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THE WORLD: SATURDAY’ EVE ING, SEPTEMBER 14, (901. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, HIS STIRRING AConspicuous Figure and a Power in Pol- itics, He Has Many Warm Admirers and [lany Bitter Enemies. Honest and Fearless from His Puny Boy- hood, He Mapped Out His Trium- phant Career—His Two Romances. Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty- sixth President of the United States, 1s the most conspicuous example of what he has called the strenuous life. Born to wealth and social position, ; he chose a career that has been gar- | nished with strife. | He has fought his way from college | to the President's chalr. In his forty-three years of life he | has been a physical weakling, a su- perior athlete, a student, a cowboy, an author, a warrior, a politician, a statesman, And now he Is President of the United States. What Roosevelt In. “He 1s incorruptible, as a Presi- dent should be. He owes political favors of magnitude to no man. He stands by himself, and If his career tn a true index he will continue to stand by himself—and for himself. A native New Yorker Theodore Roosevelt is justly proud of his an- cestry. Ho is of the elghth genera- tion of American Roosovelts. For nearly three centuries the name he bears has been prominent in the his- tory of this city and State. He has brought {t to prominence as wide as the world. 4 His Ancestry. The first Roosevelt in New York was one Nicholas, who was an Alder- man when the imperial city of Amer- fca was a collection of houses on the lower end of Manhattan Island. He was a rugged, determined man—qual- itles that have not faded in his long line of descendants, As the Roosevelts multiplied they Intermarried witn races other than the Dutch. So it happens that in the veins of the Presidemt runs blood of Dutch, Irish, French and Scotch ori- gin. The distinguishing traits of all these nationalities are parts of his nature. His father was Theodore Roose- velt—one of the few Roosevelts who were not merchants or traders. This Roosevelt was a lawyer and a judge, an upright, ablo man. He was a brother of the late James A. Roose- velt, the banker, and possessed a goodly store of the goods of this world when he died. A Puny Boy. Theodore Roosevelt, the President, was born on October 27, 1858. He was a frail child and a puny boy, studious and thoughtful, but not un- equipped with the mischievous spirit that animates all boys with active brains. Scarcely out of knickerbockers was he when he gave evidence of the pos- session of a spirit of determination that has put him where he {s to-day. He determined to be healthy, and he went about the attainment of health in a manner at once method- ical and violent. He took much exer- cise. He learned to box and row and swim and sdoot and take physical in- jury with equanimity. Nor did he neglect his studies, The consequence was that when he entered Harvard he was a fine figure of a young man, quick of speech and ready to stand by his words, full of learning and anxious to acquire more. He was an exemplary student, fin- ishing well up In all bis classes. His mind ran largely to history and to the achlovements of great men, While developing this mind he continued to develop his body. He was a finished athlete when he was graduated from Harvard. His First Romance. While yet a student he had fallen in Jove with a Boston girl, Migs Alice Lee. He married her soon after his graduation and brought her to his native city. The young wife lea after three years, leaving’ behind her a tiny daughter who has grown up to be a splendid type of the healthy, whole- some American girl. In casting about for a career Thoo- dore Roosevelt chose with discretion. He opined that he could succeed in politics and determined to enter poll. ties. It {s probable’ that he set his mark at the highest point at which|” any American may hope to set it— vnthq. Presidency, “ss himaelf for. politics he stud- Civil’ Service Commissioner. 