Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-18

10 county OFFICIALS tuht no was m eye
witness of the recent suicide In that
town OF Miss May sapp. Whitlow,
who IL q married man. claims the girl
killed herself because her love for
him was unrequited. ~.
Railroad Commissioner Williams Of
Nebraska after an inspection Of the
Missouri Pacific railway In that state,
pronounces the roadbed unsafe and
recommends . restriction OF the speed
Of trains.
Growers. manufacturers and dealers
In cotton held an inter rational confer
ence at Atlanta. Ga. ard 500 delegates
from all parts Of tie world we're
present.
BY q cavern In. the ballast quarries
Of the Mexican Central railroad at
Victoria 10 laborers were killed and
II others fatally injured.
Up to date there has been % cases
and 81 deaths from bubonic plague In
San Francisco.
The Santa Fee Railroad company has
announced voluntary raise In salary
TO all telegraph operators In the EN-.
ploy Of the company.
An explosion caused by the upset.
ting OF metal pot ut the Standard
Steel works. Butler. Pa. caused the
death OF -four men and the injury OF
10 others.
superior court petition to reopen
the famous Pittsburs divorce case. al.
,egins that new evidence In the form
Of letters has been discovered.
Numerous Montana and Washington
investors have been swindlcd to the
extent Of more than third OF mil
lion dollars by shnrpcrs who saitcd
the Red Canon placer mine, near LIE.
andcr. Wyoming. The property Is
said to be worthless.
The coroncrs jury. which has been
investigator. the mysterious death OF
May Sapp Mt Moran. Kan. has rem.
dcrcd verdict that the girl wns muir
dcrcd. 8. =. whitiow has been arrest.
ell charged with the crime.
II. N. Ford has been convicted OF
wrcckins tho bank OF Burton. Ohio.
which failed four years ago for 1880.
900.
The Gentry Hills Lumber company.
Of Pond Creek. Ok. has nicd charges
OF discrimination In rates on lumber
against the Santa Fee and other rail.
roads before the Interstate Commerce
commission.
Tho agricultural department OF
Washington reports the condition OF
corn for October ! mt rs per cent Ms
compared with Dol n year ago.
In New York recently 12s electric
cars were destroyed by the burning Of
tho Fourteenth street car barns. The
loss WINS placed at 100000.
A Belgian syndicate IL being formed
to cstablirh n direct line OF turbine
steamers between Antwerp. Boston
and New York.
The Metropolitan street railway
company Of New York has been placed
In the hands OF receiver.
A bod. supposed t. be that OF Jack
SimpkIns. the long missing member OF
the Western Federation OF miners.
was recently found In Shcshonc coun.
ty. Idaho.
Mrs. Charles J. Romadkc. wife OF q
millionaire manufacturer Of Milwau.
kec. has been arrested In Chicago
charged with theft. She confessed to
many robberies which have bafiicd the
police.
Two prominent physicians Of Paris
created n sensation In the Academy
of Medicine by a report that they had
succeeded In removing birthmarks
with radium. The operation is en-.
tireiy painless and may be applied to
an infant while asleep.
The Santa Fee Railroad company hns
contracted for $2.5o0.000 worth of
ohia wood railroad ties to be deliv.
cred from Hawaii in the next five
years.
The turbine steamer Lusitania
broke all records on her second west.
ward trip from Queenstown to New
York. making the distance In four
days and 20 hours. The fastest days
run was Gil knots.
The American delegation at The
Hague peace conference has succeeded
In getting favorable committee action
regarding obligatory arbitration.
The attorney general OF Kansas is
preparing a list of questions the in.
surance companies made defendants
in an antitrust suit will be asked to
answer.
The vote of the New York Teleg.
raphers' union to call out the men
from leased wire Offices has been
rescinded.
The earnings of the Santa Fe for
the year ended June 80 were $685..
i07. an increase Of nearly $13,OOO,OOO
over the previous year.
Nine blocks in the business section
of Oxford, Neb., were burned over re.
Gently, causing loss of 100000.
A message sent by wireless tele.
grnnh from Manila WINS recorded Mt