The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-06
Ed HOVE WRITES
0F IBE BANQUET
Atchison Globe Man Tells
How He Saw 1t.
BILL WHITE WITH HIM
Talked With Roosevelt for
Twenty Minutes.
BILL WHITE WITH HIM
rFrom the Atehsgn Globel


Possibly readers OF the Clone vii be in
terezted in knowing how the bachelor
governor entertaiEs.
The governors residence is probably
the handsomest home in kansas. 1t was
built by a man named Bennett, a breeder
OF PercEeIoa horses. at a cost Of $1,000.
But the woolly-iegged Perchedon horses
were too slow Tor kansas; they reminded
people CT oxen and Bennett was com
PEELED to sell his fine house. The state
bought IL Tor 5000. Governor St4nley
was the first governor 10 Cccpy it. The
last legislature made an appropriation for
fixing it up, ana III improvements were
completed only lew days before The
Presidents visit.
! arrived al the house at O'Clock, with
William Alien White. A crowd Of people
surrounded the place, and police officers
were busy keeping them out OF the yard.
y colored boy wearing white coat re-
ceiyed US, and we huns our hats and
overcoats il the hail. We were the first
arrivals, but Judge Hook Judge John-
son and Mort AIDaush came Immediately
after US They had heard down town
that the Presidents train was an hour
late. and instead of dinner iei1g served
at 7:15, as intended, it was SIS when The
guests sat down.
The governors private secretary, Harry
Bone. lives with him. Mir Bone and his
wife come from country town about
the size OF Efineham. and. coming from
a country town ourseif We we're very
proud of them. the house looked so nice
The governor was uot there; he was down
at the station. waiting for the President
and Sir. and Mrs Bone did the honoIs
Every room Of the mansion is finished
in a different hard wood: it is said that
the library was finished in walnut by
worlunen from the Pullman shops in Pull
man, III. The floral decorations were
extensive. but in excellent taste There
was trailing green stuff everywhere, and
vines growing over the NANTES. from
pots on the thing below. In the library.
there was the handsomest display of
American beauty roses we have ever seen.
There We're flowers in every room. but,
so far as we are able to judge the taste
displayed was excellent; not too much Of
anything.
The principal rooms down stairs are
She enormous hail. the double parIors.
the library and the dining room. The
guests sat in the back parlor convers-
ing good naturedly. Every electric light
was burning, from cellar to dome. Dur
Ing pause in the conversation, / re-
marked:
What an opportunity for the lights
70 go oUt!'
Within two seconds. every light in the
house went out as they have a habit of
doing. Then there was genuine excite
ment- Mr. Bone rushed to the telephone,
and called up the electric light Office
Mrs. Bone began looking for lamps, but
there was not one I'm the house The light
fixtures were double. for gas and cleo
trio lamps. but the guests struck matches.
and discovered that the gas had been
turned eff Finally. an cid lantern from
the cellar was found by a servant. and
one little red candle; the candle looked
as though it had done duty at some time
on a birthday cake.
Tho President was expecte8 every mo-
ment and imagine how Harry Bone and
his wife felt. The lights had been test
ed by the electric light people that after
noon and pronounced perfect (The cause
of the trouble probably was overlooking
the fuse leading into the house: too many
lights burning. Mrs. Bone sent a serv-
ant hurriedly to a grocery store for can
dies. Another servant went to a neigh
bor's to look for coal oil lamps one
neighbor came in. Air Frost. to be SYM
pathetic But he made matters worse.
b. looking out the front door every min
ute. and saying: There they come now
although they didn't come FOR twenty
minutes.
Finally away down in the street cheer
ing could be heard; the president and
his party were approaching: no doubt
this time. What would the governor
say when he drove up and found his
mansion dark; TRis question was on ev-
cry lip. Every other house in the neigh
borhood was brightly illuminated. but the
governors mansion. where the President
was TO be entertained was dark The
cheering came nearer rapid; the streets
were lined with people for miles. At
last the cheering broke out i'm front of the
house. but the house was stin dark. The
front door opened during the confusion.
and Governor BaHey's voice inquired
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