Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-15

The japanese government has
made an appropriation Of $500. 200 u
cover the expense Of representatives
OF the army and navy who will par
tieipate In the exposition ~ James
town. Va.
The damage 10 shipping In Buffalo
hsrbor alone is si.s0O.oOO. Five srea,
lake steamers aground tell that part
OF the story. Thirteen others make
Ing brave attempts 10 rid~ out the
storm may add to II.
According TO a dispatch from Chief
Engineer Stevens. 566.750 cubic yards
OF dirt were removed from the Guile
bra cut on the isthmus OF Panama
In January. This Is twice as much
as the best record ever made by tho
French.
DR.. c. C. Wiley. the first witness
In the defense Of Harry X. Thaw.
said he believed the prisoner was
insane at the time Of Stanford Whites
murder. The witness was put through
III. most severe cross examination
ever heard In New York court room
The worst storm Of the winter pre-
vailed along the Atlantic coast recert-
y. A thick snow accompanied by q
Co'miis gale tied up traffic on land
and sea.
A woman and five children wero
found frozen to death In the town Of
Goodrich. n. ID.
Fire recently destroyed ten store
buildings In Mound Valley. Kan. caus.
ins a loss estimated at $4,000.
Second Lieut. John s. Hamilton.
Twelfth Infantry. has been found
guilty Of miSappropriatins funds oil
the company. and sentenced to dis
missai without honor from the army
and Is months Imprisonment.
The Dawes commission has com.
plcted tho work Of passin. on tho
enrolimcnt Of the five civilized trlbcs
OF Indians The work was begun ten
years ako. The names will now bo
submitted TO the secretary Of tho In.
tcrior.
John =. Stevens. chief engineer OF
the Panama canal. has notified the
president that he will rcsisn his posi-
tion u any Of the bids for construct.
ins the canal arc accepted. The rca.
son given Ii that he would be robbed
Of III. credit unless tho government
does tho work.
The Nebraska senate has killed the
county option liquor bill by u vote OF
90 TO II.
= Lyndhurst. tho country home OF
John wannamatcr. near Philadelphia,
was completely destroyed by fire 70
Gently. The loss Ia estimated ut IL.
100000.
In q wreck at Peoria. ILL.,. recently
the only person killed was n man who
was standing on crossing on his way
to work.
Justice OF the Peace Cortcsc. Of
Patterson. N. j.. was fcarfuliy Injured
by the explosion OF m Internal mn.
chine sent by express recently. Hc
had been active In prosecuting Italian
iawbrcakcrs.
Evelyn Ncsbit Thaw went on tho
witness stand In defense Of her hub.
band In New York and told the story
Of her life. She charged Stanford
White with having inveisled her 10
n studio In New York and there nc.
complished her ruin through tho use
Of druggcd wine. She had previously
told the story to Thaw when he pro.
posed marriage tn her.
Shippers In Kansas City and other
to the Interstate commerce commits.
sion for relief from excessive railroad
rates from the Atlantic seaboard. Tho
railroads are also charged with CON
spiracy.
Fifteen woodcutters were killed by
IN avalanche In the Transylvania
mountains OF Roumania recently.
Seven persons were bitten by rabid
dogs In one day ut st. Paul. Minn.. re.
Gently. The health authorities have
taken drastic measures to control the
epidemic.
Prof. Phillip d. Marcou. the Har.
ward professor who was sued for
breach Of promise by a negro woman
has filed general denial in court
of all the charges against him.
The lives OF many children were
saved in Mobile, Ala. recently by pro-
ficiency in the fire drill The school
building became ignited. but the pu-
pills remained cool and marched ou,
in perfect order.
The Iowa board OF railroad commits.
sioners has ordered complete revi.
sion of freight schedules in that
state.
A terrorist shot and killed the gov
ernor OF Penza, Russia, as he was leav.
ing a theater in that city. In at
tempting to escape he killed two po-
licemen, wounded the manager of the
theater and then committed suicide.
The average consumption Of sugar
y,tt INT I,,r-