Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-14


packer and former Attorney General
Carson were brought into the ease
in some sensational testimony given
by STAFFORD Is. Lewis. assistant 10
Architect Huston.
A young man who formerly worked
in the Kansas City street department
and in other occupations throughout
the west has fallen heir 10 an English
title and valuable estates by the
death of his father. Sir Gentle Cave
Browne-caye.
Warrensburg. No.. voted "dry" re-
Gently by a majority OF las votes.
Ten men are dead as the result OF
an explosion in a coal mine at Fort
Hood. Nova Scotia
Charles W. Morse. the muiti-mii'
lionairs who disappeared from New
York recently. has arrived at Liver
pool ON the liner campania.
Gov. Hoch has refused TO accept the
bond Of State Dairy Commissioner
Wilson. given by the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty company.
which Is fishtins q suit by the state
relating To the First National bank
bond of s.so.ooo.
The act Of congress OF June !. 1888.
prohibiting railroad companies from
discriminating against members OF
labor organizations In the matter OF
employment has been declared uncon-
stitutionai by tho United States su'
preme court
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has been fined 500 at Helena.
Mont. for violating the iG'hour law
by compelling crew to work - con.
s.cutiye hours. The case will be ap.
peai-d TO test tho lnS.
The Santa Fc has annuiied ten OF
its principal local passenger trains In
Kansas. Decrease In the roads earn
inss is given as the cause.
John Mitchell. president OF tho
United Mine Works. declares there Is
little possibility of labor organizations
enterin. the political field In the com.
ins campaign.
The British foreign once ofiiciaily
denies that a squadron Of war vessels
Ii to be sent To tho Pacific.
A receiver has been asked for tho
National Hollow Brake Beam com.
pany of Chicago.
The president has nominated
George l.. Grissby to be- United States
attorney for the district Of Alaska
The Hobo congress at ST. Louis
has adopted resolutions demanding
that the government provide national
insurance for citizens against enforced
idicncss or Involuntary uncmploy.
mcnt.'
Kansas prison twInc will be sold this
year for IA cents pound In orders
for 5000 pounds or over.
Opposition has developed In Penn.
syivania to placing n statue OF the latc
Senator II. s. Quay In tho rotunda OF
the new state capitol at Harrisburg.
The coidcst weather In Ave years
was recently experienced In eastern
Pennsylvania and New York.
The national convention Of tho So
ciaiist party will be held In Chicago
on May 10.
A dispatch from the Spanish from.
tier says that n Portuguese republic
has been proclaimed at Oporto and
that n provisional government has
been established In that city.
The Indiana republicans have Sc
lectcd their district delegates to tho
national convention. The delegation
Will be unit for Vice President Fair.
banks.
The First National bank Of Brook.
lyn. which suspended several months
ago. has resumed business.
Tulsa. Ok. has adopted the com.
mission form OF municipal govern
mcnt.
The cruiser South Dakota built at
the Union Iron works in California has
been placed in commission.
Coal operators In the Oklahoma field
have SO far refused to grant m in.
crease In wages to miners and unless
such action is taken before April 1 o
strike OF 10000 will result.
Harry X. Thaw has instructed his
counsel that they must take some &C.
uon at once looking to his release
from Matteawan asylum.
Personsl.
William ]. Bryan addressed the Civ.
ic Forum at Carnegie hall. New York.
recently on the subject. Thou Shalt
Not Steal"
Ex.Premier Franco. OF Portugal.
who fed from Lisbon after the as
sassination of King Carlos, has ar
rived in Paris. His ultimate destina-
tion is Switzerland.
Charles II. Danner of Fort Scott
has been chosen president Of the
Kansas State Society of Labor.
DR.. w. H. Carruth has returned to
the Kansas university after six
months spent in Germany.
E. s. D. Shortridge. former gov
ernor Of North Dakota, is dead, at
DEVILS Lake.
Gen. o. II. Lagrange. governor Of
tho National Soldiarc' boro NJ Sou