Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-31

Because of her knowledge OF In
ternational law and precedent Miss.
Margaret A. Hanna OF Salina. KAN.
has been selected 10 accompany the
delegates OF the United States TO The
Hague conference.
The United States supreme court
has held that regular army Officer
holding volunteer commission is reg
sular officer and not volunteer
II is believed by the war department
this will invalidate the decision OF
many court martials.
A police census just completed givef
the population OF the District OF Col
umbia as 329.59l. OF whom 9G.lss art
negroes.
There is serious lack Of farm
hands In the Northwest. according tc
ern railroad. Farmers are offerins
S25 and $40 month for help.
Six men alleged to be the leaders
of the mob that lynched u negro nj
Sterrett. l. r.. March 81. have been ar
rested by United States marshals aud
held on n charge Of murder.
Al Claxton. Ga. TWO negroes were
iynched. one white man and two ne
srocs were killed and seven other per-
sons were injured as the result OF an
attempt To capture u negro who had
criminaily assaulted white woman.
Five white men We're killed and
four fatally injured In an explosion OF
molten metal In blast furnace ut
Pittsbnrg. PA.
Ten indictments have been re-
turned against President liesgcman.
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company by the New York grand
jury ON u charge Of forgery and per.
Jury.
Parties presumed TO be strikers
short circuted the trolley wire on
some Of the San Francisco car lines
and caused nm explosion In the power
house which burned out the switch
board putting out Of commission NIL
lines north Of Market street.
The Lake Mohonk conference on In
tcrnational arbitration ts holding It's
18th annual session. Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler was chosen president
The court Of appeals Of Kentucky
has handed down u decision declariA.
the last city election In Louisville
void and ordering u new election In
November next. The governor II
given power to MI the vacant offices.
According to recent census
bulletin the United States leads In
the manufacture Of shoes.
The live stock commission men ut
the various packing ccnterr are re-
scnting u recent order Of the pack.
crs regarding inspection Of cows and
hcifcrS. Resolutions have been
adopted to refuse to sell under tho
proposed rule: and shippers were
notified TO hold cows and htifers on
the farm for the present.
A. T. Pi.s. charged with bribinE .
Juror In Topeka. was recently rc-
turned from California To stand trial.
A tornado Of small proportions re
Gently visited Snyder. OK. causing
considerable damage TO property. No
fatalities were reported.
Commissioner II. A. Anthony. who
took the Testimony In the custer suit
Of the state OF Missouri against the Re-
public. Standard and Waters Pierce
OIL companies. has filed his report
with the supreme court Of the state.
lie sustains every allegation OF ~.
torncy General Hadlcy's petition and
recommends that the companies bc
oustcd from the state.
n.u.lAu.s EstOpnrs1 If Salvador hna
cnblcd the Associated press that tho
report that revolution hnd broken
out there was entirely false.
The failure Of the State bank OF
Manitou. Ok. with n capital OF $i0..
900, has been announced.
Corporal 4. l.. Knowles OF the
Twenty-fifth infantry WINS convicted
by the court martial recently held
nj San Antonio. Texas. Of assanltins
with intent to Kill Capt. Macklin at
Ell Reno, Ok. He was sentenced TO
so years Mt hard labor In the Peni.
tcntiary Mt Fort Leavenworth.
Foreign diplomats have complained
to the state department ut Washing
ton that they are annoyed by local
officials in Maryland who seek to
enforce the laws regarding fast rid
ing in automobiles.
The Red Cross announces that no
more contributions are needed for the
famine sufferers in China. the
famine having been broken by the
spring crops.
Two heat prostrations were re-
ported in st. Louis recently.
It is announced in Washington
that the president will make only
three stops on his trip down tho