Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-05


all over the United States indicate
that the vote will be the heaviest in
years. The weather is clear in every
section except the region around Wich-
ita, Kas., where there is heavy fog
and rain is expected.
OYSTER BAY. Nov. 3.-President
Roosevelt, his secretary, William
Loeb. Jr., and party of the presidents
executive office staff, who established
voting residence in Oyster Bay, arriv-
ed here shortly after nine this morn
ing. Mrs. Roosevelt accompanied them.
A stay of only two hours was made
by the president in his home town,
and after voting he left for Washing
ton at noon. He will arrive at the
capitol this evening. Theodore. Jr.,
the presidents eldest son, who is learn
ing the carpet making business in Con
necticut, Joined his father at Oyster
Bay and cast his first vote.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Nov. g.
Mrs. ]. w. Davis, wife of a railroad
conductor who was killed here last
March in the most brutal manner by
Dave d. Edwards, has asked permis,
sion to spring the death trap when
her husbands murderer is executed on
December 10. Edwards was sentenced
Saturday by the supreme court, and
nothing can prevent his death. He
recently confessed to the killing OF
man previous to the Davis murder.
Sheriff Conner said he could not allow
Mrs. Davis to spring the death trap
but he would invite her to witness the
execution.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 3.-Twe
holdups of exceptional daring were
committed in this city Monday night
In the shadow of the Fairmount hotel
| w. l.. Edwards. mining man of Los
Angeles, was stopped at the point OF
revolver, held by one OF two men
who lurked at the corner of California
and Powell streets, and forced tc
give up money and jewelry amounting
night a lone bandit entered Battery
street saloon, where eight men were
standing at the bar. Lining all the
inmates against the wall, the robbel
looted the cash register of its con
| tents, about $65, and escaped in The
darness. In neither instance have the
police found a clew during the night
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-In the gal
leries connecting the tubes of thu
Pennsylvania railroad tunnel in Eas
Thirty-second and Thirty-third street
was found Monday the half nude bod,
OF an Italian workman, who, police in
vestigation shows, was murdered afte
desperate resistance, Except tina
he was known to his fellow work
man as Jim and that he had been say
ing money with which to return sool
to Italy. nothing is known of him
The motive of the crime was robbery
The mans throat was cut by his mur
derers. His clothing was torn off b,
them in efforts to find If the none,
was secreted in his clothing, but the.
overlooked several hundred dollar
hidden in his pocket.
DENVER, Nov. 3.-Dr. Hugh Taylor
secretary of the state board CT health
announces that the typhoid fever epi
demlc is now on the wane. He is O
the opinion that the agitation in th
newspapers recently done much t,
law
OAKLAND. Cal, Nov. 3.-The pc
lice are confronted by evidence of
sweeping epidemic of crime of youn,
boys of this city. Records for severa
years were broken Monday when til,
city prison was found to contain nine
teen young men between the ages o
16 and 81 years, all accused of som,
degree of theft. Three of the boyi
were charged with burglarizing an of
| flee in Point Richmond and stealinf
a typewriter. and another of the trio
must answer for the theft of a golC
watch.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-The bishops Of
the Methodist Episcopal church was
not of one mind respecting the case oi
Speaker Cannon. A number of them
some time ago declared their disap
proval of his attitude during last con.
gress on the question of legislation
applicable to the liquor question as II
touched the prohibition states. Last
week the board of bishops were in
session in Indianapolis. Bishop Ham.
ilton of Boston, formerly located in
San Francisco. prepared the letter
while in Indianapolis to the North
western Christian Advocate, in which
he distinctly declined to oppose MIR.
Cannon's reelection and expressed his
confidence in the speakers upright.
ness and correctness on the liquor
question. 1t is known too that Bish
ops Hamilton does not stand among
the bishops alone in his view OF Mr.
Cannon. More than one of his col
leagues urged him to write letter
dissenting from the criticism of the