Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-16
rELgoRAPHlc BREvITIEs.

creased from Sloo,VVo,VVo "
900.
The none will shortly Issue another
cncyclIcal addressed to all Christiah
people.
II ia now claimed that the queen OF
corca was not killed In the recent
massacre.
Secretary Morton will have chance
to explain the suspension OF the o's'
tribution Of seeds.
A test of armor plate furnished by
the Carnegie works was unsatisfactory
and GI5 tons may be rejected.
The people on the Island OF Hawaii
are said to manifest an inclination I"
secede from the Republic OF Hawaii.
II Is positively announced that Geh-
cral Harrison will marry MIS-, Mi'!
Scott Dimmick some time before Leh'.
Strong rcinforccmcnts OF Japanese
troons are going to the Island OF for-
mosa In order to assist In pacifyins tiiat
territory.
Dclagoa bay. to which British ana
German warships are being dispatche',
is pronounced the finest hnrpoF Ill
South Africa.
1t now appears that the alleged ont.
break OF Navajo Indians In Arizohi
was only n row over some ponies, ana
no blood was shed.
Peter Hougaard, thought by the po-
lice to have been insane. killed MN
self. wife and five children at Chicago
by turning on the gas.
Lieutenant Sullivan of the Texas
State rangers and posse have gone
into Indian territory to capture the no.
torious desperate. BIZ Doolin.
Isaac Wilson. Democratic member OF
the Kentucky Legislature. Is dying. II
Wilson dies the Legislature Will no
longer be n tie politically.
Senator Hale yesterday reported
from the committee on naval ahairs
bill authorizing the enlistment oil l,ooo
additional men for the navy.
d. l.. Snodgrass. chief justice Of the
Supremc court of Tennessee. has been
indicted for carrying concealed weap'
ons and for fclonlous assault.
The House committee on foreign af-
fairs announces that report on the
recognition OF the Cuban insurgents
will be made rs soon rs possible.
It is nuthoritativcly announced that
the Yale management has decided to
abandon the project for n race with the
oxford. Cambridge crews of England.
1t Is reported. in connection with the
talkcd-of admission of Arizona ana
New Mexico. that Speaker Reed has
said there are enough silver men In the
senate.
Letters have recently passed be-
tween Queen Victoria and Emperor
William which have been calculated
to bring about Il more harmonious
state Of feeling.
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.
President Clark of the Christian En-
deavor has received letter from the
English president of the socie'y ex-
pressing earnest hopes of peace be-
tween the two great nations.
Sheriff Larliin of Atchison county.
Kansas, recently attached an Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe freight train. for
$1,000 taxes due the county, and re.
leased it only on promise of payment
in five days.
In Omaha Mrs. Jeanette HnlfOrd
Benedict has secured divorce from
her husband, W. T. Benedict. on the
ground of cruelty. She will make her
home with her father, Major Elijah
lIalford of Denver.
\ special dispatch received from
Rome says that 10000 Abyssinians
We're killed or wounded in the attack
made upon Makale on January s, due
TO the explosion of Il mine laid outside
the fortiiications by the Italians.
The situation in Perry, Oklahoma,
over the admission of colorcd children
to the schools is serious. The feeling
runs high between the two factions.
Officers have forced the principal of the
High School to admit several colored
boys.
The statehood convention held at
Oklahoma City for the purpose of dis
cussing the admission of oklahoma,
came to an inglorious end as the dele
gates could not agree on the subject Of
admitting the whole indian Territory
as n single state.
Sir Hercules Robinson has tele-
graphed to the colonial office under
date Of Pretoria. January I, rs fol-
lows The reform committee has re-
solved TO relinquish their !irms and TO
comply with the demands of the Trans
vaal government The Johannesburg
ers have placed themselves unreserv-
edly in my hands, confident that will
See Justice done.
The fourth round OF the internation-
al chess tournament was completed on
the 1lth. when Lasker (white) beat
Ischigorin in Il Ruy Lopez after thirty
moves. The score stands: Lasker
won ~, lost ~; Pillsbury won G1a,
lost Jla; StcinitZ won 6h, lost 51h;
TschiGorin won 3R, lost Sla.
Joseph Garrigus, n resident of Tren-
ton, subscribed $50 to Il fund to pay
the Rev. A. n. Barnes. pastor of the
Presbyterian church ut that place, but,
owing to dissatisfaction with the pas
tor, he refused to pay up. The pastor
brought suit, and the court decided that
Mr.. Garrigus must pay the amount of
his subscription and the costs in the
case.
After several days of negotiation the
dissentions in the ranks of the Cana
dian government have been for tho
time patched up. 1t is announced that
Sir Charles Tupper, ST., the Canadian
hign commissioner. has entered the
cabinet and that all of the several bolt
ing ministers, with the exception of Sir
Nnafles Iupper, Jr., have been rein
stated.
The New York bank statement for
last week showed the following