Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-09-15
CONDENSED 1ELEeRAMs

of September lst throughout the
greater part OF Wisconsin. resulting In
heavy damage.
The announcement Is made that the
United States Steel Company has %.
cided to maintain the price OF steel
rails to Its customers for 1906 at VS. q
ton.
Great interest Is being takes at Phil
adelphia over the correction OF the reg
istration list. Il Ia stated that 10000
bogus names will be s;ricken on the
rolls.
Frank c. Graves. formerly financial
writer on q New York newspaper. has
lust paid $s3.0O0 for seat on the
| New York stock exchange. This u
the highest price ever paid.
Tho population OF Massachusetts II
zoos. .95s, m Increase OF 49s.775 over
1855. when the last ofiicial census was
taken. Boston's population Is 695.6sS.
an increase Of 9G.G7s In ten years.
King Oscar has conferred the honor
OF knighthood OF the Royal Order q
yasa upon b. Lowenstein OF Memphis.
Tennessee. Mr.. Lowenstein has been
| q constant visitor to Sweden for twelve
wears.
Tho coinage executed at the mints
of the United States during August
was: Gold. 100000: silver. 3ls3..
600; Panama half balboas. 100000
pieces; Philippine pesos. 100000
pieces.
Tho War Department has approved
the plans for tho building OF n new ar.
tillery post at the Preside. near San
Francisco, and $4,000 will be ex'
pended for this purpose within the
next year.
Tho porte has replied TO the note OF
the six embassies. declining to accept
the scheme proposed by them for the
financial control OF Macedonia. The
powers will insist on the acceptance OF
the scheme.
On tho recommendation OF Grand
Duke Vladimir. the emperor has par
doned Prokopc. who was sentenced TO
death for tho assassination OF Colonel
Krcmnrcnko. chief OF police OF Vibors.
on July 22d last.
Total Industrial dividends payable in
September will rise above $l0.i5O.OoO.
according to statistics gathered by the
Journal OF Commerce. This Is m In.
crease OF more than 33.5oo.0o0 ovor
September n year ago.
Yellowstone National Park this sum
mcr than ever before. I, Is estimated
that 10000 persons have been In tho
park since. tho season opened. Tho
record last year was 1900.
Tho German postal authorities. who
have always been very progressive.
and who for some time have been cx.
pcrimenting with automobiles. have de-
eidcd to put these modern vehicles In
use on NIL rural delivery routes.
Sccrctar. Bonapartc has issued an
order for n court martial to try Com.
mnnder Lucien Young and Ensign
Charles 7. Wade. on charges growing
out OF tho fatal explosion on tho gun.
boat Bennington ut San Diego In July.
The Hartman lines have given an
order In Chicago for scvcnty-flve chair
cars. to cost about 100000. They Will
be used on tho system west OF Ogden
the Southern Pacific. Oregon Short
Line. Shasta route and Pacific coast
lines.
President Paul Morton reports that
tho Equitable soclcty's business hns
fallen less than ten per cent. In tho
United States and Canada during the
seven months ending August /. 1905.
period OF last year.
Edward ]. Lewis. the dcfaul,ing real
estate broker OF Wheaton. Illinois. who
by duplicate mortgages swindlcd
widows and ether poor persons TO tho
extent OF 100000. was taken to the
Joliet pcnitent!ary to serve long sen.
tcnce. Lewis secretly went before
Judge Bishop OF Wheaton and pleaded
guilty.
More than 10000 acres OF land on
the Uinta reservation had been filed
upon us homesteads up to September
I'd by persons who drew lucky mum.
bers in the recent drawing ut Provo.
So far the names OF 555 persons enti.
tied to make filings have been called
at the land office. and OF these 3Sl
have responded and fleA on home.
steads.
The Carnegie Steel Company. which
| is n sub-company of the United States
Steel corporation. has ordered in every
blast furnace capable OF being ope'
F, rated. The demand for pig iron Is SO
| great that the steel corporation wants
| to get into operation Its total capacity.
| 1t Is not improbable that the Carnegie
company will ruu 100 blast furnaces
for a time.
The amalgamation OF the lumber In
terests, Intended principally to operate
in the redwood districts on the Pacific
coast, was effected at Detroit August
31st and the Pacific Lumber Company
was organized. with capitalization OF
$4,000, 900. Articles OF incorporation
! will be flled under the laws of Maine
The new company is an outgrowth oi
the Pacific company of New Jersey.
The new 16.O00.ton battleship Yer
mont, built for the United States gov
ernment by the Fore River Shipbuild
ing Company at Quincy. Massachu
sets, was successfully launched Au
gust 31st. The Vermont is one of the
largest and most powerful OF the
ships of war that has been constructed