Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-26
LEGRAPHIC EE.EyITIES.

len.
Lumber and saw mills of the value Of
s25O.OOO were destroyed by fire at Fon
III Lac on the 22d.
The gold reserve on the 10th was
about $96,OOO,OO0. Several banks have
offered to exchange gold for currency.
The Republican State Convention Of
New Jersey nominated John w. Griggs
Of Union County. eX-state senator, for
governor.
The Republican county central COM
mittee of Arapahoe county has decided
that half its members hereafter shall
be women.
A great review of French troops was
held in the department of the Nosges
on the Goth. 1t was attended by high
Russian officials
1t is thought that II vessel recently
sunk in II collision was the Lord Down
shire. II freight steamer with crew of
forty men on board.
Forty-one negroes who attended Il
camp meeting at Camilla. Georgia, were
poisoned by eating pies baked on old
tin plates. Six have died.
The japanese Parliament has voted
4 credit of 2OO,OOO,OO yen for the build
ing of four ironclad ships, ten coast de-
Tense vessels and fifty torpedo boats.
Adviccs from Madagascar say that
General Duchesne has surprised 5000
Hovas in the Tsmainoudry detilc. The
Hovas We're routed and eighty of them
were killed.
The steamer Edam of the Netherlands
line was sunk on the 10Th as the result
of collision with the Turkistan. All
the passengers and crew were rescued
a fog nrpynilnI at the time
Letters from Cuba declare that the
sinking of the cruiser Barcastegui was
caused by a torpedo, and that the story
sent out about the collision was pre-
pared to deceive the public.
Eleven MusSelmen have been arrested
for being concerned in the attack upon
the American st. Paul's College ut
Tnrsus. which occurred early In August
when students We're mnltreated and
missionaries threatened.
The steamer Sunohl collided with a
siXty-fOOt whale near San Francisco.
The leviathnn's tail got tangled up in
the propeller, breaking the blades. leav-
ing the vessel in an almost disabled
condition.
A special to the World from
Tangier. Morocco, says the chol-
era is still spreading. There
are eighteen deaths report
ed in twenty-four hours. The disease
is also working southward into Africa.
An official dispatch from Havana
says court martial has condemned
the captain of the American steamer
MascOtte to eight years. and the fire
man to ten years at hard labor, for
landing cartridges in Cuba for the in
surgents.
Enormous losses have been caused in
Eastern Siberia by torrental rains.
lasting several days. Villages We're
flooded. and most of the houses We're
carried off. The crops and stock were
destroyed. and immense damage result
ed to the railway.
The London Yachtsman. In Its last
issue, prints bitter article on the sub-
ject of the Observation-Disclosures III. fias-
co. in the course of which it says: "Ths
New York Yacht Club may be congrat-
ulated on retaining its thrice presented
and Illegally held cup
special dispatch from Shanghai
states that the Chinese expect to retoke
possession OF the Lao Tung peninsula
about the middle of October. The
same correspondent reports that Russia
has secured the privilege of a second
Chinese loan of 10O,OOO.OOO taels.
y Il
champion in the movement for the
standardization of the liquor traffic"
She would have all the brewcries and
distilleries under the control of the gov
ernment. and have government agents
superintend the sale of the product
On the return of General Mena chief
of the Mexican military commission in
Germany. it is probable that the Mex
lean army will be entirely remodeled
as to weapons, tactics, etc. 1t is pro-
posed to create Il magnificent fighting
machine, largely on the German mod
el.
A special from Berlin says Prince
Won Hohenlohe has triumphed. The
kaiser has decided to follow the chan
cellor's advice in regard to the socialist
question and to esclsaw the repressive
measures urged by the Gutenberg fac
tion.
The United States Board of Geo
graphic names. body charged with
the duty of prescribing the proper
method of spelling the names of places
throughout the globe, has just complet-
ed its second report This comprises
list of GOO names, making the number
Of names passed upon by the board
since its creation in 1891 1894.
Intelligence has reached here of the
death of Patrick Cullen, brother of
Mat. Cullen, n wealthy citizen of Salt
Lake. through exposure to foul air in
the Grand Central gold mine, three
miles from Golden, New Mexico. The
dead body was discovered after being
in the shaft about four hours. by his
partner John DebOo. who had been abb
sent after supplies.
In commenting upon the contest i'm
New York on Saturday between the
teams of the London Athletic Club and
the New York Athletic Club, the Lon
don Standard says: "It Is impossible to
conceive of anything more disastrous
than the experience of the English ath-
letes. 1t would be preposterous to at
tempt to explain away such defeat.
Even If all our best men had been pres
ent and in the finest condition they
would have stood little chance against
opponents who showed such unquestion
able superiority. The Americans have
probably the finest team of athletes the
world has ever seen. Any true sports
man will not begrudge them the un-
qualified praise to which they are lust
ly entitled"
1t is officially announced that mar