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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
5
A broad collage notes cultural quirks and figures from politics, society, and sport. It references King Edward, Sir Thomas Lipton, Lady Gordon, the Vanderbilt family, Harvard President Elliot, Count Montesquieu, and J. C. Barclay, among others, mixing satire and social commentary with a wink at weather, fashion, and public life.
May 3 report from St Louis Me describes a successful final day of exposition dedication with a large crowd and a civilian style parade. The piece notes state building dedications and a peaceful arts representation, plus a three mile parade route toward the reviewing stand with governors in attendance. It mentions military inspection details by Lt Col Wheeler and Capt Brookes for various infantry and support units across multiple dates and locations.
Fragmentary report notes half-ruined towns and villages with the most severe destruction to the north and west, while some areas show less damage. The source emphasizes extensive ruin and limited recoveries in affected regions.
Bishop John Fletcher Hurst of the Methodist Episcopal Church died in Washington at 12:40 yesterday morning. He was survived by his daughter Ellen and son Lieut Paul Hurst of the Third United States Infantry, who arrived before his death. Another son, John L. Hurst, was en route from Denver, and Carl Batley Hurst, consul general in Vienna, was elsewhere. Hurst had suffered long illness, was paralyzed in London last September, and the shock of President McKinley’s assassination hastened his decline.
Tacoma May 4 flood report says Bonanza creek in the Klondike valley is swelling into the most destructive North history. The rising waters flood summer work cuts and inundate road houses along the stream as it creeps downstream.
A vast crowd estimated at 30,000 lined Lindell boulevard as a parade moved past, with governors and officials aboard carriages. The Indian Territory and Oklahoma division drew praise for daring horsemanship while spectators awed at the review stand.
Denver May 3. Regular army officers will inspect the Colorado National Guard under the new law bringing militia into regular service. Col W T H Sweeney assistant adjutant general issued the order yesterday detailing the inspection plans and authority.
A Mexican correspondent describes Santa Maria eruption and two near simultaneous earthquakes that obliterated Quesaltenango, a city of about 60 000, leaving ruins six feet deep and widespread ruin across surrounding farms. Tapachula reports a shattered cathedral and leaning towers.
A Denver report from Greeley notes that a hard frost damaged beet fields more than expected. Five-sixths of the crop is up about two inches, with at least 600 acres needing replanting. High ground suffered most. Peckham and Fort Lupton areas hit hardest. Sugar Company will provide seed for a second planting. alfalfa on high ground also injured.
Emperor Wilhelm I met with the Pope for forty minutes in Rome. He and his suite were greeted with enthusiastic acclaim as they traveled the city. At the Vatican the emperor was received with military honors by the Palatine guard and gendarmes and presented Prince Frederick William and Prince Eilal to the pontiff.
Colorado news notes several events including preparations for the Overland races in Denver next June and actions by the Denver Police Court fining twenty three for bicycle on sidewalks. Grand jury indictments target keepers of houses of ill fame and various societal updates across Colorado Springs Leadville and Denver.
The secretary of state's office reports many inquiries about the wage exemption act which becomes effective June 9. Provisions exempt sixty percent of a family head's wages, or all if weekly pay is five dollars or less. The issue lists various state topics including railroad car valuations, oleomargarine prosecutions, asylum building plans costing about 160000, and a criminal case involving D M Conway. Colorado militia planning for Wyoming maneuvers totals 734 troops.
The budget cuts incidentals across all departments by forty one percent with a total of $50,000 for the season. The auditing board assigns shares per department and forbids new clerks paid from incidental funds, requiring transfers to obtain extra help.
Adj Gen Sherman Bell and Col James Brown are likely to resign from the National Guard on May 6. The governor will accept Brown’s resignation but urge Bell to remain, though Bell may retire for mining offers. A letter to the governor listed May 6 as effective, to avoid disrupting St Louis trip and President Roosevelt visit.
A Topeka dispatch reports the Kansas State Live Stock Sanitary Commission fully backs the Colorado quarantines on Kansas cattle. Officials urge joint action to stamp out disease, plan dipping vats along the line, and enforce regulations strictly to prevent floods from irrigation storage dams. The state engineer vows strict inspection and safety measures after misunderstood laws.
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