Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-25
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stsretlsseess.
Vice Acsyirai Kuxmieh commander
Of the. port at 81. Petersburg has been
assassinated by workman because he
had refused to permit the workmcn 70
mako May day demonstration.
Four magazines OF tho union Metallic
Cartridge company At Vridscpori.
Conn. Containing $1,000 Ssunds OF
powder each exploded causing great
alarm among tho residents who
thought an. earthquake had occurred.
Pennsylvania arc Insurance com.
panies. niaa In all. have submitted
statements Of their condition and
showing an aggregate loss In San
Francisco Of S7.<6o.:so.
A police captain oe warsaw Russia
has been Killed by tho explosion Of
bomb thrown by young man. Sol.
diers Immediately shot the assassin.
The post oiiicc department has been
notified that navigation on the Yukon
June 6.
c. s. drummer. OF Republic county
has been elected chairman Of the Kan
sas republican committee. Clyde
Miller. Of osagc county. was elected
secretary. -
Peter Becker. Of Enid. has Eccn
chosen commander OF the Oklahoma
g. A. r. The next cncampmcnt viii!
DO held ut Enid.
Forest fros are sweeping northern
Wisconsin and Michigan. Two hun.
h.. h,,r0
over ahd several lumber towns dc.
stroycd. Ill.,. - ~!
Recent statistics show that ths
Standard OIL eor.pany has paid to
its stockholders $34l.0i3.ooo in divi-
dcnds since January /. 1898. This 10
nearly 81 times Its authorized capital.
ixation Of 3100.o00, 900. -
Tho Mutual Insurance company has
brought suit against former members
Of its committee Of expenditures to re-
cover such sums of money rs may
hnvc been lost through negligence Of
tho defendants.
The total deposits in tho banks Of
Kansas show that there IL $500 in
cash on hand for every man, woman
and child in the state.
Mayor W. w. Rose, OF Kansas City.
Kan. has been cited to appear before
the state supreme court on Juno 4 to
answer to tho charge Of contempt.
Tho assembly grounds Of Mount
Eagle, Tenn. were recently damaged
by nre to the extent of 325.0
A permanent Organization Of the
civil service commissions Of the coun-
ing held at Washington. Charles 8.
Fowler. Of tho New York city COM
mission was elected president
Mrs. A. F. Pearson. Of Altoona. Kan,
died recently on n railroad train while
on her way to Lincoln, Neb., from an
overdose Of headache powders.
Restaurants throughout San Fran
cisco are now serving 15 cent meals.
den. Greedy reports that the stories
Of shooting of large number Of peo-
pie during the San Francisco Gre by
the army are untrue.
Tho Standard Oil company has
issued an official statement denying
the charges in the recent special mes
sage to congress and in the Garfield
report. The statement declares the
prosperity of the trust is not due to
yeprehensible methods.
The Order Of Eagles OF Kansas in
state convention at Leavenworth,
elected w. D. Hunt, of Emporia as
president. The next convention will
be held at lola.
The Standard Oil company has ad-
vanced the price of all high grade
gasoline one cent gallon.
The Illinois legislature has passed
the shurtleff primary law and ad-
1ourned.
Gov. Higgins, of New York, has
granted an additional respite Of 30
days to Albert Patrick under sentence
of death for the murder of William NJ.
Rice.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa, says
that the steel trust has booked orders
for 100000 tons of steel rails for
delivery in 1907.
The American executive assembly Of
tho Isle of Pines has sent delegate
to Washington to work to defeat the
Isle Of Pines treaty.