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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-05
New York Money MarkeL

New York. Dee g.
Money on call. strong 6ut2 prr ,,ut b
last loan. II per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 5i4Tt6 Der cep.
Sterling exchange. firm, with .rtEut
business ~ bankers hillS ut A>ii 41iL,8'
lor demand and IN N>ll4m4Nlia for ~
days; posted rates $IN2m4S2l. ANA S4N,
UlNIi2: commercial bills. Sl.>rl t1f4 ~ur-.
Silver certificates. 5Ni .Ti5,r.
Bar silver. 5S7.
Mexican dollars. IA.
Government bonds. strong
State bonds. inactive.
Railroad bonds. easier.
United States new fs reg . f.;
10. coup Observation-Disclosures. L.5
nited States Is .....--.............. a..
do. coup. ;.-...-.... ,,....-..--...-.. llfa.
Denver n no tirlndr lists .......... p9iul
Erie zen IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
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Chicago Markets.

Chicago. Dec. I.
Though wheat was easy early later it
turned hullish On The December crop re-
pnrt. a decrease IN the visible and mod
crIt" receipts, closing strong May "a
nrcr saturday, at Gimhiis. Corn ana oatS
closed unchanged. Provisions sustained
hy good demand. light hogs supply ana
4 predicted shortage in products. closed
~ .ti1c. higher.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT December 6ia. May 6gM69',
CORN-Dcccmber 2$3s. January 30,
May. - ,u22ii
OATS December. 22l. May. o$a.m2S7s.
FoRk-Dccemher. SS.$ii2 January, &on.
May. $3.50.
l.AEp-peocmher, st95; January s522'.;
Mn. $j.tu.
lIEs December $500; January. $50.
May. S5.2n
Cash quotations closed rs follows;
f'IDI EASY
WHEAT ~. spring, ooate3; ~. red.
", lrb,
CORN ~. !, M: M. yellow, 3o'.ns.9t-.
nm. white. 2li.H25.
RYE No. p ~
hAELt,Y-N". :. :>H43 y.
FL.ANSEED-N". ! ANA Northwestern.
Silica
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime, $50.
I.Nlp-SI N1ff5l1i2.
PoRK-Moss. N.55m955; shcrt ribs sides.
Si%mt5.2u; dry sailed shoulders. 5asn5s.:
short clear sides, 500 2Gf5.3o.
- CIoNER->I..J.
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no CURE IA GRIPPE u TWO DAYS

Take Laxative Rrnmp ouiu!nc Tablets
All druggists refund the money If il fails
to cure. Il. W. Groves signature is on
each box. &c
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-05

