.TTTNE 17 TD10.
"Home
Again11 !
:
The Return
of Roosevelt
WHUN TilK KAISERIN AUGUST ! * VIOTO1UA 1'ASSES TUB STATUB
OF L1BKHT1' .
[ Copyright , 1810 , by American Press Asao *
elation. ]
HEN Colonel Thco-
cl AFn Tfnnonvnlf tn it.
mil naturalist , college -
lego lecturer a u d
first citizen , steams
up New York bay
on June 18 ho will
be met by n recep
tion committee of
nil the noises that
ever have been nnd
some others that
n r o manufactured
for the occasion. A
fnlnt suggestion of
ineso acoustic uisturbances would look
something as follows :
Craelcl Kooni ! Toot-tootI Hurray !
Has anybody here seen Teddy ? Three
cheers ! ( Followed by three cheers
nnd several more. ) What's the mat-
tcr with Oh. you Teddy ! Slss-
oy mayor uajnoi. xiicn n mna purudo
will take the place of the one on wa
ter , nnd the former president , former
African hunter , former grand adviser
nnd former nnd present big'nolso of
three continents will ride up Broad
way , preceded by the mounted police ,
mounted band and escort of rough
riders nnd followed by everybody in
the United States that lias been able
to get n place In the procession. It 1
estimated that there will be 20,000
men , In Hue. Among these will bo the
BpAnlsh war veterans , Syrians In
fezze.s , Mayor Jim Dahlman of Omaha
with cowboys , Hungarians In national
costume and every other nationality
that goes to make up the composite
product known ns the American pee
ple.
ple.It
It becms good , doesn't It ? Just llko
the old days ! After a dreary year of
I'uyue-Aldrlch tariff , Uncle Joe , the ln
CHAIRMAN OF
CORXEUUB VANDEnnn.T.
JIOOSEVELT HECErXlON COMMITTEE.
Nurgents , BnlHnger-rinchot.Cook-rcary
nnd forty-seven different kinds of In
vestigations the Bound of the voice that
has been smothered so lone In the Af
rican jupglca will bring back a feellnt
01 mother nnd homr.
Already ( hero Is n dcntnl gleam
croHH thp Atlnntk'i nnd n fresh sunn
nnd vivacity are lu the nlr. Teddy In
coming home ! Got the old bflss drum
down fcjjin tlin nttlc , pull the bunting
from the closet under the stairway
nnd take out your vocal apparatus and
dust It off. The. Teddy benr 18 p'nco
moro In fashion , the big Rtlck In wav
ing Jn the breeze , nnd the spear that
knows no brother It glistening In the
sun. The trust busters' march need
no longer bo played with the soft-
pedal. Throw back the lid , stand on
the loud one nnd como down on all
the keys nt once. Bnng ! There that's
better ! What a relief it la to do It In
the good old way !
Wall Street Not Celebrating
What about the pessimists who pro
dieted that the colonel was certain to
get African fever or the sleeping sick
ness nnd those other Wall street proph
ets who hoped that every lion would
do ItB duty ? They nro nil talking
small now. Did they Imagine that any
thing In Africa could withstand the
Roosevelt luck ? What good nro Wall
street prophets anyway ? Most of
them cannot even predict the future
movements of Blocks and so hava to
depend on a sure thing game of work
ing the Inmbu for commissions. "A
prophet Is not without honor save lq
&UNOSRW3OD _ ,
"THE WORLD 13 MINE1"
his own lountrj ' was not upokeu -
the Wall street brand of soothsayer
Ho Is without honor nnywhero under
the sun.
Wall Htrce' Is not celebrating the re
turn of the colonel. That Is one rea
son why the rest of the country Is
celebrating. Possibly the bulls and
bears fear that Roosevelt Is coming
back to start another hunt In the flnnn
clal jungle. On the way to Khartum
he dropped one significant remark to
the effect that he had harder work
ahead than that done In Africa. Just i
what Is that harder work to be ? Not
writing evidently , for ho finished his
African book before his return to civ
ilization. Possibly the big trust game
has reason for being apprehensive.
High financiers are timid about every
thing except taking other people's
Money , and the mere Bhlno of the
Roosevelt eyeglasses nnd teeth gives
them the shivers.
What will ho do after his return ?
