Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-07
For four days the 1900 immigran,

from Genoa and Naples were kept
below decks while they pitched and
rolled In u gale which at times as.
sumed almost tho proportions Of q
hurricane.
The auditor for the war department
! has admitted the claim OF Col. VIII
liam J. Bryan's regiment. the Third
Nebraska volunteers, for $2S..40 ex'
ira pay during the Spanish war.
l. w. p. Diiworth, proprietor Of
hardware store at Oklahoma City.
Ok. was shot and badly wounded by
a robber In his store recently.
Samuel Spencer, president OF tho
| Southern Railway system. and one
OF the most prominent railroad men
| In the country. was killed recently In
q rear end collision near Lynchbprs
Va. All the occupants OF President
| Spencer's private care. with-tha eS
ception OF porter aii MIR. Spencer's
| secretary, ost~their lives.
AT Kansas City tho sixteenth m
nual football game between the Kan.
sas and Missouri university teamsire-
suited In neither side being able TO
score.
Thanksgiving day was celebrated by
Americans In most OF the capitals on
Europe. In London 500 guests sat
ut the banquet table.
+. ID. Coburn's annual crop sum
mary for Kansas has been Issued. Tne
| total wheat crop for the year was 93''
29.. $50 bushels. Sumner was the
banner county. raising 4.3so.GG5 bush
| els. .aa..--
United States Senators Warren ana
Clark. OF Wyoming. Commissioner
Richards. OF the general land office.
and George +. Pollock. chief OF de-
partmcnt u, Interior department. were
charged with interfering with the In.
vestiRatIon of coal aud land frauds
| In Utah and Wyoming. by special
government agent during the recent
intcrstato commerce Investigation mt
Salt Lake.
Mayor Eugcnc Z. Schniitx. mayor OF
San Francisco. was arrested upon
his arrival at Truckcc. Cal. under
tn. recent indictments charging him
with cxtortIon In office.
Four men were burned to death.
several fatally injured and many
others badly hurt In a fire In tho
Salvation Army hotel at ST. Louis rc.
Gently. Five hundred men wcrc
asleep In III. building when the fro
was discovered. Those injured wcro
hurt by jumping from the windows
To tho sidewalk.
Tho president believes tho Porto
RIcana arc entitled to American
citizenship and will recommend that
Il be granted them In special mes.
sage to congress.
At the first cabinet meeting hcia
after Prcaidrnt Roosrycit's return
from Panama all tho members wcro.
present for tho first time sine. tho
beginning OF the political campaign.
Herr Won Tsehirsky. German sec
rotary for foreign affairs. gave n
dinner recently In Berlin To the Amer.
lean tariff committee. Many dis,in.
Euishrd persons Of both countries
were present.
| Tho annual rcpor; Of DIR. s. n.
North. director OF the census. slows
tha, the work eost the government
s:Is ..ss less than thr amount appro.
pTia,cd by congress during the raa;
year.
The executive committee OF tho
Kansas Editorial association has
adopted n resolution fayoiins an
amendment TO the rate bill which
will allow railroads 10 trade ,ranspot-
,a,ion for newspaper advertising.
A bag containing sbou, SIS In gold
and silver coins was uncarthcd at
Ruio. Ncb. Tho coins bore dates vary.
Ing from 1889 TO 1856.
| The annual rcpof, of the military
secretary shows that thcrc were G.:ss
dcscrtiona from the army for tho year
ending Juno 10 an average uf ~ for
every 100 soldiers in the army. Tho
number OF dcscrtions has nearly doub.
led in the las, few years.
An increase Of five per cent In tho
wages Of the employees Of tho Dcrk.
shire Cotton Manufacturing company
at Adams. Mass. has been announced.
Tho Japanese have decided to
bridge tho Yaln river a, Yonsampo.
Manchuria. The bridge will cost si.A
| 600. 600. saE
| During the nine months of this
year the exports of lumber from the
rui,cd States amounted TO sGi.ooo..
600. an increase Of % per cent over
the same time last year. -UI
-Four on, of five men were killed
recently while being raised from the
shaft in a mine near Webb City. Mo.
The tub which they occupied became
detached from the cable and fell !;
distance of 100 feet 10 the bottom
Of the shaft.
A fine OF $4,000 has been imposed
upon the American Sugar Refining
| compauv in tho federal court nj Now