Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-08-22
SHORT TELE0RAMs.

age to corn has been considerable.
A fire Mt Silver City, Etah. August
sth. destroyed eight buildings In the
heart OF the town. involving loss of
$4,000.
aging letter to the Negro Young PeO-
pies Christian Education Congress at
Atlanta.
The mortality from accidents 10 rail-
way employees was reduced thlrty-tive
ling devices.
President David Starr Jordan OF
Stanford University has found 453 dis
tinct varieties OF fish In the bay OF
Apia, Samoa.
Calcutta is to be improved by driv-
Ing wide. open thoroughfares through
the slums OF the city. at cost Of
nearly SlO.OoO,O0O.
The remains OF Harry Tracy. the
outlaw, have ben received at the Sa-
lem. Oregon, penitentiary. and buried
In the prison cemetery.
NJ. A. Werner OF Pittsbure, Pcnnsyl-
vanIa, has received concession to
build an extensive electric railway
system In st. Petersburg.
General Algcr is being urged for the
appointment to the vacancy In the
Senate caused by the demise OF Scna-
tor Mcmillan OF Michigan.
The price OF the Philadelphia Press
has been reduced to cent copy.
with the exception OF the Sunday edi-
ton. which remains at 1 cents.
Clara Barton. president OF the Amer.
lean Red Cross, who attended the ln-
ternationai Red Cross ut ST. Peters
burg last May. recently arrived at New
York from Hamburg.
France has secured the patent rights
OF a new nltroIlyccrin powder which
Il IL contcnded VIII send a rife bullet
seven and one-half miles and Increase
the artillery range eighteen miles.
The American hook Company. which
was denied the right to do busincs In
Kansas 10y decision OF the Kansas
Supreme Court. Inns appealed TO the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
President, Roosevelt, Will receive the
honorary degree OF LII. -. from the
University OF Chicago during his visit
to Chicago In the fall. October III has
been hxed rs the date OF III. ceremony.
When bridge fell the other day Mt
Stockholm. pnrcipitatinE a crowd Of
women and children into the water.
King Oscar OF Sweden threw on his
coat aud actively assisted in III. rcs-
cue.
In a recent speech ut chauiauiua.
New York. CONGRESSMAN GrosycnoF OF
Ohio declared that We ought 10 have
annexed Cuba. lie strongly defended
the course Of the government In the
Philippines.
A race for the amateur mile swim.
ming championship OF England. con,
tested nj Norwood rark lane on AUG
uss 9th. was won 10y caSiii. an Aus
iraiian. His time was iiSiS -. ere.
atlnx a n-w r-cori for tho distance.
Premier tiaifour has announced ting
appointment, Of the following commit.
t-r OF inquiry into the conduct OF the
iiorr war: The Earl Of Eisin. chair.
man: Sir Henry Norman. Sir John Hep
Ilns. Lord EshcF and Sir John E'isv.
At a m.vtins ia London Of the share
holders Of Hrynnt & May. makers 81
matches. IL was agreed to t.sii- 81 IA.
uD d-t~ntur- isssisis for The purpose
OF purchasing. in conjunction with the
Diamond Match Company. y lsrs- tsac,
Of pine land ia California.
The .iaEhalc do itaiic Of Rome &c
crusiy published an Interview with the
sou Of former SECRETARY 1irIts u the
Trausvaal. who has arrived at Naples
In this Interview MF. G-i,a declared
that war in the TransVaal would ~
eommrurv a few years hrsc-.
4 letter has b-cn received from John
1iicr Chandler. Worlds Fair commits.
sIairr 10 C-n;ral America. saying that
Nicaragua will take the uttnosi advan.
,aEe OF the postlsonctRrnt to iispi 10
make niars extensive nnsi coinplcts
exhibit at the wosii's FaIE.
lily deal Just contaminated in the
East. the street cat lines Of Council
i,lufrs. as well ne the intCrCity line. th.
Lake Nanawa lines aud the East pHia.
ha line. with kindred Interests. will
shortly pass under the control Of the
Omaha Street Halfway Company.
Tho various oyster canning and pack.
ing companies in Mississippi. Louis
lana ani Alai,sma. ten in number. II
IL said. will combine under one head.
with a capital Of ssga..n IL will
control all the business af the three
states along the fsh and canning lines.
Prpsidcn, CurTau presided at Leicss.
ter at the recent annual meeting Of the
British Trades Unions Federation. lie
urged an understanding t-etwCcn the
workers of EUROPE and America 10
meet the effects Of International CAPT.
talism. The membership ~ the FEEDER.
alton was reported at lip.pgG.
General Jacob smith. whose kill
aud burn order aroused 50 much in.
,IiEuation. was given great ovation
on HE return to his home at Ports.