Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-21
Date Of Col, ROOseve|t'S
Arrival in New York.
Pleased at,Proposed Reception
Planned by The People.
Insists That II Shall Be hon.parti.
san In Every Way.

Roosevelt will sail for New York on
the steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
June 10. This is according to his lat
est plans and it will bring him into
that port on Friday, June II. Every
mile that brings Col. Roosevelt nearer
home seems to make him more anxious
to reach there. Today he made the
following brief statement:
Naturally l am deeply touched and
pleased to learn that my fellow coun-
trymen feel that they would like to
receive me on my return to New York.
shall be more than glad to see them,
but NV reception must be non-parti-
san. 1t must be participated by Re
publicans, Democrats, PopuliSts and
men of other no political faith alike
in short, by all who care to take part
in such IL reception, whatever their
politics may be or whether they be
Fastener, Westerner, Northerner or
Southerner.
At o'clock this morning, the Ibis
arrived here from Wady Halfa, 115
miles down the Nile. The Ibis left
Wady Halfa before daybreak Saturday
and reached Abu Simbel about Z
o'clock in the morning. Col. Roosevelt,
accompanied by his family, visited the
great temple, which is adorned by four
gigantic statues, the most beautiful of
all Egyptian colossi. They represent
RameScS ii.
The journey was continued an hour
later northwards through wonderful
river scenery. Col. and Mrs. Roose-
n1 cd n ohair in ho nf
steamer, thoroughly enjoying the
beauties of the early morning, and as
a mail steamer passed, the Ex-Presi-
dent acknowledged the shouts and
cheers from the passengers by rising
to his feet and waving his hat Soon
Dababiya, nearly opposite
Gebelen was passed. Gebelen THE
two mountains" is a curious detached
serrated ridge of rocks, one of which
is crowned by the tomb Of Skeikh
Musa.
Soon after reaching Shellal the Roose-
velt party took Il launch and proceeded to
Philae, crowded with interesting monu-
ments. The oldest building on the island
dates from r. c. $50 and the chief deity
reverenced was Isis. The temples are
fected III the great temple of Isis. Most
of the tombs and temples are almost en-
tirely submerged, but they presented
rare state of preservation and coloring.
From Philae the launch continued to
Assuan dam, where landing was made.
Trolley worked by hand and running on
narrow rails were available and Col.
Roosevelt found il possible to secure de-
tails of the work on both the old and the
new dams.
A second launch below the new dam
carried the party along the winding chan
mel. where many objects of interest were
to be viewed, and through the lock to the
Cataract hotel, on the step of which
crowds. of American and other visitors
were gathered to greet the former Presi-
dent. Col. Roosevelt acknowledged their
hearty salutes By raising his hat and he
shook hands with several Of tho Ameri-
cans who pressed forward Lunch was
served in the dining hall. Col Roosevelts S
table at which the engineers joined the
party, being raised above the others so
that the cx-Prcsident sat as on a dais
for all the other guests to gaze upon.
mere Was no intrusion, however, on tne
privacy OF the party, which spent less
than half an hour at the table. Then
they embarked again for visit to the
tombs at Mount Grenfell. The steep hill
on the west bank of the river takes its
name from Lord GrenfeIl, who opened
the tornbs in 1876 In spite of the great
heat, Col. Roosevelt climbed the zgzag
path that leads up TO the tombs These
date from the sixth to the 18th centuries
and proved most interesting. though
many of them have been badly damaged
The return TO ShellaI was then made
and the Roosevelt party arranged to
spend the night on board the steamer
Early tomorrow morning the visitors will
leave for Luxor by the regular express
train.
At reception given by the Egyptian
officers at Shellal. Col Roosevelt again
took occasion to express his wonder at
the progress made in the last fey years
in Egypt, and also to advise all those con-
nected with the army to confine their at
tention to that department and to elimi-
nate politics.
A slight change has been made in Col
Roosevelt's program in Europe. He will
remain in Copenhagen from the AFTERNOON