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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20
YOUNGEST PRESIDENT AT AZ.
Roosevelt Has Been Prominent in Pub
lie Life 20 Years and Has Had a
Remarkably Varied Experience.

aggressive fighting for the right is
the greatest sport the world knows" is
an epigram attributed to Theodore Roose-
welt, President of the United States
former Vice President, ex-governor of
New York, veteran of the Santiago cam
paign, colonel of the Rough Riders, form
er assistant secretary of the navy ex-
president of the New York police board,
eN-civil service commissioner, ex-assem-
blyman Harvard graduate, author, cow
boy and hunter; and the epigram has
been characteristic of the man i'm all
of those varied positions and capacities.
strenuous" is an adjective which he has
popularized, and a better one could not
be selected to describe his chosen habits
OF work and play from his boyhood to
the present hour
Even at an early age he displayed pe-
culiar will power in graphing with ad-
verse conditions, a power so great that IL
transformed him from delicate youth
pig chested" are the words he has used
I'm describing his boyish physique-into a
man of almost marvellous endurance, of
line muscular development and of great
nervous energy. Il have made my
health what it is" he said during one
OF those car platform stump speaking
tours of his, which sapped all the
strength out of most of those who under
took to keep up with him. 81 found |
could not play at the games OF the other
boys, so l determined that | would be
strong and we'll like the best of them.
l set out to do everything l could to in
crease my strength, with the result that
by the time l entered Harvard l was able
to take my part in whatever manly sports
l liked and not only take part, but hold
my end up pretty well with the best of
them, though l never actually won a
championship"
President Roosevelt was born in New
York city Oct q. 1858. He is therefore
little less than 4s years of age, and the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20
HOW ROOSEVELT TOOK OATH

was IN the AdlrondackS When Iold
That Mckinley was Dying-Walked
10 Miles and Rode 35 to Reach Rail-
road Station.
Theodore Roosevelt became the 25th
President of the United States at 3.35
p. m. Saturday, when he took the oath
of office in the small library in the old
colonial residence of his personal
friend, Ansley Wilcox, at 641 Dele
ware avenue, Buffalo. Judge John r.
Hazel of the United States circuit
court administered the oath in the
presence of five members of President
McKinleys cabinet-Secretaries Root,
Long, Wilson, Attorney General Knox
and Postmaster General Smith. Sen
ators Depew, Mr.. CortelyOu, secretary
to President Mckinley, President Mil
burn of the Pan-American exposition,
and about 20 other people were pres
ent. Before taking the oath of office
Mr. Roosevelt made the following
statement:
81 wish to state that it shall be my
aim to continue absolutely unbrOken
the policy of President Mckinley for
the peace, prosperity and honor of our
beloved country"
President Roosevelt also requested
the members of the cabinet to retain
their offices at least for the present,
and they consented to do so. Secre-
tary of State Hay and Secretary of the
Treasury Gage were communicated
with in Washington. President
Roosevelt also announced that Con
gress would not be called in extra
ordinary session.
On being assured'by the physicians
that President Mckinley would re-
cover, Vice President Roosevelt left
Buffalo for the preserve of the Taxa
wus Club in the Adirondacks, to ac-
company Mrs. Roosevelt anil their
children from there to their home. He
had not been gone from the club house
three hours Friday on a hunting eX-
petition when a mounted courier rode
up rapidly, bearing messages of the
sudden change in President McKin-
ley's condition. Extra guides were at
once deployed to give the alarm to the
Vice President, but he was not reach
ed until nearly nightfall, when he was
found near summit of Mt. Marcy, the
highest peak in the Adirondacks, 10
miles from the club house. He hur-
ried back to the club house and as
soon as possible started on the long
drive of 35 miles over rough roads
The stage line company had placed a
relay of horses at his disposal He
reached the railroad station at North
Creek at 5.22 Saturday morning, and
then learned from his secretary, Mr.
Loeb, that the President was dead.
A special train carried him from
North Creek to Albany, nearly 100
miles away and from thence to Buf
falo. He reached Buffalo at lao in
the afternoon. An immense crowd
had gathered about the railroad sta
ton eager to catch sight of the Presi
dent. The train did not enter the sta
tion, however Mr.. Roosevelt leaving
the car at the terrace. An escort OF
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20

