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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30

Superintendent and assistants ap-
pointed by the Fair directors will plense
send their acceptance or declination to
Sec. Wallis at once that the premium list
may contain the correct names.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30

Remember that on and after tomor-
row all checks must have two-cent
stamp.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30
PUEBLO'S BIG FOURTH OF JULY
Grand Pageant Of States and Nations
for Three Days,

for Three Days.
Pueblo's first Pageant OF States and
Nations was great success and the ap'
proachlng celebration will be n very
great improvement on the initial year
The following is n partial program OF the
interesting event:
FIRST DAY, JULY 3.
$50 p. m.-Grand concert at the Min.
eral Palace. Patriotic speeches, Ameri.
can patriotic choruses, national songs OF
all nations sung by representatives OF
the different countries.
7:W p. m.-Patriotic sermons at the
different churches.
SECOND DAY, JULY 4.
BAL m.-National salute of q guns,
blowing of whistles and ringing OF bells.
Sa. m.-Parade of all bands, Union
depot to Mineral Palace.
9:3O II. m.-Forming of Pageant of
States and Nations.
10 a. m.-Parade will move.
3 p. m.-Grand display OF day fire.
works.
4:30 p. m.-Fire department drill at
grand stand.
9p. m.-Grand display of fireworks.
$50 p. m.-Masked ball in front of the
grand stand.
THIRD DAY, JULY 5.
30p. Informing OF industrial pa
rade.
10 a. m.-Parade will move.
2:3O p. m.-Band contest in front Of
grand stand.
4p. m.-Grand masked parade under
auspices of Rover Wheel and Athletic
club.
6p.m m.-IIigh masked carnival.
p. m.-Grand naval combat on Lake
Mlnnequa.
$50 p. m.--Dance at Lake Minnequa
and Colonial ball Mt Mineral Palace.
on the third day will be the grandest
display of fireworks ever attempted in
the state.
The babe of Mr.. and Mrs. J.H.
Smith, just south of town, was most &c.
verely injured last week. The mother
was canning cherries and the child, aged
about one year, managed to overturn
upon itself kettle of the fruit scalding
hot. The neck and back were severely
burned. DR.. Fenton was called and
gave all possible relief to the little suf-
ferer. The injuries. while very serious
anu Painlul, Will HOC DC 1atal.
Private postal cards may now be is
sued by corporations and others, the law
taking effect Saturday The adoption
OF the private mailing card is not to su-
percede the regular postal card now in
use, but it is for the convenience of all
who wish to use cards with their own ad-
vertising printed thereon. Heretofore
private cards could be used with written
matter only when two-cent postage
stamp was affixed.
The board of county commissioners
has resolved that in the future, claims
against this county, IN order to be con-
sidered at any meeting of this board,
must be filed with the county clerk prior
to the first day of such session.
When we take into consideration
the fact that when war was declared we
were without men, arms, ammunition
and ships, it is remarkable that so much
has been accomplished in SO short a
time. We are ready now and results
will follow in rapid succession.-Ex
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30
A Sensible Movement.

It is with pleasure that ono takes no.
tice of start made in tho right direction
among our farmers in the neighborhood
of Rocky Ford, where they have organ
lied themselves into Mutual Hail H.
aurance company. The farmers have
come to the conclusion that they can do
for themselves, and make money by it,
what they have heretofore paid eastern
capitalists to do for them. They pro-
pose to keep that money hereafter mt
home. When others see how well the
Rocky Ford farmers succeed they will,
in course of time, arrive at the conclu-
sion that there is no sense in sending all
the money east when one can get the
same service by keeping it at home. As
long as the state will not take hold of
this matter. the next best thing to do is
the organization of snch mutual compe.
MES. whereby one gets all the benefits at
much less cost than il he would apply to
eastern companies, and besides that, the
money remains in circulation at home
and does not leave the state III the shape
of premiums Denver Post.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30
Serious and Possibly Fatal Accident

Serious and Possibly Fatal Accident
Sunday evening as Chas. Blomgren
of Manzanola was driving home from
Rocky Ford he met with an accident
which may possibly result fatally. The
neckyoke of his buggy became detached
and allowed the pole to drop to the
ground. This frightened the horses
and they started on run. Mr.. Blom-
green's wife and two children were
thrown out and somewhat bruised. Mr..
Blomgren was thrown among the irons
of the pole and hung there while the
horses ran perhaps 200 yards. When
near the home of S. s. Bailey, two miles
west of Rocky Ford, Mr.. Bailey saw the
runaway and came out armed with an
irrigating shovel. At great personal risk
he allowed the team to pass close enough
to give one of the horses Il severe blow,
knocking him against the other, causing
them to run into telegraph pole.
Mr.. Blomgreen, who had held to the
lines all the time the horses were run
ming, was taken out of the wreck in a Sc
riously injured condition. His face was
badly torn by contact with the ground,
his uose was broken and there were se-
we're internal injuries.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30

