Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-02-17
CONDENSED TELeeRAms

Iho United states government dia
not take possession OF the Sanlo DO
minso custom house as MAS reported.
by vote of t5 TO 10 the California
Assembly passed bill Fe-eeding Iae
Yosemite valley 10 the federal govern
meat.
The New Mexico Legislature has
passed bill prohibiting roplng con-
tests, II MAS backed by mos, OF the
esitlsmsn,
\ strons isht Is being wased in
Kansas by the standard oil Company
against the proposed state refinery.
Charges Of bribery are freely made.
The Sultan Of Zanzibar recen,iy az
rived In Paris, lie refused To ride In
a carriage. saying he preferred the or
dinaFy omnibus conveyance 10 his ho-
tel.
IL Is noE expected that III. famous
Simpioa tunnel under the Alps in
switzerland NiIl he completed and
opened IoF lTa'fie on III. 5Oih ot April
next.
There will be Indoor troltins races
at the annual hoTss fair to b. held al
the Madison SIlaT" Garden In New
York City during the last week ir
April.
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broush, over and employed BY a ST
Louis manufacturing company. have
lust departed for hom.. They EoG
homesiek-
A Joint resolution Indorsing PTesi
dent RooscNclI's stand on railroad les.
isiation Nas unanimously adopted BY
the Illinois Senate after having passed
the House,
On February Ssh President Dlas for.
maiiy opened the new hospital In the
City OF Mexico Ia the pr-s-hc" q!
great and brilliant company. including
many physicians.
The S;ata Senate OF Missouri. which
II Democratic. adopted the resolution
previously passed by the lious" intoESr
Ink President RooRcyelt's stand on
railroad legislation.
At Palm Beach. Florida. on III. tth
inst. the Challenger lowered the
worlds motor boat record by running
n mile In .:os t's against the wind and
.:ot,s with the wind.
The inEuTT-ctIon In the province of
Cordoba In Argentina appears to be
suppressed. Vice Prcsidcnt Alcoria
and other prisoners held by tho insur.
gents have been released.
Henry l.. Wilson. for some time min.
lister to Chill. is at his own request To
be !rsnsicircd and probably Will be
given u European mission. His sue.
ccssor has not bscn appointed.
John d. Rockefeller IL to present the
Young Mems Christian Association
Of Brooklyn with 100000 II the asso-
citation raises an additional sum OF
100000 before January ]. l9oc.
For the iirst time In the memory Of
man, Vineyard Havci. the sheltered
hnrbor Of the island of Mar,hn's Vine
yard. on the Massachusetts coast. was
completely frozen over on the +th inst.
The President has declined to
grant the application for pardon hlcd
In behalf OF Diilcr Il. and Samuel A.
Croft. convicted OF conspiracy TO de
fraud the government In connection
with the postofilcc cases.
On the steamer Shinano Maru.
which recently arrived ut Victoria,
B. c., from YokRhama. were three Jap
nncsc naval officers en- route to Lon.
don to supcrintcnd the construction Of
n l6.00O.ton battlcship being built In
England.
The proposition to authorize the In.
tcrstats Commerce Commission to hx
railroad rates was opposed by the re-
port OF the committee on Internal trade
and improvements made to the New
York Chamber or Commerce. the re-
port being adopted.
General Matsumara, according TO tho
Toxic correspondent OF the London
Daily Telegraph. recently died at the
front from congestion OF the brain. He
commanded the operations at 203-Me-
, ter hill. and was decorated and pro-
NOTED for heroism.
The London Telegraph correspond.
ent states that 14O OF the persons ar
rested on January 22d started for ST.
IBERIA on Monday. Others Will follow.
! It is reported that 100000 trans.Cau.
casian nome conformists intend to emf.
crate to California.
A corps OF automobile owners has
been organized for the German army.
the members of which. with iheir ma
chimes, are liable to be called out Tor
war duty. They will wear an olive
green uniform. not unlike that OF
United States army officers.
According to statistics gathered Sy
New York insurance Company, the
sum Of $10,00O,0LG was embezzled in
the United States In 1904. New York
state headed the list with embeZZle.
ments amounting to $1,S5l.585. Cali
fornia was next with total Of 81 1.05s.-
S25.
A great religious revival is in prog
ress in London. 1t was opened on the
4th inst. by Reuben A. Torrey and
Charles NJ. Alexander. the American
evangelists, who addressed an audi
ence that filled Royal Albert hall, the
largest auditorium in the city, holding
II 900 people.
The wife of Maxim Gorky. the Rus
sian author, has been permitted to visit
him in the fortress of SITS. Peter and
Paul. Gorky Is suffering from a slight
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