Republican party as a candidate for
Congress, and triumphantly elected
from a district normally Democratic.
He entered upon his public career
at Washington in 1876, well equipped
by reading, study and experience for
the trying duties of his new position.
From the beginning he took leading
position in tariff affairs. His first
act as a representative was to present
petition from Ohio manufacturers,
asking Congress to defer action upon
the revision of the tariff until after
a thorough investigation of the condi-
ton of industries and the needs of
labor in this country had been made,
and his first speech in Congress, which
was not delivered until his second
year in that body, was on the.subject
of the tariff.
The first speech he made in Con
gress was in favor of protective tar
ff 1t was against Fernando Woods
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20
A Measure of Compensation.

From the New York COMMERCIAL
If, too, the deep damnation" of Me-
kinley's taking off shall lead to such a
publication of popular sentiment as will
result in the uprooting and casting out
OF anarchism in this country and in the
suppression of a sensational and degraded
class OF newspapers that misrepresent
belittle and revile public officers simply
because they are such, there may be a
measure of compensation in Czolgoszs
dastardly crime and in the nations ir-
reparable loss
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20

CHARLES Miller of Berlin, n. H., a Ger
man whose mind had become poisoned by
reading anarchistic literature, left his
home last week with the avowed inten-
uon of killing Vice President Roosevelt.
He was arrested on arrival in New York
city, and taken to the insane ward in
Bellevue hospital In his pockets were
800 a railroad torpedo. and some French
literature.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20
His Highest Ambition.
ISenator Daniel in the Virginia Constitu.
tional Convention

uonal Convention
In forty years of perturbation in this
country William Mckinley had been iden-
Tiled with every movement and taken
part in every one. In all he conducted
himself with moderation. temperance and
forbearance, he impressed all with his
good nature, and earned the i'll will Of
none. In the last few years l have often
heard him make the remark that the
highest ambition of his life was to bring
all the hearts of his fellow-c citizens to-
sether so that they might feel that they
We're citizens of a common country
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20
MCKINLEYS LONG CAREER.
Distinguished as Soldier, Lawyer, Con-
gresham, Governor Of ohio and as
President of the United States.

President OF the United States.
William Mckinley was born in
Niles, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1S43 of Scotch and
Irish ancestry. He was the seventh
of a family of nine children, of whom
three survive. His father, William
Mckinley, was managing an iron fur
mace in Niles when the son was born.
The mothers maiden name was ALI
son. In McKinley's early boyhood the
family moved to Poland in order that
the children might have better ad-
vantages at school, William Mckinley
attended the academy there and was
later student for short time in
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. He
returned from there on account of i'll
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20
Still More counterfelt1nn.

The Secret Service has unearthed another
quantity of bogus bills, which are so cleverly
executed that the average person would never
suspect them of being spurious. Things OF
great value are always selected by counter
feiters for imitation, notably the celebrated
HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, which has many
imitators, but no equals for common dis
orders like fever, ague, malaria. indigestion
dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness and gen.
eral debility. The Bitters sets things right in
the stomach, and when the stomach is i'm good
working order, it makes good blood and
plenty of it. In this manner the Bitters get
TO the seat of strength and vitality, and re-
store vigor to the weak and debilitated. Be
ware of counterfeits when buying. Always
go to reliable druggists who have the reputa.
ton of giving what you ask for.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20

What Is the price of Dobbins Elec-
iris soap?'
Five cents a bar, fun size. just re-
iuced from ten: Hasn't been less than
ten for years"
why. that's the price of common
brown soap. Send me a box. ! can't
AFFORD to buy any other soap OTTER this. ="
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20

Harsh purgative remedies are fast CIV
Ing way to the gentle action and mild
effects of Carriers Little Liver Pills. If
you try them, they will certainly please
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20

HOW Are Your AiuneysS
DR. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills. Sam.
pie free Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. Y
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
ON A HUNT FOR BURGLARS.
Police, Detectives and Citizens
Searched smith Bros Place.

