The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-02
NO DEMONSTRATION
GIVEN At OMAHA
When Roosevelt Failed to An.
pear at Midnight Crowd
Cheered Taft

Omaha, Sept. 2-Entering Omaha
early today without any special
demonstration by the people of the
town, Col. Roosevelt was escorted
quietly to the Omaha club where
breakfast was served to small COM
pany. Among those who breakfasted
with the colonel were Senators Bur-
kett and Brown of Nebraska, Senator
Dolliver of Iowa, former Representa-
tive John L. Kennedy, Victor Rose
water, Republican national committee
man, Gen. F. A. Smith in command
Of the department of the *Aiissouri.
Postmaster B. F. Thomas. Charles H.
Pickens. 6. w. Wattles, C. M. Wilhelm
and Luther Drake.
When the colonel's train reached st.
Joseph, Mo-, at 12:4O o'clock this
morning there were continued calls
for speech from the large crowd of
men who had gathered at the station.
Col. Roosevelt being asleep did not
respond to the call. A sif in retalia-
tion the crowd began cheering for
President Taft.
After breakfast Gov. Shallenberger
and Mayor Dahlman of Omaha called
on Col Roosevelt. The colonel did not
leave the Omaha club until about noon
when he went to the Omaha Field club
for an informal luncheon at which
400 guests sat down.
A telegram was received by the
committee on arrangements from
Congressman E. w. Martin of South
Dakota. asking that places be reserv-
ed for him and Seth Bullock, United
States marshal for South Dakota and
an old time friend of Col. Roosevelt,
at the banquet to be given tonight at
the Omaha club. The request was
granted. Roosevelt will deliver his
Omaha speech in the auditorium late
this afternoon. Senator Burkett will
make 'the address of introduction.
The colonel will then go to the
Omaha club where dinner for $50
guests will be served.
Col. Roosevelt will spend tonight in
this city at the Omaha clug and in the
morning will leave for Sioux Falls.
There were no set speeches at the
private breakfast today, but Senator
Dolltver of Iowa did much to enter
tain the company by telling stories
illustrating the manner in which the
colonel has been received in the west.
Talks to Children.
The auditorium of the high school
at Kansas City was crowded with stu
dents. when the colonel arrived and
they stood on their feet and gave him
the chautauqua salute. while at the
same time they shouted at the top of
their voices.
AS soon as they would let him
speak the colonel said he had con-
fession to make; that he was a little
afraid of the audience. because half
of 1t was composed of girls whom he
never knew how to handle.
II have four boys of my own" he
said. "and only two girls. The girls
were both in charge. of their mother
until they grew up and then they took
charge of me. They have treated me
kindly but firmly" The colonel said
he was going to tell them some stories
of Africa.
"The natives are perfectly wild
savages," he said, "and their enemies
accuse them of occasionally and play
fully lapsing into cannibalism. That
Is delicate subject and l never in
quired into it.
Zone day while was riding UP the
railroad to Nairobi, the telegraph
communication was interrupted" he
went ON. "That was because herd
of giraffes had cantered across the
tracks and pulled down the wires with
their necks."
Then Col. Roosevelt told some more
stories Of his experiences in Africa.
He talked about the lions.
when they ere building the rail-
road" he continued, construction
was stopped for two weeks, because
two lions established themselves on
the tracks and ate up all the men