Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-07-28
CONDENSED TElEGRAMS

times. II was tho irsl foreign loan
ever noated in Japan.
The Roosevelt. in which Capt Rob
ert Z. Peary hopes 10 reach the North
Pole. started on her long voyage from
New York City July 18th.
4 Toxic dispatch says IL is expected
that the Russian warships Paliada.
Pobieda and Poltaya. sunk at Port Ar
thur. will soon be relocated.
Hereafter the japanese army OF all
services will be clothed in Khaki. The
officers will be distinguished from tho
men only by their shoulder straps.
J. Scott Leary OF tho Olympic Club.
San Francisco. broke the worlds swim
ming record for loo yards at the Lewis
and Clark Pair July 18Th. making tho
distance In one minute rat.
The Municipal couneii OF Paris has
decided 10 accept from John IL. HarIes.
the American banker. the gift Of
statue Of benjamin Franklin. TO be
erected At the end OF Rus dc Franklin.
The will OF Moses 4. Dropsie. late
president OF GFantx College. gives tho
bulk OF his estate to the establishment
OF q Jewish college in Philadelphia
The estate is estimated a. upward OF
81 .00O. 200.
A special United States grand Jury
will be summoned In September To meet
In Milwaukee and will devote itself
to an inquiry into the Affairs OF the
General Paper Company. tho socalled
paper trust
At Weston. Massachusetts,. by the
discharge of shotgun which he had
loaded for tho purpose OF killing stray
cats. Thomas T. Hasar. n cousin OF
Major Gen. Leonard Wood. was 10.
stantiy killed last night.
John r. Foster. one OF the famous In.
vcntors In tho United States. under
whose direction the FIRST gold pens
were manufactured In New York City.
died at Arlington. New Jersey. July
18th. at the asa Of cigh,y'fve years.
Tho chief OF s,aI has approved tho
recommendations OF Quart.rmastcf
General Humphrey for IN. improve
ment OF quarters At the various army
posts throusout the country. For thii
purpose Congress appropriated si.Gss!
$50.
The roof OF tho chapel OF tho
womcn'a hospital at Fcrmo. Italy. fell
on tho 10th inst. during the eclcbra.
ilon OF mass. killing sixteen women
and Atty chIldrca and Iniuring sixteen
women and a large number o. chit
drcn.
Prof. Hchcr Curtis and joel steb
bins OF Lick observatory sailed foi
Labrador from st. Johns. Ncwfound'
land. July 18th. on the mail steamer
to arrange for observing tho total
solar eclipse. visible thero August
30th.
The Venezuelan government has
paid to tho British and German lcga.
tons 2.791.e5 boiIvars. being the hrst
six months Instalimcnt due under tho
contract recently signed for the con.
version OF tho foreign debt OF Vcne-
Eucla.
Lieutenant General Chaffce and the
party OF army officers who are TO ac
tend the French army mancuyers. Will
sail from New York August 18th on
the steamer Krooniand and go TO Ant.
wS-p. whence they will proceed to
Paris.
The battleship Vermont will be
launched at the shipyard OF the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company. Quincy.
Massachusetts,. August 3lst. The gov
ernor OF Vermont has designated his
daughter, Miss Jennie Bell. to act as
sponsor.
President Palma has vetoed tho
action OF the Cuban Congress. which
continued In effect the budget for tho
fiscal year ending June Both last. His
reason for so doing Is that the old
budget did not include any provision
for the sanitation OF cities.
At the annual meeting OF the eSecu-
tive committee OF the Freedmen's Aid
and southern Educational Society OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church. one
OF the most important steps was to
authorize the expenditure OF 100000
for n college building at Austin. Texas
Harold Powell of the United States
Department OF Agriculture says he
has conclusively demonstrated THAI
ripe fruit. well refrigerated before
shipment. will arrive sound under or
dinary railroad refrigeration. even
after being from ten to fifteen days
en- route.
The governments OF Great Britain
and Spain have accepted the invita-
tion of the sultan of Morocco to at
tend the international conference on
Moroccan reforms, on condition that
the contents of the program to be dis
cussed by the conference be communi-
Gated to them beforehand.
Laura Hyde Woodwork Stedman.
wife of Edmund Clarence Stedman.
the banker.poet. died July 18th from
heart disease at the villa of the family
in Bronxville. New York. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stedman had been married for
more than fifty years. They have two
sons. Frederick Stuart and Arthur
Stedman.
The committee named by Mayor
Mcclellan of New York to consider
plans for submission to the next
mayor for the centenary celebration
In 1907 of the first use of steam in
water navigation, has decided to send
an invitation to Vice Admiral Togo Of