Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-10-09
SHORT TgLeoRAMs.

Governor Van SAINT Of Minnesota has
announced that he will not be candi-
date for United States senator to sue
coed Senator Clapp.
barney Oidfeid. In his automobile at
Gienwood track. Cleveland. Ohio. Sep-
tember z9th. Travelled hve miles IN
<:49 2-5. The worlds record was +:5i.
Emile Beriiner. weli-known for his
Observation-Disclosures transmitter. the
sramophone. and other inventions. an-
nouhees that he has devised an aero
plane.
The Treasury Department on Sep
fember 2sih purchased 100000 ounces
OF silver at 5YA cents per ounce. The
purchase was made for the Philippine
coinage.
q. G. Cary of Wichita was burned to
death and hyc others were injured In
fire that destroyed the private sani-
tarium OF Dr. u. II. Ralph At Kansas
City. September 2Sth.
Tho Holland ministry for foreign af-
fairs las appointed commission TO
take preparatory steps for the construe-
tion Of the permanent arbitration court
building at The Hague.
The British Board OF Agriculture has
issued an order withdrawing the pro-
hibition on the landing OF animals 9th
er than swine brought to Great Britain
hom the New England states.
Curtis Jett. convicted at Cynthiana,
lientucwy. ON the third trial. OF tho
murder Of James cockriii at Jackson.
Kentucky. July 2lst. 1902. has been
sentenced 10 he hanged December 18th.
John Hays Hammond. the famous
mining expert. who Is professor OF
mining engineering AT Yale. VIII pre-
sent to that institution a metsllursieal
laboratory TO cost between $4,000 and
$4,000.
A correspondent OF the London
Times. writing from Beirut. says moth
Ing but the presence OF the American
squadron prevented the recent riot there
from becoming IA general massacre OF
Christians
Twelve hundred schools In Porto
Rico were opened September :sth and
G0.0O0 pupils were received. Three
times that number Of children were en-
rolled and the struggle for preference
wns great.
An increase In wages OF 5000 en-
pioycs OF the twenty car und locomo-
tive repair shops OF tho Chicago &
Northwestern railway has been grant
I'd at an annual expense Of $30o.O0e to
the company.
The Danish Immigration Society OF
81. Paul. Minnesota. has bought 1900
acres OF land ten miles from Sidney.
Nebraska. and will place 200 families
Of Danish Immigrants on II to engage
In the dairy business.
While ofiiciating In q post season
Tnme between the American Associa-
ton and Western League tca1is nj
Kansas City. September :Tth. Umpire
Kelley of the Western League had his
shoulder blade broken by foul ball.
W. A. Smith. one Of the most promi,
ncnt mon Of Butte. Montana. was al
most instantly killed September :Gth
by the ovcrturning of q tnlly-ho In
which he wns riding. The other men,
bcrs of the party escaped serious in-
Jury.
Both the plague and cholera are rag
Ing Mt Pei Tang. n seaport nifty miles
east Of Ticn Tsin. China. where 1000
deaths have occurred during the past
two months. The towns OF Suchcr.
Tnku and Ticn Tsin are not yet af-
foctcd.
Shamrock l.. the old Americas cup
challenger. Just sold by Sir Thomas
Upton. after being rcmodelcd by tho
American purchaser. will be turned IN
to a schooner to carry scrap metal be-
tween New York and South American
ports.
Rev. McLughlcy. missionary. who
left Bear river. Lake Winnipeg. with
Ave Indian children In n sailbont en-
route to the Bradon Indian Industrial
School several days ago. is missing and
II Is believed the party has been
drowned.
At the Empire City track. New York.
September 25th. the champion gelding.
Major Delmar, tied the worlds trot-
ting record of Lou Dillon by trotting
mile In two minutes. Only a week
before Major Delmar changed owners
for $4,000.
At meeting of the aldermen In the
Guild hall September 29th. Alderman
Sir John Thomson Richie, brother OF
the late chancellor OF the exchequer.
was elected lord mayor Of London for
the ensuing year, in succession to Sir
Marcus Samuel.
A Southern Railway fast mail train
jumped from seventy-foot trestle,
near Danville, Virginia. September
27th. or the crew OF sixteen men. In
cluding mail clerk. nine were killed
and seven injured, all Of them danger
ously, II not fatally.
Another speed trial Of electric trac-
ton was made September 23rd on the
Zossen military road in Germany,
when 10s3i miles were covered In one
hour. On the previous trial. Septcm-
ber 10th. an electric car attained
speed of 1OG 40 miles.
Charles Becker. considered the clev-
crest forger in America, is once more
at liberty Becker left San Quentin.
California. September 2Sth, after serv-
ing seven years for raising $12 draft
to $4,000 on the Crocker- Woolworth
Bank of San Francisco.
At Plainville. Connecticut, a few days
ago, Owen Conlon, eighty-six years old
and helpless, was saved from burn
ing building by his wife. aged seventy
nine. who let him down from a sec
ond-story window by means of rope.
Firemen arrived in time for her rescue.
At Minneapolis September 2Sth, Rev.
Truman f. Allen. pastor of the Thir-
teenth Avenue Methodist Church. was
stricken with ppODleXy lust as he fin