News reports Of the war are of n
most aggravuting character. One never
knows what TO believe, says the Salida
Mail. So many reports Of demolished
forts, sunken ships and other victories
are made only to be later denied, that
the average reader becomes disgusted.
The only plan is to take all news with n
liberal allowance of salt They are not
to be believed until fully confirmed and
afterwards re-confirmed
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-30

Entered in the Postoiiice at Rocky Ford. Colo,
as sccond-clnss mnil matter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
RED.HOT FIGHT AT CENFUEGUS
American Ships Enter the HarbOr
to Cut the Gable.
Somewhat of a Surprse--The Marblehead. Nashville and
Window Did Not Know that a Heavy Masked Battery
Covered Them-A New York Dispatch Says that the
Spanish Dead is Estimated at 400.

OF the warships was concentrated
upon the lighthouse and the impro.
viscd fort was blown To pieces. As
there were great numbers OF Span
iards in and behind the fort at the
time. there is no doubt that many of
them were killed.
The Ma%rblchcad and the Nashville
used their heaviest guns, and hun
drcds of shots were thrown into the
Spanish troops.
On board the ships number OF men
were slightly wounded
NEW YoRk, May )G-h dispatch
from Key West reports that in the
fight at C~lcnfuegos Commander Wash.
burn Maynard and Lieutenant Gamer
on NJ. Winslow, both OF the g%unboat
Nashville, were slightly wounded.
The dispatch adds that the Spanish
loss is estimated at 400 and that OF
the United States feet four killed and
four wounded
The lighthouse was demolished, il
is reported, the arsenal destroyed and
TIE batteries on shore silcnced. The
town was set N Ere by shells from
the American feet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
FAR RI MARTINIQUE.
spanish Fleet sighted ON Vcnczucia-Ars
They Running Away?

They Running Away?
WAsnISGIoS, DAY lG The Spanish
feet has been sighted again. this time
about 100 miles off the coast of Vene.
zuela goirg west.
TO Navy department officials here,
who can only surmise that
the Spanish admiral desires 10
svoid an engagement, and is waiting
an opportunity to make Il dash for
Cicnfucgos or Havana
The fleet when sighted, was going
Mt full speed and had steamed about
60 miles since last heard from of the
west coast of Martinique two days
ago.
The United States battlcship Ore.
Hon left liayhia May II and should
nov he about $50 miles advanced on
her northcrly course. The gunboat
Marietta and the newly purchased
dynamite cruiser Nicthcroy are with
the Oregon. The Orcgon's course does
not lie directly in the waters where
the Spanish squadron was sighted.
Tire westerly course ascribcd 10 the
Spanish cruisers, however, would no,
bring il into the orcgou's course.
While the mighty battlcshlp Ore
gon would give n good account of it.
self under the heaviest storm of shot
and shell that ever bclched from bat.
tlcships, and would not go down
''unwept, unhonored and unsung,'
aud surely not unaccompanicd, the
Spanish fleet Of armored cru isers is q
formidable one, TO say the least. The
Oregon has bsen coming north under
n cruising speed of twelve knots, Tn.
Ter forced draughts she would be
capable when forced to the test OF
probably fourteen knots, There i,
claimed for the Spanish fleet OF
armored cruisers, under the same con.
l~itlons, twenty knots IL warned
The Oregon could now set its course
Tor the Barbados, u British posses.
sion, but there is little chance of IL,
touching IA cable point in time to b,
warned OF the proximity OF the Span,
Hh fleet
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
Daughter Sue. for p,vore.

CHICAGO, May ih-Mrs, Mary c.
Manning, eldest daughter Of Chief
Justice Melville W.. Fuller OF the
United States supreme court, has
made application in the Cook county
superior court for u divorce from her
husband, Colin C Manning, on the
ground OF non-support and alleged
bad habits. Mr.. Manning is now
United States consul at Fayai, Azores
islands He has given notice OF an
intention 70 resist the granting OF the
decree The parties were married
about six years ago
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
RlOTlNG ALL OVER SPAIN
should Events Demand u, = MiiItar,
Cabinet Promised.

