Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-17
TELEGRAPH lTEMS.

Thomas u. Reed nnd i;IclIard Croker
arrived at New York from Europe the
other day.
Admiral Dewey will not visit Eng
land. He expects To reach the United
States October LIST.
The cable ship Hooker went aground
near Manila the other day nni NJ last
accounts could not b'' hauled on.
steamer Warren mutinled just before
smiling from MnnIla aud were scut to
prison.
The Lake Carriers Association has
raised the wages of all men employed
ON the boats, from second mates down.
10 per cent.
Cleveland business men have organ
lied To suppress the street car mems
boycott, and now the street car men
VIII boycott them.
General Gomez says that lie thinks
The future Independence OF Cuba j. Sc
cure, and advises the cubans To attend
strictly To business.
\ plant for III" manufacture nj the
Manchester oil motor, to cost SiOJ.OpD.
and to employ about GDp skilled me
s"f'Fs ~ ~ ~ 'bAsh
Richard Croker. the Tnmmany bG.s.
says since his return from Europe
TINT lie Inns become converted To the
View that the Philippine war Il all
wrong.
Active military operations are In
Progress In the Trnnsynni. II II NJ.
ported that the iiOcrg ar- arranging
with the railways for ia. nObilixa tIon
OF the bur.h"rs.
The Arctic whaling season. II Is stat.
cd. hns bc"n n complete" failure. Tie
captains of the whnlcrs Jeanette. Knr'
LUX and Alexander report II the worst
during the past twenty years.
Colonel Muiford. First Nebraska
who iins just returned from the Phil
irpin"s with his regiment. hns accCptc,
u captains commission In on. OF ih'
volunteer regiments. aud will return
10 the Philippines.
News hns been received from Con
sinn'inopi- OF the discovery nf u mill
inry conspiracy To- drihron. the Sultan
The leaders In the plot. General ALh
met Khnili and four of his officers
hav" been secretly drowned In III,
tIosphortis.
The steamer China from Yokohama
Rni Honolulu arrived On the 18th
Among the passengers wis President
J. g. Schurmnn Of the Philippine Isl
nnds commission. nni president ri
Cornell University. Mrs. Srhurinni
accompanied him.
II IL reported from r-kin that III,
empress dnwn.rr. fearing poison. In,
discharged her former cooks nnd scrv
ants and has appointed one Sung IL
mnjnr.,lomo. with the understanding
that he II to H. responsible with hi,
life for the servants hc employs.
Gov. Theodore Roosevelt. Of New
York. i To open the political campaign
In Ohio this TALL FOR the Republicans
lie aHd Judge George Il. Nash. Rcpuh
licnn candidate for governor OF Ohio
are TO speak from the same platform
In Grace i'ark. Akron. September -.
Mrs. Lily Iangtry. the actress. ha'
been married to Hugo Gerald d'
i,aihc. ~ years Of age. the eldest Eoi
nf Sir Henry rcrcivnl lie l!athc. n r.
tired general ani crimcan veteran
The ceremony was private. the only
witness being Mrs. I.lngiry's daughter
The China Merchants Steam NaviGa
Shanghai IL discussing the necessity
daily becoming morc evident. OF turn
Ing its magnificent fleet Of steamer
over to Japanese register In order to ~
cape the oppressive royalties cNactc,
hy the Chinese government.
An English missionary has accom-
plishcd the feat OF entering Chang
sch1T. the capital Of the province oi
II t,lfT.tntta LunlgS ~ III,
natives and departing. unmolcstcd. Til,
missionary's security. however. wa'
owing to the presence In the river oi
the British gunboat Woodlnrk.
Chancellor Trisirnm Of the dioccs,
pr London. has decided that the dis
p,nying OF the cruciiix in St. Ethel
burrns church Is illegal. and has order
pd that the table OF the ten command
mcnts he restored. This decision Is
In favor of Kensit. the anti.ritualist ns
Itator who brought the action.
The police of Ostcnd are Mt thci,
wits end In consequence another rob
bcry. As In the case Of Congressman
Ioyering. the thieves got booty to tho
value Of $1,000. but Coverings loss
was largely In bankin. paper on which
poymcnt could I've stopped. while tho
woman residing nj the Hotel dcs An
rlnis. who IL the latest victim, has lost
4 O.COO frame necklace of pearls.
II is said that the Italian government
X hcsi,nting to sign the arbitration
protocol framed by the peace confer
once at The Hague. desiring first to sec
published the Popc's Views on the
scope and elasticity OF the arbitration
schrmr. If there seems tn bc any pros
ncct of rho Nntican'S avniling itself of
the establishment Of an arbitration
tribunal to try To reopen the question
Of temporal sovereignty. ltnly's course
with reference to the protocol will be
seriously affected.
The Cleveland business mems anti.
BOYCOTT committee. appointed ns rc'
suit Of the meeting held the other day,
has decided to hire lawyers to prose-
cute merchants and others who vio'
late the civil rights law In compliance
witt, the demands Of the boycotters
and to hire detectives to hunt down
and arrest the dynamitcrs who have
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