Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-09-25
SHORT TELE6RAHS.

top OF Mount Washington
Six inches OF snow fell all ovec Vel
lovs,one park on the leth and 18th
ins,.
Recent heavy rains have done great
J damage TO the hay and grain crops in
Eastern Washington
The l5ccO-ton armored cruiser
Maryland was launched al Newport
News. Va. September 18th.
Otto Sarony. the famous portrait
photographer. of New York city. died
OF lung disease on the 18th inst
Rear Admiral o'Ne!l. chief OF ord
| nance will ask for SIS 900, 900 for ord
nance In the navy for the next fiscal
year.
Coun. Tols;oI celebrated his sevcnty-
! Eth birthday on September llth. al
home among his children. He was in
excellent health
The board OF regents Of the Nebras-
"A state university have decided 10
locate an agricultural experiment STA
ton al North Platte.
IL is reported at Deadwood that the
Rothschilds have offered S35 .coo.ooo for
the famous Homestnke gold mine, own
ed by the Hearst estate.
The Rev. Robert Benson, son OF the
late archbishop OF Canterbury. who
died In 1886. has been received into the
Roman Catholic Church.
-Four students of the technical high
school Of Stuttgart. Germany. have
been sentenced TO three month"; deten-
tion In fortress for duelling.
Rsrr Admiral Francis A. Cook. who
commanded the Brooklyn at Santiago.
was retired on his own application
September 18th after forty years ser
vice.
Two earthquake shocks were felt A.
Portland. Ore. on the afternoon OF
September iith. No damage was done.
although the largest brick baild!ngs
were shaken quite severely.
The Anaconda group Of mines A.
Butte closed for two months pending
Alterations In the big washoe sme!ter.
resumed operations september 18th
The mines employ 5000 men.
Heroic work on the part OF nurses
and attendants prevented serious loss
OF life In 4 Gre that started from de-
fectiye due In the keosh-wright hos
exceed $4,000.
L!eut-Colonel Charles G. Treat.
commardant OF cadets n Vest Point.
| 'Apta n AHPs8F'Sss
ieen,h Infantry. have been detailed as
umplr.s during the army naneuyers a.
Fort Riley. Kansas.
Some time will probably elapse be-
fore the meeting of the Venezuelan ar
bltEaiIon tribunal n The Hague. ms the
Associated Press Is informed that the
Car has asked for two months ~
which to select the aFb!traiors.
Augusta. Wis. was greatly damaged
by y e!ocdbuist September i:;h. Ab-
bo;Siord. Meiford. Chelsie. Merrill.
Moneoya. Unity and clenwood are
among the other pointH In Wisconsin
iha; suffered from heavy floods.
Ralph Mcbride. aged seventeen. died
at Button. Iowa. on the 18th instant.
rs the result o: initiation !nto O high
school secret society. The grand iury
returned indictments against nine stu
dents In connection with the affair.
IL having been stated that President
Roosevelt had objected TO meeting Sir
Thomas Lipton at n dinner Of the Sea
wanhaka CoFinthian Yacht Club. tho
president wrote a letter TO the chair
man OF the club trustees dcayinE the
report.
Franels V. Benque. arrested on COM
pla!nt Of federal authorities on 4
charge Of having written threatening
letters 20 Secretary Hay. has been COM
nliied TO III. Manhattan state asylum.
Wards Island. having been found par
tally Inrane.
President I.oubet recently paid an
unusual compliment to the wife Of
Senator Lodge by placing his box at
the opera at her disposal. General
BriScre. commandsr-ir-chief OF the
army. sat with Senator Lodge and wife
in the box Throughout the evening.
The ivy on Massachusetts, and Harr-
ard halls al Harvard college. that on
the former dating probably from tho
building O. the hall. in 1870. has been
cut down to the roots for the purpose
OF stimulating the growth. The dust
and dirt Of almost two centuries had
to be scrapcd OF diligently before the
bricks became visible.
Tho Board Of inquiry into the
charges OF cruelty formulated against
Major Robert l.. Howse through Major
Hunter. has finished hearing testi-
mony at Manila. and adjourned. II Will
later consider the arguments offered on
both sides of the case. at the close OF
which the records will be sent Ia
Washington for Anal adjudication.
A. Cleveland. O.. September 18th tho
trottirs marc Lou Dillon. paced by two
running horses and driven by Willard
Sanders. lowered to 2:5 the hlgh sulky'
trot;ing record Of a:si. made by Maud
S. in 1885. The sulky used weighed
fifty-two pounds. eight pounds mora
than the sulky used by Maud S. Tho
suiky vas not ball bearing. but of the
old axle type.
| The secret service has received a
new counterfeit $50 National Bank
note on the Mechanics National Bank
OF New Bedford, Mass. The series Is OF
1852. check letter u. charter No. 1i3.
Bruce. register. wyman, treasurer us
the uritct States. II j. good photo
graph on plain paper: no fibrcs: num-
Lcrs and seal and panel Of back tinted
with thin Colors.
Montague 1Ioihein. the English
rwir.mer. has failed in his fourth at
tempt to swim the English channel.
He left the water eight miles from Ca
lals. France. after swimming seventeen
hours and twenty minutes. He was
within four miles OF the wrench coast
at 8 o'clock I'm .hc morning. when the