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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
anecdotes Of President Roosevelt.

st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Much has been published about Presi-
dent Roosevelt'S personality, but, per-
haps, only those who have seen him from
day to day in his family life can real
ize his extreme simplicity of manner and
conduct. On the last election day, after
a campaign of activity that eclipsed the
memorable speech-malling period OF
Bryan. Roosevelt retired to his COM
Portable home at Oyster Bay and awaited
the result of the voters battle. Awaited.
and yet not waited, for not a single tele-
graph wire was put in, and the candi-
date had to depend on his neighborS or
the newspaper men for the news. One
of the l9tter-a Sun reporter-was the
first to serve him, arriving overhe ated
and breathless with the report that there
was undoubtedly another Republican vic
tory, and that he had been elected rFes-
ident Roosevelt himself responded to the
bell ring and came out on the piazza. Il
have great news for you, Mr.. Roosevelt, >
said the reporter, painting, you are
elected vice president of the United
States. q hope the country has in
dorsed the Republican party and its prin-
cipieS as it should" replied Roosevelt
1T has, continued the reporter, and
Bryan has lost in his own strongholds. >
That's very interesting" said Roose-
welt, but tel! me all about tine football
game. Who won? - And despite the re-
porters eagerneSs to go into the cleo
ton returns. Roosevelt continued to dis
cuss enthusiastically the college contest
of that day, until, owing to the lateness
of the hour and the pressure of other
duties, the reporter retired Not another
word was spoken about the election, and
Roosevelt went to bed with nothing more
than some brief telephone and tele-
graphic reports sent to his home contrary
TO his Instructions
Roosevelt's democracy never failed him.
whether he was a student at Harvard, or
IN the saddle in the West, or a legislator
in Albany, and his cordiality to the
masses was shown to particular advant-
age in the campaign which made him
governor of New York One evening.
after speaking twice in New York, he
was rushed by special train to Yonkers,
n. Y, and carried in over the heads If
the invited guests on the shoulders of
Frederick w. Hollis, Chauncey NJ. Depew
and others. A red-faced Irishman in the
gallery, who looked like typical Tam
manyite of the kind that voted by the
thousands for Roosevelt after the San
uago campaign, suddenly called out:
Teddy! "Sh-sh!' said a big policeman
with a big club. Roosevelt continued,
but the exploding exclamation, Teddy
rang out second time. I'll put yez
QUIT said the big policeman to the Of
fender But the warning of Zone of the
finest failed to suppress the interro-
gator Just as Roosevelt was dilating
on the virtues of the German, whose
gemuetlichkeit, he said, could not be
translated or understood by the OF her
members OF our complex population, the
red-faced Irishman arose and yelled at
fun voice: Teddy, what did yez feed
that basic of a mustang to make it throt
so in Cuba?'' The house collapsed. but
Teddy rejoined, 1.-THE Republican plat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
SAW LINCOLN SHOT
EYE WITNESS OF nOOTH,s CRIME
NOW LIVING IN WAKE
FIELD.
WAS BACK OF THE CURTAIN
William Withers Is His Name and
He Was Leader of the Or
chestra in FOrd's The
alter in 1865.

