Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-08

ehuria.
The right of the Indian citizenship
cor,t To Fix the status OF the choc-
taw nation has te;n upheld BY the
United States supreme eolrt ID the
case .! Wallace n, Adams-
Tk. supreme court of the United
States In deciding Texas case held
that the common iawrishl Of indiyid-
uals TO apply to the courts for re-
dress against the railroads for dis
eriminarion was destroyed by the pas
sage Of the Interstate commerce CON-
mission law aud such complaints
must come through the commission.
Lyman X. Lane. former financial
clerk In the office Of the Indian agent
at Muskogee. !. T.. has been arrested
charged with the embexxlement OF
$685. OF government funds.
By vote of 20 to 10. Senator Jo-
seph W. Bailey has been exonerated
by the lower house Of the Texas lesis'
iature Of charges Of irregular acts In
public life.
by the careiessness Of u porter who
threw lighted match into u kes of
''fireproof' paint an explosion was
caused at ST. Joseph. Mo-. which re-
suited in a fire loss Of $4,000.
The $1,000 employees of the Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron company ceased
work for two hours and u half re-
Gently during the progress OF the
funeral Of Frank J. Hcarnc. prcsi'
dent OF the company.
A joint resolution mas been intro
duccd In congress to empower tho
president to exclude from the malls
publications which contain tho revolt.
Ing details OF the Thaw trial and
other cases Of a similar nature.
The Y. ~. c. A. building nj Utica.
n. y. wus totally destroyed by fire
recently. causing loss Of Siso.oJO.
The supreme court Of Indiana has
declared unconstitutional the employ
crs liability law except m regards
railroads.
A destructive tornado recently
struck the town Of Washington. Ark.
and almost literally wiped II out Of
existence. Two negroes were killed
and many persons injured.
william J. Oliver. the Knoxville.
Tenn. bidder on Panama canal work.
declares ho has been handed q
lemon" In exchange for $4,000 Of his
money. by tho government ut Wash.
in.ton.
The United States trcasurcr's re-
port for February shows n surplus for
tho month OF 3S.2O5.000.
A suit has been filed ut Concord.
n. H., by relatives Of Mrs. Mary
Baker q. Eddy. head Of the Christian
Science church. against the trustees
Of the Institution to compel an ac-
counting OF the financial affairs OF
tho church.
While wrokmcn were tearing down
a building In Kansas City recently
the walls collapsed. killing one man
and seriously injuriug four others.
Out Of ZIG candidates for this years
Rhodes scholarships 1888 passed the
prescribed examination. OF these IS
will be chosen to go TO Oxford next
October. The scholarships arc worth
81 500 year.
According to n recent census bul.
lctin out Of only two fifths Of the pop
ulation of the United States more
than half n million persons died in
1905. Consumption caused the great
est number of deaths.
A woman and three children wcro
found dead Mt St Louis. Nearby lay
n nearly empty bottle OF patent
medicine which hnd been recently
purchased.
BY the explosion Of dynamite in
the home OF Rev. J. d. little. n Bap-
tist minister Of Carmi. ILL.,. Mr.. little.
his father. wife and baby were killed
outright. and two children Of the fam
lily were fatally injured.
A party headed by Speaker Cannon
and Senator Curtis OF Kansas will
spend month during March and
April cruising in the West Indies.
South America the Panama canal and
Cuba will be visited.
Harry X. Thaw, recently enlivened
an extremely dull session of his trial
by Issuing brief statement in which
he charged District Attorney jerome
with unprofessional remarks In court,
and in conclusion declared that his
wife's natural real goodness was
above the comprehension Of the prose.
cutting attorney.
Chief Engineer Stevens reports that
during February 650,000 cubic yards
OF dirt were removed from Culebra
cut on the Panama canal.
The George Washington university
has appointed committee to raise
100000 to purchase new site for
the institution at the national cap
ital.
Recent advices from Nicaragua say
that the governorment forces have
captured two towns in Honduras af-
ter delivering crushing defeat to