The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-04

east-bound train.
W. H. Nackey. United States mar
shall, joined the party at junction CITY.
but alternated between the presidents
Brinkerhoff, the pilot train which ran
just five minutes ahead of the presiden-
tial train.
Elihu Root. secretary of war, accom-
panied President Roosevelt through
Kansas as far as Bavaria. a little town
west of Salina. It was there that the
east-bound train was met. Bavaria
was not down for a stop, but the
presidential train stopped there to allow
Secretary Root to make the transfer
Secretary Root returned east to attend
a meeting of National Guard officers
at Columbus, Ohio.
Sunday afternoon a Wallace county
ranchman, Josiah Gorsuch. presented
the Roosevelt children, through their
father. with young badger. The pres
/ ident accepted the gift and was max
ing an examination of the animal when
! it began to nibble the presidential
finger. He seems to be hungry re-
marked the president. Take him TO
the car and feed him. he said to
I would not dare to go home to my
boys without that badger" he after
wards remarked to some newspaper
men. And so Mr. Wallace County
Badger becomes a member of the Roose-
welt family.
Senator Long and Senator Burton
have both been practicing horseback
riding for several weeks. but neither OF
them rode half as far as did the prest-
dent.
Some of the presidential party de.
ternined to take a horseback ride OF
their own, apart from the president.
Sunday afternoon. and a half dozen or
them started out led by n. H Looms.
That is, they were to have been led by
/ Mr.. Loomis in reality they We're leo py
Mr.. Dennison, of the New York sun
But it wasn't Mr.. Dennison's fault
The horse which he rode is the fastest
running horse in Wallace county, ana
it's custom was to take the lead. It was
one Of the kind, too, that the harder one
pulls on them the faster they go. MI
/ Dennison had no sooner landed in his
saddle than the horse was of ike =
flash He went through the rope renee
around the presidential train and struck
off over the slope before the Otner
riders knew what was happening. He
was out of sight in two minutes.
I'VE had gone about three miles,
said Mr.. Dennison when he got back.
land I was getting pretty tired trying
to hold the brute. I couldn't make any
impression on him. Finally my strength
gave out and I loosened on the rein ana
y
three steps. and I got off and laid on
! the ground. The horse was all right
the trouble was with me 1 didn't UNI
derstand the combination
r. II. Hazard came near meeting
serious mishaD The horse he was
riding stepped in prairie dog hole and
fell with its rider Fortunately it did
not fall on Mr.. Hazard. The latter was
shaken up considerably but escaped
serious consequences
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pie of Sharon Springs for the manner in
which they entertained the president
Though few in numbers they are all
wool and "A yard wide. w =. Ward, for
4 county in the legislature, and @. p.
! Woodhouse. the present representa- tive,
had general charge of the arrange
rlents-
The weather on the trip through Kan
sas Saturday was abominable. It was
cold and raw and the wind was damp.
but notwithstanding this there were
great crowds along the way Upwards
of L. 900 people heard the president
speak at Salina, many of whom had
been standing in the cold for an hour
in order to be sure of a good place to
hear and see. At nearly every station
the tops of cars near by would be
crowded. and from nearly every eleva-
ton and from the windows of the near
by houses cameras were leveled at the
president.
The weather at Sharon Springs sun
day was delightful finer day could
not have been made to order There
was considera bic breeze in the morning,
but this is to be expected in western
Kansas. The air was pure and bracing,
however. and the sun shone bright and
warm
There are still a considerable number
of snow banks dotting the prairies in
/ Wallace county the remnants of the
great snow storm of last Wednesday.
! Stockmen say it was the worst storm
known in ten years, and fully five hun
dred cattle persisted in Wallace county
on that day and the surrounding coun-
ties suffered as much. The prafries had
! begun TO grow green, and the men
with big herds had turned their cattle
out on the range They had scattered
and it was impossible to gather them in
before the storm came on. AS a result
the animals were without shelter. and
/ they simply drifted before the storm.
The weak and thin ones We're soon ex-
| hauSted and persisted One man with a
herd of 500 followed them for twelve
miles the day following the storm and
found 50 dead ones with his brand on
in that distance.