Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16
stis~~lla0 ss.

| cIal congress November 20.
| Misr~tia"ssss.
BY the election OF J. T. Harahnn as
7 president of the Illinois Central rail-
road E. II. Hartman. who controls the
Union Pacific system OF roads has OBJ.
taIned control of lines which will eS'
tend from the Atlantic To the Pacific
and from tho lakes to the gulf.
| Unofficial returns Indicate that the
democratic state ticket WAS elected In
Missouri by about G.ooo majority.
A decision by Judge Garland. OF tho
United States court of South Dakota.
express companies are declared to be
common carriers and subject TO the
orders OF the railroad commission OF
tina. state.
Complete returns from the now
state OF Oklahoma show that the
democrats elected 9s and the rcpub-
llcans II delegates to the constitu.
tionai convention.
Sewer inborcrs. while eating their
lunch around fire near Pittsburs.
Pa. placed ten sticks OF dynamite
near tho fire to thaw and the cxpio-
sion which resulted killed two Of
them Instantly and injured l5 others
more or less seriously.
A secret mutiny Of dissatisfied lib.
erals was held In Havana recently
to protest to Gov. Masoon regarding
his recent appointment OF mcdcratcs
TO office.
The national assembly OF Panama
has approved a bill prohibiting gam.
bling In tho republic.
A majority Of the delegates cicctca
TO the constitutional convention OF
the now state of Oklahoma are demo-
Gratis. Tho Indians ms general rule
having voted the democratic ticket
The Aero club Of America an
nouncc that next years balloon race
for tho James Gordon Bennett cup
will be held at st. Louis.
The new Dixby hotel In course OF
erection Mt Long Beach. Cal. col.
lnpscd md about 100 workmcn wcrc
carried down In the wrcckngc OF tho
seven story building. Seven mon
are known to have been killed and
many others wcro injured.
After n search Of five months by
nscn,s OF the United States immisra-
tion commission. Giovanni Bruno. a
SIc,Iinn, believed to be one of the
most dangerous OF Italian anarchists.
was arrested at Keon. small sta
ton near Denver.
The Haskell Indians. OF Lawrence.
Kan. were defeated by the football
team, OF the University Of Texas At
Austin by Il score of IS to O.
rhe federal grand pury at St Louis
will take up the investigation OF The
st. Louis end OF the alleged oil com.
bine with view to the institution
OF criminal proceedings against per-
sons involved.
Mount Culibra. situated 40 miles
west OF Trinidad. Col. Is reported in
n state of eruption. smoke and vapor
having been seen issuing fr,m the
mountain.
Indictments have been returned by
n federal grand jury at Pittsburg.
Pa. agains, officials OF the Shelby
Steel Tube company on the charge
of conspiracy to defraud the govern.
ment in connection with the boiler
tubes furnished the government for n
number OF battleships.
Four Texas rangers were attacked
while asleep in camp between For
dyce and Rio Grande City by n band
OF armed Mexicans and battle en-
, sued in which four of the attacking
party were killed, one fatally wounded
and two captured. The rangers suf-
fcred no loss.
An extra freight train went through
bridge at Camden. I. T.. recently
and the engineer and fireman were
killed. The engine and seven freight
| cars fell into the river.
One thousand coopers struck in
Chicago for an increase In tLeir pay
| of three cents per barrel.
A call has been issued for n caucus
! of the democratic members OF con
gress to meet in the nall of the house
of representatives December /.
Joseph Walton. young man oi
| Newton. Kan. was killed by train
at Sodgwick. Kan.
The president has appointed At:or
ney General Moody as Justice OF the
supreme court to succeed Justice
Brown who retired some time ago
Gov. Beckham, of Kentucky, las
been successful in his contest u
Senator McCreary for the United
! States senatorship from that state.