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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-10-19

This apparent adyantays :,
thor Of the bill adyis.,lIy "a,
the residents OF the county 60.
II anybody Were entitled 10 -
and projection. IL was IA. ~
who had gone upon the Will -.
plored plains and suffered n.
ships and privations OF the ~,
ment Of the county. And /, 4, ~
vantage and this prrf-n.pss :,
which the calamity hoWler, IA
called friends OF the l,,,op,s III
protests and agitation, hay.
tingiy deprived them ".
Title has been acquired ana -,
In the residents Of said couu,Y ~
amounting TO about two LupJrs,,
and acres. II those IndIyLIr,S, J
have awaited tiiensslyr, Of 49,
OF this bill. they could wllhop, ~
cnce OF outside parties has. ~
at a reasonable price Two mgilI,.
OF land. which would have ~,
tie upon which the synL.sa,,,
have created n MONOPOLY.
Certainly no critic In the s,.o
party could complain Of ID. M,
any particular county setkI.. q
tain from the government. mi. h
land within the cOniIne, Of ,ls,r
ut ever so small PREV, Whs.h.
ficct that candidates uI,0h a. n
ticket have hcrrtoIoTr Ir,,n{
measures In the federal ID
seeking to have all the sgT,ss}
land decided to the states. uLSs0
certainty would destroy IL
range. ms II would then L. o.. 4
Ing by private Individuals. EhrA
subject IL To the fnyorIiisfn q. ra
gangs. which Inns bccn 20 rais.;rI
onsiratcd during the last stat, nj
istrniion.
We arc perfectly Willing 10 "a
the burden OF the peoples lui.-s1
on q calm and careful cuns!,ls-is,
this bill ms II reads. and TiaFiBrssl1
those who ARE engaged In The IN,
industry upon III. plains. III I'd
drafted TO meet conditions sis,}
that county. aud not r1nilioss
may exist In the mnunilinJa, I'd
Of the state.
In conclusion I wish 10 ,iy d
there ~ any just criticism ulta
bc made upon this ATTEMPTED n
tlon. IL should fnii no, uIun Joe
mn mr. ru,l the asitiFEus ytfa, -
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-10-19
A FEW DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.

Merely to expose the sham Of Mr..
Bryan's present antitrust campaign.
we elite below few OF the trusts-only
those with <lO.O00.00O or more capital
i.at!on-orSan.kcd before MIR. Mckin.
icy's Inauguration. AMI protected and
nurturcd by the Democracy between
March !, 1895. and March I, 1897:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-10-19
Judge Northcutt's Letter.


District Court Chambers
Third judicial District of Colorado
Jesse G. Northcutt. Judge.
[CopyI
Trinidad. Colorado, Sept. IL. 1000.
Hon. Il. o. Wolcott, Denver. Colorado;
Dear Scnator-I have just read an in
tervicw from Governor Thomas In last
evenings issue of the Denver Post. in
which he attacks You for your action in
introducing in the Senate what he re-
fers to as the "Baca land bill"
Being more familiar with the origin
Of the hill in question. and the condi-
lions. abuses and burdens which sur-
gested the thought of drafting 1t, than
you-who introduced 1t Mt my request
I feel that I should advise you of the
same.
In the opening permit me to say that
your are at liberty to make any use of
this communication which may sup-
gest itself to you. I certainly wish any
odium which may attend that which
was Intended as n lludablc undcrtok
ing to fall where 1t belongs, and not
upon you.
Baca Is one of the many counties
which found Its organization and crco-
ton during the boom days of the great
plains of Colorado and Kansas. II is
beyond the irrigation district and is do.
voted almost exclusively to the live
stock industry. Its mining possibilities
though promising are yet but meagerly
developed.
This county, from the year 1886 to
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Unpaid Tox,, and A,,..rm,,,t.