"There is a burglar in the wholesale
grocery store of Smith Bros, % Bay
west"
This message was received over the tel
ephone at $50 o'clock last night by Desk
Sergeant Baughn at police headquarters
from the bookkeeper at NJ. Ferst's Sons
& Co, directly across the Bay from the
building occupied by Smith Bros.
Patromen Meldrim, j. W. Woods and
Frank Smith and Detectives Stark, Muir
ply and Wall were hurried to the store
and Mr.. Smith was telephoned for. The
building was surrounded until the arrival
of Mr.. Smith with the keys. The gentle
man who reported the matter said that
he had seen a light two or three times on
the third floor, and he was sure that
there was a robber in the place. An ex-
animation showed that nothing had been
broken open, and the theory was advanc-
ed that the robber had allowed himself to
be locked IN. The police, reinforced by a
Morning News reporter and several citi-
Gems, searched the store from cellar to
roof without finding any one or any sign
to show that some one had been in the
place. Nothing had been disturbed and
far as could be discovered no one was
concealed behind the barrels and boxes
piled up in the place. The police decided
that a light must have been left burning
on the third floor. il having been found
that one of the electric lights failed to
respond to the switch located on the sec
ond floor. The search attracted quite a
crowd, who guarded the front and rear
of the store while the police were en-
gagged in their hunt.
At $3.50 o'clock Patroiman Rauzin, vino
went on duty shortly after the first
search, found a window in the front of
the store open, and a second alarm was
sounded Before reaching the place the
officers attention was attracted by man
walking from the shadow of the store and
boarding a passing trolley car. The open
window was found a moment later but
the car had already passed from sight.
report was promptly made at head
quarters, and MIR. Smith was again tele-
phoned for. A second search fai ed to re-
veal anything of a suspicious nature and
the window was locked. The police are of
the opinion that the window was left open
when the store was closed early in the
evening, and say that i'm the excitement
occasioned by the first alarm it must have
been overlooked.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
WILL BE CATECHISED
MANY PROSPECTIVE OFFICERS
WILL BE EXAMINED TO-DAY.
TWO BOARDS WILL MEET
FIELD OFFICERS AND LINE OFF,
GERS BOARDS HAVE WORK.

Field Omcers-E1ect of the First In
fantry VIII Try for Their COM
missions, as Will Nine Visiting
and Local Oncers-Elect of Compa-
nies-It Was Particularly Desired
That the Examinations BE Held in
Time to Admit of the Commissions
Arriving in Time to Allow the
Officers to Appear with Their Com
mnnds in the Parade on Feb. ~.
Two military examining boards will be
busy in Savannah to-day with candidates
for commissions in the Georgia State
Troops. The field examining board will
have a session at the Regimental Armory
beginning this morning at 10 o'clock,
while the board for the examination of
officers of lower than field rank will also
test the knowledge of a number Of aspi-
rants that are to appear before 1t.
The field board, of which Col. w. C.
Obear, inspector general, and Maj. w. L.
Grayson. are the two members to con-
duct the examination, will have Lieut..
Col. G. A. Gordon, Maj.-elect Henry Koi-
shorn and Maj.-elect Edward S. Elliott,
all of the First Infantry, appear before
it. The prescribed course of study for
field officers in their preparation for the
examination is extremely comprehensive,
embracing number of abstruse military
works and treatises, and it is no small
matter for the candidates to prepare
themselves for the ordeal. Their friends,
however, are confident that the three Of
fcers will acquit themselves well.
Nine candidates are to appear before
the lower board, some for commissions
in the line and others for staff commits
sions Several of abe candidates will be
from out of the city, among them the
three officers from Swainsboro, where
the Swainsboro Guards have recently
been mustered into the service. Three
officers of the revived Effingham Hussars
will be here from bingham county, and
there will be another cavalry officer from
Jesup
Lieut.-elect w. j. Kehoe of the Emmett
Rifles and Corpl. w. E. Coney of the Sa-
vannah Cadets, appointed adjutant by
Maj-elect Elliott, will be the local can
didates appearing Capt. E. A Leonard
of the Emmett Rifles and First Lieuten-
ant A. c. Common were examined few
days ago and passed handsomely. They
will receive their commissions within a
day or two.
The object in having the many exami-
nations to-day is to admit of the candi-
dates getting their commissions by Feb
o. in the event they are successful in
making the requisite marks. The First
Infantry is to hold parade in Savannah
on that day, Washington's birthday, and
Col I. S. Wylly, Jr, desires that all the
otticers-elect be commissioned in time to
participate i'll it, The adjutant general
viii handle the papers as quickly as pos
sible, and no doubt the commissions will
be received in time to admit of the Of
heers appearing on parade.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
CLAIMS HE STAMPED HER.
Matilda Lanzy Suing Street Railway
for Alleged Brutality.

