The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-26
HUGE Joke
ON SECRET SERVICE MEN
AT OYSTER BAY
THAT MYSTERIOUS BOX
Sent to Roosevelt byVau-
devilIians.


dent Roosevelt, Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island, and Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts,, held very important
conference at Sycamore Hill this af-
ternoon. The subject Of reciprocity
with Canada, which has been, and still
is, such source of concern to the Mas
sachusetts Republicans, was very thor
oughly discussed. 1t was for the pur-
pose Of talking this matter over with
Senator Lodge that the president invit-
ed the latter to visit him at his home,
and though apparently Senator Aid.
rich just dropped in" from his yacht
and dropped out again after visit
of but couple hours, there was a good
deal more than mere coincidence in
his coming at this particular time.
New England will turn in a solid
vote for Roosevelt" said Senator Lodge
just before he boarded the train for
New York. There is no doubt what
ever Of the presidents popularity
throughout the eastern tier of states
and not one of them is in any danger
of going Democratic"
Senator Aldrich, as Is usual after i'm
portant conferences with the president
had nothing whatever to say.
Through the visit to town of a couple
of vaudeville actors today, a huge joke
on the secret service guards has just
come to light. The actors are sum-
mering at little village called Syosset,
four miles from Oyster Bay and came
over to see what had become of lit
tie present they had sent to the presi-
dent. The gift, they said, was goose
in a box"
I'VE sent note with it." said one of
the actors "in which we said we hoped
the bird would always hiss his enemies.
We know what fierce things Kisses are,
you know"
It happened that on the day the ac-
tors shipped the box containing the
goose by express. from Syosset deputy
sheriff Of the county spotted them and
at once detected a dynamite plot.
Rushing to the telegraph office he
wired message to Secretary Loeb
reading: Look out for mysterious
box shipped from Syosset. Boy who
sent 1t very nervous and excited"
Secretary Loeb of course, was obliged
due attention, and turned the message
over to the secret service detectives
with instructions, to examine the box
when 1t came. When the mysterious
case put in an appearance, the detec"
tives seized it with all the tenderness
that fifty pounds Of dynamite ought to
claim, and carried It down to the shore
of the bay far away from any human
habitation. Then they placed a giant
firecracker upon the lid, lighted the
fuse and retired precipitately to a safe
distance. The cracker went off but the
great charge of dynamite did not, and
after waiting patiently for more devel-
opments, the detectives lugged the box
into the water and immersed it. There
was strange kissing noise within as
though a burning fuse were being
quenched, then all was still.
From this point accounts differ. The
detectives assert that they did not find
a goose inside the box. Only a little
broom was there with card saying,
1--WE hope, Mr.. President, that you will
sweep the country" The vaudevillians
who came to town today say that If
there was no goose in the box when II |
reached the executive offices, some one
had taken it away for dinner. The Sc
cret sleuths are not talking much about |
that mysterious box.
Chairman George B. Cortelyou, of
the national committee will visit the
president tomorrow.