Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-12-04
SHORT TElG0RAMe.

II is believed that cold weather will
soon stamp out the yellow fever at La
redo. Texas.
Henry Seton Merriman Hugh Stow
ell SeotD, the novelist. died in London.
November 18th.
+. ~. Drake. ex-governor Of Iowa and
founder Of Drake University. died al
Csntsr,ille. Iowa. November goth.
Nearly i0.cOo operatives are affected
by the ten per cent, cut in wages In the
great cotton mills al Fall River. Massa-
ehusetts-
En-congressman Moody OF Oregon.
charged with securing and Withholding
a letter addressed to Airs Margaret l..
conrCy. Was acquitted On trial.
Hart T.. Dank. composer OF the old
time popular song. silver Threads
Among the Gold" died at Philadelphia.
November goth. at the age OF seventy
nine.
DIR. Mary y. Jackson of Hammond.
Indiana. is testias the finssn rays In
cases OF tuberculosis, and is said To
have cure: the disease in three pa
tients-
A heavy shock Of earthquake Was felt
In eastern Slr''y November 2lst. The
disturbance Is believed tn be result
Of the recent eruption Of the Stromboli
volcano.
The Columbia. the sailing boat. nine
teen feet LONG. in which Capt. Eissn-
braun left Boston August iith. alone
for Marseiliss. arrived at Gibraltar No
yember 20th.
st. Thomas church at Braddock.
Pennsylvania. the gift OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles ~. sehwab to the Catholics OF
that city. was dedicated November
zend. II cost $4,000.
The Berlin Bourse wns closed No
yember 18th. that being the annual day
for meditation and prayer. Any one
working except for the neeessitica Of
life can be fned $50.
The steamer Discovery. which icf,
Nome October itth with thlrty-one
passengers. has not been sighted since
October esth and shipping men believe
she will never reach port
The hearing In the united States
Ship Building case has been postponed
until December :t,h. Counsel for the
eompiainants declares that no ncsotia-
tons for n settlement are In progress.
In the rseen, election In Ohio tho
vote cast was ss1.soj. Myron T. Her
for governor was iiJ.si:. the Highest
ever given subcrnatoriai candidate In
Ohio.
making Atccl tank cars at the works Of
the Standard oil company at Whiting.
Indiana. have been discharged. Cur
taiimcnt Of cxpcnHcs In given as the
cause.
4 10 s-sla
brutcd the conclusion of his forticth
year Of service on the Chicago bcnc...
Though ciIhty-two years old he retains
his vigorous mind and firmncs; OF de-
cision.
A special from Dawson says the ONCE
Of the Yukon Sun wns wrecked by m
explosion OF gasoline In the basement
on the night Of November 18th. Fire
destroyed building and plant. Loss.
$4,000.
Pic,ro Ssccardo. the architect who
restored st. Marks at Venice. died No
ycmber 10Th. His death Is said to be
duo to the shock caused by the collapse
OF the campanilc Of st. Marks on June
IL. 1902.
The correspondent Of the London
Mail at Sydney. n. s. w. says that
Professor Hussey of the Lick obscrva-
tory. who has been camping for Jev.
cral weeks at Canoblas. has discovered
ten new double stars. Professor Hus-
sey regards the discovery rs OF the
greatest Importance.
The steel mast OF the Americas cup
challenger Shamrock III. has been pre-
scented to the town OF Cape May, New
Jersey. to be used Us n flag pole. II Is
15s feet long. The gift was made by
Captain Barr. skipper OF the defending
yacht, Reliance. he having bought the
challenger for the materials II con-
tnined.
officials OF District No. s. 1nterna-
tional Association OF Machinists, CHI
cago. recently discovered what they be-
lieve to be an extensive system Of SELL
Ing trade union secrets to employers.
As n result they revoked the charter
Of Local No. 40 and gave n new charter
to seven men picked from the member
ship OF 200.
Ten men were killed by an explosion
in the Ferguson coal mine at Connells-
willie. Pennsylvania. November 21st. 1t
is believed by mining experts that the
fire which has ragged in the Hill Farm
mine since the disaster Of 1880. broke
through the walls which had been
erected between the Hill Farm mine
and the Ferguson.
Mrs. Phoebe Clifford. the Oldest min
lister in the Society OF Friends in the
world. died at Providence. Rhode Is
land. November 23rd. aged 100 years
and FIVE months. When she celebrated
her Tooth birthday, last June she re-
ceived teiegrams of congratulation
from all parts of the world. as her
work in connection with the mission
ary labors of the Quaker Is historical.
At Fort Worth. Texas. November
goth, the National Live Stock Exchange
elected George w. Shannon of Chica.
go, president, and voted to hold the
convention OF 1904 at st. Louis. 1t was
recommended that local live stock eS-
changes composing the membership of
the national body, adopt rules abolish
ing solicitors for commission men and
abolishing the paying of shippers tele-
grams.
Marks Nathan, the scrap iron king"
whose will has Just been filed In Chi
cago, left provision for the erection of
a synagogue in Jerusalem. He also left
instructions that lana be purchased in
the Holy City and dwellings erected for
the free housing of families of poor
and deserving Jews. Out of total for
o In hn In, i'm