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ideal with him, and with this came
the belief in the efficacy of the appH-
cation of civi1-service rules to execu-
tive conduct So strongly did he i'm
press himself upon his political asso-
ciates that in 1882 he was nominated
for the state assembly and elected
In the State Assembly.
He served for three years and soon
came to be recognized as an able and
fearless advocate of the peoples rights
and he succeeded in securing the pas
sage of several measures of great ben
eft. The abolition of fees in the Of
fee of the county clerk and the aboli-
ton of the joint power of the board
of aldermen in the mayors appoint
ments We're among those of special
benefit to the city of New York.
Another important work done by him
was the investigation of the city gov
eminent. and particularly the police
department, in the winter of 1854 An
other important service was securing
the passage of the civil service reform
law of 1854
Runs for Mayor of New York
In 1856 Mr.. Roosevelt was nominal
ed as an independent candidate for
mayor of New York but, although in
dorsed by the Republicans, was de-
feated.
In 1884 he was chairman of the New
York delegation to the national Re
publican convention He had been
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Topeka, Sept 23.-Attorney General
GODDARD is preparing legal forms to be
ed by he state medical registra ton
board to prosecute physicians now
practicing in Kansas who have not com
piled with the medical registrat
law enacted at the last session of the
Legislature All practitioners who
failed to register by September 1, have
no legal right to practice in the state
1t is estimated that there are al least
500 doctors practicing unlavfully.
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theodore Roosevelt Is -Nos0
tie Nations C6fe
Magistrate.

among those who did not regard Mr..
Blaine as the most available candi-
date of the party, but after the 1atter's
nomination Mr.. Roosevelt gave him
his hearty support, and in the face
of the remarkable detection in New
York at that time.
In the National Civil Ser vice.
In May, 1899, President Harrison ap-
pointed him civil service commission
er. and he served president of the
board until May, 1896. During his in
cumbency he was untiring in his eff
forts to apply the civil service prin-
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AnInteresttnp Incident

Washington, Sept 21.-An interest
ing incident of the moving OF the
funeral cortege up Pennsylvania
avenue was the singing of Nearer, My
God to Thee by a group of spectators,
just as the hearse containing the late
president was passing The air was
taken up by the throng and sung with
feeling. Again the hearse passed
through the gateway of the White
House the same strains We're softly
sung by number of people across the
a
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A Half Million Suit.

Perry, Okla, Sept 19--The largest
suit ever filed in the territory was filed
in the Noble county district court here.
The title of the suit is w N Dick VS..
the Mccormick Harvesting Machine
company, and the plaintiff asks dam
ages to the amount of $500, 900 for in
fringement Of patent tension devise
now used by the Mccormick people.
Dick lived in Peoria, ILL.,, for a mum
Der of years before coming to this
country. Since coming to Oklahoma
he has been living at Ponca City
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An Alphabetical Advertisement.

This alphabetical advertisement ap-
peared in the London Times in 1912:
To widowers and single gentlemen
Wanted by a lady, a situation to su-
perintend the household and preside at
table She is Agreeable. Becoming
Careful. Desirable, English, Facetious,
Generous, Honest. Industrious, Judi
cious, Keen, Lively. Merry, Natty, ODE
dent, Phi1OSophic, Quiet, Regular So
cable, Tasteful. Useful, ViyaciOus
Womanish. Xantippish. Youthful, Zeal
Gus, etc Address x Y. z, Simmonds'
Library. Edgwareroad-
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Elevators change Ownership.

Arkansas City, Sept. 23.-The New
Era Milling company has purchased
the line of elevators on the Kansas
Southwestern railroad and will operate
all of them in the future 1t is the
plan of che company to greatly increase;
its grain business and it is for this pur-
pose thas the elevators We're bought
They formerly belonged to H. E
Probst and the company will retain
Mr. Probst as manager of the grain
buying department.
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ciples of merit and capacity to all ex-
ecutive departments. AS a result of
this zeal the country was shown the
first practical application of the rules
to civil government.
Civil Service Reformer.
He proved that unf1inching civil
service reform was not only consist
ent with party loyalty, but in the
highest degree was necessary to party
service. None doubted the reformer's
Repub1icanism, but it was not an easy
task Judgment, tact, honesty, ener-
gy, and certain sturdy pugnacity
were necessary to the accomplishment
of his purpose. Every detail of the
system opened to carping criti-
cism and to hostile attack. The ad-
ministration itself was only friendly
to the movement. Not only had poll
ticians to be kept out OF places, but
competent servitors had to be pro-
vided.
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THE NEW PRESIDE Mt

