Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-10-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Intsrestiss Itens Gathered frss All
parts of the World cosdsassA
lnto small Space for the
sssssnt Of Osp Readers.
Pssssaal.

MP his Intention 10 Slsit MoAico anu
will remain at Zion City indefinitely.
Charles Il Magoon. former govern
or of the Panama canal zone. Ii slated
to succeed Secretary Taft as governor
Of Cuba
Brig. Gen. Funston has been for
mally appointed to command tho
American troops In Cuba by the war
department
Ex-President Palma, OF Cuba. has
left Havana To take up his residence
at Matanxan. His departure was wit
messed by small crowd but there
was no demonstration.
wi.:Em A. J.nIter. war."n nj tho
IGwa state pr.'on At Ahim'rn, died
at the age OF 70 years. He was M
tionally prominent because Of his
advocacy Of prison reforms.
Charles T. Magoon. tho retiring
American minister to Panama. and
governor Of tho canal zone. has ar
rived In New York.
Gen. Franklin He'll. chief of stan.
has been ordered TO Cuba to consult
with Secretary Taft.
Miss Carrie Pcyton Wheeler. young
est daughter af the late Gen. Joseph
Wheeler. was married In Decatur.
Ala. recently tn Gordon Montgomery.
Of New York
Hokc Smith, member OF Pres
idcnt Cievciand's cabinet. has been
elected governor Of Georgia by the
usual majority.
oVt n
To this country. has consented 10
withdraw hin resignation nj the re-
quest Of Secretaries Taft and Root.
President Roosevelt made ny ins
trip to HarrinburI and York. Pa. ra-
Gently and In each city made speech
In the rain. A. Harrisburg Pcnnsyi-
vania's new sia. 100000 capitol building
was dedicated.
King Haakon was recently aeeorded
. magnificent reception Mt Copenhagen
on his nut whit 10 his homo since
his coronation M king Of Norway.
Al the hor~e show In c.dar Rapids.
Ia. Jacob Fisher. ono Of III" judges.
fell dead Of apoplesy. Mr.. Fisher
lived n, West Liberty. and was ono u
tho leading horscmcn Of the west.
Tho emperor Of Russia and members
OF the imperial family. who have
been cruising In fiunish waters. have
returned To Pctrrhuf.
Tho sultan of Turkey has nnaily
oniciaily received Ambassador icish-
man nstrr months Of delay.
Il. q, 0rui,adail. of liudsborr. wns
elected president Of the Kansas Pho
tosraphew association at the recent
session In Huichiasou.
0sseSslsseess.
A tentative decision has been
reached BY the lsshmian canal com-
mission 70 bsiid tho Panama canal by
contract.
Eight dayr of continuous rain In
the lower Mi.sissippi valley has
caused haasy damage tn the cotton
and corn crutH.
-Four men wcrr killed and eight
injured near baltimore and two aru
dead and two others injured In Pueblo.
Col. on the same day recently by
the explosion Of gas in blast furnaces
As tho rczuit of an explosion In a
coal mine In Biuchclds. w. Va. 80
men arc believed 10 be cn,ombcd. The
mine was reported on fire and the
work Of rescue was retarded.
During n riot at Mobile. Ala. caused
by a mob attempting to secure n ne
ero who had assaulted white girl,
one man was fatally wounded.
Gov. Folk has written letter To
b.. eul n
Of gambling on an island In the Mis-
Heouri river near Kansas City which
has been claimed by neither state.
u question Of tho boundary line be-
tween the states IL involved.
According To . bulletin Of the de-
partmcpt Of commerce and labor the
foreign commerce Of Cuba aggregates
more than S2o0.0o0.cc0 per annum.
The Massachusetts, republicans re-
nominated all the present state OIL
GERS by acciamation at the convention
held in Boston.
In the United States circuit court
at 81. Louis jury decided that
George A. Kimmei. a former banker
Of Arkansas City. Kan, was dead and
gave Judgment against the New York
Life Insurance company for the
amount Of his Insurance with interest.
ngsregating ss,9is.50.
Five passengers were killed and 20
Others injured in a collision between
b regular train and military
epecial on the Boston & Maine rail-
road at Lansingburg. n. Y. recently.
One man was killed and IL fire.
men badly hurt by an explosion at
D ST Louis fire recently.
Two batteries Of field artillery have
left Vancouver Barracks, Wash, for
Cuba.
with more than 400 marines on
board end loaded with army supplies,