Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-11
rELEoRAPHlc sREv,r,Es.

The Beers celebrated Christmas Dy
an attack on many British sarrisons.
The gold production of Oregon for
the year 1900 amounted to S3,17ooo.
The lumber output or Oregon for the
year 1900 amounted to S9s,1GO,ooo ieet.
The members Of the Cleveland city
council on trial for bribery were all
acquitted.
Colonel A. l.. Buck. United States
minister to Japan. sailed for home on
the 2sth inst.
Queen Victoria has appointed the
Duke Of York to be colonel-in-chief OF
the Royal Marines.
The Car and Czarina will return to
Tarskaoe-Selo. near st. Petersburg.
about February End
Glasgow, Scotland. has established
an Institution for the confinement ana
reformation OF drunkards.
Michael Maioncy. lived to be lO1
years old and died In Lenox township,
pennsylvania. "A few days ago.
Canadian soldiers returning from
South Africa We're given n grand ova-
ton at Winnipeg. Manitoba, on the
2Ith uit.
Moses Soft Tyler. professor OF Amer
lean history In Cornell University. died
on the 18th ultimo, after an illness OF
three weeks.
An original picture OF General WASH
incton has been discovered In England.
II represents the father OF his country
rs wearing pigiaii.
A Tacoma dispatch says that labor
l.. Ia.
this year, where much railroad con-
s,ructIon IN TO be done.
Colonel Wiillcocks has cablcd the
British government that the Ashanti
rebellion Inns ended. all OF the rebel
chiefs having surrendered.
Miss Jessie Ackcrmnn and Miss Ada
Mcrcrtt have gone TO Honolulu to IN
auEuratc n temperance crusade under
the auspices OF the W. G. I. U.
Tho total output OF Pacific coast sal.
mon cnnncrIcs In 1900 was :'Hst.isS
cases: British Columbia produced ST.
Isl cases: Alaska. 1854. ..i3 cases.
The Holland Society OF New York
received a cnbicsram from The Hague
saying that Queen wiihclminn's mar
rinsc has been Sc; for September iih.
Secretary OF the Navy Long hns rec
ommcndcd that one OF the new battle
ships whose construction ID to shortly
commence shall bc chrisicncd Califor.
nin.
Two German tourists. Hcrrcn taincs
and Kindiinscr. assembled Mount
Schwartzb-rrcr without guides recent
iy and fell into an abyss and were
Killed
Thir,y.ihrec families OF Russian iin.
migrants In MclIcnry county. North
Dakota. are In starving condition and
will have TO b. supplied with food and
fuel till spring.
More than COCO persons. four-flfths
OF whom went TO the United States.
cmisraicd from Chrisilania. Norway.
during the las, twelve months. as
against $500 In 1850.
A big wine trust was organized In
San Francisco on New Years Day. II
expects to con;ro, scvcn.cirhihs OF the
wine business OF California and will
have Ss.0p.cro capital.
Miss Esther Stevenson. late Of Dcu-
yer. and n graduate OF Shc University
of Michigan. has made application for
admission to the bar Of Seattle. TO be-
come n legal practitioner.
Captain Torkiiiscn has written
strong article to the Norwegian pa
fcrs. urging NIL parties in the Storth-
ints TO pass n law compelling the King
to live ak months yearly in Norway.
In Imitation OF the Omaha affair. n
wouli.bc kidnapcr has written the Rev.
DIR. John l.. Peters. the pastor OF n
fashionable New York church. demand.
Ing ransom or his daughter will bc kid.
nnpcd.
Last year the total imports and eS-
ports out OF and into San Francisco
from the Philippines islands were: I'm
PORTS. Si3G.:zr3: exports, SSpi.Ioi. In
1870 they were: Imports, S:Dpypc: cx.
ports, s5c5.0sp.
Estimates of pis iron production are
that the aggregate will he little below
100000 tons. aud therefore slightly
In excess OF 1sc9. Iron ore shipments
by lake route will run nearly 100000
ton. the largest ever recorded.
Professor ". W. Campbell. nj Lick
observatory. wires that the comet Gia-
Goblin was observed Mt Aitkcn. Dcccm-
her 2sth. Gi.g3 Greenwich mean time.
In right ascension 23h 2;lm 1s.5s, and
declination minus % degree im 2is.
Replying to an address from the
American Bocr committee. Mr.. kru-
ger expressed desire TO visit the
United States. but said he must post
ponc the visit on account OF the nffcc-
tion of the eyes from which he is SUI
fcring.
Dense fog of what. is called the pen
soup variety. and the worst in several
years. covered the whole OF the London
district January 1st. seriously interfcr-
ing with traffic of all kinds. Even pc
dcstrians had difficulty in finding their
destinations.
Mrs. Carrie Sinclair Hunton OF Con.
cord, New Hampshire. the former So
ciety belle. who was arrested on
charge OF conspiracy to kill her III.
vorccd husband. Walter c. HuntoD.
has been pronounced insane and taken
TO nm asylum.
The Luxembourg museum has pur.