The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-15
M|NGLES WITH
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NATIONS POOR
n
Roosevelt Visits New York's
M Famous East side
ACCORDED AN OVATION
SPEAKS BEFORE THE HuNGARi
AN CLUB PROTECTED BY
HUNDREDS OF POLICE
MEN AND SECRET
SERVICE MEN.


time since the days when he was gov
ernor of New York. President Roose
velr revisited today the heart of tho
East Side where, as guest of tn,
hungarian :epublican club, he dinet
aud spoke n the restaurant Little
Hungary Guarded by mounted po
lice and secret service men, through
streets cleared and cordoned by pa
trolmen, he drove from upper Fiji
avenue into the crowded district
which lies around Second avenue and
East Houston streets, a region OF
small shops and tenemcnts, and large
ly populated by foreign born citizens
Received Big Ovation.
From the moment his carriage en-
tered the district he received an ova
tion. Never before has a president
Of the United States visited ;his lit
tle-known part Of New York aud neye.
before had a fraction Of the thousand
that cheere1 him scnn a nation 5 rul.
or. Electric Sights winkcd and blink
cd charac eristic Ice nd, gaudy bunt
ing fiuttered IN th wind and lie grea
East Side showed IFS el husiasm l.
every imag aablo way. Aero s tn
Second avenue at Sixty street huge
electric device blazeJ forth The sin
gle word "DeIightrd,1 worl fre
Quently used IN litc slecpra ions.
Precautions fer His Safety.
Many small shop Keepers apparent
ly had spent a weeks profit in elab
orate decorations and It has beer
many years since the East Side saw
such sight. The district through
which the president dYove and II
which he dined IL not the safest IT
tho gfent city and the police took nc
chances go stringent were the pre-
cauiivih that not a fiashlight photo
graph was allowed to be taken an
the Uniformed police, plain clothe
inun aud deiec Ives fairly swarlne
inside aud out Of the The Little Hun
gary" They wore STATIONED on th
roofs and fire escapes 10 the neigh
borhood and for two blocks on eithe'
side of East Houston rect a cor
don of police cut or the crowds. Or
dinary police ,eards permitting eptr,
into fire. Lines and ein,ilar place
vefc stsnll,sled INand nolpne vitlot
aii invitatlohFto thss dinner On a spec
ially issued police card was permit
ted 10 pass the faulty drawn line q,
patrolmen.
Tenants OF nearby houses had beet
warned in the afternoon by The police
70 get homo before the lines wet,
Drawn aud wost of them APPEARED tt
have done So
Couldn't Sit in Windows.
Driven from the streets hey crowd
ed the front windows and out on fire
escapes of tenements. They wert
posted in this way by the hundred
The buildings we're bristling witt
faces from every point of vantage ant
q hurried conference OF police offici
als was held. They evidently did MOI
like the situation. AS result every
one was driven from the fire escapes
and from the ppen windows, whief
were ordered locked but no objection
was made 10 the occupan looking
through The glass. Oa every fire
escape. with orders TO watch the peo
pie in lhe,house, was a uniformed po
Hcenian From the, entrance of the
The Little. Hungary, could be seer
more than fifty policemen in uniform
on numerous fire escapes, while 9th
ers neered OVER the cornices. and sill
others we're stationed in the hall
ways of the teeming tenements.
Tremendous Enthusiasm.
When The presidential party appear ]
ed the band struek up The S.ar Span
gled Banner" but after, the opening
barl not a horn could he heard. a
wave of cheering swept rahead of the
party. aud grew into a roar such as
the East Side tenement walls never
echoed before. The window order was
forgotten. AS il worked by a system
of switches sashes wen up simusane
ously Waving his hat from his ear
rage window and bowling. the presi-
dent returned the polyglot greeting.
There WIS no delay. A lane was
made quickly through the people and
the carriages with their mounted po
lice escort swept MP TO the door of
the Tcs.auran. At the entrance 70
tho cafe there was a welcoming cheer
and the president DOTTED his hat. The
mounted police lined up opposite the
entrance until the party entered the
cafe. :.
After brief reception the president
en-. cred he banquet room, which was
elaborateiy decorated with flags. ever
greens. flowers and electric lights.
From Famous Hungarians.
A long letter read was from Count
Apponyi one of the opposition lead
ers in the Hungarian diet. In which be
gCzliinusd on fourth Pase.I