The special committee of the common council appointed to look into the mat ter of unpaid taxes and assessments held an executive session last night and received from Director Troup of the department of public works and from Tax Collector Anthony statements which the committee had requested them to submit. MT. Troup's statement was concerning public Improvements which have been carried out for which assessments had been laid but not yet paid. MT. Anthony's statement was as to the number of delnquents in the matter of paying taxes of all kinds, in- cluding the military tax. The commit tee refused to give out the figures sub mitted by the two gentlemen last night having decided not to give them out un- til the committee report was submitted to the commof council. Several more meetings will be held and more infor- nation collected if possible before a re- port with accompanying recommenda- tions is formulated. The next meeting will be held at the call of the chair man.
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FRENCH'S RECoNNoISSANCE.
Found BOers Strongly Posted at Riet-
 fontetn-A Slight Brush.

Rensberg, Cape Colony, Friday, Jan 26--General French reconnoitered yes- terday beyond Bastard's Nek with a force of Hussars, Innskillings. four guns of the Royal Artillery, Mounted Infantry, the Yorkshire Wiltshire and a portion of the Essex regiment. Turn ing to the northeast he approached the Boer position at Rietfontein, nine miles southwest of Colesberg, on the wagon bridge road, which the enemy have been fortifying with a view of falling back when they evacuate Colesberg.
 Cautiously approaching, General French shelled the enemy, who replied with artillery and infantry fire. The British were we'll protected and suf- fered but little. An officer and nine men were wounded, one of the latter of whom has since died and three men are missing AS the Boers were found in great force confirming the reported re- inforcement, and in a strong position, General French discontinued the attack and returned to camp.
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Breaking n Picket Fence.

Charles Daum, who lives on Daven- port avenue, was arrested last evening by Patrolman Dargan on the charge of injury to private property. It seems that about 10 o'clock Dargan saw par ty of young men walking out Temple street, and near the corner of Temple and Grown, just opposite the Young Mems Republican club, he saw one of them strike the picket fence with his fist and break a picket Dargan was some distance away, but spotted the malefactor by means of a white hat which the latter wore. Dargan followed up the crowd and arrested Daum on the charge of having done the damage. He was released under $75 bonds.
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THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS
Restored Engtsseer Henry Johnson ts
 His Former POsittOm.

The board of fire commissioners held regular meeting last night. After ap- proving the payroll and bills to the amount of $3,75624 reports were heard from various committee The commit tee on horses and harness reported that three new horses were being tried, which, if found to be satisfactory for the purposes of the department, would be recommended for purchase. The committee on supplies reported that it was deemed advisabl to use new im- proved hydrant and recommended that when new hydrants are required here- after the new kind be put in. The rec ommendation was adopted.
 Henry Johnson, who a year ago was reduced from engineer to assistant en- gineer after trial on charges preferred against him, was restored last night to his former position of engineer. Will liam C. Footes hoseman at No. 9's house, was promoted from the third grade to the second grade. A representative of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph of New York was present and explained to the board the advantages of a dry battery manufactured by his
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RUSSIA AND PERSIA.
Former Guarantees Loan of 22,5OO,OO0
 koubIcs Political significance.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 30.--It Is semi officially announced that the govern ment at the request of the government of Persia and in view of the good rela- tions between the two governments has authorized the loan Bank of Persia to take up the loan of 22,500000 roubles about to be issued In Persia under the designation of the per cent Persian gold loan of 1900. The loan bank, there fore, has contracted to take up the loan which is repayable in seventy-five years, guaranteed by all the Pefsian customs receipts except the revenues of the custom house of Ears and the GUS toms house of the Persian gulf. In the event of delay in payments the loan bank will have the right to control the custom houses. Persia undertakes to redeem all former foreign obligations out of the new loan and not to con- tract another foreign loan until the new loan is paid off without the con- sent of the loan bank. Russia guaran- tees the bonds of the Persian loan.
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The Chief and Captain Suspended-Se- riOus Chnr9es Made.

