Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-05-18
TELEGRAPHic BREvlTIEs,

tured San lsidro.
\ large number OF employees of the
big Kansas City smclter have been
transferred TO Denver
1t now seems probable that Profes-
sor Hadley will he elected President of
Yale University to succeed DIR.
Dwight.
Rev. DIR. Edward Hale of Boston has
resigned the pastorate of the South
Congregational church (Unitarian), aft
er service of fOrty-thrcc years.
DIR. Charles a. Briggs, who was
| forced TO withdraw from the Presby-
| terlnn church because of his heretical
views. has been ordained II minister Of
| the Episcopal church by Bishop Potter
| of New York.
Governor Roosevelt has decided to
| call an extra session of the New York
Legislature to revise the laws passed
at the late session for taxing corpora.
tion franchises. The special session
| will convene May .2nd.
Wilson Waddington, the New York
capitalist. died OF nppopleXy on the
10Th. He was said to own more land
than any other person In the United
States. He had heavy interests In Colo
RADIO and New Mexico.
=. Flower there came near being
panic on the New York stock cx-
change. An attempt was made to
stampede stocks In which Flower was
Interested, but 1t failed.
Hartford and other places nlong the
! Connecticut river experienced slight
earthquake shock shortly before SAB
o'clock Tuesday night. Reports OF Ike
occurrences come from Middletown,
East Hampton and other points along
the river rs far rs Saybrook.
| Great excitement rclgns In East
Cleveland, Ohio. over the discovery OF
a vein OF coal. Workmcn while cxcn-
waiting for sewer made the lind.
Steps are being taken by the property
owners for the formation OF company
to make further Investigations.
Alfred Hnrmsworth. editor and pro-
prietor OF the Daily Mall. London. an.
nounccd Wednesday that the publlcn'.
ton OF the Sunday edition OF the paper,
only recently Initiated, will he suspend
cd. In the place Of II the Daily Mall
will appear Saturday as an Illustrated
edition.
| Messrs. Carrick and Holmes.
the American civilians captured
Mt the Culmpit rice mills. have
|
ma. who saw them through his lines
with several Englishmcn. who received
forty.cicht hours notice TO leave rebel
territory.
| In accordance with decision rem
dcrcd by Judge Dale NJ Wichita nd
Judging the street ears to be u public
| nuisance. the ears quit running Mon
day. Tie lease OF the present com.
pany expired some time ago. but they
| continued TO run despite the city's
protest.
| 1t is stated in London that nearly NIL
the concessions made by the United
States during the sessions OF the An
rlo-Amcrican commission Were refused
by Cnnndn. AS regards the Alaskan
boundary and the railway question
this Is strictly true. The liberal Offer
OF n modus rivcndi made by the
United States was rejected by the
Canadians.
Mail adviccs have been received To-
the effect that there has been n general
revolt on the Ivory coast OF Afrscn.
The rebels bought magazine rifles IN
Librrin and attacked the French troops
twenty-five miles from Tahou. Serious
fighting followed. the French lOs'in.
three officers and forty Scncgalcs were
killed ana wounded. Several hundred
rebels nrc reported TO have been Killed.
A spcciai from Guthrie. O. T.. says:
The cattlcmcn Of western Oklahoma
are organizing n boycott on Kansas
| City aud threaten to ship all of their
| rnttIc TO Chicago and South Omaha he.
cn,ise Of the recent action OF the Kan
sas Quarantine Board In rcluirin. In
| spcctlou of all Oklahoma cattle enter
! ing the state. This rule was approved
by the Missouri board. making ship
mcni to Kansas City difficult nnd en-
pcnsivc matter.
The Earl OF STAFFORD. who married
Nrs. Samuel J. Colgate In Grace
church. New York. last December. was
instantly killed Tuesday Mt Fottcr's
Bar by the Cambridge express. The
earl was seen standing upon the pat
form awaiting train from London.
When the express approached Mt q
high rate of speed. lie suddenly fell
forward upon the rails. The body de-
capitntcI and mnngled. was taken TO
tho nearest hotel. II Is supposed that
he had fit.
The committee in charge Of the Chi
cago postotiicr cornerstone ceremonies
has received word from senator y. J.
Rcycri,lrc Of Indiana. who is now M
Hong Kong. and to whom the commit
tee had entrusted special invitation
10 Admiral Dewey. announcing ihnt
,hc admiral would he here for "Chica-
On puy," October otl. II was also an
noupcc,I that President Dina OF Mexico
and Lord Mimic. governor general OF
Canada. would surely bc present. 81.
mul,ancously with President Mckin.
ley.
Frank II. Lloyd. the owner OF n mine
Mt Mineral del ORC. Mexico. has been
drowned in shaft Of the mine. The
mine hnd been shut down six months
awaiting the erection of new lloisting
machinery. During this time the wat.
or rose 200 feet in the shaft. ON the
day that work was resumed MIR. Lloyd
and illr ,.arn rilIlner McrC lowered TO