Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-11
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

Admiral and Mrs, Dewey were given
u royal welcome nj Memphis.
william Crowinshicld Entiicott. aged
- years. secretary of war during Pres
ldent clcvelnnd's first administration.
died NJ Boston ON the 9TH.
The enemies OF John ". Gates on the
board OF directors Of the American
Steel Company, have resigned. falling
in an attempt 10 oust Gates.
The combination Of briis. and siruc,
turnl companies. ~ II now stands. rrp-
rcscnts about IA per cent. OF the briis.
tonnage of the United States. The new
company IL capitalized nj s1o,opo.oOo,
The bubonlc plague, which is raylsh-
Ing the shores Of the lied Sea. IL rapid
ly increasing nj Hong Kong. whcr.
there have been siSty-iivc eases IN
twenty days. atsi spreading into addi-
tional towns In Australia.
The British iron ship Sierra Nevada,
Captain Scott. from Liverpool. Janu.
nry 10th. Tor Melbourne. was totally
wrecked outside the heads. Five OF
her crew We're saved. but II II believed
that twenty-five others. including the
captain. pcrished.
Mount Ncsuvius has been In a state
Of eruption for the past three days.
and explosions within the crater have
thrown lava and masses of rock 10 n
great height. last Tuesday night the
eruption WIS especially violent. and
was accompanied Icy m.nacinR rim,
blings.
The Argentine government has sent
nifty young men from the different
provinces tp bc educated In the axri-
cultural schools OF the United States.
The purpose OF the government II to
secure corps OF teachers FOR their
own agricultural schools. educated on
the American plan.
\ report comes from Troy. Bcrricn
county. In the extreme southwestern
part OF Michigan. that u shower Of To-
Gusts. millions In numbers. fell In that
section sunday. and that the insects
completely dcyastci the land Of all
vegetation. They iiilcd the air like n
cloud and dnrkcncd the view OF the
sun.
The total eclipse of the sun. sched.
uicd for the morning Of May 18th, Is re.
Iardc,i as an astronomical event of the
iirst capacity by the experts NJ the
Washington naval observatory. The
chief astronomers have decided To equip
two cxlctiitions-onc for Pinchurrt.
y. C.. and the other for Barncsvillc.
Ecorgin.
President Powell Of the Order Of
Hallway TcicTrnphcrs. has issued mn
order formally disseminating the strike
OF che Southern railway ,elesraphcr>
declared April II. 100. President Pow
I'll asserts that while the strike con
trovcrsy In ended the boycott feature
IN the Southern VIII bc continued by
the order.
Governor Roosevelt has granted the
rcluisition FOR the surrender Of George
". Hull. the Arizona millionaire mine
owner. who II wanted In Providence
III the charge OF perjury. II Is claimed
that Hull In mn action for divorce
against his wife sworc falsely that he
,nd been u resident OF the state OF
rhode Island FOR u year.
The brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
,inccrs met Mt Milwaukee on the 9th,
In the fourth biennial convention. with
800 delegates present. Grand Chiet
Arthur. In his address, referred to the
prosperous condition OF the order and
said that the organization had always
maintained that the only way to settle
differences that are sure to arise Is 10y
arbitration.
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