Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06
.NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of ths
Past Seven Days.
enteresting items Gathered From all
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space tor the Ben.
Gift Of Our Readers.
Personal.

Louisiana. and former grand chan.
cellor OF the Knights OF Pythias OF the
United States. Is dead at Baton
Rouge.
Louis Lockwood. a prominent arch.
itect OF st. Paul. Is dead.
Grant Richards. one of the best
New York.
Former Judge James ID. Bradwell.
one of Chicago's most distinguished
pioneers. Is dead. He was 72 years
of age.
Hugh Murray. secretary of the Ma.
sonic grand lodge OF Canada. Is dead
at Hamilton.
A dinner party was given recently
at the White house by President
Roosevelt: In honor OF President and
Mrs. Amador OF Panama.
Miss Ethel Root. daughter OF tho
secretary OF state. and u. s. Grant Ill
were married recently at the home OF
Secretary Root In Washington. The
bride was escorted to the dining room
by President Roosevelt. who offered a
toast to the long life and happiness OF
the couple.
Mrs. Louise Taft. mother OF the sec.
retary OF war. Is again III at her home
in aiilibury. Conn.
The president had quiet dinner
with members Of his family ut the
White house Thanksgiving evening.
Mrs. Samuel Decker. OF Seneca.
Falls. N. Y. celebrated her lo9th
birthday recently. She married her
present husband when she was 10:
years old.
Charles Paddock. who helped cap.
turc Jefferson Davis Mt tho close OF
the Civil war. is dead nj his home In
Danviiic. Mich.
President Amador OF tho Panama
canal was In Washington recently
and paid his respects 10 President
Roosevelt.
John Phillip sousa. the noted
bandmaxtcr and composer Ii seriously
III In Chicago.
Sir Henry campbcil-panncrman.
the English premier. has gone to
Briarritx to take tho rest cure.
Cyrus Flower. frst baron OF bat
tcrsca. Who ~ lord OF the treasury
In Giadxsonc'a last administration. II
ndcad In London.
Scu. =. ~. ncHho. VI tue So"tV"ss
ate army. Is dead nt his home In fa'
ycttcvillc. Tenn.
Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the dip
lomaiic corps with o'clock tea In
the blue room at tho White house re-
Gently.
Judge Joseph c. Helm. of Denver.
has been appointed associate Justice
of tho Colorado supreme court to
succeed Charles =. caswcli. deceased.
william J. Bryan was tho guest OF
honor Mt a recent banquet rendered
him by the democrats Of the District
Of Columbia. Five hundred demo.
Gratis partook Of the dinner which
cost 81 q plate.
Steve Adams, In whose trial for
the murder Of Fred Taylor tho Jury
disagreed. has been admitted to bail.
w. r. Chambers. possibly the old.
est resident Of Pennsylvania. died at
Ccicii at tho age Of 1o5 years.
Miscellaneous.
The Illinois direct primary bill has
been killed by the lower house OF the
state Legislature.
Tho Massachusetts courts have
been asked to pass on the truth OF tho
biblical story Of Jonah and the whale.
Thanksgiving day was generally OBJ
served by Americans not only In the
United States. but throughout the civ
iiixcd world.
A great mass meeting OF organized
labor at Washington was addressed
LIS william J. Bryan and Samuel
<Sompers. president Of the American
D,dcration Of Labor.
The Oklahoma City Shriners had
nine real camels In their Thanksgiv.
ing day parade.
Edward Payson Weston ended his
long tramp from Portland. Me-. to
Chicago, a distance Of 1.23i miles. re-
Gently in "a days. 10 hours and Is
minutes. beating his record made 40
years ago by nearly 30 hours.
The Santa Fe machine shops at To. |
peka were recently damaged by fire
to the extent Of $4,000.
In the Bradley case at Washington
the various alienists connected with |
the defense were emphatic In their |
statements that Mrs. Bradley was In.
sane at the time she shot ex-senator |
Brown Of Utah.
The receivers and attorneys con.
nected with the Uncle Sam OIL COM
pany have presented accounts to
Judge Hazen, special referee In bank.
ruptcy, amounting to $4,000.
The annual report Of the 1sthmian
canal commission shows that the ca.
nal has cost this government $685. |
2s5,110 thus far.
..f vnhbnru pnfp-ad tho |
ernment pawnshop in Tumla. Russia.
gathered together diamonds and gold
to the value Of $4,000. and escaped.