Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-12-02
GEN ERAL.

For a wager Of $4,000. two German
acrobats will attempt to circle the
world on stills.
Harry Lee. II years old. was killed
in Winsted. Conn.,. on Thanksgiving
in a football game.
At least six persons are missing,
and two others are dying In Boston.
as the result of fire.
Rev. Armstrong. aged so. pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Trenton.
N. j., and his wife were murdered In
their home by burglars.
One of the most remarkable mis-
sionaries Of modern times. the Rev.
John Everett Clough, d. D., Of Roches-
ter. N. Y. is dead.
Four men were killed by the prema-'
ture explosion of five-inch gun at the
Indian Head proving grounds of the
navy at Washington.
Eleven coal miners. two white men
and nine negroes. were entombed in
mine No. Of the Providence (Ky.)
Mining Company by a gas explosion.
Mrs. Anna Hubbell Of Aurora. Ohio.
not far from Cleveland. was buried as
dead and resurrected. according to a
daughter Of Mrs. Hubbe!l who lives in
Cleveland.
The experiment under control OF the
board OF education. of maintaining q
lunch room for the benefit Of school
children. is to be given trial In
New York.
Unless the liquor interests are sue.
cessful in their fight to secure the sig
nature Of 81 per cent of the voters to
their petitions Of consent to operate
Des Moines will go dry.
William Miner Of Grahamsville. N.
T.. established a bear-killing record.
He shot and killed three by design.
then slew q fourth by accident when
about to be killed himself.
The following states have SO far
adopted the initiative and referen-
DUN: Oregon. South Dakota. Nevada,
Montana. Illinois. Utah. Oklahoma.
Texas. Maine. Missouri and Arkansas.
A grand jury In Hudson county. New
Jersey. voted to return four indict.
ments against James J. Gallagher. q
discharged city employe. who shot and
wounded Mayor Gaynor on August Q.
Insanely Jealous. William Hassing.
an electrical worker OF Portland. Ore.
formerly living In Denver. fired two
bullets into his wife's brain and.
two more into his own.
So intent Is the Arizona constitu.
tional convention in Its purpose of
completing the constitution for the
new state as soon as possible, the
delegates did not observe Thanksgiv.
ing day as holiday but continued to
work.
Three persons were shot. one being
wounded seriously. and many others
were subjected to a rain Of bullets in
Chicago in a riot caused by striking
garment workers attacking non-union
workers on the Northwest side Of the
city.
The District Court OF Appeals in
San Francisco sustained the convic-
ton of Abraham Ruef. former politi.
cal boss, charged with having bribed
supervisors, and denied him a new
trial Ruef had been sentenced to four.
teen years. imprisonment.
Great damage wrought by a weevil
which attacks alfalfa and which has
been confined so far principally to
Utah. is causing officials Of the De-
partment of Agriculture to make
plans for fight. This crusade proba-
bly, will be the most important new
work. according to DR.. Howard. chief
Of the bureau.
Patrons Of every postoffice In the
United States will appreciate the or
der, issued by Postmaster General
Hitchcock. removing restrictions con-
cerning the delivery Of registered let.
tiers and parcels. Mr.. Hitchcock's or
der permits the delivery Of registered
letters and packages to any RESPONSE
BILE person. to whom the ordinary
mail Of the addressee is usually de-
livered.
After three years OF experimenting
the United States Steel Corporation
has come. to the conclusion that its for.
eign workmen at Gary do not bathe.
Instead. 1t has been found tnat they
have used the expensive bathtubs pur-
chased for them for storing places for
potatoes. coal and old clothes. Sixty
tubs were placed in as many houses.
The population Of the state Of
Kansas is 1.690.940. This is an In
crease of 22O,454. or $50 per cent over
1.479.495 in 1900. The increase dur.
ing the previous decade from 1890 to
1900 was 4l.373. or 20 per ceLt.