That is a question the answer of whlol
is fraught with some moment to this
country. Certain gentlemen of the
press nndfof the conservation move
ment , popularly known ns the "return
from Elba" crowd , believe he wll
bo u candidate for president in 1012
Certain other gentlemen qf the pres
nnd of official station , known of al
men ns friends of the administration
nro just ns certain that no will get be
hind. Toft. A inan of the ajijo o
Horron-Soot-go D. Ilcrron expatriat
ed ni I recall Itocnuso of certain mat
rlinnnlnl complication ! ? , thinks Roosevelt -
volt will become not only president , but
virtual emperor , that ho will end the
republic nnd that ho will bo the begin
ning of "tho new dark ngcs. " Thus
the thing Is KOCH to bo not without
nn clement of the fantastic , especially
when dealt with by n fantastic mind.
It Is pcrhapi ns well to keep ourselves
mtCKJTT SNAPSHOT OP COLONEL BOOBS-
TILT.
within the bounds of sanity when deal
ing with Roosevelt or with other things.
Will Go to Cheyenne.
As to whether he will or will not be
come a presidential candidate ho nlono
can nnswcr. Of only two things nro ,
wo sure that he will have the great
est reception ever given an American
citizen on his homecoming nnd that
he will go to Cheyenne in August and
presumably will greet certain bevies
and swarms of delighted citizens on
the way nnd back. This much will
come of the suggestion of n western
editor that the colonel return by way
of Snn Francisco and tear up the vocal
apparatus of the country on his way
east. That ho could not do because U
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would bring him home too late for his
on's wedding. But ho yielded to tilt-
suggestion to the extent of taking a
nter round trip to Cheyenne. Be-
vend these meager details It Is given
out that he will lecture , write books
and help to edit the Outloo.lt. What
else the future holds for him nnd for
us the American people nnd Theodore
Roosevelt himself nlono cnn tell.
Certain It Is that he will have plenty
to do after he Informs himself of what
has taken place during his fifteen
months' absence , nnd whntcver he
does It will keep the country on the
Jump. It Is impossible that his per
ennial energies should bo bottled.
They will find nn outlet , nnd n political
outlet nt that. Of Into the ndvlces
have linked his name with nn nmbl-
tlous tour of twenty-four states , ' with
nn address at one big mass meeting In
eachi This tour Is to bo made in con
nection with the Cheyenne trip , nnd
the fortunate commonwealths Included
nro ns follows :
New York , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois
Wisconsin , Minnesota , South Dakota
Nebraska , Wyoming , Colorado , Kan
sns , Oklahoma , Texas , Louisiana , Ala
bnma. Georgia , Tennessee , South Car
ollnn , North Carolina , Virginia , Penn
sylvanla. Maryland , Delaware and
Now Jersey.
Walter Wollman , who has been wltl
him on the European tour , intimates
that if the country demands It Ilnoso-
volt will again run for jHrsldenf. By
the wny , Wollman ( n one of his letter *
has n iouch that in too good to bo lost.
It recounts how n young KimlNuninn
canio down to the wharf In Egypt to
see the former president. He guzcd
long nnd earnestly at thnt plcturo of
health. Then ho turned and tmld :
And Just to think that man I * now r -
turning from a year on the squalor !
Tlioy trll mo ho tian boon out Any nftor
Jny clfilit , ton , twelve hourt In the icorch-
InK nun. Ho tma waded nmrMiaa up In
IIH ! tirv-k I In linn fought lili wny through
pnpyrtia anil reeds and ooze nnd mud. Ho
lifts never tmd n day of fever or met A
touch of dysentery. Look nt him nnd
look At me , us 1 imvo been down hero 704
miles from the equator only ono year.
1 have tried to take care of myself , 1
hnvn boon In no HwuniDa. done no hunt-
met , si u 01 iliuuquikuea , 1 am n wrecK
hnvo hnd fovcr , have had dysentery , havu
token barrels of medicine , Imvo boon In
hospital * nnd am now irolng lioifte. t am
a shadow of my former * olf. Thnt la the
way with most of Uioaa who como down
Into this country , which Is no place for o
whlto man , Wo go bad. We waatu nwny.
But look at this Mr. Hoosovclt. Isn't he
a wonder ?
Hero nt home we who hnvo known
him all his life and who nro of all
shades of political opinion concerning
him must echo that sentiment Isn't
ho a wonder ?
O. HENRY AS HE REALLY WAS.
Letter * to His Publisher Told Always
of a Need for Funds.