J'I N'NH Nli'l' laNl''.
In the shadow of recent death. the Sen.
ate convened, at noon today in its frs
session of the seth Congress. Sine thr
close of the 18th Congress the Senate
chamber has been entirely retitted.
As usual on the opening days of a seS-
sion of Congress. the chamber was "A Neri-
table conservatory. The odor of tn"
rarcst ana loveliest 81 blooming plants
was heavy on the air. Scarcely single
senator was forgotten III the lavish dis
play
Promptly at u o'clock. Frye Of Maine.
President pro tenn. called the Senate to
order. The blind chaplain. Roy. Mr. Mil
burn. pronounced the Invocation, making
a touching reference to the death of Vice
President Hobart.
recognized by the Chair. He presented
on behalf of Mallory. Fla, who was de
tanned from the session by Illness. the
credentials of Scnator-clect Taliaferro OF
Florida. They were filed.
Pcnrnsc. Pa, presented the credentials
of Matthew Stanley Quay. appointed sen
.,tOr from Pennsylvania by the governor.
ON motion of cockrcll. Mo. the cre1tn-
tials Of Quay wcr" referred to the com
mittce on privileges and elections. IN lhlS
connection chandler. y. H., offered res
nlution that Quay be admitted as a sena-
Tor from Pennsylvania. This resolution
also went to the committee on privlltg' ;
ana elections. "Reminiscences and menu
roals against seating Quay were present
"a bv burrows. Rep, Mich, and Jones,
Dem. Ark
Tho credentials of Mr.. Hayward Of NJ
hraSka We're presented and SuhScqucntl+
the announcement was made by Thurs
ton. Mob. that owing TO critical Illness
Mr. HAYWARD was unable 70 b" present
BY direction Of the Chair. III" new sen
atnrs present were presented at the sec
r.tary-e desk wh"r" the oath of pitlc'
was administered to them by III" frcSi-
d"nt pro tenn. "
Plat. Conn. offered resolution that 4
committee of two senators y" appointed
to ioin 4 like committee of tn" House 90
wait upon thu. President and inform nm
that Congress had assembled. PAU
Cnnn.. ana Jones'. Ark.. were named n
inc cpnnitt,., "a the part ~ the Senal I,
carter. Mont. presented I memorial
;.,uI protest against tn" seating ot Stnh-
tnr-.i.,t Clark Mont. and also petition
from the governor ana other pr"mlhtlii
citizens az Montana, asking Tor an ear
hearing az TIM, protest against Clark. J r.
,utir,. matter was referred to tn" commit
| Toe an privileges and elections.
S,vcli n l. announced The death I'll
| Vice President Hobart and offered a re-.
! nlutipu that the Senate be suspended. III
! order that the distinguished public ser
| vices Of the deceased and the virtues o'
! hi, private chaIactcr may be httihGN
| CnmmCmurdtcd ,,.,, :, N .r
! kctuc y j.. thea, AT T.. i. NJ. move
~ , further mark uf respect that N,
/ s,rutr adjourn ana tho thar dcciarco
Z. ~ rTtnFl
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Polo Games.

Al Sdlcm-SIlcm. =: Brocktuu =
II
At Pr"vidcnc,-rro Providence. t. Water
bury. ;.
Petitions in nAnkruntcy have h,.n nllI
hN Timothy :. Stchhi@ ~ Sncn. James
n Lothrop ut Scmhurr ana James W.
TWtedy nf chapman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-05

on the Produce Exchange:
RITTER Strong. creamcries. l6u 70:
dairieS. 1912
CHEF.S Steady. Ila,ml2i2.
EGGS-Iirm. fresh, lamlG,=.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-05
You Gan Not Cure
Dyspepsia
By Doctoring the Symptoms
Flatulency, Gastritis, Indigestion, Sour
Stomach and Nervousness.
ARE SYMPTOMS ONLY
Dyspepsia in all lis Forms is q Germ
Disease
IN THE STOnACH.
They Cause Indigestion, Nervousness, Gas
tritis. FIatuIency ard Sour Stomach.
IN THE BOWELS.
They Cause Disrrhra. Pain. BIostins. Appendicitis
and Constipation.
They Cause Indigestion, Nervousness. Gas
tritis, FlatuIency ard Sour Stomach.
IN THE BOWELS.

Ticy Cause DisrrhGa, Pain. BIoatins. Appendicitis
and Constipation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
Kansas Volunteer. Return,

San Francisco. Oct. 1O.-The United
Sfates transport Tartar arrived tonight
from Manila via Yokohama with the
Twentieth Kansas regiment under the
command of>Colonc1 Mctcalf and three
hundred discharged soldiers from yQri-
ous. regiments. The Tartar did not
doe6 but anchored OF Angel island,
where she will remain until tomorrow
morning when she will be cxamlneA
by the quarantine and customs ofiicinis,
The Tartar was met Mt Angel island by
Governor Stanley of Knnsas and pnr-
y. who, went out In o. tug to meet her.
The 'ctfstOms officials gave orders that
no one al,ould board the Tartar.
Brlgndier General Funston was tho
passenger most eagerly sought for. Ow-
Ing to the rough condition of the sea
1t was impossible TO getja very extend
cd Interview. with him. : = =,
When asked as to his future plans he
replied: They depend entirely on what
the authorities Mt Washington wish
me 10 do" - -
/! Ike reported very pleasant trip.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
sakssvTSa.xi As;i:SA,lor,
." e.'''- e '-,.c o.. |. r'..'

