The Washington times., 1901-10-01
FIRST CHECK AS president.
Bninnce of Months SALARY Paid to
Mr. McNinIey's Estnfc.


Mr. MckinIcy's Estntc.
1t was another busy period for the
President at the White House yesterday.
During the hours devoted to the reception
of visitors the ante-room was almost as
| well filled with callers as it has been
! when a change of administration is fol-
lowed by wholesale changes in "ffice-
holding ur
| Admiral SchIey was one of the early
callers. His visit was brief and he sur
I ried away to the Court Of Enquiry at the
navy yard. after extending his greetings
| to the President
President Roosevelt has evinced consid-
/ cradle interest in the proposed Memorial
( Bridge which has been so long talked of
! for Washington, and yesterday he re
/ ceived a committee of the Memorial
| Bridge Association, consisting of Judge
| r. E Doan, Gen. J. Floyd King. vice
president of the association; Col. w. S.
| Odell, and Capt J. p. Walker. These
gentlemen called the Presidents attention
| to the resolutions adopted at the Grand
Army of the Republic meeting held in
| Cleveland recently. approving the plans
! for memorial bridge to span the Poto-
mac at Washington. The committee
! planned to the President that the asso-
| citation favored the suggestion of having
a Mckinley arch as part of the struct-
ure. The committee requested the Presi-
dent to call attention to the proposed
bridge in his message to Congress. Mr..
Roosevelt promised to give the subject
due consideration.
Senator HansbrOugh of North Dakota
regards the President rather as a neigh
| Dor, owing to the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt
once owned and operated a ranch in his
State. Senator Hansbrough is an earnest
advocate of extensive irrigation. He
found during brief call on the Presi-
dent yesterday that Mr.. Roosevelt was
taking close interest in the subject and
would probably refer to 1t in his message
to Congress.
Robert p. Porter discussed reciprocity
with the President. Mr.. Porter is a con-
vert from the principles of high pro-
tective tariff. He wants to stop the gen.
eral exodus of far-sighted American man
ufacturers to England. That country, he
believes, under existing conditions, is a
far better distributing centre than the
United States. Mr.. Porter thinks a Sc
rious mistake viii be made if the pro-
posed reciprocity treaties are not rati-
fled by the Senate.
Senator Foraker and Representative
Grosvenor of Ohio are the only Ohioans
of prominence who have called at the
White House for several days.
+. Abreu, Filipino merchant from
Manila, travelling in this country to gain
knowledge of American methods. pre-
sented the President yesterday with
handsome cane and several pieces of cloth
of insular manufacture. The stick was
mounted in gold mined in Luzon, and
was the work of native artisans The
President was pleased to receive these
specimens of Filipino workmanship. Mr..
\ E.rrt t,fs
J. c. Abreu, of this city, who acted as
Interpreter
Mr.. Roosevelt's first salary check as
President was delivered by a special mes
senger from the Treasury yesterday 1t
was drawn for 2.017.7f, and is pay for
seventeen days in the month of Septem- |
ber The remainder of the salary for that
month. slS. IS, will be paid to the estate |
of President Mckinley.
AlonZo b. Cornell. who was Governor |
of New York when Mr. Roosevelt was |
an Assemblyman, was among the callers |
yesterday He merely extended wishes /
for prosperous administration to the |
nan who was beginning his career when |
he was chief executive of the Empire |
State.
Joseph C. Darlington. President of the |
Union League of Philadelphia. yester- |
day presented the President with a copy |
of resolutions adopted on September 20, |
pledging him the support of that organi-.
zatiOn. Mr.. Roosevelt received this evil |
dence of the loyalty with an expression |
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accompanied by Postmaster General
Smith.
E. H. Dayes. a member of the Repub-
lican National Committee. from South
Carolina, talked briefly with the Presi-
dent over political matters in that State
For the position of solicitor of internal |
revenue, recently made vacant by the
death OF Eugene Webster, there is a lively |
contest. l.. W. c. BlayIock of GoIdvile |
s. c.. and George c. Huggins. the acting
collector are among the candidates. No
appointment will be made. it is under
stood. until Congress convenes and the
South Carolina delegation holds a patron
age caucus.
Among others who called on the Presi-
dent during the morning were ex-Repre-
sentative White of North Caroiina. Judge |
Boyd of North Caroline, Representative |
Brownlow of Tennessee Colonel Reed
Adjutant General of the u. S. Marine |
Corps; DR.. G. B. Cock, of Canton. Ohio
the Chinese Inspector at Helena Mont: !
Charlemagne Koehler. of Georgetown
Griggs Of Georgia.
Kermit Roosevelt, the Presidents
twelve-year-old son, mas begun his school
life at the University School, 1910 Eight
shortly before o'clock. he leaves the
White House. either afcot en- his wheel. |
with his books under his arm or swinging |
boylike in a strap. At the school which |
is in session from o'clock until l III the |
afternoon, he receives instruction in Eng |
lish. Latin, French, arithmetic, and spell
Kermit is a boy of rather serious temp
erment,. and gives promise to develop into !
a thorough student. The school is not |
yet large in numbers. the maximum en-
rollment being generally reached in Oc-
tober each year
Young Roosevelt has among his com
panions a son Of Col. Theodore Bingham.
Sherman Miles, son of Gen. Nelson A.
Miles. attended the school last year. He
Is now ''plebe" at West Point. Elihu
Root. jr.. was another student there last
year. as was son of DIR. Hill, Assistant
Secretary of State.
Athletics are encouraged at the Uni
versity School. The youngsters there |
have football and baseball teams in the
respective seasons. Kermit Roosevelt |
will doubtless be a participant in these |
games. inasmuch as such pastimes are
encouraged by the President. who owes
his magnificent constitution to liberal |
outdoor exercise.
Ethel Roosevelt is receiving inst ruction |
from a governessa Arrangements have |
been made for Archibald. the Presidents
lie school on Massa chusetts Avenue !
northwest. Archibald will not however,
come 10 Washington for possibly a week |
Or two. The arrival of Miss '''~- is
aGuallv uncertain.
1t takes more than beating raiustor,n
o deprive the President Of his daily ont
ioor exercise. In the driving 6Dwnpour
IF last Saturday afternoon. in company .
with Colonel Sanger. Assistant Secretary
If War. he walked five miles through mud
md rain. To say that the attaches at I
he White House were amazed when
President Roosevelt returned coated from | |
lead to feet with mud and wet to the
skin, would be expressing mildly the s
Measure Of their surprise. Mr.. Roosevelt {
to enjoy 1t hugely.
After finishing his work on SattIriay
we're attired in ordinary street costume .
With heavy walking shoes. Colonel Sam