The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-16
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AGEMENTS
TOO NUMEROUS
Visits Gordon Memorial College
With Family-In Afternoon
Made Trip to Kerreri Battle
field Guest Of Honor Of
% Dinner at
Palace.

Khartoun1. March 15.-F. G. Bonfls. OF
Denver, who came here to meet Colonel
Roosevelt, to-day had an interview
with the latter and presented him with
/. a petition from the Chamber OF Com
merce OF Kansas City and other West
'ern cities. asking the former President
to return to the United States by way
OF San francisco. Mr.. Roosevelt re-
piled that It would be impossible for
him to accept the suggestion, owing to
his engagements. including his pre-
sence-at the marriage OF his son. Theo-
Idore Roosevelt, Jr., and Miss Leonora
B. Alexander. which Is to take place
In June. II possible, however. he said.
he would visit Denver and Cheyenne
during the frontier day celebration in
August. /.
Colonel Roosevelt, upon his visit to
the Gordon Memorial College, addressed
the students informally, expressing
great Interest In their work and re-
marking upon the splendid progress
made by British energy within the few
years that Its influence had been ex-
erted.
Receives Callers. s.
Bent upon making the most OF their
brief stay in this, the capital OF the
earS aste
to-day Colonel Roosevelt was espe-
.cially5 busy. occupying the Intervals
between planned excursions to points
and attending to as much of his So-
luminous correspondence as he had
been able to examine.
After breakfast he summoned to him
the natives who had accompanied him
through the jungle and bade them
good-by. Each received a present OF
cash from Colonel Roosevelt and gift
from Mrs Roosevelt.
a sightseeing proSram began with
sniitaat the es It 4 erd i 81 81 the town IN
1902 by subscriptions solicited from
the British peorle by Lord Kitchener.
Fro,~ the college drive was taken
to other parts q the town, co1one, =, :,
Roosevelt and Maior-Gereral Sir Ru-
doif Baron van Slatin. the Inspector
genera OF the Strdar's sta II, made ftp
the party The. occupied a,esarriags : rr..s
and escorted bv two Egyptian lancers-
During the drive thev were iotnad by
sother5 m emhers OF Major-General VIM
3gate's staff, ocru-,.ineS two carriages.
abandoned their carriage for motor
car, and. .5sunaccompanied, drove into
the suburbs. N
Ride ON Donkeys.
This afternoon the Roosevelts
planned visit to 8Kerreri the scene
of the great battle of September 2.
1888, when the Egyptian forces de-
5feated the Khalifa and reconauered
Egyptian Sudan. The trip to omdur-
man was made in the SirdaTs yacht
Elm. and the other seven miles north
to Kerreri on donkey back.
Colonel Roosevelt astonished the
inspecto and the others with
his marvellous knowledge of the his.
tory of omdurman. and the military
tactics EMPLOYED by both the British
Before leaving. a son Of II. H AS.
quith the British Prime Minister. was
introduced. The party then proceeded
to the Elfin. and thence to the palace
thoroughly delighted with the trip.
This evening q dinner was given a.
were laid. the guests, in addition K
Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt and theil
son and daughter. including many
eOt her