Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-08
TELEGRAPHiC BREviTlEs.

The British House Of Commons has |
voted Lord Kitchener II grant of $780, |
600.
Frank Thompson. president of the
Pennsylvania hallway Company, died
Oh the 9th.
Distressing stories come in Of suffer
ing and death OH the Edmonton route
to the Klondike.
a dispatch from Apia says that Ma
taafa has been disarmcd and 1900
rebels have surrendered.
The New York publishing houses of
Harper \ Bros. and the S. $. Mcclure
company have formed IN alliance.
Mexico's gold loan, bearing g per
cent. interest. has been refunded Mt 5
per cent and the bonds are above par.
. Both native factions of Samoa-the
and the Mataafans-are dis
arming. Mataafa has surrendered
800 guns.
Prominent Democrats of the District
of Columbia have presented to Mrs.
William J. Bryan Il fine marble bust of
her husband.
A special from Enscnada, Lower Cal
ifornia. says that several miners have
arrived ut San Quentin from the Sierra
Pintada placcrs. They had eighty
ounces, bought supplies and started
back with their families. The rush to
the new gold fields continues from
Lower California.
New Orleans has overwhelmingly de-
cidcd in favor of II special tax OF two
mills for sewerage. drainage, pure wat
er paving. park and other improve
ments. The plan contemplatcs an en-
penditure of S14.OOO.OOO In the next
few years. the tax paying the principal
and Interest on the bonds, which Will
run for thirty years.
Germany, 1t Is announced. pays So
100000 for the Caroline. Pnlaos and
Marianne islands, Spain retains three
conling stations. one in each group.
and Germany undertakes to defend
these stations In case of war. Germany,
in addition. grants Spain the most fa-
vorcd nation treatment In Germany
and in the colonial islands. .-.
In view of the continued pub
lication of intlammatory editorials
in the papers of Santiago, Gov
ernor General Brooke has issued
an order directing the appoint
ment of press censor. The editors
are Indignant. but the public generally
is pleased. The seditiOus articles have
not been in any sense an expression OF
the general opinion.
According to adviccs from Tokn the
deficit of Japan for 1899 will amount
to 15,OOOcpO rubles t$I.5OO.OOO). To
cover this and to provide for certain
EXPENSES contemplated the empire is
said to have negotiated II state loan of
f1O,OOO.OOO in England. 1t Is intended
to bring the enlistment of the army up
to 100000 men by 1909. The peace
strength Is not far from that figure
now.
There has been n second attempt TO
burn the Episcopal church In Carson
City, Nevada. The prompt action of
the Fire Department saved the build
ing, in which kindling and coal oil had
been strewn An investigation showed
that efforts were also made to set fire
to the Catholic church and public
school buildings. \ reward has been
offered for the capture of the unknown
incendiary.
Every man in Princeton, Kentucky,
was fined Tuesday for contempt of
court. A petition had been signed by
all the citizens asking the grand jury
not to indict the insurance companies
and no indictments were found. The
commemorative attorney moved to
proceed against the Signcrs for con
tempt of court The judge affixed the
fine at one cent and the defendants
aDDlaudcd the decision.
The emperor of Japan has approved
the action of the imperial diet in re-
h, Sfrif inn nj n yst
ticle of the press law. BY that article
the privilege of publishing, printing
and editing newspapers was limited to
Japanese subjects. but now may be en-
joyed as well by foreigners. This step
is Il necessary preparation for the new
conditions which are to prevail after
the new treaties go into effect.
Studcbal,cr Brothers Manufacturing
Company of South Bend. Ind. has
closed contracts for the construction
of automobiles aggregating in the
of 81 100000. New York
and Boston, capitalists are the parties
in the deal. In order to sup
ply this new demand immense nddi
tions to the company's shops will be
erected The cost of the
new departments will be 100000.
According 10 II ulSI:lltu from AlhH-
daI, the most southern town of Nor
way. two boys. May 14th. found on the
north coast of Iceland n mail cork
case. containing slip of paper dated
July II. 1897. signed "Andree Strind-
berg" and bearing the words. "!All
we'll. Thrown out about longitude 81.
latitudc unknown Prof. Andrec's
brother thinks the case was probably
one of the letter bouys with which the
.\ndrcc expedition was provided.
Holland and Germany are the OBJ
in the African anti-alcO-
hol conference now i'll session in Brus-
sells. Both these countries have per-
sistcntly combated Il high duty on
spirits imported into Africa. because OF |
their enormous trade with the African
where they sell quality |
Of gin that costs > cents Il quart for 10 |
cents. Thanks to England's determin-
alton however, a medium duty has
hnnu o6oDtpI and thp convention fix |