Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-03-04
rELEoRAPalc ITEMS.

herself to be very speedy.
William j. Bryan gave his lecture on Bl-
metallism at New Haven on the Goth.
Plans are being made for bull fight at
Carson, Nevada, at the time of the Corbett'
Eitzslmmons mill.
A woman suffrage amendment to the con.
stitutlon of the State OF washington VIII
be voted upon next fall.
W. J. Bryan has consented to stump OHIO
during the coming summer In the Interest
of John II. Mclean for senator.
Mckinley has been obliged to decline, on
account Of ill-hcalth. an invitation to II
banquet of newspaper correspondents at
Canton.
The House of Representatives passed u
bill the other day allowing national banks
to Issue currency to the full amount of their
bonds on deposit.
The Chicago tanners strike is to be set
tied by the State Board of Arbitration. The
men Will return to work on Monday, prob
ably. pending the finding of the board.
The proposed maximum freight rate has
been killed In the Kansas Senate. which
passed the Harris railroad bill. after knock
Ing out the maximum freight rate clause.
The Texas Court of Civil Appeals has
made n peculiar ruling. holding that the gov
ernor Of Texas had no authority to exercise
the pardoning power In releasing prisoner
| In contempt Of court
The San Francisco Examiner story of an
island of lonely women In the South Seas
has been accepted by ninety-seven men,
| who, paying 500 apiece chartered a ship
and set sail from San Francisco.
United States Treasurer Morgan has re-
celved n conscience contribution of $50. In
nm envelope postmarked Denver, Colorado in
an unsigned note the sender says: "The
enclosed is due the United States"
The action of the Windsor (ontario) town
council in retaliating against the United
| States allen labor law by refusing to allow
contractors to employ aliens on public works
will lead to similar action by the Niagara
| Falls town council.
The Pittsburg river miners strike Is u
| failure not more than 1000 men being out.
| With but few exceptions. all miners were
Idle Thursday, but when It was seen that the
demand for an advance would not be gem
eral. nearly all the diggers returned to work.
By an explosion of nitro-glycerine near
| Steubenville. Ohio at the magazine OF the
Gould oil field. Louis Crary and Eugene
| Ralston, employees of the Miliken and Leigh
Torpedo company, were blown to atoms. A
| number of houses In the vicinity were dam
aged.
The largest seizure of opium ever made ut
the port of San Francisco was accomplished
on the 9th by four special agents Of the
treasury. The opium Is valued Mt 100000
and was seized because OF a violation of the
customs rules which provide that no Chinese
shall Import the drug.
Secretary Herbert has announced that he
| would open law office in Washington nt an
early date and resume the practice which he
abandoned many years ago to serve bis State
and later his country. His practice will be
| before congressional committees, the depart
ments and local courts.
The New York Stnats Zeitung has received
a dispatch from Its Berlin correspondent
stating that change for the better has
| taken place in the condition of DIR. Steinitz
the chess player, and that his full restora-
tion to health may be looked for. His death
was reported In the papers a few days ago
by mistake.
The largest spectroscope in the world has
been completed by Professor John A. Brnsh-
ear, the famous astronomer. of Allegheny,
Pennsylvania, for DIR. Hans Hauswnldt, a
wealthy scientist of Magdeburg, Germany.
The big Instrument will be used in physical
researches and Is expected to assist In many
Important discoveries.
The Indiana Supreme court has affirmed
the decision In the case of Helen N. Cougar
against the election officers in which she
claimed the right to vote Mt n general elec-
tion. Judge Hackney said that under the
constitution women cannot vote. and that
this provision Is not in conflict with the
constitution Of the United States.
The weekly New York bank statement
shows the following changes: Reserve. In
crease. 81 s55. .0e5 loans, decrease. 1,137 900;
specie. Increase. s1.123,0OO; legal tenders,
increase, S1.O05 500; deposits, increase, ST.
O9S 700; circulation, decrease, S122,3oO. The
banks now hold S5I.52O. .915 In excess Of the
requirements OF the - per cent. rule.
The Union Pacific has agreed to transport
free of charge 500 tons of freight designed
for the relief of Inda's starving people. The
burlington agrees to transport 100 tons, ana
the Elkhorn also agrees to haul relief sup
plies free. These offers are to deliver the
freight Mt Ogden. Utah. From there the
Central Pacific agrees to haul 1000 tons to
San Francisco free.
An electric car on the One Hundred and
Third street line. Chicago, was caught be.
tween two trains going in opposite direc-
tions on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail.
road. The car carried four passengers be-
sides the motorman and conductor, ana three
of the six were killed outright. The other
three are severely injured and one or more
of them may also succumb.
The Bethlehem Iron Company, hns an
nounced a general reduction of 10 per cent.
In the wages of steel workers, lnborers and
furnace men. The reduction goes into effect
on March 1. The officials of the company
say that they hope by means Of this reduc-
tion to give regular and continuous employ
ment to Its men. Nearly 1000 employees are
affected.
The Fourth Wyoming State Legislature.
which has Just completed tho constitutional
legislative session of forty days was n
very industrious body. and accomplished
considerable work. During the session 16l
bills were Introduced in the House aud
forty In the Senate; of these seventy House
bills and nine Senate bills were passed by
both houses and went to the governor for
approval. In addition to these laws, fifteen
resolutions and memorials were introduced.
eight of which were adopted. A large mum.
Der of the laws passed are unlmportant and
refer to methods of procedure In the courts:
amending and correcting faulty legislation
of previous sessions, and like measures.
The State of Arizona Improvement Com
pany has secured judgment in the terrific
rial Supreme Court against the territory,
and established the validity of contract
whereby the territorial convicts numbering
about $50. are leased for ten years for work
on great canal to be constructed in Yuma
county, at such other work as the con.
tractors may elect. The pay is to be ut the
rate of 10 cents per day per convict. the
territory to receive the same in shape of
water rights In the canal. The enforcement
of the contract, which was secretly made n
year ago by the retiring board of control
. | hna bppn foupht by tho nraspnt torri, la