The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 80, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 21, 1909 Page: 30 of 56
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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1909.
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H IJToRICAL
GOOD luc k yet at lends us. Ju*t
when our weed is greatest, our
supply of material at its lowest
ebb and deepHir baa alniont
driven us into the wide domuin c»f imag-
ination, along comes % helping band, ex-
tended by Mis.s Mat tie Jackson A Stock-
dale, Tex. Most kindly she has acted as
amenut-nsis for our old friend, ii. \\. lioso
uf Fairview, and lias given us a well-
written and moat interedting cUapter of
tetuinis'i nces.
"Mr. Rose." she writes, "was born near
Bt. Louis, Mo., on February 0, 1S25, and
Is now In his ciglity-sixth year. Jlis eye-
sight is much impaired, but he yet has
an excellent memory, (iiven tho best
educational advantages ot his day, fond
of reading and associating all his life with
Intelligent people, he i.«? at home and talks
entertainingly on a wide range of sub-
jects. 11c is now living with his fourth
wife and hits three cliildron—-Mrs. E. i".
Wallaco of Floresvllle and Graiwille and
Frank Hose of Oklahoma.
"He was reared in the Methodist
Church, but withdrew from tiiat and
united with the Baptist Church about
twenty-three years ago. During the Civil
War he served the South as Lieutenant
In Company K of the Thirty-fifth Texae
Cavalry, lie was wounded in the iett
arm and left side in 1X64 in a skirmish
with Banks army. He was County Com-
missions of Robertson County alter the
war, until turned out of office by the
^constructionists. He moved t ) Wilson
County in ISTu and in this county lias
served four years as County Commis-
sioner. and since that has been Justice of
the l'cuce and Deputy Sheriff. Now,
loved anci respected by all who <now him,
lie is waiting for the summons that coines
to all. Talking of what is known as 'The
Runaway Scrap*be says:
" in iS35 General Cos led an army to
Ban Antonio, but being defeated, retreat-
ed to the Rio Grande in haste and contu-
sion. In i,Oi Santa Anna came, and the
fall of the Alamo, the battle of Goliad and
the massacre of Fannin and his men fol-
lowed. These events are recorded in his-
tory. In the meantime we held a con-
vention at Washington on the Brazos, de-
clared our independence of Mexico,collect-
ed an army and elected Gen. Sam Hous-
ton as Its commander in chief. Making
Gonzales the rendezvous, General Hous-
ton soon had an army there of 14<>0 men.
We people east of that point then felt
perfectly safe, for we felt that eld San:
would not lei the Mexicans come any
nearer. Old Sam. though, thought it bet-
ter to retreat to the east side of the
Brazos, to Groat's Retreat, and did so.
When this movement became known, the
"Runaway Scrape" began.
" 'The settlers west of the Brazos hur-
riedly gathered up such household goods
as they could carry and moved cast of
that stream, feeling sure that Houston
would not allow Santa Anna and his army
to cross it. This, it was argued, be could
easily do because of the dense cane-
brakers in the bottoms of the river, espe-
cially in tho neighborhood of Richmond,
where. In order to reach the heart of the
settled country the sooner, it was believed
Santa Anna would try to cross. Of course
many persons censured Houston for bis
retreat and even accused him of coward-
ice. The majority. hoWevetf, felt confi-
dent he would halt tho Mexican trmy at
the Brazos.
♦ ♦ ♦
" 'One morning ahout tho first r>f April
when o>:r folks wrf busy wlih their cot-
ton pl.intlnp. Adam 8I:iffprd — Uncle
Adam, we called him—rode lit) to my
father's house, and calling father out.
said: "Dr. Rope, we will have lo pet out
o' here. General Houston has t-jii n up
the line of march for tho Sablim Rivet,
and Santa Anna Is pushing stralijnt on lo
Richmond, and he and his army will soon
be in our mid*t." This was alarming news
and set everything and everybody in mo-
tion—the people who had come from west
of the Brazos and those living east of It.
Joining In a hurried march toward Louisi-
ana. Instead of using them to plant rot-
ton, our folks hitched our oxen, old Bright
and Lion, to a hastily manufacture.!
sled, and loading the sled with household
goods arid driving to the swamp, md them
there, when the oxen and sled returned
we loaded the latter with cuoking uten-
sils, clothing and bedding and were ready
for migration. Just then I'ncle Adam
suggested that father should leave nic
with him to help take care of the cattle.
