Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-04-20
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built 10 compete for the America cup
will cost S750,OOO.
Germans of Chicago are organizing
to oppose an alliance between the
United States and England.
The cruiser Chicago sailed on her
long trip this morning. She will circle
AFRICA. the cruise covering nearly 10
COO miles. ...-
Herr Poluck. u well-known engineer
and electrician. has discovered II means
of telegraphing 10000 words per hour
over Il single wire.
Twenty prominent Filipinos in Md
Mia have formed junta and Will ar
range for Il conference between The
Americans and the insurgcnt leaders
for the purpose of effccting peace.
No more Japanese contract laborcrs
are to be imported into Hawaii. The
Cabinet ut its session this afternoon
decided on this. Ihis means that
Japanese can come In, but not under
contract.
Rev. ]. .. 4. Henry. d. D.. who was
formerly pastor of church mt Den
yer. has just resigned pastoraic in
Chicago 10 accept the superintendency
OF the Anti-Snloon League In New
York city.
Serious trouble is being experienced
In Cuba with bandits. The United
States military authorities now rccOg-
nize the necessity of action and OF
making prompt examples OF Offenders
Of this nature.
Miss Viola Horlockcr mas returned To
Hastings In company with her moth
cr an. friends and Will face the Charge
OF having attempted to kill Mrs. G. +.
Morcy by sending her II box of bon
hons containing arsenic.
'Ihc exodus from Indian Territory ~
Mexico has begun. and 5000 red men
are now on their why to the sister rc-
public. They will establish n colony
near Guatiala jara. They have n COIN
bincd capital OF Si25.OO0.
Copenhagen Is in the throcs OF
financial stringcncy. Money Is so
scarce that the banks OF that capital
have asked the Danish government to
authorize n national bank Issue of cur
rcncy 10 the amount OF 2uOOO,OOO
crowns tS!,;WO.00U.
William Haywood. late consul gen
cral to Hawaii, in n report to the State
mcrcc during 1888 An Increase -
shown In almost everything imported.
Exports for the year exceeded those
Of the preceding year by Sl.22G3'i9.
An order FOR ::22.ooo Remington rifles
has been placed by the Mexican gov
crnmcnt in New York. This order is
the largest placed In this country by
any foreign power for the past twenty
Al .t.... .sn
taking up with u non-inngazlac gun *
n surprise TO ordnance men.
The alarm caused in England by re-
cent orders for locomotives nnd such
like that have been sent to America
may he Judged from the fact that all
tile London newspapers the other day
printed ms an important Item OF news
the fact that the Midland railway had
plnccd an order for twenty locomotives
with n Glasgow firm instead of send
ing TO the United Siaies.
lust ns King IIumhert and Queen
Marguerite were leaving CnEliari. Snr-
DINA, where they had reviewed III"
Italian and French fleets for Samaa.
snri. the roof OF the railway station
fell In. killing one man and seriously
injuring several others. The king
stoppe,l the royal train. which WAS just
pulling out. and returned to render
personal assistance.
A petition signed by more than 1000
volunteers has been handed to the
American military authorities nt Ma
Mia for transmission to Washington.
The petitioners ask for their discharge
on the island: that they receive travel
pay the same as if they returned 10
the states. and In return for the CON
ccssion promise to form a national
guard In the islands. ...
One OF the largest contracts for
dressed beef ever placed by the United
States government has just been mr.
ranged with n Kansas City packing
house. The contract Is for one and u
half million pounds of best export
dressed beef. to he shipped TO the Phil.
ippinc islands for the government
troops. The beef will all bc furnished
from Kansas City. and twelve carloads
OF the order will be started west nt
once.
There is n decided difference OF opin-
ion between General Otis and General
I.awtou over the evacuation Of certain
villages. General Lawton claims Santa ,
Cruz mt least should be held with mn
American garrison. In his Judgment
the possession of Santa Cruz is most
important strategicnlly. as II COM !
mnnds the entire In lie Guna district. :.
General Otis defends his order for the
evacuation of the captured villages by
declaring he considers II nnpracticable
nt present to spare u sufficient number
of troops to garrison Santa Cruz. He
says the plan of campaign lie has
adopted contcmplatcSn continuation OF
the fighting in the northern portion Of
the island and that every man Of the
available force will he needed in that
Besides, General Otis argues.
Santa Cruz and the other cities can
cnsily be rctnken IL necessary during
the rainy season. lie holds II will he
much easier to repeat the campaign
madc by General I.awton's expedition
during the wet period because The wa