Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-10-31
short TELE0RAMs.

fTuSSia IL uetertnlneu 10 acquire Blk
of the principal railroads remaining In
private hands.
John Dalton. who murdered the sher-
n at Marysvale. Kansas. three years
ago. has been convicted.
General Firmin. leader OF the Hay
tien revolutionists. has left the coun-
try and early peace is promised.
The pending Cuban treaty does not
cover the Isle OF Pines or coaling
station at Havana. These matters will
come up later.
The National Association OF Retail
Liquor Dealers has decided to take act
i've measures TO secure reduction OF
the government tax on whisky.
The Austrian government Is prepar-
Ing n bill for the purpose OF combat
Ing drunkenness. The measure pro-
vides for the imposition OF severe pen
alties upon dipsomaniacs.
II is said unofllcially that tho Eng
lish government win ask parliament
, to authorize Transvaal loan OF $780,
100000 or more. to be guaranteed by
the imperial government.
Rear Admiral Charles Bcrcsford.
now In the United States. has been pro-
NOTED TO the rank of vice admiral. as
tHt TtSult VI tHt TcllFtm'ut VI I<iti
ClanwIlliam. admiral OF the fleet.
General ZInzar Mascoyics has formed
n new cabinet In Scrvia In succession
to the ministry which resigned octo-
Der is. II Is composed OF independent
radicals. with himself as premier.
With the assent Of the powers tho
Chinese government has ordered Sir
Robert Hart. director Of tho imperial
s.rlE Els,..a sasR IN Ian
the new tariff schedule October IL.
p. A. McHugh. II. p. from ireland.
and editor Of tho Sligo Champion. has
ben sentenced TO two months impris-
onmcnt Mt hard labor. after having
been convicted of conspiracy and intim-
idation.
Company d. Twelfth regiment. n. q.
". V. has unanimously elected Cornc-
liua Vanderbilt first lieutenant. lie has
ben identified with the regiment soma
time ns second lieutenant OF Com
pany q.
A strong effort In being made In Ten
ncSscc. Mississippi. Louisiana and Ar
kansas to organize every Hawmill arm
Of any Importance into tho Hardwood
Manufacturer Association Of the Unit
ed States.
Another international combination
has been formed In the storage battery
buhincxa. which practically controls tho
patents and manufacture OF storage
batteries In this country. England and
tho continent.
Lord Cromcr. the British diplomatic
agent In Egypt. hhs tclc.raphcd that
Cairo IL practically free from cholcru-
The total number of cases In Egypt
was 100 daily. and tho disease was cS.
pcctcd to cease It's epidemic form about
November LIST.
The new viccroy of SEE Chucn prov
incc. Tacn Chun Suan. reports that the
boxers have not been suppressed at
ChcnE Tu and two other ccntcrH. anu
he asks tho ministers and missionaries
to refrain from travelling In central Szc
Chucn at present.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis of Caiifor-
MIA. who has Just returned from Mex
leo. will furnish the first test case OF
tho rcccn, treasury department rulin.
allowing an American resident TO bring
into tho United States. exempt from
duty. prcacnts for his family.
A French deputy has announced that
he .iii intcrpeiiatc the government on
the arbitration OF the Plus fund case
between tho United States and Mexico
should bc the first European country
to follow America In utilizing Tho
Hague tribunal.
A sixtccn-story apartment hotel will
he erected on Fifth avenue. between
Six,y-iourth and Sixty-fifth streets. in
the heart of the so.called millionaire
row." New York City. Frank J. Gould
purchased recently residence at s3i
Fifth avenue. for which he is said to
have paid 100000.
News has been received at Seattle
that the little Unalnska schooner J. +.
Ward is complete wreck In fanudah
bay. Uniwak island. Bcring Sea. Her
passengers and crew escaped through
the greatest good fortune. Five of the
after reaching land.
The United States government has
flied notice in the Federal Court at TO-
peka of an appeal of the NJ. X. and T.
land case to the United States Supreme
Court. The government in It's appeal
claims that the road. by means of fraud
and misrepresentation. obtained
great deal OF land under the grant.
United States Judge Kohlsaat has ap-
pointed William NJ. Booth special mas
10 take eNlufHCb III tU' DEo-
ceeding through which the government
is trying to recover 100000 which Cap
tain Oberlin NJ. Carter is said to have
received through conspiracy with
contractors at Savannah. Georgia.
Business depression continues in Ger
many and the winter will be hard on
the laboring class. The cities expect
more calls on public charity than last
winter. and the mayor of Frankfort-on-
the Main has announced city appro-
priation of 81. .0O0,00 for relief work of
various kinds to assist the laborers.
The great American coal strike re-
fected in London in the placing of
stock in a new company to develop re-
Gently discovered coal fields in the Arc
tic regions some distance beyond the
northern boundaries of Canada. The
seam, said to be 200 miles long, was
discovered by Capt. J. L. Bernier, the
Canadian explorer.
Chicago is to have a restaurant trust.
capitalized at s5.OO0,O0O, If the plans of
certain promoters are carried out. All
the large restaurants of the city, 1t is
contemplated. are to be drawn under
one central management. the head of
each establishment, however, to retain
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