To this father agreed, and ttien. he driv-
ing the oxen and mother trudging along
on foot, carrying on her shoulder "the
smokehouse," which was my father's rifle,
so called because on It we depended for
fll our meat, the family set out. They
had not gone far when they overtook Mr.
Bundrlck and his family, all In a cart,
and that In a bog-hole from which Mr.
Bundrick's team could not extricate it.
The two men soon agreed on a plan of
operations. Father hitched his oxen to
the rart in the lead of Bundrick's team
and dragged it out of the mire. Then
they threw off the cart a part of Bun-
drick's belongings, put father's in their
filace and abandoning the sled moved on
n a cart drawn by the two yoke of oxer.
They had plenty of company, for the road
from Stafford's Point going cast was lined
with movers, the women and children all
walking.
" "Mr. Stafford kept his son, Allen, and
myself busy helping him and the darkeys
to round up the cattle belonging to him
and father. When we had gathered to-
gether the main bulk of them wo started
the herd toward Louisiana. \V\j headed
for Buffalo Bayou and reaching the San
Jacinto River found the roads crowded
with movers and the river bottoms cov-
ered with water. We took the cattle
down into the fork of the bayou and the
river, and there held them. Tills was six
or seven miles from where the battle of
San Jacinto was fought. At this time
flnnta Anna was crossing the Brazos at
Richmond, and Houston, with his army,
was marching for the same crossing of
the San Jacinto we had in view. But nn
account of muddy roads, the Texas army
could move hut slowly, and arriving at
the widow Burnet's, went Into camp for
The night, and for firewood burned a
whole lot of the old lady's rails. Next
morning she^ approached old Sam and be-
gan to rake him and his men over the
coalg because of this destruction. "Oh,"
said tie. "when we capture Santa Anna T
Trill bring some of the boys back here
and have them split a lot of vw rails
and build you a new fence." "Yes." she
replied, "you'll play h—11 capturing old
Santa Anna at the rate you are going,
won't you?"
" 'While at Mrs. Burnet's Houston's
scouts. r»eaf Smith. Jim Miller—my uncle
—Wash Serrest and Church Fulcher, sent
the General word that dividing his army
at Richmond. Santa Anna had left a part
of It there and was advancing with only
r part of It. aiming apparently to strike
San Jacinto River at some point near the
coast. Seeing his opportunity. Houston
crossed Buffalo Bayoit at HarrUburg and
"marched to meet Santa Anna.
" 'On the night of April 20th a council
of war was held, at which It was Pro-
posed by some one to tear down some
vacant houses on the De Zavala Ranch
and use the timber In them to make a
floating bridge over which the Texas
army. In case of Its defeat next day,
might escape. Old Sam vetoed the sug-
irestion with Indignation. "Nor" he thun-
dered, "we don't want any bridge to Es-
cape over, for we are going to make.thfc
fight tomorrow, nnd bv the eternal God,
we are going to win It."
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" 'Ou' camp In the fork was rear the
house of Allen Vlnce and about 400 yards
from his dwelling was the historic struc-
ture known as Vlnce's Bridge. Vhe first
news we got of the Hdvanelng armies
came from Mr. Vlnce. He came to our
eamp crying, and taking ma by the arm
said: "Granville, Jack is gone, the Mex-
ican* have ruptured him. You will have
to be rny boy now." Then he related
Hie following'story: While standing In
the yard at his house he saw a hunch of
Mexicans approaching, they had just
crossed the brlflge, He run down to the
Vim you and crossed 11, hut ft Mexican
called to him In English to come back,
that they would not bother him and that
they had not interfered with anybody
they found at home. Mr. Vlnce cited his
rifle, which was leaning against a tree,
his first thought being io kill .tic Mexi-
can. Then he remembered that his son,
Jack, was out with the horses a'lci would
likely return by the way of the bridge,
and laying down his rifle, he told Colonel
Almonte, for that was who it was, that
lie had a son out In the woods who would
soon be In, and thai lie wanted Almonte
to let him pass. To that Almonte replied:
"It all depends oil what General Santa
says; I have to obey his orders."
