Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-01

president urging him to cancel the or.
der Of Secretary Hitchcock providing
for forest reserve Of portions Of In.
dian land.
The carnation league OF America
has sent out an appeal to all patriotic
men and women to observe the birth.
day OF William Mckinley. January 29.
4 by wearing carnation. the favorite
, flower Of the murdered president.
Gen. Gomez the liberal presidential
candidate and other prominent Gu.
bans were fined $50 each In Havana
for cock.fighting on Sunday.
An Investigation OF public land
frauds has begun at Pueblo. Col. at
which sensational disclosures are ex.
pected to be made. The inquiry will
probably last for two months.
Judge Oscar Hallam. In the district
court at st. Paul has issued an order
enjoining tho officials OF the Great
Northern Railway company from
making the proposed increase Of
$G0.000.0O0 In the capital stock of
/ the company during the pending lit
isation.
Z The trial OF Harry X. Thaw for
the murder Of Stanford White has
begun In New York. The entire
first day was consumed In securing
two jurymen.
/ The National Farmers Union. in
session at Atlanta. Ca. has adopted
, resolutions indorsing the presidents
action In discharging the colored
troops for completely In the Browns.
Vile. Tex. affair.
The British government has re-
ccIved report from Gov. Swctten-
ham, OF Jamaica. regarding the Da-
Wis incident but refuses TO make It
public at the present time.
Tho resignation Of Theodore p.
Shonts as chairman Of the isthmIRn
canal commission. TO take effect on
March 4. has been announced. MIR.
Shonts has accepted the presidency
OF tho tntcrboroueh- Metropolitan
company which controls the street
car system OF New York.
The Academy Of Music. n popular
priced thcater Of Washington. has
been destroyed by fire.
Announcement has been made In
Washington that the offices OF chair
man and chic: engineer OF tn. 18TH
milan Canal commission will bc coa-
solidatcd and that John =. Stevens
will be given the appointment.
American refugees from Kingston
arriving In New York arc unanimous
In condcmning the Inactivity and
utter incffieicncy Of the English au-
thoritics on the stand during the first
days following the disaster.
Prof. Crookcs. Of London. an
nounccs that he has discovered pro.
cess OF extracting nitric acid from
the atmosphere. which II In claimed
will rcvoiuiionixc the nitrate indus
try and tho worlds food problems.
Firc ut Phiilipsbur.. Kan. recent
iy caused loss OF 100000. stn,e
BANK Commissioner John q. Roycc's
, newspaper plant was almost total
los.
The main buildin. Of the japanese
department OF communications mt To-
kio was recently destroyed by firc
causing loss Of 100000. Many
public documents were destroyed.
Secretary Root has received en-
blcgram from Gov. Swcttcnham Of
Jamaica expressing the profound
gratitude OF the people for tho aid
rendered during the recent disaster.
A break In the Wabash river icvcc
near Tcrrc Hnutc. Ind. Inundated tho
country for miles and rendered moro
than 1000 people homeless.
Tho Trans-Aiissouri Dry Farming
congress effected n permanent organ
izatiin ut Denver. with Fisher Harris.
Of Salt Lake as president. The next
meeting will bc held ut tho Utah cap
ital.
The Rock Island has been granted
tho fast mail contract between Chi.
cago and Omaha. For 20 years tho
Burlington has held the contract.
A complete blockade Of railroad
traffic exists In North Dakota caused
by the unprecedented depth of snow.
The jury In the Shea conspiracy
case at Chicago after IS hours dclibcr.
alton reported disagreement.
A jury at Muskosce. I. T.. has re.
turned indictments against number
of Wholesale liquor men In Missouri
and other states charging them with
Introducing liquor into the territory.
Five thousand barrels of whisky
were recently destroyed by the burn
ing Of Newport, KY. distillcry.
The French chamber of deputies
has adopted the bill providing for tho
automatic granting Of divorces IL
either party persists in a suit for
three years.
The department Of commerce and
labor has begun an investigation of