Matilda Lanzy, a negro woman, who has
her habitat in the saltwater suburb of
Montgomery is suing the Savannah.
Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway for
$3.50. The case was on trial before Judge
Falligant, in the Superior Court, yester-
day morning and afternoon, and has rot
yet been concluded.
The plaintiff asks judgment for $500
damages from the defendant, because of
Injuries alleged to have been inflicted on
her by conductor in The defendants en-
ploy, who, without rhyme or reason, or
the semblance thereof, according to her
statements and contentious, elected her
from the car, on whioA she was a pas
senger, threw her intota ditch that adjoin-
ed the road, and jumped, with fiendish
brutality, upon her PROSTATE body. Fur
thermore, according to MatiIda's recollec-
tion of the circumstances, the conductor
choked her into condition of almost to-
tai insensibility. 81
All of these charges. save that which has
immediate reference to the plaintiffs
election from the car. are denied by the
defendants answer and controverted by
the evidence of its witnesses. According
to the contentious of the company. the
plaintiff refused to pay her fare, and
Conductor Larrissey, assisted her to the
door of the car, and put her off, without
using, however, any wanton or unneces-
sary brutality.
II seems that when the old woman
started to town, ON the morning of Nov
70, 1899, she carried in her lap small
basket, which was covered with a. CLOTH
She handed the conductor dime and ha
kept it all, saying that in addition to her
fare she would have 90 pay five cents
freight on the basket and it's contents
The woman claimed she had nothing in
the basket upon which freight could be
collected, but she refused to permit the
conductor 90 make an inspection of its
contents. She merely told him he might
keep the extra nickel; she intended re-
turning to Montgomery in the afternoon
and he could apply the money to the
payment of her fare on that trip.
When she did get on the car, for the
purpose of returning to Montgomery, the
conductor asked her for her fare and she
reminded him of the incident of the morn
ing. She refused to pay any more and
Larissey put her off. These facts are ad-
mitted the issues between plaintiff and
defendant spring from the question as to
the contents of the basket and its liabili-
ty for freight and the methods adopted by
Larrissey, the conductor, to eject the cd
woman from the car. On these points the
evidence was Numerically divergent.
The arguments for the plaintiff were
made by Mr.. Frank NJ. Oliver and Judge
II. D. d. Twiggs and for the defendant
by Mr.. w. w. Osborne, of Osborne &.
Lawrence, general counsel for the street
railway company. Judge Falligant will
charge the jury when court is convened
this morning
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
PLANS ALMOST EFFECTED.
First Regiment VIII Soon BE Re-
stored to Its Full Strength.

stored to Its Full Strength.
Col. T. S. Wylly, Jr's., plans for the re.
storation of his command, the First In
fantry, to its full strength are rapidly
nearing fruition. When the Savannah
Volunteer Guards were converted into
heavy artillery and Withdrawn from the
regiment, it became necessary to get four
companies elsewhere. 1t occurred to Col.
Wylly that one company could be raised
in Savannah among the Irish young men.
and, under the leadership of Capt. E. A.
Leonard this was done, and the Emmett
Rifles are thoroughly organized with a
large membership Three other COM
panies were to be raised in territory
contiguous to Savannah.
After considerable correspendence and
effort on the part of several towns to
raise companies, it was finally decided
that those offered by Swainsboro, Sylvania
and McRae should be accepted. SWANS
boro had its company mustered into the
state service some days ago. Sylvania's
was mustered in day before yesterday by
Col. w. G. Obear and the company at
McRae, the Telfair Guards, will be mus
tered in on Feb. 10, when Col. Obear and
Major-elect Edward S. Elliott in whose
battalion the company will be, will go
to that place.
Sixty men and three officers are i'm the
company at Sylvania, the Screven Guards.
1t seems that the slate of officers for the
company was broken, as Capt. j. T.
Wade was not elected, though largely in
strumental in getting up the organization.
The following officers were elected: Au-
gustus NJ. Chapman, captain; Albert S
Anderson. first lieutenant, and James H.
Bussey, second lieutenant.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
HAS A SUITE AT DE SOTO.
VIM. IA. Vanderbilt and His Secre-
tary VIII Arrive Tomorrow.