" 'Mr. Vlnce owned a couple of I ho
best horses In the United Stales. He had
bought them In St. Louis, and oatied one
Old Whip, the other Quicksilver. O'd
Whip was tied to a China tree In the
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G. W. ROSE,
A pioneer of Texas.
back yard and quickly notinpr bis eveel-
lence, Almonte immediately took him into
his possession. Jack was riding: Quick-
silver and wh®n he came in Almonte cap-
tured both rider and horse and carried
both animals and the boy away with him.
" T don't Know why,jve did not move
our herd on toward Louisiana, unless it
was because we were all well \ minted
and felt able to outrun any Mexican)*
that sought to molest us As it was, we
stayed there until we heard the roar of
the cannon, and less distinctly, the re-
ports of small arms at the battle of San
Jacinto. The reason. I reckon, that Uncle
\dams (Mr. Stafford) was not In the
army was that he was one-armed, and so
could not handle a rifle expertly. The
last time I saw him he was living at or
near Victoria. William Dyer, his nephew,
ai d myself Insisted on g"in«: fo tnk» a
part in the battle as soon as we heard the
firing begin, although neither of us wart
over 13 years of age. My uncle. Jim
Wells, was a scout, and I thought it
would be very grand to fight by his side.
But Uncle Adam placed a peremptory
veto on any such foolishness by giving
bis nephew a few raps across the shoul-
ders with a rope's end. That quieted his
ardr/r, and for lack of company my own
quickly cooled.
" 'While Mte battle was in progress we
helped get the horses on a raft, in order
to put them across the San Jacinto. Hav-
ing crossed that stream, we drove our
herd on to the Trinity River. Here we
met a messenger, Mr. McDermlck, sen*
to carry the good tidings east, an I he told
us that the Mexican army was \11 killed.
Sam Houston wounded nnd Santa Anna a
prisoner. This intelligence, of coursc,
ended our part of the "Runaway Scrape. '
♦ ♦ ♦
" 'We now hurried back to our homes
to get in our crops. Wc did not go across
t tie battlefield, but we saw many eorpscs
of Mexicans along the road we traveled,
who had been killed in the attempt to get
across Vlnce's Bridge and make tuelr es-
cape. Wc took dinner that da> at Mr
Vlnce's. hobbling our horses out to grass.
After dinner, when I went out to catch
my horse I found him feeding near a
bunch of weeds, and as 1 stooped down
to unhobble him, 1 saw. a few feet away,
the body of a dead Mexican hidden in
the weeds. It was dressed in uniform,
and on its heels were Mexican spurs Willi
gold trimmings. I wanted those spurs as
badly as ever a boy wanted anything, but
I did not dare take them from a last rol-
ling corpse; Instead. 1 mounted my horse
in a hurry and galloped fast away from
the gruesome sight.
" 'That evening wc reached Stafford's
Point and home. My folks, though, had
not yet returned and did not for nearly a
month, so I stayed with I'ncle Adam, go-
ing home every day to see about things.
These were pretty badly wrecked. A desk
In which my father luid left a number of
valuable surgical instruments and quite
a number of books had been brown open
and its contents scattered over the floors
or carried off. But a history of the United
States, the life of Napoleon Bonaparte
and six volumes of Joscphus were left In
fairly good condition and I spent many an
hour that would have otherwise been
wholly unemployed in reading them.
"'The people were all summer getting
back to their homes, indeed, pome of
them never returned lo the places they
had left, but settled down at Stafford's
l olnt and elsewhere to the cast and west.
Eighteen hundred and thlrty-Blx was ft
hard year nn the settlers. The Mexican*
liad burned up most of the houses, de-
stroyed all our supplies and thus left us
to begin pretty much the same struggle
for a hare living that had been ours on
first settlement. In our neighborhood Mr.
Stafford was the only person whose corn
cribs had been spared from the torch.
His dwelling, his nemo cabins, his smoke,
house and his gin had been destroyed by
the Mexicans, hut somehow or other they
had left his two i-orn cribs untouched.
F.ut his corn did not long remain In his
hands Knowing the needs of his neigh-
bors, he divided it with them, keeping
only just enough to make his own prop on.
