Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-09
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underwent a very successful trial in
Long Island Sound the other dhy' d.
fore naval board.
Governor. General Brooke has ap
poInted "A special Criminal Court FOR
uayaLu 10 exercise Jurisdiction for
DerIod OF three months, AMI To bring
10 trial II long list OF criminals now III
the Havana prison.
The YaIuI Indians In Mexico have
Killed Ncttlet1n, an American, ana car
rlcd u German into captivity. Ih'S
have renewed hOstilltles In the lower
YaauI valley aud the people In the NV
ar towns In that section are again on
the defensive.
Although the exact terms or the
agreement nrc still carefully gnariei,
the Associated Press il able Ia say that
the Samoan question il practically set
tied. and that the iinalltlcs VIII take
place within u few days, unless some
unexpected hitch occurs.
The standard voting machine was
used in Buffalo. New York, Tuesday,
for the iirst time, and accomplished all
.thnt was expected OF Il. The r'Sult III
the city was known ~ minutes after
the polls closed, on the head OF the
ticket which WIS computed nEsi.
Five hundred pounds Of dynamite
exploded la the mixing house OF the
Aetna, Powder Works at Aetna. indis
ANA. r,suitln: In the death OF two EN-
ploycs. The shock was felt ut Val
paradise. Indiana. and In towns more
distant from the scene OF the disaster.
The New York papers figure up n
state lnhcritnnc" tax on the late Cor
ncilus Vanderbilt of over Si.2Dp.nb.
and federal inhcritnnC" tax. under
the war revenue act, OF over S.,sOp.uph
The total sum II thr,c times the
amount OF Mr.. vaudcrbIlt's public be-
quests.
The Pope was requested by Emperor
Franz Joseph To Interfere and prevent
Ill. marriage Of Archduchcss Strphanic
and Count Lonyay. The pope ut hr-i
hcsitatcj, but finally instructed the
nuncio Mt Vienna that the marriage
should not be- performed by the
church.
A syndicate OF Russian, English and
German capitalists. with headquarters
Ia Berlin. Is organizing competition
with the great American packing In
dusirlcs. Th. company. which has n
capital OF SJo..p.pp. viii export IiuE-
sian pork TO England. Germany and
the Scandinavian countries.
The Sultan OF Turkey has ordered n
large cruiser 10 bc built by the Cramps.
The Fifty-hrst Iowa regiment ~
turned TO their native state after scry-
lee In the Philippines and received
welcome In Council Bluffs that warmed
their hearts. 4 crowd Of fully 5000
people nocEcd thIthcr from NIL parts
Of the state 10 join In the greeting.
The. New York Times says that
S2Oo.UOD.Upo combination Is projected
IL is Intended 10 combine all OF the
tubhcr. bicycle and automobile compa.
MES into one great concern, which will
control the production OF every artl.
Gle entering Into the manufacture OF n
bicycle or nm automobile. In the pro.
posed company. IT. Is said. all OF the
companies already formed will be par.
ucIpants.
General Hughes. commanding the
NIsnynn district, has sent In an On.
rouraging report. lie says the island
OF Ncgros Is now more peaceful and
orderly than FOR twenty years. The
planters nrc pursuing their business
undisturhrd by the band OF briEnnds
who Ind long levied tribute on them.
The Americans have scattered the brig.
nnds and propose to pursue them until
they are cncrtually suppressed.
Navy department adviccs announc.
ing the arrival OF the Newark nt Hon
olulu show that she made the run
from san Francisco In seven days. nv.
crnging speed OF thirteen knots.
This Is nearly 80 per cent In excess OF
her regular cruising speed. Captain
McCalla was 50 pleased with the roe.
ord that on reaching Honolulu Il. nd.
rnnccd all the nincty.four employees
OF the engineer department one class
in their conduct register.
In Indiana last year there were 3,is.i
divorces granted. During the same
space Of tim" tile county clerks issued
25.O5l marriage licenses. This shows
that out OF every seven marriages
there was one blask drawn. which the
courts had seen iii TO nnnul. This Is
n worse showing than made for the
previous year. when the average was
but one In ten. There are storm cen.
tcrs, Of which the worst Is Marion
county. which includes Indianapolis
III tlHi county lnt THIO Is one ulNofct
to every four marriages.
The Peruvian government has rccciv.
cd official dispatches announcing the
complete defeat and rout of the insur.
gent commander. General Durnnd. ai
IIuanuco. capital Of the department OF
that name. The insurgents lost many
killed and wounded, as well as n large
quantity of arms and ammunition and
many horses. The number of prison.
ers taken by the government fore,
was large. General Durand and his
brothers managed TO escape. but their
defeat Is regarded as death blow to
the revolutionary movement.
The transport Ohio. which recently
arrived from Manila. brings strntlina
news of n shortage of food in Guam
both among the natives and foreigners
The Ohio reached Guam on October
10th. Purscr Hedges went ashore and
was literally bcsicged by the members
of the military colony. foreigners and
natives. who pleaded with him TO have
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