Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts Of tho World Condensed
Into Small Space tor the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.

into SmAu opaC0 IoT tuo ooH.
Gift Of Our Readers.
Personal.
Capt. J. d. Seaman. for nine years
postmaster ut Tulsa, !. T., and one OF
the most prominent republican politi.
clans OF the new state. IL dead.
w. W. Beattie. OF Washington. ID.
c.. has been elected president OF the
Commercial Telegraphers union to
succeed Samuel J. Small.
President Roosevelt has returned to
Washington much pleased with his
southern trip.
Secretary Taft recently opened the
University hospital at Manila.
Herbert 8. Hadley. of Missouri. Is
n defend Attorney General Young. OF
hnesota In the contempt proceedings
before the United States supreme
court.
Robert n. Carson. wealthy man OF
Philadeiphii. has lef: 35.000.0oO to
found college for orphan girls.
Richard Croker has indehnit"iy pos.
ponei his proposed visit to &c United
Statea- -.....-.
Secretary Taft expresses his salts.
faction at tho conservative attitude
Of tho Philippine assembly.
w. A. Duncan. president Of the Cher.
okee national school board. and .
leader In his tribe. In dead nt his home
In Tahlequa. !. T.. At the age OF II.
r. w. Fraaius. editor OF the South.
wessces Grain and Flour Journal OF
wichita. Kansas. liz dead. after two
years' illness. He was GO years old.
Mis- ssilansous.
On her last trip the turbine steamer
Lusitania made the run from New
York to Queenstown In four days. g
hours and iG minutes.
Two men were killed and three Sc
riousiy Injured In n wreck on the Ohio
Central railroad at Pomcroy. Ohio.
The resolutions adopted by the Ma
iional Civic Federation at Chicago de-
clare for nonpartisan commission In
which the interests Of capital. labor
and the general public shall be- repre-
scntrd.
President Schneider Of the Chicago
school board wants to adopt tho Japa'
ncsc imperial rcscript on education M
the standard for moral and ethical
teaching In the public schools Of tina,
city.
Tho British steamer Pampico. frou,
Baltimore to Rotterdam. ~as ahand
Oh In midoccan. Tho crew wcrr
President Roosevelt has been urged
to recommend revenue tax on hrc
sorlks 10 the next consrcss. the pro.
cccds 10 b. used In Investigating t.
tanus and its trcatmcnt.
An attempt was made recently "a
destroy the entire Muskoscc. !. T.. Oil
acid By nrc.
The canncry mon Of southeastern
ALASKA arc demanding a revision oi
the Chinese exclusion Law. Tnc scar
city Of cooiic labor ID hurting their
business.
In an address before the National
Civic Federation at Chicago Charles
J. Dawes. former comptroller Of tho
.urrvncy. defended the wall street
anancicrs. and charged tho federal de-
sartmcnt Of justice with making
'Eaiissy plays
AZ Ashland. Wis. mixing mill o!
he Atlantic Dynamite eompany's fac
tory exploded. killing four men.
The Oriental liner Empress oi
-hina sank recently alongside It's
dock In Vancouver. u. &.
The Official cir line measurements
II the two leading balloons in the lien
nett cup race is f'omticru. ss5.t miles
ard L'tsic dc France. ss1.t miles
chance TO get their affair in shape.
More than 500 persons lost their
lives In the recent earthquake shocks
in Italy.
The net earnings of the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain sys'cms for
thee seal year cndins June 10 were
sis.ISS.27:ta.
TyWkansas board of control. which
has charge Of nine state hospitals and
,omce. wants hospital for the care
Of the criminal insane.
Owing to the general feeling Of un.
rcst in Nevada financial circles Gov.
Sparks declared three days legal hoii.
days In order to give the banks a
New York fnanciers believe the
worst Of the furry in Wall street is
over now. The Trust Company Of
America successfully ~i,hstood a run
of large proportions and better feel.
ing prevailed generally.
The first Of the balloons entered
IN the race for the James Gordon Hen.
nett cup. which started from st. Louis
zane down near Hamilton. Ont. about
zoo miles in straight line from the
starting point. The balloon was the
'United States" in charge Of Mai.
Hersey.
Figures prepared upon the general
expenses Of the delegates to The
Hague peace conference show the cost
to have been s3.,es.v,v. including din.
sers and telegraph tolls.
The wheat acreage in Oklahoma Is