Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-18
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

on the lIih
by the narrow margin OF two votes,
the HOUSE decided against nbolIshin.
the death I'cnaliy In Massachusetts.
The Fr'Hch government has deter
mined not to permit American militia
organizations To visit the Paris cxposi.
tion in II body.
Two girls wcr. killed and several
persons Injured in iir- nt Chicago
which destroyed III. Hotel Helene. on
Fifty-ihiui street. Four OF the injured
will probably die.
". ossurir'h.a wealthy yacht owner
ut Antwerp. hns dismissed his English
crew nnd hns substituted Bclsinns,
Other Eclsian shlpUwncrs arr expected
To follow NJ. OssIcr-ith's example by
way Of venting their wrath lccausc OF
the TransvaAl war.
No small political sensation has been
created at New York by the announce.
mcnt that General benjamin +. Tracy
VIII soon leave senator I. q. Piatts
law firm. II i ruinorc,i also that Cen
cral 1sncy ani Senator riait Will sever
their long sIandln: political relations.
The cmlErnnts who sailed from IRE.
men this year between the months OF
January and April numbered Si.vbs.
Last year the number was only 10000.
while In is:ts l, was .I.OvJ. The cmt
grants who sali.! for Brazil nnd Ar
Icntina this year up to the end OF
April numbered only 3so.
As II r-sul, OF the wanamak.r- Eng
iIsh episode. the Municipal League will
hold u inaSs meeting saturday evening
Ito protest against the attempt upon
the part OF hlch city officials To restrict
the right Of free speech and free criti.
cism by ihrais to use official power In
an assault upon private character.
\ thrcccandic power incandcsccnt
lamp has lscn perfected by Thomas \.
Edison. Jr. the Use OF which. II u
claimed. will prevent coliicry disasters.
Application has been made To James j..
Hrodcrick, chief OF the bureau OF mines
Of Pennsylvania. TO or'icr the usc OF
the Edison system In place OF oil and
gasoline lamps.
The Shanghai correspondent OF the
London Express sends a sensational
message regarding the revolutionary
temper OF the southern China PROV
inccs. into which .O.UJO Mauscr rifles
were recently imported. Mandnrins.
he says, are joining the movement
NEUIuSt tit EsuptcNr anu Is Etdh - ss"s
fire the train ut nny moment.
The relations between the Transvani
and the Portuguese appear TO b.
strained. The Portuguese consul at
Pretoria. according to reports from
Lisbon. has been ordered by President
krucgcr to leave the country. The
Portuguese declaration making food
and clothing contrntand has nearly
destroyed the usefulness Of Dclngon
bay TO the Transraal.
The forty.sixth annual meeting Of
the Western Unitarian conference bc.
gan mt Chicago on the 18th and will
continue until Thursday night. The
conference belongs TO the American
Unitarian Association. II includes the
churches In the states OF Illinois. Min.
ncsotn. Wisconsin. Michigan. Ncbras.
ka. the Dakotas, Missouri. Ohio and
Kentucky. numbering 100. and with
membership Of 25.O00.
The most efficient officers Of the in-
spcction service have been detailed to
conduct the inquiry into the Cuban
postofiicc affair. The list includes Cap.
tain william II. Smith. inspector In
charge OF the Washington division OF
postofiicc inspectors. NJ. {. Fosnes, in-
spcctor OF the Philadelphia division.
and G. NJ. Waters OF the Denver divi.
sion. They will have rs assistants one
or two field inspectors, and will pro-
coed TO Cuba at once.
The budget committee OF the German
has concluded the debate OH
the navy bill. after deciding that the
IL to come In force simultan-
cously with the amendments to the
stamp law and the customs tariff pro-
yiding the means for the increased ma
val expenditures. The committee also
resolved that should the naval esti-
mates exceed the 5i.OOO.OOO marks thus
provided. the excess must not be COW
cred by indirect taxation.
English Insurance companies did
business In the United States in 1900
NJ loss OF approximately S3.OoO.mh.
Their premium receipts aggregated
SIS. .S00.0TO. while their losses and cx-
pcnscs amounted to Si1.Ho5.S'5. The
OF deficit was seven and
one .half-the heaviest in the history
of British underwriting in America
for the last quarter century. The
complain of the high taxes
levied upon them in America.
The treasury agents in Boston think
they uncarthcd one of the greatest
schemes to dcfrnud the customs that
has ever been turned up. The facts
have come out with the seizure by
Special Agent Bum of 100 sacks of
wool valued at $4,000. The seized
wool was gathered up in Boston, in
Lawrence. Mass. and in Bristol r. l.
rhc special say that as near as they
AN estimate $4,000 worth of wool
ins been smugglcd into the country
through the port Of Boston during the
asst year.
The decree of the Supreme Court OF
Mexico affirming the claim of Mrs.
Mary ID. Grace of Syracuse. New York,
o the rich bismarck and Nacas mines
II Durango, has been carried out by the
.o,rts and Mrs. Grace is now In full
possession of the property. The two
mines are valued at S7.0OO.OOO. The
litigation for possession has been In
progress since 1SD5. and Mrs. Grace's
inal victory is well received by Amer
can investors In Mexico. who are