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KANSAS STATE HEWS I THEODORE ROOSEVELT, WEDS MISS ALEXANDER NATION GREETS ROOSEVELT THEODORE ON HIS RETURN Eldest Son of Former President and Pretty New York Girl Are Married in Gotham-- Monster Reception for the Former President at New York Spectacular Parades on Water and Land Mayor Gaynor Welcomes the Traveler. Francisco. Reside in San New York. The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church was the scene of a wedding on June 20 that attracted the attention and interest of the nation that of Theodore Roosevelt, and Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander. A large number of prominent people witnessed the ceremony, but naturally the most noticed person in the church, after the bride and groom, was Col.

Theodore Roosevelt, father of the young man who was entering the state of matrimony. The date of the wed- at New York. No such welcome was ever before given an American citizen as that which was accorded Theodore Roosevelt when he returned to the land of his birth on June 18. In accordance with his request, the greeting was wholly free from partisanship, and indeed his injunction was scarcely needed, for it seemed the entire nation was eager to welcome home the former president. Since emerging from the African jungle the latter part of March, Mr.

Roosevelt has been the guest of nearly every European ruler and almost unprecedented honors have been heaped on him. The reception by his fellow citizens was a fitting climax to his triumphal tour and must have been the most satisfactory event connected with it Flotilla Meets Him at More than a month ago every available craft in New York harbor had been engaged for the day, and numerous big organizations, like the Republican club of New York and the Hamilton club of Chicago, had chartered regular coast line steamers. Early In the morning this immense flotilla sailed far down the bay, and when, about 9 o'clock, the scouting tugs and motor boats came flying In with the word that the Kaiserin Au-guste Victoria was approaching, all made ready for the first greeting. As the big liner came into sight, every whistle on every vessel was tied open and shrieked the welcome to the returning wanderer. Colonel Roosevelt, with Mrs.

Roosevelt and Kermit by his side, stood on the deck, OYSTER BAY SCHOOLHOUSE. Where Theodore Roosevelt, Attended School When a Boy. ding had been set to permit the attendance of the former president, and this was one of his very first social engagements after his return from abroad, for he landed in New York only two days before. Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock, who before her own recent marriage was Miss Elizabeth Bertron, was the matron of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss E'hel Roosevelt, Miss Jessie MIllington-Drake, Miss Janetta Alexander, Miss Jean Delano and Miss Harriet Alexander.

Rev. Henry M. Sanders, a great uncle of the bride, officiated, assisted by Dr. Gordon Russell of Cran-ford, N. J.

After the ceremony the bridal party was entertained at the home of the bride's uncle, Charles B. Alexander. At least a part of the honeymoon will be spent at Sagamore Hill, the country home of the Roosevelt family at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Later in the lummer the young couple will start 5 Made "Moonshine" Butter. Postal authorities and internal revenue officials are looking for two men who conducted a "moonshine" butter factory in Wichita for over ten days and who have flown.

The men represented to grocers of the city that they were starting a new 70-cow dairy and expected to be engaged in making fancy country butter for the better class of customers who would pay good prices. They obtained numerous orders on condition that their product was what they represented it to be. They also used the mails to induce grocers in other cities to buy their product Then they went to making butter, but they didn't make it In a dairy. They manufactured it in a back room of a building centerally located in the city. They used oleomargarine, butter color and a few other ingredients.

The product looked good, and certainly sold well, for they had all they could do to supply the demand. They left town suddenly because some grocers got wise. K. 8. A.

C. Graduates 143. The 47th annual commencement program closed at the Kansas State Agricultural college with a granduat-ing class of 143. The closing exercises were the most formal and ceremonious in the history of the institution. The academic procession, led by President Waters and W.

L. Moore of Washington, D. was the feature. The faculty and alumni- gave a banquet in honor of the graduates at noon. W.

L. Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau, gave the annual address, "Wonders of the Air." The campus program closed with cadet drill and sham battle. The class day exercises were held the night before when the seniors gave the play, "Cupid at Vassar." State B. Y. P.

