Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-16
SHORT TELEoRAMs.

at Pasadena. California. consisted OF q
tournament OF roses.
A big hunt In Juab county. Utah. Just
before New Years. resulted In the kill
Ing Of 5000 jackrabbits.
Germany's exports to the United
States Increased about $5.0O0.000 In
1902 while her Imports fell on.
The port OF New York collected near
.ly &lS.O00.0 more import duties In
1902 than during tho previous year.
President Loubet has sent $1,000 for
the relief OF the sufferers from the
earthquake at Andijan. Russian Turk
istan.
Estimates of the sugar crop In Sanfi-
ago de Cuba for 1903 are $4,000 bags.
an incvrcase OF 72.2i5 bags over that
for the year now closing.
Letters of administration of the es-
tate OF the late Bret Harte have been
granted In London. The total value OF
the estate Is placed at 1880.
What threatened to be q disastrous
strike in the Guggenhoim smelter Mt
Monterey. Mexico. has been ended by
the personal Efforts OF Governor Reyes.
Marconi Is preparing to install a
wireless transcontinental telegraph
system across Canada. the central sta
tion OF which will bc Winnipeg. Mani
toba.
New Orleans is now without supply
OF fuel oil and all the furnaces recently
converted to tho use OF oil burners are
being changed back 80 that coal may
be used.
The mileage OF new railroads bull.
In the United States In 1907 was 6.O36.
being the largest for any year since
1855. There was 5.36s miles OF road
built In 1901.
The corner stone OF the army war
college ut Washington barracks Will be
laid washinston's birthday. The prin-
cipal address will be made by Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt.
In commcmoratlon OF the coronation.
durbnr orders have been issued to re-
lease certain classes OF military Offend
crs and l6.l3s prisoners who are In
civil jaiis In India.
On March 10th stockholders OF the
Pennsylvania railway will be asked to
increase the capital stock to $iOO.0OO.-
600 and increase the bonded indebted
ness to n like amount.
The government has purchased four
more buffalo from private herd In
Idaho for stocking the Yellowstone Ma
iionai park. The herd In the park now
numbers about forty-nvc.
Increased tariff duties on both grain
and manufactured articles nrc import
ant features Of the new Austrian aus
gicich. which. Il is learned. is OF
highly protcc'ionist character.
France and Guatemala have agreed
to submit to the International nrbitrn-
ton court Mt The Hague tho French
claims against Guatemala. They arc
similar to those against Venezuela.
Cole Younger has applied to the Min
ncsotn State Board OF Pardons for q
full pardon. He wishes to return to
his old home In Missouri and his pres
ent parole will not permit him to leave
Minnesota.
Frederick I. Allen. commissioner Of
patents, names aerial navigation rs the
greatest problem for the consideration
OF inventors during the year 1908. He
believes that the problem Will cvcntu-
ally be Golved. and by an American.
William J. Lewis. n Seventh Day Ad-
vcntISt. who recently received an mp
pointmcat In the Postofi!cc DEPART
mcnt. says that he will not work on
Saturdays and the department refuses
TO change lis rules to conform to his
scruplcs.
Direct communication between Well
fleet. Massachusetts,. and Poldhu In
Cornwall. England. was established
Dccembcr 3lst by the Marconi system.
wellncet is COO miles further from
Poldhu than the Table Head station ut
Cape Breton. Nova Scotia.
Fire losses In the United States and
Canada for the ycas 1902 amounted to
Sli9, ,2GO. $50. This In gratifyingly less
than the figures for 1901 CT si6i. .3i7 $50.
and 1900 OF s163. 3.362 $50. During 1902
there we're 2,i0O fires of n greater de-
structiveness each than $1,000.
II Is officially announced that King
Edward has appointed Sir Francis Lew
eson BERTHE. X. c. b., now assistant
under secretary for foreign affairs. TO
succeed Lord Curric OF Hawley rs Brit
ish ambassador ut Rome. Lord Curric
resigned his post December 18th.
Prof. Robert Koch has delivered
lecture upon typhus In which he
claims that this disease can be combat
ted successfully through isolation. rs
cnOlera lS COHDutteu, lOT tne Eehsou
that typhus is only contracted by
contact with person already infected.
An agreement has been reached by
the representatives of the Toledo &
Western, the Garrett, Auburn & North
ern Indiana and the Chicago Air Line
companies for through electric line
between Toledo and Chicago. passing
through South Bend and Fayette, In
diana.
Construction is in progress on the
Orient road in Kansas. Oklahoma.
Texas and Mexico, and the road
is to be completed as rapidly rs possi-
BILE, President Stilwell says. The track
contractors in Woods county, oklaho-
ma, are laying more than mile OF
rails per day.
In a letter to the Navy Department
dated November 20. 1902. Rear Admiral
Evans, commander-in-chief Of the
Asiatic station. calls attention to the
crying need Of officers for the ships on
his station. and urges the Navy De-
partment to come to his assistance as
soon as possible.
The Southern Pacific and Union Pa
ciflc and connecting lines will put in
effect from February 18th to April 30th,
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