The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-14
KHARTOUM RI AOY
FOR RO0StVELIS
CITY OF TIE UPPER NILE or
HISTORIC INTEREST aAILY
ATTiREp.
EXTRA BIG WELCOME
To Be Accorded American Hunter
Mrs. Roosevelt and Daughter
viii Meet Expres dent
at khartoun.

khartoum, March 13.-- Khartoum Is
Is now In gala attire awaiting the
coming Of Theodore Roosevelt. who
With the members Of the hunting and
scientific expedition. abora the
steamer Dal ar expected to arrive to-
morrow. A northern gale is Mcking
up heavy waves in the river and It
is POSSIBLE the arrival will be some
what delayed
Roosevelt's success in shooting, In
the Sudan, dozen aEtelopes. includ.
lag one Of Mrs. Gray's white-eared
antelope, and other rare specimens,
makes a htIing end to the hunt, which
has been successful beyond all OK
Ipectations.
Henceforth, Roosevelt will be the
guest Of homer at series of bril-
liant and enthusiastic receptions. The
first reception was held at the Jungle
Station of the American Mission at
Sobat, where Roosevelt dined. Be
fore his departure from Sobat he
spoke of the manner in which the
medical and missionary work at yari.
ous stations impressed him
When Roosevelt arrives at Khar
Itoum he VIII be met by Mrs. Roose-
welt and Ethel, who are on the way
frnu, Alavaudt,ia Kba fam, cnniaf g
and great crowds of visitors are
waiting to accord fitting welcome
Apartments are in readiness for
Colonel Roosevelt and his family al
the palace, and they will dine there
alene.
Tuesday will be devoted to sight
seeing around Khartoum, and a yisi
will DE paid to the Gordon Memoria
College and other noted places. II
the evening the heads Of the govern
ment departmnts and thir wives .wil
meet the Americans at dinner at tht
palace, The guests include Slatir
Pasha, the writer who described thu
massacres in she Sudan.
Wednesday, Roosevelt will yisi
IOmdurman. Tie hills of Kerreri
seven miles from Omdurman. mari
the site of the great battle of ON
durman, September 2, 1898, wher
Khalifa's army was annihilated, anf
the rule of Khal.fa ended. A game d
polo has been arranged at the Gym
\ ma grounds,
Thursday is the free day, but it I
Iprotable Roosevelt will attend Ma
sonic Ledge and witness the Sudan
ese drill. The Roosevelt family vii
leave by special train Thursday nighl
10 visit Assouan, Luxor and Edfa, OF
the way to Cairo, He will entel
Europe by way Of Naples or Brind 81
MANY streets Of Khartoum are 4 $,
grated in hcnor Of the Americans
and an American flag flies on th,
various nui dlngs.
1t is said iIaI no other hunter d
bib srme has passed through 10 manj
hardships IN so short a time and ha2f
so successful Roosevelt and his Sot
|wern tie oniy two white members O
the expedition who escaped sick
ness.
Sessee Islands, through which tn
|steamer threaded on her trip to En-
ltebbe, are a monument to the devas
Itation wrought by the tsetse f!ly, for
once well populated, they are nov
Ideyoid Of human life, through tn
sleeping sickness scourge.
Nothing pleased Roosevelt NOR
than the native guards Of homo
which turned out every place t
lgreet his coming At one station Ii
Uganda the native contingent, witt
fife and drum corp and brass band
marched to the house where Roose
welt was the guest at luncheon ant
drew up for review Each band wa
conducted by a mission father, ant
rendered the American national an
Them with only few false notes,
/
A Good Man.