Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-03-06
SHORT TELeoRAms.

aieAico, and handshaking has been pro-
hibited during the prevalence Of the
epidemic.
Both houses of the Legislature have
passed bill appropE!aIing slOo. 900
Tor the payment Of claims of Indian
war veterans.
The national eneamPment of the
Grand Army OF the Republic will be
OF August l7lh.
The New York Chamber Of Com
merce has adopted resolution for a
state building and exhibil al the ST.
Louis Exposition.
The Delaware Legislature took its
regular daily ballot for senator Feb
ruary 2ith and scored the lhiEtisth at
tempt without results
Admiral sehiey. Col. A X. Mcclure
ana Gen. Joseph WheeleT we're given
an ovation by the people uf New Or
leans ON their visit TO the MaTdi Gras,
Adyiees from Sydney say the ports OF
Australia have declared quarantine
against San Francisco ami all vessels
from California will have to be fumi-
gated.
Governor Pnrdce of California has
signed bill appTopriaIing $4,000 to
deiray the expenses Of the National q.
a. II. encampnent in san Francisco
next August.
The Utah Senate has PASSED bill
appropriatins $4,000 for tho Utah -x-
hiblt at the 81. Louis Worlds Fair. and
$4,000 for the Lewis and Clark Expo.
sition at Portland.
Tn. Car has ordered the immediate
construction of the proposed ldensal-
mi-kaynna railroad. 10 IA TO give en-
ploymcnt to the Firms who are aGTer-
Ing from famine.
David Marks. LIZ D., Cf Frederick
town. y. H.. is 100 y.aEH Of as. aud
has been In active public III. for sixty
one years. being still u member OF III.
Canadian Senate.
The steamer City Of I0ugEyiiic. car
ryinE 100 visitors To III. carnival.
mad. the trip from Cincinnati to New
Orleans. n distance Of 1881 miles. In
lcsS than four days and half.
The health officer of the town of
West Seneca. New York reports tina,
there are eighty cases Of Is pnoid fever
Mt that plae. and probably more than
100 additional castS not reported.
ttA NA'
of n siOo.000 wooden mill near Great
Falls. Montana. have bt"a completed.
and the preliminary stcgS towards It's
erection will be commenced st once.
In the last report of the New York
Health Department II Is estimated that
the present population of Greater New
York is 3.73..a0l. m iacT-lEc since tho
United States census OF 1900 Of 2?5.-
7oi.
The central relief committee nj
Stockholm has forwardsd to the GOV
crnor OF the province OF wcst.rbottcn
TO be used Tor the dis,rihul!un OF seed.
$4,000. OF which 5000 WAS contributed
by the Americans.
II IN announced that but twelve
miles OF steel nro to he laid in order to
complete the Fort Smith and Western
railroad Into wcicc,tka, indian Terri
tory. over half of the distance between
Fort Smith and Guthrie.
In spite OF the unexpected opposition
the lower house OF the Illinois l.cgisla-
turc passed tho bill 10 appropriate So
600 for statue of Miss Frances l..
Willard to be placed In the statuary
hall at Washington. by n vote OF 1o2
TO IG.
The Ontario Lumbcrmcn's Associa-
iion has adopted resolution con-
dcmning the proposed export duty on
pulp wood by the Dominion. No ex-
port duty. the resolution declares,
should be placed on any product OF the
forest.
Claude dc Lorraine. who was chief
engineer on the Monitor when that
vessel sank the MerTimac during the
Civil War. and his son Edward. aged
twenty-four, were found dead from as
phyxiation February 18th ut their
home in Brooklyn,
Burglars blew open the safe of the
postoiiice at East Aichison. Kansas.
February oath. The explosion set fire
to the building which. with two adjoin-
ing buildings and contents. and all the
mail matter in the postofIice. was de-
stroyed. No money was secured.
A resolution requesting Congress
to call n convention for the purpose OF
submitting an amendment to the con-
stitution. calling for the election OF
United States senator by direct vote OF
the people. was defeated in the Cali
fornia Senate by tie vote of II to II.
The actors of New York propose to
give n benefit for Miss Clara Morris.
Among the patrons. many OF whom
have contributed money. are Bishop
Potter, w. c. Whitney. ]. p. Morgan,
George J. Gould. II. o. Havemeyer,
John d. Crimmins and John G. Car
Isle.
Austen Chamberlain. the British
postmaster general. in behalf of his
father. the colonial secretary, who is
in South Africa, Informed the House
of Commons that the British Alaskan
commissioners will be selected after
consultation with the Dominion gov
ernment.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York is trying to unravel n gigantic
plot by which several life insurance
companies have been defrauded out of
large sums of money. Policies were
secured on good risks and then the
dead bodies of other persons were
palmed OF on the companies for
those of the insured.
Fire partially destroyed the new
brick car barn at the new winter quar-
ters of the Barnum & Bailey circus in
Connecticut. February oath,
and burned number of cars belong
ing to the circus. The loss is estimat-
ed at 100000. on which there is insur-
ance of $4,000.
The main building and laundry OF