Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-25
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ucciueu 10 replace its Ilhll Coacucs W
electric motor cars.
Mrs. VIII Carleton. wife Of the poet
author. died suddenly on the llth inst.
at her home In Brooklyn.
The Santa Fe railway is estimated
to have lost Si.00O.000 by the recent
floods In New Mexico and Arizona
The bill to abolish capital punish
,nent In Vermont passed the house OF
representatives by u vote OF lG3 to SO.
William Mayer OF Mount Carroll. II.
linols. lost his hors by betting on Par.
ker and committed suicide by hanging.
The ST. Louis Worlds Fair officials
have repaid TO the United States SUBJ
treasury the entire government loan OF
3f.G00.00o.
Thomas Richardson. magistrate OF
Henry county. Virginia. was found fro
zen to death on the public highway q
few days ago.
Nine scouts OF the constabulnry and
one American attached to the hospital
corps have been killed In an ambush
/ on the east coast OF Samar.
Serious anti.vaccination riots have
take place in Rio do Janeiro. Brazil.
/ Troops were called out and seven ger
sons killed and thirty wounded.
! A bronze statue OF Robert Treat
Paine. one of the signers OF the Dec
laration OF Independence, was un-
velled ut Taunton. Massachusetts. on
the 18th inst
II Is officially announced that the
Seoul.Fusan railway was completed.
| Traffic Will begin December lst. Tho
time between Toxic and Seoul will
then be hfty hours.
! William l.. Douglas. tho newly
elected acknowledgements OF Mnssn-
chusctts. gave the Democratic state
committee $3s. 800 for campaign ,ex.
pcnscs and thinks he got OF easy.
The Kansas City. Mexico & Orient
railway into Wichita, Kansas. opened
for business November 18th. Contracts
] have been let for tho construction OF
I see miles of road from Wichita toward
Kansas City.
! President Roosevelt will recommend
to Congress that authority be given
the Philippine commission to revise
the tariff now In force In those Islands.
| Since II has been In effect many
I changes have become necessary for
the development Of the islands.
Rev. DR.. Herbert wclch. pastor of
I the First Methodist Episcopal Church
nt Mt. Vernon, New York. has been
/ chosen by tho trustees ns tho nov
president OF Ohio Wesleyan university.
/ succeeding Rev. J. W. BaShford. who
I last spring was elected \ bishop.
The Chinese government has under.
! taken. in return for certain conccs-
sionS as to remission md calculation
OF interest. TO pay the whole OF the
l national indemnity Of 1901 on gold
basis. The powers are certain TO ne'
ccpt tho proposals. which arc uncx.
Z pcctcdiy favorable.
| The missionary committee OF the
Methodist Episcopal convention n,
Boston voted unanimously to appro-
d pirate si.220,0O0 for riBs!onnry work
durin. tho coming year. and that this
sum be so divided as to give s1oi.soo
for work In the foreign field. and s5is..
500 for domestic work.
= The American consul at Kharput. DIR.
Thomas II. Norton. has been Instructed
TO proceed to the Turko Persian from.
tier and watch the operations OF the
Turkish and Persian authorities who
/ have undertaken TO arrest tho murder.
/ crs OF the American missionary. Rev.
d. W. Labarc. who wua killed In April
last.
The straw vote In tho American
colony OF Mexico City. which was par.
ticipatcd in by many OF tho colony.
demonstrated conclusivcly tho choice
Of Roosevelt for President. All had
/ supposed that the colony would go
/ overwhelmingly Democratic. Tho re.
suit was: Roosevelt. 355. Parker 2l5.
Swallow I3, Dcbs 10. Watson 4.
A Vancouver. D. C.. newspaper says
that DR.. Neil 8. Phelps. OF Battle
. gtaN nd faF
mcr millionaire, who mystcriously dis
/ appeared n year ago. has been quietly
living in Vancouver nearly the whole
Of that time under the name OF DIR.
Fields. His identity was discovered
by = photograph published In Chi.
cago paper and ho suddenly disap.
peared.
The following are among the appro-
priaticns made by the Methodist Mis-
sionary committee Ct the conference
In Boston: For colored work. mostly
In the South, 327.5O0: for work
among whites In Alaska, $4,000: In
California, 1880. During the week n
total of nearly sl.537.0o0 was appro.
priated to mission work carried on in
thirty foreign countries and in sixteen
languages in the United States.
A. Pekin, November 18th the Ameri.
I can, Austrian. German, Russian and
Belgian ministers were received in
audience in the forbidden city, and
presented the dawager empress with
autograph letters from their respec.
tive rulers. congratulating her on her
birthday. The other ministers will
present letters later. The dowager
empress will send her portrait to the
rulers who noticed her birthday.
Gabriel Syvrton. the Nationalist dep
uty who struck War Minister Andre in
the face during the debate OF Novcm-
Der ith in the French Chamber OF Dep.
uties. was arrested on the 10th inst. as