♦ ♦ ♦
" 'In the fall of 1K36 the elected members
of the Texas Congress met at Columbia,
on the Brazos. One of their first acts
was to name Houston as the capital of the
republic. Ilarrisburg was much preferred
on ncrount of its deep water facilities,
but the location chosen there was owned
by William P. Harris, Robert Wilson and
the estate of John R. Harris In undivided
Interests, nnd title from the estate could
not be easily secured, and because of this
fact Houston was chosen. Among the
general laws enacted by that congress
was one requiring all persons who had
been living together as man and wife, to
marry arcording to the forms of law.
The Mexican government did not recog-
nise marriages solemnized by Protestant
Mahog. Library Tabla
This table la a now effect, just re-
ceived and never shown before. Strict-
ly Colonial, high glass polish with
ample drawer room, no ^ti
Priced this week at
Low Price
Sale of....
Curtains and Rugs
Biggest and best—that's Stowers' Store first, last and
always—and the many good things offered this week'
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Metal
Extra Heavy Metal Bed
This metal Bed has continuous posts
two inches thick, fillers seven-eighths
thick, perfectly plain, In white and
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a $40 brass one—line value
Priced this week at
18.85
A Carload of Beautiful Exclusive Patterns Green and Blue Tile Linoleums Just Received
Room-Size Rugs
Royal Axminster, 9x12, suita-
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or parlor. $28.50 value, ele-
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Monday $23.50
RoyalAxminst'rRugs
One yard wide by two yards
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Only a few of these left
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$1 Bonne Femme Beige Curtains 65c P $1.60 Ruffled Swiss Curtains 1.19
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$2.00 Lace Curtains for $1.66
Royal and Egyptian Lace Curtains; also a
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Nottingham Beige Curtains, full length and
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$2.26 Lace Curtains for $1.75
Royal Lace Curtains, extra width, full 3%
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Fine Arabian Net Curtains, full width,
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$4.00 Pretty Net Curtains $3.19
Pretty Parlor Curtains, white net and the
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$2.00 Swiss Curtains for $1.55
Ruffled Swiss Curtains with hemstitched
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We have received a large assortment of the new panel curtains; to use one at a window.
Arabian red and green colored effects, 40 and 50 inches wide, 3 yards long. 1 hese are the imported
French net with beautiful floral and conventional designs and range in price from $3.00 each up.
Pretty Fringed Rugs
54 inches long by 27 inches
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Usual $1.35 kind for
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Axminster Mats
36. Beautif
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Royal Wilton Rugs
Size, 36x72 with linen double
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Gallery Chair
This Chair Is made of strong oak
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bolts. Made to wear In any climate.
Colors brown, red and green. Worth
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Mahogany Bedroom Table
This handsome mahogany finished
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plain, strong legs, wide platform.
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Sectional 6ook Case
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Rattan Go-Cart
This Cart, is a dandy good one—gen-
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Carpet Sweeper
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liases before Cathofic. priests and alcaldes.
For a long time, alcaldes had been few
and far between, and as for the priests,
they seldom came further oast than San
Antonio or Victoria. Jt therefore became
the custom to marry by bond slqned by
both contracting; parties, and in which It
was agreed that when a priest came
along the ceremony should be performed,
loiter on. Father Muldoon, a jolly Cath-
olic priest, established Ills headquarters
at San Antonio and made periodical visits
to the "east for the purpose of marrying
the people. A great many couples availed
themselves of his services, but In :he first
davs or tho republic there were tlill quite
11 number who had not and were yet
living together under bond, not even hav-
ing gone before an alcalde. Among theso
was a man named Cato and his wife.
Pocky. Mrs. Beckv had bean raised lit
the backwoods and had never gone to co'.
leSe. Besides, she wag naturally very
plain spoken.
" 'My father was cognizant of these
facts und one day when passing the
Cato home, called the old lady out to the
gate and said to her:
Becky, you and Mr. Cato had better
come over to Houston and be legally mar-
ried. I am a member of the grand Jury,
and If you do not, It will be mv duty to
report vou."
I'll be durned If I do." said Becky,
"I've done married Cato twice already,
nnd eft I have to marry again I'll hunt
me up another man—he ain't no account
nohow."
« -Nevertheless, the two were In Hous-
ton bright and early next morning, 'and
finding a preacher at leisure, were duly
married ' "
Miss nose's reminiscences will be con-
tinued.
Has
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i the only permanent tract Ind.sw
WOMEN'S r.lGHTS IN ROME.
