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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
6
A collage of snappy quips and items from a bygone era, referencing serial names, odd facts, jokes about Hetty Green and Sing Sing, a New Jersey family with seven kids, a New York dog attack, and notes on fashion, housing, and taxes.
Topeka and surrounding Kansas cities reel as record floods leave nearly 10000 homeless. North Topeka is submerged with key buildings and water plant at risk. Rail lines washed out, businesses flooded, and rescue efforts continue as other towns report rising rivers and widespread destruction.
Kansas City faces the worst flood in its history with the Kaw and Missouri rivers four feet above flood stage. Armoureddale and Argentine suffer heavy losses for packing industries and homes while fires threaten submerged buildings. Bridges are gone, water supply cut, and only one streetcar line operates as refugees gather at Convention Hall. Amarillo and Hereford cattle losses from the Panhandle blizzard are also reported with vast hides shipped this month.
Santos Dumont and balloon No. 9 drifted over the Bois de Boulogne polo grounds yesterday. He landed before the club, then reascended and performed maneuvers at about 500 feet before returning to the Neuilly balloon shed.
El Paso reports the inauguration of Gen. Luis Terrazas as governor of Chihuahua marks a new era with gambling halted in the state. In contrast, El Paso remains a hub of unrestricted gaming on streets and downstairs venues across the border.
Sir Thomas Lipton’s cup challengers Shamrock II Shamrock I the steam yacht Erin and the ocean tug Cruiser with 170 crew sailed from Gourock Scotland for Sandy Hook at 1 PM Thursday. Crowds cheered flags bands whistles and sirens gave the flotilla a grand send off as it departed.
New York reports revised flood tolls across Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Indian Territory. Drowning counts run into hundreds in Topeka and Kansas City with thousands homeless and widespread property losses totaling multiple millions. Rock Island and other rail lines stalled by floodwaters as stockyards and packing plants flood. Des Moines reports five drowned and six thousand homeless refugees.
A Delta County court convened near the prairie line and bound Jack McCarthy over to the District Court on a calf theft charge after a preliminary hearing. He was sent to Gunnison county jail to avoid a Delta mob. Previously, a case of assault to kill his son was withdrawn and he left the country after deeding his farm to family. He had worked in Telluride mines and had returned to Montrose amid debts and threats of violence.
The State Land Board granted Moffat Railway Company a 200 foot wide right of way through section 30 in Grand county, township 1 north, range 76 west. The move signals a new road to Hot Sulphur Springs, likely following the Fraser river to the Grand. The company had difficulties securing county land rights, now resolved.
The War Department will aid the flooded districts of the West to the extent of its power. Orders to Major Gen Bates at Omaha directing assistance. Leavenworth supply depot to furnish tents for flood relief if needed.
Terse Colorado items record T J Holmes plan to publish in Kremmling Grand County. Postmaster salary cuts and raises for Rico Berthoud Pagosa. Monte Vista Aldrich named commandant at Soldiers Home. Weather station push on Pike's Peak. Memorial Day at Las Animas featured 100 flower girls. Beet field labor demand near Rocky Ford Sugar City. Nellie Bird cattle calved near Aspen. Denver high schools cadets disbanded May 25. Florence extends free mail to 125 more houses. Memorial Day 1904 convention in Denver with 10000 delegates. Paddock injured by runaway team. Denver prize for fountain model awarded. Riley surveys vacant lands for new Platte canon reservation. Arvada votes 90 against incorporation. Smith appointed superintendent at Southern Utes school. Miners' Union decorates Governor Waite’s grave. Denver building permits total 643,080. Cherry Creek walling planned. Working Boys Home building underway. West assigned inspector general Colorado. Clara Morris to appear at Chautauqua. US Reduction and Refining builds clubs in Colorado Springs Florence. Landis creating a lighthouse display for World’s Fair. Colorado Utah track meet ends in tie. Fesler returns to Denver on leave. Wade arrested for perjury in Seven Lakes deal. New Windsor beet pests threaten crops. Pueblo court sentences for ore theft. several others jailed. Denver waiter strike casualty Carroll killed near Colorado Springs. Cripple Creek Pike’s Peak railroad plans $100,000 bonds for electric line.
A mixed telegram summary reports smallpox in Stamford Connecticut. Wealthy Pittsburgh steel maker Benjamin F. P. Jones leaves 900 million to widow and four children. Paris denies engagement to Prince of Monaco. Fire in Laconia New Hampshire destroys 100 buildings, leaving 350 homeless and $400000 loss. Pro Diocese of Central Pennsylvania votes against name change. Berlin notes Sarah Bernhardt’s Paris appearance. Mint director buys silver for Philippine coinage. Jockey Ted Sloane banned in France for illegal horse exercise. Wilcox urges women clubs to appeal to the czarina. Hutchinson showcases a lighter dry storage battery. Finland’s Savon dismissed after anti-Russian agitation. Musicians federation abolishes color line at Indianapolis meeting. Rockefeller boosts Indiana University fund to 50k with 50k match. Manila fire devastates Tondo district. 2000 houses lost. Paris writer Max O'Rell dies in New York. St Hyacinthe Quebec shoe factory burns. 250 homes lost. Rockefeller donates 50k to Washington DC Y M C A with 200k hoped. National Metal Trades extends labor bureaus, Denver among sites. Kansas Seventh district election results favor Victor Murdock. Peabody dies in St Louis. governor Terraz named in Chihuahua. Britain offers China same Boxer indemnity terms. US stance strengthened. Mount Vernon professor Woodman dies. Morris family notes. Alaska Mount McKinley expedition for class of ’03. Texas women’s trip to Mexico City includes wreath over Santa Ana grave.
President Roosevelt rode the sixty miles from Laramie to Cheyenne on swift Wyoming saddle horses. He reviewed veterans, met officials, and accepted gifts including a $400 saddle from Governor Warren. A vast crowd cheered as he spoke on Memorial Day, after a long day that drew thousands into Cheyenne.
North Topeka suffers through a deadly flood with fires decimating burned districts. By May 30 the death toll estimates reach 150 to 200 with hundreds missing or endangered as the Kansas River rises. Fire and flood devastate the lumber yard districts and large mills, causing multimillion property losses and widespread displacement.
In Denver the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen expelled E. L. Welant a Chicago lodge delegate who was exposed as a spy. He surrendered his detective star and papers, was photographed, and his expulsion ordered with his description to be circulated to lodges nationwide and abroad.
Des Moines relief authorities report a food and fuel famine with meat markets holding only two to three days of supplies. No trains are entering the city, no freight expected for days, while bakeries endure flood refugee demand. Extreme heat over three days worsens suffering and risks life through exposure.
A Record-Herald dispatch from Philadelphia reports Count Tolstoi responding to North American inquiry. He states the Russian government is guilty for Kishineff killings, citing exclusion of Jews from rights and coercive attempts to instill a separate caste and idolatrous practices.
President Roosevelt arrived in Pocatello Idaho and received a warm welcome from a crowd and a band of Indians. He delivered an address praising railroad men for facing risk enduring hardships and maintaining readiness to act decisively in emergencies, noting their ability to lead and follow orders.
Emporia Kan June 1 Fourteen bodies said to have been found in houses at Council Grove as floodwaters receded. Neosho River valley above the town described as a desolate waste.
The sixth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen adjourned at 6 p.m. in Coliseum hall. Final sessions filled with detail work as Buffalo won the 1905 convention city. Officers were elected and installed, and a plan for a home for aged and disabled trainmen was postponed.
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