Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-10-06
CONDENSED TELEeRAMs

term as mayor.
The losses in the recent big fire at
Butte are now estimated at $6Oo.oOo.'
with insurance of $5S5.oO0.
The Russian battleship Retvizan.
which was sunk at Port Arthur. has
been rehoated by Japanese engineers.
Tho California Supreme Court has
decided that the anti'trading stamp
law passed In 1904 is unconstitutional.
The board of review has fixed the
total cash value of real estate ana per-
sonal property In Cook county. which
contains Chicago. at $2.0l4.019.i25.
It is stated that while the visit OF
King Alfonso OF Spain to Berlin has
been fixed for November 9th the date
will be changed should cholera spread
in Germany.
In his annual report Brig. Gen. Will
lam s. McCaskey. commanding the De-
partment of Colorado. recommends the
re-cstnblishment OF the canteen Tea
turc Of tho exchange.
A Copenhagen dispatch says that
Mylius Erickson is preparing u Danish
ship and siedge party for an expedition
to the hitherto unexplored regions o'
the northwest coast OF Greenland.
The work Of the civilian physicians
In examining recruits OF the army has
proved SO unsatisfactory that their SER
vices will be entirely dispensed with In
that capacity after September 3oth.
Reports from the famine districts In
Spain show that the workmcn threaten
TO burn and sack II they are not fur-
nished with food. Appeals have been
sent to tho government 10 distribute
rations.
The sixth game of the chess mntch
OF eight games nj Nuremburg was be-
gun by Tarrasch aud after seventy
moves wns declared a draw. The
score: Tarrasch. .: Marshall. o:
drawn. I.
The students OF the st. Petersburg
University have decided by n large mn.
Iority to resume their studies ''bc-
cause an open university will be more
dangerous to Imperialism than uni
versity on strike"
The Mexican branch Of the y. ~. &.
A. has been inauguratcd ut the CITY of
Mexico with Vice President Co'rail M
honorary president Of th. association.
There Is also u branch for English
speaking youn. men.
United States Senator J. II. Burton's
trial has again been postponed. VIII.
ncsscs for the government have been
notified that the case viii be called
October .tth. The first Hubpocnas In.
sued In the rc.triai wcro for October
id.
Within a year from now the Rock
Island system will have tho entire
length Of its main line To Colorado
laid with SS.pound steel and heavily
baiiastcd. Thnt means that II Will
have TO relay probably about $50 milcs
Of steel.
The census bureau has issued n bui.
lc,in on central iiEht and power sta.
tons fer the year ending June 10.
1909. showing there were In the United
Statcs $3.50 such stations. with u coat
Of construction and equipment OF $780,
7io.35:.
The control OF tho National Car
Wheel Company mt Pittsbnrs has
passed into the hands OF James ID.
Rhodes of PittsburE and William Bon.
nell Of Cleveland. This company owns
four plants. and In capitalized nj nearly
32.0o0.000.
Fifty Filipino students arrived In
Chicago from Washington few days
ugo, preparatory to registering In va
rious western colleges and nnivcrsi.
ties. Tho students were In charge of
W. A. Sutherland. an at;acha Of the
Department Of tho Interior.
On Beaity's ridge. In Switzerland
county, Indiana. on September goth.
George Ford. who is believed to be
Insane, crcmated his wife and three
children by setting FIRE to the house In
which they were asleep. All four per
ishcd In the flames.
The London Daily Tclcgraph's To-
kio correspondent says the British far
Eastern squadron will assemble In To-
Mo bay carly in October after the rati-
fication OF the Russo.1apanesc peace
treaty, and that the Japanese fleet will
also assemble ut the same place.
Much damage was done to the busi.
ness section OF Spokane. Washington.
September 26th by fire which do
stroycd 100000 worth of property.
the heaviest losers being the Booth
McClinctock company. Wholesale gro
ceries. twostory building and contents.
500, 200: the Cudahy Packing Com
pany, stock. $4,000.
Tho next great ship that is to come
from the Mccklenburg yards. where the
North German Lloyd keels are Lid.
will be named after Washington in
stead Of some German prince. as has
been the invariablc rule of the com
pany heretofore. The Washington is
to be a 17.O00-ton ship. one Of the larg-
est afloat and will be completed In the
fall Of 1907. 1t is declared that some
of the interior plans will startle the
shipbuilding world.
Commanding officers of the Catholic
Knights of America and of the Knights
OF st. John are perfecting arrange
ments for the amalgamation of all the
Catholic military orders in the coun-