Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-06-24
CONDENSED rELEGRAhS

dent OF the republic OF Peru.
Owing to an injury to the champions
knee. the Jeffries-Munroe prize tight
has been postponed until June 30th.
Ministers OF the Swedish Free
Church OF America. In conference at
Rockford. Illinois. voted to marry no
divorced persons hereafter.
Il Ii announced that whistler's IA
nous Peacock Rooms" which Ia now
being exhibited In London. has been
acquired by an American collector.
Eight earthquake shocks are report
cd to have occurred recently In the
states OF Guerrero and Chinapas. Mex.
leo. A number OF sharp shocks were
also reported from Colima.
John Alexander Dowic. who be
,lieves himself to be Elijah the
Prophet. has been having strenuous
times In London. where mob seems
TO be In waiting for him wherever he
goes.
The Kansas railroads have made re-
duced rates from Kansas City. Leaysn-
worth, Atchison. st. Joseph. TokekA.
Fort Scott. Chnnute and Chcrryvnle 20
all sections In the wheat belt for har-
vest help.
The only unidentified body Of tho
vi:tims OF the lroquois thcater nre in
Chicago was buried u few days ago
at Montrosc cemetery with this In.
scripiion on tho caskct. The Un.
known. December 20. 1905"
Fire at Nosaics. Arizona. June sth.
destroyed the federal custom house.
tho Southern Pacific and the SonOra
railroad dcpots and the interior OF tho
Wells. Fargo express once. The dam.
age will approximate 100000.
The Russian wnr once has adopted
recommendation made by Lieutenant
Botkin embodyins the use OF tho Unit
ed States army model tents. These arc
convertible into ponchos for the pro-
lection OF the troops during tho rainy
season.
In Washington on the lith inst.
Senator r. 81. cockrcil Of Missouri
was run Into by boy riding n bicycle
and thrown violently to the ground.
His right collar bone was broken. his
loft side badly bruised and he ~as
otherwise injured.
John Mccoy. u pioneer Of indcpcad.
e:cc. Missouri. died at his home In
that city June 9th. aged cighty-ei.ht
years. In 1850 Mccoy received from
the government contract for carrying
tho plains to Santa f-.
The National Packing Company has
absorbed the Ruddy Brothcrs' Packing
Company. whose plant In In Armour
dale, Kansas. II is said the considcra.
ton was about s500.ooo. The Ruddy
Brothers Packing Compny employs
$50 men and the daily alnu.htcrins ca
pacity is $50 cattle. 500 hogs and 200
sheep.
Professor Mctchnikoff. OF the Pas.
tour Institute. lccturinE In Paris on
old age. strongly indorscd the theory
that scnility is due to special mic
crobc which he had attempted to iro.
late. AZ n result OF n close invcsti.a.
ton he stated his conviction tina, tho
habitat OF this micrubc was the large
intestine.
Mary Virginia Rhodes. one Of the
heirs to the Cecil Rhodes cstatc' In
south Africa, has been found In Ashc.
willie. North Carolina. She IN now Mrs.
Virginia Rhodes Baker and mission.
ary. about forty.fvc years old. She
had been engaged In mission work In
the Black Mountain district for = mum.
bcr of years.
A contract has been let for the erec-
,ion Mt Tacoma of 900 hospital
building for the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Employees Association. This hos
pitai will occupy more than one city
block in Tacoma and Will shelter the
injured and sick employees OF the road.
Il is under the direct control OF the en-
ployes OF the road.
The War Department has approved
plans for n field meet at Fort Russell.
Wyoming. July 4th. and n comprchen-
siye program of sports has been pre-
pared for the occasion. In addition to
tho events included In regular meets.
there will be squad wall-climbing con-
tests. equipmen races. n drivers con-
test for the artillery. etc.
The Tangier correspondent of the
London Times says: "a well-organized
plot to dcpose the Sultan exists
throughout Morocco. II has no conncc-
tion with the late rebellion. but orig
mated with the religious and educated
classes md Ia supported by many
shereefs and other influential persons.
including members Of the Moorish gov
ernment."
Rudolph Bingham. father OF the Pro.
hibition party in Camden county. New
Jersey. died few days ago in Cooper
hospital. Camden. aged eighty. Sew
eral years ago he began to subsist ON
diet Of bread crumbs. whole corn and
wheat. believing It would prolong his
life. Physicians told him the fare was
killing him. but he refused to
change II.
Gen. Ricciotti Garibaldi has issued
n proclamation in which he declares
that the ornaments OF Austria can not
be but against Italy. rendering impos-
sible her opposition to an Austrian
lea. General Garibaldi urges the 1tal.
fan youth not to provoke'a fight with
Austria. but to hold themselves in
readiness.
Joaquin Miguel Artal. who. on April
18th, attempted to assassinate Premier