Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-06


The 30Oth anniversary of the birth
Of John Harvard. founder OF Harvard
university. was recently celebrated
In Toxic. Japan.
II. Meade Shumway. convicted OF
numbering his aunt. Mrs. Sarah Mar
tin. near Adams. Neb.. has been sen
fenced to hang March l3.
A marble fountain. the gift OF Philo
s. Bennett to Haven. Conn.,. was dedi-
Gated recently by William J. Bryan.
executor OF the estate.
Kansas is to have an alfalfa Day"
on December II. At $50 farmers In
stitutes held on that day alfalfa will
be the sole topic discussed.
Attorney General Jackson has filed
In the Kansas supreme court formal
accusations against % city officials
and employees Of Pittsburg for re-
ceiving money from joints In viola.
ton OF the courts order.
Seven business blocks In Cody.
Wyo.. were recently destroyed by
fire presumably Of incendiary origin.
At Waterbury. Conn. five factory
employees were killed and six others
seriously injured by the collision OF
a trolley car and freight train on u
grade crossing.
The municipal debt of Boston Is
slll.Sts.735. or $50 per capita. an In
crease In the past II years OF III per
cent.
Germany is upon the verge OF an
Industrial crisis. There are said to
be 10000 unemployed In Berlin alone.
Senator Long has sent letters to
Kansas bankers and business men
asking for expressions as to needed
legislation touching upon the hnan.
cial situation.
Two men charged with the recent
ho!d.up OF the bank at Clinton. Ill.
pleaded guilty and were given indie
terminate sentences In the pcniten'
tiary.
The work OF securing jury for the
trial OF George A. Pettibonc. for com.
plicity In tho murder Of former Gov.
Steuncnbcrs. has begun at Boise.
Idaho.
A copper plate engraving made by
Paul Revere was recently sold to
Harvard university for 3725.
The premium on currency In New
York has almost disappeared.
Ollie Reed. prominent insurance
agent. fell dead while attending n
Thanksgiving dance ut Wheeling. W.
Va.
In nm attempted hoidup OF Greek In.
borcrs at Kansas City one Of the for.
ciknerx was killed and the leader OF
tho robbers was fatally wounded.
The United States Fidelity and
Guarantee company. Of Baltimore. has
withdrawn from business In Okla.
homa.
The hanks of Ardmorc. Ok. have
begun tho use Of cashiers checks.
A Jury TO try Caleb Powers for tho
murder Of Gov. Gocbcl. OF Ken.
lucky. has been secured. II Is com.
posed OF eight democrats and four re-
publieans.
The Kansas university football
team defeated tho Missouri university
team at st. Joseph In the annual
Thanksgiving day game by score OF
4 to 0.
Owing to the large amount OF ap-
piIcations received Secretary cortcl.
you has closed the subscription for
3 per cent certificates Of indebted.
ness.
Seven persons were burned to
death In n cheap lodging house near
tho Union depot at Kansas City re-
Gently. The origin Of the firc is un.
known.
The Sacramento Bar association
has passed n resolution declaring
that the laws passed by the recent
special session Of the legislature arc
vicious. dangerous and unconstitu.
tional.
Gen. Davis. judge advocate gen.
cral Of the army. has decided that the
use Of United States soldiers at tho
recent balloon contest at st. Louis
was not warranted by law.
An interesting fact brought out In
the hearing OF the governments suit
against the tobacco trust was that the
consumption of tobacco In the United
States was not keeping pace with the
Increase in the population.
Eleanor and Leroy Chestnut. OF
Mexico, Mo-. have received 10000
from the Chinese government as dam.
ages for the death Of their aunt Miss
Eleanor Chestnut. who was killed In
the Boxer uprising at Lien Chow In
1905.
The national convention Of the pco-
pies party has been called to meet In
st. Louis on April 2 next.