Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-03-09
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The city of Los Angeles is having .
fight to prevent the street railway COM
pany from running freight cars on the
streets.
San Diego has arranged with q com.
pany for a supply Of 100000 gallons
OF mountain water q day, at Z cents
thousand gallons.
Prince Arthur of Connaught. while
In Toxic. invested Admirals Togo and
Field Marshals Symagata and Oyama
with the order Of Merit.
At Austin. Texas. Roland Browne.
on trial for the murder OF Congress
man Pinckney at Hampstead year
ago. was acquitted after weeks trsal.
Samuel Thomas. the largest manu-
facturer OF pig iron In the United
States. died at Allestown. Pennsyi.
vania. February 2lst. aged seventy.
nine.
David E. Henderson. former speaker
OF the National House OF Represents
tives. died at Dubuque. Iowa. February
25th. from paresis after an illness OF
nine months.
II was stated In the House OF Com.
mons that the transfer OF Port Arthur
from Russia to Japan does not affect
the status OF Wei Hal Wei. which was
leased to Great Britain.
Fifty children were injured but none
dangerously. In . panic at ST. Mary's
school In Alton. Illinois. A roll OF cell
luloid films took fire In n moving pic
ture machine. and 400 children rushed
madly for the doors.
Preliminary arrangements for gen
eral merger Of all the elevated roads In
Chicago involving over $l00.000.Oo0 are
said to be progressing fayorably and
the eventual consolidation Is declared
to be nearer realization now than al
any former time.
The grand jury Of the United States
District Court at Asheville. North
Carolina. returned another true bill
against Congressman Blackburn.
charging him with practicinS before
tho Treasury Department In violation
Of the federal statutes.
Former Mayor Robert J. Black OF
Mckeesport. Pennsylvania. received .
letter from members of the Black
Hand" society. demanding 5000 In
coin before March sth. or his life
would pay the forfeit. his house be
blown ~ and his family ruined.
Plans for rcmodciing the Singer
Manufacturing Company's building In
New York City. which Is now q four.
tecn-story sky scrapcr. propose 10
make IL thirty-six stories high. sur
mounted by four moro stories In the
form OF n tower. making II 5s3 feet In
height.
Prof. II. c. Ernst. bactcriologist OF
tho Harvard Medical school. has
evolved n process OF photosraphing
disease germs by means OF tho So
called ultraviolet rays OF tho spectrum.
SO that each germ stands out indi'
yiduaiiy. Chemical coloraiion 10 no,
necessary.
Pa, Crowc's trial on tho charge OF
holding up street cars NJ Council
Bluffs. has been postponed and he has
been admitted to ball on bond OF
1900 signed by his brother. John
Grove. and the iaitcr's wife and
Joseph Nansei. a wealthy farmer OF
this county.
Tho Dominion government. alarmed
BY the rapidly spreading uso OF Amer
lean silver coins. has arranged with
Canadian banks to collect this cur
rcncy and ship Il out Of the country. SO
that tho Dominion m!nts may have
chance. The American silver will be
shipped TO Washington and exchanged
for gold.
Sir Charles Dixie. II. r.. for the for.
est OF dean division OF Gloucester.
shire. has actively entered tho lists rs
champion of the cnfranchiscmcnt Of
women. and II his bill Il adopted.
women will be sitting in Parliament.
The bill also proposes TO abolish uni.
vcrsity representation In tho House o'
Commons.
A report Of public and marine hospi.
tai service. which has Just been issued.
gives summary Of the quarnnt!nablc
diseases reported for the city OF Ma
n!la during the calendar year 1905.
showing there were ssi cases and 2?5
deaths from cholera: i5 cases and ~
deaths from plague. and 20 cases and
20 deaths from smallpox.
For forty years they have been Low.
ers. but not until each had passed the
century mark could Samuel Kuhns and
Sarah jackson. living near Marysvilie.
Ohio. make up their minds to wed.
The ceremony has Just taken place in
Pcnfieid township. Captain Kuhns is
1ol and his bride Is q little over 100.
She is a relative Of Abraham Lincoln.
A certificate OF incorporation has
been issued under the laws Of New Jer-
sey to the Butte Coalition Mining Com.
pany. with n capitalization Of $4,000.
600. The company will engage In the
copper mining business. The incor
porators are: Courtland Betz. Summit.
New Jersey: John @. SAKE. New York.
and Frederick NJ. Gilbert, Brooklyn.
The realty board of San Diego. Cali.
fornia. has begun raising by subscrip.
tion a 81 900. 900 subsidy for a railroad
srpfn San Diego across the desert to
the eastward. The necessary amount
mus, be raised by the end Of the year.
as under the conditions Of the con.
tract the work must begin on january
/. 1907. The route will be south of or
through Warmers pass to Imperial
valley.
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