Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-10
answered and he died of his injuries
in few hours.
rELEosAPH NEWS.

OYSTER BAY. Sept s.-An attemp
to assassinate President Roosevelt
may have been made last Saturday
A shot was fired in the bushes slonI
the road on which the president wa
riding with friend. The official viev
Of the matter is that the shot wa,
fired by a hunter who was unawar,
Of the presidents presence.
| Mr.. Loeb. secretary to the president
said today that 1t is not believed fol
moment that any one had tried tt
do harm to Mr.. Roosevelt.
A searching investigation is beinl
made today to determine the circum
stances giving rise to a report that .
shot was fred from ambush upon
President Roosevelt last Saturday. Ev
cry foot Of ground In the vicinity
where the alleged attempt was made
has been gone over and the closest
quest is being prosee uted to ascertain
whether or not any person to whom
suspicion attaches was seen In the vi
cinity of Oyster Bay about the time
the shot was fred.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. s.-The
long talked OF fight between Attell and
Moran took place in this city yester-
day and went the limit-23 rounds
when Referee Jack Welsh quickly de.
clared the battle a draw, which ap-
peared to give general satisfaction as
both men proved clever fighters. The
attendance was over 5000. Attell
says he will fight Moran As rounds
for the entire gate receipts. Moran
says 45 rounds is longe rthan any
man can fight, but he will fight At
tell 25 rounds. Attell claims to have
broken a bone In his left wrist in the
second round. otherwise he would
have won the fight
LOS ANGELES, Sept. S.-Bill Papke
knocked out Stanley Ketchell in the
twelfth round yesterday before a large
crowd.
NEW YORK, Sept. S.-Two women,
one grieying over the death of her
favorite son. the other respondent be
cause of Illness, leaped to death today
from windows in their homes.
Mrs. Mary Ann Zeisch jumped from
the dining room window of the second
floor of her home In Seventh street,
and suffered injuries from which she
died shortly afterward. Her son, 10
seph, aged 25, was drowned while on
his vacation about two weeks ago and
since that time his mother has been
inconsolable over his loss.
The other suicide, Miss Lillian Rey.
nolds, aged 80, and for many years
assistant matron OF the Messiah home
in Westchester. She hurled herself
from the fourth floor window of an
apartment house In East Seventeenth
street and was instantly killed. For
years Miss Reynolds had suffered from
nervous troubles.
PUEBLO, Sept. 8.-The Democratic
state convention began today. State
Senator Adams was chosen chairman.
Lemuel Smith secretary. The dele
gates are by no means harmonious.
The governorship is good deal up in
the air. State Senator BILLY" Adams
Is the most popular candidate, but he
refuses to have his name
mentioned. John Shafroth wants 1t,
but Denver county wants him to go on
the supreme bench, and should he
develop much further strength, the
order of business will be SO arranged
as to nominate the supreme Judge
ahead of the governor SO that when
candidates are presented for the lat
ter office, Shafroth will be out of
the way.
The Denver scrap between the Pat.
terson and the Speer-Hughes delega-
tions is exactly as when the contest.
ants left Denver.
The convention may name the fol-
lowing:
United States senator. C. J. Hughes,
Jr.; lieutenant governor, 8. J. Fitz-
gerald of San Miguel county; secre-
tary- of state. J. B. Pierce of Otero;
treasurer w. ]. Calligan Of Loveland;
superintendent of schools, Mrs. Kath-
crime Cooke Of Adams; attorney gen.
eral. John Barnett of Ouray; supreme
court judges. M. F. Bailey Of Canon
City, s. N. Wheeler of Grand Junction,
Reese McCloskey of La Plata county.
and John F. Shafroth of Denver.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-President
Roosevelt would have been -Dee-light-
ed" had he been on the Holland-Amer-
lean pier when the steamship Rotter-
dam locked this morning and vel
coined William NJ. Branderhorst, his
laughing wife and thirteen happy, ro-
bust children. rn.',1 y q ~
Branderhorst, who Is only 38 years
Of age, left his native town OF Nord-
brabiniv. Holland. and said he came
to America, where he would have room
enough to raise a really large family.
and where there would be opportunity
for his children to grow up and ex-
pand. Thirteen. the proud father as
serted, was only beginning.
PORTLAND. Ore, Sept "a pack.