Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
SHORT rELEoRAMs.

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Tho question of accepting $lG5.0cC
from Andrew Carnegie for the erection
OF a library building In Albany. New
York. was put to popular vote and
defeated by an overwhelming major
ity.
Bishop Hugh NJ. Thompson Of the
Prosestant Episcopal diocese OF Mis-
sissippi is dying of cancer of the throat.
Bishop Thompson was born In Ireland
In 1880 and was classmate OF Presi-
dent Cleveland.
The board OF trustees Of Northwest
ern University has voted to confer the
degree of LID. on Professor Adolph
Lorenz. the Vienna surgeon. The ex-
ercises will take place as soon as Dr.
Lorenz returns to Chicago.
| The auxiliary screw steamer Scotia
has left the Clyde for the Antarctic re,
gions with n number OF members OF
| the Scottish National Antarctic Asso-
citation. under the leadership OF VIII
| liam s. Bruce OF Edinburg on board.
Special Inspector walchorn Of the
United States immigration board has
left for Vancouver. He VIII appoint
fifty special inspectors between that
i
able immigrants from entering the
United States by way OF the western
boundaries.
AGviees have been received OF
tribal war which has resulted in heavy
loss Of life on Espirltu Santu island.
the largest OF the New Hebrides group.
The coast tribes were attacked by .
powerful inland tribe and several VII
inees Numbered and burned.
Hale johnson, a Prohibition leader
Of national reputation and vice presi-
Dental candidate on the Prohibition
ticket In 1896. was shot and killed by
Harry Harris Mt Bosotn. village thir-
~ miles from Efiinsham. iilionis. Har-
ris nftcrward committed suicide In
the county Jail by takin. poison.
d. C. Montgomery. superintendent of
schools In Oriental Ncgros. y. l.. was
murdered Friday by lndrones three
miles from Bacolod. He had a large
sum OF money with him. Six natives
armed with bolos and spears. attacked
the superintendent. killed him and
then mutiiated and robbed the body.
Eugene T. Madden and James T.
Keller. motormnn and conductor OF
the electric car which collidcd with
President Rooseyeit's carriage at Pitts
field. Massachusetts. waived cxaminn-
tion on a charge Of manslnushter and
were held for the grand jury. Madden
,was released on 5000 ball and Keller
on $500.
Tho prosecution OF Theodore l. Page
and Warren I. Conn. charged with tho
sale OF liquor ut the capitol rcstau-
rants In violation of the law. was dis
missed In Washington. ID. C.. by tho
court of appeals OF the department OF
Columbia. The court held that the act
regulating the sale Of liquor In the dis
trict was not intended to apply to tho
capitol.
Col. l.. Q. Washington. aged seventy
seven. OF Washington. ID. C.. died Tues
day. Through collateral branch OF
the Washington family he was related
to George Washington. During the
Civil War Colonel Warrington entered
tho Confederate military service. lator
becoming chief clerk of the confcd.
crate department Of state. and toward
tn close OF the war assistant Bccrc-
,ary OF state.
In the decision handed down by
Judge Thaycr Of the United States Cir
cult Court OF Appeals. In which the
Great Northern was worstcd In tho
suit to oust the Western Union from
the railroads right OF way. the dccis-
ion holds that the contention OF the
Great Northern Halfway Company in
this instance meant little less than
eonascation. The litigation involves
SIS miles Of line.
The Philippines commissioners have
taken flrm measures to prevent the rice
a.N. Ia fttn
provinces They have appropriated
i2 .o0o. 900 (Mcxican) for the purchase
and transportation of rice to be sold
TO the sufferers Mt cash price cover
Ing the cost. Governor Taft will con-
troll the purchases and sales. The
commission has already purchased a
large amount OF rice.
A civil service estimate has been Is
sued from London. placing the addi-
tionni amount required ns n grant to
mid the Transvaal and Orange River
colony during the present fiscal year
Mt si0.o00.000. The sum OF sl5.0o0000
is to be devoted to grants to burghcrs.
SIC. .OO0. goo to British sufferers by the
war and si5.o00.00o Ia to be used FOR
loans promised by the terms OF the
surrender to aid In rcscttling the coll
onics.
William Redmond. the leader OF the
Irish party In Parliav-.nt. was arrest
cd on his arrival at Kingstown Tues
day. and taken to Kilmainham jail.
MIR. Redmond several months ago
made n speech at Wexford. which was
said to be inccndiary. and he was or
dered by the court of the kings bench
to give bail for $1,000 for his future
good behavior. This he refused to do
and the court sentenced him to six
months Imprisonment.
The annual report OF Gen. A. W..
Greely. chief signal officer of the army,
says the signal corps has built and put
in working order in Alaska 1.12l miles
OF land lines and submarine cables
within twenty-four months. He also
calls attention to the necessity OF n
Pacific cable and to the necessity Tor
international cable regulations. and
recommends that the War Department
be represented at the international tel
egraph conference to be held In Lon
don next year.
In connection with the fifteen mur-
derous assault cascs which have oc-
CURED in Cambridge. Brookline and
Someryille. near Boston. during the
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