Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-04-25
COTTON CROP
KILLED BY FROST
Freezing Weather and Snow
in Many Parts of the
South
FUTURE MARKET IS RULL|sH
Advance of $1.75 a Bale To-
day on the Exchange at
New Orleans.

New Orleans, April 25-Freezing
weather and snow in many parts of
the south sent cotton up $1.75 a bale
on the opening of the local future
market today. The new crop is re-
ported killed in many places.
Record Breaking Heat
St John. \. F., April 25.-Record-
breaking temperatures are reported
from the west coast of Newfoundland
the last few days. Where at this
time Of the year the usual tempera-
ture would be below freezing, as high
as 50 degrees above is reported. The
figures are unprecedented in the his
tory of the colony.
Snow Storm in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga, April 25.-Snow fell
heavily here for three hours today. It
is the first April snow in the history of
Atlanta.
Snow Storm in Missouri.
Kansas City April pa snow
storm prevailed this morning all over
Missouri. northeastern Arkansas, east
ern Kansas, Tennessee and as far
south as Montgomery, Ala The snow
melted almost as fast as it fell, but at
times it was very heavy. Tempera-
lures ranging as low as two and three
degrees below freezing are reported
from all points of the storm swept
territory. Frost is reported as far
south as Louisiana. The fruit crop
of central Missouri has been badly
damaged. 1t is the general opinion
that fruit in eastern Kansas and west
ern Missouri is not yet seriously in
jured,
Kentucky Has Snow.
Lexington. KY, April 25.-Five
inches of snow fell at Hopkinsville,
KY, today. Fruit and vegetables in
central and eastern Kentucky are
b&Gay damaged
Coal Mines Flooded by Rain.
Shamolin, Pa, April 25.-Ten thou
sand workmen are idle today in the
Northumberland and Columbia Coal
and Land Company regions. A large
number of coal mines are being flood
ed by the heavy rains of the last two
days.
Storm General Over South.
New York, April 25.-ReDOrtS of
severe damage to young cotton over
wide area in the south the result of
storms and freezing temperature the
last two days, caused an advance of
$3.50 per bale on most of the new
crop months on the cotton market
here today. Buying was excited.
Snow Storm in Chicago.
Chicago, April 25.-Clad in night
clothing sixty persons were driven in
to snow storm here last night by an
alleged incendiary fire in the Cledan
apartment building. Mrs. E. E. Raj
lard was carried from the structure
probably fatally burned and four 9th
ers, overcome by smoke were rescued
by firemen.
Coolest April in Springfield.
. Springfield, ILL.,, April 25.-All rec
ords for late cold weather in central
Illinois were broken yesterday 1t
was ten degrees below freezing this
in Springfield. Total snow
fall for yesterday and last night was
three inches. Never before has more
than a trace of snow been recorded
after April Is in this region.
All April Records Broken.
Walla Walla, Wash, April 25.-All
records for April were broken yester-
day when the thermometer registered
SO 80 degrees. This is the hottest
temperature in thirty-seven years.
Frost in MesiIIa Valley.
Ell Paso, Texas, April 25.-There
has been decided fall in the tenn
perature since yesterday and the suf-
ferers from the recent frosts and
freeze and which cost many thousands
of dollars in the Rio Grande and Me-
silla valleys and in northern Mexico