Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-02-11
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Senator Harris of Tennessee has been very
SICK, but Is better now.
DIR. Nansen, the explorer, was given ban.
quet In London on the 5th.
The New York Legislature Is investigating
the sugar trust at New York City.
w. J. Bryan returned to Lincoln on the
eth after hunting trip In Kansas.
Greece has sent a number of gunboats to
Crete to watch the revolution there.
The next meet Of the League Of American
wheelmen will be held at Philadelphia.
President Cleveland gave the annual din.
ner to the Supreme court on the evening Of
the 9Th.
The Missouri House has passed, by vote
OF II to ~, bill prohibiting playing base
ball on Sunday.
The attempt Of the German authorities to
prove that American pork IL diseased has
proved n failure.
The yarn mill OF Gilbert F. whlpple at
Harrlsville. Rhode Island. has resumed op-
erations after several weeks idleness.
Willis l.. Moore. chief Of the weather bu.
reau. will shortly return to Milwaukee for
an indefinite period on account Of Impaired
health.
II. F. Coleman, n clerk In the general land
office at Washington, has been arrested for
selling sets Of newspaper and periodical
stamps.
A mimic blockade Of Charleston, South
Carolina is under way by a big feet of war
ships. 1t costs 10000 per day. but Is good
practice.
The J. ]. Case ThreshinR Machine com
pany plant at Racine. Wisconsin, which has
been closed for six months. will start up ut
once. giving employment to 400 men.
At meeting of the striking dock Inborers
Of Hamburg II was voted to resume work.
after the leaders had declared the battle was
lost and that the funds were exhausted.
Preparations are being made nt the I'm
mense works Of the Maryland Steel COM
pnny at sparrows Point for resumption Of
work. Fifteen hundred men will be affected
by the resumption.
The French cabinet has prohibited the
landing Of mcrcha ndisc from places In India
which are infected with the plague. and will
also establish n special quarantine against
travellers from such parts of India.
American competition In condensed milk
has overcome all Europe. according to United
States Consul Gcrmain Mt Zurich. overrun.
min. the German market and reducing the
swiss exports by more than one-hnlf
According to Colonel Brewer Of the Sal.
walton Army. Chicago Ii TO be made the
center Of n vast system Of social settlements
similar to that In operation In England.
made famous by General William Booth.
SuuEc Mcnennh Ot tue stht'N W.
cult court has authorized the statement that
he has been invited to accept n position In
the cabinet Of rsrcidcnt- Elect Mckinley.
and also that he has siHnincd his accept
nncc.
Game Warden Henry has instructed cx
Judge Clairbornc to apply for warrants
against TO game dealers aud restaurant
keepers In 81. Louis who. 1t Is alleged, have
violated the law by selling game during the
closed season.
II NIL Of the present plans arc successfully
carried out, Chicago will have In April one
Of the largest military and athletic cnrni.
walls ever attempted In this country. II 10
proposed to eclipse the recent carnival given
\ In Madison Square Garden. New York.
A dispatch from Athens says that the situ.
alton at Canca has reached crisis OF blood
and nrc. The Turkish troops have Joined
hands with the native Mussulman cut
thronts. The consul has sent kilograms to
the effect that the situation Is hopeless.
United State. Consul Fowler at chcc Foo.
China. has supplied the state department
with a number Of sample. Of beautiful hand.
made silk lace made at that place. The
product IL .aid to be not only OF the best
quality. hut also Of remarkable chcnpncss.
Secretary oincy In. received from Prc.i.
dent Eliot Of Harvard University nn invita-.
tion to MI the chair Of International law nj
the Institution nftet tHc VI "r
term Of Office In the state department. The
secretary has taken the offer under consid'
Grafton.
The warm rain which has been falling
since Friday at aud around Cinsinnau has
- swollen the Ohio to carry out the Ice
obstruction and navigation Is now open
from Por,croy to Cairo. II Is expected that
the river from Pittsburr to Pomcroy will be
open In a short time.
A grand ball on 4 luxurious scale. 10
honor of President and Mrs Diax was given
at the City Of Mexico on the 9Th. at the
paIatini residence Of Pablo Escandon. Of
the opuient family by that name. II was. In
point Of Importance. taste and display. what
the BRADLEY. Martin ball will be In New
York.
Thcs daily sessions Of the Republican
members of the ways and means committee
Of the House. which have been In progress
for about two weeks. have brought the tnrin
bill, which Il to be laid before the next Con.
grcs- to n stage where the character Of the
measure can he somewhat gagged and where
certain Of the most important schedules are
definitely n1cd.
AImos, 100 nomination.. Of President
Cleveland for postmasicrs are pending I'M
decided In the Senate. Republican sen
nt"rs have declared their purpose to have ns
many Of these nominations as possible un.
acted upon. 80 that Mr.. Mckinley may have
the chance Of putting In Republicans. The
gold Democrats are much displcascd with
this programme.
Dwight l.. Moody. the famous evangelist.
observed his siSticth birthday on the 9th. and
hundreds Of his admirers In many places,
not to mention his Boston friends. united
to make the occasion n memorable one.
Friends Of the distinguished lay preacher
have collected sJO6D with which will be
erected n chapel for the use Of the Mount
Vernon school for boys, Of which Mr.. Moody
Is now the chief patron.
The Portuguese cabinet resign on the
9Th. Il appears that Premier Erncsto II.
IIintsc Ribcrio asked the. king to appoint
n number Of life senator's for the purpose OF
enabling him to carry On the government.
This the king refused TO do and the cabinet
st once resigned. Luciano dc Castro. who
I'm. undertaken the task Of reforming the
cabinet, will select a purely rrogrcssist min.
Istry. Parliament has been dissolved.
Colonel Robert =. Crofton. Fifteenth In.
fantry. has been arbitrarily relieved by order
of the president. II has been the desire of
the war department that this officer should
leave the active service. and efforts have
been made during the past two years to
attain this end. frst through intimation to
the friends of Colonel Crofton that his re-
tircmcnt would be granted II applied for.
and. this falling. through that law which
obIIgcs an officer TO retire II found phys.