Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

NAsht VI Abt 's- -. ~. III loNsHS. hlih III
hiE home in Minneapolis from "a disease
pronounced hardening NJ The bthln. n
\ duel To the death WAS fought 10y
Emmett Coy aud BOIifncIo Perez,
cowmcn. IN Iiislgo county. T-saS, NJ
loo yards. Winch~s;crs were used.
Both men fell dead n ,hclr tracks.
II IL estimated that :Io.0fo people Wis.
itei Louisville during The recent cn'
campmenr oi the Confederate veterans.
General Jose NJ. Hernandez. the rev.
o!utlonnry leader II Columbia. hns been
captured by government troops. The
revolution IL now considered ended.
Dr. W. i. Arnold. the naval surgeon.
has arrived nj Berlin from Paris and
IL making Interesting Investigations
and experiments In connection with
the healing Of wounds and the killing
OF yellow fever gcrms hy the applica-
ton OF Intense electric Hight.
Two young women. armed with re-
voivcr-, giving their names as Gcrtic
and Winnie Pisr. broke Into and looted
the residence OF T.. y. Nolcman. at
Irvinrton. Illinois. In broad daylight.
The family WIS absent. Tile two girls
stole clothing and S:i In money. They
were arrested.
Chairman Bal,cock Of the Republican
National Congressional committee has
decided 10 remove Its headquarters
from Washington To Chicnr" and be.
gin business Immediately after the ma
tional convention. on the theory that
the most vigorous campaign VIII DC
fought In the West. .#.
The secretary Of war has awarded
the contract for the construction OF
brcakwaier at san Pedro. California. to
the California Construction Company nj
Its bid OF x..a15.Upp. The original coti.
tractors for this work failed In the per-
formnncr Of contract requirements, AMI
their contract was nnnuilcd.
The vIccroy OF India tcicgrnpis that
good rain has fallen In M!sorc nnd that
scattered showers have fallen else.
where. The cholera In many parts OF
Bombay and l,aJu'nna has not nbaied.
and IL causing much mortality and I'm.
pc,ics the relief work. There are now
a.,3o.cCS persons In receipt OF relief.
The mystery connected with the
wrcckinr Of the Lake Shore fast mail
recently. In which two lives were lost.
hns been cleared 10y the admission OF
John Franz. u irackwalkcr. that he
opened u switch io make repairs. anu
had forgotten to close II until u was
too late. Frank expressed great sric'
Tor his carclcssrcss.
General. the Marquis de Galllfc;. the
French minister OF war. las resigned
II Is officially announced ihn' his sue
ccssur ~ General Andre. In his letter
10 VI. Walicck- -l,oussenu. the premier.
asking him to place the resignation III
the hands OF the president OF the ~.
public, General lie Gallifet pleads III
/ fuf Ills Isst.tstrn.
The entire property known ns the
Cupplcs shipping station. situated III
the wholesale business district OF St
Ioui.. In. been decided To Washing
ton University by Samuel cupplcs,
one OF St. Louis foremost merchants,
and ,nbcrt =. Brookin;s. u capitalist.
This Immense gift Is Of u par value OF
81. 900 900. and Il will place the uni
vcrsity among the richly endowed col
lcgcs OF the country. -
The passengers on the sleeping ear
on the Missouri Pacific express. We're
held M and robbed near Falls CITY,
Nebraska, OH the 18th. by n lone high
wny,nnp. Nftcr the trnin lcr Neruon
he entered the sleeper and compcilcu
the porter. mt the point Of revolver.
10 prccctlc and nid him. He worked
fust. and In fifteen minutes jumped OIL
the train, when 1t Stacked up near stci-
In, keeping the passengers back ut the
point OF his revolver.
There Is every reason to believe tlnt
the fire In the Calumet and Hccln mine
~ under control and that II cannot
last much longer. All shafts except
five of the Hccla branch have been
blockcd with air at the mouth to pre-.
vent air from entering ana inhhinS
the flames. Little gas " escaping any
where, and the mine people believe Inc
fire is dying out. The shafts VIII not
be opcned until II Is known that the
fire Is cNtinguishcu.
Proportional representation, which
received it's first trial In Belgium IN
the recent elections. Is II system which
In the view OF all the newspapers OF
BRUSSELS will put an end TO polticai
bntrcds and intestine disorders. Inc
EtoiIc Beige. liberal and royalist, con-
siders that the new system VIII sup.
press tile small parties, while the oh.h-
ollie royulist and governmental Jour
nal dc Bruxcllcs proclaims the result
as n sweeping victor! ior ''e 'n'''e'''
1t represents.
nv majority of nearly 10000 the
ucoplc of Nirginin last Tuesday dcciu-
rd TO have u revision OF their cohsti-
tuition for the purpose of depriving the
coiorcd population of the right Of suf,
r,,yc 40 far as can be done without
nnnt,ictinr with the constitution of the
United Stntcs: and 1t is u curious fac,
that the counties in which the colored
nopulation prcdominntcs gave the inrg
est majoritics in favor of constitutional
revision and that the white counties
gave the largest majoritics against II.
A special to the New York Herald
from Montreal says: The Dominion
government secret service has discov-
crcd that Carl Dullman. J. Nolan and
John Walsh. convicted OF trying to de-
stroy the Welland canal, came to can
ada for the express purpose OF wreak-
in,r vengeance on the colony for having
sent troops to South Africa: that they