Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-21
RECEIVES klNeLY HoNoRs.
Emperor Francis Joseph Greets
Roosevelt in Splendor.

Roosevelt in SpIendor.
Vienna, April l6. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt was received at the Aus
trian capital today in manner almost
like that accorded reigning SOW
ereign.
The punctilious Austrian court, the
most ceremonious of Europe, had ar
ranged the programme and left moth
ing undone that could emphasize the
unprecedented honor being paid the
visiting American.
AS special mark of his personal
esteem, the aged emperor-king, Fran
els Joseph, received Colonel Roosevelt
in his private apartments at the inn
posing Hofburg palace, instead of in
the regular audience chamber.
The monarch, who was attired in an
imperial uniform, was extremely gra-
cious to the American and kept him in
conversation for ,35 minutes.
What interested subjects they found
to discuss were not made public, as
they were alone, and Colonel Roosevelt
naturally has declined to reveal the
slightest detail of the conversation.
Emperor Francis Joseph intends per-
sonally to return Mr.. Roosevelt's call
on him. Such an honor as return
visit from the emperor is only extend
ed to reigning sovereigns.
For Colonel Roosevelt the call on the
emperor was only the main feature of
busy day, which began Immediately
after he reached his hotel this morning
with breakfast with Henry White,
ex-American ambassador to France,
who had not been in Vienna since he
began his diplomatic career here 27
years ago under President Taft's faith
er, who was then American minister.
The day included an official visit last
ing an hour to Count Won Aehrenthal,
the Austro- Hungarian foreign minis
ter, call of courtesy on Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent to
the throne, at Belvidere palace, a Wis
it to the tombs of the Hapsburgs,
where, under the guidance of a Cap
uchin monk, with lighted taper in his
hand, he laid wreaths on the tombs of
Empress Elizabeth and Crown Prince
Rudolph; tour of inspection of the
Spanish riding school, founded by
Charles VIII, and of the Imperial Hus-
sar barracks; reception by the Amer
lean journalists and dinner given in
his honor at the foreign Office tonight
by Count Won Aehrenthal.
Yet, after the long day, when Col
onel Roosevelt returned to his hotel to-
night, he mounted the stairs two at
time.
Colonel Roosevelt used the imperial
court carriage placed at his disposal by
Emperor Francis Joseph until his Off
cial calls had ended. Then he discard
ed it for an automobile.
He enjoyed the exhibition at the rid
ing school, where the celebrated Lip
pizzan breed of horses, a mixture of
Spanish and Arab blood, performed the
daintiest of evolutions, dancing a
quadrille and fiDally coming onto the
platform where Colonel Roosevelt sat
and circling his chair so close that
their hoofs almost touched his feet.
But, as Colonel Roosevelt remarked
afterwards: "These are only society
horses"
A Gathering charge of the Magyar
hussars, who constitute the emperor's
body guard, across the parade grounds
of the barracks, on the contrary, stir
red him to real enthusiasm and after
the evolutions he made detailed in
spection of the stables, horse hospitals,
etc., volleying questions at the Off
GERS who accompanied him.