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LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, A liusy Career as an Author, Soldier and Statesman. lie (s a New Yorker Born and Bred. T IIEODORE ROOSEVELT, the twenty-sixth President of tin* United States, has for some years been one of tin* most Interesting ligures in public life. He lias been politician, statesman, author, soldier and public speaker. Mr. Roose velt belongs to one of the oldest fam ilies in tills country and for two cen turies nine of the name and family have held prominent and important place in public life, philanthropy, finance, commerce and politics. Ho was born in New York City October 27, 1858, and wns educated in private schools and at Harvard College. Ilis father, whose name was the same, was n sugar refiner, a man of wealth and learning, but with little or no taste for public life, liis mother was before her marriage a Miss Bullock, of Georgia, member of a famous family of Scotch descent, ller great-grand father was the Revolutionary Govern or of that State. As a boy Theodore Roosevelt sickly, hollow chested and rather dersized, but he possessed nervous energy and early in life de termined to become physically strong. When he entered Harvnrd College he went in for athletics an?i began a sys tematic course of training to build himself up. , Soon after leaving Harvard Mr. Roosevelt made a long trip through Europe, where he proceeded to do things and see things in his own way. In 1881 Mr. Roosevelt returned to New York and entered politics. He was nominated and elected to the As sembly and was re-elected for two ad ditional terms. lie was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1884 and took a prominent part in the proceedings. In that year he retired ■ – SOW gippfg 4 33F ft nr /r THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE AT OYSTER EAT, LONG ISLAND. from active politics and, going West, bought a ranch on the Little Missouri River in Western Dakota. There he hunted big game, tried cattle raising and devoted his spare time to study ing the country and the people and to literary work. From boyhood, Mr. Roosevelt had been a close and interested student of American history. In 1881, when he entered politics, lie wrote a history of the naval war of 1812. This was followed during his public career by lives of Thomas H. Benton and Gouv erneur Morris, “Ranch Life and Hunt ing Trail,” "Essays on Practical Poli tics," a “History of New York,” “American Ideals,” “The Wilderness Hunter,” “Hero Tales from American History,” “The Winning of the West,” classed as his greatest literary work, and later a life of Oliver Cromwell. In addition to these books he wrote cxtensively and on a variety of topics for the leading magazines and re views. Mr. Roosevelt did not remain out of politics. In 1S8G lie was the unsuc cessful Republican candidate for Mayor of New York. After that ex perienee lie devoted himself for three i\ ?c7 I £ ft X Sgg – A wgg$ m$m 22 K%> »® sss ■ SiS ®L fa’s® »S 1 .Jiif 7 ■.'.- ? I* – ■IS! * L-5*' HIP –p® i ^MNBfff g–KUj life H m \ m m/A -j £ v. .'A VS •• ( ! r f l SSH® 1 ’*' / w V :! V ;\l 7 W. mi t -, \ \ i'vi. s~ f I V mm mi : i 1 > r ,-N 4- s fc /bto m \.i 11 * I s^*3 -i * **C* SW. •9 N? "bthcu ALICE QUtHTlM I AKCHIPALD THBOPOI^t PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S CHILDREN. years to ranch life, study and litera ture. In 18S9 President Harrison ap pointed him a member of the national Civil Service Commission, a position be held until May. 1895. In May, 1895, Mayor Strong appoint ed Mr. Roosevelt President of the Pioard of Police Commissioners of New York. In 1897 President McKinley appoint ed Mr. Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He provided shot and m / ) \ // r :Ji§ «i //A A % I: 7/ % i n [\ lit/ m *>, pc I m it A / m v •y m -.y V $///> PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Drawn lor “TIarper’s Weekly" by T. V. Chominskl. shell and enforced ceaseless practice and drill on the ships of the navy. From the time lie entered the office be seemed to realize that war with Spain was inevitable, and he set himself to the task of getting the navy ready for that war. When war was declared Mr. Roose velt promptly determined to reach the front. He proposed to the President to raise a regiment of mounted men to be composed of men who knew how to ride and shoot. His offer was ac cepted, and at liis suggestion, Dr. Leonard A. Wood, an army surgeon, t : i m m \i m 27 ‘ v T-Mf– s l V 4 M i \ I A >n ■j V, I )! _ r jK AS A COWBOY was appointed Colonel of the regi ment with Roosevelt as Lieutenant