|
 New Britain, Conn, Jan. 3O.-The
 citizens of this city were given great surprise this evening when 1t was an-
 Johnson and Captain John O'Donnell
 had been suspended from duty this af-
 ternoon pending hearing on charges preferred against them by Dr. Thomas Muligan. The nearing will be given | Thursday evening
 l The charges allege that money had been taken from prisoners in the police station and kept from them and that men arrested have been subsequently released on the payment of money and one charge specifics that woman, who would have been an important witness in the Herrick murder trial of several years ago, had been spirited away by connivance with the officers The charges have been put in writing and are voluminous.. It Is understood that the charges were made last November. Many of the citizens who are well ac- quainted with both officers, and also know the clashes that Dr. Mulligan has had with the police do not hesitate ito say that it is aniInus that has prompted him.
 Both Chief Johnson and Captain +O'Connell were formally notified by Chairman Andrews of the police board that 1t was decided to suspend the of- ficers pending the hearing. He called at the police station late this afternoon to notify the officers. The police board met last night astensibly for another purpose, but in reality to consider the charges The members of the police board are being freely cvriticised for their apparent haste in suspending the officers previous to granting them a hearing.
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Monday Night Closing.

The committee representing the clerks of the large department stores of the city held meeting in the Tontine hotel last evening to discuss the suggested movement towards securing the closing of the stores Monday evenings. About fifteen gentlemen were present, includ- ing Colonel John G. Healy, Timothy Laffiin, Morris Bernstein, T. F. Fogarty. Those present favored the Monday night closing movement, but the mat ter will come up at another meeting before definite action is taken. It is probable that ultimately petition urg- ing Monday night closing will be drawn up and presented to the heads of the large stores.
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NOT TO HE ACQUIRED.
Plan to Combine Iron md Steel Com-
 pantes baM d Oned.


 Philadelphia, Jan. 30.-The opposition of the minority stockholders of the New Haven Steel & Iron company and Sus- quehanna Steel & Iron company to the acquisition of their companies by the Atlantic Iron & Steel company, has re- The directors of the former company met a committee of minority stock holders to-day and agreed to dispense with further negotiations. It was fur ther agreed that committee repre- senting the majority and minority shareholders should prepare plans for reorganizat ton upon a sound financial basis, which shall include the erection of mills at Columbia, Pa.
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SAVED BURNING SHIP.
ord Dominion Liner Princess Anne Has
 Narrow Escape.

New York, Jan. 30.-The Old Domin- ion line steamer Princess Anne, bound to this port from Norfolk, when off the Highlands at 12 o'clock midnight, was discovered to be on fire in the hold The matches were kept battened down and all haste was made for her dock, which was safely reached at a. m
 her thirty passengers meanwhile keep ing calm and showing no panic what ever. At the dock the hatches were opened and the fire was found to be in the cotton. All the men that could be collected were set to work and discharg- ing began with all speed and as each burning bale was thrown out on the dock the hose was turned on In this way the fire was put out without the steamer sustaining any damage About fifty bales of cotton were damaged.
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THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
GoEBgI DECLARED ELECTED.
Decision Rendered as He Lay at tke
 Point of Death.

VOhnI OI Dc0tns
 Frankfort. Ky, Jan. 30.-While Will liam Goebel lay at the point of death the contesting boards which for two weeks had been listening to the evil dence in his contest for the governors S chair declared him entitled to the seat. The boards having in charge the con- tests between Goebel and Taylor for governor and Beckham and Marshall for lieutenant governor met tonight to consider the evidence submitted to them and prepare their report to the legisla- ture. A few legal authorities were read. The vote was then taken, and by a strict party vote of 10 to 1 William Goebel was declared to have been legal ly elected governor of Kentucky The Beckham- Marshall contest was then voted upon, and strict party vote of 9 to settled this matter. Each one of the members of both committees an- nounced that he had made up his mind as to the merits of the case and voted promptly as his name was called.
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Horse Badly Injured.

