The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-28
ARE STILL AFTER HIM
AhoTHER CRANK AccosTs THE
 pREsIDENT.
Mrs. Roosevelt Was Much Agitated, But the Nation's Chief Execu- tive Was Not Frightened
 in the Least,

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 New York, Nov. H.--President Roosevelt came to New York today to attend the funeral of James King Oracle, whose late wife was . sister of the Presidents mother.
 During the i've hours he was in the city he was surrounded by several hun. dred policemen and e number of special officers, but many apparently harmless eranlxs managed to elude their vigilance and handed to the President letter re. garding a panacea which he claims he has discovered. The letter was given to ono of the special officers and the man who gave his name as A. B. pemlns, of 150 Broadway, was taken by the police te court, where he talked wildly.
 The interview came as the President was leaving the church.
 Mrs Roosevelt was much agitated over the occurrence, but the President was not at all alarmed.
 At 15o Broadway, it was said that Den- ing has a desk in the room and that he always appeared to be perfectly rationly on all subjects except the panacea.
 The Presidential party went to Jersey City without further incident and left there for Washington.
 Deming was later committed to Belle Vu0 I1OSptSdi lOT bAhMhAh1tAon 0a s0 AstS sanity. He told the magistrate ramb- ling story, in the course of which he said that he was in the clothing business in Oakland. Cal. for twelve years. but that for the last M years he had been in New York and vicinity.
 He said he had met every President from Grant to Mckinley.
 After breakfasting at the Robinson home, the President left the house and went to the late residence of MT. Oracle on East 18th Street, remained there until time to go to the Church of the Holy Communion for the funeral service.
 The head of the cortege were carriages containing the pallbearers, Then came 8 carriage containing the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with them in the carriage was a central office detective and several secret service men and a secret service man rode on the seat with tn drivr. The hearse followed, with carriages containing the other mourners, Policemen were lined along the route at frequent inter- vals. The same cordon of mounted police escorted the President that had been de- tailed for the ride from the ferry.
 The police arrangements for the protec- tion of the President and to restrain the large crowl, more than 300 patrolmen be- ing around the block in which the church is located.
 On the west side of Sixth Avenue, near the church, there was a solid line of patrolmen standing shoulder to shoulder for block and on the east side a detail of men. Around the entire block patroi- men were placed at frequent intervals, shutting off all traflie from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue on Twentieth and Twenty-first Street, The middle of the streets was kept open and the crowd, which assumed large proportions in a short time, was kept close to the side- walk. No one was allowed in the mid- dle of the streets. .e
 The President, with Mrs. Roosevelt, alighted from their carriage and went quickly into the church. There was ht- tic excitement, the occasion barring any The crowd by the time the cortege reached the church, was so dense that ingress or egress on the ave- nue was practically impossible. Just prior to the arrival of the eortege police inspestor noticed 8 man standing on the structure, leaning over the east railing, d rectIy oposite the entrance Of the church. The man was ordered away after he had returned an insolent answer to the inspectors question and departed.
 While the man was presumably curi- osity seeker who merely wished to get a vantage pOlHL CO beo tHe ETcSlucHts tnS crowd impressed by the elaborate prepa- looked on the incident aa a possi- ble plot against the President, but there were no further disturbances.
 Just as the services were concluded a man who attempted to force his way to the President and hand him letter was He gave his name as Arthur P. Deming, 6 years old, of Jersey City. He said he was born in the United States and was the manufacturer of a medicine to cure every disease.
 When the President left his seat to leave the church he departed by a side entrance to 18th Street. Deming had in some way been allowed to gain access to a small ante-room and in that manner was directly in the Presidents hallway, Deming said later:
 q handed the President the letter and said:
 " Please read this on your way out"'
 When Deming held out the letter the President took 1t and handed 1t to se- cret service man. Deming was then pushed back and placed under arrest. He said that he was A. B. Deming, of 170 Broadway, and that he had a cure for cancer which he wished the Emperor Will liam to try He wanted President Roose. welt to write a letter to the Emperor rec the cure.
 The President was unrufied by the inc cident. With Mrs. Roosevelt he entered his carriage immediately and was driven to the 23rd Street ferry to take the train for Washington.
 Deming was taken to the Tombs police court. Before being arraigned he said:
 T don't know why the President did not keep my letter instead of handing it over to a policeman. It is charcoal cancer cure that cannot fail I wanted Mir. Roosevelt to write to Emperor William recommending the cure for him."
 It is said that Deming is the man who on May 9. 1900, appeared at the House of Representatives in Washington and star tied the House by suddenly shouting from the gallery:
 '.Halt-order-by the grace of the Lord. listen" and then having secured the de- sired attention, proceeded to make speech to that branch of the United States Congress. Three or four policemen had finally hustled him away and escorted him outside the building. It is also said that last April he appeared at the White Star Line pier as J. P. Morgan. Andrew Carnegie and others were sailing on the Cedric and preached a sermon to them.