June Is the regiment sailed to join
Gen. Shafter in Cuba
with the Rough Riders
From the time of landing until the
fall of Santiago the Rough Riders
were giant figures in the campaign
Their work reached climax on July
I, when Iieut.-Co1. Roosevelt led the
regiment in the desperate charge up
San Juan hill. He had shared all the
hardships of his men, and when he
broke the red tape of discipline to
complain of Gen. Skaters camp and
its dangers from disease the army was
with him and the war department lis
tened to his judgment On July IL he
was commissioned a colonel of volun-
teers.
Elected Governor New York.
Scarcely two months later the new
military hero was nominated for gov
ernor of New York In the conven-
ton he received 753 votes, against the
21s cast for Gov. Frank s. Black
Col Roosevelt entered into the cam
paign with Characteristic energy Men
of all parties supported him and he
| was elected by a plurality of more
| than 10 5000. His administration was
| very satisfactory to his state.
AS reformer, Official, military leader
| and state executive, he has carried his
| earnest dashing personality into it all
| q
| AS a writer of outing papers his
varied experiences on the trail have
served him we'll In biography, his
| life of Thomas H. Benton and of
| Gouvernour Morris have been praised.
/ Essays and papers dealing with po1iti-
| cal life have added to this reputation
! Of his latest work, 1.-The Rough Rid
ers' has been pointed to as lone of
! the most thrilling pieces of military
| history produced in recent years.
When his name was first proposed
for the vice presidency, Mr. Roosevelt
declined the honor, preferring to re-
| main governor. He finally consented,
| after much pressure.
RooseveIt's Family.
| Mr.. Roosevelt has been married
twice. His first wife was Miss Alice
Lee of Boston; the second. Miss Edith
Carow of New York He is the father
of six children, ranging from 16 to
| years of age.
His domestic life is ideal. Whether
ensconced in winter quarters at Al
bany or New York, or at the famous
Roosevelt home at Oyster Bay on Long
Island, he is an indu1gent father and
romps with his children with as much
zest the youngest of them. The
| youngsters are known as the RoOse-
| welt ha1f-dozen, and all reflect in some
manner the paternal characteristic
All Bright Children.
The oldest girl is Alice, tall DARK
and serious looking. She rides hel
fathers Cuban campaign horse with
fearlessness and grace The next olive
branch is Theodore, Jr., or .<young
Teddy the idol of his fathers hear
and a genuine chip of the old block
Young Teddy owns a shot gun anG
. dreams of some day shooting bigger
game than his father ever did He
also rides a pony of his own.
Alice, the eldest girl, is nearly 16
She is the only child by the first Mrs
Roosevelt. young Teddy the pres
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For the First Time.

London, Sept. 21.-The admiralty
has ordered that the American flag be
hoisted at half masts all over the war
veSsels in port and that the union jack
and the White Ensign be half masted
until after the funeral. This is the
first occasion when such an order has
been issued for the president of a re
hIic
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Theodore Roosevelt was born in
New York City October 27, 1858, of
Dutch and Scotch-Trish ancestry By
all laws of heredity he is a natural
leader, his ancestry on both his
%ather's and his mothers side, who
xrace back beyond revolutionary days,
were conspicuous by reason of their
quality. His father was Theodore
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BY the death of William Mckinley
at the hands of the assassin CzolgOsz,
Theodore Roosevelt, the Vice-Presi-
dent, becomes. President of the United
States.
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In the Police Commission.

