The Raymer enterprise., 1912-06-20
GEN ERAL.

AS result of rioting among strik.
ers at Perth Amboy. n. j.. three peo,
pie are dead.
The strike situation In New Jersey
is more serious than It has been since
several thousand factory employees
quit work.
The r. G. Dun weekly review OF
trade says: Business continues to ex.
pand conservatively with signs Of
more than average activity"
Water from the great Hymelia ere.
vase, the worst In the Mississippi
flood district. again Is menacing lives
OF Inhabitants Of the Des Allemands
section Of Louisiana.
A guide belonging to Captain Car.
diga's guerilla corps brought into San.
tiago. Cuba. recently, several ears cut
from negroes heads. He was arrest.
ed and is to be tried by court martial
About fifty refugees from Cuba who
closed up their business places ana
private houses to come to the United
States until the insurrection in the
island Is quelled. have arrived In New
York.
Three men met horrible deaths hign
in the air at Elizabeth. y. j., on
high tension wire OF the public ser.
vice corporation. and for more than an
hour their smoking bodies remained
swaying above the street until re.
moved by firemen.
Lieut.. Leighton W. Hazelhurst, Sew.
enteenth infantry. U. s. A.. Of Macon,
Ga. and A. l.. Welch Of Washington
d. c.. were killed at College Park. Md,
when new army aeroplane OF the
Wright type In which they were flying
fell TO the ground.
Meat prices will never be cheap
again In this country. That is certain"
This surprising statement was made
by Joseph G. Curtis OF the commission
house OF J. G. Curtis & Son. New York.
Mr.. Curtis was well aware that women
meat boycotters have been rioting and
housewives leagues taking other meth.
DDS to force the retail dealers to brins
down the price Of meat.
Cattle are selling at the highest
price ever recorded in the history OF
the stock yards in Chicago. Predic-
lions among cattle buyers are that Il
the present high prices continue the
consumer will pay considerably more
Tor his meats. Beef sold at IS per
Cwt. an increase OF $3.50 over the
price OF the same grade OF cattle. first
class, year ago.
Conditions in the eastern end OF
Cuba indicate that the Washington an
thoritles have no conception OF the
real situation. aside from the bank.
rupt state Of the Havana government
lated OF peaceful citizens as rapidly
rs the modes OF transportation permit.
and devastation Is the chief occupa.
ton OF both rebels and guerilla vol.
unteers.
'Twenty.seven persons are known to
have been killed and many Injured by
storm that passed over central west
Missouri, demollshins buildings. tear.
ing down wires leaving the smaller
towns and country homes completely
wrecked. Reports indicate that the
storm, after doing many thousands Of
dollars worth OF damage in Kansas
City. passed TO the southeast, wreck.
ing all buildings In Its path.
Thousands OF citizens In west Texas
ire reylying the question OF dividing
The state and making It two. or even
three. states. West Texans point out
that conditions there are so different
rom some other parts OF Texas that a
liyIslon Is reasonable. Climate Is dif
ierent. products are different. indus
ries are different. needs are different
hey assert. and advocates OF the prof
,ct point out that Texas is Of such I'm
mense size that the division would no,
hurt the state.
Two were killed and score injured
when tornado struck GAINESVILLE, o..
toppling the steeple Of the St Thomss
Catholic church through the roof whi',
services were being heard. Propert
damage Is estimated at one mill,o
dollars.
In a fierce battle between com
bined force Of Turkish soldiers AMI
Arab forces and the Italian troops
.cbda. near Tripoli City, the Turki
iorces were defeated and retreats,
eaylng 42l dead soldiers on the BATH
'Itld. The Italians lost thirty.one T.-
! Oiled and fiity.one wounded