Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-05
SHORT TELeoRAMs.

anese being the first to withdraw their
troops.
Capt. A. T.. Mordaunt. credited with
having made the first discovery OF pay
gold at Nome. died at San Francisco
November 25th.
The British award In the boundary
arbitration between Chile and Argen-
tina consists OF compromise be-
tween the claims of the two eountries-
Heavy advances In the gold premium
have caused great excitement In imam
eial and business circles in Mexico. II
Is thought that a gold standard cannot
long be delayed.
Septimus Winner. composer OF The
Mocking Bird" and hundreds OF other
popular songs. died suddenly in Phil
adelphia. November Esd. He was sew
enty'six years old.
The Wisconsin Central ore dock at
Ashland. Wisconsin,. was burned No
vsmbcr 23d. involving a loss of $685.,
BOO. Two firemen lost their lives and
many others were injured.
After a lengthy debate the British
House OF Commons passed resoln-
tion approving the action Of the Brit
lsh government In signing the Brus-
sells sugar convention. by .i3 votes To
1856.
James Z. A. Gibbs. aged seventy
three. the inventor OF the Wilcox &
Gibbs sewing machine and other inven-
tions, died at his home nt Rnphine.
Rockbridge county. Virginia. Novem-
ber 25th.
Gipsy. circus elephant. went crazy
near valdosta. Georgia. few days
ago and killed James ORourkc. her
keeper. She got out OF car and CO.
capped. but was oyertnkon and shot
to death.
II is stated that Henry Friek. former
partner OF Andrew Carnegie. viii si,e
the city Of Pi'tsburs university that
Will cost S5.Ocp. 600 and outriynl the
great polytechnic school planned by
Mr. Carnegie.
As q result Of the strikes, tho gov
ernmcnt of tho Ar.cntinc Republic
has issued q decree establishing mar.
tial Law In Bucnos Ayrcs aud through
out tho provinces OF Bucnos Ayrcs
and Santa fc.
John Mc6cary. on trial In Anacon'
dn, Montana, for the murder OF 81.
permit tandcnt John Evans Of tho Wa
shoe smcitcr. In July last. was sen.
fenced to twelve years In the pcnitcn'
tInry. tho verdict bcin. murder In the
second degree.
The Appeal to Reason. published at
Cirard, Kansas. having completed
canvass. places tho SocialISt vote In
tho United States during tho recent
election at 100000. The heaviest So
riaiist vote. sj.i55. was policd In
Massachusetts,.
-. Nttg mi
there are. excluding Jewish syna'
,osucs, 36G public places OF Christian
worship on Manhattan island. with
reported membership OF 695.Si:. The
average attendance mt services was
found TO be i5i ,63i adult persons. 1872
s31 of whom were men.
Lolita Armour. to treat whom for
congcnitni Inniformntion OF the hip DIR.
Lorcnx came to Chicago from Vienna.
In now able to walk. Her father In
tends to send her to Vienna. where she
can have the special treatment OF cS-
pert mnsscurs. Specialists say that she
will become completely cured.
In breaking car blockade at Pitts.
burg n few days ago the Pennsylvania
railroad system moved 10000 cars In
and out OF Pittsburg in thirty.six
hours. In fivc hours nInc;y-hvc trains
were started for Altoona by the Penn.
sylvania. n movement twenty per
cent. heavier than the record.
Tho heavy ships OF the North Allan
tic squadron which are to participate
in the winter maneuvcrs in the Carib-
bean sea, have arrived Mt Culebrn.
They are the Kearsarge. Alabama,
Massachusetts,. Detroit. Cincinnati.
Fortune. Machias and Culgoa. The ma
neuvers are to begin December 9th.
The President has decided to appoint
Ashley NJ. Gould United States district
attorney for the District of Columbia.
rs associate justice OF the Supreme
Court of the District to succeed the late
Justice Bradley. He also has decided
to appoint Francis NJ. Wright OF I'LL
nois to the vacancy on the Court OF
Claims by the death of Judge Davis.
A San Bernardino. California, dis
patch says that Mrs. Mary Catilina,
last of the famous Scrrano Indian bas-
ket weavers. Is dead. She was 1OI
years old The Serrano tribe. former
~ the most powerful on the coast side
of the San Bernardino mountains, has
dwindled to a mere handful OF govern
ment pensioners. numbering only fifty
four.
Leroy Pellitier of New York is maxi
Ing arrangements to start in search
of the North Pole. He has asked per-
mission OF the Treasury Department,
which has been granted, for himself
and two companions, to make the
trip next summer from st. Michaels
to Point Barrow. Alaska. At the lat.
ter point he will endeavor to reach the
main ice pack and to proceed thence
to Franz Josefland and Greenland.
German legislators. with their eyes
on j. Pierpont Morgan. and the grow
ing aggressions of trusts In the United
states, are visibly agitated over signs
that Germany cannot long hope to es-
cane the combination octopus. AT their
head is Count Pasadowsky, Prussian
minister of the Interior. who purposes
soon to hold an inquiry preliminary to
devising protection for consumers
against arbitrary prices made possible
by the formation Of trusts"
Emmet Urell. commander-in.chiefo OF
the Spanish War Veterans, accompa-
MED by Fred c. Hodgson and G.. Ley
burn Sherry. officials of the organiza-
ton, recently urged the President to
place under the civil service all the
Spanish war veterans who are now
serving the government in clerical
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