Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-05-25
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Public opinion has compelled the
London Daily Mail TO suspend its Sum
day edition.
Sarah Bernhardt Is playing "Ham-
let to wildly enthusiastic audiences in
Paris.
Threefourths of Dawson City, In the
klOndike district. was destroyed by
fire April Goth.
The people OF Eddy. New Mexico,
hnve voted to change the name of their
town to Carlsbad.
Professor Nathorst's expedition to
search for Professor Andree and his
balloon exploration party left stock
holm on the 22d.
The great strike at Buffalo is ended.
over 12,OOO men We're involved. Con-
cessiOns were made on both sides and
good feeling prevails.
General Gomez has announced his in.
tention Of paying another visit to Pres
ident Mckinley in the hopes Of
STRENGTHENING the tangle In which Gu
ban affairs have become involved.
Ex-PresIdent Cleveland broke the rec
ord for bass catching mt Middle Bass
Saturday. He pulled In 1916 pounds
Of fish. while Captain Bob Evans
caught fOrty-five bass from one to two
pounds in weight.
1t Is reported from Dinrbekr. Asiatic
Turkey, that Outrages upon Armenian
Christians In that vilayce has begun
again. The atrocities OF the Turks nre
said fully to equal those hitherto prac-
ticed against the !Armcnians.
One hundred and fifty members Of
the American National Editorial AssO-
cintiOn are expected to reach Paris by
the end OF June. In time to attend the
big annual Fourth of July banquet Of
the American Chamber OF Commerce
there.
Admiral Schley was rendered n re-
ceptlon by the Commercial Club Mt
Omnha on the 22d. ut which was pres
ent practically all Of the men who rep.
resent the grent commercial and indus
trial interests OF the city. The recep-
tiOn was of an Informal character
There was II jam mt the rooms during
the hour
The London Truth insists TINT an op.
Grafton for cataract on the Queens
eyes IL Inevitable. 1t says: "rhe
Queen has Just consulted Professor
Pngensteckcr OF wiesbaden. who guar
anteeS the success OF the operation,
and Opines the Queen will entirely re.
gnin the excellent sight she possessed
until recently
Owing to the fight In progress
among the trnnscOntinentnl roads over
the passenger rates for the National
Educational Associations convention
In Los Angeles. II IL said the rates
from Chicago to Colorado points will
he cut In two and that the affair will
probably bring about an extensive
western rate war.
Herbert q. Gurnee OF Minneapolis
| completed JOO-mile run according to
century road rules Sunday In I0:31.
| This IL the second Iint-century every
made In this country. Gurnec's act
ual riding time was forty hours. as he
took an hours rest mt the close of each
| fifty miles. The rider was examined
| by physicians ut the end Of every 100
| miles,
The Great Central railway OF Eng
land Inns placed an order for twenty
locomotives with the Baldwin works OF
| Philadelphia. They are to he freight
engines. Of the same character and de-
sign us those now under construction
mt Bnldwin's for the Midland railway
| OF England. Another English railway.
tHt "Eeut .NoItheTu. IeteutIy OTueTeN u
number Of engines from the Baldwin
| works.
-Four men lost their lives by n shock
ing accident I'm the War Eagle mine mt
Rossland, British Columbia. Mike
Cook. W. +. Schofeld, II. A. Honey.
ford, James Palmer and Thos. A. Ne
Vile entered the skip Mt the 25O-foot
level. The engineer started the ma
| chlnery. but tho bolt on the starting
lever fell out. the engineer was thrown
on his back and the hoist dashed 3JO
feet to the foot of the shaft.
Mr.. II. C. Frick has made the folio w.
Ing statement: To set mt rest the
many erroneous reports regarding the
capitalization of the proposed new Car
negie Steel Company. desire to say
that It will be distinctly home con-
Germ. embracing only the Carnegie, the
Frick and their allied interests. and
using Pennsylvania charter. The
capital will be S25O.OOO.OO0. ard but
one kind of stock will he issued, fixed
upon an investment hasis.
1t Inns been nscertaincd that the Mu-
tunl Life Insurance Company OF New
York has been issuing insurance since
March 31st In excess of S1.OOO.OOO. 600
Some years ago II bill was introduced
in the New York Legislature limiting
the insurance to be issued by nny
company to that amount. and the same
would probably have become n law eX-
cept for the opposition of the three
giants" The Mutual Life has prnc-
tically made the passage of any such
law hereafter impossible.
In speaking of the Philippines mt
Hong Kong the other day. Admiral
Dewey said: II have the greatest en-
thusinsm in the future of the Philip
pines. hope to see Amerlca's posses.
sion the key to Oriental commerce and
civilization. The brains of our great
country will develop the untold agr.cul-
turnl and mineral richness Of the isl
ands We must never sell them. Such
an action would bring on another grent