6TH Cae MR. AND MRS. ROOSEVEL T AND THEIR CHILDREN ied Jaw, but the law was a side issue. He Identified’ himself with the Re- publican organization, fought his way to the front with great rapidity and in 1881, at the age of twenty-three, he was elected an Assembiyman of the State of New York from an As- @mbly District in this city. He served three years in the As- sembly—three earnest, forceful years. He espoused the cause of the civil- service reformers and made himself. conspicuous in the advocacy of civil- service rules. He was quoted as an authority on this branch of political science. His Strenuoas Life. When he retired from the Assem- bly in 1883 New York was talking about him. The rest of the country had heard vaguely at times of a young man of the name of Roosevelt in this town who apeared to be des- tined for big things. Theodore Roose- velt had made his first mark—and then he did a characteristic thing. He droped out of public view for two years. The strain of the strenu- ous Hfe had told upon his artificially bullt health. He saw that to attain to the heights he intended to scale he would have to be a perfect physi- cal man. He bought a ranch in South Da- kota, and from 1854 to 1886 he lived the rough life of the cowboy. He rode range and branded steers and shot big game and broke bronchos. He slept out in the open, he buffetted the storms of winter, he perspired in the hot winds of summer; he ate plain, coarse food; enjoyed the cow- boy relaxations, read many books, wrote one, kept in touch with the political situation in New York, and made for himself a frame of iron. They have talked about Theodore Roosevelt out in South Dakota from that day to this. Anecdotes of his doings are innumerable. They tell how he shot the biggest bear, how he licked the biggest cowboy, how he subdued the most arrant bully. He has never denied these tales of his neighbors, and they must be true, A Power in Pollties. Theodore Roosevelt came back to New york early n18°¢ There was an election that year, and he had not forgotten it. He was strong, sun- burned and forcible. He secured the nomination for Mayor on the Repub- ican ticket, conducted a vigorous campaign that put him before the people in a new light, and was de- feated by 20,000 votes. His defeat did not disconcert him, He was a power In politics and he knew It. Why? None could tell. He controlled few votes, but he had shown that he could make himself popular with the masses. It was generally believed among politiclang that he was a power be- cause the man who made political powers could no: ignore him. His tremendous activity, his assurance, his belief In himrelf kept him at the front all the «me. Min Second Love, It was in 1886—the year of his political defeat—that he married a second time—married the sweetheart of his boyhood, Edith Carow, a high- born girl of New York. In his career this gentlewoman has been of great aid to him. She has comforted him in disappointment, has guided him tn ambition and has borne him a family of fine, healthy, ] yy clean-minded children. She shares his honors to-day, National prominence came to. Thoo- dorse Roosevelt when Benjamin Har- rigon, then President, appointed him was a fight on his appointment, and the people at large learned to know and Ike the sturdy young New rorker. The national pride in the success of young men in the paths of politien! endeavor was gratified when Theo- dore Roosevelt took his place in the scheme of governmen:. As Civil Service Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt kept himself in the public eye. He enforced the law to the limit. It was an unpopular law with politicians and in its rigid enforcement the young Commissioner laid the foundation of some bitter enmities that exist to this time. He also lald the foundation of some firm friendships that“have bben of mater- lal benefit in his progres’ upward. His charming wife was a great ele- ment !n making friends ‘for him. She entertained In Washington—not' lav- Ishly, but cleverly. The alifes" swe enlisted at that thme have never wav- ered in their devotion to her. During his administration as Civil- Servic Commissioner Mr. Roosevelt found time to write books. The peo- pie of the country, Interested in him from the first, felt increased dmira- tion for this cowboy Knickerbocker. They determined to keep an eye on him, and they have. Aa Vollce Commissioner. In 1894 the late William L. Strong was clected Mayor of this city. The Police Department was putrid. He needed a strong an to take charge of the guardians of the city, clean out the scoundrels and enforce discipline. He cast about for such a man, and none seemed to Mill the requireemnts so thoroughly