U. at Salina. Kansas City was elected as the meeting place for the next state convention of the Baptist Young People's association which has been in session I two days at Salina. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, E. E.

Trowbridge, Kansas City; first, second and third vice-presidents, J. S. Balyeat, Ottawa; J. F. Center, Great Bend, and Miss Maud Beal, Argnia, respectively; recording secretary, Miss Alice Jones, Wichita; corresponding secretary, Nathona Clyde, Kansas City; treasurer L.

R. Johnson, Kingman. The officers with G. W. Trout, Pittsburg; J.

M. Gurley, To-peka; R. H. Ritchie, Emporia, compose the executive committee. Little Girl Attacked by Angry sow.

While running through the pig pen In play, Alice, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Murphey of Achill-is, was attacked by a vicious sow and quite seriously injured. The little girl had started across the hog lot toward her brothers and sisters when an old sow rushed at her, grabbed her by the arm and dragged her 30 or 40 feet. The little girl's arm was badly crushed and lacerated before the other children could get to her rescue and beat off the vicious animal.

While her arm may be injured considerably it is expected that she will recover. Prof. Bates Leaves K. U. Prof.

Frank G. Bates, who for three years has been a member of the faculty in the department of American history of the University of Kansas, has resigned his position. He will go to Rhode Island, where he will be the secretary of the Rhode Island historical society. Rhode Island is his native state. Kansan Head of Auctioneers.

F. D. West of Kinsley, was elected president of the International Auctioneers' association at their annual convention in Chicago. Assessments of Packers Raised. For the first time in the history of Wyandotte county the large -packing companies of Kansas City have signed a stipulation, whereby their tax assessments on personal property are to be raised abouk 10 per cent over the assessments of last year.

This will mean an increase in assessable property of $1,000,000, and will net the county $18,000 in taxes over the amount received last year from the packers. Kansas Women Missionaries Elect. A three days' session or the Women's Home Missionary society of the South Kansas conference was held in Independence. The following officers were chosen: President Mrs. Bertha McKeever, Girard; vice-president, Mrs.

H. A. Church, Fredonia; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mary Smith, Emporia; recording secretary, Mrs. B.

S. Justice, Ghanute; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Cramer, Baldwin. Baker Looses a Teacher. Prof.

Ross Allen Baker will leave Baker this year to accept a scholar-ihlp in the University of Wlsconsia. whose house guest she was for a time just before Mrs. Longworth sailed for England to join her father. Theodore Roosevelt, strongly resembles his father in looks, but is decidedly reserved and is generally credited with being far less democratic than certain other members of the family. As a boy he rode horseback and engaged in all the other outdoor pursuits of the juvenile Roosevelt clan their home at Oyster Bay, and he took some part in athletics during his preparatory school course at Gro-ton and his collegiate course at Harvard, but tn the main he has been less enthusiastic on the subject of life in the open than his father and brother Kermit, He has always been of a studious nature and his romance with Miss Alexander is said to have had its beginnings in the mutual love of the young people for music.

For all that "Teddy, has eschewed the sensational in outdoor athletics, he did participate two years ago in a balloon flight from Washington, in which he and the two army officers who were his fellow passengers had seme rather exciting experiences. There was no little surprise on the part of the public when Theodore, upon completion of his college course two years ago, chose a business career as his life work, and still more wonder was aroused when he took employment in a Connecticut carpet factory in order to gather knowledge at first hand of the practi- cal side of carpet manufacture. He starteu at the lowest round of the ladder, as an unskilled workman at a small salary. Of course he was promoted as he mastered the intricacies of the business, but he continued to live quietly in a modest boarding house. Many persons were skeptical as to whether young Roosevelt would stick to so prosaic an existence, but he is evidently determined to win his fortune in this sphere.

