Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-09-14

man and representative OF the
states attorneys office had been ON
his trail for weeks through clue fur.
nished by woman.
Five more japanese have been ar
rested at st. Georges island, one OF
the Prybiloff group. by the govern
ment agent accused OF poaching seals.
Robert Gordon. a Chicago boy lG
years old. has confessed to striking
an 8-year-old boy with brick. stun.
ming him and then buryIns him alive
under the sidewalk before his fathers
house. The boys body was found
where Gordon said he had buried It.
The secretary OF agriculture has
appointed two experts to make an In
vestigation OF scientific methods OF
grading and inspecting grain with
view to supplanting state inspection
with national inspection.
The decision In the prize fight for
the lightweight championship OF the
world between Joe Cans and Battling
Nelson at Goidfield. New. was given
to Cans on foul In the 42d round.
More than 1000 delegates repre-
senting one-half the states of the
union were present ut the opening
session OF the irrigation congress at
Boise. Id.
The Illinois authorities have made
\ demand on the United States gov
ernment for warship In which to
bring Paul O. Stensland. the fugitive
Chicago banker. now under arrest In
Tangier. back to this country.
a Cuban government transport ex.
poets to load C.o0o. 900 rounds OF am
munition and n battery OF rapld'fire
guns Mt New York to be employed In
supprcss!ng tho Cuban rebellion.
Mormon representatives have pur.
chased another large tract OF land In
Mexico and plan to send there $4,000
Mormon families from Utah. Colora.
do and Nevada
II. +. Cuncy. n negro. was recently
arrested ut the national capitol for
stealing valuable law books from the
document room OF the United States
senate.
Adolph Segai. n promoter. W. +.
North. treasurer. and Marshall 9.
coiiingwood. assistant treasurer Of tho
dcfunct Real Estate Trust company Of
Philadelphia. have been arrested IN
connection with tho wrccking OF that
institution.
A letter found on the person Of .
man arrested nt Douglas. Arizona.
recently. shows that revolutionary
uprising Is planned against the Mcxi-
can government
1 ltE
tuberculosis was opened n, The Hague
with good attendance In tho pres
cncc Of Prince Henry Of tho Neither
lands.
Almost 1000 college presidents. pro-
fcssors. instructors and university ON.
ciais have agreed TO use tho simpli-
fed spelling In their correspondence.
Three mon were killed and dozen
injured by tho collapse Of q factory
building In course Of construction at
Eiyrin. Ohio.
In an exhaustive report TO tho state
department. Ambassador Thompson
declares that the published rumors Of
the incubaiing Of wide spread In.
surrcction in Mexico are without
foundation. lie asks for the suppress
sion of the Mexican revolutionary
iunta located In ST. Louis,
Tcrrorists ut Potsin. Russian po.
land recently burned III houses.
Cuban insurgents recently destroyed
with dynamite two bridges on tho
Western railway between Pinar del
Rio and San Luis.
Two thousand persons attending tho
county fa,- at oskaioosa. Kan. re-
Gently witnessed the death OF Jcrc-
miah Turner. a bars>onist Of Kansas
City. Mo. who fell from parachute
while eco feet above the earth. Ho
was dead when picked M.
Secretary Shaw has issued circular
letter to all national bank depositar-
les reminding them that government
in New York for speculative pur-
poses.
American minister to Chile. Hicks,
has tclcEraphed the state department
sTEing tho people Of the United States
to lend a helping hand for the relief
Of the distress caused by the recent
earthquake disaster.
The Santa fc railway Is short l.
500 cars to fill requests made by
shippers in the grain territory.
Eleven st. Louis firemen were IN
jured recently by the explosion Of gas
olinc while fighting a Gre.
The Santa Fc passenger depot and
railroad hotel at Needles. Cal. was
recently destroyed by FIRE. Two per-
sons were burned to death and sew
eral others injured.
The 18th National irrigation con-
gross closed It's sessions at Boise.
Idaho. after voting to hold the next
convention at Sacramento. Cal. and
clecting Gov. Chamberlain, of Oregon.
as president. Resolutions were adopted