Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-08-19
rELEoRAPH,c BHEvlr,gs.

a Sister OF Charity was arrested In
New York few days ago for begging.
\ thousand carloads OF sheep Will be
shipped from Soda Springs, Idaho, this
fall.
China has borrowed $4,000. 600 for
ninety.iive yenrs to pay or her war III
demnlty. Ll
The Virginia Democrats declare
themselves as still supporting the CHI.
cago platform.
New York anarchists held n meet
Ing the other night TO rejoice over the
death Of Canovas.
Two bandits held up and robbed sew
crnl stage loads OF people In Yellow
stone Park last week.
Ohio Populists have placed n ticket
In the field headed by Jacob Coxey ms
candidate for governor.
A national convention OF mayors and
cOuncilmen Ii to be held at Columbus,
Ohio. September 18th to October LIST.
The rumor is revived that George L.
Watson IL designing II new yacht to re-
place the Prince OF Wales cutter Bri-
tannia.
Europe will require IL per cent. more
wheat than usual this year. and the
United States Is the only country that
can supply 1t.
The commissioners OF the District. OF
Columbia have refused to allow horse
less carriages to be used on the streets
OF Washington.
A potato blight IL rnvaginS the cOun-
ties OF Glare and Limerick, Ireland.
Prices have Quadrupled and there Is
only n supply for two months.
Eight starving persons have been re-
ported at New York In the last ten
days. Two OF them, too proud to beg,
have died of hunger. and others have
been taken to hospitals.
According to Manila cxchaL ges. the
rebellion continues as brAkly as ever
and reports are given OF some serious
skirmishes between the Spanish sol
dlers and rebels In various provinces.
The members Of the Golden Club
have caused special gold medal to be
struck for presentation to the Canadian
premier. Sir Wilfred Laurier. In for
mai recognition OF his attachment to
free trade.
The secretary OF war has directed the
general commanding the Department
of the Missouri to detail n troop of cav
airy to assist Mr.. Wisdo. United States
Indian agent. in evicting twenty-eight
families OF intruders In the Cherokee
nation.
Minneapolis millers are buying
wheat In Kansas City. Within the
past week they are said to have taken
between 100000 and 100000 bushels
and the Indications are that good
deal more cash wheat will be shipped
in that direction soon.
A telegram from Chernt says that
sharp firing was heard last evening In
the direction of Fort Shabkadr. There
Is great excitement at Peshawar. The
women and children who have been In
the environments ut Cherat have gone
into the Murroe hills, northwest of
Ewnlpindi.
The building of the Siberian railway
has been of great benefit to the lum-
ber trade of the Pacific coast. The
Gleuturrct, a new freight steamer OF
3.O26 tons net. now at Shanghai, has
been chartered to take lumber and
railroad ties from the Columbia river
to Vladivostock.
Advices from Vladivostock state that
the Russian government intends to
make an attempt to keep the port open
nll the wear round. A tremendous ice-
boat, built in Denmark, has been
brought around from Europe. and the
inventor. who accompanies the vessel,
is sanguine of success.
News has Just been received that the
record for the fastest trnns-Pacitic
ocean trip was made by the Royal Mail
steamship Empress of japan on her
last voyage from Vancouver to 1oko-
hama. The time consumed was ten
days, three hours and thirty-nine mill
utes. The distance covered was 4,2IO
knots. H.
The executive council of the London
Social Democratic Federation has
passed a resolution that the death of
SenOr Canovas del Castillo, the Span
ish premier, "at the hands of a self
sacrificing fanatic" was a righteous
retribution for his cruel persecution
and torture of Spaniards holding ad-
vanced opinions.
-Four French officers have just made
record ascent of Mont Blanc via the
route followed by the famous Alpine
guide. Jacques Bulmat, who is said to
have been the first to reach the sum-
init. The route the officers followed
has not been used since 1920 They
made four attempts before success
crowned their efforts.
Ine SOutn-Dound passenger train on
the Santa Fe road was held up near
Edmund, Oklahoma, at 1915 Monday
morning. The robbers made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to blow open the
through safe. They finally left after
securing between $500 and 5000 from
the local safe. No further particulars
obtainable at this hour.
The Carnegie Steel Company has re-
ceived an order from Cramps, the Phil
adelphia ship builders, for thirty tons
of diagonal armor to be used in the
construction of the bartleship Alabama.
The price is not made public, but it is
probable the builders will not pay Car
negie more for the armor than they
will get for 1t from the government.
a dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Cairo says the Dervish chief, Mo-
hammed Zcin, who was captured nt
the fall of Abu Hamed, asserts that the
road from that point to Berber is free,
and that all the Khnlifa's troops have
been ordered to Omdurmnn. The Egyp-
tian war office has ordered the enroll
ment of 10000 additional Egyptian re-
cruitS.