In the village of Wakefield there is an
old man to whom the shooting of Presi-
dent Mckinley comes home with especial
force, says the New York Sun. He is
William Withers. and he was once the
leader of the orchestra in Fords theater,
Washington, and while there he was an
eye witness of the shooting of President
Lincoln on the night of April A. 1865.
In a life of sixty-five years, almost
fifty of which have been spent as an or
chestra leader, have seen many strange
things" he said to a Sun reporter On the
night of the shooting of President Nc
Kinley, land L have Travelled all over this
continent and Europe; but of all the
things that l recall none remains so in
delibly stamped upon the tablets of my
memory as the scenes of that terrible
night, 1t seems but yesterday Cnce Linz
coin died
Laura Keene's company was at Ford's
theater, and on that particular night-it
was Good Friday-the play was Our
American Cousin with Laura Keene as
the star. l was Young ap enthusiastic
then, and very much wrapped up in my
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had escaped 1 was wounded, and when
the dagger was found an hour later in
front of the patent Office, was dis
charged. Spangler subsequently confessed
to his share in the plot. At the sound
of the pistol shot he was TO turn out
the lights. Had it not been for me, he
declared no one could ever have identi-
fled the assassin, as he would have es-
capped in the darkness"
Mr. Withers has been to Europe twice
under Sothern, and was leader in a San
Francisco theater orchestra for five
years. He served in the army during the.
War of the Rebellion and at its close
signed at Ford's theater. His last en-
gagement was under DAILY, as late as
when THE Geisha'' was produced. Since
then Mr.. Withers has suffered from an
abscess of the ear and on that account
has been compelled to retire. He looks;
much younger than SiXty-five.
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advantage Of the presidents haste, tried
TO satisfy him with nickel less OF
change, but the eagle eye of the public
administrator detected the petty swindle
Especially with newspaper men has the
new president been popular. During the
campaign in which he was elected gov
ernor of New York, a journalistic head
quarters was established at Oyster Bay,
l.. l., and the newspaper men camped on
the lawn in tents. One evening when all
was dark and still-and it is1pretty late,
or rather early in a camp of newspaper
men when it becomes still enough to
sleep-a noise was heard an alarm raised
and the word passed that an intruder was
present I'm the culprit, boys rang
out the familiar voice of Candidate
Roosevelt, match in hand. II lust ran
in to see how you are getting along, OF
II you are not getting along we'll at all
How goes it and who is very thirsty
after his day of toil?" Every head was
up and for an hour Mr.. Roosevelt STAYED
with the boys and cheered them up.
laughing and talking, complimenting and
thanking, so that it would have been diff
hcult for stranger to have told who
was the candidate and who was the
scribe
Inc dispatches tell US that the vice
president had gone off on a climb in the
Ad1rondacks when he was summoned
back by the increasing illness of rPest-
dent Mckinley. Mount Marcy is an old
camping ground for the president, and he
Is an experienced hunter and companion
for the guide The best of it is that in
all his experiences in the woods Roose-
welt is as helpful to the guides as they
are to him. This is shown not merely
In his knowledge of general conditions
attending hunting and camping, but in
ms personal attention to those in per-
plexity, fatigue, illness or distress. A
number of incidents are known to the
friends of the president where the presi-
dent assisted at first hand and enthust-
astically in cases of accident, so that the
stores of his personal attention to the
dying and wounded on the field at San
Juan need excite no wonder President
Roosevelt Is as active as humane. and
as humane as active, and probably does
not know a conscious ten minutes that
he does not live with all his superb in
tenseness.
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THE CRIME THAT FAILED.
The Smart Set.

The Smart Set
why, what ails my little pet?'' asked
Mr.. Mcbride when he returned to his
happy home and found his wife weeping.
Boo-hoof' walled Mrs Mcbride
Her husband kissed away sample of
the tears and repeated his request for in,
long enough to point to an opened letter
mat lay on the table. Mr.. Mcbride took
1t I'D and read:
Missis Mcbride: AS kidnapping is all
the rage now, l am going into the BUSH
ness have decided to begin with the
Mcbride family. This is to tell you that
you must deposit $500 in coin-goid or sill
ver-in the old powder key in the back
part of the vacant lot at the next corner.
before midnight tonight. Fail not at
your peril, for If the coin is not there
when / go to look for it at 1901 a. M.
Will abduct your pug dog. Cough up
and save puggie. Yours, meaning bust
ness. Dick the Dare DeviI
Why. this seems too good to be true. >
began Mr.. Mcbride. "Puggie to be kid
naned-"
How dare you break my heart with
your cruelty!' demanded Mrs Mcbride
Til take the dear, sweet precious pug
gle and go right home to mamma with
him, and the wicked kidnapers won't
know where to find him.
And this she proceeded to do despite
her husbands strenuous objections Now
Mr.. --cBride is thinking of sending word
that If she will return home without the
dog no questions will be asked.
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Roosevelt's Home Life.

the most loyal friends. And the situa-
ton was so eminently agreeable and
satisfying that it is not likely that this
busy, lively young pair dwelt oyermuch
en- its possible romantic outcome.
Then came the separation Young
Theodore, with a mind made up to star
tie the world. chose one of the most con-
Sc vative spots on earth to accomplish it,
and entered Harvard university VIII IL
there he fell in love with Miss Alice Lee.
who. too, fell in love, and shortly after
Rcosevelts graduation they We're mar
ried
All this. however, was to prove but a
tragic incident. Young Mrs. Roosevelt
lived but year or two. and died, leaving
d baby girl, her nameSake.
Grief-stricken, the yCnng man went
back to his own home. There was con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
A LOST APRIL.