as Theodore Roose- velt. Accordingly Theodore Rosevelt was approached. He resigned his office in the national government and took up the control of the demoralized police force of the city of his birth as President of the Police Board. How he conduted himeelf is a mat- ter of reord too reent to call for ex- tended remark. He enforced the laws as he found them, no matter who was hurt. He closed New York on Sunday by virtue of existing blue Jaws and made himself a thoroughly hated man by the advocates of civic liberty. He ruled the police force with a rod of troz. Discussion as to what effect the administration of Theodore Roose- velt as Polico Commissioner had upon the city of New York has been incessant. There afte those who #ay that he did the city incalculable In- jury. Whatever may have been the effect, Theodore Roosevelt achieved a great thing for himself. Appointed by McKinley. He put himself before the people of the United States as a man thor- oughly honest In his enforcement of the law. He did not attempt to con- strue the law. He took it as It stood and made It operative. This despite the fact that he is sald to be a man of Mberal tendencies. From the Board Room In the white marble building In Mulberry street Theodore Roosevelt went back to the Natlonal Government. Willlam Me- iKnley appointed him Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy. Mr. Roosevelt had not been noted as an authority on naval matters, but a8 a student of everything in gen- eral and government and warfare in particular he hadgained much valu- able knowledge. He showed, when he went into the Navy Department ‘that this knowl- edge was not superficial. He was As- ulgtant Secretary in fact as woll as in name. ~ Our troubles in Cuba told Theo- Wore Roosevelt that a war with Gpain was inevitable, He set about to make work in this has been commended by| him, but he won—solely by hix own | the best of our sea fighters. | efforts. It was Theodore Rosevelt who was! Two years as Governor satisfied | responsible for the assignment of) him. While Governor he ran the George Dewey to the Asiatic squad-| State. ron. He knew Dewey was a tighter,| Incidentally he built up and he loves fighting men. machine was well oiled Aun Rough Rider. . es for work when the Republican Na- When war was inevitable, the tem-|tional Convention of 1900 was called Pestuous nature of Theodore Ri in Phdadelphia velt would not allow him to Mr. Roosevelt had an idea that ata desk, He wanted to tight the time had come for him to be a political tes, Although he could haye had al p, | resident. Other politicians thought | commission In the army for the ask-|that the cervices of William MeKn- | Ing, he tok unexpected and charac-|tey should he recognized by nomi teristic action, F 1 He went down Into the Southwest SL a ea Nath, Mark and organized a vegiment of careless.) Hanna, won, but the friends of Mr uncouth, vigorous men. 1t was prob-| Roosevelt insisted upon placing him ably one of the most incongrous a8-| upon the ticket In second place, He semblages ever goten together. protested, pleaded, begged, com- ‘A few sons of old New York fam-|manded all in vain. He sald he did | {Iles were allowed to join the regi- 1 = ment, and one of them dicd the nothwanlicheromee aunts nie imends death of a hero. In the main the 7 ot the ain Toadesup of gun fenters Aa Viee-Pre mt. of the plains, and Appropriately 't] phe com os rompaign of Theodore Rovose- Hed the, Rough 1: yeltwns'n Temarkable achtevement. ely’the Rough Rid Riders he- sane toe Tae cares oly tne and the country wanted to hear him. and Theodore Roosevelt was the lieu- tenant-colonel. Col. Wood was pro- moted soon after the breaking out of the war and Mr. Roosevelt be- came the head of the Rough Riders, ing trip. an experience of months that would Up San Joan HII, have made a physical and nervous wreck of a longshoreman, he bobbed up on election day, seemingly as well and strong as ever. Since his election. up to this tline, he has not been much before the pub- lic. As presiding oMcer of the Sen- ate, he was calm and Judictous—in strong contrast to the turbulent It is hardly necessary to recall how the Rough Riders fought on the hill called San Juan, In Cuba, Col. Roosevelt led his men and made for himself a place in history as a warrior. After the war he wrote a book about the Rough