Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-09
SHORT TeLeoRAMs.

don April ..Iih. II. MAS a cousin Of
President Mckinley.
Philippine cholera statistics up To
Aprii :sDlh are as follows: Manila. ta5
eases and ASH deaths; Provinces, 1864
ease. and Isl dsaths.
Sol Smith Russell. the noiesi actor.
died al Washington ApTil 18th, al the
az. OF hny-four. IL" is SAID To leav.
an estate valued at S...spUo.
The American Cigar Company ani
the Continental 1Utsieco Company
have practically consolidated and are
said to aim at the control of the To-
baeco output of Cubs
An explosion occurred April 10Th on
the submarine boat Fulton. en route
t,~tween Brooklyn ani Norfolk. by
which half dozen OF Ihe officers and
crew were more or lees Injured.
Tie petition OF lrcinre bureau for
an injunction To restrain Miss Ellen n.
Stone. the missionary. from i.cturing
under rival mnnaseinsni. was denied
by Judge Richardson al Boston.
Emigration 10 America from lh.
west OF Ireland Is assuming what 10
called In London alarming proIpr-
tiotss." Two special trains rec-ntiy
carried 800 emi.raHIs To embark u;
Cork.
According to q dispatch received In
ilnmbur: froin a Mexican banker.
President Dian OF Mexico intends Ia
ask the Mexican Consn-ss for l-av. Of
abscnco To make a tEip 10 Europe this
spring.
The POPS has decided tS hold con.
sistory earlier than he previously in'
tentiesi. II will now lsr held In the lat,
ter half Of May. No new cardinals
will be created AMI only u few bishops
will b. appointed.
Tho great street railway strike at
San Francisco was Won by the en-.
pioycs. The company agrees 10 pay
hat rate Of - cents an hour. or .i,,
cents an hour with honus for long
service. as the cmpioycs may elect
The blue laws wen, into effect In
Ho.ton Sunday. April 18th. Even the
n-wsboys were driven from the street
nj noon time. Fruit stands were
closed. although II il reported that
few Illicit sales OF fruit were made by
pcddlcrs.
At n stormy sitting ot the municipal
council II was decided that bnrcc-
Iona. Sicily. would hold no fc,cs In
honor Of the approaching coronation OF
ting nppiaudc,i this decision with cis-
thu-insn.
Tie ba,tic~hip GnuioIs. which IL to
bring - the United States the French
mission which will represent France at
the unvcIiinI OF thu l;ochambcnu mon
umcnt In Washington. May .tth. II
expected to arrive nj her destination
May .ist.
The yIccroy Of India. Lord Curzon OF
Ec,ilcston, tcic.raphs that heavy ben.
ciicIai rains have fallen In Bengal and
Assam and that thcrc have been local
showers In Hurmah and parts OF Mad
ras. The prices OF grain are generally
stationary.
Orders have been given to make spc-
c;nl Arrangements for the liochambcnu
mission, which Is to sail from IOulon
for the United States May 9th on the
battlcship Gaulois. The excellent band
Of the Mediterranean nc,t VIII accom-.
pany the mission.
The Dominion government has under
consideration % reduction OF the roy
atty on Yukon gold from five per cent.
to either three per cent. or Two ana
onc-hnlf per cent. II will he collected
In the future by an export tax and
there Will be no exemption.
Seven companies of the Third infan-
try, u. 8. A.. commanded by Colonel
J. ii. Page, which smiled from Manila.
March 18th. and reached san Francis
co April 18th. have arrived ut Fort
Thomas. near Cincinnati, Ohio. where
they will go into peace quarters.
The Omaha City Council has passed
n resolution demanding that the Union
Pacific railroad retain It's iron foundry
In that city and that II be rcopencd at
once, In accordance with "A contract In
which the railroad agreed to maintain
It's shops perpetually In that city.
The Merchants Trust Company of
New York has become the owner OF the
leading electric light, railway and pow
er companies of Richmond. virginia,
and n consolidation OF all the COM
panics In that section will follow as a
result. About S20.OOO,OOO is Involved.
The Chamber Of Commerce of San
Francisco has arranged for the secur-
ing of supplies Of food for the many
people rendered destitute by the re.
cent earthquakes in Guatemala. All
steamship lines running to Guatcmalan
ports will transmit goods free OF
charge.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered an opinion In the case of
the United States w. 4. A. Green ana
others, involving land grant In Pima
county, Arizona. The claim was for
10000 ncres but the court adjudged
the grant valid for only fraction OF
that area.
The remains of the late Major Cen
eral w. s. Rosccrans. U. $. A., will be
disinterred at Los Angeles, California.
about May 10TH and conveyed for In
terment in the national cemetery at
Arlington. near the city of Washington.
where elaborate ceremonies Will occur
about May 18th.
The application of Johann Most of
New York for Il certificate OF reason
able doubt in connection with his ap-
peal from Judgment of conviction of
violating the state laws relative to In
fiammatory publications. was denied
by Judge Parker of the New York
Court of Appeals. Most will be com.
PEELED to go to prison pending the final
settlement of the case by the Court of
Appeals.
Reports of the Independent Order Of
Foresters, in recent session at Los An
geles, show that January l. 1902, the
order had 191. .677 members, n gain over