Is this September? In a golden light
The sudden rain has passed, and spark
ling dew
Is dripping from the trees, each drop
pierced through
With quivering sun threads, shining sill
yer white.
The thrush's note ascends in rapturous
flight
And every meadow lark that upward
flew
From clover fields ait dawn is singing,
too,
AS. If there were autumn and no nig..s.
Is this September? Nay. for on the earth
In radiant beauty April treads again,
And woos the robin with her smiles
and tears
And so, If dead spring has another birth,
We have not lost our loves first sweet
ness then
1t waits somewhere adown the aisle
of years.
Myrtle Reed in October Smart Set
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ISOLATION in the heartiness with which old
friends greeted him, and a special solace
in the warm friendliness of his boyhood S
companion, Edith Carow.
Miss Carow had all this time been on
the most cordial terms with the REQ e.
velts and a constant friend OF Theo Eose
Roosevelt's sister, now Mrs. DO glas
Robinson. When she was introduced in
society, in 1881, at a receipt on given by
her mother. Mrs. Roosevelts sister re-
ceived with them. she continued to be
socially prominent, travelled a good de IL.
and lived the ordinary life of the daugn-
ter of a wealthy and well e-tab ishe /
family.
One day, in the spring of 1886, some very
exciting news was spread over New York.
Edith CaroW, the "invulnerable," was
engaged to marry Theodore Roosevelt
Herself shrinking frcm publicity. Mrs.
! Roosevelt. nevertheless, is said to have
been one of her husbands strongest in
centive to his career.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
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You, least of all today You've called
at very bad time, for I've got some
business TO attend to that calls me away
at once. j must bid you good day." In
few minutes Secretary Roosevelt was
with the late president, and Dewey had
beer practically decided upon as the Off
GER to be sent to ,Hongkong.
President Roosevelt was once travel
ing in Idaho and passed a book store.
in. the window Of which was copy of his
Winning of the West, Going into the
book store, he inquired: Who . this
author, Roosevelt?r oh said the
bookseller, hes a ranch driver and
what do you think of his book?'' asked
the president. Well said the dealer.
slowly and deliberately. 1--WE always
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
LIVER PILL S