- esvssa. - 1sssaAA cAasaa = Pyssk
washiasaoa. OsG G-kt teHsys ses.
esaA q tho RAArPsasA4tasean xI6anca
Rev. Perciyal CAveA. D. d, g T0roo-
b. ClAAAA. W1S cAosD0 n6enally a.
pesadeat u the alliance. saccec.ting
Rev. D1. Lang of 0lasgoW, 0cot1an6
Tho Feco0meadattoa oe The b0eineaD
committee eoafi1uinG IN o1ee u Oth-
o. ooceso and tie oxec0fiv0 eommit,
eee Vaa edoptsd. Formal saaol0iiooa
wesv a0a0eea urgiAg That ~ 0tb,s b.
ueed In am periods q i1atruction M
ochooes of leafaing. aansgttnG hat tho
9arFtaGe svaatsoa sh0uid Noe b. dis-
aolved e1ceDe % gToands hid 0pwn M
the Bcs3ptuFss: and that ~ church
army It's foeccs tho more stroaGiy In
Opposition 10 tho liquor tra@c. REV.
Dr. W. u. Roheets of Richmo0d, Va.
pceaensed paper ON ..'The History oe
the Western 9ectina of the Alliance."
and the Rev. DR.. ChamhestAln I'D.
drensesl the council On tbs ''AlIssion.
ary Work in Rsasil." The closing ad-
dress was delivered by Rev. nr. Duf.
@ead Of New York city. On ''Ohristian
rroEsrss During the Sineseenth Cen
sSsSs
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
FLOATS BURN UP.

9sssssag closs to . Parade Ut cHssaee.
Chicago. Oct. 1O.-Thc last parade
OF dc fall festival was the industrial
parade tonight. "A drizxlinG rain vna
falling and only . very small crowd
turned out to witness II. The parade
WA condped. 10 floats Of business
h0uRfa.
A display Of nre. not on the parade
proEuWb .teQk. place when the peocea-
sion was passing along State street.
A n0At, representing q imam reCltSilng
on d. mountain oS colknfs nntl cuffs,
caught firc and the frightened horses
tried to rush IN on the sidewalk.
which was lined with spectators. At
this moment nDother fioat collidetl with
the one on fire, and In a twinkling both
were blazing fierccly. BY this time
people on the street were In q panic.
The police were busy with the burn
Ing floats and could not stop the crush.
Ing and roughncss In the crowd. Chill
dren were stepped on and women
recled back In the crowd exhausted.
a bunch of fireworks r, on one of the
floats exploded. Through the smoke
the police saw two women and three
men on. one sfioat Imprisoned In the
burning stun. They fought to the side
OF the wngon, but were unsuccessful
for n time. When the fire was put out
It wns found that Harry Lowell Of 231
Wabash avenue, who had impersonated
m Indian on one Of the floats, was Sc
verely burned. He will recover. A
number OF others were injured.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
DavAn 70 SICK;


