Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-11-09
TcleErapnie Brevitiea

Silver advanced from 6S TO 90 on the End.
The extra session OF Congress ended at p.
m. on the 3rd.
AL sorts of bloodthirsty and money hungry
crnnks are bobbing up In the eastern cities.
The police at Plttsburg arc having great
deal Of trouble with cranks who threaten to
take life.
The international conference of the Wom-
mans Christian Association closed at Buffalo
on the 31st.
triple collision occurred at Norfolk, Vir-
gInia, on the 31st, by which two men were
killed and several injured.
Emperor Francis Joseph has accepted the
resignation Of the entire cabinet He will re-
construct 1t to conform with his views.
There are 400 cases Of diphtheria in q week
in London according to the London Times, re-
sulting In eighty or ninety deaths per week.
Mrs. Levi P. Morton has leased tho house
in Paris formerly occupied by Senator Jones
of Nevada, in order to supervise the education
OF her daughters.
The jail life of Prcndergast, tho murderer
of Mayor Harrison, Is being made a burden
to him by the other prisoners who dcnounce
and jeer at him.
The people of Sicily are forming into clubs
called isci, with the object Of lessening taxa
tion and increasing wages. An outbreak
against the bourgeoisie and officials Is feared.
In accordance with preparatory instruc-
tlons recently Issued by the secretary of the
treasury, Carlisle has Instructed the mints ut
Philadelphia and New Orleans to coin the
segnioragc Into standard silver dollars.
Postmaster General Bissell has sent to tho
secretary OF the treasury the estimates for the
postolIice department for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1895. The total amount is S90,-
800, ,435, as against Ss4, ,314 for the present
year.
Advices from Yokohama report great floods
In Japan. In the Okayama prefecture 200
houses were swept away. The fate of over
100 persons is unknown. foundations also
occurred In other districts with great loss of
property.
the Russian newspapers with a. view OF send
Ing q present to Admiral Gervais of France as
a souvenir Of his visit to Russia and as mark
Of gratitude for Admiral Avelan's reception
In the republic.
A meeting of 10000 people was held in
Malta Monday to protest against the action of
the secretary OF state for the colonies In cur
failing the freedom of tho Archbishop of
Malta. The resolutions adopted were tele-
graphed TO the Pope.
DR.. George Saunders o prominent physi-
clan of Marshall county, Iowa, has been sem
fenced to six months in jail by Judge Wool
son, of the United States District Court, for
attempting to induce postmaster to sell
stamps at less than the regular price.
At a charivari Monday night at Elma, Iowa,
Charles Keef, the bridegroom, was shot and
fatally wounded. He was called out about
midnight and in an ensuing scufile received
wood has disappeared and is suspected Of the
shooting.
All obligations of the Worlds Fair have
been met, and there is n cash balance on hand
Of s., 500, 900. The gate receipts from now on
and salvage, It is figured, will pay current ex-
penses until the end 80 that stockholders who
have holdings representing five millions, upon
which they scarcely expected to realize any
thing, will be paid so cents on the dollar.
The Cunard line steamer Campania, which
loft VOrr rln ri tho h1r ut
Sandy Hook at 3:49 a. 1n., arrived of Brown
head at II :05 p. M, Thursday evening, max
ing the passage In days, o hours and 80 min
utcs. This beats all previous records. Her
own best record prior to this voyage was 5
days, IA hours and IS minutes, while that of
the sister ship, the Lucania, was days, 10
hours and 30 minutes.
Ex-senator Ingalls, lectured at Wilkesbarrc,
Pennsylvania, on the LIST, before 1900 people.
In IN Interview he said "Hard times arc not
the outcome Of the silver discussion. Lack
Of money is the cause. The people need both
gold and silver and plenty of 1t. am an
fight on the monetary question has just be-
gun. do not think Cleveland will allow any
radical change In the tariff"
Two bandits attempted to board the north
bound express train at Coal Creek, on the
Ohio division of the East Tennessee, Friday
night One of the robbers was Jim Smith,
who was mortally wounded. The authorities
of the road had Information that the robbery
would be attempted. and special force Of
armed men was on the express car for their
reception. Smith will die and the condition
Of the other robber Is not known.
An electric car plunged of of the Madison
street bridge into the Willamette river at
Portland, Oregon. A heavy. fog was prevail.
n steamboat. The car contained about fifteen
passengers, ten of whom escaped by jumping.
The remaining five were drowned. Two Of
the bodies have been recovered but have not
koa, Oh Tha tof tho
road, the conductor and the motorman are
under arrest.
William O'Bricn, the antl-Parnelllte men,
bcr of Parliament for Cork city, spoke at
Mnllow Cork Sunday In behalf of the evicted
tenants Of ireland. The Parnellites, under
the leadership of the Redmonds, he said, wero
playing into the hands of the, Tories by trying
to force a dissolution Of Parliament. Their
imperative demands for the political prisoners
and the evicted tenants were ill-timcd. The
proper policy Of the Irish parliamentary party
was TO support the Liberals as long as the Lib
erals made home rule their main object.
On the 31st the Bank of England reduced
the price of American double eagles to 75s Cd.
The meaning Of the Bank of England's action
in reducing the price of American eagles Is
interpreted In New York as being move on
view of the threatened withdrawal of gold
from the bank in the immediate future for
shipment to the United States, which London
seems to consider certain, despite the fact
JQe CuTTcuU rats Ol exCuhuRC uOcb uOI auulb
Of profit on such transactions. Silver was
quoted at BIZ pence.
The London Daily Ne,rs correspondent Mt
Rome says: Tho Issue Of one franc notes has
made silver money scarcer than ever, because
tho people began TO hoard 1t, and the govern
mcnt Is only able to issue paper money
against o full cover of silver francs. In
many places the principal merchants have
clubbed together to issue paper money of
their own against the deposits OF metallic
money, converting 1t on demand. AS con-
sequence the paper is preferred to that issued
by the government, as the latter is not con-
vcrtlblc.
After the repeal bill was passed by the
House Wednesday afternoon II was hurrledly
enrolled by Chairman Picrson of the commit
toe on enrolled bills, and Mt $3.50 1t was given
to Speaker Crisp for his name. 4 feetfoot-
ed messenger carried 1t to the Senate, where
1t WINS signed ten minutes later by Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson. Chairman Pierson, with the
bill under his arm, entered a carriage and
drove rapidly to the White House. The
President took up the bill and read 1t aloud.
Then, picking up Quill pen, he affixed his
autograph at 4:25. The analysis of the vote
shows 125 Democrats and 6S Republicans
voted for concurrence, and 20 Democrats, 10
Republicans and Popullsts against.
kilograms received from Algiers announce
n disaster to the French troops in that dis