Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-30
rELEoRAPHIc sR2vITIEs.

1ne COnStnntlnOple ponce nave just
discovered n far-rcachiug conspiracy
of yOunk Turks against the govern
mcnt. 4 large number IL ulcmus have
been arrested.
1t Is understood that representatives
of Aguinaldo have gone to Spain to ne
gotintc with the Spanish government
for ransom to be paid for the release
OF Spanish prisoners.
Governor Roosevelt has vetoed the
anti-wsg and gown bill. He said of 1t:
"rhe bill is obviously and utterly I'M
necessary The whole subject should
he left and can safely he left where 1t
belongs-to the good sense OF the judi.
ciary."
Robert J. Burdette. the humorist, and
Mrs. Clara II. Baker We're married OH
the 9th ut Pasadena. California. Mr..
and Mrs Buriette will make their fu-
ture home In Pasadena. where the
humorist will fill the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church.
The British and Foreign bible Socie-
ty OF London is ut present busy getting
ont Bibles In the Filipino dialect. The
translation IL being done ut Madrid and
the printing in London. The society
expects to send the special Bibles to
the Philippines shortly.
Emma Grcnwell of Chicago has been
awarded S2O.OO0 In II street railway
damage ease. The girl. who Is six
years old. was run over and crippled
for life. At former trial the jury
failed TO agree. 1t is alleged that two
Of the jurors We're bribed.
Paul and John Zcltncr murdered n
lawyer named WcStcnlinvcr at Bowling
Green. Ohio. last Saturday. They es-
capped to their home in the country and
shot deputy when posse came to
arrest them. y mob surrounded the
house and the militia arrived just In
time to prevent n lynching.
Joseph ii. Chonte. Jr.. has decided to
study law in the Middle Temple and
has applied for ndmittance. His inten-
ton IL interesting just now, us dis
cussiOn Is raging among the benchers
az to the advisability OF admitting
aliens to the English bar. the question
having arisen on account of the nppii-
cation OF n Chinaman.
A dispatch from Singapore says that
trouble TX brewing In the island of Ne
gros. where the inhabitants repudiutc
the self-constituted authority of AMI
setO Lacson. president Of the provision
nj government. to arrange Affairs with
the Americans. and have attacked the
Americans. Other dispatches seem to
contradict the above statement.
Claude Holiday. one of the mail
clerks injured ut the Santa Fc ut Lang,
Kansas, In 1897. has Just settled with
the company. He received S11 500.
This Is said to he the largest sum ever
paid mail clerk of any railroad for
injuries ustained in n wreck. Holla-
day was In the hospital eighteen
months and sustained permanent in
juries to one of his legs.
A great labor war throughout Scot
land has been averted by mutual con
ccssiOns. The coal miners of tn" dis
trict had given notice that they would
strike for an advance In wages. Rep
resentatives of the employers .nnl the
miners met In conference and agreed
to leave to II cancellation board the de-
filming OF the concessions to be mi,le
by both sides. \ strike. mt this time
especially. would have been calamity
TO every department of Scottish indus
try. for all the trades dependent on the
coal supply are now working ut nigh
pressure.
The United States government has
made tests of coal discovered OH the
Alaskan peninsula by the Chignik Bay
Coal company. 1t is proposed to estnb
lish n cOaling station on one of the
outer Aleutin, islands for the use of
vessels bound from the United States
to Manila. The route from Seattle di-
rect to Mpnila is more than 1000 miles
shorter than via Honolulu. and the
vessels go within II few miles of the
ileutian, islands. The coal stands
W6ndcrfM test. 1t is said to be better
than Nnnnimo coal, which is used eN-
cluslvcly by war vessels in these wat
ers.
The epidemic of typhoid fever which
has bech raging In Philadelphia since
January list continues unubnted. 1t
reached high water mark Monday,
when sIxty-flve new eases and five
deaths were reported TO the Board of
Health. This makes an aggregate of
1880 cases in three months, with to-
tai of 400 deaths. The conditions
which confront the citizens OF Phila-
tlclphia to-day are about as desperate
us n city In state of siege. In every
section. committees of prominent citi-
zens are organized who hold daily
meetings and make appeals to the au-
thOrities to take some action to purify
the water. -
At the close of the noon-day services
In tl,e assembly hnll of the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce the fourth
day of the rain which has proved the
salvation of the crops. Bishop Nichols
of the Episcopal Church, called on all
present to kneel and return thanks for
the bounteous downpour. The bishop
knelt and clasped his hands. Then one
by one the men sank to their knees.
They were moved by common I'M
pulse. and not one of the large number
TINT filled the lfnll remained standing.
Every denomination was represented
In the gathering of bowed heads. Pro-
testnnts. Jews. Catholics and those
who had long persuaded themselves
that they had no belief. knelt side by
side and all felt the solemnity of the
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