ss.seS Ass.sh. Asssta.s 1As.as aaA
Chicago, Oct. IA special to the
Chrouicle from Webster. Iowa. says:
william Jennings Bryan Is . danger.
ousiy sick man tonight. Friends who
have spent 9undaS jNith him at she
'Sarm- -of Fred =. 'WhRs. Democratic
candidate for governor Of Iowa. three
miles from Webster. are afraid that
Alr. Bryan may havs to temporarily
abandon his, eampaign work. BOT only
In Iowa. but In Kentucky and Ohio.
When Mr.. Bryan awokc this morning
be complained ,ahsut bis. .Snroat and
lungs, but said that hf had suffered
from . similar allmcnt ONCE befoec
and that Il had yielded TO treatwept... !.
Great crowds OF farmers from all
oVe1.. kookuk county, cpllesA at. ,the
white farm TO nee Hff. BrSdn dUfihe
the morning and .afserpoou. and al
though he tried hard 10 remain eut.
door,. his physical weakneas mastered
kik courage and be had to retire several
times to bis room: A local physician
.Nho vas called In tonight 70. tseAt the
invalid recommended . long term Of
absolute rest and quiet. 80
Il 10 underatood tonight that g1epa
win be taken by interested friends %
cancel Mr. Bryan's engagements.
which include t8o OF three speeches
daily and q tour covering the width
of Iowa ending at Sioux City 9atur-
day. .
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
,Assormsa V,zxlc.

eAsAas Oov0 . 00o1 0gooso - oeagS Woeo
- - Dess Do1A
New Yoek. Oct. 1.-1oreas aGetn 70
0ay played hattbe0oge and ehustlecoek
with tAs great sinGle sticksra. and ~
ehlrd attsmpe 70 all the race oe u
C0annbla. a.Bhanroek osgies for ths tn.
tesnstiOnal trophy eoded In faifu!e.
The race was declared O6 afteeo mln'
ntes before the tims NDit expired. win
he yaehts ssill nve miies from the M
leh. But the vast thEongs who went
down 10 the go to Witness the bottle
royal were In . sneaso1e eu0reosaeso
By seeing Q magnihceut light weather
duel. In the e0d the disappoiutueuf
Of the patriots was ahaFpened perhaps
BY the fact that when the race was
abandoned the Columhia was In the
had and improving hee poaition, and
had Ss been 6nished to-day the Amest.
can champion might have had one race
b hre credit
THE Shamrock 10 . wonder In light
weather. That 10 settled beyond Q
doubt by the three days of dFtatinG.
She has surprised her own people ana
has given the other people. o grcat
Dhock. She handles speedily and has
men on board who know how 70 do
the handling.
The feeling OF the American ynchts-
men thnt the challenger was catering
the races unpreparesl and uutrird has
disappeared. They have sceu her nt
for the strus4le. snd they know that
she ID ready TO do her best. .
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
Race Delayed Again.

New York, Oct. 10-A9ain,, for the
fourth time, the first race OF the veries
of international contests between the
Columbia aud Shamrock was post.
Ioned. To-day, rs OH the other occa-
Sionss fckle weather was responsible
At 1929 O'clock the code letter s.ls''
w:,s hoisted on the corpmittee boat. and
owe gun was asexi, indicating that the
rnce was officially postponed. The fleet
Or excursion boatR That Ind gathered
about the starting point Mt once nut
about and started for home. From
early morning Indications were that
there would bc no race. a heavy for
hung over the hnrbor and sqa. For n
time the wind blew at II six-miIe ra.;.
Nut II soon died ont almost altogether.
Tie captains Of fliG yachts did not eve
sail the s!oops to the starting limo
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12

The United States government 10 an
sxtravsgint book publishsF. About
eighteen years ago It began the COM
pilatiol. ..of the recordsrof thS Unioai
and Confederate armies. soMcially.
Known ~ the Rebellion. Rscolds. Mora
than one hundred and twenty volumes
have salreadyr bsen. printed, ~ q. cost
Of nearly three million dollars. aud the
series - NOT yet completa. Few. psf-
sons would question the historical
yalus. Of this sreat work, but many
4iGht doubt. the wisdom Of X. free .
Aistrihntion OF the volumes a&. public
0kpsnss. In country, public lfbrarisa
the books are rarely used enough TO
pay for the space they nil. In Lisbon.
n. r., for example. the librarian re-
lates thia Incident: A smail boy stood
before the hundred massive volumes
and said, "Myi wouldn't like 70 read
s6emr' The permission was speedily
granted. The boy took one OF the
boCa1 from the shelf, but for some rea-
soa dld mot carry It away. "Ehat, !"
oonclude6 the librarian. ''ls the, only
eali TOR these books that / can rsnem-
bef in years To have had i.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
FAr0 Noeas.
USum Field and FurnA)'


