Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-21
GEN ERAL.

GENERAL.
As result of rioting among strik-
ers at Perth Amboy. N. j., three peo-
pie are dead. II
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 Gre
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 and
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 high
in the air at Elizabeth, N. J., on a
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.
Ca, and A. L. Welch of Washington
D. c.. were killed at College Park. Md,
when a 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 BRING
down the price of meat.
Cattle are selling at the highest
price ever recorded in the history OF
the stock yards in Chicago. Predic-
tions among cattle buyers are that II
the present high prices continue the
consumer will pay considerably more
for his meats. Beef sold at So 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 au.
thorities have no conception Ut the
real situation, aside from the bank.
rupt state Of the Havana government.
The rural districts are being depopu-
lated of peaceful citizens as rapidly
as 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
q SIOIu lutbl pdSSCu ONCA SCAtioA WSos
Missouri, demolishing. 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
are reviving the question Of dividing
the state and making 1t two, or even
three, states. West Texans point out
that conditions there are SO different
from some other parts Of Texas that a
division is reasonable. Climate is off.
ierent, products are different. indus
sries are different, needs are different,
they assert, and advocates Of the prof
ect point out that Texas Is Of such Inn
mense size that the division would moi
hurt tho state.