Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-20
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

II IL pcrslstentiy stated in military
circles In London that Lieutenant Gen
ernl Sir Charles Warren. the eommnn.
der Of the Fifth division OF the South
African field force. has been ordered
TO return home.
4 boat on board OF which wcrr
twenty members OF III. Catholic stud.
ents' Association. while crossln. the
river Rhine from Bins"n 10 itudcs,
helm. wns capsiz.d aud thirteen of liz
occupants wcrc drowned.
Dr y. BENJAMIN Andrews. supeTin.
t"nd"nt Of the Chicago public schools,
who was lately offered the position Of
chancellor OF the University OF NJ.
braskn. has decided to ac,-pt the plarr.
lie will go To Lincoln July Isl.
A prominent Republican. who has
been making n quiet canvass Of Masssi'
chuscit.. says the Republicans NJ.
united In favor Of Secretary Long fer
Mckinicy's running mate and will In
s'ruct the delegation TO Philadelphia
TO Insist ON his nomination.
Reports from Louisiana. Mississippi
aud Alabama tell Of heavy loss from
floods caused 10y the unprecedented
heavy rains OF the past few days
Crop. have suffered seriously nnd near
~ every railroad l. badly Handicapped
by washouts and flooded tracks.
Andrew Carnegie has promised ihc
stitutc Of the city of rittsiurI. Penn.
slyvnnia. To become responsible for ~
1D.Sp. the amount estimated as NEE
cssnry for the proposed extension nnd
enlargement OF the already iinc build
Ing mt the entrance OF Srhlcy park.
that city.
Railroad agents rcport the heavy
rainfall will he Of .rnt benefit to the
winter wheat fields. Ms II Will b. to III,
spring wheat In southern districts. u
IL said the acreage dcvotc,! TO corn this
year will exceed that Of nny former
year. owing largely To the high ptic,'
that has prevailed the last winter.
Th. new Cunari liner lnvcrnin sail,
cd from Quccnsiowns for New York
Tuesday with 100 Irish cnii.ruDts.
scycn.cirhihs Of whom are youn. men
who evidently fear conscription. Many
of the ciiiiIrnnts before they would
embark required definite assurance
that the vessel was not bound for
Africa.
The construction Of the tunnel OF thi'
Metropolitan railway Mt Paris was nm.
ishc,l on the 18th. All that remains to
i,c done now Is n bridge across the ga.
nal nj II. Martin and the closing up OF
the station at Care tie Lyon. The roll
Ing stock IL To lie delivered later. but
the trains will begin TO run In July. n
little earlier than was expected.
General CronJc. his wife and three OF
his former stan. with other Bocr
prisoners, have arrived at st. Helena.
They were met by the governor and
comnian,icr-in.chicf Of st. Helena,
Robert Stcrnlalc. and Mrs. Stcrndalc.
at the castle. where the party remained
for an hour. aftc-ward proceeding TO
the Kent building. General Cronjc
looks well and appears cheerful.
Adviccs from Benson. Arizona, say
Jesus Garcia and another Mexican
named Flores held up faro game III
Tom Stcclcs saloon at johnson, nin-
ing camp twenty-five miles east OF
Rcnson. Sunday. and killed scet'
weathcrsl,y, n prominent mining man..
whom they thought was trying TO pre-
vent their escape. Two posses are In
pursuit Of the bandits. The robb, tt'
got away with the entire bank roll.
which amounted to several hundred
dollars.
A dispatch to the Tribune from Lon.
don saws: The thoroughly entertained
opipion in diplomatic circles is that
Russia will not take advantage OF the
British situation in South Africa, but
will wait until the end Of the war, or
until the time comes for the division
OF Portuguese territory in South Afri-
ca between Germany and England
Russia will then Offset the British ana
German gains In this territory by or
dering an advance on Herat ana by
strengthening her grip upon Persia.
A dispatch from Manila announces
that Colonel James $. Petit OF the
Thirty-iir volunteers, In command Mt
Inmboanca, las been court-martinlcd
for handing n prisoner of war over to
President Mcdcll OF Zamboanga, who
killed the prisoner at once, without n
trial Petit Is the officer with whom
lieutenant Colonel Webb 9. Hayes
who recently resigned. Is said TO have
uunrrclcd, owing to Pettits dicRerihg
with "A AIorodato for the right to lana
,roops and compelling his men to sub
nit to indign!tics from the natives.
-Four widely separated Dutch com.
missions of Cape Colony have started
. their own cooperative trading con
rcrns with the intention of importing
directly from Europe and America all
the goods which hitherto nave pasSe"
through the hands of colonial middle
men. The Dutch of the umvoti coun'
rry. Natal. are going n step turthcr
and obtaining. besides their own irhu-
nr, Dutch lawyers. doctors and news
nnncrs, apparently intending absolute.
IL TO boycott the British. directly ana
Indirectly, and to become comnunit!
apart.
Pretoria dispatch says: AS soon
, tbc Hernc award in the Dclagon Bay
railway arbitration was published tn,
rronsyanl government offered to lend
Portugal tic amount she was con
dcmned to pay (S5,OOO,OoW. which,
however, was courtcously declined, the
statement being made that the money
was already provided. The government
is receiving many memorillls IRON
hurrhers on the subject of sending the
.,,t,,,,rs IN ST Helena and Will