Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-03
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! 4 very severe hurricane swept over
SaEto Domingo last week.
! Andrew Carnegie has given $1,000
to the Fort Worth public library.
Admiral Dewey IL reported TO have
said that our next war viii be with
Germany.
Til. government In buying horses FOR
service In the Philippines will not tahe
broncos.
Six hundred imported negroes have
recently been put To work In the Kan
sss coal mines.
A Denver merchant reports having
been robb.d of 5000 while Inspecting
the slums Of Chicago.
TIL. bursting OF boiler Of n ihrcSl,-
Ing mnchin. outfit killed six men near
White Cloud. Michigan.
During the last thirty days there
hav. becn Imported NJ the pori u iia'
vana 1863. head OF cattle.
The girls clubs OF several southern
! Kansas towns hnv. resolved never to
marry II young man unless lie has
served with the famous Twentieth
Kansas.
As u result Of the run OH III. Jacques
Cartier hank nj Montreal. oc'asinnlns
= suspension for thirty days. T. general
run on other French banks has oc-
currrd.
According to reports from naval of.
hcrrs In IN" Philippines. Aguinni'io
CONTINUES 10 get war supplies from
Germans nj Hong kon. nnd the Jap
| uuvs. ut Yokohama.
4 dispatch To the New York Journal
from Newport. Rhode Island. reports
that u. II. 4. Belmont hns is-n black.
i,niici In lodge OF THE l. -. q. =. to
which iic applied FOR membership.
Mrs. l.. u. Croker has conveyed u
Gift io the local lodge "f I'll" B.ncvo'
lent ani rro,--tir. Order of Elss her
mansion In San Francisco. which with
surrounding grounds II valued nj
$D!psp
Accu<,iirg To Eivicrs from Magellan
Sirni's. III" American minister nj SHn'
'ln.o. chile. iias definitely purchased
various islands Ia the wellington ar
cliipclHsn with the object of establish
Ing coaiirs station.
The governor of Santiago confirms
the rrnrrni opinion i:int the sssnssina.
iiun pf President 1icr-auS ~ san Do
ninso wns y political crime. II Is re-
Enihrfing furr-s preparatory io AN Hi'
tack oD III" government troops.
The scarcity ai coLr In G.rmDuy r..
ducci the production OF pig.iron fui
June I. u point i5.l5i foss below that
Tor May. Notwithstanding cnormnu.
imports Of English COX" this dimisu'
4 La. H.. I.N Ngt
the current month.
The Board Of Regents of the trivcr.
siIy ~ Michigan hn- given Fro.
f-s.or Dean e. Worcester n years
leave of absence. ms lie Informed III,
boari that his work In the Philippine.
would not hr completed until the mid
die of winter. nni after that time b,
wished io study In Europe.
Details Of n Ynpui uprising In Mex.
leo l~ivc b,cn received nj San Fran.
cisco. The Indians nrc p!ilnginE.
killing H;Id ou'rnEing. They out
rng-i two nuns and two planters
daughters. nficrwnrd killing them. \
missionary named Bcitrim and priest.
name not given. were also killed and
thci. ioiicS horribly mutilntcd.
The crops Oh the rincrcc potas
patches about Detroit. cultivated hs
The poor. this year promises TO break
nil records. There IL n total OF 1S
nctcs. The vines are In u splendid con.
tlition. the bugs seem to have left them
alone. and thrr" will bc more bushels
OF larger potatoes to the acre than cv.
or before known In that vicinity.
4 dispatch received from Icrmntt
which lies below the Theoiulc sla.
cicr. near the Mattcrhorn and Rrcii.
horn. says that Nine. Thercsc Morcl
nnd daughter. Of Paris. while seeking
c,iciNciss on one Of the mountains near
by. missed their footing and rolled
1900 feet down the side Of the peak.
The mother wns killed and the dnugh.
ter il likely To die.
A committee representing practically
nil the big lumber manufacturers Of
the Northwest i'm session ut Minncnpo.
lis has decided on a rise Of 81 per
thousand In the prices Of lumber. July
| 10th prices were raised fifty cents per
thousand. Int ;hc lumbcrmen Justify
! further Increase by the restricted sup
ply'and Increased dcnhind.
Tile srm Of $1,000 lost In n panel"
game nt Chicago by n contractor sup.
poscdly from Colorado has been re-
| covered by the police. The mans real
! name il concealed under the alias Of
Edwards The money was given by
the two women who robbed Edwards"
10 third one. who put II in u safety
deposit vault. She confessed her part
| In the transaction.
II. II. Howell. the American onrsmnn.
won the Kingiicld silver sculls and the
amateur championship of the Thames.
iinislIinG the course between rutncy
| and Mortlakr -four lengths ahead of
| Blacksiaffc. who was second. Fox
was third In the contest. Howell won
the diamond sculls In the Henley re-
gattn on July Ith.
The Ncapolitan press has gone hys-
tericnl over the lyncling Of Italian
, subjects ut Tallulnh. Louisiana. All the
! papers call loudly On the government
1 to press its claim against the United
[ States and somc of them go 80 FAR ns