Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-03-20

nounced as ffollows: Leaving San
francisco on July 0, the vessels will
visit Hawaii. Samoa. Melbourne and
Sydney. Australia. thence to Manila.
and from there to New York through
the Suez canal. stopping only at such
ports as are necessary for coaling
purposes.
The bank at Tyro. Kan. was recent
ly entered by two masked men In
broad daylight. who held up the Of
hcials and employees present and sue,
ceeded In getting away with all the
cash In sight. The bandits went south
into Oklahoma. 1,iiilf"iuUr
Three. fourths OF the town OF Big
Timber. Mont. was recently wiped
out by the most disastrous fire In the
history of the state. Three hundred
families were rendered homeless.
The old wagon In which John Brown
usei to make his pilgrimages during
his crusade against slavery. was re-
Gently destroyed by fire at Iowa City.
Iowa. -......r ......
1 An order has been issued by the
department for the abandonment OF
Fort Keogh. Mont Isas 15aaE.as
tInued its Nebraska division with OF.
ices In Omaha and consolidated It's
work with the Kansas City and Atchi.
son Offices. @
The case OF tho government against
the Chicago & Alton Railroad company
involving n fine of $50. 900 for granting
rebates has been set for hearing by
the supreme court on the first Tues
day of the next term.
A committee OF the Merchants as
ISOLATION of New York called upon the
president to enter n protest agnins,
the Aldrich financial bill and 10 In
dorsc the Fowler measure.
The torpedo boat fiotIlia. after
stay OF eight days ut callao. has
sailed for Pnama.
Harry Orchard has pleaded guilty
10 the murder OF former Gov. Sf"uncn.
berg. Of Idaho. at Caldwell. Sentence
WAS deferred.
In spite OF the threats of anarchists
King Alfonso OF Spain visited BARGE.
Iona and carried out the program aS
planned. Not single un'oward in.
cid.nt occurred TO mar his visit.
The program Of the Nebraska Re-
publican state convention Mt Omaha
went through without hitch. Gov.
Sheldon. Senator Norris Brown. Vic
tor Ros.watcr and Judge A. W. Field
were elected delegates mt large and
unanimously instructed for Secretary
Taft.
The wages of $4,000 cotton mill opcr.
ativcs In Massachusetts hav. been cut
3 10 per cent. -H
An important conference" was recent.
~ held at the White House respecting
proposed amendments to the Shcr'
man antitrust law.
Tn. Porto Ricnn house of delegates
! has passed n bill authorizing n lottery
to be conducted by the inSnlnr treas
ur.r. The bill provides priIcs asssc.
eating $4,000 per month.
The Oklahoma Republican state con
vcntion elected II. $. McGuirc. Dennis
I Flynn. Patrick Dow and J. A. Harris
as delegates mt large and instructed
them TO vote for Secretary Taft for
president
4 The Kansas conference of the Meth
odlst Episcopal church cSoncra'cd DR..
J. r. Mcfarland. formerly of Topeka.
of the charge Of hcrcsy brought by DR..
George a. Cooke OF Troy. y. Y.
The coroncr's verdict In the school
horror at coliinwooJ. Ohio. says that
existing conditions In the building
were to blame for the srcat loss OF
life. but no fault is charged to anyone.
Th. school building at Napoleon.
Ohio. the largest of its kind In the
state. was totally destroyed by IRE re-
Gently. Nobody was injured.
A SwcLc apparently insane recently
fred 1: shots from rifle into the
royal castle at Christiana. The royal
family were not In the building at the
time.
The delegates TO the congress OF
mothers were received by President
Roosevelt at the White House. who dc.
liycred characteristic address to
them.
Dr. Giffcn. prison surgeon Of the Ne
braska penitentiary. asserts that from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty
of the inmates are addicted 10 the use
of opium and that morphine Is rcgu.
larry supplied to them BY unknown
persons.
The largest missionary convention
ever held is In session at Pittsburg.
Pa. with $500 delegates present.
The railroads of Kansas have np.
pealed to the United States circuit
court for restraining order cpjoin.
ing the state board of railroad com.
missioncrs from putting into effect the
new maximum freight schedules on
April 1.
Personal. .. B.
Mrs. Kate Sullinger. aged % years.
cousin of Abraham Lincoln. recent.
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