Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-07-08
CONDENSED TEl.EGRAhS

non. Ohio. June 2sth. aged So years.
Syracuse College won the inte.eoi-
legiate tOat race on the Hudson. Cor
Eell second. Pennsylvania third. Column
bia fourth. Georgetown NTH and Wis-
eonsin sixth.
The total attendance at the 81. Louis
Worlds Fair for the week ending June
25th Was 5iV.is5. a gain OF 5000 over
the previous week and an average OF
10000 a day.
During the parade of circus AT
/ Findlay. Ohio. June 9th, four speeta-
tors. were FRUSTRATED by seat Twelve
horses in the procession te.. and seven
of the animals died.
The glove cutters strike at Gloyefs-
VILE. New York. proved 10 be failure
I and has been declared of after LASTING
for six months. The strike Was ihhus-
uratsi as a protest against the open
shop.
Secretary Hay has Instructed General
Porter, American ambassador to Paris.
TO thank the Frcneh government for It's
services in assisting In the negotiations
for the release of PerdicaTis. Raisull's
American captive.
Mrs. ". y. Macmillan OF ST. Louis
reached ..Ondun June 2.th after
tTayersIng Aby ss!nla NJ the head OF her
own caravan. She ls the nrst white
woman To cross Emperor Meheliks
country from ives, 10 east.
While the landlady OF the Bell Inn at
'To,wcIi. England. was at dinner the
other day. m aerollts crashed through
the chimney. spun around the room
and exploded Though the house was
considerably damaged the landlady es-
capped.
Benjamin and Edwin coshkcy. bEoth-
eIcs. wcT. cicctEocutsd few days ago.
nj their home. rear Wnbank. PennhyI-
vanin. while plckIr. cherries. coming
In contact with wire that fed the arc
lights and which ran taioush the
branches.
The Navy Department has been noil-
Ned that Grace Hcrrcld. daughter OF
Gov. Charles Herrcld of south Dakota.
has been invited by the Union Iron
Works. San Francisco. to ohriS,en the
armoIcd cruiser South Dakota. now
building at that place.
Attorney Samuel T.. Hayden OF
Washington Is now In England making
plans TO bring Mrs. Florence Maybrick
to her home In America. II is expect
ed that she will be released from the
home OF the Sisters Of the Epiphany ai
Truro some time In July.
The Supreme Court of Montana unan-
Imously held that tho fair trials bill
enacted Mt special session OF tho Lcs-
Islnturs last December u constitutional.
Tho law xns attacked In the case Of the
Anaconda company against the Montana
Ore Purchasing Company. and much
litigation between the copper Interests
II Invoked.
A Philadelphia dispatch says that
1900 more men will be discharged from
tho Baldwin locomotive Hhop works
within the next few days. Six thou.
sand have already been dropped from
the company's service and the working
force Will soon be reduced TO G.0OO
men. The greatest number ever en-
ploycd Is abudt 10000.
Walter Scot, Of New York reported
to the police Mt Philadelphia tha; he
hnd sbccn robbed OF $4,000 In gold
while ON Pullman car between Pitts
burg and Harrisburg. Scott said he
had been In Dawson City. Alaska. for
several years and acquired n fortune
there by mining. He thinks the money
was stolen while he was asleep.
What purports to be n we'll founded
report from Ottawa is that the terminus
for the Grand Trunk Pacific on the Pa
ciilc coast will be Mt kitimat. u. C.. and
that the terminus will bc officially
named in about three months. Hun
t,eds of thousands OF dollars were
spent in Port Simpson by spectators
who believed II would be the terminus.
A dispatch from Lisbon says that u
punitive expedition Is about to be dis
patched to Portuguese West Africa in
consequence Of the threatening attitude
of the natives there. Since the revolt
of the Hereros tribe the natives OF both
East and West Africa have been show
Ing signs of insubordination. which has
caused the government much uneasi-
ness.
Mgr, Guida. apostolic delegate to the
Philippine islands. died at Manila June
26th OF heart failure. Mgr. Guida was
sent to the Philippine islands two years
ngo as the representative OF the Nati-
can in the negotiations with the Fill
plno commissioners for the sale of the
Friar lands to the American govern
ment. The sale was accomplished at
the price Of s7.250.0O0.
Judge J. T. Debolt of the First Cir
cult Court at Honolulu has sentenced
Jonah Kumalae. member Of the Ha-
waiian House Of Representatives. and
Z. II. Johnston. lawyer, to imprison-
ment for one year at hard labor for
conspiracy to defraud the territory
through the collection of fraudulent
vouchers for expenses incurred by the
House of Representatives.
The Navy Department awarded to
THE battleship Oregon the trophy for
excellence in gunnery in the last an
nual target practice, for which the
ships of the navy have been In compe-
tition. For the gunboat class 1t was
determined that the Dolphin is entitled
to the trophy. while the trophy for the
destroyer class goes to the John Paul
Jones of the Pacific squadron.
The last report shows that the Nom