mission but
declined It.
Serious charges of corruption arc made
against Mr.. Mercer, worlds fair commission
er from Wyoming.
Aswarm CT locusts have passed over Tunls,
The sun was obscurcd for three hours during
the progress OF their flight.
| The lower Atlantic coast was swept by n
hurricane Monday and grcat deal OF pro-
perty and many lives lost.
The Kansas State bank commissioner has
closed the Bank OF Jennings, Decatur county.
Its capital st6ck was $4,000.
The New York Republican state committee
| has decided 70 hold the state convention at
Syracuse on October 8 next.
There are reports Of another revolution In
Hawaii against tho provisional government
which was promptly suppressed
| EovernOr MatthewR Of Indiana hRR decided
to put stop 10 prize fighting at Roby.
Militia will be used II necessary.
Tho President has wired his thanks to
Representative Wilson for his services in pass
Ing the repeal through the house.
Tho national bank circulation increased
during the month OF August, $26. 6.332, ,O54, the
circulation now being $751; ISL.
Around Argyle, Mimi, farmers have finish
ed harvesting and grain 10 In fine condition
for thrashinR. A great scarcity of workmcn
prevails.
There is a prospect that an effort will be
made to drive the Chinese from Redlnnds
California. The Chinese are well-armcd and
there may be bloodshed:
Letters feceived ii Washington from China
state private parties and secret organizations
on the Pacific coast are sending Chinese back
to their native land.
There Ia d great scarcity Of men In the
vicinity OF Crookston, Mimi. for harvest.
Five hundred men could find employment
|
instead Of reductions In wages Mayor Ilar-
rison Of Chicago believes In reductions in
other directions. lie has ordered his agents
10 make a general reduction In rents.
A woman said to be suffering from genuine
Asiatic cholera has been taken TO the Jersey
City hospital. The county health board ab-
eolutely refuses to give out any information.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holms, the "Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table," passed the S4th
milestone of his life In very quiet manner
| De-. .Ivt Ia
Boston, Tuesday.
The Cherokee boomers continue to arrive
near the line in great numbers. They are
coming in every conceivable way, some on
foot, some In buggies, others on horseback, ,
| but the majority In the prairie schooner and
via the railways.
The silver purchased by the treasury de-
pastmeut during the month Of August. 1893,
was 8, ,S93, ,022 fine ounces, costing q, 81, 532.
The total silver purchased under the act OF
July IA, 1890, up TO August 81, has been l63,
O47,l84 fine ounces, costing s15l ,sO4,17
The special committee appointed by the
national commission to investigate the
charges Of bribery against Commissioner Asa
g. Mercer OF wyoming and Commissioner
port. Commissioner Mercer was exculpatcd
from the charges. but the action Of Mr.. Bee.
son was condemned, and he will be removed
from the commission.
A cable received by large Wall street
banking house states that the Banco Espanola
of Havana, Cuba, has suspended specie pay
mcnt. This Is the largest bank Of It's kind Ia
Havana, and had the banking OF the Spanish
notcs. and II is expected that the refusal Of
the bank TO continue coin payments will
create no end Of trouble.
Commissioner Lochren Of the Pension bu
reau issued m order modifying the practice oi
the office. The most important change II
that which directs that hereafter there will be
no suspensions except In cases where the re
cord shows on Its face tho soldier was not en-
titled TO any pension Whatever. II 10 thought
however, that the number who Will come un
der this class Will be very small.
The Charleston Nncs and Courier has made
a careful investigation Of the condition of AZ
fairs on tho coast Of Carolina and finds thai
Its reports have not been exaggerated. The
loss of life will Aggregate SOO In Beaufort
the storm swept away most Of the homes Al
well as the crops, and left the people In des
titute state on the Islands.
Startling figures have been received as u
the prevalence Of cholera In Russia. The re
turns show that in eleven provinces during
the past week there were 2,S97 now cases and
1890 deaths. This 10 . large increase oveI
the figures received from the same provinces
for the previous week, when 400 new case,
and $50 deaths were reported. Cholera re-
cases and nfty-three deaths were reported
from August % to August 81. There ID
cholera at Grimsley, England.
More than 60, 900 miners resumed work In
South Wales on the 31st. Their return to tht
mines means practically the collapse OF the
strike in South Wales and Monmouthshire
During their absence from work all bu
twenty of the 2O4 colleries IN these two dis
tricts have been shut down. Some 40.0O(
men still hold out In South Wales and Mon
mouthshire, but their yielding to the terml
Of the owners Is regarded as a matter Of only
a few DAYS. It Is understood that in no case
have the men who went back TO work to-day
obtained the 20 per cent increase In wage.
for which they struck.
After long years Of toll the Toledo, Anr
Arbor e. North Michigan railroad is to bt
wrested from the hands OF is projectors ant
builders, the Ashley family. The road ha,
been in an embarrassed condition since
spring. The Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany Of New York have applied for the ap
polntment of . receiver pending the fore
closure of a mortgage for s1O, ,OOO, 600 which II
holds on the com mpany's property The roat
extends from Toledo to Frankfort, Michigan,
from which place transports are used to ferry
cars across Lake Michigan. There arc also
branches to Cadillac and Mount Pleasant
Michigan.
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