Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-06-02
CONDENSED rELEeRAMs


labor On government works.
According to all Indications. this
will be one of the biggest outing
summers experienced by the ranspO.-
tation companies in recent years
According TO the biennial statement
OF President Harper OF the University
OF Chicago. the university is now
worth between Sls.Ooo.0VO and $4,000
600.
Gen. Maxine Gomez. the Cuban pa
triot. who underwent a serious sur
gical operation recently. is improving
and Il is now believed that ts VAL re-
cover.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermofe. the well
known reformef, died ut her home NJ
Melrose. Massachusetts. on the Esd OF
heart trouble. She was eighty-four
years old.
William u. Cramer, editor In chief OF
the Evening Wisconsin of Milwaukee,
died May Goth. from pneumonia. after
an illness extending over u period OF
two months.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. son OF
President Roosevelt. will spend several
weeks In the Yosemite valley this sum
mer as the guest OF Stewart Edward
White. the author.
Joseph JeiIerson's birthplace. in Phil
adeiphin. has been sold at auction for
| SS.l25. II is three and one-haif story
stone building AT the southwest corner
OF Sixth and Spruce streets.
On May 23d over 400 mules perished
In . nro that destroyed the sales
stables Of Maxwell 4 Couch and
Sparks Brothers nj the National stock
ya,da In East 81. Louis.
.hs medical congress nj Havana dis
| cusn-d fnyorabiy a resolution suggest
Ing tho creation OF u branch OF the
health dcpartmer: devoted to the cx-
tinction OF Infection carrying insec,s-
More than $50 suits were flied re-
Gently by tie lou!Sian Purchase Ex-
position Company to collect stock sub
scriplions aE.rcsn;ins $4,000. Among
the suits Was one against former
Mayor Henry Zeigenhein for 5000.
The accident to the German empress.
Augusta Victoria. who fell downstairs
May :ist. while rather more serious
than ut drst reported. will not have
any serious consequence The cut on
! her forehead probably will leave .
slight scar.
At Salt Lake. have purchased forty
i
Va. where they will erect monument
shrine and cottage on the site OF tho
birthplace Of Joseph Smith. founder Of
their faith.
| While catching In q game OF base
ball In Brooklyn. James Miles. n youth.
was almost insiaatly killed by .
pitched ball. Miles wore no mask
| while behind the bat. A very fast ball
| which he failed TO stop struck him
between tho cyea.
Madame Dugnst. who attempted TO
navigate her an,oboat Camille In the
race from Al.icrs 10 Touloa. ms sent
| g.. 600 to tho sailor who Jumped Into
tho sea from the French cruiser kle-
Der to rescue her during the storm
which scattered the racin. boats.
With impressive ceremonies the
monument erected by the woodmcn Of
the World to the memory OF Gaiycston
woodmen who persisted IN the tida!
wnvc OF 1900 wnA unveiled May 2is, nj
I.akcvicw cemetery. Galveston. accord
Ing to the ritual Of the wocdmen.
The bureau OF forestry of the De.
| partmcnt OF Agriculture has issued n
circular announcing that tho mature
+! timber on tho national forest reserve
Is to bc offered for sale. The super
visor OF each forest reserve is autho-
rixcd to receive applications for tho
right to cut timber.
At Natchcx. Mississippi. May 18th.
Peter Mathcwson. book agent. sho;
and killed A. z. Bidwcli and Stephen
Jones. fishermen. and fatally wounded
| Mrs. Sue Pruett, his mothcr-in-law.
| The trouble occurred about Mathew
sons child. whom he claimed had been
abducted by It's grandparents.
Threc-qunrters OF million OF people
have already died OF tho plague In In
dia this year. according to figures fur
nishcd by Indian Secretary 3rodrlck
in the House of Commons. The NOR
tality from January LIST to April 1st
was 46l,7ii. while another 2i5.y6l sue
cumbed during the four weeks ended
April Goth.
Judge Rogers of the United States
District Court at st. Louis has issued
an order allowing Ng Jung. n China
man, convicted and sentenced to ninety
days in tho Missouri penitentiary. for
passing a raised $40 bill. to retain his
queue while serving his sentence. Jung
told the Judge that wearing a queue
is with him matter OF religion.
The cruiser Reina Mercedes, cap
tured at Santiago during the war with
Spain. sailed from Portsmouth. New
Hampshire, May 21st FOR Newport.
Rhode Island, after having been re-
modelled as a receiving ship. The
cruiser has been undergoing repairs for
nearly five years end is said now to be
one of the best equipped receiving
ships in the navy.
In view OF the. deats recently of
Judge Amos NJ. Thayer of the United
States Circuit Court at st. Louis.
President Roosevelt has decided to
promote to the vacancy Judge Elmer
B. Adams of the United States Dis
trict Court at st. Louis. In succession
to Judge Adams on the district bench,
the President will appoint August
Finklenburg OF st. Louis.