The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-06-23

Will cheering thousands VINO almost
fought for advantage points from
which to get the first glimpse of the
returning nimrod. The ships and
boats were all brilliantly decorated
and presented a splendid sight as they
stretched in two long lines, 200 feet
apart, back to the Robbins Reef
Lighthouse on Kill Won Kull. The
third division, to the rear, was COM
posed of private yachts, a large num-
Der of which, flying flags from every
peak, greeted the former president.
Behind the yachts lay the tugs,
steamers, launches and small craft,
the entire line being several miles in
length.
At 7:45 o'clock the venue cutter
Androscoggin had left the Battery
for Quarantine, carrying the Roose-
welt Reception Committee, of which
Cornelius Vanderbilt was chairman.
Among those on board that Andros-
coggin were Chairman Vanderbilt,
William Loeb, Jr., Judge e. H. Cary,
of the steel trust; John Hays Ham
mond, Lewis Nixon, the ship builder;
Herman A. Metz, former Comptroller
of the city of New York; Levi p.
Morton, j. Bronson Reynolds, a mem
Der of Col. Roosevelt's famous ten
mis- cabinet; Judge ]. w. Serard, of
the Supreme Court of the State of
New York; Maj. Gen. G. w. Rose, of
New York National Guard; George j.
Gould, George R. Sheldon, former
treasurer of the Republican National
COMMITTEES; Ogden Mills, William G.
|McAdoo, builder of the Hudson River
tunnels; Henry Clews and Jacob
Schih, bankers; Joseph H. Choate,
Francis X. Pendleton, former corpo-
ration counsel of New York; Cesare
Cont, noted italian banker; Theo-
dore P. Shonts. r. A. G. Smith, Com
modore of the New York Yacht Club
and chairman of the Roosevelt Har-
Dor Display Committee; Nicholas
Murray Butler, of Columbia Univer-
sity; Paul Morton of the Equitable
Life and a former cabinet officer I'M
der Roosevelt; Henry w. Taft; Geo.
B. Cortelyon, president of the Con-
solidated Gas Company, and another
former cabinet officer, Gustav v.
Schwab, William Nelson Cromwell,
Rear Admiral Leutz, 'Commandant
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; Lloyd c.
Griscom, chairman of the County Re-
publican Committee; Gen. McCoskry
Butt, of the New York National
Guard; Col. H. H. Treadwell, DR.. Ly-
man Abbott, and 200 other prominent
New Workers who had been appoint
ed members of the Roosevelt Recep-
ton Committee by Mayor Gaynor.
The Androscoggin was accompanied
by the revenue cutters Mohaw, LOAD
ed with congressman, Senators, gov
ernors and cabinet officers, and the
Seneca, which Collector Loeb had
turned over to out-of-town newspaper
men.
Promptly at nine O'Clock the An
droscoggin went alongside the Man
haitian at Quarantine and Colonel
Roosevelt and the newspaper men
were removed. Mrs. Roosevelt and
the remainder of the Roosevelt FAM
lily remained on the Manhattan.
ClamOr Greets Roosevelt.
AS Colonel Roosevelt, attired in
frock coat and wearing a high hat,
stepped on board the Androscoggin,
the tug Dalzelline sounded three
sharp blasts from her siren. This
was the signal for the noisest dem
onstration heard in New York in
many a day. Every craft opened it's
whistle wide and for several min
utes the din was terrific. Colonel
Roosevelt made an effort to Jay some
thing to the welcoming committee
and the welcoming committee tried
to say something to Colonel Roose-
welt, but it was all lost to the crowd
in the noisy salute. 1t was the first
part of Americas welcome to her re-
turning ex-president.
AS the sirens ceased, the Andres
coggin started up the bay, preceded
by a whole fleet of revenue cutters
and police patrol boats. Immediate
ly behind the Androscoggin came the
Manhattan, bearing the Roosevelt
family; the Mohawk, the Seneca, and
the Dalzelline.
This tiny fleet headed the process
sion, passing through the long lines
of craft, which dipped their colors to
the returning chieftain and then fell
into line in order. The Androscog-
gin, with Colonel Roosevelt on the
bridge, sped up the Upper Bay, and,
following close along the Jersey side
Of the. Hudson River, proceeded to
the stake boat. anchored off 59th
street.
All the piers along the Jersey and
New York side of the river were dec
Grated and packed with people to
cheer Roosevelt, while evry boat that
was passd on the river sounded it's
welcome. 1t was a continuous ova
tion along the entire river front, and
Colonel Roosevelt was compelled to
lift his hat many times and boy to
the commuters on the passing ferry
boats who manned the rails and
cheered him enthusiastically.
At o9th street the Androscoggin
rounded the stake boat and headed
down stream, followed by the other
boats in the parade. AS the Andres
cnggin nroceeded the rest of the fleet