Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-09-28
T.,cgrnphlc Isrexities

Washington, Indiana. by robbers.
Michigan officers have obtained $50, 900 OF
the money taken from the train last week.
The New York bankers arc gradually re-
ducing the amount of their Gle airing house
certificates.
Frederick L. Ames, the Boston millionaire
gave none OF his money to charities or public
institutions.
Six men were killed near Whittier, South
Carolina, on the 18th, by the explosion of
boiler In saw mill
plot was discovered few days since to
wreck n railway train on which the Austrian
emperor was travelling.
The Pope is again considering the propricty
OF removing to Rome as q result OF the hostile
attitude OF the government.
The first thing that the Democrats In the
House will do, will be to pass n bill repeating
The laws providing for supervisors Of federal
elections.
The National Rolling Mil Co., which en-
plOy5 large number of men at McKeesport,
Pennsylvania, positively refuses TO re-employ
foreigners.
The Earl Of Aberdeen was sworn In as gov
ernor-general OF Canada at Quebec on the
18th. He and Lady Aberdeen are received
with enthusiasm.
leads tho BRAZILIAN insurgents, was warm
friend Of Dom Pedro, and his success may
mean restoration of the monarchy.
By the carelessness of n mine foreman an
explosion OF gas was caused In Plymouth
mine at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, on the
2lst, In which five were killed and six In
jured.
The English yacht Valkyrie, which comes
70 compete with our crack vessels, arrived at
New York on the 2lnd after being out thirty
two days. She experienced continuous
storms.
DR.. j. M. Norman, OF Denver, has been
chosen secretary OF the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows recently meeting at
naN.
made president.
Archbishop Ireland says that the Earl
bault plan" for partial union of Catholic and
public schools has not been abandoned In
Minnesota, although 1t has been suspended lii
the town OF Faribault itself.
great game of billiards opened at Chicago
on the 18th between John Roberts, OF London,
and Frank c. Ives, of Chicago They are
playing on an English tables and the game will
last week. Ives won the first night.
1t is reported tina. the Haytien war ship
Alessandre Petlon suddenly sank near Haytl
on the 9th Of September, and that all but one
on board, numbering eighty, were lost. The
cause Is unknown. She was q new vessel.
President Bonney, chief of the worlds fair
congress auxiliary, has refused to nllow the
intern atlonal congress of free-thinkers the
use Of the art institute. The free-thinkers
have secured another hall, however, and will
meet October !.
At q meeting OF the Highland League held
home rule measure for Scotland and con-
demned rs n grievous wrong the fact that the
Scotch crofters should be hunted to Canada
In order that sheep might take their place.
meeting of the American Protestant As
ISOLATION ut Kansas City ended in fight. As
the members reached the street they were at
tackled by n crowd Of Catholics. In the fight
which followed several were hurt and num-
ber OF arrests made.
A sopho-freshman "rushn took place at
Prinnafnu rhn al t,atr azta
and free fight followed. Many were injured
on both sides, black eyes and broken arms
and legs were numerous, while some received
severe internal injuries.
The distress in the mining districts Of Eng
land increases, and there Is no appearance ut
present OF the strike coming to an end. Be-
tween Leeds and Bradford half the mills have
stopped or will shortly stop. In the Wake
field district 1000 people arc being fed by
charitable organizations.
Ten more new cases of cholera, OF which
two have proven fatal, were reported at Ham
burg on the 10th. The cases are all scattered
about the suburbs. Six cases and five deaths
were reported In Holland. -Four new cases
and nine deaths at Palermo and five cases and
two deaths at Lcghorn.
The big ocean tug Talisman was run down
and sunk in New York bay by the ocean
steamer Delaware. Frederick Seaman, fire.
man on the tug, was drowned. The captain
Winnett had an arm broken and narrowly es-
capped death. The rest Of the crew were res
cued
Reports from Rio dc Janelro continue to
be conflicting, but 1t appears that the iusur-
gents are meeting with some success. They
have been re-cnforced by the Republica, an
other warship, which deserted Sunday. The
city has been bombarded at intervals, though
without great damage. President Photo has
Withdrawn from the city. The congress is
loyal to him yet.
The bark Alamba of Glnsgow, after being
1Gl days at sea, has reached New York. She
left Colombo, Ceylon, April II, laden with
cocoanut oil and plumbago and was storm
came in battered and weather-worn, but sound
On August ID and 21 she lost nearly all her
sals. Captain Max Falck told a reporter
who boarded the vessel that 1t was the rough
est voyage he ever made.
The suffering OF the Cherokee Strip set
tiers from the recent drought and lack OF wa
ter was relieved Thursday night by u copIous
shower of rain The rain will at once relieve
the water famine, lay the dust and prevent
the recurrence OF the fearful sand storms Of
the past two weeks, besides putting the
ground In condition for the plow. The rain
began falling at O'Clock and continued for
six hours.
Eleven cases OF smallpox were reported to
the health officers at New York on the Goth.
IL is the greatest number on any one day this
season. DR.. Doty, the head of tho depart
mcnt on contagious diseases, with n staff Of
eight physicians and five police officers began
thorough search OF the Injected districts. to
find all concealed cases. vaccinate every per-
son liable to have smallpox and take other
precautions to prevent the spread OF the dis
ease.
Archduke Frans Ferdinand. heir TO the
Austrian throne, has started from Spokane
for the East over the Northern Pacific. Briga-
dier General Cariin, acting under orders from
the *ar department, invited the prince to in
spect or review the troops under General Car
Inns command, but Count Wurmbrand, head
chamberlain in waiting TO the archduke, re-
piled that the prince was travelling strictly in
cognIto and therefore declined the invitation.
The prince declined to receive anyone.
Emperor William has sent a telegram from
Guens to Prince Bismarck, expressing sympa-
thy with him In his illness and Offering him
the use OF one Of the imperial castles, which
he thought might prove beneficial, in view of
the trying climate at Friedrichsruh, tho
PRINCES place of residence. Prince Bismarck
replied In a long telegram in which he cor
dinliy thanked his majesty for his sympathy
and the use of castle, but says that he was
obliged to decline the emperor's kind offer, as |
bis physician, DIR. Schweninger, was opposed |
to his making change.
II further evidence required OF the rID-
easy state of Europe in general and Of the |
ri ole'oas feeling prevailing in France, 1t ia
furnished by the fears freely expressed upon
IEe boufse thai Italy. through her national
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