Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-24

The American battleship fleet at Rio
Janeiro has been Joined by the tor.
pedo boat hotilla. The hotilla will
only remain long enough to coal and
will then proceed to Buenos Ayres.
In response to request from the
Nevada legislature the president has
decided to allow the troops to remain
at GoldAeld until that body can formu.
late some plan to organize force to
perform the police functions of the
! state. TG
Mrs. Herbert N. Sears. wife OF . re.
tired broker Of Boston. during fit
Of temporary insanity. leaped from
the window of her room on the 18th
I, floor Of the st. Regis hotel In New
York and was dashed to death on the
roof Of an adjoining building.
The Masonic temple at Baltimore.
Nd. was recently entirely destroyed
by fire.
! A bill has been introduced In the
I Kansas legislature providing for the
shutting on OF natural gas to non-resi-
dents whenever there is a shortage
In the supply.
"hiC ut'cuutuh ~ ~. ~. ~. UuuuucI
at Carrollton. ILL.,. DIR. J. d. Hayes. a
veteran. was stricken while making
an address. and died almost immedi.
ately.
Secretary Taft In a letter to the
president transmitting the report OF
Gov. Magoon. has committed the gov.
ernment to plan to withdraw com.
pletely from Cuba In the spring OF
1909.
The supreme court OF the United
States has upheld the constitutIonality
OF the Kansas prohibitory law In the
cases appealed by Topeka jointists
from decisions OF the state supreme
court.
A portion OF the Union depot build.
Ing at Kansas City. known rs the
Annex. wherein was handled the mail
and express business. was burned.
causing a loss OF 100000 In addition
to q large amount OF valuable regis.
tered mall.
Secretary Taft has recommended
that tho Panama canal locks be built
10 feet wide In price OF 100 feet NJ
originally planned. Tho change will
Increase tho cost S5.000.000.
A tank In q moving picture ma
chine exploded In . crowded thcatcs
In Boycrtown. Pa. and In the result.
Ing panic nearly 100 people were
:;iilcd and as many injured.
Count. Won knniixe. conservative
member OF tho German rcichsias. In
a speech before that body. declared
that President Rooscvcit's threats
against trusts were responsible for tho
present financial troubles throughout
tho world.
Tho Lester Vehicle and Implement,
company Of Fort Smith. Ark. has gone
Into voluntary liquidation with obli.
cations amounting TO $4,000.
A petition iiicd with tho Interstate
commerce commission charges that
tho Pullman company ID 80 rich and
powerful as To control the sleeping
car business and 30 arrogant that Il
dcacs tho government to inquire into
It's business and asks Q reduction OF
It's rates.
Tho democratic state convention Of
Nebraska will DO held at Omaha on
March 8.
DIR. y. X. Dahl. a prominent physl
clan of Mason City. Iowa. has been ar.
rested on an Indictment charging man.
slaughter In causing the death of a
woman by criminal operation.
The Second Congregational church.
Of Dorchester. Mass. which recently
celebrated its Tooth anniversary. was
nearly destroyed recently by an inecn.
diary frc.
N. A. Waits & Co. clothing dealers
at Duran,. Ok. have failed with assets
Of $4,000. and liabilities OF $4,000
Gen. Stephen ID. Lee. commandcrln.
chief OF the confederate veterans. oh,
jccts TO tho proposed reunion of the
''Biuo and Gray at Washington In
1909 because he fears some imprudcn,
act might take place that would In.
icrfcse with the present good feeling.
Republicans IN all tn. districts Of
Indiana have passed resolutions In.
dorsinE c. W. Fairbanks for president.
The fvc.story factory OF tho Car.
uthcrsioncs shoe company of Sc.
Louis. was recently destroyed by firc.
Personal.
Tho pope IL again confined 10 his
bed by an attack OF rout.
Ex.Gov. Boise of Iowa has entirely
recovered from an attack of pneu.
monia a. Ei Paso. TEX. and has gone
! TO Los Angeles TO spend the remainder
of the winter.
c. J. Carlow has been elected prcsi.
dent Of the Nebraska Independent
Telephone association.
Samuel v. ProudHt. of Iowa. has
been appointed assistant commission.
er of the general land Office.
Secretary Cortclyou has returned to
his dcsk after a four weeks siege Of
the grip. lie denies cmphaticaiiy tha,