Colonel. The Roosevelt Rough Rid ers was the result. He became Colonel on the promotion of Wood to he a Brigadier-General, When he returned with his regiment In August, 1898, the demand for liis nomination as a Republican candidate for Governor was great, He was nominated on the first ballot by a vote of more than two-thirds of the dele gates of the convention and was elect ed. When the Republican National Con vention of 1900 met in Philadelphia, the demand for the nomination of Governor Roosevelt for Vice-President was irresistible. Throughout his public career, which in a few short years has been crowd ed with more stirring events than usu ally fall to the lot of one man In a lifetime, Mr. Roosevelt's chief and al most only boast with ills friends has been that bo was first and always a family man. President Roosevelt is happily mar ried 'and his children not only lovo him, but make him their playmate and companion whenever he is with them, which is every moment that his public duties will admit. He lives in a beautiful home just outside Oyster Bay, L. I., and ids home life is in every way ideal. In this home he has a splendid library and many rare trophies of the hunt. Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the Presi dent, represents a high type of Amer ican womanhood. She was Miss Edith Ivermit Carow and was born in New York City, of a well-to-do family. As a girl she knew young Theodore Roosevelt. It has been said that a boy and girl sentiment existed between them before he went to college; but soon after his graduation from Har vard he married Alice Lee, of Boston. Miss Carow tvent abroad to supple ment her education by a course of study and travel. When Roosevelt had lost his girl wife and was seeking solace in a Euro pean trip, he met Miss Carow. When lie returned to America they began a correspondence. Their engagement followed and they were married in 1880. Between Alice Roosevelt—the only child of the first marriage—and her father’s second wife there has always been the warmest affection; and her Mt 1 i m Mi s 7 \\ ■ 7 s/ef am » ~ - A (k H Vv MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. husband’s sisters have been Mrs. Roosevelt’s most intimate friends. Like her husband, Mrs. Roosevelt has a pronounced literary bent. She lias nice brown eyes, and she wears her brown hair parted and carried back loosely from her temples. She dresses with a simplicity that is be coming. Mrs. Roosevelt will have the assist ance of a charming girl, Miss Alice Roosevelt, when she takes up her so cial duties at the White House. Miss Roosevelt is about eighteen years old. She lias been bridesmaid at the wed diug of a Boston cousin, and on sever al other occasions has been seen in society, but she has not been intro duced formally. That probably will be a White House affair. President Roosevelt has two sisters who will he prominent in the new Ad ministration circle. The older one, Mrs. Cowles, lives in Washington. She is the wife of Commander W. S. Cowles, of the American Navy. Mrs. Douglas Robinson, the other sister of President Roosevelt, lives at No. 422 Madison avenue, New York City. Two Very Little People. Nineteen years old and nineteen inches high. Such are the age and stature of Fatua, the famous East In dian dwarf. His weight is thirteen pounds. Srnaun is his little sister. She is one year younger and one pound lighter. These creatures are veritable pigmies and quite different from some dwarfs, in that their members are in proportion to their size. Fatna’s head is about the size of an orange and his arms are the size of broom sticks. In fact, he is a man in minia ture. with none of the false propor tions of infants. BURGHERS ATTACK CAMPS OF BRITISH Onslaught Fierce and Gory While It Lasted. ACTIVITY WORRYING BRITISH Boers Adopt Open Tactics In Seeming Reply to Kichener’s Plaint ot Guerilla Methods. Lord Kitchener reported to the war office in London Wednesday that two officers and tnirty-one men had been killed in an attack made on Colonel Kekewlch’s camp at Moedwill. The Boers, who were under Commandants De Larey and Kemp, had fourteen offi cers and 114 men wounded after two hours’ fighting, when the Boers were driven off. The Boer attack at Moedwill occur red September 29. The Boers are re ported to have been 1,000 strong. Lord Kitchener, in his dispatch, says the British repelled the attack with great vigor. Colonel Kekewich was slightly wounded in two places. He says that all ranks behaved well. The wound ed were taken to Rustenburg, half way between Pretoria and Mafeking. Lord Kitchener confirms the heavy losses of the Boers, about 