Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

force were enjoying luSurlousls
furnished lounging room which had
been donated by saloon keepers. dis
solute women and gamblers Of the
city. Public sentiment Was thorough
iy aroused and the grand Jury VIII
investigate.
In a letter written by PTesidsnt
Roosevelt to the chairman OF the Chi
eago Moyer-Haywood conference the
president stands by his former as
Of the friends Of the accused men are
flasrantly Improper. In that they are
trying to influence judge and jury In
the coming trial.
Charge C. Kins. president OF the
First National bank Of Scotland. y
d.. has been arrested In Chicago
charged with having misapplied tho
funds Of the bank. which recently
failed.
The Zoeiler packing plant at PITTS
burg. Pa. was recently destroyed BY
fire. Five hundred thousand pounds
OF lard in one building was entirely
consumed. The loss was placed at
$4,000
Four million bushels Of coal were
shipped down the Ohio river from
Pittsburg In one day recently. break
Ing all records for this time of the
year.
The supreme court Of Kansas has
appointed Judge s. II. Allen. q. u.
Whileourt and Judge r. =. Carver. all
OF Topeka. as receivers for the Kan
L l.x. a
Join, bond OF $4,000 was required.
Secretary Wilson. by executive or
der. has created the board of food and
, drug inspection. whose duty Il shall
be TO adminitcr the national pure food
law. The president heartily approves
tho plan.
Frank II. Butler. who was charged
with the murder Of the Marvin boy Mt
Dover. Del. has been released from
custody. for want Of sufficient cyi.
dcncc against him.
Frank II. Butler. n steamer deck
hand. has been arrested charged with
the murder OF the four-ycar-old son
Of DIR. Horace n. Marvin. VINO dis
appeared from his home In Dover.
Del. March 4.
A movement has been started In
Milwaukee. Wis. TO net aside day
In May on which every union In the
country is to protest against Prcsi'
dent Rooscvclt's assertion that
Meyer. Haywood and Dcbs are undo.
sIrabic citizens.
A recent bulletin issued by the scc.
rctary OF the Oklahoma board OF as-
ricuiturc states that the wheat crop
is only COS per cent and the oats crop
10 per cent.
The Kansas supreme court has
granted the petition OF Attorney Cen
cral Jackson for rcceivcrship In
the custer injunctios cases against
tho brewery companies who have been
doing business in Kansas contrary 10
tho prohibItory law.
The main features mt the opening
OF the jamestown exposition were the
spectacular naval display and the ad-
dress Of President Roosevelt. The
exposition itself was not ready for
visitors when the opening exercises
were held.
The suit Of the Copper Range Con-
solidated Mining company Colbert c.
Burrage. Thomas W. Lawson and 9TH
crs. has been settled out OF court.
The government forestry service
has issued circular saying that this
country consumes every year between
three and four times more wood than
il grown In all It's forests In the same
time.
Miss Violet Spencer. OF Alton, ILL.,,
was recently attacked by negro near
her homo and slashed across the alb
domen with a razor. A heavy cloak
was all that saved her life. Several
suspects have been arrested.
Superior Judge Hebbard. of San
Francisco. has sworn to n complaint
against Assistant District Attorney
Heney charging criminal libel.
w. II. Harroun, ea-president OF the
| Harroun Eelevator company Of ST.
Joseph. Mo-. pleaded guilty to forgery
| in the fourth degree and was sentenced
to. IS months in jail. He was later
paroled.
Chris Maier. Topeka jointist has
been pardoned by Gov. Hoch. He
gave a 81, 900 bond never to engage in
the liquor business again.
The new field gun with which the
Japanese artillery is being armed
has an effective range Of about $500
yards. Each gun costs $4,000.
Washington advices are to the eff
feet that the peace negotiations in
progress in Central America have
come to deadlock and that a re-
newal Of hostilities seems probable.
The Architectural league Of Amer
lea is holding convention in WASH
ington with delegates present from
all sections of the country