Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-10-05

Following the race riots at Atlanta.
Ga, which caused the militia tc b
called out. four mounted policemen
were fired upon from ambush BY ne
groes and two OF them killed and an
other injured. Negroes aiso Killed
two men in the suburbs.
DIR. L. ID. brown. territorial veter-
marian. stated that there is an cpl.
demic Of gianders at MeiIoud. Ok.
where four horses have died Of the
disease and four more were killed by
DR.. brown.
A tropical hurricane recently caused
great damage along the gulf coast
from New Orleans 10 Florida. Wires
are down and details are lacking
Pensacola reports the wors; storm In
many years. every house being DAM
aged to some extent.
Attorney General Hadley. Of Mis-
souri,. has secured from II. Clay
Pierce an admission On the witness
stand that tho majority stock of the
waters.P Pierce OIL company is owned
by the Standard OIL company.
President Palma and Vice President
capote. Of Cuba. have resigned. Prac-
tieally the Cuban government has
ceased to exist aud all that prevents
absolute anarchy Is the fear Of the
strong arm Of the United States.
A decision has been reached by the
department OF Justice that the new
meat inspection Law does not apply
to foreign meat products shipped
into this country
A salute Of II guns In honor OF
BTis. Gen. Zebuion Pike Was recently
fred from the summit Of Pixies Peak
In honor OF the diseoycrer. A bronro
tablet comm~moratins tho event was
also unveiled.
| Az result Of recent Investigations
Of the Insane asylum at Norfolk. Scb..
three former attendants have been ar.
rested charged with assault upon pa
tients.
Orders have been issued by tho
navy department for the Glacier to
stop Mt Joppa while en- route from
crew to visit tho Holy Land. This
IL considered an unusual privilege.
Tho strike Of the boii-rmskcrs. ma
chinista and blacksmiths of tn. WA.
bash railroad has been ended by tho
company granting nm increase In
wages.
A monument to Zcbulon Pike. tho
diseoycrcr of the peak which bears
his name. wnN unveiled recently Mt
Colorado Springs with a,tins ccrc-
mony.
| A general order has been rromni.
gated by III" war department, pronibit-
Ing tho soliciting Of pension or other
claims against the government on
military reservations or ut military
posts.
Tho government n cxpcricncin.
great dificuity In xccurin. horses
and mules for the army. Cavalry
horses nrc now quoted at $40 and
mules ut $3.50 per head.
President Roosevelt has sent 500
to Admiral Thomas TO be. used &c
help pay the costs Of the suit Insti
tuted In Newport. II. L.. TO deter
mine whether n man may be cxciud
cd from place OF amusement be
cause he IL wearing the uniform oi
the United States army or navy.
Fifty representatives OF lumber
companies OF Missouri. Texas. Ala
bama. Louisiana and Mississippi re.
Gently met In st. Louis and formed
m association. A capital OF several
million dollars was represented.
Three persons were killed and 81
injured In the wreck OF Wabash
fast passenger train at Catlin. Ill.
The train ran into an open switcf,
and nll the passenger cars but one
turned over and were burned.
In tho federal court at Wichita,
Kan, the Boyce Cattle company
pleaded guilty to fencing government
land and was fined $3.50 by Judge
Pollock.
Paul o. Stensland. self confessed
embezzler and wrecker OF the Milwau-
kee Avenue State bank Of Chicago,
IN less than six hours after his arrival
in Illinois pleaded guilty and was
taken to the Joliet penitentiary to
serve an indeterminate sentence. the
maximum length OF which is II years.
The Cuban congress in special ses-
sion failed to act on the designations
Of President Palma and his cabinet
because of inability to secure quo
rum, thus allowing the government Of
the republic to die by default. The
United States marines were immedi-
ately landed at Havana to protect the
treasury.
The recent gulf storm devastated
Mobile. Ala, damaging 5000 houses
and causing a loss OF life variously
estimated at from five to so. The
storm ragged for sc hours the wind
at one time reaching velocity of