Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-02-18
TELE0RAPHIc ITEMS.

| General Joseph Shelby, the noted Exon.
| federate, died at Adrian. Missouri, on the
18th.
Madame Modjeska has been forced to
| abandon the stage again account Of III
| health.
Philadelphia will make n fight to secure
| the capitol which will be erected In place of
| the one burned at Harrisburg.
Reports coming to the state department
| from Europe show that the American apple
made an enormous market for Itself there
last year.
Ex-MinIster Lorin A. Thurston OF Homo
| lulu Is In San Francisco. He says the senti.
ment In Hawaii Is overwhelmingly In favor
| of annexation.
John e. Sheehnn, the Tammany leader.
| says that II Richard Croker would accept,
he would get the Tammany nomination for
mayor OF New York.
| Postmaster General Wilson has been
chosen president of Washington and Lee
University at Lexington. Kentucky. He
will probably accept.
| Marion, the youngest daughter Of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland. was christened
| the other day Mt the White House by Rev.
| Byron $. Sunderland.
VIM. L. Mason, the newly elected senator
from Illinois, had n fnintlng fit Oh the 18th.
| which was ut first thought to be npoplect'c.
He has gone south to recuperate.
Governor Stephens Of Missouri has signed
the fellow servant bill, making railroad COM
panlcs responsible for accidents resulting
f, from the carelessness Of employees.
| America Is this year to be invaded by nm
Australian base ball team. and the admirers
| of the national game will have chance to
| witness u series Of international contests.
The House Of Representatives has passed
the Senate bill relating to the carrying OF
obscene matter by express companies and It
| has gone to the president for his signature.
Commerce Mt Rio Jnneiro is practically ut
| a stnudstiii, owing to the political situation.
| There are fears In some quarters, too. that
| President Morucs will re-assume power on
| March 18th.
Baron Won Kettier. German minister to
Mexico. arrived In Detroit recently. to be
married February - to Miss Ledynrd,
daughter Of the president Of the Michigan
| Central railroad.
President John A. Knott Of the Missouri
Association Of Democratic Clubs will prob.
ably soon call u convention OF the Missouri
Democracy with the Idea Of starting na-
4 tionni silver league.
Warren X. Moorchcad, archaeologlst Of
the Ohio State University, has received for
the university an Aztec manuscript, dug up
September . last nt Fairfield. Iowa. There
are only i've In the world.
Ex.Qucen LilIuokainni of Hawaii. who has
been confined to her room In Washington by
Influenza for several days. has suffered re-
lapse. Her physicians say that she Will not
be able to remain In this climate during the
| winter.
The Senate committee OH foreign relations
has agreed to report fnvorably Senator
| Fryc's amendment to the sundry civil nppro-
priation bill approptiatins 100000 for the
improvement Of Pearl harbor. Sandwich
Islands.
I ..,I hal
last annual reception on the l1th to the
army and navy of tho marine corps. The
crowd present was the largest Of the sea
son, and was large as any since Mr..
Cleveland has been In Office.
| Cardinal Gibbons has received from Rome
official ndviccs confirming the Associated
Press report Of the appointment OF the Rev.
J. J. Monaghan OF st. Patrick's church,
Charleston. South Carolina. to be bishop Of
the see OF Wilmington. Delaware.
Sir George Goldlc. commanding the royal
| Niger company's expedition against the
cmir of Nupc, cables from the palace Of the
emir Mt Bida on January -. saying that the
| palace has been captured and that all the
| members OF the expedition are we'll
The Kansas Senate has, by n strict party
vote, passed the Initiative and referendum
resolution. submitting the proposition OF
| changing the constitution SO ns to Include
silver forces voted solldly for the resolution
and the Republicans against 1t.
The government Of Colombia has voted
B.OOO.OOO francs for the purchase Of more
wnrships The navy now consists of only
one cruiser. the Cordoba. which was recently
atted out In New York and which turned out
to be n failure: the gunboats Lnpopa and
! Iinyaca. and the revenue cutters Nariho anu
Hercules.
| ,ha tb, m hnr
| er who on February 1 was sentenced to
nine months Imprisonment and n fine Of
| 1000 marks In Germany. after having bech
convictcd OF trotting Bethel under the name
| Of Nellie Knccbs. has decided not to appeal
against his sentence. He has less than two
months to serve.
At the meeting Of the Epworth League
Board Of Control at New York the election
II officers for the ensuing four years resulted
a. follows: Rev. Edward A. schell Of Chi.
| rnro general secretary: Prof. Il, Garland
Penn OF Lynchburg. Virginia. assistant Sec
rotary for the colorcd work: Charles Il.
Piper. treasurer
Secretary Herbert has been obliged TO re-
fuse the request Of n number of Cnlifornia's
leading citizens for the assignment of
f.! naval vessel for the transportation OF
| cargo of wheat and corn to the famine.
| stricken natives OF India. Naval vessels Of
| the modern type are totally untitled for the
purpose Of carrying cargoes
The big battieship Texas sailed from New
| York for Galveston. Texas. after being tied
IN In the navy yard for several months. In
which time extensive repairs and alterations
have been made. At Galveston the silver
service n gift from the Lone Star state VIII
| be presented to the officers of the battlcship.
The ceremony will take place February ~.
The old Western department building at
Ottawa, Ontario. suffered damage to the
| extent Of 100000 by FIRE on the 18th. The
MINER floors, with the Mansard roof, were
| completely burned out. but the main Offices,
an the second and third floors. are all safe.
| The fire not having gotten through the con-
| crete floor, but much damage was done bS
| wntcr.
burglars entered the office Of Secret Serv-
Ice Agent Murphy In the Federal building
In st. Louis and captured all the counterfeit
money In possession Of the department.
Two gangs Of expert counterfeiters are In
ini, there awaiting trial. The capture OF
counterfeit money robs the government OF
Its chief evidence and practically prevents
| the effective prosecution of the cases.
| Information has been received from Vene-
! zuclu to the effect that the arbitration treaty
signed In Washington by Sir Julian Pannce.
l fote and Senior Andrade has safely reached
I Carncas, and will be laid before the Nene-
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