Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-28
SHORT TEIEGRAMS.
Europeans are suffering from col,

don preacher. is dying.
Governor Yates OF Illinois has been
dangerously sick. but is now GONZALES
cent.
II is suggested that President Loubet
OF France visit the st. Louis Exposi-
ton In 1903.
Joseph Chamberlain han started on
a trip to South Africa to investigate
conditions there.
The amount allowed by the Ameri-
can claims commission. which recently
finished its work. is 1853 900. and the
sum disallowed is sl.S0i.00
Robbers cracked the safe In the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company's
Bank at Arthur. Iowa, and secured S2.-
300 in cash. There Is no clue.
Eighteen Egyptians were killed and
many injured at Cairo as the result OF
an explosion OF nitro glyoerine In q
magazine situated near the citadel.
The bodies OF several men have been
found near spring In southern Ne
vada. and an analysis OF the water
showed II to be charged with arsenic.
The Philadelphia & Reading rail-
way has announced an advance in
wages OF employees In all departments.
effective from November LIST, The in
crease will be equivalent to about ten
per cent.
a call has been issued for general
meeting OF the distillers OF the coun-
try at Louisville on November 25th. to
discuss the feasibility OF organizing
mutual fire company to write whisky
risks exclusively.
DIR. c. Il. Bourcnrt. Swiss minister
Mt London. pcrsisting in his refusal to
70 to Washington. the Bundesrath Of
fercd the appointment to Emil Frey.
former president OF the confederation.
but N. Frey declined.
Plans have been submitted to the
French minister OF the interior for the
construction of an electric railroad TO
the summit OF Mount Blanc from the
village of Les Houchcs. on the Savoy
side OF the mountains.
General Taskcr Bliss. an expert on
tariff matters. has been sent to Cuba
to investigate conditions there In re-
gard to their bearing upon the pend
Ing commercial treaty between Cuba
and the United States.
Thieves have broken Into the un-
dcrground strong rooms of the bank
ins frm Of Peiurinho Mt Lisbon and
have stolen si65.o00. One OF the
clerks OF the bank has been arrested
In connection with the robbery.
The cholera epidemic is spreading
rapidly In Palestine. The populations
OF GAIA and LYDIA u.uddp have been
dccimatcd. and tho authorities are TAX
Ing flight At Jana there have been
iif'y-scvcn deaths In three days.
Rev. Hugh Price Hughes. the eclc-
brntcd Wesleyan preacher. died sud
denly in London on the 18th. Mr..
Hughes was on. of the leading spirits
Of the social purity movement and
Anti-Gambling League In England.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent
OF the Mall tcicsraphs that iirc last
Ing three days has destroyed the town
OF Rcaht. In Persia. Fifteen hundred
houses and many warehouses were
wiped out. and 200 persons pcrishcd.
Two bandits held up gambling den
mt Columbia Heights. near Minncap-
oils. Wednesday night. and secured
asa from the score of players and
the pfoprictorH. Harvey Howard. h
negro porter. was sho, by the robbers.
Differences have arisen between the
state department and the Colombian
government which may delay an
agreement on the terms OF canal
treaty beyond the time In which II
had been expected to conclude the
treaty.
Royal assent was given to all the
bills relating to Charles T. Ycrkcs'
tube" railroad plans for London. The
bills providing for the construction OF
the roads cover an aggregate Of 100
miles OF underground and surface
tracks.
The movement among the students
Of the German universities against pis-
toi ducis Ia gaining ground. Meetings
OF students Mt TucbinEcn and Bonuk
have petitioncd .-ic minister OF war to
forbid pistol ducls except in the grav-
cat cases.
One man was killed and n dozen
men. women and children more or lcss
seriously injured In collision be-
tween n Western avenue electric train
and Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
freight train Mt the Eighteenth street
crossing. Chicago.
The Homecoming Of Gen. Luke +.
Wright. after threc-ycars' absence in
the Philippines. was made memorable
Tuesday night by thc citizens OF Mem
phis. Cannons doomed n salute Of sew
cntccn guns. bonircs were lighted on
the principal thoroughfarcs and the
streets were lined with people who
shouted an enthusiastic welcome TO
the vice governor.
Queen Helena gave birth to daugh-
ter on the 10Th. The mother and child
are announced to be doing we'll. The
new princess will be named "hiafaloa."
The child born to the King and Queen
of Italy Is the second daughter. the
FIRST. Princess Yolande Marghcrita.
having been born in Rome on June 1.
1901. The birth Of another princess In
stead of an heir to the throne isa great
public disappointment.
The Cuban House Of Representatives
has elected Scnor Portuondo president
of the chamber. Sonor Garmendia first
vice president, Senor Cardenal second
vice president. and Scnores Perez and
Acosta secretaries of the chamber
Senior Portuondo is Nationalist. with
lcanings toward Radicalism. He Is
anti-Amcrican in his feelings and was
strongly opposed to accepting the
Platt amendment in the constitutional