Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-20

[ President Roosevelt has been form
ally notified that the battleship neet
assembled In Hampton Roads Is ready
to proceed on It's long cruise to the
Pacific.
The coroner's Jury has returned a
verdict that the recent mine disaster
at Fayette City. Pa. In which 3s men
lost their lives was caused by INSULT
cient ventilation.
Gen. Funston has reported to Wash
ington that the conditions at Gold
field. New. were worse than he cx'
pectcd. but martial law will not be de-
ciared until an outbreak occurs.
The Nebraska university won the
anual oratoricai contest with the
Iowa university recently held at Lin
coin.
A small china teapot that once be-
ionged to Edmund Burke was re.
Gently sold In London for s2.loO.
The republican state central com
mittee OF Kansas viii meet In Topeka
December IS to fix date and place OF
meeting OF tho state convention.
At Allentown. Pa. the cries o! an
infant saved the lives OF eight per.
sons. but not before the baby's faith
er and brother had been asphyxiated
by coal gas. ..-
In nm affidavit fiied at Chicago.
Stuyvesant Fish declared that II he
could get majority OF proxies in the
Illinois Central Railroad company. ho
would depose r. IL. Hartman from
tho directorate Of the company.
Alfred II. Smith. viccprcsidcnt ard
general manager of the New York
Central railroad. has been placed on
trial on a charge OF mansiaughter
growing out of wreck on that road
John G. jenkins. formerly president
Of the First National bank Of Brook
iyn. and his three sons have been In
iic;ed by the Kings county grand Jury
for conspiracy and forgery.
For tho third time the Missouri su
prcmc court has reversed and re-
mnndcd the case of John n. Spcy-r
who killed his little boy nj Kansas
City several years ago. \ fourth
trial will bc given him In January.
Tho supreme court has advanced
the hearing of the cases against the
! Armour. Swift and other packing com
panics accused OF accepting rebates
to January 90.
The supreme court of Missouri has
reversed and rcmandcd the case oi
Cashier MiSpaEcl Of ST Louis. Mo-
who was convicted OF -mbcxslcmcni
and sentenced to two years In the
pcnitcntiary.
In the recent municipal election In
Boston tho republican ticket was
elected by u plurality OF 1000 votes
The Texas court OF appeals has
affirmed tho decision OF the trial court
In the states custer suit against ,hc
watcrSPicrrc oil company. Every
contention Of the state Ii upheld.
The city civil service commission
of Chicago recently discovered that
l.i00 laborcrs hired TO remove suow
after tho great storm two years ago
were stiii ON the ciiy's payroll. They
were dropped.
A federal grand Jury TO Investigate
tho murder of Joseph a Walker. a
government secret service agent. near
Durango. Col. has been impanclicd al
Denver.
The secretary OF War has decided
that tho provisions Of the cisht'hcuf
Law do not apply to the employees oi
tho military prison at Fort Lcavon'
worth.
Assistant Secretary Murray Of the
department of commerce and labor.
Charles p. Nciii. commissioner of Ia
Dor. and Herbert Knox Smith. com
missioner Of corporations. have gone
to Goldfcld. New. to investigate the
mining troubles.
In the Pcttibonc trial at Boise. Ida
no. Harry Orchard was the first wit
ness on the stand for the prosecution.
He repeated the essential part of his
story told in tho Haywood trial some
months ago.
r. Ottwny Saldicr. manager of o
branch of the failed California Safe
Deposit and Trust company. killed
himself In his Office at San Fran.
cisco recently.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has ordered the Santa F'c and 9th.
or carriers to reduce rates on coal ship
ments from Colorado to points ip
Kansas.
Congressional.
A bill designed to restrain federal
Judges from issuing temporary iu.
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