Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-06-05
SHORT TelEoRAMs.

been suffering from smallpox al STAN
ford. Connecticut.
The will OF Benjamin y. Jones. the
Fittsbufg steel manufacturer. divided
yco.o4o.o9 among the widow and -four
ehildren.
A Paris dispatch says that Mrs Pot
ter Palmer pfonouness the story oi
her engagement to the Prince OF Mon
AGO as absurd.
A rFe at Laeonia. New Hampshire.
ON May .oth. burned 100 buildings and
Jeff $50 people homeless The loss u
nearly 100000.
The Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
Central Pennsylvania has voted almost
unanimously against the proposition TO
change the name of the church.
Sarah Bernhardt made her second
appearance before a Berlin audience q
few days ago. She had cool feeep-
tion by the public and the press.
Director OF the Mint Roberts has
the Philippine coinage. at an average
price OF about 5sh cents per ounce.
Tod Sloane. the American jockey has
ben expelled from further entrance 10
the tracks Of the Rreneh Jockey cluh
for exercising horse without au'
thority.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges that NO.
mems clubs throughout the country
should hold special meetings and ap'
peal to the ezarina OF Russia In an
effort 10 stop the massacre OF Jews.
Miller Rses. Hutchinson OF Alabama
is said to have perfected a new dr.,
storage battery that is much lighter
than any now Ia use. Tiny baitrfles
can be made to run portable lamps.
Al the demand OF General Bobrikon.
the governor general of Finland. ~.
Sayon. the Swedish counsel at Sysiad.
Finland. has been dismissed for parti.
eipation In tho anti-Russian agitation.
Tho national convention Of the Fed.
Grafton Of Musicians at Its meeting
Just closed In Indianapolis. abolished
tho color line. and unions OF eolorcd
musicians will not be designated n
''colored" any longer.
John u. Rockefeller has offered 10 In.
crease his donation to tho student
building fund of Indiana University nj
bloomington. from $4,000 10 eSo.ccc
on condition that n fund of 10000 be
raised from other sources.
Two thousand native houses have
been destroyed by firc In tho Tondo
district OF Manila. About 5000 persons
are homeless and arc being fed and
sheltered by tho municipality, The
damage ID estimated At 100000 pesos,
Paul piouct. the famous French
writer and newspaper correspondent.
who wrote under the name OF Max
o'Reii." died ut Paris May 9Th from
the effects OF an operation for appcn-
dicitis At New York some time pre-
yious.
A firc Mt 81. Hyacinthc. Quebec. on
May Goth destroyed the shoe factory OF
Cole Brothers. and half dozen other
industries. together with 80 houses,
leaving nearly n quarter OF the city's
population homeless. The loss was
about 9t0o.co0.
John ID. Rockefeller has given $4,000
to the Washington. ID. C.. Young Mems
Christian Association. conditioned on
raising 100000 before January LIST.
1901. The total contributed thus far
Is raised by MIR. Rockcfcilcr's Hubscrip-
ton to $4,000.
The district managers OF the Nation
nj Metal Trades Association. In session
nt Cincinnati. decided to extend the
labor employment bureau by or.nnix'
ing local bureaus In all the districts oi
tho association. One OF the bureaus
will be In Denver.
At n special election held May e6th
In the Seventh congressional district
OF Kansas. to MI n vacancy. Victor
Murdock, Republican nominee. carried
every one OF the thirty-six counties and
probably every one Of the 200 pre-
cincts in the district.
DIR. s. Hobart Peabody. assistant di.
rector OF exhibits OF the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition and n widely
known educator, died at st. Louis on
May 26th, aged seventy-four. He was
n noted mathematician. linguist. nat.
uralist and astronomer.
The congregation of the propaganda
in Rome is examing n proposition &c
divide the diocese OF Davenport. Iowa
In two. besides establishing four new
dioceses in the west, which would
bring the total OF the American do
ceses from eighty-five to ninety.
The semi official as well as the in.
dependent press of Berlin takes pains
to explain that Prince Henry's (of Prus-
sia) visit to Spain is without political
Significance and even casts ridicule or
the Spanish papers for discussing O
German-Spanish alliance in connection
with the visit.
The Legislature of chihuahua. Mex
leo. a state bordering on Texas and
New Mexico. has proclaimed General
Luis Terrazas governor for the nex'
four years. He is the wealthiest mar
in Mexico and is the father-in-law oi
Enrique C. Creel, Mexico's leading
banker and financier.
Great Britain has decided to accord
China the same terms in the settlement
of the boxer indemnity as those ac-
cepted by the United States. The
state department has been Informed
that the English charge at Pekin has
signified the Willingness of his gov.
ernment to accept payment on silver
basis for a term of years. This very
much strengthens the attitude of the
United States.
Professor Harvey T. Woodman oi
Mount Vernon, New York, whose death
is announced at the age of seventy-six
was world-famous authority in nat
ural history. For more than forty
years he was engaged in the collection
of shells and prehistoric relics and fos-
sils. Years ago Professor Woodman
gained international fame by his the.
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