The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-14
By Train at Three O'clock in
the Morning.
ON THE GRAND CANAL.
In a GondOIa He Is ROwed to
His Hotel.
He Leaves at 2:2O This After
noon for Vienna.

Venice, April 14.-Mr. Roosevelt
was rowed through a stretch of the
Canal Grande in the darkness of the
early morning today and declared the
experience to be more impressive than
a sight of Venice by moonlight. Mr..
| Roosevelt arrived here by train at 8
o'clock this morning and departed at
/ 2:2O o'clock This afternoon for Vienna
| The former president was accom-
panied from Porto Maurizio by Kermit
Roosevelt, Lawrence Abbott, two secre-
taries and several American newspa-
per men. He was met at the railway
station by American Consul James ".
Long and Commander Andrew T.
Long, American naval attache at Rome
and Vienna. The party entered hood
ed gondolas which threaded their way
swiftly through the narrow canals to
the hotel, where apartments had been
reserved. The reflection of the street
lights in the inky waters, the gloomy
facades of beautiful palaces rising on
either side and the quiet of the hour,
broken only by the melancholy cries
of the gondOlierS as corners were ap-
preached, were commented upon by
Mr.. Roosevelt and his son, both of
whom enjoyed the trip immensely.
Reaching the hotel the Roosevelts re-
tired, but were up again at 8 o'clock
and after breakfast started out on
sightseeing tour They visited St
ancient magnifcence of Venice; the
palace of the doges. several museums,
the Bridge Of Signs and Verrocchio's
statue of Bartolomeo Colleonl
The country through which Col
Roosevelt and his son passed on the
road from Porto Maurizio to Venice,
was pleasing to the eye, and the jour
ney of itself, delightful, was made
doubIy enjoyable by the welcome which
the ex-president received at every stop:
At all the stations crowds collected
to cheer and little knots. of Americans
pressed forward to greet Col. Roose-
velt and shake him by the hand. Many
of them reiterated the exclamatlon' ;,
You must be our president again;
To this the colonel made no reply out
he had a pleasant word for all
Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit returned
to their hotel at 11:45 o'clock and rev
minutes later gorgeous steam launch
puffed up to the landing stage or the
hotel and the Duke of the Abruzz:
stepped out. The duke was dressed in
civilian clothes. He was attended by his
aide in full uniform. The duke was
conducted to Mr.. Roosevelt's apart
ments.
Earl,- this morning, the duke, who is
now in command Of the naval arsenal
here had sent his aide to the hotel with
a message Of greeting for Mr.. Roose-
veIt and expressing a desire to person
ally pay his respects to. the former
president. BY a coincidence, Grand
Duke Ferdinand of Austria, who ar
rived this morning from his villa. on the
island of Brione in the Adriatic. was
at the same time in the hotel tncognito,
with the grand duchess.
Silas McBee. editor of tie Churchman
of New York. had brea kfast with Mrs.
Roosevelt The former president was
made acquainted today with the ac
ton of the United States supreme
court III ordering a reargument of the
cases of the government against the
American Tobacco company and the
Standard Oil company. but offered no
comment.
The call of the Duke of the Abruzzi,
upon Mr.. Roosevelt lasted for 40 min
Utes When the former. on taking his
leave, reached the corridor of the hotel
he greeted the American newspaper
men with a smile but did not wait to
he interviewed. Stepping quickly to the
landing he jumped into his launch, the
s"Nella," the boatman called out shove
the duke gone.