Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-21
SHORT TELE6RAMs.

y illionaire and philanthropist, died at
6ar Harbor. Maine. August ..
Andrew Carnegie has offered the city
OF Dublin the sum OF $4,000 toward
J the erection OF free public library.
II is announced that John a. Book
walter. OF Springfield. Ohio. will be
candidate for United States senator to
succeed Senator Hanna.
Fifty ladrones. who we-e implicated
In the recent raids near Surigao. In the
province OF Mindanao. have been sen
fenced to long terms OF imprisonment
At Kamloops. British Columbia. on
the 10th inst. while playing with re-
voiver. Willie Edmonds. aged six. was
shot and killed by Charles Newman.
aged seven.
The Treasury Department on the 18th
inst. purchased 10000 ounces OF silver
for Philippine coinage at an average
price of 55A cents. delivery TO be made
In San Francisco.
The volcano OF Kilauca. on the ISL
and OF Hawaii. the movement OF which
was suspended d few days ago by a
lava slide into the crater. has resumed
its usual state OF activity.
The strike riots at cracow. Austrian
Poland. have resulted. according TO u
Il staNoW asNbphpShs "hSsy
since August through conflicts be-
tween the strikers and the troops.
General Miles has accepted the Of
nee OF president OF tho Thomas Jerer.
son Memorial Association. and the as
| sociation announces that his election
is for the remainder Of It's existence.
The Cooperative Union laundry.
which was established by union iaun'
dry workers during the big strike In
Chicaso's warehouses last June. has
been declared a failure and has closed.
Eaton Stone. an old circus performs
er. who Is said to have been the nrst
man to turn a some rsault on sallop-
ing horse. died at Nutiey. New Jersey.
on the 10th Inst. ut the age OF eighty
six.
The Italian m.uistcr of marine has
directed that squadron be kept In
readiness to sail for the East should
the complications In Macedonia make
II necessary to protect Italian sub
Jccts.
BrIgndIer General A. Z. 'woodson.
u. s. A.. rcti:cd. died at Paoia. Kan
xas. August T.. aged siSty.two years.
lie was In the military service forty.
one years. He Will be buried In the
national cemetery Al Arlington. Nir.
ginia.
1t Is rumorcd Mt constantInopic that
the Turkish troops In Macedonia have
become so dcmora!ixcd by their failure
TO receive pny that hundreds OF them
are dcsertIn. and selling their rides to
Insurgents, In order TO obtain pro-
visions.
The Kien. Russia. correspondent OF
the London Times says u lcadin. Rus.
sian employer estimates that the strike
In Russia affected half million men
and that the strength Of the movement
IL Increasing and the authorities are
nonplusscd.
At Chicago on the 9Th inst. John Al.
exandcr Dowic. general ovcrsccr OF the
Christian Catholic church. was made
q citizen of the United States upon re-
nouncing In the Superior Court his nj.
icgiancc to the sovereign Of Great
Britain and ireland.
An American nrm has contracted TO
furnish the Russian -four mills. Mt Pc
kin. with 100000 worth OF machinery.
The output OF the mills will be 10.
creased within year to 1900 barrels
per day. suptrseding the supply Of
flour from America
| A violent earthquake shook Lisbon.
Portugal. at 10 o'clock on tho night OF
| Aukutt y. ue hubth thntNu bus wv
seconds and no fatalities arc reported.
but II serves to recall the great earth
quake and succeeding frc In liI5.
when over 10000 lives were lost.
The President has rendered to Charles
p. McCleilnnd of westchester county.
New York. q membership on the Board
Of General Appraisers. Mr.. McClel-
land Is n Democrat and n member OF
the New York State Senate from the
Twcnty-second district.
| A dispatch from Pekin says 100 per.
sons were drowned In the disastrous
foods which occurred Mt Che Foo.
China. July 81. The bridges within
the city and many houses with their
occupants were swept away in the tor.
rent. Two thousand OF the inhabitants
are left destitute.
Three workmcn were killed and
twenty.four wounded nj Kief, Russia.
August 6. when the Cossacks fired on
the strikers who were attempting to
interfere with railroad traffic. The
rioters numbered 1000. A magistrate.
an officer. and several soldiers were
injured by stones.
A Cape Town dispatch says that
Princess Radziwill. who was sentenced
to two years imprisonment by the
Supreme Court. April 30. 1902. for
forgery in connection with notes pur.
porting to have been indorsed by Cecil
Rhodes. has been liberated from prison
and has started for England.
At Carthage. Missouri. August s.
wind storm before daylight destroyed
thousands OF dollars worth of fruits
and shade trees and caused more or less
damage to small buildings and mining
property in the towr and at Jasper.
Lamar and Seneca. taking in three
counties along the Kansas line.
The Photographers rational con.
vention. at indianapolis. approved the
plan for bunding national salon at
Winona. It will be the first undertak.
ing of its kind In the world. 1t was
decided to postpone for one year the
acceptance of Sheadman's new actinlc
light unit as universal standard.
The contract for the magnificent
new terminal for all the steam rail.
roads now entering Washington has
been let, and actual construction will
soon begin The award re presents up.