Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-04-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
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Professor Won Bergman. the fa-
nous German surgeon. is dead. HIS
death followed an operation for ap-
pendieitis.
After a search OF eight years VIII
liam L. Church contractor OF Kan
sas City. Mo. was found in III. hospit-
al for the insane nj Duhnins. Ill.
where he had been sent from Chicago
more than one year ago.
BY order Of the president about
q. .o0o. 900 acres Of coal land Will DO
Immediately opened To entry as rap
x'ly as the geological survey can
Oake proper examinations.
President Roosevelt has promised
TO make an address at the dedication
of statue To the memory OF the
rough riders. to bs erected In Ariins-
ton National cemetery on April i.
James Henry Smith. New YORK
millionaire. died recently "a,
Kio,o. Japan. while on wedding tour
around tho world.
DR.. Jolios. editor Of the Rnsski
vIedonisii at Moscow has been assass-
mated. Hs was member OF tho
ItSnt ttuN7ttu plIstaHi'hk-
Jesse =. wclborn. has been chosen
To succeed the late Frank J. Hcarnc
as prcxidcn, OF the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company.
The students OF Princeton university
have presented former president
Grover Cleveland with loving cup.
Judge Samuel Ryan. the Oldest cdi-
tor in Wisconsin. and ono OF tho old
est members Of the Odd Fellows Ii
dead at Appleton.
John BrisiIn. blind Inventor of
PittsburE. Pa. aged - years. who
spent all HIS money In dcfrndin. his
patents. died recently OF broken
heart.
Hnmiin r. Lee. aged 81. veteran
OF the Mexican and civil wars. and n
nephew OF Gen. Robert L. Lcc. is dead
ut his home In Colorado Springs.
Charles s. S,ahl. captain and form
or manager OF the Boston American
league baseball team. committed sui
eide recently mt West Baden. Ind.
where the club had gone for spring
practice.
Thomas connor. statc senator from
Joplin. Mo-. IL dead. He was elected
20 he Inst general assembly. but was
i,s!cr able to attend any of the scs-
sions.
Lieut., Gen. Arthur Macarthur has
been transferred from the department
Of the Pacific to the department of
tho lakes. with headquarters ut Mil
waukcc.
Former Representative MeCleary.
OF Minnesota has been sworn In as
second assistant postmaster general
in succession to W. S. Shallcnbarger.
resigned.
Miseeiianeous.
A column of French troops has en-
tered and occupied the city OF Oudta,
Morocco. without resistance on the
part OF tho Inhabitants.
Tho president has signed the exc
cutiye order calling for n general
election OF delegates to the first
Philippine assembly.
BY tampering with switch at
Council, Ok. some miscreant caused
the wreck OF Rock Island passen-
ger train. Two persons were killed
and two seriously injured.
The evidence for the prosecution in
the rebate case against the Standard
OIL company on trial in Chicago is all
in and the government has rested.
The Nebraska legislature has passed
n state wide primary bill which does
away with state, county and city
nominating conventions.
BY an explosion OF dynamite at
johannesburg, Transvaa1, four white
IL and so natives were instantly
kt = and three whites and 1G natives
were injured.
The vote for mayor of Creston. Ia,
being a tie, the contest was settled
by lot. Willis NJ. Brooks. the republi-
can candidate getting the office.
The New York Central railroad, Ira
A. Mccormick, general superintendent,
and A. H. Smith, vice president,
have been indicted for manslauShter
in connection with a recent wreck on
the road.
The presentation Of the silver SER
vice purchased by the state of KAN
sas to the battleship of the same name
will take place at League Island, near
PHILADELPHIA, some time during the
first half of June.
To relieve the stringency OF the
New York money market Secretary
Cortelyou anticipated by several days
the April interest on bonds.
The American Minister at Tangier,
Morocco reports the stoning to death
of French doctor by the natives at
MoroccH City.
TRACK laying of the Belen cutoff
between Frisco and Belen. N. NJ, has
been completed. When the road is fin
ished heavily loaded trains will leave
the main line of the Santa Fe at New
ton, Kan, and connect with 1t again