Yesterday afternoon as P. McGovern tea merchant, was driving up Grand avenue with his delivery wagon, his horse slipped in front of the power house and fell heavily to the ground. The horse was badly injured and was unable to get up. Dr. M. J. Adams, agent of the Connecticut Humane so- ciety, was called and had the horse taken in a horse ambulance to his barn. There it was found that the animal was so badly injured that it would never be of more use and Dr. Adams ordered 1t shot to put it out of pain Patrolman J. B. Roche shot the animal
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OBJECT OF IRISH UNITY.
To Push Reforms and Assist Boers in
 Rriinin,a Criaia.

Brttntn's Crisis.
 | London, Jan. 30.-John Redmond to-
 day made the following statement to a
 representative of the Associated Press:
 '"The crisis in imperial affairs the con- sequences of which no man can foresee,
 My resolution was accepted unanimous ly, chiefly because of the desire to ena-
 ble Ireland to make herself felt, at this
 juncture, in pushing Irish reforms and
 in assisting the gallant South African republics to maintain their independ- ence The first act of the reunited Irish will be move to an amendment to the address in favor of the Boers. This duty has been contided to me. l regard the reunion, on ParnelPs principles of inde- pendence, as genuine. One question, that of the chairmanship, will not be settled for some days. But I think a unanimous selection will be made''
 Lobby gossip at Westminster this eve- ming attaches more than usual import ance to the meeting of the Irish nation aliets, inasmuch as the event formally ends the former alliance between the larger section of the Irish nationalists and the supporters of Gladstone. To- days reunion Is based upon the princi- pie that the united party must be "ab- solutely independent of all British par ties.' One of the articles of the new agreement Is that the first chairman is to be taken from the ParneIlite section, and there are many things which indi- cate the selection of John Redmond, whose amendment to the address will be as follows:
 That the war now being waged in South Africa is unnecessary and un- just, and has already entailed grievous suffering, not only on the people of the South African republics but on the peo- pie of the United Kingdom, and that the time has come when it should be brought to a close on the basis of a rec ognition of the Transyaa and the Or ange Free State.'
 It is assumed that, whether MT. Red mond is selected or not, the parliamen- tary tactics of the party will assume more of the cumulative character which he favors, Of the eighty nationalist members fifty three were present at to- days meeting. l
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HARVARD PROFESSOR DIES.
Charles F. Dunbar, Head of Departme n t
 ofPolittcnl Economy.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 30.--A des- patch from Chicago was received here to-day announcing the death of Charles Franklin Dunbar, professor of political economy at Harvard university. Pro- ity on. political economy and was wide ly known. He went to Chicago during the Christmas vacation to attend a convention and while there was taken ill and died this forenoon. Professor Dunbar has been connected with liar ward since 1874 He was at one time a manager editor of the Boston Adver- tiser
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German View.

Berlin, Jan. 30.-The National Zeit- ung, referring to the Russian loan says: There is no doubt that Persia will hereafter be absolutely dependent upon Russia. The latter may have made a doubtful financial bargain, but politically regarded the question is un- doubtedly of the highest importance"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-31
TWICE ATTACHED.
Grocer Keefc Then Made n Voluntary
 Assignment 10 W. H. Douglass.


 Assignment to ". H. Douglass.
 James A. Keefe, a grocer at the cor ner of Dwight street and Edgewood avenue was doubly attached yesterday on claims of the Merwin Provision Co. and J. D. Dewell & Co.,, amounting in all to about $500. Attorney James D. Dewell jr., went up to MT. keefe's s place in the morning with the claim of the Merwin Provision Go. and as Mr. Keefe refused to pay any attention to the claim Attorney Dewell attached the store and put a sheriff and keeper in charge, who were there all day yester- day.
 Yesterday afternoon Attorney Dewell again attached the place on claim of J. D. Dewell Ss Go. A few minutes be- fore o'clock MT. Keefe in the probate court made a voluntary assignment to William H. Douglass of Dillon & Douglass,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-31
Found Dead iu Il saloon.

