Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-09
SHORT TElEGRAMS.

many funerals.
A severe earthquake shock was ex-
perienced Mt Syracuse Sicily, on the
night OF December eth.
The Maine cattle commission has Is
sued statement that the state Ii free
from the foot and mouth disease.
There are iii.407 depositors In tho
Connecticut savings banks and the
amount Of their deposits In $203. .522.-
:25.
The new battlcship Maine has been
placed In commission at the League
Island navy yard. Her full compile
mcnt Of men will be $50.
Contracts have been made for 200 900
tons OF coal for shipment from English.
Scotch and Welsh ports TO eastern
ports of the United States.
Andrew Carnegie has given s25. 900
library to the mountaln branch OF the
National Soldiers Home at Johnson
City. Tennessee. which Is to be opened
April LIST
The Red Cross Society Is sending
representatives to AndiJan. Russian
Asia, To organize relief for the earth.
quake sufferers and has contributed
81. 800 to the relief fund.
Berlin papers sny tha, Prince Henry
of Prussia Ii coming To the United
States In 1904 to visit the ST. Louis
Exposition and unycll the Veterans
monument In Philadelphia.
Tho Michigan Sugar Manufacturers
Association has adopted resolutions
protesting against the ratification Of
any treaty with Cuba which reduces
tn. present tariff on sugar.
Count Tolstol has sent n personal
appeal asking the Tapcrs. In view of
his advanced age and illness. not To
publish any further reports af his con
dition. ns they eauE" him pain.
The government has purchased four
more buffalo from a private herd In
Idaho for stocking the Yellowstone Ma
tionai Park. The herd In the park
now numbcra about IoEiy-nyc.
The Rome Tribuna says that the
Pops has ordered the ArchbiAhop a:
Manila To cscommuaicatr all persons
who ~nd~ayor To promote the creation
Of a national church IA the philippines.
Gen. Leonard w00i haa accepted mn
Invitation Of tho Kansas Day Club tn
| respond To q toast a. the banquet Jan
uary 18th. Ccscgal Funston and Ca
inzha Grow will alsp probably b. pres
cat.
Il is rumor-i thai tho intercollegiate
football rules cumuliiT" Ia likely To
take some action thai uili abolish mass
plays. which arc siFuaaiy oh!rc;ci io
by college sathuFi,!rs a. brutal aHi
dangerous
a rcyor; comes sFpn II. Petersburg
that q story u cnfEuut there Ia the
effect that the Car uas induced To
call The Hssgr ls-sr0 conference by
| reason Of advice received at a spiritual.
istic scancr.
Al q meeting in brussels Of tho In
ternasionai Socialist Bureau resolutions
were passed In relation to tho possible
results q! the .ruau;niu ~ar With which
u Ia claimed the United States arc
Threatening EafuPc.
Employees Of the Busiaio. Rochester &
Pistsburs railFusd have bcca granted a
| seven pr crst. Increase In wages. cf-
fcctisc DccetJ-f lat. The company
employs about 1000 men. aimus, all
Of whom will b.aSti by the raise.
| General Davis at Manila cables that
Capt. Robert MeGrvzoE. engineer
corps. died bcermbcr ssd Of acute ap.
pcnaici,is. Captain Mct;rpsof uas a
native OF MiehiEaa and vas graduated
al the military academy In June. isso.
President Roosevelt son, a private
| telegram to Lori Mis,o. governor gen.
erai Of Canada, cnasssins best wishes
for tho Se~ Year to him and Lady
Min,o and expressing "caTnes, hope
for the welfare and prosperity OF Can.
ada
Marroni has for some time been
sending tvo or three messages daily
by wireless tslcEraphy from glace Hay.
/ Nova Scotia to Cornwall. England.
Some Of these Dispatches arc IraSihy.
One vas directed to ex-EmpEuss Es.
/ genie.
William waldorf As,or has given
$50 COO TO build new out-patien, dc.
partner, for the hospital for sick chill
| drpp in Great UFmond street. London.
IL will be dedicated to the memory Of
his daughter GWeHdoiiae. who died re-
| Gently.
Five hundred million dollars in gold
is the amount Of American capital In
vested in Mexico by 1.tis American
companies. firms and individuals. ae.
! coriins to estimates carefully prepared
/ by Consul General A. u. barlow at
Mexico City.
The Lackawanus Steel Company Of
Buffalo. New York. the largest inde-
pendent steel Manufacturing concern
In the world. recently received its FIRST
consignment Of ores. The I.ackavan.
ma company has a capital stock Of si0..
o9c.epO and will employ 5000 men.
Nate Salisbury. one Of the country's
hest known shoumen. principal owner
of buffalo Bilrs@ Wild West show.
and a heavy s.JC Eholder in the Baruum
q Bailey Company. died at Long Branch
New Jersey on Uecembef zIth. after
weeks sickness, Of stomach trouble.
Dr. Frederick L. Brady. who was
member Of RgOsevelt's Rough Riders
In the Spanish.American war. died in
New York City December 2sth. lie
was In the engagement at Las Quasi.
mas. the battle Of San Juan hill and at
Santiago. making an honorable record.
The new Peoples UndenumInational
church at st. Paul. Minnesota. built
at a cost of 100000. 10 replace the
one burned a year ago, was opened
Sunday. December 2sth. Its decora-
tions pay tribute TO the great found.
ers OF the principal religions of the
world.
Governor Taft's energetic expedi-
tions looking to the suppression of la
arnnier,, Haxa nrpdircd uottataI ar.iv-