Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-25
TELEoRAPHlc BRsviriEs.

Johann faGrg. founder Of the fabsr
lead pencil factory. died Eseentiy AZ
Nuremburs-
John i. Pee. founder OF Ber-a Col
lese. at keEea. kehtucky. died on the
l.lh instant
-Four detectives were hired 70 guard
night and day the Rssnch-Sandefbut
wedding Presents
A bill making kidnapping capital Of
fense has be-h Introduced into the Ten
Bessse Legislature.
A famine Is reported in the province
Of shen Si. China. and 100000 people
arc said To bv facing starvation.
March Lamb. a negro Of vineland.
New jersey. has lived on hoscak-s
most Of his life. and u iOi years old.
Postmaster Gen.sai Smith has rec
ommmend-d an extensive pneumatic
tubs system for the conveyance OF
mail in cisleaso.
No Knife, the las, chief Of the Oma-
ha Indian irihr. died a few days $50
Oh the reservation in Nebraska al tie
ag. OF liz years.
II Is Famored In London that Lord
Curzon will resign III. viceroyal'y OF
India because the climate does Dol
agree with his wifc's health.
Tho taking OF the Canadian census
will begin Monday. April isi- All tho
Persons living n; midnight Sunday.
March 5is,. will b. counted.
James 4. Mount. who had Just 10
tired from tho Office OF governor Of In
diana. died suddenly Of hear; disease
at indianapolis on the 10th Inst.
Mr.. ". l.. FGshback. n noted lawyer
and former editor ~ III. 81. Louis
ot.c.D-mocrat. died nt Indianapolis
on the 18th inst. aged scvcnty'sw"
The trial OF III. ,hrc. men charged
with ns.aniiInr and killing Jennie
ItosnchIeicr ut Patterson. New Jersey.
last October. was b-stin on the liih.
Il IL officially reported at foEahnmn.
Japan. that 100 fishermen nr- missing
and thnt they np, supposed to have per
isicd In n storm January 10Th on the
west coast.
A resolution Inns been adopted by the
Missouri House OF Representatives..
mcmorIaliEing Congress To allow the
FiiIpinos to establish n government ot
their own.
Peter I. Dunno. author OF the "p"o'
! Icy" papers. has recovered sui'icicntiy
to leave the Chicago hospital. where ne
was compelled to remain for consih'
crnblc time.
Recently mn enormous photograph
wns taken In the Swift packing house.
Chicago, showing 1909 men ut work.
Twenty pounds OF powder were used
In the ilashlishi.
, Both houses Of the Idaho Legislature
passed unanimously memorial TO
| Congress protesting against the enact
mcnt OF any measure providing for the
lcasln. OF the public ranges.
/ Trolley cars OF suburban electric
railway near ST. Louis have com.
plcte telephone outfit whereby their
/ crews are able to converse with the
headquarters office on occasion
A. +. Drcutzcr OF Chicago and Olaf
| Gcrgstrom OF Nebraska have made ar
rangcmcnts for coionizing about 1OO.-
| 600 acres OF land In Fcntrcss nnd Nor
gan counties. Tennessee. with FinDs,
| By a recent collision OH the Central
Railroad OF New Jersey, near Laurel
, Run. car filed with black powder cS-
| ploded with such force that the report
, was heard n distance OF twenty mihs.
Prairie chickens are said 10 be more
| abundant In western Kansas that for
years. and the farmers show u DISPOSE
ton to give the birds n chance to null
tiply by keeping n check on the hunt
crs.
The growing shortage OF good pas.
turc lands In Montana Is causing the
cattferien OF that state to look about
for other fields and some of them will
take portions OF their herds to Alaska
in the spring.
W. ]. Bryan's new paper. The Com
moncr. Is to appear on the 23d instant.
The Northern Pacific company has
declared a regular quarterly dividend
of one per cent. on Its preferred stock,
payable March 18th.
1t is reported from London that Tom
L. johnson. the American street rail
road capitalist. has bought the Baker
Street and Waterloo underground rail-
road from the London and Globe FL
nance Corporation, Limited.
Japan strongly opposes the transfer
of the peace negotiations to Europe, on
the ground that the presence of Ii
Hung Chang and Prince Ching is nee
essary for the maintenance of order at
Pekin and throughout China.
The largest articles of export from
the United States are breadstuffs. pro-
visions. cotton and petroleum These
four articles aggregated $S32,3G4.2 80
during the calendar year 1900. an in
crease from $603,61O,T47 in 1897
The Indiana board of charities hus
given out statistics showing that the
total number of insane in the state is
1900 In 1850 the rate of insane to the
population of Indiana was l in 500. |
In 1892 the ratio was 1 to COO. Under |
the new census the ratio for 1900 is l |
to 55S.