Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-14
TELE0RAPHic BREvITiES,

The Cuban junta declares that only
81 100000 In Cuban bonds have been
sold.
Colonel J. J. McCook denies that he
has any interest in Cuban bonds or
finances.
The Southern Pacific pattern store
house Mt Sacramento burned, causing n
loss of over $500,OO0.
Officers had fight with cattle
rustlers south of Cerrillos last week
and captured one of them.
The South and Central America re-
publlcs will recognize Cuban independ-
ence II the United States leads.
Emile Zola and NJ. PerrieuX will be
civilly prosecuted for libel by the off,
GERS of the Esterlnzy court martial.
Spain has settled the German claims
no account of the Cnnnahaba outrage
by agreeing to pny Germany $4,000.
The Philippine island insurgents are
more active than ever and Spanish
troops there are unable to subdue them.
Commander Harrison. of the Illinois
naval militia, has been offered the
command of n monitor by the war de-
partment.
During the recent Turkish mnssacres
In Anatolla, Turkey, forty churches
We're destroyed and 10000 children
were made orphans.
Governor Pingree's bill for increas-
ing the taxes on railroads failed to pass
the Senate by two votes. 1t had passed
the House by nn almost unanimous
vote.
The Richard Ashworth herd Of cat
tie ranging on the Gray Bull river, Wy
omlng, has been sold to the Murphy
Cattle Company for $50 head. The
! herd numbers 1900.
Charles Crane. late state Republican
chairman OF Utah, has left that pnrty.
Rev. p. Smith. priest OF st. Stanis.
llus' Cathedral at Modesto, California,
died In the pulpit last Sunday.
Several dispatches from Madrid say
that ndviccs from the Philippine is-
lands report thnt the rebellion there Is
Increasing and that 10000 rebels are
now under arms. Trouble Is feared at
Manila.
An order for $1,000 blouscs. besides n
number OF shirts, drawers. etc. has
been received at the Iunrtermaster's
depot In Jacksonville, Ind. One hun
drcd and fifty cxtrn seamstresscs have
been employed.
The Pekin correspondent of the Lon
don Times says: The extension OF
British territory mt Kan-Lung. opposite
after the French occupation OF the new
coalInS station ut Kwang- CHAIRMAN.
A burglar who blew open the safe of
the Farmers Bank ut Sheridan, Iowa,
has been Identified In n new way. A
chemical analysis of the notes stolen
reveals the effects OF gases generated
by the nitroglyccrine used by the burg
lar.
The Armenian Patriarch has sent to
the Turkish relief committee n list Of
forty churches wholly or nearly de-
stroycd during the recent massacres In
Anatolin. He fixes the number Of or
phans whose parents were killed, ut
10000.
The Anglo Egyptian forces. under
the Sirtlar. General Sir Herbert kitch-
encr, attacked the Dervish position mt
7:4O Friday morning and rushed NAH
moud's zariba to the center OF the for
tificntions without check. The attnck
was entirely successful and the Der
wishes lost heavily. Mahmoud himself
was captured.
The sixty-cighth annual conference
of the Church OF Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints convened In the Tabernacle
ut Salt Lake City on the 9th. with 1000
saints, including nearly all of the gem
eral authorities OF the church, in at
tendance. President George Q. Cannon
In his opening address said that there
are LOO missionaries In the field.
Mr.. Gladstone has finally become re-
signed to the abandonment OF his lit
erary work, and though 1t has deeply
grievcd him, he will give up writing
his biography and will end his six
months devoted to 1t on 1.-THE Early
Fathers" In n letter to his publisher,
couched In n spirit of heroic rcsigna-
tion, Mr.. Gladstone says he IL no longer
able to read or write. The old states.
man continues his affcctionatc leave
takings of old friends. To one of the
latter Mr.. Gladstone said: mo doubt
have suffered good deal during the
last six months, but then had 170
months almost without pain"