Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-04-08
ROOSEVELT DAY IN
CAIRO GALA Event
FOR THE TOURISTS
Egyptian Capital in Holiday
Attire in Honor of the
American Visitors.

Cairo, Egypt, March 26.-This has
been Roosevelt day in Cairo, the old
and new civilizations of the Egyptian
metropolis cooperating to give the dis
tinguiShed American a welcome hat in
cordiality and enthusiasm surpassed
that received by any other foreigner
within the memory of the present gen.
Grafton.
New York's reception may be on a
grander scale" said an American tour
list, but this Did town has set us a
lively pace"
The train from Luxor bearing Col
onel Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, Kermit
and Miss Ethel drew into the station
a few minutes after s o'clock this morn
ing n the visitors first view Of the
capital was across a sea Of faces tina
appeared to surprise the former presi-
dent, accustomed as he is to waiting
crowds.
Long before daylight the city had
been decked with American flags, from
the old Arabian Cairo through Ezbe-
kieh garden, to the fashionable foreign
quarter of Ismaili yesterday.
For days the one topic Of CONVERSE
ton had been the expected arrival OF
the American statesman and hunter
and in the restaurants, on the streets
and in the corridors of the hotels his
name was heard continuously. The
season at the hotels is nearly closed,
but hundreds of Americans and other
tourists remained for today's demon
stration.
Great Crowds at Station.
An hour before train time an eonr-
nous crowd gathered at the railway
station and there was q good deal of
jostling for point of vantage.
Colonel Roosevelt was received for
mally by Major l.. O.. F. Stack, Brit
lsh agent in Sudan, and director Of
Intelligence, who expressed the regrets
Of Sir Reginald Wingate, the sirdar,
that the latter, owing to indisposition,
was unable to personally meet the
City's guest.
With Major Stack were American
Consul General Iddings, Mrs. Iddings
and Miss Iddings. The latter presented
Mrs. Roosevelt with a bunch of vio-
let's. After greeting their acquaintance
and acknowledging the cheers of the
throng, the R~oosevelts, accompanied by
the Iddings family, entered a motor
car and were driven to Shepeard's ho-
tel, situated on the Sharila Kamel in
the business district. The Roosevelt's
car was escorted by a squad of mount
ed police.
Arriving at the hotel the visitors
found another crowd in waiting and
another noisy demonstration was re-
ceived. The guests at the hotel in
cluded many Americans and from ev-
cry flag staff On or near the building
the stars and stripes were flying.
AS soon as they were permitted to
do SO, the R~oosevelts withdrew to the
suite which had beer reserved for
them and rested for a time.
Received by khedive.
Colonel Roosevelt and Mr.. Iddings
had lunch with Major Stack at the
British agency. This afternoon the
state coach called for Mr.. Roosevelt
and conveyed him to the Abdin pal
ace, where he was received by Abbas
Hilmi. the khedive of Egypt.
The Roosevelts will remain here one
week and the program of entertain
mentj and sight seeing arranged will
keep them busy.
They will sail for New York from
Southampton, u 10, accommodations
having been booked on the steamer
Kaserin Auguste Victoria.
Colonel Roosevelt In his call on the
khedive was accompanied by Mr.. Idd-
ings. The two then returned to the
agency, where the khedive soon after
ward made a return call. This visit
lasted for half an hour. After which
the Roosevelts returned to their hotel,
where preparations were made for a
visit to the pyramids this evening.
The party will spend the night at the
Mena house.