Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
g. THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

Samuel Gompers was reelected pres.
ident of the American Federation of
Labor at the Denver convention.
By majorities of 100, 600 and 975,
Jefferson, Sandusky and Clermont
counties, Ohio. voted dry November
23rd. knocking out 210 saloons. HUI
ron county voted wet by Is.
The pay as you enter" system Of
Soiiecting fares has been introduced
successfully en- one of the street car
lines In Chicago In rush hours it is
said seventy-five persons minute can
be loaded.
Following the death Of another Ia
borer brought in from the Western Pa
cific Construction camp, the authori-
ties OF Elko, Nevada, are taking steps
to have all grog shops in the construc-
tion camps abolished.
Two boys named Baker, living on
the Tennessee river, near Waverly,
Tennessee, were given severe whip
ping by masked night riders for the
reason. as given by the riders, that
they would not work.
Col. W. Fl. Zimmerman. aged seven
ty-two, OF Brazil, Ind, died November
23rd at Macon, Ca, on n train. He was
colonel of the regiment in which Pres
ident Mckinley enlisted as a private
and issued the commission of lieuten-
ant to the young private.
President Roosevelt will not make a
display at the Alaska a-Yukon-Pacific ex-
position OF the trophies OF his South AT
In n
NAL request sent two weeks ago. Sec
rotary Loeb for the President has re-
piled that 1t will be impossible to COM
ply.
At the recent election an amendment
20 the Minnesota constitution was sub
mitted providing for the establishment
OF u state fund for hail and tornado IN
surance. A majority OF all the votes
cast was necessary and this was not
secured. as many citizens failed TO vote
either way.
The American Smelling & Refining
company continues to report an i'm
Element In conditions. the one con-
cern being the gradual decline In the
price Of silver which has interrupted
the mining Of the low grade ores.
There are no present indications Of a
better price for silver.
Adelina Guttilla, three years old.
daughter OF Dominica Guttilla. who has
been exhibited in many OF the large
cities. and who was one OF the won
ders Of the medical profession, died at
Springfield. O.. a few days since OF
pneumonia. She was forty inches high
and weighed 1i0 pounds. She was con-
sidered the largest baby In the world.
At Seattle Friday, Hugh McMahon.
manager of the American cafe, and a
we'll known business man. was MUIR
dered in the front yard Of a residence
next door to his own home. His face
had been battered to a pulp. his skull
fractured. and a finger nearly torn off
from which a $500 diamond had been
wrenched. The police believe the mur-
der was the work Of thugs.
As a result of war on Clubs" in
which liquor bas been sold on Sundays
and during the hours that saloons were
closed, Gl clubs were raided in St.
Louis and s32 men arrested. When ar
raiSned In police court most Of the
prisoners were discharged. their re-
lease being giccted with cheering from
hundreds OF spectators. The raids
were ordered by Foyernor Folk.
Ahat the Missouri Pacific has dc.
cids.d to double track its system from
X ,2I City to Pueblo Is the positive
announcement given out by Superin.
tendent J. Z. Snedeker In an interview
at Ottawa, Kas. This. he said. is part
of a plan OF Improvement which the
Missouri Pacific has determined on,
and which provides for an expendl-
ture of 100000 a year for ten years