Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1905-12-01
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A fire at the overhoit distiilery. near
Connelisville. Pennsylvania. November
Goth. destroyed $l.GO0.00o worth o!
whiskey and other property.
King Edward has given $4,000 and
the Prince OF Wales $3.50 to the fund
for the aid OF the unemployed which
was started by Queen Alexandria.
The Spanish embassy at London
says there is absolutely no truth IN
the statement that King Alfonso Is 10
marry Princess Ena OF Battenburs.
Lord Mount stephen has contributed
$50, 900 to Queen AleSandra's fund foi
the unemployed. This Is the largest
individual subscription thus far re-
ceivcd.
William Travers Jerome. the newly
elected district attorney OF New York
| City. has filed his declaration Of cleo
ton expenses. lilo says that he d!dnr
put up cent.
Secretary Taft denies tho report
that matters pertaining 10 tho Philip
pines are TO DO transferred to the State
Department lie says IL IL absolutely
| without foundation
Rev. J. S. Lord of tho Yale class OF
1881. said to have been for many years
the oldest liyiur eiumnus % fa!o.
died November goth. at LainssbuTs.
Michigan. aged ninety'seyen.
The Marquis OF Downshlra has
agreed to sell his agricultural land, IN
County Down. ireland. to the tenants,
The estate Is the largest In Ireland aud
is valued ut about 3l5.ooo.ooo.
Lord Brassey has offered to erect At
his own expense large number OF cot
tagcs OF English style for sufferers
from the recent earthquake In llaly.
The Italian government has accepted
his offer.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Judge Charles T.. wolverton. associate
justice OF tho Oregon Supr.m. Court.
as United States district Juds. OF Ore
gon. In succession TO the late Judge
Charles u. Bcllinscr.
Tho Standard OIL Company has Just
declared n quarterly dividend OF $40
share. Tho previous dividend was ~
a share. This last declaration brings
the total dividend for the year TO $40
a share. Last year IL was SIG.
Read Admiral @. ". Baird. aupcrsn'
t-ndent of the State. War and Navy
Department building. has asked TO D.
relieved OF duty. Out Of the IoTty'thfr"
years Of service In the navy. he has
been OF duty only four months.
Tho Census Bureau has issued a bull
l.tIn placing the amount OF cotton
J;lnned TO November 18th ut ..i's'l".
bales. Texas leads with l.s:@'?i-
bales, Alabama being next with 4 1T
tic more than half that amount.
Alexander Mclean. Canadian com
missioner Mt Yokohama. says the re-
cent agitation OF life insurance mat
t.rs IN New York has seriously Al
fcctcd the Japanese business OF ooth
American and Canadian companies
II ia stated that the New York Cen
,ral and Delaware * Hudson interests
are about to purchase the United Trac'
lion Company OF Albany. controlling
the street car lines In Albany. Troy
RcnnsalaeT and Cohocs. for SI.SOO.oVV'
The loss Of live stock. grain. hay
and farm buildings on account OF the
recent FIRE near Aberdeen. south Da'
kota, Is estimated ut 100000. An area
that covered i've miles wide ana
twenty miles long was swept ny the
FIRE.
The NIcaraIunn Court of Cessation
has confirmed the sentence OF thirty
two months for William $. AlbcTs. the
American found guilty OF resisting the
execution OF legal process In Nicar'
aqua and with insulting President Le'
laya.
In n big poverty parade" ut London
last week red flags were seen ana pan
nors bearing such devices as curse
Your Charity: We Want Work. ana
There ia n Limit to Human Endur'
hnce." indicated the temper OF the pro
ccssionists.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur IRE
rraync. one OF the few remaining sur
vivors OF the charge OF the LiShI
brigade at Bnlaklava. in which II" was
wounded and his horse shot. died at
Cornwall few days ago. aged sew
cnty.cight year..
The Toxic correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph understands that
an Anglo.Thibetan treaty has been
signed and that II provides that Great
Britain shall acknowledge Chinese SOW
creignty In Thibet in return for which
China will pay an indemnity.
The Southern Cotton Association
has perfected plans for the taking OF.
the market OF 100000 bales OF cot
ton by means OF a series oil pledges
which the farmers will sign them
selves. The cotton held will not be
sold for less than Is cents a pound.
The students OF the Nebraska Cen
trail College have decided by unant'
nous vote to eliminate football from
the list OF college sports. They as
sign as a reason for their action a de
sire for self.supporting athletics. for
| clean sport and for noble manhood.
David Bell Parsons. cousin of Con
sui General Parsons In Mexico City
| and a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota
has been killed in the state of Pueblo
Mexico, by Indians. He quarreled with
them over the purchase OF some corr
and at night they murdered him.
The new battleship Virginia, a prod
uct Of the Newport News Company, In
her screw standardizing tests made
one dash over the measured mile on
Owls Head at the speed of 1874 knots
an hour, a new American mile recorC
for ships OF her class. and 81 parts Of
knot faster than that made BY the
Rhode Island three weeks ago.
The Mexican government has en-
tered into an important colonization
contract with Edward Pohevich ant
Manuel Septein, whereby they pur
chase 100 hectares OF land in the ltur
bide district In the state of Chihuahuf
| Mt Al 20 per hectare, and agree to set