Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-02
SHORT TELEoRAMs.


A new company Is being organized
to acquire the properties OF the Amer
ican Bicycle Company. II will be
stocked at s22.250.00o.
The Russian officials az Fort Arthur
entertained Lieutenant General Miles
on his arrival there and sent him to
'Taku on board a cruiser.
Goyernor-Eiect Mickey OF Nebraska
is Methodist and does not counten-
nance dancing. Hence il Is announced
that the usual inauguration bail will
be omitted.
announced from Seoul that the United
States minister has demanded the pay
ment OF Sl.500.000 due to the builders
OF the electric railroad.
Frederick Temple, Archbishop OF
Canterbury and Primaie OF all Eng
land. died In London. December 22nd.
Porto Rico has Gl .SG3 pupils enrolled
In Its public and special schools.
Extreme cold weather In Hungary
resulted In sixty-three persons being
frozen to death within three days.
Wolves devastated the sheepfolds and
three shepherds were deyoured.
W. Byron coakiy OF Chicago claims
TO have demonstrated is experiments
on animals that by the use Of hoi-
low golden needle he can safely inject
medicinal liquids directly Into the
heart.
The Londcn Times publishes a poem
by Rudyard kipiing which Is strong
protest against the Anslo-Gcrman
agreement with regard to Venezuela.
The poem will probably cause much
discussion.
The Jones Bros. Publishing Com.
pany Of Cincinnati. Ohio. has filed n
decd of assignment. The liabilities
are about $4,000. The company was
largely engaged In publishing subscrip-
ton books.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided that life insurance company
cannot be compelled to pay the amount
OF policy In n case where the policy
holder commits murder and ID legally
executed for the crime.
Word Is received from Commission.
cr Barrett In Slam that II Is the intcn-
tion of that country to make n more
elaborate exhibit mt tho Louisiana
Purc.;ssc Exposition than was shown
at either Paris or Chicago.
General Bourbon do casteiivi. q
cousin OF King Alfonso. was recently
arrested In u Madrid gambling house.
He promptly challenged the project.
who In responsible for the energetic
attempts made 10 suppress club gam
bling.
The International Association OF Sug-
nr Statistics estimates the European
crop this year Mt 5.iIiIi3 tons. a de-
crcasc OF i.30S 300 tons from last year.
In Germany ths yield is estimated Mt
i.103.296 toa5. decrease OF SS9.sso
tons.
The high price - coal Mt Washing.
ton. anthracite having reached u: and
soft coal IS n ton. Ia held responsible
for large Increase In the number OF
cases OF bad colds and pneumonia.
many houscg being insuiiicicnuy
heated.
The annual sale of seal skins took
place Mt Lampsoa's and the Hudson
Bay Company. In Loadon. December
l7th. The prices realized were larger
than last year. The skins brought
from SIS to $50 according to size ana
quality.
Tho executive committee OF the
Army of Santiago de Cuba has selected
Detroit for the cncampment OF July
I6 md IA. 1903. to commemorate the
surrender OF Santiago. July II. 1898.
It Is expected that the attendance will
reach 10000.
The Pope has signed the appoint
mcnts Of Bishop James Il. Quigley OF
Buffalo. New York. as archbishop of
Chicago. and Rev. J. Il. Regis Cnncv-
In. rector OF st. Paul's Cathedral OF
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. us coadjutor-
bishop Of Pittsburg.
The constitutionality of the Missouri
railroad fellow servant law recently
passed on by the Missouri Supreme
Court. will be tested before the federal
Supreme Court on writ OF error
sued by John o. Overall. for the rail
road company. in the federal court.
Work will be commenced In the
spring to rid the city Of Cleveland OF
fl5 grade crossings. The estimated
cost of the work will be $10000.000 and
1t will require ten 1ears to do the
work. There are seven railroads con-
cerned in the expensive improvement.
Increases in wages amounting to
100000 year are to be granted to
the 5000 locomotive engineers and
fremen employed by the Chicago e.
Northwestern Railroad and its branch
lines. The average increase is about
eight per cent. beginning January !.
1903
The Indians in Flathead county. Mon
tana, are charged with slaughtering
deer and other game in great numbers.
The estimate is that these Indians have
killed not less than 1000 head of deer
out of season, besides other game.
There is little game left in Flathead
county.
General Peanuts" who for num-
ber of years was one of the best known
midgets and clowns connected with
Barnum's and Forepaugh and Sells
circuses. died a few days ago in New
York. The midget was a Japanese.
thirty.eight years old and two feet one
inch high.
1t is announced that the Carnegie in
stitute at Washington has granted
sum of money to the Yale Peabody
museum and to the experimental psy-
chology laboratory of the college. The
amount was not specified. This is the
first money granted to Yale by the Car.
negie institute.
Mr.. Choate. the American Ambassa-
dor to Great Britain. and Mrs. Choate.
,hn,-