Riders and San Juan Hin, political campaign. The people of the United States. | mie jonging for the strenuous I who had_been watching the rise of 6 vol : | seized him last winter, He went hecdors) Roose rel Ea Tt into the wilds of Colorado and slew his achlevements as a soldier. Out| mountain Ions and others bial game, In'th boundless Weat he was revered, | He lived for days in the depth of His action in leading a regimetn of | Winter far from civilization and the Western men led the Weat to adopt | ¢xerience did him good, him, and they loved him for a fight- Ambition Satisfied, ing, huetiing son. Theodcre Roosevelt’ had settled As New York's Governor. ‘There was but one thing to do forjand write, to play with his children, Theodore Rosevelt after the wa for he loves them and he Is essenti- give him an office, He waa nomin- ay a domestle man. ated for Governor on the Republican Then came the assasin who threw ticket and made a tour of the ‘are and responsibility of the State In his Rough Rider hat ac-} government of 80,000,000 people on companied by Rough Riders In khaki! hile shoulders. uniforms. A hard fight was made on | He has achieved his ambition. ROOSEVELT TO BE CLOSELY GUARDED — He Will Not Travel on Funeral Train and Ex- traordinary Precautions Will Be Taken to Protect Him. (pecial to The Evening World.) BUFFALO, Sept. 14.—-Mr. Roosevelt's arrival was awaited by members of the Cabinet before official plang were made, The present Intention is to hold ceremonies here to-morrow ‘or Monday, and then the body of the mur- dered President will be taken to Washington, there to He in state until sent to Canton for burial. It Is sald that the new Prestdent, for reasons of staty, will not travel on the funeral train. Extraordinary precautions will be taken to protect him, It is deemeti absolutely essential that this should be done in view of all that has transpired. At the Buffalo Club this forenoon the members of the ¢ cabinet gathered to discuss offictal plans. Secrotary of War Root has ordered all the troops within reach of But- falo to come here to escort the body to the funeral train, In Washington it will He in state, probably in the Cupltol. There will be no change In any way until ufter the final service. Friends and personal advisers of Mr. Roosevelt will accompany him to Washing- ton, where soon he will be busy with the responsibilities of his new posl- tion. Senator Hanna belleves that {t will be impossible for the body of the President to be taken away before Tuesday, and that It will be Friday before it is removed to Caw Members of the the splendid way in which the thousands in Buffalo ac ted when the death of the President was announced. Public sentiment was at high tension and the horror and indignation of the people were intense, Yet when the ond was finally reached there was no outbreak. ts PRESIDENT; LIFE AND SUCCESSES. MRS. ROOSEVELT IS A MODEL WIFE AND MOTHER machine of no mean strength. This | ready | MRS. ROOSEVELT. , yosevelt is now the firet iady in the land. She is a woman who will adorn the po- . That her husband t the goal of the highest ambition which a citizen of these United tertain, ts In no small measure due to A Woman of High Culture and Brilliant Attainments, | nent in the soctety of this city, al the People of the Whole Nation Will Love Her as the First Lady in the Land.\* Te was the popular hero of the hour | "er help and course. is the second wife of the President graduation from Harvard, b a Miss Alice Lee, of Boston but two or three years, who Is now seven i He travelled {rom the Atlantic to the General in the Army, was the colonel.| pacino, speaking to millious. Ne man ever made 80 severe a campalgn- A Horn Social Lender. One child eure) Ax the sockil leader of the cou Roosevelt is fully equipped. has been In gociety al! her life women of the present day are more cultivated or accomplished. and, who is an omnivorous reade Their | tin not intelligently digested more good He wound up in New York In a whirlwind tour of the State and after The President married a Mis wife was Miss Edith he had known from ehtldhood. married life hae been ideal, dren have been born to them—The | Kermit, eleven years | ernment. ome Mrs. Roosevelt is the per- | 1 of the good American | vas offered to her just after the ytlon that is touching. She I< the superintendent