Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-05-11
rELEoRAPHIc sREvlTIEs.
Chicago Is to have laundry trust,
capitalized nt S7,OOO.OOO.

ana many persons have been injured.
The imperial Russian prison boards
report shows that during the last two
years almost 81 900 people of both SEX
es have been depOrtcd to the Siberian
mines.
Richard Harding Davis Of New
York. writer. and Miss Cecil Clark.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mar
shnl Clark, of Chicago, were married
on the 4th.
General Fred ID. Grant has nnnounc-
ed the engagement Of his daughter,
Miss Julia Dent Grant. to Prince
Michel CantacuZine of the Russian I'm
perlal Guard.
The Indications are that England
and the Transvaal may get into war
with each other before long, II the
latter does not treat Englishmcn with
In Its borders more equitably.
Twenty of the leading plow manu-
fncturers have formed combine mt
Chicago with n capital of more than
sos, ,OO0,0OO. 1t includes all Of the large
houses from Syracuse to Omaha.
The proposition to advance the min
imum carload weight from 2i,OOO to
10000 pounds Is meeting with strong
! opposition. Representatives of the
business men all over the country have
protested.
At II meeting of the ninety-two Gu
ban generals, all opposed to American
influence In Cuba, Mt Mariana. 1t was
resolved to organize n Cuban Veterans
association and form political party
to oppose annexation.
Immense gatherings were held in
Chicago on the 7th TO counteract the
| effect Of IN nnti-eXpansIon meeting
held week before. There was great
] enthusiasm, and the governments ac-
tion wns heartily applauded.
The municipal council of the city of
| Vienna has passed II resolution au-
thorzing the raising of 15,OOO.OOO
| forins CS7.500.O0O) for the establish
ment Of an electric light and power
plant to supply current for both public
ndlprivate use.
The commissioners of accounts have
T, made report to Mayor Van Wyck, in
which 1t Is stated that Jacob Worth,
while county clerk of Kings county,
New York. received S111,647 more for
refiling records than the amount to
which he was entitled.
Peace is now re-established in Ven
ezuela General Ramon Cara. former
ly Venezuelan minister of war and
marine, who started the revolution last
February, and was finally severely
defeated by the government troops.
has escaped into Colombia.
Captain General Rios cables to Mad
rid that the Americans have decided
to hand over to him all Spanish NUM-
| tions of war now in their hands. The
governor of Iloilo, he reports, has re-
| fused to give the natives arms and
ammunition which they have, demand
ed In order to resist the Americans.
The hot-air furnace manufacturers
| of the country have organized CEN
| trail organization for the purpose of
maintaining prices. The manufacture
ers complain that they have been COM
petlng so closely that the business has
come to be carried on at n loss and
that some agreement Is necessary.
A special dispatch from Rome an
nounces that the Pope has signed n
bill proclalming n sacred year Of uni
versal jubilee. beginning December %,
next. His holiness accOrds plenary in
diligence to pilgrims to Rome and
other recognized shrines Of the
church throughout the world during
1000.
The British shipaI.aeh Sloy, Captain
Adelaide and Melbourne. w;is wrecked
on Kangaroo island April oath. Five
passengers and twenty-five of the crew
were drowned. -Four of those on board
the ship escaped from the wreck, but
three of them are still wandering in
the bush.
A call has Just been issued for Il
Macedonian congress. to he held in
Sofia. for the purpose of memorable
ing the peace conference at The Hague
with regard to the insuppOrtable situ-
alton of Christians in Turkey. and es-
pecially in Macedonia. 1t is believed,
however. that the Bulgarian govern,
ment will forbid the assembling of the
congress-
In response to an inquiry sent by
Alfred Chassead. Admiral Dewey has
cabled an Acceptance of an invitation
to banquet to be given in his honor
by one hundred prominent citizens, of
New York. Already there have been
thirty-seven subscriptions Of 800 each
to the banquet, which is to be n $4,000
affair, and 1t is expected that the other
sixty-three will be in soon.
Without warning all the native sig.
nalmen on the Indian Peninsular rail.
way have gone on strike. demanding
an eight-hour day, a thirty-day vaca-
ton annually, and large increase in
pay. Traffic is partially dlsorganized.
The smaller stations have been closed
and the signalmen Mt the important
stations are working under police pro.
lection. Trade-unionism is spreading
rapidly among the Indian natives, .his
being the first serious evidence of the
fact.
A dispatch to the World from Rome
says: Prof. L. Cervello of the Univer-
sity of Palermo. claims TO have dis
covered II radical cure for tuberculo-
sis. The remedy consists in the SUBJ
cutaneous injection of substance |
called 'formalinn.' Out of 100 pa
tients Prof CerYellO Is Said to have |