Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-08
SHORT TELEGRAM3.

take place June u, ioui.
| The Society OF the Army OF the Cum
berland has decided to admit 10 mem
bership members Of the military tele-
graph corps.
A new railroad $50 miles long. from
| st. Petersburg TO Nitcbsk. has been
opened to traffic. 1t will be extended
to Kien and Odessa.
Mrs. Helen W. Evarts. widow OF the
late William NJ. Evarts OF New York.
! died ut Windsor. Vermont. December
| 2Tth. In her c!Bhty'Iourth year.
A Russian correspondent OF the Lon
don Times reports n panic among the
population OF Gomel. owing To the
fresh police searches and arrests or
| Jews.
Baron Covers, the minister OF the
Netherlands Gt Washington, has been
selected to succeed DR.. Wcstcnbcrs.
deceased. the former Netherlands min
lister Mt Rome.
Rev. Francis l.. Clark. the founder
OF the Christian EndcavOE Society.
I left New York. December 25th ON Il
I trip around the world. being accom-
panied by his daughter
Ruth Miller Hoar. wife OF Senator
/ Hoar of Massachusetts. died nI her
home in Washington ON the night OF
December 2ith. Of angina pcci0rlS.
Mrs. HOar was tho JenaiOE's second
wife.
| a vote Is TO bc taken soon by the
/ members OF the International hachin-
lists Union and the Metal Mechanics
Union ON the question OF conholida'
tlon. The Two organizations number
10000.
ES.Gov. Isaac Sharp Of Kansas died
nj Washington City. December 2Sih,
at the age OF Ecycnty-one years. lie
was prominent aK irc"'Hollcr durlns
IN. Kansas, Missouri struggle early In
III. 'SpH.
| A capctnwn dispatch says that
general insuTrecti0n has broken out
among the HundclEwnrlR tribes. In
Great NamaqualAni. German South
we6t Africa. The inHuTrCctiouiEih
hay. collected in the Kara mountains
Al Paris n fcW days .Eo Cot. Paul
RcnaTt'R auIum1bil" train. consisting
! Of two trucks. each carrying ton
load. aud two passenger ears, paFai"i
on "a number OF streets. tn" expert
men, il reported to have brCn sue
ccsRiui.
The photograph laboratory Of the
United States Geological Survey NJ
Washington gaR considerably dam
aged by iir- un the night ut Dcc-in'
bcr .Iih. The principal loss Is from
the destruction Of blue prints and
chemicals.
The Omaha Warid.iirFaid prints
special from I.iHcoln. Nebraska. stat
ins that twenty-five Russians liNInE
in the city. aud who recently returned
from the bcCt fields. haN" l"psusy'
Russians have bccn doing washing IN
families In Linruin and the case Will
b. ,hoFouEhiy investigated. The Rus
SLAMS do not speak English.
A Sc~ York dispatch says iha, ",
y. Cody has purchased the Nat"
Salisbury interest in the Wild West
show lTum the Salisbury estate. and
has formed a pzTiacFshlp IN iha, shoS
With J. 4. HALEY. owner "i the HaS'
mum q Bailey circus. under the hrm
samr %. Cody 4 naIiry. Mrs ttsiiry's
interest in the partnership ls equal {"
tha, OF Mr. Cody.
In a report 10 the mayor Of NCW
York, Bridge Commissioner Linden.
thai recommends the rebuilding oI
iiros; iyn bridge. which vas opcE-ti &"
traffic In isSa. The commissioner
says the suspended structure. from
anchorage to anchorage. is In SuTu
out and weakened condition. requiring
constant and expensive repairs 10 keep
Il safe. The rebuilding ~ the fridge.
he asserts. has become imperative.
The British var Office received a
dispatch from Mai. Gen. Sir Charles
EErFton. dated kurTit. S1rsIilsud. De-
ermbpr sist. saying that 200 british
and native troops had surprised s!"pU
spryishcs at Jidbaiii. thirty eight
miles cast of Badwcin. Tho engage
meat lasted three hours. The cnsmy's
casualties we're eighty killed and loo
wounded. The British loss was 'vo
men killed. four wounded and on"
missing.
When the Pennsylvania anthracite
rnllirriss shut down Christmas eve
for a holiday until January 18th the
most successful year In the history Of
tn. region came to- close. Total ship
,ueuts will aggregate 5p.Oqp.gep tons.
exceeding by 100000 tons the best
previous record. The proceeds of this
output a, tdcvatur arc estimated at
/ ssT3.OOO. .00O. and the workers who pro.
duced Il received In wages abOu, sI5..
/ 0VO.oO0
Mayor Collins Of Boston has vetoed
| the resolution Of the board Of alder.
men TO grant the use Of Fanruil hall
7 for an exhibition uf poultry. Il re-
I gard such use uf Fanpuil hall as HE
Ultimate and substantially a prufans-
ton wrote the mayor. ''Th" hall Is
a resort all patriotic visitors Who come
Z to Boston. and its use for a poultry
exhibition or any kind Of shea ridi-
| culcs and cuntaLninatcs its sacred
memories
Ellsworth r Defrancp was rclcased
/ from the state penitcEtiary at Sioux
/ City. December 25d. after having
served a term OF fifteen years. less
good time allowance. for the theft Of
a 2.cciit postage stamp. Defrance was
convicted in the United States Dis.