Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-23
rELEGRAPHIc BREvITlEs.

The transport Grant has passed
through the Red Sea. -.
Rev. J. X. Thompson, chaplain Of the
Washington volunteers has died at Ma
nlla.
Our troops in the Philippines are
suffering from the effects Of the great
heat.
The steamers sailing for Europe on
the 18th took out 1,34O,OOO ounces Of
silver.
The Nebraska Legislature has de-
feated the nnti-pass bill that was be-
fore 1t.
The slx-tlay race ut San Francisco
was won by Charley Miller, who COW
cred 2,102 miles.
Five coal miners Mt Birmingham,
Alabama. were killed the other day by
an explosion of dynamite.
William J. Brownlee. n gun captain
on the Indiana, was swept overheard
and drowned while the battleship was
near Bermuda.
A serious conflict has taken place be-
tween the Russian and Chinese Mt Ta-
lien Wan, 800 of the latter being killed.
1t Is said to have originated In ques-
tion of taxes.
The London Chronicles Stockholm
correspondent says that the health of
King Oscar has been restored, and that
he has resumed the government amid
general rcjOicings.
The Spanish Cortes reasscmbled on
the Goth. Count D'Alemenas mnAle an
attack upon the generals and COM
planned that five months had elapsed
and not single general had been
shot"
a number Of young men In Sncrn-
mentO are organizing n colony to settle
on the Island OF Guam. They propose
to engage In the raising of the staple
products OF the island.
In New York 1000 people who wait
ed until after 1 o'clock for the curtain
to rise In the Star theater, raised n riot
because their money was not returned
and ruined the furniture and fixtures
Of the thenter.
Professor Stephens, who has been
on trial at Easton, Pennsylvania.
charged with setting fire to Pnrtlee
Hall. Lafayette College. was found
guilty. Stephens also stole 127 books
from the college.
General Otis has sent to the War
Department II copy OF II proclamation
issued Just before the recent attack on
Manila. In which the Filipinos were
ordered to exterminate NIL foreigners
men. women and children.
After one OF the most exciting local
campaigns, Mayor Robert Il. McKisson
of Cleveland, Ohio, was renominatcd
for mayor ut the Republican primaries
over Judge Charles NJ. Stone by n ma
jority Of over 1900. The fight wns dis
tinctly between the Hanna and the
Mckisson forces.
The Central Union Gas Company has
been organized under the laws of Vir-
ginia to control the natural gas wells
and plants In Ohio, Indiann and South
ern Illinois. The capital stock will he
$24 1000, 900. OF which there will be $1O,-
10000 Z per cent cumulative dividend
stock, md S14.OOO,OOO common stock.
The tnsk OF building railroad along
the precipitous side of the canon from
Sknguay to the summit OF White Pass,
an elevation OF nearly 5000 feet, hns
been completed. From the summit to
Lake Bennett the work of construc-
ton Is comparatively easy and the
track will be laid In n few weeks.
Ancient Spanish documents have
been discovered which prove that the
Spanish were In possession of Van
couver island In 1900. and that II these
documents had been In possession OF
Emperor william of Germany hs
would have awarded the island to the
United Suites instead of to England.
BY q vote of 40 to 10, or four more
than needed, the Minnesota Senate
passed over the governors veto tho
bill appropriating S2OOOO to pay boun.
tou nnH ttnI I'm lS;s.f hlltnfv
law. 1t has received the necessary
two-thirds vote In the House and now
becomes effective without the gov
ernor's approval.
The Sultan Of Oman hns revoked the
grant Of a coaling station to the French.
under the British ndmiral's threat Of
a bombardment. The British warships
Eclipse. Sphinx and Redbrenst nre ly-
ing of the port of Muscat. The Sultan
has issued n proclamation to the fore
going effect The French consul has en-
tered protest.
A dispatch from Hartford says:
Physicians have been startled by n
demonstration of the effects of the
.snow cure" A patient who had sue
cumbed to pneumonia. and who had
been pronounced dead. was carried
from his house and placed in n bed OF
snow. The shock brought the stilled
heart again into action, and the patient
Is now on the way to recovery.
The Toledo Blade announces that
Robert J. Burtlette. the humorlst, is to
marry Mrs. Z. G. Baker, n wealthy
widow OF Pasadena. California. who
has been his lifelong friend. She has
one son about the same age rs Mr.. Bur
dette's son. The two young men are
close friends and are delighted with
the match. The ceremony will take
place at Pasadena about Easter.
The Khediva has given birth to n
son at Montazat. There is great re.
jolcing mt the fact that the khedlve
now has an heir to the throne. The
birth of three daughters In succession