Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-07-13
TELEGRAPH ITEMS,
1,hs Orcron bas been fioated.

ceived In Seattle Sunday.
The governments surplus for the
fiscal year just ended was $sl,22O.II'.
The Rev. O. NJ. Sheldon Is drawing
great crowds to his meetings In Lon
don.
Crowds greeted Governor Roosevelt
st Kansas and Missouri towns ana lie
spoke briefly.
Rear Admiral Philip. who command
ed the Texas at the battle OF Santiago
died Saturday.
Two passengers We're killed and thir-
ty-three wounded In railroad wreck
In Montana Tuesday.
officials OF the Chicago sub-treasury
say the call for silver Is the heaviest
ever known for June.
Pennsylvania crew won the inter.
collegiate boat race at PoushIeepsie.
Wisconsin was second.
Western roads decide To stop pay
mcnt OF commissions to tourist aGcn'
cics on January !. 1901.
The Amnigamated Copper companies
Of Butte rcfus. TO conccde the eight
hour day 10 their employees.
! Diplomatic representatives of foreign
nations were or,icr,-i to leave Pckin
June 10Th. but refused TO go.
The Danish West indies have asked
that steps be taken toward their nn'
ncsntIon to the United States.
Lord Roberts troops are being ni'
tackled on every hand by Bocrs and In
three days the British losses have been
more than 100.
Germany has been aroused by the
murder Of Baron Won kcticlcr and
large land and naval forces Will be
/ hurried to China.
! One hundred and sixty arc known TO
he dead from the North German Lloyd
IRE at iIobokcn. nin-ty.fivc are miss.
Ing and 80 additional unaccoun'cd for.
Tie steamer DiriIo has arrived from
Sknswny. She brings ten boxes OF gold
dust valued nt nearly SsDp!pcO. The
Diri.o carried scvcniy.two passengers.
mostly from Dawson.
General Aluino. prominent leader OF
] Philippine Insufgcnt forces. surrender.
I c,i Internationally to First Lieutenant
John o'Conncll. with Mncnbct-. scouts
on June osi,h. with sixty.four rifles and
ammunition.
The commanders Of the allies In Ticn
| Tsin inform the correspondents that II
would be suicide TO attempt 10 reach
Pckin with the troops now available.
In the face OF the colossal force OF Inn
pcrini troops and Boxers occupying the
country between Ticn.Tsin and Pcsin.
The Nome beach for three miles
above and below the town is alive with
miners digging for gold. while tons
upon tons Of miners supplies. mnchin-
cry and general merchandise lies
strcwn about unprotected from sun or
rain. A large number of guards are
employed protecting the merchandise.
The conccnsus Of opinion anon. mill.
tnry and naval authorities Ii tina; Il
will require ut least 10000 men to res
cue the Europeans In Pckin. The allies
have to hold Taku In strength and the
occupation of strategic points on the
railroad TO Tien Tsin will lie most dif-
hcult. Ticn Tsin itself will be most
strongly held.
union Association organized for the en-
suing year ns follows: President. Cap.
tain McClintock. Il troop. Arizona:
Captain Fritz Muller. r troop. New
Mexico. first Vice president; Lieutenant
John Grccnnwny. q troop. Arkansas.
second vice president. and secretary
and treasurer. Charles Hunter. ID troop.
Enid. Oklahoma.
According to nm official of the Wells
Fargo company. five men connected
with the Cochise train robbery. includ-
Ing stiles. whose capture took place on
Sunday. have been run down and are In
jail ut various places. He refuses TO
say where they are. but he said that
detectives nre In possession OF clues
which Will lead to sensational arrests
of persons not under suspicion.
United States Commissioner General
Peck gave grand dinner last Friday
with covers for 100 In the United Stntes
pavilion Mt Paris In honor Of the Amer.
lean Jurors on the committee of
awards. This is the first time big
banquet has been attempted in the
American building In the Street Of the
Nations. The Jurors have about COM
pleted their lnbors and this Is the fare.
well function. ns most OF them are on
the point of returning home.
Three Chinese servants OF foreigners
have. 1t Is rumored from good source
escaped from Pekin. They report that
all the foreigners. 1000 In number. in.
Guiding 400 soldiers, 100 members OF
the Chinese customs staff and num-
Der OF women and children held out
till their ammunition was exhausted in
the British legation. The legation was
hnnlly burned and NIL the foreigners
Killed. they assert. 1t Is reported that
kwan Hsu and the dowager empress
have been poisoned.
The correspondent of the Denver
| News. writing of Governor Thomas
speech at Kansas City. says: "Govenor
Thomas speech will read better than II
sounded. The designers of the conycn.
tion hall foolislily placed the rostrum
almost exactly in the center of the
building. and Demosthencs himself
would be Mt n disadvantage with 6.OOO
| or more persons behind him whichever
way he turned. The arrangement places
| nll the speakers at n serious disndynnt-
age and makes almost impossible the
| dnllYnrY Of SIlnll annaah Al.