Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-04-22
rELEoRApHIc nREvlrIEs.

Madison Square Garden may be purchased
by New York City.
Great fiocks of Wild pigeons have appeared
near Reddin. California.
It was reported on the 17th that Prince
Hohenlohe had resigned.
New Orleans suffered from fire to the
amount of S40O.OO0 on the 18th.
Wheat is advancing on the exchanges as
result of the war between Turkey ana
Greece.
A dynamite explosion in n mine near Jo-
bapnesburg, killed eight English and twenty
native miners.
The government In Hawaii has Issued
call for laborers, In which Japanese are
adroltly Disseminated against.
Investigation by n legislative committee
among the coal miners near Plttsburg re-
veals the fact that many of them are on the
verge of starvation.
The Londan Daily Mail says that Russia
ia strongly opposed to the silver standard
and that Great Britain. Austria and Ger
many would place Insuperable difficulties In
the way of international bimetalllsm.
The book written by Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond, the wife of the American engineer
sentenced to death In the Trnnsvaal. but SUD
sequently released upon the payment OF
heavy fine. has been published In London.
There has been a great decrease In the
virulence Of the plague In India. Only aoo
cases and 104 deaths from the disease os'
CURED last week In Bombay. compared Win
800 cases and 1923 deaths during the prece'i-
Ing week.
Judge James A. storrow. lawyer of Bos-
ton. dropped dead In Washington on the
18th, Judge Storrow took nn active part IN
the proceedings incident to the arbitration
treaty between the governments OF Steh.
britain and Venezuela for the settlement OF
the boundary dispute.
william J. Bryan lectured in Music hall,
Cincinnati. to over 1900 people who had
paid % and 30 cents admission. HIS lecture
was on bImetallism, and II was deivereu
under the auspices Of the Ohio Valley b.
metallic League. After the orntion he was
given banquet by members of the league.
Ex.State Treasurer william W. Taylor, OF
South Dakota, has been released from the
penitentiary after an Imprisonment OF one
year and half. Good behavior reduced
his two-years sentence six months He ieft
Mt once for his old home at Redheld, where
he will stay few days. and then 80 10 IN
diana TO visit friends.
The Berlin correspondent Of the London
Times says that the Russian minister of war
publishes In the Russkij Invalid an order OF
the Car providing that hereafter all GRIM
inaIs condemned to Imprisonment In Siberia
shall be conveyed there by railway Instead
of being compelled to make the march by
way OF Tomsk and Iruski. which caused SO
many deaths and SO much suffering to thou
sands.
The Franklin County (Kentucky) grand
Jury has returned true bills against DIR. w.
Godfrey Hunter. the Republican nominee
for senator: ex-Congressmnu Henry Wilson.
Of the Eleventh district: Hon. L. T. Franks.
of the Second district: Captain Noel Gaines
and his brother. r.in-law. Thomas Tanner. OF
Frankfort. These named have been indict-
ed for conspiracy to bribe. All are Rcpubll-
cans. with the exception Of Gaines and Tan
ner.
The trustees of Drake University have
unanimously decided to reverse the order of
the medical faculty excluding women as stu
dents because women had been subjected to
insults which could not be well avoided.
The trustees passed resolution strongly
condcmning such action and providing for
the protection of women students They
say no such actions will occur In the future.
Male students offending will he promptly
expelled.
The 4iissourI Railway Company. Of St.
Louis. comprising three lines, the Olive
street. the Market Street and the Laclede
Avenue Red Line. was bought on the 18th
In the name Of Edward Whitaker and
Charles n. Mcclure for the Lindcii system.
Ry this purchase the Lindcll system becomes
the greatest In st. Louis. and probably the
greatest In the world. While the figures
have not been given out, II Is understood
that In the transfer nearly s2oo0,Ooo wns
involved.
The Illinois Steel Company has received.
through the Russian minister at Washington.
n proposition looking to the company's bid
ding on the armor plate for two Russian
wnrships The contract Is to he for 5000
tons. and In case OF award the Chicago con-
ccrn would turn Into Its treasury In the
ncIghborhood of $3.o00.O0O. II IL said the
offer Of the Illinois Steel Company to fur
nish the United States government with ar
NOR plate nt the remarkably low figure Of
$40 n ton Inns startled war departments the
world over.
The President has decided to appoint an.
other EXPERT commission to net In conJunc.
tion with the one already selected by Great
Britain to visit BerinH sea this summer and
to study the conditions surrounding seal
life. The British government has named
the same commissioners II employed In this
capacity last year. namely. Professor Thomp-
son and Gerald II. Hamilton. Our commits
sioncrs were President Jordan Of stanford
University and Professors Stcgnercr and
Lucas Whether the same experts will be
renppointcd will be determined In the course
OF few days.
The New York Tribune says: There Is a
prospect Of gold exports In the near future
1t will not be surprising " shipments arc
made within the next ten days. Until very
recently 1t wns thought that no gold would
go to Europe this year. or Mt any rate until
very late In the year. The out.go of gold
which now seems Inevitable. will he due not
to condition In this country. hut to the situa.
tIop In London. or to he more exact, to the
position In which the Hank OF England finds
Itself. The bank has recently sustained trc-
mcndous losses Of gold from its vaults
chiefly by reason OF Withdrawals for transfer
to Austrin and Japan. and especially to the
latter country.
The retroactive clause Of the Dingiey
tariff bill has alarmed the Mexican cattle
shippers of Kansas and Missouri. They have
entered into contracts with Mexican cattle
owners for at least 10000 head Of Mexican
cattle. These contracts were made last win
ter, They are made In this way year after
year. the contracts reading for the cattle
to be shipped into Indian Territory. Kan.
sa- or Missouri. as the grazing In the State.
pcrmits Earnest money has been paid by
the Kansas and Missouri stockmen. Now
they are greatly alarmed for fear they
will have to pay the duty Of 50 a hcnd
II they bring the cattle In. or Will have to
pay the Mexican owners the new value Of
the cattle. II they refuse to carry ont their
contracts.
The name Of Baron Courccii. the eminent
French Jurist and diplomat. at present
French ambassador to Great Britain. prob.
ably will he suggested ns the NTH or final
arbitrator on the court of arbitration be-