Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-08-28
SNORT reLeoaAMs.


chief OF stan Of the ar0y under the
new Law August 18th.
The International Typographical
union decided unanimously 10 hold its
meeting In 1904 In 81. Louis
A eonvsntioa will he held In Ne~
York City September 5th. To Organize
IN independent motor league.
In the bicycle races II Paris August
10Th ~. Dangia rode nifty and four
tsaths miles IN an hour. making new
record
The Albany cousty and Intermoun'
tain Fair Association will hold It's nrsi
annual meeting ~ Laramie. Wyoming.
on September ..nd. gard and stih.
II 10 said that the claim against Sal.
vador by the Salvador Commercial
Company. amounting 10 s5s3.i7s. has
been compromised. The ngures are not
given out.
Greenvilie and Morrisiown. Tennes-
see. were deiused BY = cioudburst on
the night OF August i7th. Al Green
VILE Hobegt Parks and his seven-yeAt-
old sou Vas drowned.
Judge Rogers. In the Uni'ed States
Circuit Court at 81. Louis. has decided
that an employers blacklist ID not un-
lawful, the right to dismiss employees
being an absolute one.
Il is announced that . British Cabi-
net council has been convened for the
unuyuaiiy early date Of October 9Th.
presumably to decide the attitude of
tie government regarding the nsesi
policy.
A dispatch from chamonix. France.
SAYS that seven tourists were killed re-
Gently while attempting TO climb the
Aiguilics G.eix peak. behind Mount
Bianeo. on the cousmsyeur side Of the
mountain.
While preparing for early devotional
services NJ tho winona Bible confer
ence In Indiana. the Rev. Y. !. Davies.
pastor the Presbyterian Church of Te-
cums<h. Nebraska. dropped dead OF
heart failure.
\ terrible accident occurred on Lake
Tykoj-rvi. In Finland. August 18th.
The upper deck of . vessel conveying
people from church collapsed and forty
persons were drowned OF killed and
many oshers were injured.
Minister Conser st Pekin has se-
cured . written promise from Prince
Chins TO sign treaty with the United
States. including . guarantee that
Mukdeu and TatuuE Tao shall bc open
ports from and after October sth.
ve,eranb bf the Army Of the Philip
pines celebrated Occupation Day with
. parade Al Manila August l<th. In
which 300 men took part. clad In the
old regulation service clolhing Of blue
shirts and khaki. A banquet was af-
terwardS served.
II under arrest NJ osxacn. Mexico.
charged with the murder OF DIR. X. ID.
King. owner Of several mines In tho
state of oaxaca. Dr. King was an
American and has been In Mexico
about ivc years.
Tho General Electric Company II
manufacturing special cars for . speed
test ON the Aurora. Eikiu and Chicago
electric railroad. and IL In expected that
q speed Of 100 miles an hour Will bo
made. The test has been under con-
sidcrntion for . year.
A Hong Kong dispatch says that the
riosing which recently occurred at Fat
Han. six miles from Canton. mas
spread to towns along the railroad.
The American engineers at work on
the road have hrcd At the rioters. Sew
Cor Coushiin. . pusil,st who Is said
to have big reputation In Ireland. has
issued challenge to James J. Jehrtcs.
He says he is ready to prove his claim
TO recognition by whipping all the 9TH
cr leading heavy weights with only q
weeks intcrmission between bouts.
The Mexican government will be of
acialiy represented at the eleventh ma
tionai irrigation congress at Ogden by
Lieut.. Don lgnntio. military attache
OF the Mexican legation In Washing
ton. Senior Aspirpx. Mexican minister
ut Washington, u unable to attend.
A new code of regulations prepared
by Commissioner OF immigration Sar-
gent makes provision for q Bertillon
record OF all Chinese laborers arriving
and departing at ports OF entry. copies
OF such registry to Ike transmitted TO
the commissioner general OF immigra-
ton.
]. w. Glenister. n New York athlete.
successfully swan the Niagara rapids
on the morning of August 18th. He was
rescued in an unconscious condition AZ
ter being in the water for twenty min
utes. The feat was accomplished for
the benefit OF moving picture con-
Germ.
A later dispatch says that the seven
tourists who were reported to have
been killed while climbing the Siguilles
Groses Of Mont Blanc had. 1t appears. a
miraculous escape. They were seen to
fall into couloir and It was taken as
certainty that they were dead. but
next day an exploring party discovered
the tourists. who were only slightly In
tured by their fall.
At Oshkosh. Wis. August 18th.
Thomas X. Morgan. president OF the
Morgan company. sash. door and. blind
manufacturers. and an alderman was
shot and killed by Fred Hampel, an
employe. The murderer. after his ar
rest. committed suicide in the jail by
hanging himself with his suspenders.
The shooting was without provocation
and Hampel seemed to be frenzied by
liquor.
The Boston Globe. Democratic
newspaper, says that Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, who is a native of the state, has
been suggested by some of the politi-