Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-08-03
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.


Bryan Is 10 address the Grand Army |
OF the Republic at Its encainpment In
Chicago.
The Kansas Populist convention re-
fused to endorse Jerry Simpson for
United States senator.
Ex-Reprcscntative George n. Cur
tls OF Iowa has declined the Office Of
first assistant postmaster general.
The Postofiicc Department Will issue
an order In n day or two extending the
privilege of domestic rates Of postnIc
to United States soldiers serving In
China.
4 firc nj Yuma. Arizona. which start
ci at 10 o'clock last night swept Main
street from First To Jones, destroying
everything In Its path. The total loss
was $25.Op.
After long period ~ detention ns
Fort Sill. Gcronimo. one Of the most
blood.thirsty Indians That ever figured
In history. has gone stark mad. He is
q prisoner NJ Fort Sili. u. I.
One Of the worst fires ever known In
northern Montana II now raging In the
Swan LAX. country. on the western
part Of the Lewis AMI Clarke forest re-
serve. Indians deliberately set IRE TO
tho timber aud are slnu.hicrtns the
gnmc.
Chief Hale Of tile Kansas City frc
dcpurtm<n, with thirty men has start.
ci for rnris to compete In the intcrnn.
tionai frcm.n'- tournament next
month. After tim, Chief Hale and HIS
men will make an exhibition tour
through western Europe.
A terrific engagement stiii continues
0...s n if,ps,lts
Insurgents around Panama. but the
former arr still holding their ground.
Many have i-rn Killed and wounded.
1ud n four -lI.ur-' nrinisticc wns agreed
iron To attend the wounded and bury
The dead.
1sci,ort> fr"n vatiou. I'.ini~ in Texas
show that ..UDb'D pounds OF wool nrc
t.riur held ia the state hrcnu-c grow.
.rs refuse io acc-I't current prices. anu
ths.rc IL .-rrhap. as much more held nj
ut,couni-si point. nnd on ranches. Tic
:rpwcrr have held conference nnd
n.rccsi',- iirii the entire clip Indefinite
~.
The f,.u steamer Deutschland. Cap.
tain n -. from Nrw York. arrived
=, piyoa nth at s:5O o'clock ON the :tth'
! m l~rss l.lcn ssts eastward. making
/, rrcuri rim of nsc days. fourteen
hour. and six minu,r>. despite TWO
lays Of fog. Her biggest days rus
wa. made ON July i'Nh ,hcr second day
s,it,, when .spi miic- were logged.
Henry e. Frye. president Of the Na.
tiunai t;ia.- Company, announces 'hai
ny- of the companys plant. VIII 't' ~.
moved from Indiana TO the Iftt.burS
district n. soon as Proirr sites can "
secured. This win affect over 5Up
woTkm.n. The reason. given Tor the
chang. are that the supply OF natural
gas In Indiana !. diminishing aud that
the Ohio river provides unusual facil'
lite. for reaching the southern markets.
Union notormcp arr prosecuting Wig
ornti.ly the strike ON the bali1. Con
1 ..Iisiatcd :strcct railway. hacked by tis
,n,ir- organized labor forc'- OF IN.
city. ". II. Mahun of Detroit. Michi
ran nr..i.i.ut Of the Amaiganatcd As
-osiailan OF stree; Railway Employees,
I'm. went q" Dallas To take charrc oi
IN. strike. The Dallas Typographical
union i,a..c,l u resolution lining any
member riding on the system - TOT
each off-nsc.
Amid great military. civil aud rclie.
IONS to,np on the eth. the Nicataruap
and Costa isica government engineers.
pnJ 4. l.. Alexander Of South Carolina,
arbitrator cf the boundary dispute bc
tween Nicaragua ani Costa Ricn. ap
poip,c,i by President Cleveland. sign.
s,l the maps iclimiiing the boundary
recently agreed upon. This ceremony
t,r,pinnt,,i h Dispute which has often
Threatened war between the i've gov.
rrnmcuis during the last forty ycass.
The Chinese population of Chicago Is
p,rturhrd over the reports from the
various parts Of the city that because
Of Caucs,-ian aBtipathy aroused by the
trouble i'm the Celestial empire, a boy
c,,t has been Instituted against Chi.
n,sc launtirics and truck farms. WI
Suur Lee. q banker in Chinatown. and
proItably the richest Mongolian III the
city, SAYS he had bccn forced To s,is.
pcnd business during the last week.
ami Chinese iaunirics generally report
n falling OF of fifty per cent. in their
business.
san Juan. Porto Rico was labyrinth
,f ,iittrriug Spanish hng~ to-day Ia
b,pcr Of st. Iago. the patron saint OF
Spain.
There was no attempt whatever 10
,,ispl,y the American color-. The ccic.
,rnticn of the Fourth OF July was TO-
tally cclipsci to-day. Then the cii-
y,us were unable to raise n d"llar for
the purpose Of demonstration To-day
,bcr,, was no difficulty In carrying
through n program which must have
cost S,.pD. Possibly six native houses
,lispIaycd the stars and stripes. On the
other hand. IL was estimated that no
fewer than 2,JAD Spanish tiags were
tung to the breeze.
a prominent Porto 1,ican. discussing
th, celebration from that point of view
today said:
"Our people should no, bc blamed by
tl,, Americans for expressing their
feeling IL this way. The United states
constitution has not been extended to
the island. The privileges Of citizen.
shin have been denied them. In such |
circumstances Porto Ricans tannot ap..
preciate American institutions, and