NEw YORK, May IA dispatcl
fro,a Madrid says: ~''Spain's condition
at home is desperate. Rioting every,
where aggravates the political crisi.
Martial INV has been proclaimed
throughout the kingdom. The mil.
itary governors OF some provinces
have summoned the editors Of the
newspapers and warned them to have
n care what they publish, or soldier.
Will be sent TO smash everything in
their Offices Editors OF obnoxiou.
papers will be ent without trial &c
Fernando Po, a penal station on the
coast OF equatorial West Africa.
Ola view Of q probable revolution or
the next news OF disaster, the liber.
ais and the conservatives have prom.
'sed the queen to support a d~ictatorial
military cabinet under Marshal Cam
pos, should events demand it.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
THE FLYING SOUAOpON.
Aaissouti Pacific Collision.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May I6.-Mis.
souri, Pacific passenger train No. 4, in
charge Of Conductor Williams and En-.
Rincer Wishart, collided with n light
engine In charge of Engineer Ross OF
st. Louis, at 6;l5 last night, four miles
east OF this city, nea the Moreau
tunnel. Both engines were thrown
from the track and Engineer Wishart
of the passenger train is scalded Sc.
verely, and Is thought to he fatally
Injured. Engineer Ross is also in.
jured, but not seriously, being cut
about the he I'D and face. The coils.
lon wss the result Of q mistake In or.
ders BY Engineer Ross
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
Al Madrid at . Bu,i Flight,

Madrid, May 1.-THE whole town
wa bedecked with the national colors
last night The balconies were draped
with red and yellow and q large
flower tent was erected on the Alcala.
There society women sold red and yell
low flowers At . high figure, the pro-
ceeds going TO the national fund. The
ball ring yesterday was packed to
snRocatton. The boxes were filled
with the highest society and the most
beautiful women In Madrid, NEARLY
oil wearing white mantillaS
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
siov Work Of Tn. Prize Court.

KEY WEsT, Fla May II The cap
tain and crew OF the prize steamer
Catalina, who gave testimony before
the prize commission several days ago
and were released from further at
tendance, we're to-day notified to re-
main here indefinitely TO give further
testimony. The witnesses are indig'
nant at the delay. The prize commits
sion Is making slow progress
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
A D.m.s.d Shin At n.h,,

BrESos AyREs, May 1.-The Bra.
Gillian government has strictly prohib-
ted the sending Of news about the
movements OF vessels II IL reported
here that . cruiser. whose name and
nationality are not given. has entered
the port Of bahia seriously 10 ursd
She sailed to-day after repairing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
rive Msn Crashed to D,.,h.

x YORK, May 10 - Five live,
were crushed out and several men
were terribly injured yesterday by
the collapse OF two fve.storv fiat
buildings in course Of erection on
East One Hundred and sixteenth
street The rear and side walls fell,
carrying some twenty-five or moro
b~rick!ayers and laborers with il.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
by the Govern o.:
W. +. PORTER, Secretary of state.

The little seven-year-old daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. T.. Grossnicklausc Of
Osceoia slipped her hand into a corn
grinder which the father was operat-
ing and when the hand was extracat-
ell IL IA manglcd in such IA amer
smputation was necessary,
The supreme court convened Tues
day at Omaha. Among the cases of
public interest 10 come mp during the
week is the case of BARLEY against the
state. Argument will probably be
made and the ease submitted. At q
former sitting OF the court n rehcar.
Ing was granted in this ease.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20

Nearly 40. 900 ~voiuatssrs to Asss mbis at
Chickamauga-soms From Missouri

ChicsamSugs- some From Missouri
WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE War de.
pnrtnent to-day issued orders for as
sembling OF 29 ,Os7 volunteers to
Chickamauga- This embraces twenty
regiments OF infantry and Eve batter.
les, from the following states; Wis
%consin, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana.
Illinois, Maine, Missouri, New Hamp-
shire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island aud Vsg.
mont.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20
Senator AiossnI's wife Dead.

