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.sonally delivered to him. Startled at the
gserious nature of the news the vice
president, at 5:45 O'Clock, at once started
back for the Tahawaus Club. In the
meantime the Adirondack stage line
placed at his disposal relays of horses
Towering the thirty-five miles to North
Creek. deluging thunderstorm had
RENDERED the roads unusually heavy
without any delay he moved as rapid;
: Jas possible in the direction of North
Creek, the northern terminus of the Ad-
! irondacks Railroad, where his secretary,
SWilliam Loeb Jr., and Superintendent c.
: d. Hammond of the Delaware and Hud-
: son Railway, with a special train, were
fawaiting his arrival.
Soon after Colonel Roosevelt started
xnight came on, and made the trip very
Sdifhcult and dangerous, as mile after
mile was travelled In almost impenetra-
sble darkness, but the expert guides pilot
fed the vice president safely to his objec-
tive point. Not until he dashed up to. the
Especial train at North Creek at 5:22
O'Clock this morning did he learn that
President Mckinley had passed away at
Buffalo at 2:15 o'clock. Mr. Loeb, Colonel
4 Roosevelt's secretary, was the first to
break the news to him. The new presi-
Edent was greatly affected by the intel
ligence, and expressed a desire to reach
kBuffalo as soon as possible. Within one
minute after his arrival at North Greek
ne boarded the special train, which at
sonce pulled cut in the direction of Buffa-
slo, via Saratoga and Albany. He did not
scomplain of fatigue, but looked somewhat
Spale and careworn.
q THE CEREMONIES AT BUFFALO.
BUFFALO, Sept lin this hour of
fpr
; ito say that l shall carry out absolutely
unbroken the policy of President McKin-
sley for peace, prosperity and honor of
FOUR beloved country"
With these words warm upon his lips.
fTheodore Roosevelt at 3:35 o'clock this
AFTERNOON took the oath as Pres: lent of
| the United States. He had actually been
president since Mckinley had expired,
the cloak of responsibility shifting from
4 the shoulders of the dead president to
the new one. The oath was administered
lat the house of Ainsley Wilcox, 451 Del
kaware avenue, and Roosevelt's declara-
Etion of policy was made in the presence
Iof all the members of the cabinet and a
gathering of friends of the
dead magistrate, as well as of the young
tSelfTeliant man who had stepped into
This place.
Quite as important as the declaration
that he would carry out McKinleys poll
Iicy was President Roosevelt's request
ito all the members of the cabinet and
Ito Secretary Cortelyou that they remain
In office. This can be taken as indicat-
ing that the new president Is entering
upon his new task with sagacity. With
Mckinley dead and carrying to his grave
4 the great political organization that has
dominated the party for five years there
lis really nothing for Roosevelt to fight
soutside of his own state of New York
There is no disposition on the part of the
new president to fight anything or any
body at the present time
Cabinet changes, of course are sure to
scome, but they will certainly be grad
Iual, and no one has authority to make a.
cabinet for President Roosevelt yet.
The new president did not get within
reach of the railroad train in the Adiron-
.dacks until 5 o'clock this morning. He
had travelled continuously all night from
the most distant clubhouse of the Taha-
'waus Club, wearing out three relays of
|horses to make the journey. At theI
North Creek terminus of the Adiron-
,dacks branch of the Delaware and Hud-
son Railroad he found waiting for him
,withNa special train and a great batch oil
kilograms, William Loeb, his private sec
retary. He left North Creek at 5:14 andI
was Whisked to Albany in two and one
half hours. The Delaware and HudsonE
Railroad does not usually make very fastl
time, but it made 1t today. At Albany
another special train was waiting on theI
New York Central tracks to bring thel
new president to Buffalo Inc start wasl
made from Albany at S:G4, and the train!
in its run across the state made the rec
ord time of the Empire State Express
The president was only accompanied bys
his private secretary. One or two stops
were made en- route for the purpose of
receiving and filing Geographic messages
and the train reached Buffalo about 1:3o
this afternoon. /
An escort, consisting of the Signal
Corps of the Fourth Brigade, National
Guard, State of New York. commanded
by Colonel Chaplin, waited at the station
This was supplemented by a platoon of 4
policemen, commanded by Ser
geant Erion. The president was driven
to the house of Ainsley Wilcox This is z
the Wilcox homestead, a fine old man
sion of colonial style, situated at 451 Del
aware avenue, the swell residence street
of Buffalo.
The new president entered the house
and a platoon of mounted police and
squad of mounted Signal Corps of the i
guardsmen drew up on either side of
l'C o'ChoC uSoi thC ilOuSS AS SOOH DIS y
he entered Roosevelt was told that It
had been planned for him to take the
path of office at once. This agreement
had been reached at a meeting of the
cabinet held in the forenoon at the Mil
burn residence The president failed to Z
1t as an agreement. He de IS
,lared that he was not ready to take the
bath yet. He was here more for the pur- 81
pose Of paying his respects to William
Mckinley than of qualifying as Mr.. Nc
kinley's successor
But, Mr.. President" he was expostu-
ated with, Everything is in readiness; =
ion't you think it would be far better to g
10 as the cabinet has decided?' e
NO" retorted the president 'It would +
De far worse"
81 intend to pay my respects at Will Il
am McKinley's bier as a private citizen q