Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-29
TELEGRAPt.iC EREviTIES.

Chicago asScSsors ARE mnRIu.; large
increases In assessments of business
property.
Georgetown University has conferred
the degree of doctor OF laws upon .Nd-
IHirnl Schley.
The new French ministry was sup.
ported Oh The first vote 10y IL ma aIority
or only tw"nty-slN. VI. Waidrcli liaus-
Scau Is the premier.
Three negroes are dead ana one is
not expected TO live as IL result of riot
between the white and negro miners
NJ the ore mines near Cardiif, in .Icf-
fcrson county, Alabama.
The town of Kicng Mug Foo. in the
province Of Fo liicn. China. has been
widely placnrdCd with hills Offering IL
reward Of $1,000 for the heads of mis-
sionarics. -Anti-fOrciem riots are feared.
News received from Guaynias states
that party Of twenty McXicnns which
left san lgnaclo. on the gulf. FOR the
mines. lost their way and died of thirst.
Their bodies were discovered by an
other party.
y sneak thief entered the Mciropoli-
tan National Bank nj Boston and stole
SlO.oDo. while the paying tcllcr's attcn-
tion was drawn AWAY for II moment.
lie was captured In New York and the
money WAS recovered.
All the tin plate works in The coun-
try will be closed on midnight Friday
as Il result of the failure 10 settle OH n
wage scale at the conference in Chi
rngo. Fully 10000 persons will br
thrown Idle by the shut down.
l.. l.. McCioud, assistant general pas
s,ngcr agent of the Chicago. Rock
Island X Pacific. has been elected
chairman of TIE Western Passenger
Association to succeed II. u. Caldwell.
resigned to become traffic manager Of
the Delaware. Lackawanna II Western.
According to dispatches from Con-
stantinoplr. fighting still continues on
the Turco-Scrvian fruH;icr. and the Ser
vian penSantry IL armIng 10 resist fur
thcr invasion. 'S,lc Sultan has ordered
the co,lrt-nartial of the Macedonian
and Albanian robots who invaded Ser
via n,,r IablOnitZa..
Mr.. and Mrs. II. s. Phillips. Miss
Seals and Dr. PackculIam. misSiunar-
les of the Church Missionary Society of
the Church Of England. who were re-
ported to have been murdered nj KEN
\ing-Foo. northwest of Foochow. have
arrived safely in FOorlow. They say
thar the district is rapidly becoming
quiet.
Willis l.. Moore. chief of the Weather
Bureau. Department of Agriculture.
and philaudcr johnson of Washington
We're rescued from drowning at Cape
May Monday by Congressman Henry
q !
sion committee. and w. ii. Kirkpatrick
of Philadelphia. They got beyond their
depth while in the surf.
Psychological investigators of the
Brussels Academy of Medicine declare
that they have discovered II serum for
The cure Of cancer. 1t is declared that
the administration of the serum to
horses. cows and dogs affected with
canccrous growtlis has proved so sue
ccsSful MS to leave no doubt of the i'm
portancc of the discovery.
Rev Father George ID. Icldmann Of
ST. fauls Roman Catholic church. Chi
cago. announces his candidacy for Con
grosS on the Democratic ticket in the
Second district. Father ilrldmHnn
says he knows of only one other in
stn.ce of II Catholic priest who wanted
to 20 to Congress. This WAS in 1887.
when a priest was elected from Detroit.
In consequence of the outbreak of
yellow fever the garrison of United
States troops at Santiago has been re-
moved from the old Spanish barracks
to a comfortable camp on the hills on
the road to El Moro. Thus far four sol
tlicrs have died of the fever and there
are eighteen eases in the hospitals. One
civilian has SuccumhCd to the disease
and there are three civilian suspects.
4 Chicago syndicate has secured
contract for the new issue of S3.O00.O0O
of city of Montreal forty-ycar ~ per
cent gold bonds, on an interest basis
of about :iI per cent. The Importance
of this transaction is the greater owing
to the fact that all previous iSsucS of
bonds Of the same kind have been
promptly bought in with London SOW
crcignS. Americans rarely being able TO
compete against the British demand.
An agreement between the Big Con-
solidatcd Street Hallway Company of
Cleveland and its striking employees
was reached at 6 o'clock Saturday. The
agreement provides for the hearing of
grievances and Il resort to arbitration
IN case the men and the company can
not agree. and 1t also provides for the
reinstatement of practically 50 per
cent. of the old men ut once. the re.
maindCr. except those who have been
guilty of violence. being placed on the
waiting list.
The st. Louis Post-DiSpatch says
that mt the next annual cncamunrnt of
the Grand Army of the Republic. which
will be the closing one of the nine.
1rCnth century. resolution will he in
troduccd by an Illinois member to per
pctllatc it and take into it the vrtpr-
ans of the navy. aS well us of the
army. 1t will be proposed to change
the name to "Thr Grand Army aul
Navy of the Republic" The resolution
will provide for Il change Of the con-
stit,ltion so aS to admit all soldiers and
sailors who ever fought for the Union,
all who are fighting for it now. and all
who may hereafter fight for the flag
and the principles which it represents.
The reason for the movement is the
fact that the C., 4 r. is in thr nr,