Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings &C the
Past Seven Days.
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Signof Gallo. the Italian minister
Of justice. died recently In Home Of
syneope He had held many pTomIn-
ent positions in the government.
The Dowager Empress Of Russia Is
in London visiting her sister Queen
Alexandra
Former Senator ]. u. burton. Of
Kansas. will be released from the
ironton. Mo-. Jail on March ... lie
will return directly To his home in
Abilene. Kan.
Gen Booth. of the Salvation ARM.
has arrived In this country uom
London on his Way 10 Japan and tho
Far East.
James II. Garfield has taken the
oath OF office as secretary OF the in
terror.
| Col. J. d. Thomas. governor OF the
Soldiers home at Dayton. o.. since
1883. recently died in that Institution.
Secretary TAFT and a party OF Of
fieisis will saon visit CUBA, Porto
Rica and the Panama Canal. The tes;
pits on the site Of the projected looks
at Gatun will be Inspected.
q. W. II. Lucas. mayor OF Cherokee.
Kan. was fatally injured recently by
falling from the back door Of the
opera house. lie WAS II years OF asc.
DIR. Karl Heinrich Won BoeiiicheT.
the Interior under bismarck. is dead
W. II. Durrow. cashier Of bank
At Smith Center, Kansas. has been
appointed a national bank examiner.
Henry Davis Todd. lieutenant COM
mandcr u. S. n. retired tho las,
member Of the naval academy class Of
1857. died recently mt Annapolis. Md.
censrsssIenai.
| The chairman OF tho appropriation
committee OF the house announced be-
fore the adjournment of congress iha;
In place of there being deficit ut
the close of the fiscal year 1905 as n,
time seemed probable. there would
b. surplus OF s.o.oooooo.
The proposition TO abandon nil OF
tho is pension agencies and consol-
idatc all the business at Washington
was defeated.
The tllibustcring tactics Of the
democrats In the senate WIS successful
In defeating tho ship subsidy bill which
had passed the house by . close mar
Gin.
| During the Fifty-ninth congress a.
ST9 bills and joint resolutions were
introduced In both branches. Of which
G.9i0 became laws.
| Miscellaneous.
| Mrs. ]. L. Stoval. of L.awton. Ok.
recently gave birth TO n baby girl
In street car at Oklahoma City.
The defense In the Thaw trial took
the prosecution by surprise wnen they
notified District Attorney Jerome that
It would rest their case with the testi-
mony OF Mrs. William Thaw. The
state will now put In rcbuttnl EVIL
dence. and then the argument will be-
gin.
Both houses of congress have
passed n resolution creating n joint
committee OF five. senators and five
representatives OF the Sixticth con-
gress to revise and codify the laws
OF the United States.
| After two years OF litigation the
| guessing contest regarding attend
ance at the st. Louis worlds fair has
been decided by the courts. NJ. Lo-
gan Guthrie. OF Fulton, Mo, was
awarded the prize OF s25,0Oo.
big strike of placer gold has been
| made in Lost Creek. near Bellingham.
Wash.
The street car mems union OF
| Omaha, Neb., has voted against u
strike to enforce demands for n
CLOSED shop
The women suffragists of England
have been temporarily defeated in their
efforts to get bill through parliament
| giving them the right to vote.
Miss Louise Ross. of Louisiana,
Mo-, was beaten and stabbed by her
sweetheart. Andrew Watts, until near
ly dead. Watts was arrested and
placed in Jail. Thereats OF lynching
were openly made.
Frank T. Campbell. formerly lieu
| tenant governor of Iowa, died re-
Gently at Lima, o.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia university, was married
at New York recently to Miss Kate
La Montague.
The j. II. Crane Furniture company.
one of the pioneer firms of st. Louis.
has made an assignment for the bene-
fit of creditors.
Perry Evans, n teacher of a country
school in Oklahoma, was recently as
saulted and killed by number of his
male pupils.
The Idaho legislature has apropri-
ated $4,000 for carrying on the prose-
cution in the Steurenberg murder