A Premonition of the Accession of Roosevelt

     Buffalo, September 14.—There are as usual stories of premonitions of the accession of Mr. Roosevelt. State Senator John Laughlin tells that not over four weeks ago, while a display of fireworks was being made at the Pan-American Exposition ground, a huge picture of the then Vice President was shown in fire. Underneath it were the words, “Our Vice President.” Hardly had the picture been lighted when the word “vice” burned out and left standing in huge letters under Mr. Roosevelt’s picture the words “Our President.” In a minute or two the word “our” accidentally burned out, as had the other word, and for fully seven minutes the single word “President” stood out in bold relief.
     Mr. Laughlin says everybody in the place was impressed with the strange occurrence. Now it would seem prophetic.