Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01
TELEGRAPH,C RREviTiES.

The bubonlc plague has made Its ap-
pcarancc NJ Alexandria.
Queen NicturIa's "ightIcth birthday
WAS celebrated On the 2ith.
Emilio CASTELAR, I'll" champion OF re-.
publicanism In Spain, Is dead.
Mark Twain has left Vienna after
II residence there Of two years.
\ congress OF physicians ut Berlin
In discussing the methods Of combat.
ting tuberculosis.
Chicago rcformcrs nrc now trying
TO secure equality Of assessments and
are after the taX-dods"rs.
The Cars representative at the Va,i
can has been snubbcd by the Pope he.
cause the latter was not invited to
send u representative to the peace con
ference.
The New York Legislature. after be.
ing In session Tour days. adjourned
During that time 1t passed the amend
cd tax franchise hill that was submit
ted by Governor Roosevelt.
After n long iigh, the Michigan Sen.
ate advanced to third reading the
House bill making an unlimited appro
priatiOn for the payment Of beet sugar
bOuntics. This will cost the state at
least S:jOo.oo0 II year.
Two physicians have been arrested
ut Cologne charged with assisting men
to cscnp" conscription In the army by
administering pills which caused pal
pitation Of the heart. Four men who
| took the pills are dead.
At Glasgow sensation was created
by nm announcement that Ncllsoi
Brothers. the most extensive manufnc'
| turing firm in Scotland. had failed
| with liabilities Of f2JO.OD. American
| competition Is responsible.
Joseph Chamberlain. British colonial
secretary. has yielded to .Iamaica's
prayer for the negotiation Of reel
! prOcity treaty with the United States
TO avoid the retaliation upon Jamaican
exports threatened by the State De.
partment at Washington.
One of the most important of the
long series Of congresses to bc held at
the Paris Exposition Of 1900 Is that
| concerning the history of the religious
idea. suggested by the Chicago Parlia'
mcnt OF Religions. although the pro
gram Is much narrower than was that
of 1893.
THE Yale corporation has elected Pro.
fcssc arthur Ewing IIad'cy. NJ. A.,
president OF the Yale University to
succeeded Timothy Dwight. resigned.
There was almost full membership OF
the corporation present. and 1t Is un'
dcrstOod the vote was practically
unanimous.
Archbishop Chapcllc Of New Or
leans. the papal delegate to Porto Rico
and Cuba. has been presented with n
handsome residence on Esplnnade
avenue purchased for him by leading
Catholics Of the city. The residence
cost SSO.OO and Is one of the handsom'
est in New Orleans.
4 race between Il freight train and
four robbers in II spring wagon took
place near Lcntncr. Missouri. the other
day. The lawbrcakcrs had good
start. but were ovcrtakcn two miles
ont from the village and captured by
the train crew and locked up in a box
car. I'll" only lane available for the cs-
Gaping robbers ran parallel with the
railroad track.
The tifty-ninth General Assembly of
the Free Church of Scotland. by n vote
of 565 to rs. has approved basis for
the proposed union between the Free
Church and the United Presbyterian
Church. The advocates of the coali-
tion. who have fought long for union.
which will produce Il body nearly as
strong Numerically as the Established
Church of Scotland. feel confident that
their aims will be achieved next May.
The negro settlement at Lyles, Indi-
ana. may become n town of consider
able importance ruled by colored pco-
pie. The Colorcd Mechanics Associa-
tion of Louisville. Kentucky. claiming
Il membership of 800. Is dcvisins ways
to colonies LylcS and make it n town
exclusively for negroes. Joseph Car
ter of Louisville is president. and 800
600 is now ready for investment in pur-
chasing lands. All products are to be
sold to colOrrd persons only.
The eighteenth annual cncampment
of the TuSkrgrc. Alabama. Normal and
Industrial Institute occurred on the
25th During the year 1.1fi colOrctl
students have been enroll"d-SO1 boys
and 1863 girls. The attendance has been
very steady. bringing the average for
the year above 1000. The graduates
in all departments number siNty-onc:
of these forty-four are from both the
normal and industrial departments.
They represent ten states and the In
dian territory.
General Macarthur is in favor of the
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against their old enemies. the TagHlS.
A delegation of the leading Macahcbcs
has visited the general and its spolies-
man read an address assuring the
American commissioners of the friend
ship of the Macnbcbcs and of their
willingness to transfer their allegiance
from Spain to the United States. They
complained that the l'agnls murdered
them. and burned their villages. and
they asked to he protected and given
arms TO protect themselves. The MIca-
bcbcs have greatly assisted in inform
ing the Americans on the country and
the positions of the enemy. General
Macarthur said he would arm hun
drcd Of these men and make them
scouts. and if the experiment proved
successful. he would enlist more of
them. Major General Otis has issued
orders inviting volunteers to rc-enltst
for six months. according to the act of
CongresS IS bearing on the matter.