New York , June in. The character
of the Into "O. Henry" ( Sydney Poit-
er ) , author of whimsical tales , Is
summed up by an editor who handled
much of his copy by the following se
lections from the author's letters to
the editor. A number of them ore
here reprinted :
Thursday Dear Old Bill : At last
I have hove anchor at Wav-
erly Place , and have an address to
give you. I nin in Oilman Hall's
apartment , and cnn now continue to
turn out the old blown In the bottle
brand of tlctlon.
I am n man of damn few words. 1
want $125 ( don't read that a dollar
and a quarter ) . That in addition to
the ? 1GO that I screwed out of Mer-
win during your absence will make a
total of $275 , which will bo moro than
covered by the moral and entertain
ing tall that I hereby agree to have
finished nnd delivered to you all by
10:30 : a. m. Monday , August 27 , or per
haps earlier.
Pursue the liberal quality and get
the best stuff.
Personally and officially I greet you
and make obelsanco. Consistently ,
Bill the Bedouin.
P. S. I want the dough , not a
check ( but u check will do ) , by the
bearer , or else a few well chosen
words of refusal.
Thursday Dear Bill : Will you be
nice enough to let me go over the
proofs of all my stories before they
como to you n Monday thu now
Htory.
Uroctlngs nnd undying veneration
In either cnao.
Monday Dear Bill : Herewith sub-
mlttod one MS. Havu another ono
ready to typewrite , which you cnn
road tomorrow. Olvo the full speed
ahead Hlgual nnd whoop 'em through ,
pro or con. tJroat buoltidHB , The
mill Is grinding nt the old gait.
Yours , Bill II.
Monday Dear Mister : Would you
put a tall on this klto for mo again !
Shu will lly on the ditto advertised.
Plcnsui Bond thu cash If you've got it
on hand. .
Say the story will ho brought to
you by mo on Wednesday. It v/lll / bean
an all right one.
Hoping , etc. , nnd youru truly ,
' 'D. H.
Thuso rollicking , tomfoolery letters
hnrdly prepare one for the eolttesstbn
thnt O. lionry oncu , intidu. When ho
was nt the hulghth of his success , be
said : " 1 am u failure. 1 n\wnys \ have
the foolingthat I want to go back
somewhere , but I don't know just
wboru it Is.
"My stories ? No thoy' don't satisfy
mo. 1 Hue thorn In print untH-wondur
why people llko thorn. I wa'lttlll they
como out In book forai/liopnR | that
?
they may look better to mu then. But
they don't. It dopruuseit mo > to havp
people point mu out or Introduce1 me
as a 'celebrated author. ' lt > seems
Hticli a big libel for mich picayune
goods. -1 * . '
"Sometimes I feel Unit I'dUIku to
got Into some business , ; perhaps some ,
clerkship ; some plnco where < I couhl
sou that I was doing something tangi
ble , something worth while' ' *
TEACHING BY. MODEL FLAT * .
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Now York , June 10. Scattered
throughout the clty'a tenement die-
trlut are a. number of so-called "model
fiats , " In which no ono lives. They
ru maintained for thu solu purpose
of teaching housewives in the vicinity
how to got along on their small in- ,
comes.
In one everybody was busy today.
Several little girls were standing
around a kitchen table polishing food
tins. Others were washing dish tow
els , and some weru dusting tho' living
room.
The place was very neat and home
like. Everything In It has It place.
There wns u bag for clothes pins ,
one for soiled linen uud one , for pa
pers.
Jars had been provided for the dif
ferent cereals and for salt and sugar
and ( lour.
The pots and pans were so clean
that one could almost sue bin reflec
tion In thorn.
In the living room there was a kltch-
I
HIS FIRST ELEPHANT .
fftOtl CKIBHEKS - -
JUOBU
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! Whoop ! Wowj
T-o-o-o-o-t
loosevelt forever ! He's coming !
-e-e-e-h-o-o-o ! BIng ! Bang ! Tump-e-
[ jftump-tump ! Ow-ow-ow ! Hurray for
! Hoop-la ! Hall to the chief
iMy country , tlsToot ! Boom !
( crash !
Halso this to the nth power , then
rolong it indefinitely , nnd you will
[ have the beginning of n hint of what
will happen on this noisiest of days.
It will bo n wonder. Everybody will
be In New York that day either in
person or by proxy. And everybody
that is nt all vociferous will be rank-
, , _ ng some kind of sounds. Most of
lthese sounds will bo loud-nt least as
loud as their ntithors cnn contrive.
