Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-15
.NEWS OF The WEEK
Most Important Happenines Of the
Past Seven Days.
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Emperor Wilhelm. Of Germany. Is
planning visit To King Alfonso OF
Spain this spring.
q. II. Mekinnis Of Beioit. Kan. rep
Fesentaiiyes from Mitchell county in
the legislature is dead.
Mary 8. Anthony. sister Of and life.
long eo'worker with Susan II, Anthony
died recently at her home in Roches
ter. n. Y.
United States District Judge
Charles d. Pariange. Of New Orleans.
died suddenly In that city Of apoplexy.
The republican caucus Of the New
Jersey legislature has nominated
/. Frank o. Brisss for United states
senator To succeed John =. Dryden.
Mrs. Drusiiia Morreii. whose hus.
band fought In the war Of 1919. is
dead In Brooklyn. n. Y. at the ass OF
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DR. George e i.add. who for ten
years has been director Of the Mis-
souri, state school Of mines nt Roila.
has resigned his position to engage
In the mining business.
Richard W. Morgan. OF Boulder
county. Col. has bccn expelled from
the state senate for accepting h
John u. Mcdonald. who constructed
the subway In New York. has been
elected president Of ". J. oiiveF's
Panama Construction company.
Former CONGRESSMAN Benjamin W.
Harris. known rs the father Of the
new navy In dead At his home In
Massachusetts.
Preston II. Leslie. = former govern
Of Of Kentucky and later governor Of
the territory Of Montana. is dead al
his home In Helena.
John d. Rockefeller has announced
= Gift of ss:.ooo.oco To the general
education board.
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The investigation by the senate com.
mittcc on military anairs OF the
Brownsville. Tex. ARRAY has COM
mcnccd.
TIL. president has signed the gen.
erai service pension bill recently
passed by congress.
The provision In the Indian appro.
priatiop bill, which allowed the full
bioods to sell their lands has been
defeated In the senate by vote OF
81 To %. The provision to soil tho
surface Of mineral lands was also de-
icatcd.
Representative Murphy. OF Mis-.
souri, has introduced n bill In the
house to repeal the act admitting Okla
homa to statehood on the ground that
the constitutional convention at
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the conditions Of the enabling act.
The scarlet fever and diphtheria cpl
denies which have been raging In
Chicago have broken out with renewed
violence. All records were broken re-
Gently when i07 new cases were re-
ported in ono day.
The senate has agreed to appoint n
committee to consider the revision or
the land laws Of the country.
The house committee on judiciary
has submitted n report declaring that
congress has no Jurisdiction or au.
thorIty to suppress abuses or amelior-
ate conditions surrounding woman or
child labor. The committee holds
that the subject is within the police
power of the various states.
The senate has passed the Indian
appropriation bill.
The house has passed the river and
harbor bill carrying an appropriation
of $s3.O0O.O00. A survey Of the Mis-.
souri, river from its mouth to Sioux
City Is provided for.
bill has been introduced In the
senate to give the president absolute
control of the Panama canal.
The house recently passed 125 pri.
, vate pension bills in 90 minutes. max
ing a new record.
Mlsosllaassos.
In a sensational speech at Lincoln.
Neb., State Senator Patrick accused
the brewery and distillery interests
with trying to corrupt the legislature
and prevent the passage Of unfriendly
bills.
Representatives from the various
oil producing states OF the west met
recently In Topeka to secure uniform
laws for the control Of the oil In
dustry.
The California senate has passed a
bill making 1t crime to dock horses
tails and prohibiting the importation
into the state of horses with docked
tails.
A meeting Of the National Mckinley
Memorial association was held in
washington recently to hear the re-
ports of the various officers.
Stanford White threatened to kill
Harry Thaw. according to witness
in the New York murder trial who
notified Thaw of his danger.
An icicle falling ITO feet in a mine
shaft at Carterville, Mo-, instantly