Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-08

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PARIS, Mar. 4.--The papers of Paris
today give much space to the inau-
guration OF William II. Taft and the
retirement OF Theodore Roosevelt.
The concensus OF opinion Is that Mr..
Roosevelt has had remarkably sue
cessful and picturesque career; that
United States and internationally has
filed an important role on the worlds
stage. Although he is great preach
er, he has been resistingly man OF
as in sport, war and theology" Mr..
Taft. although less impulsive than his
predecessor is regarded rs man OF
great capacity and moral strength, and
consequently he is characterized rs n
safer" president for both America
and Europe.
Neither the United States nor Eu.
rope" one paper says, need fear the
theatrical coups which upset them and
the Roosevelt regime"
OYSTER BAY. Mar. 5.-Citizen
Roosevelt, free from official cares.
rests peacefully this morning In his
own home on Sycamore Hill. three
miles from this village, after having
gone through one OF the busiests
weeks of his life.
Roosevelts special train left Long
Island City at 1 O'Clock this morning
and as he was more than three hours
behind schedule time he did not ex
pect his neighbors In Oyster Bay
/ would remain UP to greet him. He
when his train reached Oyster Bay
, to find the station brilliantly lllumin
: ated with electric bulbs and Japa
nese lanterns while a big Illuminated
banner bade him "welcome home.
, Better than all this was crowd o
: 5000 of his neighbors on hand tc
greet their fellow townsman. The
greetings over, Roosevelt tucked his
l tohi'iy Mto a Nhiilh6C aht
: drove away for his home on Saga
more hill, arriving there shortly before
!; dawn. The family had not arisen al
noon.
II WASHINGTON. Mar. 5.-william II
Taft took his place at his desk in the
executive office building proteus nj
precisely $3.50 o'clock this morning
!, Just as he entered the office from the
residence portion of the White house
Phllander C. Knox came In from his
home.
The nomination of Mr. Knox as sec.
retary OF state of the entire cabinet
OF President Taft. of Frederick Car.
penter to secretary to the president,
of William ]. Loeb to be collector OF
the port of New York, were trans.
mitted to the senate today by the pres
ident.
The White house grounds were be
seiged by out of town callers early
today.
All Republican members OF the
/ hOuoC Ou ways anu UltdlS
saw President Taft today and were
informed by him that his special mes
sage to congress on the tariff would
be brief and would be confined exclu.
sively to that subject and would make
no suggestion in detail as to the char
acter of the revision to be had The
| one point Mr.. Taft will urge in his
message is that nothing but tariff leg.
islation will be considered at the spe-
cial session.
Creeping along at snail's pace the
heavily laden trains today slowly bore
the inaugural crowds away from the
capital city. Crippled telegraph and
telephone facilities which made It i'm
possible to operate train last night
within less than from six to twelve
hours of schedule time are somewhat
improved but are still far from normal.
The thousands who flocked to the Ger.
emonies seemingly attempted to leave
the city all at one time. Immense
crowds flocked to the union station
| duu military ana CIVIC organizations
We'd with one another In their display
as they departed or waited to depart
LINCOLN, Neb.. Mar. 5.-Some time
between II o'clock this morning and
o'clock this afternoon. unless the
supreme court for third time inter.
feres, R. Meade Shumway. slayer OF
Mrs. Jacob Martin. will be hanged at
the state penitentiary. Shumway
throughout the night and early today
held TO the hope that he would escape
the gallows.
Two weeks ago all preparations
were made for his execution, but the
supreme court almost at the last mo.
ment granted him two weeks stay, in
order that his attorneys might bring
action to legally test the question of
his sanity. This rather slender thread
OF hope partly severed late yesterday
when District Judge Stewart of Ian.
caster county In district court de-
clared that he had no jurisdiction and
refused to interfere. Warden Beemer
has made all preparations for the exc.