Ten thousand sheep were this week
region, and therc'is something like co.
600 more to come out Of the SAmc place
b. rail ~ 49, ~ = -,
';JacE Edwards, who has pulled out Of
Wyoming, hast week. shipped 400
ewes from Rawlina to Iia new field Of
,opcrations In Washington. He also
sounded up 1000 limbs and ruilroaded
them to the East, - J; , 4
Fog some time It has been. thought In
Utah that the grazing for sheep this
winter would be poor. on, account Of
the light rainfall. but the rnngc how
pronalses to be better than for many
years PREY lofts. In view of this fnct.
owners Of big docks are getting ready
10 drive them to the winter. range.
Should the usual fall OF snow come Mt
the right time the range will be. In
prime condition.
when the potato plant dies, and not
before, are tho potatoes ut Tor digging.
II dug prematurely, they Will, BE-
look" well, which will depreciate thedf
market value. II the tubers DIRE keep
ing well In the, ground 1t - q good plan
to delay digging until cold weather,
when they. can be carried directly from
the 6eld to. the cellar or. train. Pota.
toes should always be$kept Ii cool,
dark place. The sunlight should not
be allowed to shine on them for any
lenEthl Of time, since Il. canses them to
turn green. and dessl6ns: o. poisonous
!. substanos In them. With, present prbeAs
most EruweEa prefecr to. store their
spndb for more money. ~ ~
Cabbagss VIII stand 10 degrees Or
more n; frHet, bpk isyeres Pressing IL
yery ih19rteua; yet they. AZ; very selt
SEN !Sjntsd .Hniess ths stump y frol
to6 early they viii not ieap wsI Rar.
ly varieties which were 1own hate
! enouah to.bs IN good keeping condition
sefhen harvested are Uften very sati4fac-
tory. for winter luse> To, etorO cab:
!. ba9eA successfully theH must be kent
cold and dry. but neveE allowed to Hex
ssArp1 OF VET. If they are In proper
!. condition they maysb kept until near
~ spring II the heads are sst together,
roots up, stn a trench and covered With
seNls end mulch = enoueh 70 preSent.
hard ffeesfng, n cabhaEes are froeen
several Wyoming cattiemea have
contracted alfalfa hay In YArimer
county and will dtivs Ia their harfs
to feed from the stack during The win
ter. the farmers who seii agreeing 10
( care for the stock We have for years
pointed to this conclusion - t1le satie-
factory solution Of the alfalfa probaem
and are pleased now 10 $50 thA plan
tried In q practical way, The faymess
who work like a. Turk AL sumner mr.,
come into competition against the
world Of traders and themselves =
we'll by going to the open market to
sell q commodity ab0ut which they
know but little. as in the case OF The
lamb trade. Hence, II ranchmen win
bring In their cattle to eat alfalfa, the
farmer will sell the hay on the plnce
and all but the railroads are benefited
by the deal. This would Seem to he
tho logical way out Of tho wilderness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
FioHr ON a sTEAMER.
- Have . Row % nsesA - IN,
r0PseO0 0NAl

