Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-10

sOriais ehsmpioaship AT Chicago re-
Gently, rhe mea worked for enc hour
and 50 minutes without . fall. when
the Russian cried enough and the
championship VAS awarded tn Goieh.
Thirty-six men. including one Of
fieer. lost their lives Oh the Isle Of
Wisht reeentiy when the British tor
pedo boat destroyer Tiger Was sunk
by the cruiser berwick durins night
mahsavers by the ne-t-
The Indiana Republican state con-
ysntioh Instructed their delegates for
e. W. Fairbanks for president and
nominated full state ticket with
James y. Watson as their candidate
for governor,
A disastrous prairie fire ragged in
Gently. One man Was burned 10 death.
many houses were destroyed and hun
drels OF head of live stock were lost.
A blank Whitehead torpedo nr.d
from the tubes of the torpedo boat
Biaksl-y s~sryei from its course came
back and striking the Biakei-y below
the water line made large Jagged
hole In her port side sending her 10
the navy yard for repairs
". J. Bryan Was the guest OF honor
and principal speaker At the banquet
of the Democratic Club OF Missouri
a; Kansas City and at the close stated
that al far as he knew Il Was III.
biss.s; banquet ever assembled In any
city on American soil
Fred ID. Fisher. American eonsul At
iiaFbin. Is disturbing Russia and Japan
by Insisting on Chinese sovereignty
In Manchuria. lie is acting under or
dcrs from Washington and Is cxeeut.
ins a we'll considered plan Of pr.sery'
Ing the open door" in that country.
Tho corporation commission Of Okla.
homa has ordered q reduction OF 80
per cen, In !reish; rates on crud. pc.
,rnlrum and 20 per cent on refined
oils. t
Seventy members of the Nebraska
Democratic Editorial association were
entertained rcc-ntiy by ". J. Bryan
n, banquet at Lincoln. ~.
Tn. trial OF the four land fraud
eases transferred from California to
Washington has begun. Two hundred
witnesses from II states arc present.
=. the 1850 delegates TO the Rcpnb.
lean state convention elected at the
Mass ,ehusc;,s primaries. sol are for
Taf, for president.
Seven men froa, 4outhcast Missouri.
convicted In the federal conr, OF pcon.
age. have been taken to the prison
at Leavcnworth. Kan. to begin scrv.
Ing their terms. "
Marie Lehman. &c years old. took
her own life In st. Louis. In order that
her invalid sister nigh, have tho
$1,000 insurance on her life.
The Missouri supreme court has de-
MED the attorney generals motion for
the appointment of commissioner to
take testimony In the custer suits
against various railroads and other
corporations for alleged violation of
the state antitrust law.
The Parker Grain company Of Nc
Phcrson. Kan. has been declared
bankrupt with liabilities Of 100000.
David II. Grant OF Mcpherson. was
appointed receiver.
A verdict against the government
was recently rendered ut Portland.
Nc. In a suit for $4,000 for the loss
of n brisantinc which was sunk by a
United States gunboat OF the Nova
! Scotia coast 4. years ago.
Friends OF the commission plan OF
city government recently adopted ut
Des Moines. Ia. were defeated Mt the
city election.
Andrew Carnegie has added 5000.
900 to his foundation fund In order to
! IL, all
ors OF state universities.
The Indiana railroad commission af
ter an investigation lasting several
months has ordered express rates re.
duced on an average OF between 10
and II per cent.
| The government will not prosecute
railroads for failure to comply with
the commodity clause" OF the railroad
rate law pending n decision of the su.
preme court.
At conference OF the general so
licitors OF all the Missouri railroads,
held at st. Louis. 1t was decided to
law in Missouri.
During target practice at Magdalena
bay 140 inches OF the muzzle OF one
of the six-inch guns of the Missouri
blew OF. No one was injured.
1t is estimated by an officer OF the
fleet that $40 tons OF ammunition will
be shot away during the target prac.
tice at Magdalena bay and that the
cost for the first eight ships will be
sl36,O00 and slightly less for the third
and fourth divisions.
The American car in the New York
to-Paris race will not make the trip
through Alaska but will be shipped
| from Seattle to Vladivostok and take
the southern Siberian route.
| Personal.
Paul Morton, president Of the
Equitable Life Assurance society. ia
| ~ In Seattle Wash with ,to,~.t.