Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-01-18

Ninth cavalry. will be appointed brig
adler general to succeed Gen. J. Frank
lin Bell promoted to be major gen.
eral. .
The Inauguration Of Rev. Henry A.
Buchtel. chancellor OF the Denver
University. as governor Of Colorado
took place In the Trinity Methodist
church at Denver. The new governor
concluded his inaugural address with
a prayer for divine guidance.
John D. Rockefeller has given 3d..
o0O.0 900 10 Chicago university for the
purpose OF maintaining fund for the
pensioning OF superanuated teachers.
Tae Kansas Legislature met In b.
ennial session at Topeka recently.
The republican caucus nominees.
headed by J. 3. Simmons. Of Lane
county. for speaker. and w. 8. Fitz'
patrick OF Sedan. as president Of the
senate were elected.
Tho Oklahoma constitutional con.
vcntion committee on railroads and
corporations has reported In favor OF
q twocent railroad fare and the en-.
action Of . fellow servant law.
Suits have been filed In the. Mis-
souri, supreme court by Attorney
General Hadicy to dissolve the al.
legged merger OF the Wabash. Mis-
souri Pacific and Iron Mountain rail.
way companies. and to revoke the
licenses and charters Of several sub
sidinry companies. violation of tho
state constitution and laws Is
charged. Quo wnrrnnto writs were
issued rcturnabie January %.
New York ls suffering from an
other epidemic OF influenza.
The leading flour mills Of Mime
apolis have been compelled to close
temporarily on account Of the car
shortage. Three hunderd men arc
thrown out OF employment
Edward Lcchtmcrc. OF Kansas
City. No. has been arrested In Wash.
in.tou. charged with stealing valu.
abics from the National museum.
The National Red Cross has pur.
chased 900 tons OF flour to bo
shipped Immediately to the famine
sufferers in China.
=. II. Tcdford. chief grain inspect.
or for Missouri. has been summarily
removed from office by the board Of
railroad commissioners rs tho result
OF charges made by n discharged
clerk. Henry c. Num-. OF st. Louis.
was appointed to tho office.
The opening " the 1851 bids for
land In the big pasture reservation
has been completed at Lawton. Ok.
They were forwarded to Washington.
Tho most serious flood ever known
| r. threatened In the lower Ohio val.
Icy. Much damage has already been
done between Evansville. Ind. and
Cairo. Ill.
The government has taken steps
to prevent e. II. Hartman. Henry
C. Frick and II. II. Rogers from lcav.
Ing tho Jurisdiction OF the Inter
state Commerce commission during
| the investigation into the manage.
ment Of the Hartman lines.
An order has been issued for a
special panel OF 200 talcsmcn from
which a jury TO try Harry X. Thaw
for tho murder OF Stanford White
Mt New York.
The Chinese trading quarter Of Ban.
kok. Siam has been destroyed by fire.
Loss 100000.
In n test case at Hamburg deci.
sion was rendered by the local court
compelling the North German Fire
Insurance company to pay the losses
incurred IN San Francisco last year.
The constitutional convention of
Oklahoma has adopted memorial
asking the president and congress to
set aside the ruling Of Secretary
Hitchcock segregating 100000 acres
OF land in the Choctaw nation for
a forest reserve.
The Tennessee legislature has
adopted a resolution indorsing Pres.
ident Roosevelt's dicharge OF the ne
gro troops implicated In the Browns.
vile affair.
Fire destroyed the tobacco ware.
house and cigar factory of s. r. Moss
& Co., at Lancaster. Pa. and dam
| aged the stock in other warehouses
| in the vicinity recently. The entire
loss. It was estimated, would foot
up 'S1.O0o.o00.
The Kansas legislature has passed
the bill increasing the salaries Of su.
preme court judges to $4,000 a year
and the district judges to $4,000.
The law goes into effect at once.
Treasurer Gmelich, Of Missouri.
has been ordered by United States
Judges Hook and Sanborn to turn
oyar to tho Missouri Valley Trust
company of st. Louis. receiver. over
| 100000 in securities of the Amer.
lean Reserve Bond company, of Della
ware.
Tuesday. September 8, has been
fixed as the date for the election to
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