Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-04-27
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suddenly on the 24tli.
Big floods are reported in eastern
Kansas and Nebraska.
1t is reported In Chicago that Charles
II. Ycrkes is to sell his street railway
interests to Il New York syndicate.
Richard Croker. OH his promise to re-
turn to this country. has been excused
from further attendance on the Mnzct
committee until August 10th. Mr..
Croker sailed for England Wednesday.
The strike that has been in progress
mt Budweis. BoheIeia, for some time
eliminated on the 25th In rloting ana
In the collisions between the troops
and the rioters several persons were
wounded.
4 special from Galena. Kansas. says:
Charles Williams. alias Jones. colorcd,
was shot to death at S:3O this morn
ing In the city Jail by Il mob of ne
srOes. Williams killed Laura CannfaX,
IL negress.
As the American member of the In
tcrnational Peace and Arbitration COM
mission, Mfs. Wright Sewnll fs send
ing out n plan for holding simultnn-
eOus peace meetings throughout the
world May 18th.
The jury in the Windsor. New York,
hotel fire inquest brought In verdict
that the fire was caused by accident.
The police still have $4,000 worth Of
unclaimed jewelry and other valuables
recovered from the fire ruins.
Major Francis b. Dodge of the pay
department, recently relieved from du-
ty at Denver. has been selected by the
War Department to disburse the 3d.
100000 allotted by the government for
the payment of the troops of the Gu
han army as condition of its dis
bnndment.
The safe and lock manufacturers OF
the United States are about to form II
combination, and 1t II said the arr
rangements will be completed within
thirty days. There Will be thirteen
companies In the organization. The
which S2.5O0.O00 will be common
stock.
The fanatical and wnrlike tribe of
Druses. in the Lebanon district OF
southern Syria. declare that they will
no longer be mulcted by the Sultan's
taS-gatherer. Turkish agents have nj
ready suffered severely ut their hands,
and troops are TO be dispatched from
Turkey In Europe 10 bring the recnlci'
trnnts to terms.
A French company has been Organ-
lied with the approval of the govern
ment to construct Il railway line
through the desert Of Sahara from the
Mediterranean const to the Gulf OF
Guinea. The northern terminus Will
be Tunis. and the line VIII run due
south distance of about 1000 miles
to the Niger territory. and then enst-
ward to the French portion OF the
Congo Wiley. The cost Is estimated
at S50.OOO,OO0.
The labor strike continues nt Ward
ner, Idaho. with no evidence of weak
ness on either side. The miners have
decided to concentrate their fight on
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan. which
EMPLOYS about ICO men. Twenty nom
union men yielded to the pleas OF the
strikers and came out from that mine
Tuesday. After n long meeting the
union miners. to the number OF 400.
marched in body to the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan and tried to induce the
night shift to come out. With a rev
exceptions they were unsuccessful.
A curious detail OF Sundays election
In Spain has Just come our. The Mad
rid correspondent of lie Temps calls II
n peculiar feature" of the cnmpnign-
the important part money played. one
Of the defeated candidates admits hav,
ing spent 10000 pesctas 'S3,SGO), but
finds consolation in the fact that his
rival had to spend 10000 pcsetas tSl3,'
51W to win the seat in the cortes. Sew
eral hundred thousand pesetas We're
corruptly used in Biscny province, but
nevertheless Premier Silvela considers
that the elections reveal marked pro
gress as regards the neutrality OF the
authorities and the almost complete
absence of disorder.