Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-24


fields court.
The hearing Of the Standard OIL com
pany's appeal from the $29.240.000 fine
imposed by Judge LandIs In the feder.
al court at Chicago has been set for
May and 8.
The business portion OF Schafer.
county seat OF Mckenzie county, North
Dakota. has been destroyed by fire and
the court house Is among the burned
buildings.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion has decided that 1t has no au.
thority to require railroads to estab-
iish special favors for particular oc.
casions by the issue OF party rate
tickets for theatrical companies.
The attorney general has refused to
comply with Speaker Cannon's house
resolution asking for facts secured In
investigating the alleged print paper
trust because the inquiry Ii not nm
ished and to disclose the evidence Sc
cured at this time might affect the In.
terests OF Justice.
The Missouri Pacific railroad attor'
neys have filed In the federal court
at Topeka motion attacking the con
stitutionnlity OF the law creating the
Kansas board OF railroad commission
ers.
In accordance with the order OF the
state railroad commission the express
companies doing business In Nebraska
have reduced their rates 20 per cent
The members of the old city council
at South Omaha, Neb.. refuse to give
up their Offices to their successors
The matter will be taken into the
courts for settlement.
The fight In the New York state
Democratic convention resulted In the
unseatins OF McCarrcn delegates. A
Senator McCarrcn and his followers
left the hall they declared that nc
man then In tho hall would live long
enough to see another Democratic
mayor OF New York elected.
The big Hauscr dam across the Mis-
souri, river near Helena. Mont. burst
recently allowing great body of va
ter to rush down the valley below
Several small villages were entirely
swept away. but only two lives were
lost The dam at Great Falls was
blown up with dynamit. In order &c
save the smcitcr nj that point
Durin. an oil firc nj Rivcrsidc. Cal.
herd OF elephants belonging 10 o
circus nearby stamp-d-d and before
they were rounded up had killed one
woman and injured several men be
sides doing considerable damage ie
property.
Tn. Dorr Stree, Savings bank o,
Toledo. o.. has closed Its doors.
Forty Japancs. employees Of the
Canadian Facinc railroad recently
los, their lives BY u Sno~siidc In tho
Cascade In mountains.
Th. condition Of Kansas wheat or
April II was sit according to the
latest bulletin Of Secretary y. u. Co
burn. A year ago the condition Al
this time was 81 pcr cent and the
yield amounted To 100000 bushciA
Tn. scale committee Of operators
and coal miners In session at Toledo
o.. has reached an agreement on all
important points at issue.
Russian troops have Invaded Per
sian territory on the caspion sea 70,
the purpose of punishins Kurdish
raiders.
Several tobacco raiscEs In tho Han
over. Indiana. ncishborhood have rc
ccivc,i letter enclosing matches. These
letters were postmarkci. Milton. Ny.
and warned them TO plan, no ,obac
CO this year.
The bat,lcship ncc, arrived al sar
Diego. Cal. and dropped anchor just
!: minutes ahead Of schedule. A
hearty welcome ~as extended the ON,
GERS and mon by tho vast crowd who
witnessed tho scene.
Striking street car men at Chester
Pa. rrcrntiy sho, and wounded two
employees of the Chester Traction com
psny. Three companies of state 10
lice were sen, To the scene TO quiet
the trouble.
The Alabama Law against playing
baseball and other games on sunda,
has been declared unconstitutional.
The findings OF the special maste,
in the custer suit against the officials
of Wichita. Kan. have been iicd In
the Kansas supreme court. In ever
instance the commissioner finds fot
the state. The courts Judgment will
probably be handed down in July.
The city of Huron. s. D. was recent
~ entirely surrounded By vast pral
rie fires which swep, over the ranches
destroying everything in its path. The
damage will amount to thousands Of
dollars
The French and italian racing auto
mobiles have been shipped from Seat
tie. Wash. TO viaiivostok. Siberia.
The other machines will be shipped
later.
Personal
Judge George Gray sent a letter 10
the Delaware Democratic convention