enssosOsse Have . Row % BsasA - m
eassss0 Uaal
New York. Oct. 0.-The Philadelphia
excpeaion stcamhoat GeorRiana, which
went out % the,cup raee Saturday fe.
turned to this city With the American
nag hoaiteti with the Union down. :,
Ao, she passed the Ratteey. the car.
tain sung out to the policy tug that q
mutiny had occurred ON board and
that -four or fivc pefSons hid been
killed and, to come lnspedIately. The
police captain at once cdlled q mum.
bef Of policemen together and started
Oh with the tug after the GeorHana,
which was making for Pier q, North
EveE
Chief OF Police Dcvery, ~ s6on % he
learned Of the trouble on the GeorKi.
ana. sent several plntoons OF police to
the North river pier. where she, docked.
As soon as the captain Of the Georgi-
ana wIQs assured OF police protection
the steamboat xuade up TO Pier 4,
North river, and began to make fast
there.
The Georginna dawdled along to a
point on Coney Island and then slowed
up and II waS quite evident To- oil the
passengers. thnt they were on
gambling boat instead OF on a pleasure
Steamer. whose objective point was the
yacht rnce.ss -!.7+-~.'
The passengers then waited on the
CAPTAIN and demanded that the Vessel
should proceed to the race course or
that their money be returned. = This
appeal, proved unnSailing and sS-.ri0t
ensned. During the melee several wers
badly beaten. =.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12

1hs Gnssiean eollesian d inst sain-
lAG vidsspread fame - 0 digger and
Q deliver. Through the long wintas
md ~ belny spring b. digs iAAe ,hia
Greek a1A katta In eiaso and study
Foo0: during the summer ssasoa hs
0N foe fosaals In the bad lands and
eAe lava 1sl9s. aAd vhsa the eS1sI
,e0tHDA bfsaosa .hloW - dlsD. hq1ag n
eAe epoehall 1sla With his own end Aia
GO0oosaft. 'eraAiu1A The last-Ds1r
e1s0e1 kind Of sxcAvatioa. it nay b
a1osA. b easily ths most popular a
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
BIO TIME in CHICAGO,
erssi6sas NcKinley' AND 0tussF fa0ta,
- .sy.s.,..,'l 4, ,welcAaaed.s,.s,. .,r-.,,s

Prssi6sas AcKialey akA 0tsssR fS<aAsss'
:. N s.:.'i' f. wisiceeaed.a4ss ,Srls,s
1 Chicago. ,OetobeRa Untlh Tuesday
night business in Chicago will ,pracd-
cally be, suspended and the city be
given up to The celebration OF the fall
festival, and the federal building dedi-
cation GeremgnIQs. sS.;a,S, " - n.s,
Most Of the distinguished guests; In,
cluding PfeAident Mckinley and pan,
ty. vice Pfesideit 3fariScHl 'bf' Mexico.
and 'Promlee Eanfier OF .Canata, shave
arrived, and last might Tho ASstacf the
,processlop9 marking the .celebratioas
the Illuminated bicycle parade, was
held. 'affesident Mckinley reviewed
the parade from ,thea baloony .foe the
Audit0riugn. 4, .- ;suiss ~, ~ az 4, i,
!, President MCKINLEY arrived Al tho
Rock IslAnd depot shortly after 4
O'Clock. Heswas' met at the depot by
q reception committea. and 'escorf6d by
100 policemen, three troopa of,&he. First
Illinois cavalry, three, corps Of the Chi.
cago husSars, aiid the Mexican ana
Pullman bands, went lit once I'd the
Auditorium Anne8, :. W here z 'NuaPtery
had been arranged for the President
during the festival The reception
committees also met the Mexican and
their headquarters. !: , a
Many distinguished guests arrived
during the day, Including Secretary Of
the Treasury Lyman ]. Gage. Captain
CoRlllan, Of the cruiser Raleigh, and
Father Chadwick Of the ill-fatsd
Maine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
TAs ooEns vLrllaArvaa.