Was for Forest Conservation. Housewife Are you willing to chop some wood for your dinner? Plodding Pete Sorry, mum, but I am a Pinchot man. Boston about 2,500 prominent men and members of the big reception committee. The cheering and music were almost continuous as the colonel entered the park, but finally quiet wa3 restored and Mayor Gaynor stepped forward and delivered a cordial address of welcome on behalf of the nation and tho city. Mr.

Roosevelt responded briefly but feelingly, and short speeches were made by several other prominent men. Much as he would have liked to be present to greet his predecessor, President Taft was kept away on account of his official position and by a previous engagement. Parade Through the City. When the speech making was over, the parade through the city streets started. It was originally intended to conclude the reception with a monster parade, and invitations were la-sued to various organizations throughout the country.

Within a few days, however, the committee was flooded with so many applications that tho parade feature had to be curtailed. All organizations that wished to participate in the parade were assigned certain blocks along the line of march; for Instance, one or two blocks were assigned to some visiting club, and the next to the public, and so on. The procession itself was comparatively small and was led by the mounted police of New York, who were followed by the police band on foot. Then came the escort of 500 Rough Riders under the command of Robert Hunter of Oklahoma city, president HOMEWARD BOUND of the organization. Colonel Roosevelt came next in a carriage, and his carriage was followed by a long procession of vehicles containing the members of the committee and the speakers.

Useful Monkeys. An officer of the United States navy recently took home two young apes which had been captured in the Island of Formosa in the Chinese sea. His sister in San Francisco is an expert golf player, and she has trained the two monkeys to carry a bag of golf clubs and follow her around the links as caddies. They stand about three feet six inches high and wear liveries of white duck and each has a small Turkish fez. To see the lady on the links of the Bath Beach club attended by her apes is the local sensation of the hour.

"One" as a Pronoun. I have never been smitten with th use of the word "One" as a pronoun. It takes a word juggler to attempt it and get away with It. Unless on feels that one has won one's spurs In this respect and can extricate oneself from the mess one gets oneself and one's readers into, one should avoid the use of the word "one" in referring to oneself as one would a plague. From the Idler.

1 A -vVsr vft A1 jt jf -a-cl t. rf i 3 From stereograph, copj right, by Underwood Underwood. N. T. Reading From Left to Right: Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs.

Roosevelt, Mrs. Longworth, Larz Anderson. THE VOYAGER waving his hand and smiling the familiar smile, and the waiting thousands cheered him again and again. Reception Committee Takes Him. At Quarantine the necessary formalities were quickly over and the official reception, committee took the colonel and his party aboard its revenue cutter.

That vessel at once started up the harbor and all the gaily decorated craft, filled with clubs and private parties, fell in behind and formed a most spectacular water parade. On almost every boat was a band, and all the way the musicians played at the top of their lungs. The shores were black with people who Ehouted their greetings to "Teddy" as he passed and the factories and mills added the noise of their whistles to the general din. So it went all the way up to Twenty-third street, where the parade turned and made its way back to the Battery. At that historic spot at the lower end of Manhattan island Colonel Roosevelt landed to receive the formal welcome home.

Welcomed by Mayor Gaynor. In an enclosure in the center of Battery park were 200 distinguished guests, including senators, representatives, ambassadors and close personal friends of Mr. Roosevelt Sur: rounding this enclosure was another reserved space whlqh. was occupied bj for San Francisco, where Mr. Roose-Telt Is to be in charge of the interests of the carpet manufacturing firm with which he has been associated for some time.

The love story of the young couple has been a quick-moving romance. Their engagement was announced only last winter and the news was cabled to Colonel Roosevelt, resulting in the speedy receipt of his approval and congratulations. The bride, who is the daughter of Henry Addison Alexander of New York, is twenty-one years old, of a little more than medium height, slender and of very attractive appearance, having an especially beautiful complexion. She 13 as animated as her famous sister-in- law, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth,.