La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1905-02-11
CONDENSED IELEeRAl1s


appointed secretary for Scotland In fhs
place Of Andrew Graham Murray
The United States government did
not take possession Of the Sznto Do
minxo custom house as vas reported
! BY a vote Of IS to 10 the cAlifornis
Assembly passed q bill re-eeding tas
Yosemite valley to the federal govern
ment.
The New Mexico legislature has
passed bill proisbitins roping con
tests II Was backed by mos. Of the
eattiemer-
A strong tight Is being ~Aged in
Kansas BY the Standard OIL COMPANY
against the proposed state refinery
Charges OF bribery are freely made
The Sultan of Zanzibar recently ar
rived in Paris. He refused To ride in
a carriage. saying he preferred the or
dinsry omnibus conveyance 10 his ho-
tel
IL is now expected that the famous
Simplon tunnel under the Alps in
Switzerland will be completed and
opened for trafho on the goth OF April
next.
There will be indoor trotting races
at the annual horse fair to be held al
the Madison Square Garden in New
York City during the last week In
April
Twenty Porto Rico girls. who were
brought over and employed by a St
Louis manufacturing COMPANY. have
Just departed for home. They got
homesiek-
A join, resolution indorsing Presi
dent Rooseyelf's stand ON railroad leg
islation was unanimously adopted by
the Illinois Senate after having passed
the House.
On February 9Th President Diax for
maIly opened the new hospital in the
City OF Mexico In the presence of a
great and brilliant company. including
many physicians.
The State Senate Of Missouri. which
is Democratic. adopted the resolution
previously passed by the House indors-
ing President Rooseyeit's stand on
railroad legislation.
At Palm Beach, Florida. on the +th
inst. the Challenger lowered the
worlds motor boat record by running
a mile in :o5 As against the wind and
2:0tis with the wind.
The insurrection in the province OF
Cordoba in Argentina appears To be
suppressed Vice President Aicorta
and other prisoners held by the insur-
gs rits have been released.
Henry l.. Wilson. for some time min
lister TO Chill. is at his own request to
be transferred and probably will be
given a European mission. His sue
cessor has not been appointed.
John ID. Rockefeller Is to present the
Young Mems Christian Association
Of Brooklyn with 100000 II the Asso
ciation raises an additional sum of
s2oO. 900 before January 1. 1906.
For the first time In the memory of
man. Vineyard Haven. the sheltered
harbor OF the island OF Martha's Vine
yard. on the Massachusetts, coast. VAS
frozen over on the +th inst.
The President has declined tn
grant the application for pardon hled
in behalf OF Diller II. and Samuel A.
Croft. convicted Of conspiracy To de-
fraud the government In connection
with the postof1ice cases.
On the steamer Shinano Maru.
which recently arrived At Victoria.
Il. C., from Yokohama. were three Jap
anese naval ofhcers en- route TO Lon
don to superintend the construction OF
a Is.oooton bzttleship being built in
England.
The proposition to authorize the In.
terstzte Commerce Commission to NJ
railroad rates was opposed by the re-
port OF the committee on internal trade
and improvements made to the New
port being adopted.
General Matsumara. according to the
Toxic correspondent Of the London
Daily Telegraph. recently died At the
front from congestion Of the brain. He
the operations at 2o3- Me-
ter hill. and was decorated and pro
noted for heroism.
The London Telegraph correspond
ent states that 40 OF the persons ar
rested On January ed started for 81
beria on Monday. Others will follow.
II il reported that 100. 900 trans-CAu-
casian non-coniormists intend to emf
CRATE to California
A corps OF automobile owners has
been organized for the German army.
the members Of which, with their ma
chimes. are liable to be called out for
war duty. They will wear an olive
green uniform. not unlike that OF
United States army ofncers.
According to statistics gathered by
a New York insurance Company. the
sum of e10.00o.0o0 was embeIxled in
the United States in 1904. New York
state headed the list with embexxle-
ments amounting to 9l.s5k5s5. Cali
fornia was next with a total Of 81 .o5s.-
s25.
A great religious revival is in prog
ress in London II was opened on the
4th inst. by Reuben A. Torrey and
Charles NJ. Alexander. the American
evangelists. who addressed an audi
ence that filled Royal Albert hall. the
largest auditorium in the. city. holding
IL 900 people.
The wife Of Maxim i6rky. the Rus