Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-06-09
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| minister 10 Geftnahy. uleu OF ueaIt
failure at Berlin May 30th.
Among the troops sent from Manila
to paciiy the west coast OF Samar are
the native scouts who were at the 81.
Louis exposition.
| by v.te Of shareholders the capital
Of the Central bank Of the City OF
Mexico has been increased from 3l0.,
100000 to SCI 100000.
The Polish Socialist party has issued
. manifesto urging the people TO At
tack and destroy everything and every
body not belonging 10 the Socialists,
and those refusing to join the move
ment.
The forest service Of the Depart.
ment OF Agriculture has determined
to add q trained forester to the e.
ecutive force OF each forest reserve.
TO introduce practical forestry on all
reserves.
The German association OF machine
| and tool manufacturers has resolved 10
send memorial to Chancellor nueiow
pointing out the Importance Of get
ting good reciprocity treaty with the
United States.
| Governor Higgins OF New York has
signed the bill restoring the fodr.year
term OF the mayor. controller and bor-
ouKh presidents Of New York City. The
new law does not affect the present
administration.
Gcssler Rosseau. who was convicted
OF sendin. an Internal machine to the
pier Of tho steamship umbtia. IN
March. 1903. has Just been sent to
states prison for not iezs than three
nor more than five years
Physical examination OF New York
school children In the primary grades
made by inspectors for the Board Of
Health have produced statistics show.
ins that more than iifty per cent. OF
the pupils arc snncrin. from defects.
Tho executive committee OF the
Panama Canal Commission. Mt re-
cent meeting. resolved To reduce the
WORKING day OF mechanics and labor.
crs TO eight hours. Sanitary improve
mcnis In Panama City were ordered.
Secretary OF tho Navy Paul Nor.
ton. whose intent to resign from the
| Cabinet was announced recently. will
become president OF the New York
subway system at salary equal to
that OF the President OF the United
States.
Joseph u. Weber. late of the nrm Of
Weber & Fields. has arranged with
number of Chicago and New York
capitalists to erect tho Chicago hippo.
dromc. an institution patterned after
the New York and London hippo.
dromcs.
The cruiser Rcinn Mercedes. cap
.urcd by tho United States govern.
ncnt In tho Spanish.Amcrican war
and recently remodcicd Mt the Ports.
mouth tScw Hampshirc) navy yard.
went into commission Ms u receiving
ship few days ago.
The Council Of the Empire has ap.
proved the recommendations OF the
! passport commission. which include
universal recognition of foreign pass.
ports. thus meeting the represents.
tons on the subject OF discrimination
against American Jews.
Miss Helen NJ. Gould celebrated tho
birthday of her father. the late Jay
Gould. May 2sth. by entertaining
/ about scvcnty.fiyc girls from the
Home of the fricndicss. Manhattan.
In ride around Tarrytown and ten
Mt her manBion. Lyndhurst.
To facilitate work on tho Belle
Fourchc irrigation project. In South
Dakota. II IN proposed TO construct n
telephone system about sixteen miles
In length to furnish direct communi.
cation between Belle Fourche and the
different headquarters camps.
a small sixteenth century drinking
/ cup carved out of rock crystal and
mounted and enamcled with gold. was
sold at auction In London recently fer
the remarkable price OF sSi.375. II Is
stated that the cup was purchased for
J. Pierpont Morgan of New York.
The Isthmian Canal Commission has
established purchasing and supply sta.
tions ut New YORK. New Orleans and
San Francisco. It was decided that
these three points were the best
places to assemble supplies for the
canal and shipment of such supplies.
| ". C. Juttc. one of the richest men
OF Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. whose
wealth is estimated ut Sl5.000,0 900, com.
mitted suicide May 25th because OF III
health. His self.destruction was the
climax to n three-year quest for health
that extended to every quarter Of the
globe.
| book written by Jay Gould has
been sold in New York City at auction
for s5.75. It was the financiers only
contribution to literature. written
/ when he was twenty yea.s S old, and en-.
titled "a History OF Delaware County
and the Border Wars of New York."
The book was printed in 1856.
The comptroller of the treasury has
rendered a decision in which he holds
that retired officers of the army de-
tailed to colleges and similar institu-
| tions, under the provisions of the act
| of November 3. 1898. are assigned to
active duty within the meaning of the
act OF March 2. 1905. and are entitled
only to the rates OF pay authorized by
that act.
To Germany belongs the honor of
| capturing second place in the great
ocean yacht race for the Kaiser's
cup, as the yacht Hamburg, owned by
syndicate of German yachtsmen,