Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
TELEoRAPHic RREvIrlEs.

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Very valuable records are missing
from the California Supreme Court
rooms.
Sara Bernhardt got scOrched while
visiting the volcano OF Vesuvius the
other day.
Kansas City has new convention
hall, seating $4,000, that was erected
by popular subscription.
Cubans. while not permitted to cele-
brate upon the Spanish evacuation,
VIII have chance Il little later.
The new railroad law just enacted
by the Kansas Populist Legislature Is
said to be invalid, and IL may be re-
enacted.
United States Circuit Judge Morrow
has decided that the stamp tax on tel
egraph messages must be paid by the
sender and not by the company.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company
has just closed contract with the nd
ministratlon of the Siberian state rail
way to supply $4,000 tons Of steel rails.
Train robbers blew open the through
safe on the Kansas City. Fort Scott &
Memphis road near Macomb. Mis-
souri,, and 1t Is thought made Il good
haul.
The imports of live stock from the
republic OF Mexico to the United
States during the year closing to-day
were less than half the imports for the
year 1897.
A hundred men We're temporarily
entombed In IL mine ut Carlinville. ILL.,
inois. by fire In the shaft. All cs-
capped after II time, but panic reigned
for II while.
The Vatican is negotiating with Rus
sia for representation In the disarma-
ment conference OF the powers ind al-
so for the reception by the Czar Of Il
papal nunclo.
The town of Airolo. In Tessin, the
Italian canton OF Switzerland, was
partly destroyed by mn avalanche, four
lives being lost. The Hotel AirolO was
completely destroyed.
An American syndicate has OBJ
tanned the right to build railroad In
Ecuador connecting the sea coast belt
with the rich interior, heretofore nl-
most cut or from the outside world.
Herr Won Paledzki. editor OF paper
published In Dantsic. has Just been
sentenced to six weeks Imprisonment
because OF an article he recently pub
lished Insulting the memory OF the late
Prince Bismarck.
Plans have just been approved for
the opening OF II splendid new thor
oughfarc through Berlin. to be called
Emperor Williams Monument street.
The plans contemplate cost of about
5O.OOO.OOO marks. The street will start
from the national monument near the
royal castle.
At the Pnris exposition OF 1900 the
United States Will be second In size
and completeness among the countries
outside OF France. Russia will have a
little more space, but the United States
has II larger allotment than either
England or Germany.
Mrs. Botkin's lawyers do not propose
to accept as final the verdict of the
jury finding her guilty Of murder of
Mrs. Dunning, without making n
strong effort to obtain new trial and
possible reversal of the judgment. They
claim the court had no Jurisdiction.
Letters received from Punta Arenas
announce that serious riots have oc.
cured between the sailors of the Ital-
ion cruiser Piedmonte and the Chilinn
warship Cnsmu. About twenty men
were wounded. The national guard
was called to arms TO establish order.
At a meeting of the Anti-Imperlal-
ist league at Boston 1t was reported
that the direct protests against any
extension OF sovereignty of the United
States over the Philippines are coming
In through the league In increasing
numbers from all parts of the United
States.
Henry Wntterson. in n leading edi-
torinl In the Courier. Journal. under the
caption. "Thc New Years Outlook for
the Democratic Party" nominates Ad-
mirnl Dewey for President and Gen.
ernl Fitzhugh Lee for vice president.
with this platforms: ''rhe stars and
stripes, God bless them"
On January list took effect the first
act OF the English Parliament at
tempting to deal with habitual drum
kenness by establishing the principle
that 1t IL to be treated like lunacy, as
n form Of disease of which the state
must take cogniZancc. with a view
not only to the safety of society, but
TO the proper care Of the patient.
After protractcd negotiations the
United States government has agreed
20 the unrestricted application of the
most favored nation clause to Switzer.
land. even as effected by the special
reciprocity agreement between the
United States and France. The Wash.
ington government proposed to nego.
tintc a special commercial treaty with
Switzerland.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Mail says: "The duel between
Baron Banffy and NJ. Horanzsky was
Il ludicrous affair. The seconds had
ty PAGES. NJ. HoranZsky. however,
when he faced his opponent. was agi.
tnted beyond all control, and Baron
Banffy was hardly more comfortable.
Each discharged four shots. but all
SO wide Of the, mark that the bullets