Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-02

ness the arrival OF the battleships
Only 100 Chinese guests will be ad-
mitted to the ground on which the
celebrations planned for the reception
of the American officers and sailors
will be held and the resentment at the
severe measures taken to exclude the
Chinese from participation in the Gel.
ebration is the cause for the apathy
shown.
NEW YORK, Oct 30.--John d.
Rockefeller. president of the Standard
Oil company, gave out an interview to-
day telling why he intended to vote
for Taft for president. He said:
at seems to me that at this time,
when the question is put directly to
any American citizen as to which can
didate he will support by his vote .or
the presidency, he should be manly
enough to answer 1t Just as directly
therefore say that / expect to cast
my vote for William II. Taft. II for
no other reason, / support Mr.. Taft
because. on comparing him personally
with Mr.. Bryan, his chief opponent
| find the balance of fitness and tenn
permanent entirely on his side. The
election of Mr.. Taft will, l believe
make for law and order and the sta
bility of business. He is not man,
Judge, to adventure with rash ex-
periments or to impede return to
prosperity by advocating measures
subversive of Industrial progress"
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Taft and
Bryan, the leading candidates for the
presidency, after an almost hand-to-
hand struggle last night for the sup
port of Syracuse and Onondaga coun-
ty, Taft speaking there two meetings,
and Bryan at four, parted company to-
day, and probably will not again come
within point blank range of each
other Taft remains in hotly contest
ed territory of New York state. Bryan
| goes on to take a hand in the final
fight of the Democrats for electoral
votes of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Mr.,
Bryan travelled today through Ohio,
delivering number of speeches at
various places In the home state of his
Republican opponent
ONEIDA, Rome, Utica and Batavia
were among the places scheduled for
addresses by Mr. Taft with night
meeting at Buffalo.
PARIS, Oct. 30.-Mrs. Cornelia Bax-
ter Tevis Mckee, once the beauty
queen of Denver, may win the custody
OF her child from j. Hart Mckee
through an automobile accident Nc
Kee, whose charges against his wife
in a recent divorce suit. set fash
ionable tongues wagging in every so
cial center from San Francisco to Lon
don and Yokohama, was accompanied
by an unknown woman. Wherefore
Mrs. Mckee believes she can show
4 that he is unfit to care for the child
. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-That Presi
dent Roosevelt has agreed to recon
: mend to congress in his next message
the passage of law to conserve thf
| Vi thC PuDhNs oAhhhNA ~ s'N>
one proposed by the American Medi
cal association, was the statement
made last night in an address before
the New York academy Of medicine
I by DIR. Charles Reed Of Cincinnati
TO-, chairman OF the associations con,
l mittee on national medical legisla
ton. Speaking of the pollution o
+ streams, DR.. Reed referred to thu
Ohio watershed as thousand mile
q of river and thousand miles of ty
phoid."
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 30-Shortl,
: before midnight the residence of Ival
r p. Lee, two miles from the busines
section, was wrecked by the explc
sion of dynamite, the properly bein
s badly damaged. but none of the occt
II pants in the house was injured. Lee
g who is reputable business man. say
he cannot ascribe a motive for tn
crime, although he has been involve
e in litigation OF late. his neighbors pre-
testing against the construction of
stable on his property.
NEW YORK. Oct. 30.-"I hav
/ never done single thing in my lif
that my parents are ashamed of, i
fact they are rather proud of me.
never saw Mrs. Peter Haines alon
but twice in four years. have nc
3 been beach comber. and don't kno'
II what beach comber is. have col
Il tributed more to magazines and naut
cal literature than any other man i
the United States. How could l d
this and still be beach comber?
/ never charged Mrs. Haines with an
J. crime. She confessed 1t to my brothe
e before / knew he returned. Their
t can be little said for a woman VIII
}, is trying to hang her husband"
l. The foregoing is the burden of
a remarkable statement issued today b
: T. Jenkins Haines. who, with hi
e brother. Captain Peter Haines.
t charged with the murder of WilliaI
e. Annis. Haines bitterly attacks hi
e brothers wife, Claudia 1. Haines, an
describes how she confessed her in