Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-08-14
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
BRIEF. RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
INLA1EDIsPA1cHEs
DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS
THAT MARK THE PROG
,REss OF THE AGE.
WESTERN NEWS.

Miles City, Montana, reported tenn
perature of 1OS degrees July 31st.
Col. R. c. Kerens of St. Louis. mil
lionaire owner of railroads. banks,
mines and newspapers. has filed with
the secretary of state of Missouri a for
malieclaration of his candidacy for the
Rel Vblican nomination for United
States Senator.
On the 5th inst. the annual corn
dance WAS held at the pueblo OF Santo
Domingo. almost forty miles south OF
Santa Fe, N. NJ. For the first time 4
moving picture machine took the
dance. which was witnessed by large
crowd of tourists.
At Los Angeles Wednesday night
Judge Alton B. Parker. Democratic
candidate for President in 1904. deliv-
cred his first speech of the present
campaign in behalf of William J. Bry-
an and John W. Kern. before an au-
dience Of 1000 people at Temple audi
torium.
Anticipating the time when the com.
plction OF the Western Pacific Rail-
road will necessitate greatly increased
facilities for handling passengers at
Salt Lake City. the Gould interests are
about to erect a new depot at the Utah
capital that will cost over a million dol
lars. ''-
Up, Burford Of st. Louis, said to
be a wealthy manufacturer Of that
city and an extensive mine owner, Of
fers a reward OF 81 900 for Information
as to the whereabouts OF his wife. Mrs.
Anna Burford. who accompanied him
from st. Louis some two weeks ago
and disappeared from the Nattick ho-
tel on July goth.
Gen. Frederick X. Funston. who has
been relieved OF the command OF the
Department OF the Pacific to take
charge of the cavalry school at Fort
Leavenworth. kas.. was given a fare-
well reception Wednesday on the floor
OF the Merchants Exchange by the COM
mercial bodies Of San Francisco. fol-
lowed by luncheon.
The Hearst Independence party is
planning to put full state ticket In the
field in Kansas by means OF a petition
cd lining tho names OF $500 voters.
Mr.. Waterbury Is being actively aided
by z. G. Fowler. for many years secre-
tary OF the Populist party. The con-
verts 70 the new movement expect to
raise 1900 for headquarters expenses.
James Vernon. aged thirty Of Sparks.
Nevada. engineer of the Southern Pa
cific and a prominent member of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
was accidentally shot in Blue Canyon.
near Truckee. Cal. Monday by his COM
panion. Harry Criss. while hunting for
deer. Criss mistook Iverson In the
distance for a deer and fired. killing
him Instantly.
After burning six days the forest
fires in Calavaras county. California,
was brought under control. Thousands
of dollars worth OF property have been
destroyed. The fumes of the Utica
mine was burned out for a distance OF
several hundred feet, cutting Of water
supply at Angels camp and stopping
work on several mines. The fire ap-
proached close to the famous Calavaras
grove Of big trees. and was only stop
ped by the heroic efforts OF 600 men.
who worked with the forest rangers
in fighting the flames.
A cloudburst at Bisbee. Arizona. on
the 4th inst. did 100000 damage.
One side OF Main street. including the
postoffice. in less than ten minutes.
was changed from 200 yards OF big
stores, costly saloons and business Of
fices to n row Of wrecks. by rocks.
water and mud that tumbled down off
a mountain side. Postmaster NJ. z
Cassidy and Sheriff Jack White. in
the postmaster's office, narrowly es-
bed with their lives. as did the force
Of eighteen girls In the postoffice when
III thrush Of water almost without
warning struck the side Of the building
and filled 1t with water six feet deep.