WAsHINaToN. May l6-Mis Ruth
swan Morrill,, the wife of the veneer.
able Senator Morrill,, Of Vermont
died yesterday
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10

WARRINGTON, March A-When the
asasion Of the senate opened yesterday
the resolution providing for a con.
gressional investigation into the muir.
dor Of the postmaster at Lake City, 8.
q, and his family and the burning Of
bis homo was laid before the senate,
and after y short debate was referred
to the committee on contingent OK.
penseA Bills were passed as follows
Granting free entry to q set Of bells
presented by the car Of Russia to the
orthodox Russian church at Bridge
port Conn; to provide for the transfer
Of the Fort Sidney military post re
serve 10 the state Of Nebraska, fol
educational purposes, and to establish
On assay Office at Seattle, Wash.
The motion Of Mr.. Hoar, Of Massa.
chusettA to non-concur in the house
amendments TO the bankruptcy bill
Vas laid before the senate and Mr.
Stewart Of Nevada, resumed hi
speech upon the house measure. Upor
ths conclusion Of his speech Mr. Stew
At offered resolution that the senat,
conferees be instructed to insist upor
he senate bill The resolution created
some debate Of parliamentary char
nofan. M. Sfawnr than withdrav hi,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10
Internal Revenue Collection.

LEAvENW ORTIZ, KAN, March 3.-The
internal revenue collections for Febru-
airy from the Kansas-Oklahoma dis
trict were S39, 1880, as against Sl5,OSS
for February, 1897 The collections in
detail are as follows: Collection on
lists. $ll445; beer stamps sold, $3.50;
spirit stamps, SS6O25; cigar and cigar
cite stamps, 81, 920.67; tobacco stamps,
$4,000; special tax stamps, Sl,O46 %;
oleomargarine stamps, S35,3l1.4O.
John Stevens, u well-known Santa
Fe conductor, had his right foot cut
off by freight train at Nickerson,
Kan.
The Kansas state school fund com.
mission on the Sd purchased 500, 900
Of Cowley county refunding bonds at
par.
A Topeka telegram said it was deemed
certain that Gov. Leedy would call the
Kansas legislature in extra session
March 20
AT Guthrie, Ok, Philip j. Lemon, ex-
mayor of Mulhall, Ok, was convicted
Of burglary and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary.
Gordon Jones, a Missouri state bank
examiner, has resigned to accept the
presidency Of a new bank at st. 10.
seph, Mo.
The June mine, on the Rex tract,
and the Know mine, in Leadville
hollow, both near Joplin, Mo-, were
sold for $50, 900 each,
Rev. John Fulton, pastor of the First
Baptist church at Abilene, Kan, is
dead at the age Of So. He had been
continuously in the ministry IS years.
Among the passengers who arrived
in New York on the Sd from Colon was
Col, Thomas Moonlight, Of Leaven.
worth, Kan, ex-United States minis.
ter to Bolivia.
Revs. George M. Hamwell and Charles
Pelton, officers Of the Cincinnati Mu.
nicipal Reform league, were arrested
and locked up charged with perjury in
q whisky case. n
Mrs. Margaret Jones, wife of prom
inent farmer Of Doniphan county, Kan,
committed suicide by taking laudanum.
She was 80 years old and had been an
invalid half her life
Gov. Leedy, Of Kansas, has offered o
reward Of $3.50 for the apprehension Of
Terrol Drury, who Is wanted In King
man county for killing Carson Carver,
schoolmate in 1894.
The United Brethren conference Of
the Arkansas Valley and Southwest
districts Is in session at Hutchinson,
Kan, with over 100 ministers attend.
ing Bishop Mills Is presiding.
At Troy, O., Walter Green, colored,
made wager that he could drink is
glasses Of whisky in rapid succession
He stood up to the bar and after he
had swallowed ten glasses fell to the
floor dead.
In the senate on the Sd Mr.. Baker,
Of Kansas, introduced an amendment
to the sundry civil bill providing for
the expenditure Of $50, 900 for improve.
ments at the national soldiers home
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10
NEW ROAD TO THE GULF.
Proposition tn Build Line That Will
Parallel the Pittsburg q Gulf.

Proposition to Build q Line That Will
Parallel the Pittsburg 4 Gulf
LINCOLN, Neb., March a-At Lin.
coin were filed articles Of incorpora-
ton Of the Nebraska, Kansas & Gulf
Railroad company. The initial point
is where the Niobrara empties into the
Missouri and the road is to run south
through Nebraska, through the coun-
ties OF Jewell and Ellsworth in Kansas
and thence on to the gulf, The capt.
tai is SEQ, 100000. From the fact that
chief among the incorporators Is
George R. Peck, general counsel Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail.
road, it is presumed that the real pro.
moter Of the scheme is the Milwaukee
railroad, and that 1t is simply move
OF this road to get line to the gulf
to compete with the Kansas City,
Pittsburg 4 Gulf.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10
INSIDE The PRISON WALLS.
A Convict 1t sing Sing Cruelty Murders
His Wife Who Was Visiting Him.