Mr. w. X. Vanderbilt and his secretary
are expected to reach Savannah to-mor-
row night from Pain Beach. They viii
come by the Plant System. The follow
ing day, at noon, will arrive from Palm
Beach the guests Mr.. Vanderbilt will take
with him on his cruise in the Mediterra-
mean.
For his accommodation and that of his
friends Mr.. Vanderbilt secured by tele-
gram yesterday at the De Soto a parlor
suite and five bedrooms. OF course he
will be given the best in the house. The
parlor suite consists Of a parlor, bedroom
ana bath. situated on the first floor of the
hotel at the northwest corner, overlook
ing both Liberty and Bull streets. The
other rooms Will be on the same floor
and in the immediate vicinity of the
suite.
1t is expected that shortly after the ar
rival of his guests they and Mr.. Wander
bilt will go aboard the yacht. and that
she will sail shortly after.
This morning plumber from New York
is expected, to make some needed rear
engagements of the plumbing fixtures of
the Valiant To do this properly it is
said the yacht should be put into a dry
dock This VIII not be done, however,
on account of the haste of her owner to
get away on his proposed trip.
The New York Commercial says: The
street is put to it's wits to determine what
sort of a communion Of interests will oc-
cur on the Mediterranean. Thither Mr.
Havemeyer set his face a week ago; Viii
liam X. Vanderbilt will soon follow on his
private yacht from Savannah, and, more
bewildering yet, it is announced that
James ]. Hill will take J. Pierpont Nor
gan, Archbishop Ireland and other dis
tinguished lights aboard his yacht for
cruise to the Mediterranean, touching,
meanwhile, at West Indian and South
American ports. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Hin proposed some time since
to take Mr.. Morgan and other kindred
spirits on a junket westward to the Pa
cihc Coast, but this plan apparently has
been abandoned in favor of the Mediter-
ranean cruise. Mr., Hlrs private yacht
is now preparing in Erin Basin.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
MUST HAVE PERMITS.
Houses in RObertsvilIe Cannot He
Removed without Them

Removed WHthOuf Thcm-
Permits will have to be secured for the
tearing down and removal of the houses
on the Robertsyille tract that were sold
at public outcry day before yesterday by
Mr. c. III. Dorset for the Savannah I'm
ion Station Company. This is formality
upon which the Board of Tax Assessors
Insist, as their work demands that trace
be kept of che property. The law requir-
ing that permits be obtained will be rig
idly enforced.
One or two of the purchasers began
work before learning that permits were
necessary. They had their attention call
ed to the omission and fastened to ser
cure permits. Fifty-two permits, or
more, will have to be issued. Many were
before the assessors yesterday to take the
necessary steps for the removal of the
buildings.
Aside from the interest OF the Board
of Tax Assessors in seeing that trace is
kept of taxable property. 1t is said that
the fire department has a warm inter-
est in the matter. The moving about of
the houses involves the blocking of
streets, and the superintendent of the fire
department would need to be familiar
with the work that is going on in the
event fire should break out in the sec
zion that is to be cleared of buildings to
prepare the site for the new union sta
ton,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-14
WILL QUALIFY TO-DAY.
MIR. Wells Bond Is Ready and His
Commission VIII Arrive

When the Board of County Commission
ers holds its monthly meeting this after
noon, Mr.. David Wells will qualify and
be sworn in as tax collector for the ad
interim term.
Mr.. Wells commission was signed by
Gov. Gambler yesterday, and forwarded
last night. 1t will reach the city this
morning. Mr.. Wells bond for $780, 600.
which the law exacts, will be furnished
with the Fidelity and Deposit Company
of Maryland. as surety. A bond of $50, OO0
must be given by the tax collector to
both the state and county.
1t Is not now believed that the commits
lsloners viii do anything to-day about
calling az election to fiji the offices Of
ordinary and tax collector. When they
are spoken to Oh the subject they say
they don't know what they will do, thar
they have not considered or are still CON
sldering the question, or that no public
inconvenience results from the postpone
ment Of the call for an election.
There Is considerable amount OF rou-
tine business to be transacted by the COM
missionefs this afternoon, and II they
get 20 considering the question OF calling
an election, It is not probable that they
viii do more.