The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-24
HARTMAN SPECIAL
/ RAGING EASTWARD.
With Alice Roosevelt Party as His
Guests, Railroad King Seeks
Record.

Ogden, Utah.. Oct. "a; The Harri-
man special train arrived at Ogden at
II 30 am. today, and departed for the
east over the Union Pacific railway,
after change of engines, which was
accomplished in the record time Of two
minutes. @
made at an average speed Of forty-f five
miles an hour. E. III. Hartman refused
to be interviewed. His train was
guarded by detectives and secret serv
ice men.
Crew Shares Wager.
San Francisco, Oct. "a The crew OF
the Pacific liner Siberia is sharing
whose party and that of Miss Alice
Roosevelt landed from the liner yester-
day after record trip from the orient.
The $4,000 was won as a prize by the
crew-but as a bet by Mr. Hartman.
While the Siberia was making her rec
ord run from the orient she encoun-
tered a storm which lasted three days
and seriously affected her running time.
Robert Goelet, another Of the passen-
gers, said to Mr.. Hartman on the third
day: Hartman, your old tub hash t
she is so far behind that she will never
catch up"
tEWhat do you care to give on thatf'''
inquired Hartman.
HI'll lay 2 to ], replied Goelet.
"sI'll bet you. $1,000 against $4,000
that we beat the record Hartman
said. Goelet accepted the wager and
the two men deposited their checks
with the purser. The Siberia beat the
Speeding on the Special.
Miss Alice Roosevelt''s trip is all over
| ney which she is making in the spe-
cial train which is carrying President
Hartman back to Wall street. AS soon
as the Siberia arrived, the Roosevelt
party and the Harrimans boarded. the
Pacific Mail tender Arab and were car,
ried to- the Oakland pier, where the
special train had been painting since
early morning.
Miss Roosevelt has enjoyed her won
derful trip but would have had a bet
ter time in some respects had she trav
the move for nearly four months. She
has visited many lands and innumer
able cities and small towns. Wherever
she went Well-meaning friends had pre-
/ pared elaborate programs for her en-
/ tertainment, and being her father Z
daughter, she stayed with the process
sion. She almost constantly has faced
batteries of cameras, and whatever sht
did, and much more she did not do
has furnished material for the publ,
prints .55
!. It was pretty big undertaking TO
i one little girl, and she looked tiret
when she landed yesterday Afternoon
Most stop,s not True.
@Ss'I have. nothing to say about m,
trip except lit has been az great expe
rience and I enjoyed it, she SAID
"Most of the wonderful things tn
newspapers have printed about me ar
not true. gs.
:. 81 did not jump into the swimmin
tank on the: Manchuria except when
, went there to swim, and did not dar
): Congressman Longworth to jump i
after me.
| "The sultan Of Sulu did not want
marry me. Did not even propose t
, me. The presents received were Meth
er numerous nor valuable. Most O
: them are just little souvenirs, some wer
merely paper flowers and the intrinsi
, value Of them all is insignificant.
: "And I will not be interviewed.
" The Collector Dodged.
r The much talked-of presents of valu
estimated all the way from Secretar
Taft g appraisement of $3.50 to hundred
} OF thousands, are going thru to Washing