Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-03
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Colonel Samuel Donaldson, VINO WaS
doorkeeper OF the house OF represen-
tatiyes during Mr.. Carlisie's term as
speaker. died OF heart failure ut his
home in Washington.
President Roosevelt will review the
Atlantic fleet on September at oyster
Bay.
William NJ. Clark. eastern freight
agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad
iied at his home In Summit. N. j..
of disease OF the heart.
John Dedrick Strassbure. the Oldest
post Office employe in point OF SER
vice as well as In years In the United
States Is dead at his home In Louis
VILE. Ky. He WAS IS years OF age
and has been In continuous service
NJ clerk In the Louisville post ofiice
for G3 years.
John Sharp Williams has been re-
nominated for congress by the demo-
Gratis OF the Eighth Mississippi dis
trIct.
The body OF Russell Sage. the New
York financIcr. was laid to rest at
Troy. N. Y. with simple ceremonies.
Don Pedro Monte has been elected
president OF Chile for u term OF nve
years.
II. c. Brokmcycr. former lieutenant
governor of Missouri and acting gov
trnor In 1861. Is dead In n 81. Louis
hospital after lingering illness. He
was n nephew Of Prince Bismarck and
n native of Mindcn. Prussia
At the request OF King Edward.
william J. Bryan wns received re-
Gently at buckingham Palace In pri-
vate audience.
Charles II. Whitaker. sr.. editor oi
the Clinton. Mo-. Democrat. died re-
Gently mt his home In Clinton aged 20
years. lie had been In the newspaper
business In Illinois and Missouri .:
years.
President Palma. of Cuba. has par
doncd Mile Brown and other Amer
leans arrested on the Isle Of Pines for
maintaining n private telegraph line.
Ni.reiisaroas.
Tho American Surety company. ono
OF tho largest and most powerful
bonding companies In tho United
States. has been cited to appear be.
fore Superintendent OF Insurance Luz
ling. of Kansas. and show cause why
It's certificate should not bc revoked
on the ground that II is n trust.
Gov. Idc. Of the Philippines has re-
pucstcd military aid to punish tho
Pulnjancs In the Island Of Lcytc.
A commission composed OF J. W.
Ycrkcs. /. Il. Hit. jr.. and G. A
Champion are In Berlin studying the
manufacture and preparation OF do.
uaturcd alcohol for tho internal rcvc.
que department.
Two bombs were dropped from m
elevated train In New York recently
Into n crowd OF 200 members Of tho
plumbers union. who were standing
In the street below. Eight men were
painfully injured.
For the first time since the Civil war
practically tho entire army OF the
United States II on the march. conccn-
trating Mt the mancuvcr camps. where
with the militia Of the different states
several months will be spent In prac-
tice.
At the first session OF the Pan
American congress at Rio Jnnciro.
Brazil. n vote OF thanks was adopted
TO the United States and Mexico for
their part In the bringing OF peace to
the warning Central American repub-
lies.
Twenty-Five passengers were injurcd
two probably fatally. by the derail-
mcnt recently Mt Springfield. NO., Of
n st. Louis & San Francisco passenger
train.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
made public the regulations govern
ing the inspection of meat products
for Interstate and foreign trade under
the new law. They are very stringent
throughout and are in line with the
best authorities on the subject.
Tho will of the late Russell Sage
has been filed for probate. After be-
aueathing sG50,000 to blood relations,
the document gives the residue OF tho
estate. about s7O.oO0.0OO. to the widow.
who will distribute It in charity.
Judge Landis, Of tho United States
district court at Chicago has handed
down decision declaring that John
Alexander Dowie is not the owner
of Zion City and its industries, the
court deciding that the money given
to Dowie was trust. A receiver was
appointed and an election for n gen.
eral overseer ordered to be held on
the third Tuesday Of September.
At conference in Chicago in which
every road interested was represented.
It was decided to end Che grain rate
war from Missouri river points to Chi
cago on August 10.
The stromboli volcano. after quiet
ing down, has again become violently
active.
A special federal grand jury has
been called to meet in Chicago to in
yestigate the Standard Oil company's