The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
OCCUPIED SPECIAL CAR AND REFUSED TO SEE ANY ONE.
enty.Five Miles an Hour.

news. 1t was the elimination of a career
which has no parallel in American politics
ting that nature and circumstances had
provided such a setting for this scene
the vast forest. the lonely mountain top:
the young man standing there in the center
of It all listening to the words which bore
to him the most important that any Ameri-
He was clad in plain hunting dress. his
hands were scratched by bushes and briers,
and he leaned upon his gun as he listened
at once hastened southwark to take up the
burden which the dying man at Buffalo was
about to lay down.
Thought Mckinley Would Recover.
=. When Theodore Roosevelt left Buffalo he.
Mckinley was getting aS we'll e'e and after a hi his
custom when wishing to rest from a long
strain he put himself in hunting clothes
at the same @ time s of same and Of n rsaxa.
tion. He went to the Tahawus Club. and
before the sun was up left with guides on
no intimation then Of Mr.. McKinley's re-
forward to day Of eahiiarasine sh aI; sport s and
Md9 a1fst that b.nss pest
departuIe from the clubhouse the news Of
MI Mckiniey's seriousness arrived, and 1t
became necessary at once to find the Vice
The club steward knew that this was no
easy easy task: as this is the tangled wilder,
ncas which and
tie since their day. But it was. too. al
most the first time in history that search
place. and the ofiicials Of the club were on
their mettle. They said that the search
must continue until Mr.. Roosevelt was
found and they pressed into service every
guide and member Of the club who was at
hand.
The hunt for Mr.. Roosevelt was begun
harss ly IN n the @ Gay n1 ana continued Tor many
and through the forest. The guides now
and then fired shots to signal to each other
welt. but there was no sign. Thus the hunt
went on and a nation waited. while Mr.
McKinley's successor. not dreaming that he
was needed. was lost in the woods.
Searching the Woods.
Other messages were received at the Ia
ing gravity OF Mr.. McKinley's condition and
new searchers were sent into the forest
after the missing Vice President. Some Of
cond not b. feund He was mana aaa' ace ne
customed to the wilderness. and he might
spend the night with his guides in cabin
members refused to give up. saying that
they would continue the search through the
night, II necessary.
The striking nature Of the situation ap-
not know the great step upward that he
was about to take. and he was almost the
only one of the 80 100000 who did not know
1t. Moreover, the 8O0oe00O wanted to find
him and tell him. and the club officials.
feeling that the burden of 1t lay upon them,
resolved to succeed
Nearly. all tho afternoon passed in fruit
less endeavor, but shortly before 6 o'clock
he was found on Mount Marcy. ten miles in
the rough and tangled wilderness. He
reached the club about o'clock, and,
after stopping only a few minutes for hasty
refreshment took a bnckboard and began
mountains. - 3.
The road which Mr.. Roosevelt followed is
dificult at the best Of times. but is doubly
40 1T night. There was no lingering. how
ever, as the club ofiicials had teams and at
tendants standing at the door. and. with a
few quick words Of good-by. they drove on
in a solemn silence, broken only by the
rattlinR Of the blackboard wheels on the
mountain road.
after o'clock.