Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-20
SHORT TELEeRAms.

The German Atlantic Gable Company
has decided to lay another cable from
Germany to the United States.
King Alfonso has signed decree
authorizing the loan OF I3O0OlOOO Pc
deemable bonds.
A recent typhoOn caused much dam
age to the Telegraph lines throughout
the island OF Luzon and many native
boats were wrecked.
President Palma has signed n bill
fixing the salaries OF members OF the
Cuban senate and house OF representa-
tives ut 5000 u year.
A new direct steamship service Is TO
be inauIuraied between New York ana
northern Spanish ports. 10 he known
as the Larrinnga steamship line.
A rumor that Great Britain intends
to purchase the district OF Lourenzo
Marques. In Portuguese East Africa,
has caused great excitement In Portu-
gal.
A. :he recent races In Baltimore.
Howard Freeman rode n bicycle ten
miles In II minutes ana IIa seconds,
lowering the worlds record by nearly
Two minutes.
The degree OF doctor Of laws has
been conferred on whitclaw Reid, sp.~
ciai ambassador Of the United States
to the coronation OF King Edward, by
Cambridge University.
Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, re.
Gently appointed British ambassador
TO the United States In succession To
Lord Padnccfotc. will be made knight
commander OF the Bath.
The British colonial secretary praises
the colonies which have, lie says, FUR
nIshcd the mothcrland with nn army
In South Africa larger than the British
army which fought ut Waterloo.
Francis j. Patton has resigned the
presidency OF Princeton University and
Prof. Woodrow Wilson Mccormick,
professor OF Jurisprudence and politics.
has been elected ns his successor.
General Enrique Colinso, the last
man of prominence tn oppos. the pres.
Idcncy OF General Palma, hns called On
the latter at Havana and pledged his
sincere support to the government.
\ proclamation has ben issued at
Pretoria substituting n tax Of ten per
cent. ne, on the profits OF mining OPP
critions. for the Ave per cent. tax that
was Imposed by the late Noiksraad.
ON June Tth the whnicback sicamcf
Thomas Wilson was struck and cut ai'
most In two by the steamer George
q. uadley near Duluth. Nine men OF
tho Wilson's crew went down With the
vessel.
Governor Toolc Of Montana has ad.
dressed letter To the chief executive
Of each state Ia the Union. asking him
.ts.s l..l. a.. Ian, A,
tiona' mining congress at Butte neal
September.
The iifty.iirst annual meeting OF the
American Association for the Advance
mcnt OF Science and OF several anil
ntcd scientific societies Will bc held In
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. from June
IS TO July .. 1902.
The pope was highly delighted with
President Rooscvclts gift Of a COM
plctc set OF the. lattcr's work. aud Is.
sued orders that mosllcs OF ST. Peters
and the vatican be- transmitted to the
president, with thanks.
During the months OF January and
February there Were so deaths from
typhoid fever In the British army.
Notwithstanding the regulation regard.
Ing boiled water. the soldiers continue
to drink out OF brooks and rivers.
Adviccs received mt Cape Town from
Bucnos Ayrcs say the Argentine gov
crnmcnt has appointed special agent
to visit the camps In South Africa and
offer free transportation to Beers de-
sirous OF emigrnting TO Argentina.
I A tornado near Lake Park. Mime.
sofa. on the 10Th instant, swept over
strip OF land two miles wide and
three miles long. 1t destroyed nine
farm houses and killed ten persons.
The church ut Spanglc was destroyed.
Signor Riva, n professor In the Uni
vcrsity OF Rome. and Count Cino Prin-
ETH. a cousin of the Italian minister Of
foreign affairs, We're killed In land
slide while ascending Mont Grigna,
near Lake Lecco, switzerland, June
Ith.
The President is said 10 have prom
iscd Representative Mclaughlin Of
California and John +. Hughes of Los
Angeles. the organizer of "Tcddy's
1'crrors." that he would visit Los All
gclcs some time during the spring Of
1903.
Margaret Taylor. who was kidnapped
from Cincinnati over four years ago,
arrived there few days ago, accom-.
panied by her parents and her brother
Edward, aged three years, whom she
never had seen until they met In New
York.
Referring to the report that control
of the Cunarti Steamship Company had
been secured by the shipping combine,
]. T.. Morgan stated that absolutely
no negotiations were on between the
shipping combine and the Cunard
company.
In restocking the farms of burghers
of the Transvaal the main difficulty is
to find wheat and cattle likely to thrive.
No great difficulty is experienced In re-
gard to the horses, as the government
Is able to dispose OF great numbers Of
remounts,
De Nedderlandsche Stnats Courant,
the official organ. has published letter
from Queen wilhelmina in which she
conveys her sincere thanks and graft
ttide to "nll those whose sympathy and
solicitude chccrcd me during the bad
days of my Illness"
DR.. Paul Serrcral of Berlin, In
pamphlet on Germany's alliances. ex-
presses the hope that the United States
will tnke the hand which Germany
Il.