Stamford, Jan. 30.-George J. Van Horne, aged forty, was found dead in closet connected with Fox's saloon at s ap. m. to-day. Near the body was a revolver with which the man had shot himself some time previously De- spondency is believed to have been the cause of the deed. He leaves a fam iiy
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Go.b.l,s Condition .ttrta,,rh.

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 30.-At midnight MT. Goebel was resting easily, but was very weak. All of the physicians are agreed that if he lives through the night the chances are in his favor, but, with one exception, all of them saH that he is almost certain to die before morning.
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NIT. helms fscIIRr

Hon. Edward J. Phelps ex-minister to England, who is i'll at his home here, with pneumonia, was reported yester- day considerably improved. The phy- sician says however, that the danger point has not yet been passed.
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GEN. EULER STILL HOPEFUL
BELIETES KEYTO LADYSMITH H. s
 BEEN GAINED.
Tells Ills Troops Not to Think All Their in the Besieged Town Within Week
 -Queen Sends Message to the Sol-


 London, Jan. 30.-The Cape Town cor respondent of the Daily Mail telegraph ing yesterday says: General Butler yesterday (Monday) read the following message from the queen to Sir Warren's s force I must express my admiration of the troops during the past trying week and especially of those regiments you specify, and of the accomplishment of your arduous march,
 General Butler told the men that they ought not to think because they had retired from their position that all their work was of no avail. On the contrary, in his opinion they had gain ed the key of the road to Ladysmith, in which he hoped to be within week. General Butler then called for cheers for the queen, which were heard for miles around'
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BoMBARDMENT OF K1MBEH1EY
| 3s0 Shells Sent Into the n-Eavorite Target the uospttat.

Kimberley, Friday, Jan. 26. The bombardment which lasted all day long yesterday was resumed this morning. The Boers sent 3S0 shells into all parts of Kimberley. There were several casualties, including a woman and child. The favorite target appears to have been the hospital. A shrapnel shell exploded close to hearse which was proceeding to the cemetery and shell burst in the cemetery during the funeral.
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London View OfIt.

London, Jan. 30.-There is a wide spread idea here that the Persian loan has finally accomplished Russia's long laid plans to obtain complete political and financial control of Persia with the double object of busting the British and assuring Russia an outlet on the Persian gulf.
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BOer Shell Factory Gone.

London, Jan BOA despatch from Durban says a refugee from Johannes burg reports the destruction of the Boer shell factory at that place on Jan uary 20. The loss, it is added, is ire parable.
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The Bo.r Version.

Lourenzo Marquez, Jan. 29.-Special despatches from Pretoria, dated Thurs day, January 25, report that a collision occurred at Crocodile Pool between Boer outposts and the British, who were In overwhelming force The burghers at first retired, but on being reinforced drove the British from their position. The Boers had two wounded.
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POl0.

Hartford, Jan. 30-Tom Cotter was not in the game tonight and Hartford had hard time in defeating Water bury. Score-Hartford 6, Waterbury. 5,
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possmnsterni stpFIiur.

Washington Jan. 3O.-G. M. Hunt was to-day appointed postmaster (fourth- class) at Sterling, Conn.
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vention to limit and hinder the impor- tation of arms and ammunition into the Transvaal through Lourenzo Marquez. Continuing, the premier said:
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In the House of Com m Q E.

In the House of Commons Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, commenting on the queens speech, said he had seldom known so little to be said in such a large number of words As, however, the war advanced it became more diffi- cult and more critical and he was not surprised that the government had not proposed a formidable programme of legislation, as affairs in South Africa, political and military. would undoubted- ly engage the present parliament to a great extent. The war was uppermost
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Urged to Prepare for All Eventualities- The Opposition Willing to do All Pos- sible for a Successful Prosecution of the War-LOrd Snlisbury's Defense portatiOn of Arms s-Calls for Unity to Meet inc Danger er-Reference to Ameri- can Civil War.