DsoAsA 9as naoansA nnsD Haaasaag
-, Tsoss - 7sAs 0ssssa
Leedoa. Oct. 1.-THE ssxt e ~
Bose4 nate under eate oe yostagday,
and compgisinG thsir ultimatum. was
received yesterday afierAoon from 0ie
Alfred Ailnee. Britiah high eo@Dis-
ssonse Of South Africa.
In Il the TSansvaal complains that
while nagOtiatioas were proceeding b.
tWesa ths two couatFies 0rsAt 1eitaln
wes maaaang trcope On the IfanavaAl
threat aeainae It's independence. Thio
usasalng Of troops necessitated the a.
sembain9 oe the burghsrs tor ths de-
feuse OF thc country. Tha Doto fheo
calls upon Ensiand 20 agree 10 &Fbl.
tratiou OF Q cOnfeeenre conserving all
points In dispute. and demands ''that
BritiRh TROOPS on the Ttamv0al hoe.
dcsa b. inSiantly withdrawn and o
third q all the British rcinfusccments
ssut to &outh Africa stnce June also
be Withdrawal"
IL the Tfansvaal demand ia complied
with the BOsr government also agrees
10 withdraw its troops.
An immediate affirmative answer
Great RSitain before 8 O'Clock to-moe-
row b demanded, elae the. Transvaal
government Win t,c compealed to re-
gard the action Of hcr maJeaty's gov
eTnincnt us formal declaration Of
war. and viii not he responsible for
conseQGeArtS.
\ dispatch from Pretoria. dated Mon.
day evening says:
Owing tn the state OF the country
gcnc1ally and the nud circumstances
which prevail. II has been otilcInlly hh-
bounced that there will he no birthday
reception NJ the presidency. MattCss
are bccOminR critical and many OF the
burEhcsN In the three main comman.
does arr iinpaiient and feel that. Il No.
suicide to await the arrival Of over.
wheaning rrtnforceDcnts from DO.
most to stem this feeling. in the hope
that diplomacy might still settle mat
tcfp- q, sgas =.
Turing the past few days tese-
grnph1c conferences have 6een hosd
with President gteyn, and vhatever
course ehan b. taken BY thu Tfans-
vaal will receive The recommcndation
and s1ppoet OF the Frce State.
1T 10 freely rumorcd In the town.
and u believed to l,c correct. that the
eovernmc0t assumed its hrm poaitSoa
because 0reat Britain's new peupoaala.
have not yefs aETave4. ,thoaRh .Ms.
aEeot q Ffps6sia. Informed STATE Sec
retaSy ReitR nina days aao that they
wo0ed be form0Atsd, In q few daya'
time. Consequently the burGheSs are
alarmed NJ the eontinued dIapatch Of
troops from England and India"
Ldtcnso Marques, OCT. io.-Refueeea
who have arrived here report that
Swaziland. the administra tiop OF which
10 under the government OF the South
African republic. In accoriance with
the couvantion Of 1904. between Great
Britain AID the TransEaal. is entirely
deoefted By EnGliah and BoerH. They
ny the police have becn withdrawn
and the prisous thrown open. The shops
are at the merry Of the Kaflrs who are
collecting 4 Kings Erual.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12

n grsas fault Win which he seus.
~ has 70 eontsnd may b summed -
- tAs wsrds iadividual 4sssspoasihil-
~. Could eysry votF 1Adssstan1
eAa4 b hin and hin aloas reDosas The
0elfhfe Of the nation her instttatioaa
Voald b safe. Let every man DO Vhaa
. right aeeosaing to his coascieaes.
oAd regardless Of what oehsfs believe
% b right. and he greatest eood Vtll
ssftaialy accrue o'tAs greatest mum.
~.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12

TAe agf1ealtaral -dspartnsst q
WAsAi0Geoa q naldng elaborate prep.
aRaE3oos with Q visv Of nakiAg that
1eDaxtnaat of the csasus q 1Soe vsfy
oo0UroAs0s1ves Advance fos0S a
esas10 reports are bsing seat ont ~
eAs Dse0oal of fASnsss % that b. J11s
Z HA1& (th0 6ats % which the eoaSl1
takiAg b 20 begin) svszy farmer In H.
had vill have . clear undssstaAAi1s
q hle past Of The eootraet. Tho o.
Oa1tAsat iS'to b eompltmsntsd for ths
1aAAse in which Il. has ~ about Its
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