250 killed and 300 wounded, during their attacn on Fort Itala and Fort Prospect. He says the guns recently captured at Viakfontein have been recovered from the Boers. A telegram from Bloemfontein indi cates that the guns Lord Kitchener re ports having recovered were dug up, the Boers having buried them. A mixed column under General Kitchener, Lord Kitchener’s brother, has been sent to relieve, presumably, Natal from Commandant General Bo tha’s iorces. It has reached Cryheid. The casualty list shows that in the fighting at Caledon river last Friday, Colonel Plumber lost two officers kill ed and ten men killed anu wounded. For months past we have been told,” says The Daily Graphic of Wed nesday morning, “that if the Boers would only abandon their elusive tac tics and come to close quarters wo should see what we should see. The Boers have taken us at our word, and the results are certainly not encourag ing.” The chorus of dissatisfactien with the inertia of the government is daily gathering force. Winston Churchill member of parliament, speaking at Old Flam, described the situation in South Africa as “serious and disquieting.” He Eaid the war could not be ended by proclamations or threats, but only by vigorous military operations. The Daily Mail and the Daily Chron icle comment upon the fact that the huge British army is seemingly only able to remain on the defensive. It is believed that the government at last recognizes the necessity of meeting the renewed Boer activity. Pre parations ara being made to replace Lord Kitchener’s exhausted men by fresh drafts. An order has been is sued rendering it impossible to obtain discharge by purchase from any of the army reserves, sections of which are being prepared for mobilization. Lord Kitchener has sent home a fresh batch of imperial yeomanry suf fering from organic diseases, unfitting them for life on the veldt, together with a strong protest against the waste of public time ana money in enlisting such men. There is further evidence of the se riousneEs of the situation in Cape Col ony The cape premier, Sir John Gor don Sprigg, has gone to Johannesburg to meet Lord Kitchener and Lord Mil ner in conference, probably on the sub ject of declaring martial law in cape ports. Moedwill, the scene of the bold at tack by Commandant DeLarey on Col onel Kekewich’s company, is 75 miles west of Pretoria, and 15 west of Rus tenburg. As the wounued were being brought back to Rustenburg, it looks as though Moedwill, which is close to the Magatos Pass in the Magaliesberg range, has been abandoned. KING EDWARD HAS CANCER? Report to That Effect Causes Grave Apprehension In London. A London dispatch says: The coin cidence of the announcement of King Edward’s indisposition with the publi cation of revived rumors regarding cancer in the newspapers of Copenha gen. from which city his majesty has just returned, and where secrets of the British court are most likely to leak out than elsewhere, is causing some commotion in ihe metropolis, and the fact that the customary court cir cular does not appear in the press adds to the uneasy feeling. ORGANIZE A CAVALRY COMPANY Chattanooga Tonng lien Are Mustered Inlo the 'ationnl f.'nard. At Chattanooga, Tenn., Thursday night a company of cavalry, composed of the leading young men of the city was mustered Into the National Guard of the State of Tennessee by Adjutant General Brandon, who was present in person as a special compliment to the young men. As mustered in there were 53 members. SCRAMBLE FOR PIE. White Republicans In the South Want Jobs Heretofore Held By Colored Brother. A Washington special says: Presi dent Roosevelt will have ample oppor tunity to become familiar with sam pies of the rank and file of the repub lican party in Georgia and South Caro lina while he hesitates about select ing collectors of internal revenue for those two states. Collector Rucker’s term has about expired and the Geor gia republican organization is urging his reappointment. There are several other candidates in the field, who claim that a negro has had the office for four years and that now it is time to give a white Georgia republican a cnance to see what he can do with one of the best federal offices in the state. Two new candidates were formally an nounced Wednesday. They are W. H. Wynne, of Atlanta, ana Caster Terrei;, of Covington. Just prior to the death of President McKinley the friends of Collector Rucker felt confident that he would be recommissionea without se rious opposition. Now it appears that a strong fight wil be made to replace him with a white republican. In South Carolina the scramble