Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-12
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.
The foundation OF II monumcn, 10 the
memory OF Parnell has been laid in
nnblIu

Dublin.
New disturbances are reported In Ar
menin. In the districts OF Slyas, Van
ana Musch numerous Armenlans have
been killed by the Turks.
The great strike OF iron workers n;
lie Crcusat. France. haS been settled
by arbitration. Premier Waidcck-
Rousscan, the arbitrator. gave n decis-
Ion favorable To the men.
Justice Brewer. one OF the arhItraiors
IN the Venezuela ease. says That at
first no two OF the arpitrnIors were
agreed. and that compromise WIS
necessary 10 arrive nj II decision
The Spanish government has sold
the Havana floating dock for S'apSD
To II syndicate of Vera Cruz merchants.
Several New York firms have been
asked for terms Tor conveying the dock
To Vera Cruz.
Popular sympathy with the Beers In
their dispute with Great Britain has
taken practical form In Russia. aud 80
volunteers have left Tor South Africa
10 fight ON the side of the Transyaal
IN ctisc OF war.
Sir Henry irving AMI Miss Ellen
Terry and their company VIII sail
from London for New York on the
steamer Moaucitc about the middle OF
October. Their American season Will
begin nj the KnIcgerbockcr ,h.at.r.
The failure OF the crops In Finland
has reduced the p-nsantry to the cS-
ir.miiy OF eating bread made from
ground bark mixed with fro-i'blii-n
potatoes. There Is little -four to II, had
In the districts around Ainro. where
usually the harvest Il abundant.
The pope ha- addressed to President
Mckinley n letter of thanks for pre-
venting the American troops from oc-
cupylng the churches of Manila. and
Cardinal Secretary iinmpoiin has writ
ten to Cardinal Gibbons in conim-n,in.
ton Of his activities Ia the satnc con-
ncciion.
The State Department hns received
the following cahicgram from the
United Stn,cs minister to Venezuela.
announcing the failure OF the peace
negotiations that have been IN progress
for the past few days i-:wcn the :ov-
crnmcnt and Insurgents: \ battle i-
Imminent.
The October rcpor; OF the staiistician
OF the Department of Agriculture
| shows the average condition us cotton
ON October LIST To have b.cn 's..i. n-
compared Will, ,gs.: last month. is.t on
October I. is;s,. ~ ni the correspond.
Ing date In 1857. nni ~, the mean De-
toiIcr averages for tile last ten years.
The constant incrca-c in the price Of
rye Hour hRs led the Imperial military
authorities 1f Germany 10 consider ih"
Introduction Of OH" third wheat Hour
into the -niiIcrs' brad. The commits.
snry Irunrtmvaf will try the cSpcri-
mcnt In the province of SnSony. where
the prlcr Of rye IL now higher than
that of WHEAT.
a fin a, IInso,inic. Japan. on Sep.
;cml-r Is. resulted In the destruction
| OF nearly a.nrp hOtscs. AS II l. town
OF 5000 Inhabitants. this means the
wIpins out Of about onc-fourth OF
them. Within n It'll" mnrc than n
month three great fires. in Yokohama.
/ Tosnmn and Iinkn,inic. have destroyed
upward. OF 1900 houses.
The Spanish residents of tiavnnn.
who. by Haunting ih" rcd aud yellow
of Spain In the faces of the tuhnns.
have lrn provoking outbreaks ever
| since the Americans took over the All
minlstfaiioii. January ] last. are pro.
| tpsiiu. bitterly against Mayor La
| roStc'- -,lict prohibiting THE unnuthor-
izcl display Of the Spanish emblem.
Major General OILS has Informed tile
! War Department Of his adoption OF a
| conprrhcnsivc scheme OF local govern
mcnt for rll cities and towns In Luzon
| oscupird hy American forces. He has
issued Instructions directing that ;hc
system be- put in fore" and placing
senior officers for the occupying troops
/ i'm charge OF the formation OF such gov
crnmcnt-.
Nnynl Constructor 1ioiison and
United States Consul General Wild.
man took the recovered spanish
cruiser Isle dc f.,izon. which 1lohson
raised mt Manila. and rriiticd. on n trial
trip Mt Hong Kong. In the course OF
four trirs over 'wo-'nilc course the
Isle de Li'zon maintained an average
spccd Of fourteen knots. using Japa-
ncsc coal. without forced draught.
Work has been bccun on the trans
mort Morgan City. which was wrecked
in the Philippines. The whole Of the
mail sunk. 2.cpo bags in all. has been
forwarded to Manila. An examination
OF the vessel shows large hole on
the bow about fifteen inches in length
high IN near the water line. As she
lies III u sNNlItT'u SI't's INV Fi'~I'N' W.
rnisinr her IL dccmcf very favorable.
Smallpox is reported TO he incrcas-
ing Mt Great Falls. Montana. Four
cnscs have been sent to the pest house.
making for;y-fi,c eases In all. ten OF
whom have been discharged ns cured.
Among the new cases are three chill
Lrcp of Rev. Henry Van Engclin. who
contracted the disease while preaching
n funeral sermon over n smallpox Vie
tim before the nature OF the disease
was discovered.
The official life Of n prominent and
hirhly efficient naval officer expired
on the 10th. when. by reason OF the
fact tln, he has reached the age limit
prescribed by law. Rear admiral Hen
rr l. II,visou was retired from active
service. Rear Admiral Howison ar
rived In New York on the eve OF the
Dewey celebration. coming home To