Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-11-05

At Doncaster, England, October
26th, Leon De La Grange, the French
aviator, flying a Bleriot monoplane.
broke the worlds speed record. He
travelled a mile and $50 yards in one
minute and At Is seconds. This was
at the rate of nearly fifty-four miles
an hour.
A terrible cloudburst occurred in the
state Of Tabasco, Mex, October rs.
destroying crops and forests. From
north to south, across the state from
the Mescalapa and the Grijalva rivers,
the entire country was left a waste.
Only the high mountain villages and
plateau farms escaped from the rush
ing waters.
An enormous waterspout coming
swiftly in from the sea over the town,
caused serious damage at Genoa. It.
ally, ION the 28th ult. Many houses in
the vicinity of the Piazza Del Popolo
were unroofed and many of the trees
in the square were uprooted. A large
number of persons were injured, but
no one was killed.
Some storm records were broken in
the recent Philippine typhoon which
crossed northern LuZon and the Cen
guet mountains. Eighteen inches OF
rain fell in nine hours and twenty-six
inches fell in the twenty-four hours
the storm lasted. The Bued river
rose sixty feet. The wind gauge at
the observatory broke when the wind
attained q velocity of ninety-five miles
an hour.
Sixty-one automobiles, representing
thirty-four different makes, left New
York City October 25th on a 1O-days'
run to Atlanta. Ca. as participants in
the good roads tour promoted by the
New York Herald and Atlanta Jour
nal. The contest is for trophies ag-
gregating $1,70O and is open to stock
cars selling at from $3.50 to $4,000 and
over.
With q view to stemming the tide
OF emigration which threatens to de-
plete the country of agricultural la.
borers, q national subscription has
been started in Sweden to obtain
funds for loans to laborers lett un-
employed after the recent big strike.
The loans are intended to enable the
purchase OF small farms and Will De
made repayable within ten years. Tne
fund will be administered by the Anti
Emigration Society OF Sweden.
The will OF Francisco Ferrer. who
was executed at Barcelona for con-
spiracy against the government OF
Spain, has been published in Paris. 1t
charges the executor to continue the
publication OF Ferrer's works on mod
ern schools and education. The tes-
tator stated that history would vindi.
cate his innocence, but he abjured his
friends not to bother about his men,
ory, as .in this life only acts count.
-Four weighers Mt the port CT New
York made a confession Of fraud and
named the bribers. resulting IN con-
yiction and punishment. For this the
weighers were promised immunity and
continuance In the service. The ac-
tion OF Collector William Loeb. Jr.. in
this case has been strongly denounced
| by Federal Judge Holt. but Is de-
Tended by the collector on the plea
that he could find no other method OF
stopping the frauds.
At College Park. Nd. October 26th.
Wilbur wright's two army officer stu
dents made their first Independent
flights. Lieutenant Humphreys stayed
up twenty.f -four minutes and Lieuten-
ant Lahm thirty.nine minutes. Lieu
tenant Lahm on his final flight OF the
evening, cIrcled the field again and
again in darkness. It was the first
time In the United States that
wrigh; aeroplane had been guided
through the air without carrying
either OF the Wright brothers.
The Wisconsin University baseball
team. 16 strong, returned by the
steamer Tango Maru. reaching Victo
ria, b. c., October 27th. after playing
a series OF nine games in Japan. Five
games were won. One game. which
went nineteen innings. was won by
the University OF Keito, two to one.
The Wisconsin team was entertained
profusely. their sportsmanlikc conduct
meeting with much appreciation.
Count Okuma. the sage Of Mito. enter.
tained the team. breaking a precedent
by shaking hands with all the party.
President W. c. Brown OF the New
York Central & Hudson River rail-
road, recently announced that the
management had entered upon cam
paign of extraordinary expenditures
to meet extraordinary traffic de-
mands. The company had placed con.
tracts in the last few days, he said.
for $25. 100000 worth Of new locomo-
tives. passenger and freight cars. and
Intends to spend $60.OO0.OoO more
SIS. .0OO, 900 in all-in reducing grades.
strengthening curves and laying new
rails. exclusive Of $50. 100000 terminal
improvements in New York
A judicial opinion which appears to
be likely to overthrow the govern
/ ment'a pntire criminal case under the