Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-27
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.


An attempt il {" IT, una,ic Io sup
pn-ss gambling IN Havana.
III. Epworih lsasu. has I.I5DOso
iii"in'sFs uud ri, iin sssrlrii'-s-
\ n.sro in T.xas WAS lynrhel III"
"Ili-r ,iny for burning a church.
tn" Sir,-'I .ar strike in iTUDkiyn an.i
New York Is noI m"~Iing with sue
rrss.
icrman raI-rs express lh- fear that
''F"ai britain will Try IL auncA Sa'
moa.
The psuTi" Of Peoria. Illinois. pTor
iI".- io -F'vI u monument Io Ihc mem,
ory Of iiois'Ft u. lnErFsull.
Archbishop irciand l"ctur-i an tom
IrEunc~ at Cork on the .aFh. lie sailed
f"F New York the next day.
The Dominion government, i.l..
graph line IL now completed Ia EIV"
Fingers Hnd il progressing - rapidly
That m'-~saEs~ may H. srnI ever IL I.
Dawson in isss ihnn two months from
date.
IL l. stated iliai iii" Fp.nrh ministry
has decided IS punish arn"Fui pc
N-rri"r. vii" has in'iuis'-i n'T-.Hi",ily
In r-marss inrbmi,aiihl" with dissi,
piin-. having criticised the govern.
m-nt.
The pSnHr'i Sugar Company linr pur-
rlins.-i the Patterson rlnci. near Ven
turi, California. Cunstsiing uf 5.I.g
nrr's. III" pri-- paid II TvpoFIr,i to L.
half n million. The land VIII ic plant
.d To sugar b--is.
\ siI,rIni frIm i,Fin~1n. Georgia.
says: Charles Mack. the leader of the
gang ilat iiHs h'-n r1hbin: nnd n.
snniiine In this vicinity. WIS iynrii-,l
nj Snff"id to-day. aud his iL,dy cut Into
hundreds Of piccrs.
The United States transport Tartar
has sailed for Manila will portion .f
the Nin"ic.nih Infantry nni numl'cr
OF recruits for the army In the Philip.
pines. General Io" Wheeler was alan
on hoard. lie l. under orders To- rrI1rt
TO General Oiis FOR duty.
George ~. Valentine. cashier of the
suspended Mlidi,ScN County hank. Mt
Perth Ambny. New Jersey has been
sentenced In Miiii-s-S County Court
To six year, In the New Jersey state
pcnitcniinry at Trenton, FOR the mis-
appropriation of nboni SiJn.rOo from
the bank
All Su Of Shanghai. China. n lands
man who enlisted In the navy In 1891.
and was formerly attached To- D"wry's
flagship. Olympia. has been granted
pension OF $50 u month FOR lung truu-
bic. lie has the distinction Of being
the first Chinese pcnsioncr II tEIs gov.
crnmcnt.
The Standard oil Company will con.
test the law recently enacted by the
Tennessee Legislature providing that
nll fees over II stipulated sum shall go
into the state treasury. The company
alleges that when such fees go into the
treasury they cease To bc fees and he.
come taxes.
The Trieste correspondent Of the
London Daily Mail 'clcsraphs that Ad.
miral Dewey. in the course Of u convcr-
sation with the correspondent. de
clnrcd that he had small claim to be
regarded rs n hero. as NERVOUSNESS and
bad coffee made him drcndfully sea-
sick before the battle began.
According to the ST. Petersburg cor
respondent Of the London Daily Mail.
Naval Lieutenant BiZcman. the late
czarowitz's aijutant. committed sui
eide by shooting himself with II rcvol.
Yer at Abbns Tuman In the Caucasus.
after being bitterly upbraidcd by the
Car for allowing the cZIrowitZ TO go
cycling alone.
An order has been issued regulating
practice before the courts of the Phil
ippincs. and substituting the American
for the Spanish system In important re-
spccts. Members Of the bar must be
residents of the island. Citizens of for
eign governments are ineligible TO prac-
tice at the bar. Members OF the
American bar are eligible.
The Rev. Dr. r. DE Witt Tnlmagc
Is in luck 4 few days ago a check
Inn In, In Si,v Of I'm
tive officers Of the big hoop trust was
sent to his wife. 1t was for S1SO.O0O.
and represented her share in the sale
of the cotton tie and band mills of
Lindsay n Mccutchcon. which We're
recently sold to the combine for $685.
600. II is said her father was one OF
the firm before his death.
Cook county. Illinois, has won
point in the fight the Pullman and Bill
lings estates are making against the
inheritance tax. Sitting in the pre-
liminary hearing. Judges Carter and
Eplcr of the County Court denied mt all
points the contention of the heirs that
the inheritance tax Is unconstitutional.
IL the County courts decision is sus-
taincd by the Supreme Court the. cs-
tntcs must pay nearly 100000 In taxes.
News has been received from Gen
cral Smith mt Iioilo. island of Panay.
OF a severe fight Wednesday at Bobong
between Captain Byrnc of the Six
tcenth infantry. with seventy men.
and Il force of $50 Babayloncs, who sur
prised the American troops. One hun
drcd and fifteen of the enemy were
killed. as is shown by actual count.
many We're wounded and one was TAX
en- prisoner. The American loss was
one man killed and one wounded.
l,r .,f lp
mt San Francisco have objected to the
form of discharges because 1t does not
contain the word honorable" 1t is
said ut the War Department that there
are three forms of discharge. "honor-
able" without honor and ''dishonor-
able" If none of the words is used
the discharge + considered in law and
by the War Department ns honorable.
1t seems that in the blanks used the