AS president of the civi1-service
commission Mr.. Roosevelt resigned in
May, 1895, to become president of the
New York board of police commission
ers- Legislative investigation had
shown the corruption in that body
and to this field he turned with a new
zest- An uncompromising enforce
ment of law was his policy. 1t brought
criticism and vituperation upon him
but he persisted. Honest methods in
the police department were forced
and civi1-service principles were en-
bodied into the system of appoint
ments and promotions. Sunday clos
ing of saloons became a fact, and a
seem1y observance of the day was in
sisted upon.
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revolver, the country recognized in
him the making of a dashing cavalry
leader He had experienced military
duty in the New York National Guard
in the sos Col Wood was put in
command of the Rough Riders: Mr.
Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel On
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Navy's Assistant Secretary

In April, 1897, Mr.. Roosevelt was
nominated by President McKinley to
be assistant secretary Of the navy. He
pushed repairs on the ships and worked
with might and main. forseeing a con
hict with Spain He left nothing I'M
done to secure the highest efficiency
in the navy.
On May 6, 1898, Mr.. Roosevelt re-
signed this place to muster in a cav
airy regiment for the Spanish war.
Life in the west had made this a fit
ting ambition. As a hunter of big
game, used to the saddle and the camp
and an unerring shot with rifle and
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ent Mrs. Roosevelt's oldest child, is 13.
Then there are Kermit, IL; Ethel, g.;
Archibald. 6, and Quentin, 3.
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But would-be upper class based main
~ on wealth, on whichsi it is the excep-
tion and not the rule for man to be
of any real account in International life,
whether as politician, literary man,
or otherwise, is of necessity radically
defective and Of little moment
He is an intimate of Jacob Riis, the
tenement slums reformer of New York
city; of Frederick Hollis, secretary
of The Hague conference, and
Henry Cabot Lodge. His habits are
simple, his life most strenuous. He
does not know the meaning of the word
"idle.'' OF of "misapplication." He has
often been called typical Ameri-
can" The phrase fits him.
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lieutenant colonel. The members of
the regiment came from the first fam
lilies in the east, from ranches in the
west, came from wherever good horse
men, daring men and good shots could
be secured.
Forms Unique Regiment.
The regiment was the most unique
Of it's kind ever organized, and was
much scoffed at in the beginning. Be
fore it had been two days in Cuba the
wisdom of it's organization was plainly
seen. The men were fitted for any
kind of campaigning. Their colonel
and lieutenant colonel took what they
took. The regiment practically foraged
itself, and was first in the field and
first to be baptized with fire. At Las
Guasimas, Kettle hill and San Juan it
gave up its bravest and best and went
on to victory.
Mr.. Roosevelt was its colonel before
the end of the war, and pronounced by
the foreign military attaches who OBJ
served his conduct in the field as one
of the first military officers of the day.
He was in Santiago at the surrender,
brought his regime mt back to the Unit
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ROOSEVELT as AN AUTHOR.
During q Busy Life He Has Found
Time for Much Writing.

