Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-13
TELEGRAPHIC BREViTIES.

Grand Duke George. heir prcsump.
tive to the Russian throne. died on the
10th.
The delegates to the International
Congress of Women at London We're
invited out to Windsor Castle TO see
the Queen.
james Il. Sovereign has been chosen
chief OF the Mohawks, Il Democratic
organization.
1t seems probable that the Standard
OIL Company will go out of business
In Ohio. turning over Its business to Il
new concern there.
The Indiana State Bar Association
has adopted n resolution denouncinS
the practice Of levying political ASSESS
ments on judges. Four votes out Of
300 were cast against the resolution.
A company has been formed at st.
Louis to build the largest steel plant
In the west. which II Is understood
will be prepared TO fight the trust. The
capitalization will he S50OOO0, to be
increased In the near future.
Plans are on foot for the formation
OF combination to control the GLOW"
manufacturing industry of the United
States. The capitalization viii prob
ably be S15,OOO,O0O. and the promoter
says the outlook for the success OF the
undertaking Is bright.
The United States government has
declined the proposal of the govern
mcnt OF Austro- Hungary TO arbitrate
the claims for damages arising from
the death Of Austro- hungarian sub
jccts during the rioting at IlaZlcton.
lcnns! irnnia. in September. 1897.
The bubonic plague continues TO
rage nj Bushirc on the northern shore
Of the Persian Gulf. within 1000
miles OF the Russian city Of Tinis. II
Is feared that the pest will reach the
Caucasus before fall and that hence
Will menace Europe. but the Persian
government is Inactive.
A story comes from Dawson City
that several prospcctors who have ar
rived there over the Edmonton route
report that u score OF miners have
died from scurvy AT Wind river. u
branch OF the Peel river. aud that n
number OF others have suffered from
Its dread effects.
The annual report OF the United So
cicty OF Christian Endcaror shows nm
Increase OF nearly 2.SD societies with
over 100000 members. The total mem
bcrship 'is 3.JOO.OOO. In England the
EaptIsts lead In Christian Endcavor.
In Australia the Wesleyan Mcihodis,s.
In Canada the Mcthodists aud In the
United States the Prcsbyicrians.
The Fairbanks-Fostcr Alaska bOun-
Diary party has returned from the
north and Interviews with members
OF the party Indicate that the water
shed on White Pass. back Of Skag-
way and Dyca will be- accepted ms
the international boundary line at that
point. The White and Chilcoot passes
constitute the storm center Of the
Alaska boundary question.
Two hundred negroes from the mines
and quarries about birmingham. Ala
hamn. have left for Wear city. Kan
sas. TO take the places OF strikers In
the coal mines at that place. The reg
tilar movement Of thcs., negroes has
been going on FOR some time and $40
OF them have already been sent there.
An unsuccessful attempt 10 assass-
mate Milan. the former king OF Ser
via. was made the other day.
Spaninr,is formciy In business In
riving In Mexico looking FOR invest.
mcnts and say that by October fully
S13O. 100000 or Spanish capital will
have been withdrawn from the island.
for Spaniards OF wealth do not want
to risk u long period OF political unrest
and possible coming into power OF
professional Cuban politicians.
1t Is asserted that II new line ls
SnIt I nj MI
Los Angeles the Southern Pacific will
parallel It. The Utah Pacific has laid
Its tracks within live miles Of McCunc
on the Utah state line. The road is TO
run from Milford, srventy.iivc miles
southwest to McCunc and from there
IL projected under the charter OF the
Utah. Nevada and California. south
west 100 miles TO Los Angeles.
The volume Of German imperial re-
ports Just issued gives Interesting Grim
inDl statistics up to 1897. In the tif-
teen years from 1SS2 To 1SDI. there was
n startling increase In crime In the en-
pirc, The total number Of sentences
in the former year was :.2D.GiS In 1877.
.iaG. .0g9-.an increase of more than rs
per cent. Detailed statistics show
that the greatest increase has been In
the eastern provinces. where the aver
age OF lllltrrn'S IL nlEncet. hnlh' PIbN-
incr. Wcsphnlin and SnNony showing
the smallest percentage OF criminals.
A special TO the ST. Louis Republic
from Caldwell. Texas. says: Not less
than 200 square miles OF cotton bear
ing land has been flooded. Every acre
of II would have produced n big bale.
Bnsing the loss on Ave cent h"urcs.
the crop destroyed on these plaE'a-
ticns was worth almost SlOD.Orp.
Well Informed persons are Of the opin-
ion that this unprecedented rise In the
Eruzos has cost the people OF Texas
no less than S1O.O0O.OD. Thousands
of mules have been drowned. all Of the
domestic animals have persisted. rent
ed houses and negro quarters have
been swept away. the gins are nearly
nil ruined and hundreds of plantation
stores carrying big stocks of general
are under water. Not n
bridge has escaped and not train has