Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-23
- GRAPHIC BReVITiES.
Scarlet fever is epidemic at Rawlin

a million dollars worm OF the poh"n'
An Italian vendetta is making SERIOUS
trouble at Wilkesbarrc. Pennsylvania
Two Nebraska banks closed Tuesday,
one Mt Blue Springs and one at STRAIT
ton.
The taxpayers of Apia, Samoa. are
objccting to supporting so mhhy VI
ficials.
COMPTROLLER Eckels has sent OUT CIR
culnrs 10 national banks urging thehi
TO take bonds.
The supreme court OF Ohio has de-
cInred that n woman cannot serve as
notary public IN that state.
Andrew Bowman, an old settler near
Lander. burned his entire wheat crop
the other day. He Is insane.
In the Armenian massacre AT Choon,
koonsh l,5CO persons were killed ana
SOO women were carried OF by the
Kurds.
The Chilian government asks Euro
mean bankers TO advance TO II t2,op..
600. pending the floating of proJec'eu
loan OF fi,00O,0OO
The Baca land grant case Is oeihe ar
cucd before the court OF appeais u, s.:
Iouis. Senator Teller appears In beiiaii
of the complnlnants.
Peter Hougaard, thought by the po-
lice to have been insane, Killed MIN
self. wife and five children ut Chicaso'
by turning on the gas.
The House committee on foreign ar
fairs announces that report on tne
recognition of the Cuban Insurgents
will he made as soon rs possible
Lieutenant Sullivan of the ieNas
State rangers and n posse have gone
into Indian territory to capture the ho'
torious desperate. Bill Doolin.
Two hundred citizens OF Boyd county.
Nebraska, have been cutting timber on
the Fort Randall reservation. as their
families are suffering for fuel.
The secretary of the navy estimates
that 1t will cost nearly S2,WO.Ooo to put
I'm good condition for harbor defense all
the monitors now in commission.
1t Is authoritatively announced that
the Yale management has decided To
abandon the project for a race with the
oxford Cambridge crews of England.
Senator Davis, who has spent much
time in studying the Alaska boundary
line dispute. says that he has discov-
cred nothing TO show that the present
lines are not correct.
According to information collected by
the embassies 5000 Armeninns We're
killed at Orfan on Dec. 2S and % and at
Bredjik. Roumkale and Djibire 900
were killed.
The House committee on pubic lands
will report favorably the bill TO give %
per cent. of the proceeds OF mineral
lands in public sales for the support OF
schools of mines.
Senator Nelson has introduced bill
placing interstate railroads under the
Jurisdiction of the states they enter. so
far as the control of tolls. rates ana
fares is concerned.
Frederick Graham. who is understood
to be connected with the British colo
NAL office. has cabled poem from Lon
don to the United States. expressing
most friendly sentiments.
Present indications point to the cleo
ton of d. b. Robinson. first vice presi
dent of the Atchison, Topeka and San
tn Fe to the position of the president OF
the b. & o. II. II. company.
United States deputy marshals have
been unable to find the books of the
Rocky Mountain Oil company at Cleve.
land. Ohio. and II. NJ. Claflin. the eX.
secretary. will not say where they are
hidden.
The correspondent of the Times al
Adigrat expresses the opinion that ow
ing to the difficulty in obtaining water
the fate of the Italian garrison at Fori
Makalen is sealed unless they are able
to capture and retain well now IL
possession of the Abyssinians.
The British foreign office has I'm
enrthcd a letter from Lord Aberdees
to the Venezuelan minister, written II
1912 stating that England ordered til,
removal of the posts marking th'
Schamburgk boundary line, to ALA.
excitement in Venezuela, but did no
recede from her claim.
The House committee on military af
fairs has unanimously reported favor
ably the bill which recently passed tn,
Senate repeating the law that prohibits
eX-Confederates who held commissions
in the United States army and navy n
the beginning of the rebellion from
being appointed to any position in tn
army or navy.
The District court has ordered nj
stockholders of the Bank of Blue Va
ley, Nebraska, which failed some tim
since, to return all dividends paid dun
ing the life of the bank. The receiver
report shows that all dividends wer
paid out of depositors' money. An as
Sessment of ten per cent. in additio
was levied.
The first meeting of the House con
mittee on coinage was held Thursday
but little was done beyond the forms
organization of the body. There ar
two places on the committee yet to b
filed, but little interest is felt in it
work, since even the free silver me
conccde there will be no attempt t
take up the silver question in tn
| House.
Nothing has occurred to improve tn
situa ton of affairs in the city of Fla
vana, and the supply of the ordinar
necessities of life is becoming Drecar
GUS and exceedingly high-priced, an
the outlook for the future offers littl
encouragement. The severity shown t
those who express dissatisfaction wit
the situation does not avail to suppress
this feeling. and the mutterings of dis
| content and of criticism of the helDlcs
attitude of the authorities become
daily louder and deeper.
After several days of negotiation tn
dissentions in the ranks of the Cana
dian government have been for tn
time patched up. 1t is announced tha
Sir Charles TuDper, ST., the Canadian
high commissioner has putpred tb