Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-10-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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known as Col. Ike" Hill. an employe
Of the national house OF representa-
tives or the past u years. Is dead
In Washington.
Charles Z. Masoon. the retiring
American minister to Panama. has
left the isihmus for Washington.
David u. Francis. former governor
Of Missouri. has arrived In New York
after visit To Europe where he de-
liyered the Worlds fair medals TO the
various moaarchs.
Reuben Perry has been appointed
supervisor Of Indian schools.
Governor Higgins Of New York has
declined to become candidate for re-
election
James J. Jeffries. who retired with
the title Of champion heavyweight
Of the world. has announced his deter
mination TO reenter tho ring.
ITO will OF the late G. j. pcNiin.
Of Topeka. was recently fiied for
probate In that city After tho pay
ment Of debts and obligations the
residue Of the estate was left TO tho
widow.
Edward drummer. business man.
arcr Of the baltimore Sun. for 81
years. is dead Mt his home In that
city.
J. c. MeBurncy. Of Boise. command
er Of tho Knights Tcmplar Of Idaho.
md colonel OF tho national guard OF
the state. II reported missing.
Fifteen hundred more marines
have been ordered to Cuba by tho
navy department. These with those
already there and the biuejacke,s Of
tho war vessels make force Of 1000
men.
During the year ending June 10.
1905. according To n statement of the
Interstate Commerce commission &c
people were killed and :5S injured n
day on the railroads OF tho United
States.
Following an attack by negroes Of
Atlanta. Ca. on officers. tho militia
raidcd Brownvillc. negro suburb of
the city and arrested :s5 heavily
armed blacks. One ncgroc was killed
and several wounded In attempts to
escape. Among those captured was
the postmaster OF the town.
President Roosevelt has appointed
II. Morgan Shustcr ns member OF
the Philippine commission.
Gen. Funston is now In Cuba
ready to take command of the Amer
lean forces in case OF Intervention.
Frederick q. Ensign. for 36 years
superintendent OF the Northwestern
district OF the American Sunday
School union. Is dead ut his home In
Chicago.
+. n. Hubbcll. probably the rich
est man In Iowa. was recently fined
in the criminal court mt Dcs Moincs
for leasing his property for immoral
purposes.
District Attorney Jerome. OF New
York. democrat. declares his intention
to stump the state for the republican
nominee for governor against William
r. Hearst.
Speaker Cannon IL to take the
stump in New York for Charles +.
Hughes. the republican nominee for
governor.
Paul o. Stensland. the Chicago bank
wrecker, has been assigned to work
sorting broom corn in the Joliet
penitentiary.
Miscellaneous.
The Middleport bank, n private in
stitution of Middleport. O., has failed
and all the deposits, amounting to
$115.000 are missing
The cattle rate cases which were
recently called before the Kansas
board of railroad commissioners were
dismissed on application Of the at
torneys for the cattlemen.
Jesse Stresser was shot and killed
near Leon, Kan, by Lewis Bloomfield.
Stresser had been too attentive to
Mrs. Bloomfield.
The department Of Justice has
completed plans for campaign
against the Standard Oil company
which is to begin at once. An effort
will be made to break up the monop-
oily with the Sherman antitrust law.
The st. Louis grand Jury has in
dicted r. NJ. Snyder, of Kansas City.
for bribery in connection with the
Central Traction bill and Fred X.
Uthoff for perjury in connection with
the same matter.
After a sleepless night in a cell
in New York, Paul O. Stensland, the
fugitive banker, expressed his willing
ness to return to Illinois saying that
he wished to straighten out the banks
affairs and wanted to show the peo-
pie he was not the black sheep he
had been painted.
The collision of passenger train
and switch engine at New Prague.
Mimi, caused the death of four per-