1t is now nearly 20 years since Theo-
dore Roosevelt took place in the
public eye as man of affairs. Grant
ing him the prophets three score years
and ten. only little more than third
of his period of maturity has passed.
And yet IA volumes stand to his credit
And if we add the books in which his
name appears as editor and contrib
utor, like 'The History of the Royal
Navy" and the book of which he and
Mr.. Henry Cabot Lodge are joint au-
thors. the total number of his books
is 21.
This would be remarkable in an
author whose sole occupation was
writing. It appears still more so in
a man to whom authorship is but an
incident, when we recall that he has
served three terms in the New York
legisla ture; that he was for five years
a member of the civil service commits
sion, and for three arduous years pres
ident of the board of police commits
sioners in New York city; that he has
been assistant secretary of the navy,
commander of a regiment in the war
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with Spain, governor of New York and
vice president of the United States.
Furthermore, to appreciate fully
the size of Mr.. Roosevelt's product as
an author we must bear in mind two
more things-the character of his
work and the diversity of his sub
iects. Most of his books are not such
as could be written off-hand.a His His
tory of the Navy in the War of 1912"
and his Winning of the West" involved
a great deal of searching among
archives and old manuscripts in state
and national government offices, in
Libraries and in private collections.
His subjects include naval history,
military history, frontier history, mu-
nicipal history, sport, biography, BIZ
ology, politics ethics and book re-
views.
Mr.. Roosevelt's style is that of
plain man telling a straightforward
story. After reading his books you
are certain that he never paid any at
tention to his style, and the evidence
is, not that the style is not good, but
that there is abs olutely no straining
after effect. He is essentially prac-
teal man, but he is well endowed with
Imagination, and>this gives to his work
an occasional poetic touch that ap-
pea1s to the readers sympathies. He
has, too. a power of coming striking
phrases and of putting things in
way that catches the attention. 1.-The
strenuous life" is phrase with
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MAKE the w mite House Ine1F ttOme.l
ample revelation as to what manner of
a character he will bring to the presi-
dency. On "Americanism,' in an inter
view in 1893, he said:
81 naturally disapprove of the half
conscious spread-eagle Americanism,
which is ever exerting itself at the
wrong moments. I dislike it, of
course, when it is put forward as a plea
to excuse moral shortcomings of a
kind usually connected with public af-
fairs. Nevertheless, in spite of this
abuse, I am sure that no man can well
play his part in our life who is not hon
estly American in heart, belief and in
stinct.
Admirer of Parkman.
eff one wishes to find typical Amer
lean, one may consider Francis Park
man. He always appealed to my admi-
ration, because he made his life work
largely of the description of that from
tier warfare between our backwoods
men and their foes which has been of
such incalculable Importance in our
lands history"
In one of his published works he
says: In speaking to my own coun-
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office in New York, and invariably re-
fused money compensation for his
services.
OF Delicate Health When a Lad.
Roosevelt was pale and delicate
boy, the very opposite ia health of
what he has since become. Plenty of
outdoor air and physical exercise soon
began to give ehim good degree of
bodily vigor, and in his college years
he became skilled in boxing and
wrestling.
In Harvard university he held good
rank a a sch olar, giving especial at
:ention to natural history and gen
eral Historical subjects. After his
graduation from Harvard in 1880 he
continued his studies at Dresden and
then Travelled in Europe and the east.
Roosevelt Enters Politics.
In 1881 Roosevelt, % years of age,
began his active life in New York. And
with him activity was activity. His
father had instilled into his mind
contempt for the man who drifts
through an inactive life of comfor ia BILE
self-indulgence, achieving nothing.
He tried plunge into New York
politics. In his city district was re-
publican machine combination that
showed no disposition to recognize his
desire to become a member of the leg
islature. He fought the machine and
defeated. it.
In 1884 he appeared before the ma
tion< His health troubled him and he
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trymen there is one point upon which
I wish to lay especial stress; that is,
the necessity for a feeling of broad,
good work is to be done in any direc
ton. Above all, the one essential for
success in every political movement
which is to do lasting good is that our
citizens should act as Americans, not
Is Americans with a prefix and quail
fcation-not as Irish-Americans, Ger
man-Americans, native Americans
but as Americans pure and simple.
Opinion on Caste.
ct is an outrage for man TO drag
foreign politics into our contests and
vote as an Irishman or German or 9TH
er foreigner, as the case may be, and
fessional Irish dynamiter or German
anarchist, because of his attitude to-
ward our social and political life, not
to mention his efforts to embroil US
with foreign powers. But it is no less
an outrage to discriminate against one
who has become an American in good
faith, merely because of his creed or
birthplace"
OF caste he has written Gas for the
upper social world, the fashionable
world, it is much as 1t was when por-
trayed In 'Potiphar Papers, save that
modern society has shifted the shrine
at which it pays comical but sincere
homage from Paris to London. Per-
haps it is rather better, for it Is less
provincial and a trifie more American.
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tiers where it had been sneered at be-
Shake. Up the Police.

