Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-01

At O o'clock Thursday night q tor.
nado destroyed the eastern portion of
Deport. Texas. town twenty miles
southeast of Paris. killing w. r. ls-
bell, 4 druggist. and wounding several
others. Thirty dwellings on the east
side OF town were destroyed. The
Baptist and Presbyterian churches
were demolished. The cotton oil mill.
including the boiler house. seed and
hull sheds. were blown away.
A vigorous campaign is about to be
inaugurated by the Mexican govern
ment against the rebellious Yaquis In
Sonora. The twenty-second battalion
has arrived at Guaymas and the gun
boat Tampico is on the way to the
same port with the Twenty-fifth bat.
talon. There are now about 1000 va
quis under guard ut Hermosillo.
who were gathered from all over the
state. They will be deported at iuca-
tan.
The total number Of dead and miss.
ing OF tho Gladiator's crew as a re-
suit Of the collision between the Amer.
lean liner st. Paul and the British
cruiser off the Isle OF Wight. is 2S.
The admiralty has issued n revised list
OF the names OF the Gladiator victims.
WHICH luCluueb au uuutkiohat aUakh Ah
the hospital. bringing the total of
deaths known up to five. Twenty
three men are missing. according TO
the list. and six are suffering severe
injuries. The secretary OF the Admir-
atty expresses fear that there are still
eight others missing.
Governor Hughes this afternoon In
augurated what In believed to be u
campaign OF speechmakins In several
cities Of the state In support OF the
antirace track gambling Legislation
which will probably be the feature OF
the extraordinary session which Ii to
convene on May llth. He was the
principal speaker ut two rousinE meet.
ings. the first In Albany and the sec
ond In Troy. In both his speeches the
governor declared that unless the anti.
race track gambling bills are passed
by the Legislature the question Will
become IN issue In the nest state cum.
pai.n.
Half the little French hamlet OF
Nosrc Dame de Saictte. sixteen miles
from Buckingham. Quebec. on the Lie
vcro river. disappeared Sunday under
u sliding mountain. and nt least thirty
Of its small population are known tn
have pcrishcd. The hamlet has no
telephone or telegraph. nor Is II on .
railroad. Mcaxrc bits Of news OF the
disaster come In by messengers from
IN. physicians and other rcscu.rs who
were hurried there when the first calls
for aid came carly Sunday morning.
The river Licvcrr winds nj the foot
Of the hamlet and = mountain towers
behind.
In the trial nj Medicine Hat. Mani
toba. OF nine members Of the Dream
crs" sect. charged with burning homes
Of unb~iicSers. startling evidence was
was given. Joseph Belts Of Irvine. Al
bsrta. stated that I, was agreed 10
burn the Baptist and Lutheran
churches. II vas not the result OF n
dream. but their creed WAS to burn
and murder. Letters were read at u
meeting from God Jacob" whose
headquarters arc nj Java, South Da'
kosa. and whose real name IL Jacob
Mrrkci. Sr.. giving Instructions tn kili
and murder all unbciicscrx. The names
Of several farmers were mentioned for
destruction.
In the pr-Rrncr Of his bride Of less
than three months. Emmanuel Thco.
dor- Bernard Marie D'Aibcrt de- i.ny.
ines D'Aiiiy. Ninth Duke Of Chauincs
and Of Picauixny and Marquis Of
D'Anscai. died suddenly from heart
failure at ~ o'clock Thursday night
In his apartments In tho Hotel Lang.
ham. In tho Hue Docsadorc at Paris.
The Due dc Chanincs and the Duchess.
who vas Miss Theodore Shonts.
youngest daughter Of Theodore r.
shonts Of New York. were married
In New York February 10th of this
year. The wedding was brilliant SO.
ciai function. and tho end Of the brief
honeymoon was sudden and tragic.
Seven. and possibly eight. new bish.
ops will be elected al tho approaching
session Of the Methodist General Con.
ference at Baltimore. Only twice be-
fore has 80 large a number been
choscn-in 1872 eight. and In 1905
seven. During the last quadrcnnium
four Of the active bishops have died:
Joyce. McCnbc. Fitzgerald and fo~.
Ter. One man chosen bishop at the
last general conference declined TO
serve. and as his place was not filled
there now are five vacancies In the
cpiscopacy. In all probability one or
two Of the present bishops will be put
on the retired list next month. and u
is customary to elect an emergency