J-H.LUU din thereof will hnvo New Year's
Rjulght and the Fourth of July rolled
Into ono nnd then have enough noise
, Jeft over to supply n largo nnd busy
! , ! | collectlon of boiler factories.
y Twenty Thousand In Line.
1 The official program of the Roosevelt
reception in New York catalogues the
Vs\ont somewhat ns follows : The en-
" Ire reception committee , bended by
Chairman Ynndorbllt , will steam down
hio bay to meet the Auguste Victoria
km Saturday morning , June 18. It
vlll tnko the colonel nboard and re-
lurn to the Battery with all the craft
allowing that can possibly get in line.
Embarking nt the Battery , Colonel
vclt will bo offlclally\velcoui9d _
Plans For the Reception ttt
New York-His Western1
Tour-Will He Run
For the Presidcn-
cy Again ? j
TV
By JAMES A. EDnrnrnMT
re published ? The printer , with his
usual helfiredness , seems to always
nitcher the meaning by setting up
vords that do not appear In the MS.
Also please kill your proofreader.
Hoping , etc. , yours , O. II.
Dear Bill : Here she are. I reckon
ou or some Intelligent person In the
office can tell whore the patches tit.
f you don't like the new title say HO.
There are others. Fulsomely ,
Willie.
Mon Cher Bill : Can you raise the
immediate goods for this nnd once
more rescue little Ruby from certain
death.
The big story will be handed in
Monday for you to try on the piano.
From next week on I'll show you a
story every week. I'm going to make
some of the best samples of 2,000
and 2,500-word stuff that's possible.
That's the length that counts.
I'm fooling flno and hope these few
lines will say don't forgot to send the
$25.
$25.Don't
Don't do it if you refuse to do It.
Yours ever , O. II.
Saturday Hello , Mr. BUI : Say-
a fool nnd his money , otc.
IH there anything dolnc for about
149.98 today for the purpo-so of pur
chasing things offered for sale In the
marts ? I had to send most of nil
that stuff abroad that you glinmu the
other day.
Don't press the matter If It seems
out of ordor. I'll ' bo ovUn nnd nhonil
of the game pretty Boon. There will
en table , six kitchen chairs > nnd n
home made bookcase. All were coat
ed with alcohol stain , which , 'gave
them the appearance of mission fur
niture. There were scrim curtains OD
the windows and a numbdr of prettj
prints on the walls.
The bedrooms were extremely ; cozy
"We have two classes , " said th <
( 'oung woman in charge. "Onea \ foi
schoolgirls every afternoon , and om
'or their mothers and working girli
ivery night. "
The flats are maintained by thi
Practical Housekeeping association.
AT THE BRIDGE AT MlbNIGHT.
"Leave the G6ld by the Burning Car
die ; Get Your Daughter Back. "
New York , Juno 15. Esther Mau
Mearson , n 17-year-old stenographe
who disappeared from her honib t
107 Kast One Hundred and TVent ;
third street , last Monday , Is. held fc
Jl.GOO ransom , according to a * lett <
brought to the police by her .bfdthe
John Mearson , today. The coEBihun
cation follows :
"Brooklyn , June 13. Mr. and. ' Mr
Mearson : Your daughter 'is stl
alive. She Is In good hands , but Is ni
nt liberty. Wo ask you for the sum <
? ' 1GOO for her return. ' , *
"We care not for the pollcfe ; t '
they are only a pack ot dlrtj cre
turcs. You nro to K < out Kent uvonnn
at 8 o'clock Jiml ubovo the linuul
street forry. There In n , deserted
brldgo about n block uwny , About 111
o'clock on Friday night you will llnil
n candle burning In the mviunp below
the bridge. Put the money there In
Rold. Wo imk thlrt much of you b
cause you tire not rich. Lonva tha
monuy nnd your daughter will bo returned -
turned to you snfu. 4
( Signed ) D. II. . <
A COURT REBUKED1 JOHN D. , JR.
nT1 , |
Hli White Slave Grand Jury Report
Wouldn't be Received. .
Now York. Juno it , After working
in harmony slncu early la January ,
Judge * O'Sulllvnn of the court of gen
eral HMslona nnd John D. Hofkofol-
lor. Jr. , foroninn of the ap olal "whlto
slave" grand Jury , came to n dls-
agreement In open court. Jiulgu
O'Bulllvnn refused to accept a pre
sentment'that the grand Jury of which
Mr. Rockefeller IH foreman , dunlrod
to deliver and orduroil thu body to con *
tlnuo l s BOerflons for two weeks , Mr.
