Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-01-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Ct tho
Past Seven Days.
s.tssestiss Items Gathered from All
parts OF the World Coadeasso
.. lnto SMALL Space for the
Dsasat sf Oss Readers.
Personal.


Bryn Mawr. q suburb OF Philadelphia.
Rev. Joshua Allan Lippincott. well
known In the east and middle west
as a divine and educator. IL dead In
Los Angeles. Cal.
]. r. Merritt. of Topeka. has been
named to fill the newly created office
of assistant freight agent Of tht San.
tn Fc.
Wilbur Glenn yoliva. general over
seer of Zion City. was recently de-
nounced by Dowieites at public
meeting there as Judas Iscariot
Devil" and "Robber."
Thomas N. Bowen. former United
States senator from Colorado. is dead
at Pueblo. aged II.
James McCrea. first vice president
of the Pennsylvania lines west OF
Pittsburg. has been elected president
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany to succeed the late A. J. Cas-.
satt.
William II. Mackey. jr.. has been
re-appointed TO be United States mar
shal of Kansas.
Frederick McAiasters. United States
consul Mt Zanzibar. has rendered his
resignation because OF the small sal
ary attached to the office.
Prof. Otto Benndorf, the noted arch.
ncoiogist, Is dead In Vienna.
+. NJ. Robertson. OF Wilson coun.
ty. Kansas, has been elected to I'LL
the vacancy caused by the death OF
State Senator s. s. Benedict.
Mai. Gen. Won Der Launitz. pre-
feet OF police OF ST. Petersburg was
snot and instantly killed In the insti.
tutc OF experimental medicine. The
assassin was cut down and killed by
nm officer.
DIR. Joseph A. Aidrich. n former sur
scon In the United states army. Is
dead Mt his home In Denver. aged
SO years.
Daniel Garmnn. who was engineer
of the train on which President Lin
coin made his famous midnight Jour
ncy from Harrisburg TO Washington,
recently died Mt Lebanon. PA.
Rev. John c. Brooks. youngest
brother Of the late Phillips Brooks.
is dead In Paris.
George A. Murphy. of Muskogcc. !.
. T., Is to be tho chief speaker mt the
] Kansas Day banquet ut Topeka on
january 20.
Z. W. Hastings. m actor Of New
York, was killed recently In wreck
Of the overland limited train on the
Union Pacific In Nebraska.
csaGres.iossi.
prepared memorial to congress ask.
ing that body TO set aside tho decree
of the supreme court which abrogatcd
the rights Of intcrmnrricd whites.
A bill has been introduced In the
senate to prohibit the sale Of lands In
the government domain on which arc
situated beds OF coal and other miner
ais until such deposits arc exhausted.
Salscsolasesss.
By the gift OF 100000 TO the Chi.
caso University on New Years day.
John ID. Rockefeller has brought his
bcpcfactIons to the institution up to
$19.i16.922.
In the custer suit OF the state Of
Missouri against the Delmar Jockey
club OF st. Louis. writ Of error to
the supreme court OF the United States
has been granted by Chief Justice
CAN'T.
The southern portion OF Indiana is
suffering from floods. Fifteen schools
In Gibson county alone were COM
PEELED to close on account Of the high
water.
BY direction of the president. Sec
rotary Hitchcock has issued an order
notifying registers of local land of
0cers to destroy all Illegal enclosures
Vh public lands after April 1. next.
Andrew Carnegie has notified Sccre-
tary Root of his intention TO contri-
butte $750.0O0 for the purpose OF erect
ing building in Washington for the
use of the bureau OF American repub-
lies.
Judge Garland. of the United States
district court at Sioux Falls. s. d.,
has rendered q decision holding that
the state board Of railroad commits
sioners has jurisdiction over express
companies.
Engineers on all the railroads west
Of Chicago, to the number Of $1,000
have made demands on the compan-
ies for an increase in wages.
Two hundred delegates representing
boards Of trade and commercial Or
ganizations met recently in Chicago
and formed the National Reciprocal
Demurrage Association.
George l.. Sheldon has been inaugu-
rated as governor OF Nebraska, sue
ceeding John II. Mickey.
The position OF commissioner Of
the general land office. which is to
become vacant on March 4 by the re-
tirement OF Commissioner Richards,
has been offered to Phillip G.. Stew
art, of Colorado Springs.