Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-30
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Pretoria Is being entrcnchei. \
laager for women and children II bcln.:
constructed some miles oui Of town.
Letters received from Samuel l..
Clemens MARK Twain. say that he and
his family viii soon return To Hartford
and take up their permanent home
there.
Advices received annouuc- the death
In the Mooi hospital of General Sir Ed
ward WoodsaIc. who was wounded In
the engagement at Splon Lop ON Janu'
AIRY .ith.
Real work on the New York S:l'i.
OOo.SS tunnel for underground rapid
transit was begun nj Elcc,'s.r nni
Greene streets ON lowering the ElcCck'
cr street sewer. which tile tunnel n.'
seci-s ON the 10Th.
Three large coal and coke companies
Of Altoona hav. notified their miners
OF general advance Ia wages OF
twenty per cent. To tax" cii.c; April
!. The Increase Is voluntary and will
benefit 500 miners
The viccroy OF India says that nearly
5.I1O.SbD persons nr. In rrc"ipi "f r-Iu-
lar relief nnd that the cost for III" cn,
suing year Il estimated NJ 80, iacs OF
rupees. The loss In revenue Tor one
year have been III lncs Of rupees.
TIL. Information received by the in
icrsiatc commerce commission shows
that the total incrcas. In railway lines
OF the United States during the ralcn'
dar year iS:n was i..si miles, the
largest Increase being In Iowa. ~.
miles: the next In Minnesota. aiI
miles. and the next In Arkansas. ~
miles.
\ complaint chnrEin. George 4.
Trey. cx.mcmbcr OF the Board OF Edu,
cation ni Omaha with receiving "a
bribc. WIS filed In the Police Court
upan Information. The complaint
charges that Trey accepted money from
Charles \. ChinIluy for assisting him
In getting u contract from the school
board.
II 1. s-mi.oiiicialiy announced that
the government Of Austria Hungary
has replied 10 the South African mp.
peal for mediation In the war that
IL was only possible To take such
step when both bciiigcrcnts desired II.
and that. therefore. II wan impossible
under the pre- sent conditions, TO accctlc
To the request made.
The Eioilc Beige Of Antwerp IL de.
voting Its attention just now to nm cS.
posture of the Belgian Trnnsvaal ambu.
innc. corps affair. which promises To
prove lively scandal. II II declared
that the committee. without authority
or international recognition. made pub
lie collection Of moneys and then ap'
propriatcd very tidy sum.
\ dispatch from Kobe. dated March
osth says: Renewed trouble between
Russia and Japan In Corca Is imni.
ucnt The movements OF the Russian
fleet Indicate the probability or 'hc
seizure OF n Corcnn port. The war OF
fee officials nj Toxic are holding con.
fcrcnccs and there has been consider.
able military and naval activity IN
Japan this month.
A strike OF 10000 members OF the
International Association OF Machin-
lists and the Amalcnmatcd Society OF
Engineers In the New York district.
may he prccipitntcd by the action OF
tn. New York aud New Jersey Machin-
cry Manufacturers Association in or
rani.ing to resist the demand OF nine
hour day. which was to have been
made on April lsi.
Three children We're burned to death
In fire which destroyed the farm.
house OF John Israssill. In East l'rori-
dencc. Rhode Island. The mother sue
cccdcd In rcscuing one. an infant. from
lis burning cradle. but the babe lived
only n few hours. The other little vie
tins persisted while the mother vainly
strovc to penetrate the wall of fire that
beat her or.
W. l.. Hunt. stage driver on the
r,nd from Valentine To Rosebud. Ne
brnska, was attacked by two high
wnymcn while carrying the mail. The
rohhrrs were on horseback. Hunt start
cd hi. team into n run and began mr.
ing nt the bandits. His watch pre-
vented one of the robbers bullets pcnc.
trnting his body. The chase ended
when, ns Hunt fired his last shot. one
of the horscmcn dropped from his SAD
die.
Consul General Gucnthcr reports to
the department Of state that the courts
nj Frankfort. Germany. nave urciuch
,h,t an cmploycr Is entitled to all the
r,sults of the thought and labor OF the
mon i'm his employ. including any III
ycn,ions they may devise. In the par
tIculor case referred to II workman
wns found guilty of larceny III sciilnE
his own invention to II stranger Tue
court holding that II was not MS prop
crty.
Policeman George W. NiIh,s ~
birmingham. Alabama. ana y. u: Au,
ans was shot ami seriously inJu',u
Within n block of the police station by
t,yn white men supposed to be safe.
crackers. The men We're suspected OF
thrft and were being taken to the sta.
lion house for examination IN regard
To burglary suddenly both prison.
crs drew rcvolvcrs and fired. Iolicc.
men Kirklcy was shot In the abdomen
and Adams was struck In the SHOULDER
The prisoners escaped.
A Chicago dispatch says. Ten veal
thy stone contractors, whose nrins
aggregate capital of more thnh Ni'ocV,'
600. are working In n stone yaru ncr'
daily to help one of their ntmGer eo,,i;
plctc n large contract AZ 'ne,. WIN" N
,,,. ,,rd where these rich bosses are NJ
w" ii: y,itcd for n settlement of the