New YoRK, March Within the
walls Of Sing Sing, where every pre-
caution is supposed to be taken that
no criminal may add to the list of his
misdeeds, a murder was committed
Adrian Braun, convict, attacked his
wife in the waiting room of the
prison, and with one vicious swing
of long, keen knife cut her throat.
He struck her again and again
with the weapon, but that first stab
was sufficient to kill. The wife had
come to visit her husband and was
just ready to leave the prison when
Braun slipped the knife from its con-
cealment and laughed at the woman
sitting by his side. Braun was serv.
ing two-years' sentence for beating
his wife, but she had forgiven him and
this was her first visit to the prison.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10

Topeka, Kan, March S.-The state
board OF railroad commissioners yes.
terday fixed March Is as the date for
heuring the coal rates complaint
against the various railroads from
Emporia, Salina, Fredonia and Usage
City. The board will resume the hear.
ing Of the Wichita coal rates case on
March Is. The hearing there Tues.
day was a complete farce. The board
went down expecting to find the en-
tire populace in waiting to testify.
Not single witness showed up. Even
the mayor who made the complaint
did not appear.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10
FOR MISSOURI TEACHERS.
State University Faculty Providing Special
Instruction for 20 Weeks.

State University Faculty Providing speciAI
instruction for 20 Weeks.
COLUMBIA, Mo-. March Arrange
ments have just been completed by the
authorities of Missouri university for
special spring course for the school,
teachers of the state, which will open
April and continue until the last OF
May The course will embrace a
large number of studies conducted
by an efficient staff of edu-
Gators. These courses will be fol-
lowed Immediately by those in
the summer school, so that instruction
for more than 20 weeks is offered. The
first eight weeks are altogether free,
but for the remaining IL weeks q
small fee will be charged, and the
free use Of the library and laboratory
facilities Of the university will be
granted,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10
KANSAS PACIFIC PAYMENT.

The First Instsllmsnt Of One Million Doll
lars Has Been Handed Over.
WASHINGTON, March Tin answer
to inquiries on the subject, it is off,
cially announced that the first pay.
ment of 81, 0OO, 900 on account of the
sale Of the governments interest 10
the Kansas Pacific railroad was made
during the past week. The remaining
IS, aOa,OO will be made In 80. 40, 80 and
60 days from the date Of the sale, Feb.
ruary 10.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10

Morgan, although a great raider, was
a poor fighter, and, as usual, when con-
fronted by union troops who meant
business, he skedaddled. Some of his
men were so hard pressed that they
could not go with him, and these did
some firing from windows Of houses
in which they had taken refuge. One con-
federate esconced himself in the second
story Of little cottage, and from a
window facing the street fired several
shots, two Of which seriously wound
ed two Of our soldiers. This one man
commanded the street. To appear in
front OF his fortress was to receive his
fire, which he delivered quickly and
then retired. How to dislodge him or
get shot at him was puzzling ques-
ton. and it is quite probable that the
solution would have been found by
burning the house, had not a young
negro servant Of the adjutant re-
marked:
"'If you'll glib me carbine I'll wing
dat rebel
"'All right, JIM replied the adju.
tnnt. Here's gun. Let's see you do 1t.
"Jim took the carbine, examined the
loading, and deliberately walked up the
street and took his stand opposite the
dangerous window. There he remained
watching for perhaps ten minutes
Then he suddenly blazed away. The
man had appeared. looking out, doubt
less for chance at some union soldier,
never suspecting mortal enemy in
the young negro standing opposite.
Jim had shot him dead."-N. Y. Sun.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10

OMAHA, Neb., March There will
be no spring food in the Missouri val.
ley this year. This is the report Of
the weather observer at Omaha, based
upon data he has gathered at the re-
quest Of the department at Washing.
ton. The information was secured for
the purpose Of giving timely notice to
the vast property interests annually
menaced by floods on the Missouri
river region, Of the spring rise, should
it be heavy or light.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-03-10
senator Mills Out Of the Race.

HoUsToN, Tex, March THE Post
prints a letter from United States
Senator Mills in which he formally
withdraws from the race for re-elec-
ton, which leaves the field to Gov. Cul.
berson. In his letter Mr.. Mills gives
as the reason Of his withdrawal the re-
cent action Of the state executive CON-
mittee, which required all voters at
the democratic primaries to be loyal
to free silver at the sixteen TO one ratio.