Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-28
lars to the farmers of the state, and

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ness interests in any way dependen
upon the products OF the agriculture
districts. Longmont, Loveland, ldah
Springs, Fort Collins, Greeley, Holl,
Boulder, Hugo and the country abou
Denver all report gratifying rainfall
and even without further moistur
| through the summer these place
would DE sure of good crops in tn,
fall
DENVER. May 26.-Renouncing al
| earthly pleasures, and investing $50
! 900 of her fortune, Mrs. Anna Hecht
| Ralston, widow and trained nurse
has established Fern Hill. sanitariun
for the treatment OF tuberculosis II
the advanced stage, and proposes to
give up the remainder of her life tc
care for those victims of the white
plague who are without funds. From
her father, Charles Ii. Hecht, Mrs
Ralston, who is a sister of Mrs. Otto
Kepler, wife of the owner of the Metro
pole hotel. inherited fortune of lit
tie less than two millions. All OF
this, II necessary, Mrs. Ralston pro
poses to expend in the maintenance
of the eleemysylary saDitarium which
viii be situated at Edgewater, Colo,
and which VIII cost quarter million.
Mrs. Ralston is graduate OF Welles
ley college and of the Baptist hospital
training school for nurses in Chicago,
and has herself taught in various train
ing schools for nurses throughout the
United States. Her father was a pio-
neer cattleman of Wyoming, and Mrs.
Ralston inherited all his fortune.
CAMDEN, N. j., May 26.--Into the
restless waters of Delaware river on
whose shores so many of the ships of
the new navy have been built, was
launched today the great steel hull of
what will be the formidable battleshlp
Michigan. The Michigan, is sister
ship to the South Carolina, under con
truction in the Cramps ship yard on
the Delaware, and more than so per
cent completed. The launching the
the Michigan was entirely successful
and was Witnessed by a number of
invited guests, including Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Newberry, Secre-
tary of the Interior Garfield, Governor
Warner OF Michigan, United States
senators from Michigan and other
prominent persons in Washington and
the Wolverine state. The sponsor was
Miss Carol Barnes Newberry of De
troit. daughter of Assistant Secretary
,cwberry.
WASHINGTON. May 26.-The un-
precented spectacle of leading the
presidential candidates of two great
rival parties uniting forces against
campaign corruption was seen today.
William j. Bryan and William H. Taft
exchanged kilograms pledging them
selves in favor OF publication of cam
paign expenses. The first move In this
unparalleled compact was made by
Mr.. Bryan, who wired Mr.. Taft, II
beg 10 suggest that as leading candi-
dates in our respective parties, we
join in asking congress to pass bill
requiring publication OF campaign con
tributions prior to election. If you
think best we ask other candidates
10 unite with US in the request (Sign-
ed) w. J. Bryan" Taft answered his
cordial approval.
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for many years prominent in Colorado
and Denver legal circles and formerly
one of the commissioners of the state
supreme court, is critically ILL., Mr..
Macon suffered hemorrhage of the
brain early Monday morning, and the
attending physician has told the fam
fly there is little hope. Mr. Macon
was born In Kentucky in 1880.
ANN ARBOR. Mich, May 26-That
he was forced to steal as part of his
secret society initiation ritual was
the plea of George Van Brunt of Kan
sas City in Justice Doley's court. Van
Brunt and Thomas c. VANITY of Grand
Rapids spent Sunday In Jail. The
boys, with several companions, we're
returning home after a session at the
Pipe and Bowl club, when policeman
says, they attempted to steal a red
light from building. He placed Van
Brunt under arrest, whereupon others
tried TO take him away from the off,
Ger. After the scrimmage all the stu
dents fled, but VANITY was caught.
They were arraigned and pleaded
guilty to charge of disorderly con
duct Van Brunt was fined $50 and
costs, and VANITY $40. Van Brunt
has been suspended by the university
for one year,
PoTSVlLLE, Pa. May 26.-Seven.
teen children were injured, several OF
,Aem fatally, last night when a score
of boys and girls climbed aboard a
truck on the Philadelphia & Reading
railroad branch to the Lincoln colliery
and started 1t down heavy grade
While going at frightful speed the
truck collided with a car and both
were almost completely demolished.
GOLDEN, Colo. May 26.-victor C
Anderson, president OF the Colorad,
School of Mines, started today on hii
EurOpean tour of insnection He vii