Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-24
eHORT TElE0RAMs.

command a high price. July cotton fu-
lures having been sold at over 10 cents
| pound.
| United States Minister Conger at Pc
kin. cables the State Department that
cheng has been appointed 10 the Grand
Council. vice Yung Lu. deceased.
The trial OF ex-Lieut. Gov. J. II. TILL
man for the murder OF Editor Con
zales in Columbia. South Carolina. has
been postponed until the July term of
court.
The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination in Denver. on
May 10th. for positions in the internal
revenue service for the district OF
Colorado.
John ID. Rockefeller will give two
thirds OF the sum OF 100000 TO con-
struct a building for the University of
Nebraska II the remainder Is raised by
July l. 1904.
Nearly all OF the railways In Texas
have applied to the railroad commis-
sion for an increase in freight rates.
The request Is based on increased op-
Grating expenses.
The United States Philippine COM
mission nj Manila has appropriated
81 100000 for the purchase OF silver
bullion and copper. TO make the new
subsidiary coins.
Major Elijah W. Halford. who has
been serving In the Philippines as pay.
master. has been relieved OF duty. He
will report to General corbin In Wash.
ington for duty.
A Hawaiian house committee report
on an act to regulate the sale ana Use
OF opium contains the statement that
the opium smoking habit is spreading
alarminsly among the natives.
Governor Murphy OF New Jersey has
vetoed the anti-cigarcttc bill. He said
he believed that cigarettes do not hur,
| boys under sixteen years of age. and
that the law cannot be enforced.
The Santa Fe will run three special
trains to Los Angeles to the Presby-
tcrinn Church General Assembly. which
meets there May 2ist to June .nd. The
rate Is SIS from Missouri river points.
President Loub.t. accompanied by
the ministers and presidents OF the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies.
boarded the cruiser Jcann. dare at
Marseiilcs for Aigiers on the iith Inst.
The Drcyfus affair continues to
herceiy aIitnte the Paris newspapers.
but there In no indication that the gov
crnmcnt will further pursue the mat
ter owing to the chambers adverse
vote.
Lord Londonderry has written a let
ter In which he rcpudlatcs any knowi-
edge OF an intention on the part OF the
English government to Introduce
measure OF government for Ire
land.
A joint resolution for the nppropria-
tIon of $1,000 for cS-Quccn iilIuoka-
lani has passed the Hawaiian house.
The last Legislature made similar
provision for her for the last fiscal
period.
The old volcano of Del TERRA Firma.
In Columbia. near Gaicra Gamble.
cruptcd March .2nd. The village OF
TIojo was destroyed and from sixty TO
one hundred people were killed and
wounded.
The Washington Humane Society
has elected President Roosevelt an
honorary member In consideration Of
/ his message TO Congress recommending
the exercise of kindness soward the
horses Of the army.
Tho gross postal receipts for the
month OF March Mt Atty OF the largest
postoiiices OF the United STATES aggrc-
gated s5.Ie0.2oo. n net increase Of
$ti9.i79. or Sis per cent. over the re.
ceip,s for March. 1902.
On April 18th. Sir Oliver Mowat. licu-
tenant governor OF Ontario. slipped In
his bedroom and broke his thigh. He
has been In feeble health for some
time. and the shock to his system will.
II is feared, be serious.
The Mexican ambassador has In
formed the State Department that
tickets are being sold In this country
for lottery said TO be located In San
Luis. Mexico. where the ambassador
says there Is no lottery.
The annual convention of the Inter-
national Association OF Ticket Agents
| of the United States. Mexico and Can
ada. which was to have been held May
10th at Salt Lake City. Utah. has been
postponed until September.
The will of Gustavus +. Swift. late
president OF the packing firm OF Swift
& Co.. has been filed in Chicago. The
estate is valued at $12.20o.00o. The
| principal feature of the will was be-
quest Of s250.0O0 TO charity.
Admiral Schiey was given nm enthus-
iastic reception by the citizens OF st.
Paul few days ago. He drove under
veteran and military escort to the state
| capitol. where he briefly addressed a
| Joint session of the two houses.
The recent testimonial performance
for Miss Clara Morris, given by the
friends and admirers of the afflicted
actress at the Broadway theater in
New York. netted about $4,000. Sarah
Bernhard cabled a tribute to Miss Nor
| ris.
Prof Frank L. Ross. a graduate of
the University of California. has been
| appointed by the Carnegie institute
at Washington to the position of re-
search assistant in astronomy. His
special study will be the motions of
the moon.
The Italian ambassador at Washing
ton, Signor Don Planches. has notified
| the foreign Office at Rome that he has
received $1,000 indemnity for the fam
| lilies of the Italians who were lynched
| or injured at Erwin, Mississippi, in
| July, 1901.
The probability of President Loubet
returning King Edwards visit is
warmly welcomed in England. 1t will
be the first visit of the head of France
to England since Napoleon Ills visit
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