Show SHAKES HANDS WITH sn SHERMAN John W Kern Meets His Re Republican Republican Republican publican Opponent at Ho Hotel Hotel Hotel tel in Chicago Chicago Sept 29 Accidentally but as asa asa asa a fitting preface to the scheduled s meeting of Mr Bryan Bran and Mr Taft at a banquet here Oct 7 John W Kern Democratic candidate for vice iee president and James JamesS S Sherman Republican candidate for vice president met today Mr Ir Kern in ina Ina I Ia a dark business suit and the latest thing I In green fedoras was standing In the lobby lobb of or the Auditorium Annex when a bystander bystander der rushed up and asked to shake hands with the next vice Ice president Certainly Certain with pleasure said Mr Ir Kern but to make sure you would bet better better better ter shake hands with that man over o r there that one with the side whiskers That ThatIs Is Mr Ir Sherman The stranger did dl as suggested and then Mr Ir Sherman and anu and Mr Kern began moving movIng moving ing toward each other and presently the thelong thelong thelong long sinewy sinew hand of the second man on the Democratic ticket was grasped in the plump one orie of his Republican opponent They smiled genially exchanged felicita felicitations on the drop In temperature and arid other commonplaces and then departed to catch trains Kerns Pocket Picked I With reference Jo to o the Big Four railroad pass belonging to Mr Ir Kern and which tS 05 reported found yesterday esterday it leaked out that Mr Kern had lost It along with the other contents of or his pocketbook at Ind lad upon his recent visit to that city Mr Kern believes that In Inthe Inthe inthe the press of ot the crowd the wallet was deftly lifted from his pocket The rhe pocket pocketbook pocketbook pocketbook book minus the money mone It had contained but with the papers Including the Big Four pass Intact was found under a astone astone astone stone at Connersville and reached reach d the hands of ot a newspaper editor who n tl fled fied Mr Ir Kern at Baltimore that the purse had been found Mr Ir Kern stated today that the pass bad had been given him in the routine manner as an attorney acting for forthe forthe forthe the Big Four road rond in a number of damage I cases I |