for the internal revenue collectorship is even more general than in Georgia. Many candidates have filed their appli cations and working hard for the place. In the meantime Loomis Blalock, who has been selected for the job, is in Washington patiently waiting to re ceive his commission at the hands of President Roosevelt and proceed home to enter upon his new dutiea. He had a talk with General M. G. Butler and was assured that his appointment is certain. Another effort was made Wednesday in induce President Roosevelt to come to the relief of Postmaster rair, of Newberry, S. C., whose removal is re commended by the postal authorities. O. L Schampert, of Newberry, nis at torney, accompanied by General But ler, called at the white house and ap pealed to the president not to remove Postmaster Fair. Without committing himself the president intimated that he was not sufficiently familiar with the case to pass on it offhanded, but promised to look into the subject at -- early day. At the postomce department it is said that the report of the post office inspectors who investigated the charge against Postmaster Fair recom mended his removal and the probabili ties are that their recommenaations will be sufficient to justify the presi dent in making a change. Co you want an up-to-date, live newspaper—one that will keep you posted on affairs at home and abroad? You will answer the question affirma tively by sending us your name and subscription for this paper for a year or at least six months. APPEAL OF TRUSTEES Of Burned Georgia Soldiers’ Home For Aid In Rebuilding the Structure. In pursuance to a resolution adopted at the meeting of the hoard of trus tees of the Georgia Soldiers’ Home at Atlanta Thursday President Cal houn, of the board, and Hon. John Triplett, a member, have prepared an address to the people of Georgia, thanking them for past favors extend ed the old veterans, and requesting further assistance, since the great ca lamity by fire. The press of the state is requested to copy the address, and assist as far as possible in placing it before the people. The address is as follows: “The board of trustees of the Sol diers’ Home of Georgia beg to return thanks to the people of Georgia for their ready and generous responses in the work of rebuilding the Soldiers’ home. With our insurance, amounting to $21,500, and the contributions al ready reported, we have as available assets for rebuilding about $25,000. This amount falls short of the sum which will be necessary to rebuild the home. The people of Georgia from the inception of the home by the la mented Grady have shown an interest in the home for indigent Confederate soldiers. We feel sure that this inter est has not lessened, but that with the lapse of time it has been increased rather than diminished. The burning of the home, furnished by the generous contributions of the people of Georgia, has appealed to all classes. From ev ery section of the state have come con tributions. The board of trustees con fidently appeal to the generosity of the people of Georgia. They need funds with which to rebuild a home for the indigent soldiers of the lost cause. It will require about $40,000 to put these old soldiers in comfortable cir cumstances. We appeal to the people in behalf of these wards cf the state. They are men who responded to the call of duty when the state needed their services and we feel sure that Georgians will respond now that they are homeless. Let every city, town, village and hamlet respond to this call. Whatever is given should be promptly reported. It is our purpose to rebuild the home at the earliest possible day. To this we ask the co-operation of the people of Georgia. “W. L. Caihoun, president; W. T. Gary, president protem; H. W. Bell, H. H. Penny, A. F. Daley, John Triplett. Charles M. Wiley, Charles D. Phillips, W. F. Jenkins, J. H. Martin, S. W. Kar ris, trustees.” NOT A MATHEMATICIAN. Willie, how many times have I told you not to reach across the table f things?” or “I don’t know, mamma, I take after papa.” “What do you mean?” “He says he never was very g0()d figures, and I am t either.”— h “ '. ia f° Retord-Hcrald. Promotion iur Ri-uvory 7.MS ture. Far their bxajvay thev m uroumtiox ffo be w*r. oi have U strong nerves and acSSsi a good dim tin*' u sssstass After ]o$ses and men Crow bumbler a»4 wiM,-. colors colors tho more bette goods too. th^Tany Sold other'dye druggi^ and rn r by all It’s the easiest tW in the world to it. offer assistance to people who don’t need The armies* wonder of museum fame has to be handy with hit feet. 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