Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-05-24
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ornor VINO causec tne muroer OF Wllihm WIZ
son.
Miss Emma, daughter of Dwight L. Moody,
was married few days ago to Arthur Fit Of
Chicago.
Tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
is substituting petroleum for coal on some oi
iS engine.
Georgia Populists have put full state
ticket In the field. James X. Hynes is named
for governor.
The United States Supreme court has de-
cided against John Y. McKane, and he must
stay In Sing Sing.
George Decker OF Yreka, California, was
accused of numbering his wife and child but
they have been found alive.
A dispatch from Odessa says: A severe
earthquake was felt Wednesday at kars and
other places In the Caucausla.
Representative Bryan has introduced bill
to aid In constructing the Nicaragua canal
by the issue SO, ,OOO, 600 legal tender notes.
Two California stage robbers wore shot
Saturday while holding up stage near Mil
ton. Ono was killed and another wounded. u
The Tammany society OF New York has
made Mayor Gilroy grand sachem for one
year. JohuJ Gorman was also make grand
scribe.
Two private pleasure steamers owned by
Ohio parties have been confiscated for fishing
in Canadian waters In Lake Erie, contrary to
Canadian laws.
a party OI rlOVOub Wnlte ultu teTrOrLcu tic
Chinese in the vicinity Of Vacayille, Califor.
mia, on the 18th. They were rounded up anl
81 Of th1m arrested.
A striking miner at Keystone, Pcnnsyl.
vania, has divulged plot to blow up the
houses OF all the mine bosses in town. Nine
kegs Of powder were captured.
A collision occurred In the river Elbe be-
tween the steamer Irne and small vessel.
The owner Of the latter, named Schwartz,
and three others were drowned.
A statue to Christopher Columbus was un-
veiled at Central Park, New York, on the
18th. Vice President Stevenson, Chauncey
Depew and others made addresses.
The Presbyterian general assembly met in
biennial session at Saratoga on the 18th. DIR.
g. A. Mutchmore of Philadelphia was chosen
moderator. The attendance numbered $50.
American Railway Union men ut St. Paul
say they will handle no Pullman cars during
the continuance Of the strike at Pullman, and
that none of their men will run trains carry
ing Pullman cars.
Professor Larkin of Knox College says that
q terrific cyclone has been raging on the sur
face of the sun. To this he attributes the
great heat which has recently been expert.
enced on the earth.
At a fire at Braddock, Pennsylvania, on the
18th tank Of benzinc exploded burning n
number of people and causing q terrible
stampede Of the crowd. A large number of
persons were injured.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle burned down for
the third time on the 18th just after morning
service. The building is q total wreck: A
new building will soon be erected. DR.. Tai
mage 10 to start on o tour around the world.
The London Times correspondent from Lis
bon says: The principal European powers
have been consulted by the Portuguese gov.
ernment with reference to the rupture with
Brazil and the mediation of England has
been solicited.
n nm - IL,
out on strike Wednesday as a protest
against the exhorbitant charges for cab hire
insisted upon by the owners OF tho cabs.
Eighty Of the small cab owners have already
conceded tho demands OF the men.
To raise funds for the Pullman strikers the
each Of Its 3SO, 600 members three cents per
week. The assessments will be forwarded
twice month to Pullman for distribution.
The men are confident of winning tho strike
and are quiet and orderly.
The American patrol fleet, consisting of
the flagship Mohlcan and Yorktown, Adams,
Albatross, Alert and Thomas Corwin, sailed
for Behring Sea on tho 18th. Tho Mohtcan
and Albatross will follow the coast line and
the other vessels will keep out at sea. Tho
fleet will rendezvous at Oonalaska.
News reached the Royal Yacht Club squad
ron that the cutter Valkyrlc, formerly owned
by Lord Dunrayen, after whom tho famous
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the coast of Africa, all those on board being
drowned. Lord Dunraven sold tho Valkyrle
TO an Italian gentleman and shc recently
competed in the Mediterranean regettas.
The National Editorial Association will
meet at Asbury Park July End. Among
j. Burdette, Colonel A. X. Mcclure of the
Philadelphia Times; General Charles II. Tay-
lor of the Boston Globe; Joe Howard, Jr., the
famous New York reporter, and First Assist
ant Postmaster General Frank Il. Jones.
A dispatch from Moscow says one hundred
German Baptists have left the province Of
Khcrson and Volhynia for America to seek
asylum from Russian religious persecution.
AS the vessel on which they embarked left
Libau the emigrants sang psalm, which was
heard some time after the vessel left the har-
Dor and greatly affected the crowd on the
dock.
Mrs. Carrie Plumb, widow of the late Sena-
tor Plumb, has made charges of sharp prac-
tice against Calvin Hood, her late husbands
partner for years, and who is an ayowed can
diiate for United States senator. The mat
ter comes out In her suit against Hood for an
accounting Of her husbands interest in the
Orion Lode Mining Company of Leadville
Colorado.
Wisconsin suffered from great floods on the
18th. The loss by the flood in the Chippewa
valley will aggregate about $500, 600, tho
heaviest losers being the Omaha and the Wis
and tracks. The damage at Bloomer let an
ocean of water into Duncan creek, which be-
came raging river and took with 1t dozens
of little homes and great quantities of lum-
ber, and flooded and ruined the contents of
many houses in Chippewa Falls. Great dam
ago was also done In Bear valley.
Tho Republican members Of tho Senate had
q short conference in Mr.. Sherman's commit
tee room Wednesday afternoon, In which Mr..
Teller made n speech, in which he spoke
plainly Of the policy which he intended to
pursue in the discussion of the tariff bill. He
said that he did not propose to aid the Re-
publicans In flibustering tactics, but that
after a reasonable debate he would join with
the Democrats In an effort to pass the bill,
although he would, as should every other
Republican, vote against the measure. Mr..
Teller recalled to the minds of his colleagues
the time they stood shoulder to shoulder with
the Democrats In the work OF enabling them
10 pass the Sherman repeal bill He told
them very plainly that he, for one, and other
silver Republicans, would not now assist their
colleagues In mere time. consuming debate,
but would take great pleasure In giving them
dose of the same medicine they SO cheer
fully prescribed for them during that memo
rable contest.
The Reverend j. Lloyd Jones. pastor OF the
arIstocratic All Saints Unitarian church in
Oakwood Boulevard. has announced thas he
will leave his denomination and organize u
church of free thought, without creed or doc
trine. The members of his church have sig
nified their intention to 20 with the pastor,