Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-12
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

largest band that ever paraded the
streets OF Denver. 5000 people march
cd from the Albany hotel to the Audis
torium this morning. Twice as many
more cheered as they marched. and
with the best and closest of fraternal
feeling prevailing. the twenty-eighth
annual convention Of the American
Federation of Labor was on.
From the platform, decorated in ma
tional colors, were the delegates. many
OF them famous as leaders OF men,
who were welcomed by the highest
authorities of the state and city as
well as by representatives of local
central bodies.
The response by President Samuel
Gompers of the federation was cheered
and there was no indication OF the
battle which was predicted. John
Mitchell was also cheered. Gompers
is delivering his address this after
noon. II is being received with ut
most enthusiasm by a crowded audi
torium.
PARIS, Nov. 9.-victorian Sardou,
who has been Ill long time, died
yesterday from pulmonary congestion.
He was the dean OF French dramatists
and a member of the French academy.
A man whose first play was hissed,
and who then wanted to go to Ameri-
ca to seek his fortune. died rich and
honored. with the proud title Of
Frances greatest and most prolific
contemporary dramatist. Victorian Sar-
dou was a man possessed of singular
charm, greatly beloved, and there was
universal regret that he left no me
moirs. He was born in Paris, Septem.
ber z, 1881.
PUEBLO. Colo. Nov. s.-Bowen
Smith. aged 27. clerk In a clothing
store. was shot through the heart and
instantly killed at $3.50 o'clock this
morning by his roommate. Albert Kin.
nard, at the Midland rooming house.
Kinhard was taken in custody by the
police and claimed the shooting was
accidental He said he and Smith
had arranged to go hunting this morn
ing and that he was arousing his friend
by poking him in the ribs with
revolver when the cartridge exploded
and killed his friend. An inquest is
being held and Kennard will be held
until verdict is reached. He was
the only witness Of the tragedy.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-Hundreds of
pounds of dynamite have been ex-
ploded In the North river In an at.
tempt to learn whether Mrs. julius
Fleischmann of West Eighty-First
street, this city, committed suicide by
drowning. Mrs. Fleischmann's disap-
pearance seems battling. She lived
with her husband and two married
sons and their wives and families at
the Eighty-flrst street house. Her hus.
band is retired real estate dealer
and he and his wife lived in this city
eight years. Nobody has been found
who saw the missing woman leave her
home last Thursday. She was so years
old.
EASTON, Pa, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Teranu
Yano Utsunomiya, Japanese. who
last night renounced her paganism
and Joined the First Presbyterian
church. was found dead yesterday aft.
ernoon In the cellar of the house OF
which she and her husband are care
fQkarG uyoo L.,
In her throat. Her husband has been
arrested. though the police admit there
is no direct evidence against him. The
police say the woman could not have
inflicted the fatal wound and further
declare her husband tried to keep her
SILvERTON. Nov. 9.-Lester Cof.
fey. carpenter. fell from one of the
towers Of the Sunnyside tramway this
forenoon and suffered a fracture of
the skull. Last reports this afternoon
were that the man is dying. Coffey
30 far as known is a single man.
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-"Secretary
Taft's regligious faith is purely his
own private concern. and not a matter
for general discussion and political
discrimination" says President Roose
welt in a letter he made public last
night. In which he answers numerous
correspondents. The president says
he deferred the publication OF the let.
ter until now to avoid any agitation
likely to influence the election. Taft
is said to be a Unitarian, while his
wife and family are Catholics. The
president says he foresees Jews and
Catholics as presidents. and deplores
bigotry.
PARIS, Nov. "a special dispatch
from Belgrade says Bosnian refugees
from the mountains Friday blew up
with dynamite the barracks at Konie
"a. In the town of Herzegovina, sit
uted near the Servian frontier. killing
40 German speaking Austrian sol
diers. The dispatch says Austrian pa
pers suppressed this news.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Nov. s.-John
w. Kern. the defeated candidate for
vice president, announced last night
he would he n candidate for IInited