Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of tho
Past Seven Days.
g.tsrs.sisG Ite.s GsthersA frsn All
parts es the World CONDENSED
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Personal.
Tho North German Lloyd steamer
Main was badly damaged In u COLL.
sion In New York harbor with the
schooner Neville. recently.
Mai. Clark has been placed In
charge at Fort Reno. Ok. succeeding
Maj. Penrose.
Miss Louise Moncheur. daughter OF
Baron Moncheur. Belgian minister to
the United States. died recently In
Washington after brief illness.
c. Leonard Brown. an oklahomn
City embexzler. has been arrested In
Denver. Col.
Hermann Kountze. n wealthy pio-
neer banker Of Omaha. Neb.. died re.
Gently In Watkins Glen. N. Y.
Bishop J. J. Tigert. Of the n. =.
church. South. Is dead Mt Tulsa, ]. T..
after brief Illness.
Given Campbell. prominent mem.
Der Of tho St. Louis bar and civil
war veteran. died recently Of heart
failure.
Gov. Harris. OF Ohio. declared his
intention to recommend m income
tax law In his first message to the
legislature.
II. Clay Pierce. prcsident OF tho
Watcrs.Pierce OIL company. Is re-
ported to have been indicted at Aus
Gin. Texas. for perjury. -r..
Tho famous Italian tenor. Enrico
Caruso. wnx found guilty Of annoying
women In Central Park. New York.
and his fine assessed ut SO. The case
was appealed.
Mayor Schmitx. OF San Francisco.
recently arrived ut New York from
q European tour. He emphatically
declared his Innocence OF the charges
of graft for which he has been In
dIctcd In California. saying II was n
scheme OF his political enemies TO get
revenge.
Joseph II. Smith. president OF tho
Mormon church. pleaded guilty to n
charge Of unlawful cohnbitntion In
Salt Lake City and was fined $500.
Ssis~eiIssssss.
The recent storm on tho Great
lakes caused heavy loss TO shipping
ss wcil ms 81 lives.
Tho Trans-Aiississippi Commercial
congress has elected II. d. Lovciand.
Of California. president and A. +.
Francis, OF Colorado. secretary. Mus
kogcc, I. T.. was selected as the place
for holding tho next congress.
= Tho National Association OF Thrash.
Dcr Manufacturers has adopted rcsolu.
lions favoring prompt reduction OF
tho tariff.
During tho ninc months OF this
year the exports Of lumber from tho
United States amounted to $6l.o0o.'
600. an Increase OF ii per cent over
the snmc timc last year.
Aftcr sitting ten days the 10th an
nual convention Of the National
Grange adjourned at Denver. Col. II
was decided to establish n weekly pa.
pcr to be devoted entirely to tho In.
tcrcsts Of tho order. r..
The supreme court Of Missouri has
issued the writ OF custer against tho
Dclmar Jockey club OF 81. Louis for
violating It's charter by allowing bet
ding on horse rnccs ut its tracks.
The Monon railroad has decided to
test in tho courts the decision Of tho
Interstate Commerce commission
that railroads cannot give transpor'
tation for newspaper advertising.
A mandamus suit has been filed In
the circuit court at Findlay. O.. to
compel the Buckeye. Pipe Line COM
rpany 70 furnish oil transportation 70
independent refiners.
The Nebraska Bankers association
has gone on record as opposed to tho
tplan OF currency reform proposed by
tho committee OF the American Bank.
ers' association. =,
According to the report OF the Kan.
sas railroad commissioners. the 1s
railroads in tho state operate 11.03s
miles OF track. including main lines
and branch lines. ...
The Atlantic liner Kaiser wilhelm
Der Crosse and the British Mall
steamer Orinoco met in collision In
the harbor at Cherbourg. France. re-
Gently. Several passengers on each
vessel were killed or injured. The
passengers on the Kaiser Wilhelm
were transferred to other steamers
bound for America.
Following an all day bitter fight.
the democratic delegates to the Ok
lahoma constitutional convention
named william H. Murray. Of Tisho-
mingo, for president.
Tho Kansas referees in bankruptcy
recently met at Topeka and discussed
uniform fees and rates Of expenses.
After a weeks argument on mo.
ton to quash the indictments In the
Richards and Comstock land fraud
cases at Omaha. the motion was over
ruled and the trials proceeded.