DIR. RADWAY & CO., New York:
Dear Sirs-I have been sick for nearly
two years. and have been doctoring with
some of the most expert doctors of the
United States. 1 have been bathing and
drinking hot water at the Hot Springs
Ark, but it seemed everything failed to
do me good. After saw your ADVERTISE
ment 1 thought would try Your Rad
ways pills. and have. used nearly two
boxes; been taking two at bedtime and
one after breakfast, and they have done
me more good than anything else ] have
ever used. My trouble has been with the
liver. My skin and eyes We're all yellow:
had sleepy, drowsy, dizzy feelings:
felt like a drunken man; pain right above
the navel like If IT. was bile on top Of
the stomach. My bowels were costiye
My mouth and tongue sore most of the
time Appetite fair. but food would not
digest but settle heavy or my stomach
and some few mouthfuls of food can1a
up again. could eat only light food
OF Advice" Respectfully.
BEN ZAIEGG, Hot Springs, Ark.
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thought I'd like to meet the author and
tell him that if he had stuck to running
ranch, and give up writing books, he'd
have made powerful more of success
at his trade
This reminds one of another story,
equally good, that the president delights
to tell. On one occasion. when he was
speeding over the Pennsylvania railroad
en- route to Washington, a fond father
held his boy in one arm and a copy of
Judge in the other. A cartoon of an
lrishman on the warpath, knife in hand,
and savage teeth displayed, loomed up
before the small boy. Il know himv'
said the boy. "Oh, 1 guess you don't"
said the father, suspecting nothing and
seeing no cause for alarm. Yes, do!'
persisted the bad boy; II know who he
is and what he is! He's called Teddy
Roosevelt, and he fights the Indians
standing on horseback and what he can't
cut to pieces he tears with his teethv'
President Roosevelt is a religious man,
and wherever he goes stands well in the
estimation of his neighbors for his active
participation in works of religion and
mercy. He carries a portly pocket OF
loose coin, an equally well-flled purse
and g. checkbook that rapidly becomes a
package Of stubs. Yet his habits are so
regular that the least irregularity in a
business transaction attracts his atten-
ton. For this reason department en-
ployes have always felt the pressure of
his watchful oversight, and household
servants-always long in his employ
while realizing the freedom they enjoy.
give the closest attention to all details
of their stewardship. A friend accom-
panying him on jaunt about New York
saw s100 bill disappear in the porte
monnaie of solicitor for well known
charity in the same five minutes that the
president called attention to an over
charge of five cents, A bootblack, taking
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form!' turned the laugh on the Irishman,
and continued his speech
During his administration as police
commissioner Roosevelt met a policeman
under the influence of liquor. and de-
te-mined to discipline him, so that he
would never forget his offense Accost-
ing the policeman, who had been on the
force for SO short time that he did not
know his superior, Roosevelt stirred him
up sufficiently to induce the policeman to
arrest him. At the station house the Of
hcer described in a staggering manner
the misconduct of the prisoner, and dur
ing the investigation Roosevelt slipped
around the rail and into an adjoining
room, and returned in company with
another commissioner. The policeman re-
ceived a tip sobered up very rapidly
on learning whom he had arrested and
with tears in his eyes begged for pardon
President Roosevelt's home life has al
ways been delightful. In his leisure mo-
ments at Oyster Bay he has enjoyed the
companionship of his family and taken a
rare delight in directing the affairs OF his
small estate. Soon after his return from
Cuba his aged gardener came up the
walk, hoe in hand, and, tipping his cap,
said:
Mr.. Roosevelt, I've come to finish that
talk we had the other day about those
onion beds What talk, james," asked
Roosevelt, with a smile. Oh said the
gardener, you know that the afternoon
you received that telegram to go to Cuba
you and l were standing here and laying
out an onion patch. If it suits you, let
US plant those onions noWr' And the
onions were planted.
The president has a culver full of olive
branches, and likes children other than
his own. Except that he became buster
and more inaccessible, Roosevelt carried
the same domestic habits and preferences
with him from his Oyster Bay home to
the governors residence at Albany. One
day clique of New York city politicians
who had come up on a special train to
see Gov. Roosevelt rushed into the cor
rldor of the capitol and upset the office
boys and secretaries. Gov. Roosevelt was
absent from his room and no one knew
just where he could be found A dozen
messengers were sent out in search for
him, and after ten or fifteen minutes he
was found curled up in a corner with
one or two neighbors' boys and a street
arab, drawing pictures of ponies and
guns on writing table. The children
had Waylaid him and begged him to
snow them pictures of the guns and the
mustangs he had in the war At another
time a New York artist found him in the
executive chamber, half buried under
children clambering over his chair, while
he strove to show them photographs of
the scenes of the campaign.
Some years ago, when President Roose-
welt was better known among his friends
as devotee of sport and a seeker after
lan h
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Some years ago, when President Roose-
welt was better known among his friends
as devotee of sport and seeker after
health in the far West, he met repeat
edly III New York city young man who
lost no opportunity to snub him, and
who suggested without disguise the posi-
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Miss Mayme yIyfou.

Miss Wayne Viyion, a Missouri girl
of much talent, has been engaged to
teach next winter in the Whitworth
Female College at Brookhaven, Miss.
Miss Viyion's home is in Fulton. She
is well known throughout this and
several other States, having attracted
attention by her playing of stringed
instruments, and especially the harp,
of which she is master.
Miss Vivion is of charming personal
ity and pleasing stage presence, and
plays with a temperament which dis
tinctly appeals to an audience.
She is graduate of Christian Col
lege, Columbia, Mo-, but received her
musical education at the Goldbeck
Conservatory in st. Louis, and the
Chicago Harp College, under the man
agement of Madam Chatterton and
Miss Della Crysdale. Miss Vivion's
people are Southerners and it is
reasonable to suppose that her sue
cess as harpist will be as pronounced
in the South as it has been in her ma
tive State Missouri. - Kansas City
Times.
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more than you have and know how to
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