Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-12
feleErapIi,o Brevitio.

sas Re epublican League at Topeka last week.
The coroner's jury was unable to fix tho re-
spohsibllity for the Kansas City riot on cleo
tIou ddy.
Governor Peck Of Wisconsin ordered out
the militia few days ago to prevent prize
fight at Eagle.
1t is reported that there has hecn serious
collision between Indian factions In the In
dian territory.
The Republican majority In the recent
Rhode Island election was larger than 1t mas
been fer several years.
President Gompers Of the Federation OF
Labor has sent In a strong protest against the
ratification of the new Chinese treaty.
Three men were killed near Plttsburg few
days ago by the premature explosion OF
blast. The men were cutting into hillside.
| Increased fears are entertained Of n COM
nerclal crisis in the Argentine republic with
| In three months, owing to the failure OF crops
and hard times.
1t Is announced that Lord Rosebery has de-
| cided that Great Britain shall retain Uganda,
| and that African kingdom shall have Brit
ish local administration.
The British law enforcing the Behrlng Sea
award allows sealers to operate u they start
before the law Is enacted. The United states
| law will make no such exception and the
| sealefs will be treated vigorously.
The fate Of the Roseberty government Is
being warmly discussed In political cireles at
|
majority Of one, on private bill, the major,
| ity on other questions falling OH 10 TO ~
| votes, caused much excitement In the poiiti-
| cal world, nnd.it Is freely predicted that tho
| government cannot live long.
The testimony for the de Tense Of Colonel
| Breckenridge was NIL in on the 5th and tho
case may be finished in another week. Ihefd
Is no denial of the defendants guilt on moral
| grounds as he admits 1t, but on the question
| Of seduction and breach Of promise the jury
| fla tn ha nf
lard and Breckenridge as their statements are
directly contradictory.
| The annexation of Pondoland to the British
empire has been accomplished without firing
n shot. The chiefs and people of the newly
annexed country quietly submitting.
This is another triumph for the so.called i'm
| peral policy Of the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, the
premier Of Cape Colony. Pondoland has an
area Of about 300 square miles and native
population Of zoo, 900. The white population
is very small.
| The American Protective Association and
| the Catholics came together In 4 bloody eot-
nict at the polls at Kapsas City last Tuesday.
1t catinot be stated which side Is Responsible
with being the fell cause Of all the trouble.
More than 100 shots were fired bctweef the
| combatants in less than that many seconds,
| and when the firing ceased 1t WIS found that
ed.
George, big elephant belon cling TO
Howe Il Cushing's show at Wichita, got on n
rampage Monday and his keeper is now In the
| hospital. new keeper took charge of the
ele plant, strapped him down and beat him
with stake pins and bored him with n red hot
Iron. A terrible struggle took place between
the keepers and the animal In fight that then
died at noon Tuesday. He Is said to have
| the largest set Of tusks In America
The Santa Fe has made big cut in freight
rates from Kansas City and other Missouri
river points to Texas, In some Of the leading
commodities. Tho rate on flour and other
grain products was reduced from 81 TO 25
cents per hundred. From 30 to 20 cents on
wheat, from 80 to 1s cents on oats and from
81 to ID cents on corn. hay, straw. The new
rates, which will be effective on the 9th, will
doubtless be met by the other lines, and will
probably result in general Generalization OF
Texas rates.
The British and Italian ministers at Rio
have sent to Washington request that Secre:
tary Gresham should instruct Minister
Thompson to join in their petition. to Brazil,
asking her to withdraw her demand upon PQr-
tugal with regard to the landing Of The refui
gees now on board the mnn-of wnr. They re-
received reply that President Cleveland con-
| sidercd there was no good ground for the re-
| quest. The refugees must be regarded as or
| dinary rebels without political standing.
The Republicans made clear sweep in the
elections tn roughtut Rhode Island. Demo;
cratic papers concedc Browns election for
|
say the general assembly is also the cnemy's.
The Republicans say this assures the election
| of Wetmore as United States senator. Tho
| vote poled Is the largest In the history OF the
state. The Republicans made gains in many
cities and claim their whole lcket was elected
| In Nantucket, former Democratic strong
hold. The Democrats. however, made in
roads In Providence, heretofore strong Re-
publican city.
Representative CaminettI, Democrat, from
l r~Itf ho. tntr 1aI mi mt papt Inn
authorizing the President TO invite the ma
| tions of the Western hemisphere to confer
ence on the financial question. The convcn-
tion shall be for the purpose OF drafting n
after submitted for ratification to the several
| nations represented, calculated to secure TO
them such recognition Of silver from the ma
| tlons Of the Eastern hemisphere, and to pro-
| vide regulations governing the production
thereof and maintenance among themselves
of such q standard as will restore permanent
| financial conditions and protect their common
| interests.
Reports from all of the 3,7::ii hational banks
| In the country, under the recent call, have
been received by the comptroller OF the cur
| rency, A summary Of these reports shows
| that lawful money reserves on February 2S,
1894, TO have been S433 ,9S0, ,2Gl, which is made
up Of the following iteris: Gold coin. Sl24, :
| 9O4, ,S26; gold treasury certificates, SG6, ,456,-
no; gold clearing house certificates, s7,S25,-
600; silver dollars, 81. TAI POS; silver treasury
certificates, s43, ISL 1866; silver fractional
coin, Il, 6,05s,27S. Total specie. $3.50, l66, ,5S5
legal tender notes, $l42, ,76s ,676; United
States certificates for deposit for legal tender
notes, SS5,O45, 900. The aggregate reserve on
December 10, 1898, the date OF the last call,
was s414, 1876. .4O7. Mr.. Eckels, the comptrol-
| Ter, regards the financial situation as shown
by the bank statements as quite encouraging.
| Japanese In Hawaii
| A dispatch from Honolulu says BY far
| the most serious problem that confronts the
| provisional government ut present is the atti-
| tude of the Japanese laborers and their rep
rescntatives here The Nnuiwa, the Japanese
warship, which has been stationed here for
some months, left port for few days, osten-
sibly to go to Hayti for target practice. Fuyii,
| the japanese consul general, went with the
| warship. The Nauiwa returned on the 2lst
and, either by coincident or prearrangement
| she was met about twenty miles away by an-
| other big japanese warship, the Jakachiho.
| During Fuyi's absence the Japanese on
several plantations have struck. The gov
-ernment brought all strikers, to the number
| Of seventy, to this city, and they arc now in
| jail.
Japanese are against the provisional govern
| ment and their consul and other officials here
| have done ali that they could to further a
feeling of antagonism.
A telegram from Stamboul has been re-
! ceiyed In Paris stating that an imperial order