The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-21
PLEA.
TO THE REPORTERS
ASKS THEM TO LEAVE HIM
ALONE DURING HIS HUNT
ING TRIP.
Kills Huge Cinnamon Bear En- Route
To His Camp in Colorado-Captures
Live Wolf Before Admiring
Crowd in Oklahoma.

| Fe station Friday night to welcome
President Roosevelt. Grand Army vet
| Grams were lined up on the platform, and
| a band entertained the crowd during the
wait. Promptly at 1880 o'clock the
presidential special train pulled into the
station. Wild cheering greeted the
president as he stepped out upon the
platform of the car. The president re-
spOnded to calls for speech, saying In
part:
Il am going to make request of the
people of Colorado. am off on hunt.
One thing you cannot do on hunt, and
that is to carry brass band. You can
not combine hunting bears with your
Fourth of July celebration, so am going
to beg the people of Colorado to treat me
on this hunt just as we'll as the people of
Oklahoma treated me on the wolf hunt.
If lot of newspaper men start to come
in after me will have to come home;
that is all there is to it. The thing they
can do that will please me best is to let
me be on that hunt alone and pay no
earthly attention to me or to any OF my
party while am off in the mountains.
want to ask the newspaper men, and es-
pecially the newspaper men OF this great
state of yours, fair show, and not to
try to follow me up. If they do it prob
ably will mean that shall have to give
up the hunt If they won't do it will
agree that if anything of any earthly in
terest happens will have the news sent
out"
Kills Huge Bear.
Newcastle, COL, April 17.-President
Roosevelt, with customary good luck,
bagged his first bear Saturday before he
even had some within sight Of his new
hunting camp. The animal, a Compound
cinnamon, crossed the trail of the hunt
ing party Is miles from here, and the
dogs took up the chase. After hard
run of half hour bruin was overtaken.
The president, throwing himself from
his horse, awaited his opportunity and
brought down the game. The animal
was skinned by John Golf, guide, and
the party proceeded, reaching the camp
at five o'clock. In addition to the presi-
dent, DR.. Alexander Lambert and P. B.
Stewart, of Colorado Springs, ten men
rode to the hunting camp. Five more
are already at the camp, with everything
ready for the comfort of the party. Be-
fore starting the president announced
confidentially that he was not going into
any hand to-hand encounters with griz-
lilies, nor to strangle any mountain lions
with bare hands. He does not expect to
bag record breaking amount of game,
and will feel satisfied if he gets one bear
during the whole hunt, and particularly
fortunate If he gets two.
Captures Live Wolf.
Oklahoma City, Okla, April 12.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt featured the second
day of his hunting in the big pasture by
capturing alive a full-grown and COM
bative coyote without scratch. The
prairie wolf had been cvertaken and
downed by the dogs, and while the ami
NAL was fighting it's attackers the presi-
dent slipped from his horse and caught
the wolf by it's jaws, rendering it help
less. This feat, which is accomplished
by but few plainsmen and cowboys
brought forth round of applause from
those who witnessed it. The guide,
John Alternately, who is noted as the
champion wolf catcher of the southwest
captured the first wolf on Monday in
this manner, and at that time the presi-
dent announced his intention of im;tat-
ing the feat. Seven other wolves were
caught during the day, all being taken
by the more usual method OF allowing
the dogs to finish the animals.
Hundreds Killed by Cyclone.
Antananarivo, Madagascar April 13.
Fuller reports of the damage done