Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-06
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robbed OF $4,000 worth Of diamonds
and jewelry the other night.
Much distress prevails among the
poor OF Sweden. Applications for relief
at the Stockholm poorhouse never
were more numerous than this winter.
The condition Of the Boer prisoners nt
Cape Town Is deplorablc. The medi-
cal authorities seem unable to cope
with the spread OF typhoid fever. from
which many are dying.
City Chamberlain seymour Lowman
OF Ilmirn. New York, says that ttie
shortage OF his predecessor. Frank u.
Bundy, Will undoubtedly reach SIo.uss'
according 10 the additional discrepan'
cics discovered during the past Week.
The Armenian revolutionary commis-
sion threatens 10 Kill the patriarch nid
| the president OF the national council ufi'
less they resign The Armenlans ac-
cuse the official and the prelate OF he
Ing IN sympathy with the Turkish govi
crnment.
A party Of Americans employed IN
| the construction OF the Mexican Cen
tral railroad near a'lajomulco uncnrtli'
cd a big collection of prehistoric relies
and nm eartlicn Jar containing xlS,VOp
In old Spanish gold. The wealth was
divided among the discoveries.
John watIka. u Seminole Indian. was
given fifty lashcs on his bare back nj
Wewoka, Indian territory. The Hog.
ging was delivered In public. aud hun.
,ire,is witnessed II. Watikn was con-
vlcic1 recently upon Two charges OF lar,
ccny. and had also deserted his wife.
Henry Dors, killed himself at Venice.
Illinois. by drinking u quart OF whisky
without removing his lips from the bot
tie except TO catch Ills breath between
guips. lie and some companions had
bought u quar-, Of whisky. nnd one OF
them said he would pay for the con.
tents II Dorst would drink II all. This
be- did.
Cnrston T.. BcrchSrcvnik. leader OF
III. Ncwncs South Polar Expedition.
who arrived ut Campbciliown. New
Zealand. ON the :nd. tclcIraphs TO Sir
George Ncwncs that not only was the
south mngnctk. pole located. but the
expedition reached the furthcs, point
south. with sicigc. Of which there Is
any record. namely. latitude IS degrees
- minutes south.
The transport sheridan arrived nj
| SNu TruuttsCp y ttuu huht" W. shN 80.
She reported typhoid fever aboard nnd
was placed In quarantine. where she
will probably remain for several days.
The Sheridan brought from Manila 10
army prisoners. cirh,y-siS sick. eleven
insane and thirty.iwo discharged sol.
dicr,. nnd eleven navy prisoner. and
fourteen sick sailors.
In the Portuguese Chamber Of Dcpu.
~..tS "a
nounccsl that Great Britain had lie.
nandc,i Of Portugal consent to trans.
port British troops through Bcirn In &c.
cor,iancc with existing treaties. Por.
iugal has notified the Trnusvnnl gov.
crnmcuy OF Its decision. The minister
asserted that the relations between
Great Britain nnd Portugal Were most
cordial
Word has been received In New York
that the holy Office at Rome Inns rem
icrcd decision that Is looked upon ns
.unfavcrnbic to Catholic academies
throughout the country which accept
Protestant girls Ms pupils. This news
came from Quebec. where the sister s,i.
.pcrior Of girls academy received Into
the Institution three Protestant girls
whose families had agreed that they
were to bc treated as were Catholic
! pupils.
or ON zoology n, st. Mary's hospital
medical school. and professor OF biol.
ogy ut the University Of Luvain. long
recognized ms the leading scientist
within the Roman Catholic Church In
! England. Is dead. The late Dr. Mivnrt
was recently involved In n sharp con.
troycrsy with Cardinal Vaughn. arch
bishop OF Westminster. growing ont Of
certain articles he had contributed TO
the Nineteenth Century and the Fort
nightly Review. which were considered
hcrcticnl.
The steamship Alki arrived at Fort
! Townsend. Washington. from the north
| three days late. While leaving Dunbar
hay she collidcd with an iceberg.
| knocking q big hole in her bow. She
was headed for the beach. which she
reached in almost sinking condition.
Her pumps were kept working all the
way down. Her officers report Cross
sound as being filed with floating ice.
the result OF severe shocks OF earth.
quake which broke large quantities OF
Ice from glaciers and precipita,cd them
into the sea.
The American garrisons In the Phil.
| lpnines nave devised new scheme OF
dealing with the bandits. Every time
an American commissary train or con
voy Is attacked. or any Of the peaceful
natives are murdered and robbed. a
detail OF good men Is sent post haste
after the marauiers. In nearly every
ease the rebels have been badly pun.
ished. Al Palisa pass. where the nn-
tives had planned an ambush for Cap.
tain McGec, company II, 20th infantry.
fifteen men OF the same company were
sent out. They ran into another am.
bush and were attacked by force
twenty times their number. But the
American fire was so accurate and con.
tinuous that the rebels could not leave
the brush. SiNty-fve Filipinos surrcn.
dcrcd 10 seven men.
TRIES TO KILL PRINCE OF WALES