Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-14
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

Peter Batcman, n prospcctor, has
been found dead OH the HarIuahnla
desert. only three miles from water,
ut Cullcn's Wells. Death plainly had
been OF thirst.
The movement to boycott the Paris
Exposition continues. Several addi-
tional firms In London announce their
Intentions To suspend preparations OF
their exhibits until the Drcyfus blot
Is wiped out
James II. Eustis, ambassador to
France during the second Cleveland
and formerly senator
from Louisiana. died at his summer
home nj Newport on the 10th OF
pneumonia.
Four men were Killed and two In
Jured In n hcad-cnd collision which
took place near Oxford. Iowa. The
trains, which belonged to the Rock Is.
land system. We're extra frclshis. and
II II said the accident was due TO
misunderstanding or orders.
A correspondent Mt Hong Kong has
received adviccs from Manila stain.
that General Otis Inns been confined To
his bedroom for three days. lie hns
been reading the newspaper attacks
upon him and Is quoted M saying: III
Washington does not relieve me, Ill
relieve myself
4 special from the City OF Mexico
says: Alexander tiios., Shepard OF
Washington. II. C.. has sold mining
properties In BatapolIs To nm English
syndicate for S.i.OO0oOo. Shepard has
six months In which TO make the de-
livery. when. II Is said. he VIII return
TO Washington.
The water situation In Fort Worth
has become so serious that much alarm
In felt rs tn the outcome. The supply
has been So greatly reduced that wat.
cr II supplied to consumers only two
hours In twcnty.four ani were there no
nrtcsinn wells water famine would
be upon the city.
The City Council OF Oakland. CaiIfor.
MIA has accepted the offer OF Andrew
Carnegie TO give x5OGGD for public
library building providing that nj least
$1,000 n year !. guaranteed for Its sup.
port and have taken measures To pro-
vide the necessary amount hy slight
Increase Of the tax ruic.
who recently sinrtsi movement to
for the purpose of presenting hand.
some sword to Captain Alfred Drcy-
rus. has received a letter from Mmc.
Drcyfus In which she said the captain
could not Accept sword from the
American people
An eruption Of the earth caused by
nm explosion In Ovcrton county. kcr.
lucky. Is reported. 4 SPACE sixty fest
..sI. f-tt .G L..
throwing out burned stone and gray
particles Of earth. making n noise
heard several miles. There was no
odor following the explosion, and the
cause Is mystery.
The United States transport ingalls,
Inns been In quarantine Mt Havana hav'
Ing two cas~ of yellow fever on board.
The first man to bc attacked was the
electrician Of the transport. The other
| victim belongs to the crew. Roth wcr,,
sent to the yellow fever hospital. The
/ number Of yellow fever rziscs IN said
to bc Increasing.
Through am open letter ~ Rev. Her
bert =. Ngclow. pastor of the Vine
| Street Congregational church. Senator
Fofnkcr boldly announces his opprsi.
| tion 20 the Philippine policy OF the
President lie argues that Acuinaldo
h patriot and declares thnt he VIII
lend the Republican revolt against i'm.
pcrialism In the Senate.
Word received from San Francisco
states that Captain Harry a. Clarke
OF the Wyoming battery. who was left
behind at Yokohama when the Wyo-
ming troops sailed from there. came
in Monday on the transport Sheridan
Through ifr efforts Of Governor Rich
ards and General S,itzcr Captain
Clarke will not be- court mnrtinlcd.
A consignment of Si.Ooo.OOO worth
OF Klondykc gold for the United
States assay Office arrived at Seattle on
the steamer Cleveland from II. MI
clncl. The cunsigncrs were the Cana
dian Bank Of Commerce. SGOO.OOO and
tho Rank OF British North America.
Sip.OOo. The Cleveland had 100 pas
scngcrs from Dawson and Cape Nome.
Ex-Govcrnos. Altgcid has returned
10 Governor Tanner the commission
he gave Mr.. altgcld rs delegate to the
trust conference to bc held In Chicago.
As to his r,.a-ons for this step MIR.
Altgcld says: the fact Is. I haven't
ulnch confidence In the proposed trust
conference. II looks to me ny II 1t
were going TO he more OF trust love
feast than anything else"
Professor Campbell. through the
grca, Lick telescope. has definitely as
ccrtahicd that Polnris. popularly
known as the north star. Is really n
trip,e system. Two of the bodies IN
this system rcvolvc around each other
In a period OF four days. md at the
same time move IN n much wider
sweep around the third body. In much
the same way as do the planets and
moon around the sun.
Before sailing from Gibraltar for
New York Admiral Dewey and the Of
ticcrs Of the United States cruiser
Olympia presented ESQ to Pcppiatt. the
gunner of the British batilcship Dcvas-
intion. who. while the wnrship was
firing the salute In honor Of the ar
rival OF the American admiral Septem-
pcr 4. had Its hand shattered by the
exploding OF u charge which no was
nj tnI