Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-04
TELEGRAPHic NEWS.

1t is reported that Champion JEFF
fries has broken small bone in his
wrist or arm while training
Eastern railroads have decided TO
oppose many of the railroad measures
now pending i'll congress despite the
truce entered into with President Taft
in January.
The Easter collection at Grace
church, New York. mention Of which
was made yesterday, amounted to
100000. one anonymous contributor
giving 10000.
The Cheyenne frontier committee
has arranged dates for the 1910 cele-
bration to accommodate ex-President
Roosevelt He has wired that he will
be there. The dates are Aug %, &c
and %
New York this year for governor 1t
has been eighteen years since a Demo
CT at occupied the position. But De-
| mocracy counted on landing Bryan
i WV stoto d-o.
Charles W Morse, who is now un-
dergoing a fifteen-year sentence In the
federal prison at Atlanta for violating
the national banking laws, has writ
ten an extended account OF his bust
ness activities and defense of his
| business methods. He says he was
made scapegoat by Jealous financial
rivals.
Passengers who arrived in New York
OH the steamship Bermudan, and on
the Orotava, saw the Aurora Borealis
Sunday night when about 200 miles
south of Sandy Hook on the way from
Bermuda. Capt Dagnall of the ORC
tava declared he had never seen the
lights so far south. II was about half
past when the officers saw the rays
of light in the north and informed the
passengers who crowded the forward
rail-
| Concerning the effect of the cold
spell on fruit the Grand Junction News
of Tuesday morning says: There was
a light frost Sunday morning and the
thermometer registered from rs to 80
degrees in different portions of the val.
ley, but there was little or no smudc-
ing. A few of the orchardists burned
| pots under apricot trees that were in
bloom, but even In the Palisade dis
| trict there was no smudging to any
extent. Yesterday morning ii was not
so cold as Sunday morning"
| When Robert Anderson, son OF Thos.
Anderson of Bulger, Pa. kicked off his
fathers front porch a dog owned by
George Clark. his next door neighbor
a family feud which had been smoul-
derlng for months, was renewed. and
in resultant pitched battle between
the clans. the elder Clark was shot
to death by Thomas Anderson, who
in turn was mortally wounded by his
victim before Clark died. Two OF
Clarb's sons Charles, aged 90, and
Robert, 10, were injured, but will re-
cover.
The fire loss ratio is unusually high
| Just now because of the prolonged dry
weather in the middle states. Forest
fires are raging in Missouri and Ar
Kansas and causing many farm and
small town losses. and many places
are complaining that the water sup
ply is insufficient for fire protection.
There has been heavy destruction OF
property in South Dakota through prai.
rie fires. as there is heavy growth of
old grass and the March gales have
helped to sweep the flames wherever
they started
James ]. Hill believes the railroads
VIII experience next fall and winter
the greatest traffic congestion in their
history, and he sees no way of pre-
venting 1t. "The tonnage which is be.
ing offered the railroads for transpor-
tation is constantly on the Increase"
he says, "and there Is little doubt that
the railroads will be called upon this
year to furnish more transportation
Units than they have ever been asked