Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-08
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

and weighing 40 pounds, swan five
miles yesterday in the height OF one
Of the heaviest rain storms in this
city's history. She swan from the
east end of Eads bridge in the heart
OF the business section to the St. Louis
Altenheim. She was accompanied by
only row boat and motor boat
John c. Myers. the noted swimmer
of this city, declared the swim the
most remarkable he ever saw, con
sidering Mrs. Brandenburger's advanc
ed age. She was quite fresh at the
conclusion of her swim and climbed
flight of 500 steps from the levee
where she landed. to the top of the
hill
PUEBLO. Colo, Sept 5.-Plunging
TO the bottom of a sixteen-foot arroyo
through a partially burned bridge. a
Denver & Rio Grande engine pulling
a freight train, was wrecked this morn
ing at Cucharas Junction. Engineer
Ihomas Gallagher was fatally injured
ana George Dodge. the fireman, badly
injured. The burned out bridge was
not discovered until the train reached
the edge of the arroyo. An effort was
made to stop but too late. Members
Of the crew rushed to the aid of the
injured. They were brought to this
city and placed in st. Mary's hospital
DENVER. Sept. 5.---Judge Lewis, in
the federal court this morning in the
injunction proceedings sought by the
New York Trust company and the
Denver Union Water company against
the water bond election, handed down
his opinion to the effect that the bond
election scheduled for tomorrow would
be Ii violation of the city ordinance,
which provided either for n renewal
Of the oompany's franchise or sale to
the city at its appraised valuation
That the bond issue, in view of this
fact, is enjoined but the election may
be held as 1t is political right of the
people.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept q
Fifty thousand dollars in gold, con
sIgnment of a Denver firm to a Grand
Junction bank, was the game for
which a lone bandit who held up Mid
land passenger No. on the Divide
Thursday night, gave up his life That
the express car carried that amount
of money in single package is known.
The authorities are now working on
the theory that the holdup knew of
the express package and may have
ridden 40 miles from Denver to the
lonely mountain pass where he held
up the train.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. Sept. 5.-With
every prospect of a warm fight for
control between the state rights del
egates and those favoring national con
troll, the second National Conservation
congress opened here today. The fea,
ture of the opening session was the
address of President Taft, who, in a
lengthy speech expressed his views on
the question of conservation, the CON
ditions to which they apply and his
ideas of their solution. He said he
had inherited his conservation policy
from Theodore Roosevelt The ques.
tion of conservation, he declared, is
a national question, affecting all peo-
pie and is not question of politics
Mr.. Taft urged harmony in consider.
ing a solution of the problem, depre-
Gated the agitation for draining swamp
lands, criticised the apex theory in
mining law. urged the removal of agri.
cultural lands from forest reserves and
the reservation of timber tracts out
side reserves. favored the leasing of
coal. OIL gas and phosphate lands and
the opening of coal tracts in Alaska,
eral control of water power sites
throughout the country.
The greatest crowd ever gathered in
st. Paul was assembled to greet the
president who arrived here at $3.50
this morning. From dawn to the hour
of his arrival a continuous stream OF
humanity poured from local and inter
urban electric cars until the downtown
streets were packed. Governor Eber-
hardt and a reception committee, with
a company of United States cavalry
from Fort Smell, met the president
and escorted him through the packed
streets TO the reviewing stand where
he reviewed the Labor day parade.
In his speech President Taft said:
Conservation as an economic and
political term has come to mean the
preservation of our natural resources
for economical uses. so as to secure
the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber. The danger TO the state and to
the people at large from waste and
dissipation of our national wealth is
not one which quickly impresses itself
on the people of older communities
because its most obvious instances do
not occur in their neighborhood, while
in the newer part of the country the
sympathy with expansion and devel-
opment is so strong that danger is
scoffed at or ignored. Among the
scientific men and thoughtful observ.