Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-09-23

land. landed at the Brooklyn navy
yard at 1875 this afternoon. On leav-
Ing Oyster Bay the conditions we're
threatening and the Sylph ran into
terrih" storm. The rain came down
in torrents and the wind blew into
gale. on Willcts point the vessel
was In serious danger. on passing
through Hell Gate. the gale increased
in force, and about a quarter OF a
mile from the Sylph a tug towing a
| three-mastcd schooner. went down.
II could NOT be asCertained whether
all the crew was saved, owing to the
intensity OF the storm, which forced
all the passengers on the Sylph below
deck,
On passing up East river. the
Sylph was hailed by naval tug Pow
haitian. Lieutenant Commander
PoundstOne. who told Lieutenant
Preston that il would be impossible
and foolhardy TO attempt to follow out
the presidents plan OF continuing to
Ellis Island. After consultation with
Admiral Rogers, the president decid-
ed To go to Ellis Island. and he start
ed tor there shortly after . o'clock.
Al that hour the storm had abated
considerably. The Sylph arrived at
Ellis island about 2.25. At that time
it was so rough that landing could
not he made.
Later a landing was made on FL
lis Island and the president and his
party inspected the Immigration de-
pot with much interest. The prcsi-
dents interest was attracted by
cOmcly German woman. Adele Wal
ter. from l.eutcndorf, who bore in a
wicker basket a tiny 7-mOnihs-Old
baby. After chatting moment with
her, ia, president slipped a - bill
into Nh" hand OF Jacob Riis to he Civ
en- to the woman for her child. She
nearly tainted on learning that the
gift was from the president OF the
United States. As the president was
passing through room in which
women, who had been excluded. were
detained temporarily, an elderly wom-
an, learning in some way that the
president was in the room, rushed to-
ward HIM. She was restrained and
as the president passed into another
department cried out painfully. The
president inquired about the case and
learned that the woman had been de-
talncd al the prison since July 80.
On that date. with her husband and
four children, she arrived on the
steamer BarbarOssa. from Russia, The
husband and child had come over as
second cabin passengers. probably be-
cause they knew they were afflicted
..sht IaV hnf
to this country from the
steerage. while the other three chill
dren were steerage passengers. The
husband and one child escaped from
the ship Although the evidence
showed that the woman had son in
this country engaged in a profitable
business she and her three children
were held up Her son in New York
instituted habcas corpus proceedings
to secure the release OF his mother
and brothers. hut the decision few
days ago was against him. President
Roosevelt asked that the woman be
brought 10 the commissioners Office
where he could personally investigate
the case After facts had been de-
veloped the president announced that
there could be no possible reason for
OBTAINING the woman longer rs II was
evident that she and her children
were financially able TO care for them
selves.
Al Z o'clock tonight the president.
by Secretary Loeb and
his personal attendants, went aboard
the Sylph for dinner. Al 10 o'clock
they left Tor Jersey iCty on the tug
where they boarded a
train for Antietam.