New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

IBy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuNE.l


Buffalo Sept. 14-Theodore Roosevelt became
President of the United States just thirteen
hours and ten minutes after the death of Will
lam Mckinley. He took the oath of office IN the
small library in the old Colonial residence of
Ansley wilcox. at No. 641 Delaware-ave., at
335 p. m. to-day. Before taking the oath OF
Office Mr.. Roosevelt made the following state
ment:
wish to state that 1T shall be my aim to
continue absolutely unbroken the policy of
President Mckinley for the peace, prosper
fty and honor of our beloved country.
President Roosevelt requested the members of
the Cabinet to retain their offices. at least for
the present, and they consented to do so. He
also announced that Congress would not be
called in extraordinary session.
RoosEvELTS ARRIVAL IN BUFFALO.
When Mr. Roosevelt was here last week he
was Mr.. Wilcoxs guest, and was invited to make
his headquarters at the same place when he
came to Buffalo in response to the message that
the President dying. A telegram from Mr.
Wilcox reached the Vice-President last night
reached Buffalo at 1:5o p. m. on special train
his private coach was rushed through the Union|
station to the Terrace station to avoid thel
crowd. and the vice-President was immediately
driven to the house of Mr.. Wilcox.
But the crowd. or a part of it at least had dis
covered the Vice-President's movement and be
fore the carriage conveying him and his secre-
tsry. William Loeb. jr.s had reached the Wilcox
home a throng of several Thousand people baas
filled the street. A squad Of mounted police andE
Colonel Chapin, Of Major-General Roe's staff, /
with the officers Of the Fourth Signal Corps.
had been sent to act as the vfce-Presdent' 81
escort. but they did not reach the house until
long after he was there. A swarm of news
paper correspondents and the ever present pict-!
ure taking crowd gathered about the house,
as it was learned that the oath of office toI
be administered to the Vice President at that!
place The rapid gathering of the crowd gaveI
the police busy times. and rope lines" soonI
were formed to keep the multitude of curiousj
beings al a distance No members of the Cab
met had arrived; was present to admin
lister the oath Of Office, and it was stated that
II had not been decided whether the oath would
be administered there or at the house of John|
o. Milburn. where the body of the dead Presi-
dent was lying. Several of the friends of the!
Nice-President and Mr.. Wilcox came up in carl
riages including George p. Sawyer Carlton!
sprague, and several women. and 1t was under
stood that as United States magis-
uate and the members of the Cabinet arrived.
the oath would be administered
VISITS THE MILBURN HOUSE.
but this programme suddenly overturned
"hen. without warning. the ice-President!
emerged from a rear door of the house and
entering carriage with Mr.. Wilcox, wasI
quickly driven down the passageway into theI
street and turned toward the Milburn house
ihe military escort and the mounted police
instantly formed about the carriage. but be-
lore they had gone half block Mr. Roosevelt
ieaped out of the carriage and asked that the
escort fall back. The soldiers and the policeI
ooeyed the command at once, and were soonI
elt huddled together in the centre of the street
marVelling TO what it all meant 1t was all
7pialned later. The Vice-President's visit toI
'ne Milburn house was not of an official char-I
'ef IN any sense. and he did not desire AMI
esooft He was simply going there a friendl
VI The Mckinley family. and did not want TO sol
=" the house with the pomp and clatter of al
''''i'ary escort following him. Speaking of the
incident later in the day Mr.. Wilcox said:
rnaun, ai. roosevelt went to the MiIburn house
leiy TO express his sympathy with the be-
&c, Gu friends of the President and as there
IA no'hihg whatsoever official in the visit he
49,, Iot want the escort He did not see Mrs
fAiiey al the house, did not look at the re-
h aiiis OF The President but after speaking with
20 =. "a the relatives were In the lower part
t,ie mouse he returned immediately to the
sosiice OF Mr.. Wilcox, where he awaited the
leihDefs 5efs or the Cabinet and those who had been
Office a. e tanning Oh the oath OF
AT DID O'Clock a carriage drove up containing
secretary Root, Attorney-General Knox and
oA'teo States District Judge John r. Hazel. OF,
"unaio The carriage door was opened NV
N''o'ei Chapin, and the party proceeded imme
uistely TO the library OF the house uber. NJ
''ven awaited them. The carriage was
io'io"eo by another containing Secre-
Ar'es Long. Hitchcock and Wilson c.,,.r.,
Aer carriages arrived soon after. bringing the
oehts secretary, Mr.. CorteIyou: President
''orn OF the Exposition Company Senator
Drpew. Justice Albert Haight of the corr.
'peais and others. Other friends of the v;ce-
oent entered the house within a few min