i | houwehold; ahe does the pur nd | pays the bites when It ia nece Theodore Rosevelt in battle or in aj land is of mediun height and graceful figure mplexton, dark eyes and halr in a business w dresses very simply latest fashion, wears little Jewelry, DUC What sie wear tx of the beat. ‘The furnishings of her home at Oyster dows | Ray reflect the oharacter of Mra, Roose- |} than show, but her house ts pet appointed, In no particular does it late good taste. Mrs, Roosevelt has not been p she has the right of birth and bi to enter it. She ts better known. in W: ing capital, ures, and in the care of her children, Alwnys Shared iin Ambit She has always shared and enc aged the political ambition of her band. Women's clubs have never counte Mrs, Roosevelt in thelr membership, though she {# a student of the qu of the relation of woman to the G The office of President-General of Daughters of the American Revolu von of Mr, Ro velt to the Vie She declined tt: en who read and think and solid minds love Mrs. Roosevelt. hus many friends such as these. |’ butterfly, the professionally, Ars. rugged couray She goes In for comfort rather sistenoy of her husband ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED OF THE PRESIDENT’S DEATH. down to enjoy the humdrum Iife of a Vice-President, to read and study Telegraphic Message from Secretary of State Hay Received at North Creek. vening World) SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 14. —Theodore Roosevelt was this morning of- fictally informed of the death of President William McKinley, The notification was from Secretary of State John Hay and bore the Washington date of to-day. Roosovelt recetved the tel aphic message as s00n as he reached North ‘The Roosevelt spectal rushed unrough Saratoga at the rate of upward The train left North of forty miles an hour at 6.51 o'clock Unis morning. It was in charge of grace, Creek, fifty-eight miles north of here, at 32.5 A, M. Supt. C. D, Hammond and Conductor Cull. Roosevelt occupied a seat in H. G. Y car wan drawn by engine No. 362, Engineer Hydorn. ‘That the special failed to stop here was a source of disappointment to ‘oung'’s private car No, 200, a large number of people. eel ne, atter the bulletin ani ROE READY TO ASSIGN TROOPS. NI a pro Lowhile tt looked Im would be Kea, Huh che greatest Foe presented himself | houre at 1 o'el Ie is Ina very: serious ¢ ANARCHISTS | UNDER COVER. ‘tion physically, with pronoun ompleted he cou the New York troops Kned ax escort to t eral j plans were oso TRAITOR WAS NEARLY } KILLED. Fe ! as they know thelr a ‘abinet to-day spoke feelingly of SALE | Sited to atte id cause the pol person Wao. parttely Temonatration made by the Anarchints vould be promptly arrested. th New York last night aa the “It shows the splandid character of the American people,” said Secretary Raretina: : eat oie ‘navy. ready for that. ware Alls Wilson, ted in any pute FATHER SPURNS THE ASSASSIN special to The Ereatng Werth.) ‘LEVELAND, 0., Sept. olgosz, the old father of the of President McKinley, aid not Bear. G4 the death of the President — morning. Tho ola fellow was in great @ having been just served with a from his landlord to vacate the p in which he resides because of the: that his son {s the Preside: Ho has about lost his Dealtion = member of the street-cl Tecause We foreman would Hee. pe the father of an ascassin to other men. Caolnons sald, w not want nor expect to His must meet his fate crime has brought us all PASTY FOOD. Too Commonly Used The use of pasty cereals is visable. A physician says, “P ¥ cereals are very indigestible and amt .! bad thing for the stomach, + a depressed feeling and quite |. |of disorders, particularly of testines and nerves, “Cerel such as wheat and can be cooked long enough and’s vell enough to fit them for human” but the ordinary way of leaves them in a pasty conditi A gentleman from Evansville, whose name can be secured upo | plication to the Postum Cereal! Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich., saysi prohibited the. use 0 for I was In a bad pepsia. He sald the heayy pas indigestible, but that being a thoroughly cooked: fo | cooked in such a manner &# £0. af he starch into grape-sugal . vastly digested. [have b | fond indeed of Grape-N stn of the uncomfortable fe appeared. I heyve | twelve pounds in we of the distressed, fulk