Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-09-18
SHORT reLEoRAMs.

President i4oubet on the 9Th Inst.
gave an audience 10 Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge,
Santos Dumont. the Brazilian aero
naui. recently arrived al Rio Janeiro
from France. having returned To bis
native country 10 recover his health.
Three hundred milk dealers. in cor
Nsntion. recently perfected an orsani-
ration which practically places the
trade OF PittsbuTg and Allegheny IN
the hands Of = combine.
In Washington county. Oklahoma,
September Sd. Mrs, Rhoades. Shils
milking cow. wss struck by lightning
and Instantly killed. The bolt also
killed Iso COWS and calf.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers. in session al Syracuse. y. y.
September 9Th. reelected J. Z. Keller
as president and selected Portland.
ore, for the next convention
Or September 9Th at Boston Albert
Champion established a ns~ mile mo-
tor cycle record. lie rode against his
previous record Of 80 seconds and
made the mile in % e-5 seconds.
The adjourned meeting OF the soei-
ETY. of the Army Of the Potomac will bs
held in conjunction with the meeting
at ,le armies OF the West at Washing
ton, October 18th and 10Th next
Sir Charles Elliot. high commits
sioner for East Africa. is said To have
reported strongly against the British
governments project Of Zionist col
ony in the East African pEo,setors,s,
The vosio,oIchny yestnik Of VIaii-
Sosiosk says every passenger train On
the nanehuria railroad IL now accom-
panied by a detachment OF soldiefy and
that the Who'll. line Ia guarded by sea-
tries.
A Topeka dispatch says Tat tho
Santa F- railroad has Increased the
wages Of boiiermsk-Fs. marhihis,s and
biAcksmiths : cents pc. hour over the
entlTe system.
A IRE nj Port Arthur. Texas. Sep
'smtsr .Ih and s,h destroyed the
steamer City OF EV-Fs:.: and the der
riekH of the Texas oil Company. The
eaiir- loss Is estimated AT t=Se.oco.
In the Cleveland Automobile Club
races nj the Chenille track sTpt-mb-r
9Th u. Chisholm ot Cleveland broke the
n,e-mlic record for electric machines
Time. s:ss 5-S. The former time Nss
$50.
The German Ssrsean, aud six rrl-
Yates who were recently arrested for
iIsaAuH NJ FFha HENF NpHAsiaNi
they stole two bombs. with the n-~ Sc
Gre, fuses attached, for an agent ot
France.
The m~thoi pursued by tho Supreme
Lodge of the Ancient Order Of United
workmtn In increasing the rate Of as
Hrssfrcni upon It's members has been
endorsed by tho National frai-gnai
Congress.
In IN attempt 10 heat the track rec
eFd of 5ss. seconds. Albert Champion
at Charles River park. Boston. Sep
trmt-r I'd. established n new worlds
record for motor cycles by riding a
mile In 30 seconds.
An electric s,o.-m Of great severity
| nwept across the state OF Connecticut
September 9Th. Al Thompsonvillc tho
storm IL taid to have almost totally
ruined the tobacco crop. one grower
placing the ioss st 100000.
Tho London Mail appeals for the for
nation OF n British syndicate To fore
stall the attempts Of an American COM
! pany to buy up all the DorSc,shirc and
pcvonshifc bali clay" mines. with \
view to obtaining control OF the British
pottery trade.
More than $4,000. and perhaps $780,
600. IL lost to 81. MichaelA Protestant
Episcopal church OF New York city.
according to the Herald. through for
Tcrics and misappropriaiions by Henry
r. Edison. who recently killed Fannie
4. Pullcn and himself.
Samuel Adams and II. r. Martin OF
the University of Kansas left Scp,cm-
Der Tth for Patagonia. where they will
gather natura; history specimens for
the university. They will be gone n
year and expect TO make Investigations
along hitherto unknown lines.
At Lima. Peru. September sth. Senor
Candamo was Installed as president OF
the republic. The hall of congress in
which the function took place. and also
| the adjacent streets. were thronged
with people. who raised enthusiastic
'',ivas" for the new president.
The Rev. James Leonard Corning.
pulpit orator. historian. art lecturer
and diplomat. died recently at Munich.
DR.. Corning was at one time American
consul at Munich. He was an intimate
friend of President Lincoln. Gen. U. S.
Grant and Henry Ward Beecher.
On requisition from the State De-
partment. the Treasury Department.
September 4th. made out checks for
s377.O00 in the name Of Bishop Riordan
OF California. This is from the Plus
fund. paid to this country by Mexico
for the use OF the Catholic church.
A grand stand fell on the Fort Leav-
enworth reservation. Kansas, Septem-
Der Sth. while crowds were viewing n
sham battle, and twenty-four persons
were more or less seriously injured.
several broken legs being reported.
Three were probably fatally hurt.
| President Roosevelt has received
many kilograms congratulating him on
his escape from the hands of Henry
Weilbrcnrer, the insane farmer. Owing
to the large number Of these messages
he was unable to answer them. but
appreciates the spirit in which they
| were sent.
II. c. Miller. alias Alfred +. Lyford,
WAS arrested at Victoria, b. c., Sept.
Sd, the police identifying him as ex-
deputy county treasurer of Rock Island
county. Illinois. who absconded July
s. 1902, with $4,000 county funds. Ly-
ford made complete confession and
agreed to waive eXtradition.
In New York city few days ago
John Nulty, recently discharged from
the navy, attempted to hug Fortunita
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