Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-08
.TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

w OANs Dlai- III lht
midst of one OF the worst storms of
sleet and snow that Washington has
ever known. William Howard Taft To-
day became the twenty-soven,h presi- |
dent of the United States. and Theo |
dore Roosevelt of New York. who has |
held the exalted office for seven and |
a half years, at the same instant was
transformed into the nations most dis |
tinguished private citizen.
Owing to the severity of the storm
gural exercises In the senate chamber
instead OF on the steps OF the capitol.
II would have been a physical impos-
sibility for President Taft to have de-
livered his inaugural message In face
of such blizzard, and 1t would have
been equally impossible for anyone
to have remained outside long enough
TO listen to It. Taft's Inauguration fol
lowed Immediately after the induction
OF William Schoolcraft Sherman in
the vice presidency. Mr.. Taft deliver
ed his inaugural quite impressively.
An effort was made this afternoon
10 have n parade, but IT was failure.
Several thousand. however. tramped
through the snow for time and then
gradually dropped ont. There we're
not amy TO watch them. The builders
and owners of the grandstands along
the line of march lost thousands Of
dollars. 1t Is thought that much Illness
from exposure win follow the doings
of today.
The storm which ragged throughout
the night became worse this morning
and made it necessary to completely
change the plans for the Inauguration.
Until noon Washington was isolated
from the rest of the country, the storm
having put all telegraph and telephone
wires out of commission.
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft
reached the capitol at io;45 in a closed
carriage. They were accompanied by
the committee on arrangements.
At l O'Clock It was still storming
and the streets are filed with snow and
slush but there are great crowds on
the streets regardless OF weather con
ditions.
The storm here is almost unprece.
deuted, blowing. sleeting and showing
all night. II is showing hard now.
Everything is almost at standstill
The streets are full of ice. snow and
sleet.
Tho local tyoi In no
the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington railroad reached Wilmington
few minutes after IL o'clock Con
ductor Ritterbach stated that condi-
tons in Baltimore were serious. The
conductor of local train said that up
to . a. m. no trains had arrived at
Baltimore from Washington since last
night.
VENTURA, Cal. Mar. Al. H. A.
Burgess, n youth of IS, met horrible
death yesterday at Santa Susana. this
county, where the Southern Pacific Is
operating a quarry. Burgess was l un-
ming stationary engine. used in hoist
ing rock on to the cars. 1t had =
drum. about which ran steel cable
Engineers at distance heard Il cry
and noticed that Burgess engine was
running away. They ran there and
found the young man was caught un.
der the steel cable and his body was
being rapidly wound around the drum
OF the engine. He was fearfully man.
gied when the men reached the engine
and stopped 1t. 1t was found that
Burgess head was cut almost In Two
and his body much torn. No one saw
the accident and 1t is not possible 10
tell how he got fastened.
CHEYENNE. wyo., Mar. 4.-Gov-
ernor Brooks today vetoed the Swisher
act which was intended to compel
railroads operating In Wyoming to
give Wyomingites the benefit of equal
izing rates when they purchased tick
cts for trips into neighboring states
where the rate is lower than in Wypm-
ing. The governors given reason for
the veto is that he believes the act
in conflict with the federal laws.
NEW YORK, Mar. 1.-Two persons,
instead of one. as believed at first,
perished in fire today which swept
through three fourstory tenements at
Seventh avenue. Brooklyn. Neither OF
the victims have been identified One
woman about % years old and the
other boy of 12. The fire which
started with an explosion In the base
ment appears 10 have been of linden.
diary origin. The location of the apart.
ment is in reputable residence neigh.
borhood.
TRINIDAD. Colo, Mar. 4.-Followed
from Italy by a black hand avenger,
Nicola Sanna was last evening slain
in the Berwin mine. His heart was
pierced with his own pick. his lief,
arm severed and the body marked
with peculiar insignia of the mys
terious gang OF assassins. Sanna was
In a kneeling position when found, as
though he had been struck down while
removing coal which he had picked
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