Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
SAY FRANCISCO. April Worn |

and baegard. his incager funds Ron,
aud unable TO continue his journe,
from here, Frank schaum, 81 year,
old, limped into Mayor Mccarlhy's of
flee, after having tramped every foo
OF the way from New Orleans. from
whence he set out in January in qucs
OF his two daughters. He sought The
assistance OF local officials and ait
was promised him. Schaum bears let
ters from Catholic priests in New Or
leans. commencing him to charity
Schaum says both OF his daughters
were living here up to short tim,
ago
NEW YORK, April 7 Rather thar
leave the home where he has lived
fifty years. Joseph Taylor, Il Brooklyn
mechanic, committed suicide last night
by inhaling Illuminating gas. He was
70 years old.
Changing conditions had made the
house unfit for habitaion but Taylor
clung even after his wife was driven
out A pathetic note was found with
the body, saying he could not leave
home, nor live there.
WASHINGTON. April s.-The prof
ect of increasing In amount funds
which states receive as proceeds for
forest reserves. mot defeat in the
honsc yesterday when conference
report on the agricultural appropria'
tion bill came up for consideration
by two TO one Through an amend.
ment offered by Senator Guggenheim
IN the senate committee on agriculture
It is proposed to raise the allotment
of forest reserve earnings to states
from % por cent to 35 per cent. The
senate duly adopted the amendment
hut the house refused to concur Rep
reseniatives Taylor and Martin took a
hand IN the controversy The de
bate was exceedingly warm and last
Martin both made short but vigorous
speeches in support OF the senate
amendment, They showed that states
and counties maintain the government
and the expense OF cugoscfns civil and
criminal laws and ot protecting prop
erty from which the government Is de.
rivlng this revenue, and thay The coun
ties are TO certain extent deprived
of taxes that would be derived fEom
land If 1t passed into private owner
ship, and that II was only just and
fair they should receive 80 per cent
ices that are paid into the forest re
serve land. but the house said no.
VICTORIA, n. c. April S.-News
brought from Sendol Of the drowning
asst month of many rescuers who went
o suceor those on upturned fishing
boats. Thirty fishermen went out in a
arge sampan but this was overturned
and they all drowned. Thirty others
put out to rescue also lost their lives.
BOW, N. H., April s,--The farm.
house in which Mrs Mary Baker Eddy.
founded and leader of the Christian
Science denomination, was born on
July l6, 1921, was destroyed by fire
today Her birthplace was in Dover
n. H.
DENVER, April S.-Three engines
were ditched, five cars reduced to
one lone COW killed, and
he lives of dozen members of two
train crews were endangered at Il.
m. today when an inbound extra
freight train on tho Burlington rail
Dad carrying thirty-three cars crashed
INTO Union Pacific train of livestock
low the members of the train crews
'scaped with their lives is little short
'f miracle Engineers and firemen
'seribe il only TO the fact that when
hey saw a crash was inevitable they
umped.
Who was responsible has not yet
'een determined, although the blame
) on flagman who was stationed at
he crossing,
There were seven cars filed with
stock and the freight cut the train in
wo. ditchmg two cars of stock. Al
though the cars We're badly wrecked
and the stock scared, only one COW
Nas killed. The Burlington train had
ihree engines taking the train into
Denver when the crash look place. The
Burlington tracks will be blocked for
en hours.