Shakes Up the Police.
From Washington he passed to po-
lice commissionership in New York
city. His peculiar ability to work, and
work on right lines, gave the corrupt
police force such a shaking up as it had
never had before. He was police COM.
missioner in every sense of the word,
1nbribable, unapproachable, fair to
the fair-minded, severe on the Grim
inal. His books continued to sell in
increasing number, and the public
through the press, began to have a
broader view of him.
When the Spanish-American war
came he was assistant secret ary of the
navy by the authority of President Nc
Kinley. He had much to do with the
organization of the navy for the con-
fict, and it has always been believed
that his influence largely contributed
to the sending of Admiral Dewey to
Hong-Kong, and thence to Manila bay.
When war became a certainty Mr.
Roosevelt resigned his position in the
navy department, and with Gen. Leon
ard Wood organized the First volun-
teer cavalry, better known as the
rough riders. Gen. Wood was colonel
of this regiment and Mr.. Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt is the twenty
sixth president of the United States,
and the fifth vice president to succeed
to the executive chair. John Tylerowas
the first. succeeding William Henry
Harrison. Willard Fillmore was the
second; he succeeded Zachary Taylor.
The ASA ssina ton of Abraham Lincoln
brought Andrew Johnson into the
white house. James A. Garfield was
succeeded by his vice president, Ches-
ter A. Arthur. Roosevelt has one adj
vantage over all these four men in
that he comes into his great office Bet
ter known to the public than any of
<hem. Almost from boyhood he has
been more or less in the eyes of the
public,
This sstatesman, legislator, author,
student, huntsntan, rough rider and
warrior is a descendant through nine
generations from early Dutch settlers
of New York. Along this ancestral line
there have been infusions of Scotch,
Irish and acknowledgement blood. The
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and all reflect in some manner the
paternal characteristic.
The oldest girl is Alice, dark and
serious looking. She rides her IA
theirs Cuban campaign horse with fear
lessness and grace. The next olive
branch is Theodore, Jr., or young
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Thomas Benton" Life of Governew
Norris" Ranch Life and the Hunting
Trail" 'sThe Winning of the West"
History of New York City," Essays
on Practical Politics." ssThe Wilder
ness Hunter" Hero Tales from Amer
lean History" NAVAL War of 1s12.''
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sought a new life at Chimney Butte,
OAK, where he grazed cattle and led
the3life of cowboy. He became known
from Msdora to Dickinson as the bold
est and bravest 'cattleman in there
sgion. He did what the cowmen did.
He lived as they lived. He commanded
the respect even of the desperadoes.
His lungs expanded, his body devel-
oped and he gained a reserve of health
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RoosEvELT's CABINET.
McKinIey's Councillors VIII Stand b
the New President.

z
the New President.
1t is almost certain that the cab
met of President Mckinley will be
the ca binet of President Roosevelt.
He not only requested them to re-
main, but stated to them that they
were his choice for the positions
which they were occupying. All OF
the members including Secretary
Hay complied Internationally. In
the event of Secretary Hays retire
ment (sooner or later it is altogeth-
er probable that Secretary of War
Root will succeed to the state port
folio. This will make an opening for
at least one new man TO take charge
of the war Office. No other changes
under present circumstances axe even
remotely likely.
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Teddy" the idol of his fathers heart,
and a genuine chip of the old block.
Young Teddy" owns a trusty shot
gun and dreams of some day shoot.
ing bigger game than his father ever
did. He also rides pony OF his own.
Alice, the oldest girl, is nearly IL.
She is the only child by the first
Mrs Roosevelt. young Teddy" the
present Mrs. Roosevelt's oldest child,
is 13. Then there are Kermit, liz
Ethel, 9; Archibald, 6, and Quentin, 3
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Turns to Lfterature.

Turns to Literature.
He lost money on his cattle venture,
but he returned to New York strong
man physically, and he made the race
for mayor of that city. He was de-
feated. but he laughed. He understood
that the corrupt elements of the city
would not tolerate him, but he waited
Meanwhile he wrote books-books on
hunting, books on western life, books
on eastern cities. His style in liter
allure was rigorous and pleasing. His
books sold well and the magazines
made great demand for his writings.
The public liked his breeziness, his ev-
ident sincerity, his courage, and par
italy appreciated him even before he
became national civil service commits
sioner in 1889.
Once at Washington, he commenced
an enforcement of the law of the most
vigorous kind. He made himself dis
liked among the spoilsmen of both
parties, but he held to the line of his
duty. He took the law as he found it,
lived true to his oath Of Office and made
the measure respected in many quar-