Rockefeller qnd R committee front thu
grand Jury appeared before Jutlgo
O'Sulllvan. Mr. Rockefeller , aa the
spokesman , said that thu Jury bad
completed Ha labors and desired to
bo dlschqrged. Incidentally , ho said ,
he wluhod to deliver u presentment.
judge O'Sulllvnn brought. on hnnri
down on , the desk with n forcv that
caused every spectator In thu crowded
courtroom to sit up and take notice.
"Tho court , " said Judge O'tiulllvan ,
"will rofusu to rucolvo any present
ment at this time. Thu court refuses
the request of thu grand Jury that it
bo discharged and orders it to con
tinue KB sessions for two weeks. "
In thtp vehement statement Mr.
Rockefeller's face turned as whlto ua
his collar. Ho wan totally unpre
pared for the rocoptlori from Judge
O'Sulllvan but Insisted upon putting
in his presentment.
"I have been delegated by the grand
Jury. " be said , loudly , "and I wish testate
state "
"I will allow you to state nothing , "
sad ) Judge O'Sulllvan. "Consult with
me or with the district attorney. Wo
are your legal advisers. "
"But this presentment , " Insisted
Mr. Rockefeller.
"I have told you I will not rocelvti
your presentment , " repeated the court.
"You have been at work nearly six
months. Why should you emasculate
the good work you have done by
spreading on the records of this court
matters which will have to be ex
punged later on motion ? "
pistrlct Attorney Whitman stepped
In as n peacemaker. He said that
tirhltnii Yto\ Tint ttaun nnnanltnri nltmi
the presentment , he would suggest
that the only way to llnd out what
was in the document would bo to receive -
ceive it and place It on lllo.
Rockefeller , considerably agitated ,
left the room with the other members
of the committee. Later on they mot
Judge O'Sulllvan In lain chamber. The
presentment was shown to him.
Whether it suited him or not could not
be learned. Ho went home Immediate *
ly after ( ho conference. Mr. Rocke
feller said he believed the tangle
would bo straightened out amicably.
The so-called "Rockefeller grand Jury"
was sworn in on January 3. Mr. Rock *
cfellcr was. made foreman by Judge
O'Sulllvan over his own protest. He
said he was , In poor health.
The court insisted that he was the
man for the place and Mr. Rockefel
ler , consenting to serve , entered into
the work with great enthusiasm. Find
ing the district attorney's office- short
of funds for investigation purposes ,
'Mr. Rockefeller is said to have given
920,000 of his own money for the pay
of private detectives.
SMOTE THE BROADWAY EGO.
Blase Old Street Doetn't Know Good
Shakespeare , Sothern Bays.
New York , June 16. B. H. Sothern ,
the actor , sailed away today after
smiting the artistic temperament of
Broadway.
"Broadway ? " said Mr. Sothorn aa
the German Lloyder , George Wash
ington , warper out of port , "Broad
way , huh ; it isn't artistic. It doesn't
know good Shakespeare. Broadway's
rotten , and that's all I can say.
"Why , the best place In the United
States to put on good Shakespeare is
the west. And it's another fact that
there's a whole lot more appreciation
of real drama on Third avenue than
Broadway ever could muster. Wo
found that out playing at the Academy
of Music. It was actually a treat to
appear before them. They were ali
poor .people , too. "
Her Home Destroyed.
Mrs. Etta Bonney narrowly escaped
with her life In a fire which destroyed
her home , 1211 Pierce street , nt 15
o'clock this morning. The residence
of Henry P. Kennedy , 1209 Plerco
street , caught fire nnd was badly dam
aged.
aged.Mrs.
Mrs. Bonney was Bleeping in her
room when she was awakened by Of
ficer Livingstone. She was all alone
and had Just barely time to crawl
out of a wlridow in her night clothes ,
and to pick up a little clothing as she
went. Everything else that she own
ed was completely destroyed. She
carried { 300 Insurance.
Mrs. Bonney is it widow who has
id had more than her share of grief
sr through bur crippled son , "Peg" Bon-
At noy , who has a police court record
that Is long. The son bad not been
or home for a week. There is no clew
or as to the cause of the tire , as there
ir , had been no fire of any kind In thu
li house since 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. > , * !
ra. The Hro department got to the
Ill blaze In quick time but the water
ot pressure waa very poor. Several
of streams of water playing on the fira
were Ineffectual.
'or Mr. Kennedy's borne waa yory near >
ly destroyed , AA