The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-14

cal celebrities. .IRsthe afternoon q
game has been arranged for his bene-
fit at the Gymkaua s5ols grounds and
after that he Will vilit the 1merican
mission. In the exlning hee will be
the guest Of the KMftum club at a
dinner at which covers will be laid
for sixty.
). Thursday is . free day, but it is
probable that the ex11resident will at
tend the Masonic lodge before his de-
parture and witness the Sudanese
drill. II
Col. Roosevelt ;aaAa his family will
leave here by specialstratn on Thurs
day night, TO-, visit: Assouan, Luxor
and Edfa, on the war to Cairo. His
visit here will be olsan entirely off,
ctal character. :He,Nil enter europe
either by way Of Naples or Brindisi
Streets sDeeDrited Il
Many Of the. streetsxf Khartum laaye.
been decorated in h6libr OF the Amerf-
cans and the American, nag is to be;
seen on vaFinas buildings. Full &C
counts Of the p1owes4iiisnlayed by the
former president In his hunkinE ex-
petitions in tho wild Of Afr3ca have
preceded him, aSds lite Ipart from
the disinguished OIL which he has
npd, the. peyple: hsTa &re anxious to
honor him Tor what he Has passed
through and what he has accomplished
during the pasts twelve months: No
other hunters OF big game has, passed
fhrough SO many fhardships in 10,
short time and been quite so sue
'cessful.
Truly sremarkable has been i. the
health enjoyed. by Col. Roosevelt and
his son. practically the only two mem.
bers Of the expedition among the
whites at least, who escaped sickness.
Slight attacks. such as most of the
party experienced, were only natural,
In view Of the shardships endured, the
heat OF the tropics, the noisome places
through which the expedition was COM
PEELED to pass at times and the dead
~ insects. The Sesse islands, through
which the steamer threaded on the
trip to Entebbe are a monument to the
devastation wrought by the tsetse fly,
for one we'll populated, they are now
devoid Of human life, through the
sleeping sickness scourge.
Throughout the many months of
hunting, Col. Roosevelt displayed the
greatest concern in the care of the
party and the native attendants. His
personal interest was shown when
one Of the. correspondents who has
been within touch of the expedition
from the very beginning, was forced
to drop behind on one Of the long
marches between points. He was
finally brought up by porters, who
carried him many miles in a hammock
and after that dragged him many more
miles in rickshaw. Col. Roosevelt
Immediately insisted that DR.. Mearns
take the case in hand, and when the
doctor decided that an operation was
necessary, the former president volun-
teered to assist. This was not neces-
sary, however, but the colonel never
theless stood by and watched the sur
geon work.
Nothing has pleased the ex-presi-
dent more than the native guards of
honor which turned out at every con-
ceivable place to greet his coming.
At one of the stations in Uganda a
native contingent, with two bands,
one fife and drum. the other COM
posed of brasses. marched to a pri-
vate house where Mr.. Roosevelt was
a guest at lunch and drew up for re-
view. Each Of the bands was con-
Quoted by mission father. and to the
American S surprise and
delight they enthusiastically render
ed the American national anthem. with
only false note here and there.
The manner in which the training
of the natives is carried out inter-
ested Col. Roosevelt greatly. Among
other curious things, he saw unedu-
Gated natives taking and sending mes
sages by Morse code and semaphore
with flags. by lamp and heliograph.
Although these signel men do not
know what the message means. yet
they never make mistake in send
Ing or receiving. Their method OF
checking is by counting the letters in
q group. The natives display Gu
rlous instinct in following their in
strretions to the letter.
And the ex-pres!dent made the most
Of everythin-. enjoying the successes
Of the .xDcdition - kac'ly "s tbs!
rf'lcrs and s'l'''',s rs fa.ly n; t:.e
ct.,c:s f.. hHr;lt -.