Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22
NEWS OF TEE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Istsresti.E Items Gathered from Al
Ossts of the World Coadense0
Into SNAIL Space for the
Deneat Of O1P Readers.
Personal.

Deneat Of OuF Readers.
Personal.
NJ. Pitkon. the premier and minis
ter OF the interior OF Bulgaria. was
assassinated recently.
Il Is now stated that Frank Stein
hart who. It was announced. had re-
signed as consul general Mt Havana
will retain his position until July !.
at least.
BY order OF the president about
28.0OO.0O0 acres OF coal land will be
Immediately opened to entry as rap
idly as the geological survey can
make proper examinations.
Joseph Z. McJimsey. father Of E.
+. f. McJimsey. editor OF the Spring
field. NO.. Republican. died recently
at his home In Chillicothe. Mo.
Rev. Henry Coe Culbertson. OF lola.
Kan. has accepted the presidency OF
the College Of Emporia.
Charles Gordon Knox. secretary OF
the st. Louis Commercial club. died
Of typhoid fever while returning from
u visit to Panama recently.
Stuyvcsant Fish. former president
OF the Illinois Central railroad. has
been elected director In the Nils.
souri, Pacific.
Lieut. Frank Lahm. Sixth cavalry.
U. 8. A.. has been detailed US In
structor of bailooming NJ Fort
Lcavenworth. He won the James
Gordon Bennett cup In the inter-
national balloon race at Paris last
September.
Judge Pollock. In the federal dis
trict court has denied tho application
OF cx-Capt- Kirkman for writ OF
habcas corpus. The former army Of
ficer must serve seven more months
In the prison Mt Fort Lenvcnworth.
A fire In Borsano. Italy destroyed
the greater part OF tho village and
rendered 1000 persons homeless.
Joe. ullman. the well known book
maker and sportin. man. has broken
down mentally and has been placed
In n private sanitarium In California
Tho funeral of John Alexander
Dowic was held In quiet and unos.
tcntntious manner ut Zion City re-
Gently.
Maurice Grau. tho wcii.known I'm.
prcssario. Is dead In Paris.
Mrs. 8. n. Castle. m early mission.
ary In tho Hawaiian islands died rc.
Gently ut Honolulu. She was 30 ycars
Of nHc.
J. X. Burnham. OF tho Burnham.
Hanna. Munger Dry Goods company.
of Kansas City. and president Of tho
National Wholesale Dry Goods nxso
ciation. died recently OF pneumonia nj
his home In Kansas City.
William J. Oliver. Of Knoxville.
Tenn. whose bid for the construction
OF the Panama canal was recently re.
Jcctcd. has been elected vice prcsi.
| dent OF the newly organized United
States Trust company Of Washing.
ton.
J. l.. Benton. OF Monticello. Ca, In
to be sent abroad by the government
TO Investigate tho market for cotton.
seed products.
Miseeiianeous.
The Nlcara.uan government has
issued n decree recognizing the pro.
visionai government organized by tho
rcvolutionists OF Honduras and dc
ciaring its members TO bc allies OF
Nicaragua.
/ II is estimated that the loss by
tho recent flood In Pittsburg. Pa. and
the Immediate vicinity will amount
to s10.000.000. Ten square miles oi
the city was submerged.
The most sensational decline ir
prices for several years occurred II
the Wall street stock market recent
iy. Conditions were decided,
panicky for several hours.
Secretary Mctcalf has left wash
ington for cruise of inspection II
Cuban and Porto Rican waters.
The prosecution in the Thaw case
gained a point recently when Justic,
Fitzgerald decided to admit the evi
dcncc of J. c. Smith. a brother.in.lav
of Stanford White. regarding convcr
sations with the defendant at the
Madison Square garden on the nigh
OF the tragedy.
Serious roiting occurred in Louis
willie. KY. when the street railwa,
company attempted TO run cars will
strike.brcakcrs. a mob OF more thar
] 900 persons fought off the police ant
tore five Of the cars to pieces. Man,
rc-sonS were injured.
The greatest flood ever experienced
by Pittsburg. Pa, recently swcp
down upon the city catching the peo
pie unpreparcd. Several lives were los
and much property was damaged.
The town of Majorsville. neal
| Wheeling, w. Va consisting of G,
houses was entirely swept away in {
recent flood and every house destroyed
Twenty.four Greek laborers started
across the Sacramento river at Pitt
| Calf whom tho boaf ransizpd and 9,