Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-02-12

spectacle.
Tho monthly statement OF the dlrcc-
tor OF the mint shows that the total
coinage during January was sI.sis.,so.
as follows: Gold. Ss.,6o. go: silver. St.-
$4,000: minor coins. ss6..so. In aadi-
ton. 5oo.oop silver pieces were eoin.d
Tor the government OF Venezuela
Tho Senate on the snd Inst. witnessed
tho unusual spectacle OF n religious
service conducted by Protestant
minister and Jewish rabbi. The daily
prayer was delivered by Rabbi David
PhilipSon. professor In the Hebrew
College at Cincinnati. Tho service was
/ concluded with the Lords prayer by
Chaplain Hale.
ON February LIST Justice Brown oc-
cupicd his seat on the bench OF the
United States Supreme Court for tho
nrst time since last fall. when he was
threatened with loss OF sight. lie has
recovered the use of his eyes. AttcE n
erIcs sitting the court adjourned to
meet again February s5rd. The ad-
JoGrnm<nt IL for the purpose Of af-
foriiuE opportunity TO give ccrsiderR-
ton ot cases which have been argued.
including the Northern Securities taeF-
ser case
Under the Diuslcy tariff law frogs
LEGS are dressed poultry. This was Of
ncially decided by the secretary cf tho
treasury after he and ;he experts .;
the customs division had made an cs-
haustiVe study OF the sabiect for three
months The question arose about
November LIST when the auditor for tho
Treasury Department wrote q letter 20
the secretary informing him that GER
/ - al hss
Canadian border were admitting frogs
less under u ten per cent duty for raw
or unmanugaetured articles no; spcci-
hcally provided for. The weight OF
the evidence and the sccretary's per
sonai experience were on the side oc
Z tho eontenuon that . frog We bird.
Mr.. Clarke the new Democratic
member fTcia Arkansas. made - nrst
| speech In the Senate February sad. He
spoke two hours. and announced his
Z endorsement Of every position taken by
[ the President In connection w!:h the
/ Panama rvvolt and IN the negotiation
OF the treaty with the rev state. He
even said that In view OF the proyoca-
I tlon given by Colombia. thc President
might have been expected 20 go farther
than he did IL advancing the cause OF
/ Panama He declared that there was
I more popular support os the course or
I the Presidents policy among Demo
| erats than among Republicans, and said
/ that TIE Democratic votes necessary 60
ratlty the trSaty were assured.
In AZ opinion by Justice Holmes. the
! United States supreme Court has de-
ciaed the loiS pending case between
I the United States and the California K
OREGON Land COCrp2ry. involving the
ownership OF land In the Klamath In
dian reservation in Oregon. which was
claimed BY the land company under the
grant OF the Oregon Military Central
Wagon Read Company. made in iss4
The decision was favorable to the COM
psry ard against the government.
There are $1,000 acres Of land involved
and IL ts valued AZ 81 10000. The case
was argued three times tor the land
coup2ry by Judge J. :. Dillcr ard A.
+ Browne and for the government by
the solicitor general The chief JUS
tice ard Justices Harlan and Brown
disSeutsd.
| Commissioner Serkss cf the internal
revenue bureau. when shown the dis
ratch fror, Kansas City stating that i
large number cf express agents in Kan
sas ard ir the prohibition counties OF
Texas wcuid be arrested for shipping
liquor Into prohibition states. said nis
I ctfcs had rot yet been informed as t0
actions brought against express agents,
either in Kansas or Texas. that IL ar
rests had been made oS prosecutions
begun it was probably due tc the fact
tha. the local internal revenue cticials
had learned that express agents and
others were having goods shipped tc
ther, by wholesale liquor dealers and
they were selling and delivering them
to parties without having taken out
the Spsci1l tax stamp required
BY sbe internal revenue LAWS
No sale OF hqucr can be made
legally BY q person who has rot
paid TIE government special tax. and
Il these agents have sold packages oi
spirits to parties ir their respective
places OF business without having TAX
en- cut the special tax stamp. then they
are liable to prosecution That the sale
WIS made tr prohibition state has nc
csrece bearing on the question. because
the same law applies in all localities