Ancient Days in Ancient City Were
Not Unlike Present Days Here.
Tho agitation for woman's rights Is not
entirely a modern development. There
was similar clamor during the days of tho
Roman Republic, and the leading men of
that time were much concerned about It.
Gaston Bolssler of the Frenih Acad-
emy In his Interesting work on "Cicero
and His Friends" thus speaks of the
growth of woman's Influence In Rome:
"In a country where the family was
respected, as It was at Rome, women
could not fall to be of much Importance.
It was Impossible that their Influence,
which was already so great within the
house, should not attempt to show Itself
outside, and the honorable place they held
In private life must one day tempt them
to invade public lif« also. The ancient
Romans, so Jealous of their authority, had
the consciousness of this danger and neg-
lected nothing to defend themselves
against It. We know how they affected
to treat women; there was no sort of
unkind remarks they did not make about
them. They got them attacked on tha
stage and mocked them even In their po-
litical speeches."
Cato. probably, was the most bitter
enemy of the "New Woman" of his time.
He watched the growth of their Influence
In fear for the effect which It was likely
to have upon tho state of society and the
government of the republic.
"Remember," Llvy makes him say,
apropos of the Tax Clppia, "all those reg-
ulations our ancestors made to subject
wires to their husbands. Shackled as
they are. you have trouble to manage
them. What will happen If you give them
their liberty, If you allow them to enjoy
the same rights as yourselves? Do you
think you will then be their masters 7
The day they become your equals they
will become your superiors."
Is It the Catonlan fear which leads so
many men of the day to oppose equal
rights lor women?
From Cicero wc learn that the gallant
lawyers of the day furnished the women
with Ingenious means to free themselves
from obnoxious laws without appearing to
violate them. Gradually women took a
more Important place in society and ex-
orcised a greater Influence In the govern-
ment of the republic. Soon almost all the
politicians of the time were largely gov-
erned by their wives.
When, through the abolition of the old
laws, and by the alterations of ancient
maxims, women had become free, they
did not make good use of their liberty,
according to Bolssler's narrative. He
says:
"Wc can not enjoy quietly the rights of
which we have been long deprived, and
the first moments of liberty bring assort
of Intoxication that it Is difficult to cheek.
This Is what happened to the Roman so-
ciety of that time, and all those Irregu-
larities that were shown In the conduct of
women then are partly explained by the
allurements and intoxication of their new
liberty. Those who loved money, like Te-
rentla, Cicero's wife, hastened to take ad-
vantage of the right of disposing of their
fortune that had been restored to them.
They shared this with freedmen and
agent* for doubtful gains and robbed their
husbands without scruple, and threw
themselves Into speculation and trade, to
which they brought, together with an al-
most Incredible rapacity, that taste for
small savings and economies which is
natural to them. Those who preferred
pleasure gave themselves lip to all pleas-
ure with passionate eagerness. The less
bold took advantage of the facilities of
divorce to pass from one amour to an-
other under cover of the law."
From that time on woman'* Influence
in Rome appears to have waned rather
than increased. So much so tliat during
the reign of Augustus, when men married
less than ever, the Emperor, by way of
encouraging matrimony, had read to the
citizens of Rome the speech which the
Censor Metellus had made, attacking
bachelors during the time of the Gracchi.
In his speech Metellus said:
"Citizens, if we could live without wives
we would all dispense with that Incum-
brance; but. as nature has willed It to be
as Impossible to do without them as it Is
disagreeable to live with them, let us sac-
rifice the charms of so short a life to the
Interests of the republic, which must al-
ways endure."
So It would seem that when woman got
her "rights" In Rome she lost, to a large
extent, her attractions; and with the de-
crease of her attractions came a lessening
of her Influence.—St. Louis Republic.
Dr. F. A. Piper, Osteopath.
Sll-14 Hicks Bldg. Cld phone 1MB.
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CONTEST FOR CURATOR'S MEDAL
Six Speaker* Selected for Debate at
Southwestern University.
Special Telegram to The Expr^&l
GEORGETOWN, Tex., March 20,-The
committee selected by the faculty of
Southwestern University to judge the
preliminary senior oratorical contest has
selected the following six speakers ot
the twelve who contested. Those six
speakers will contest for the curator's
medal al commencement:
B. B. Hail, Santa Anna; L. W. Rogers,
Weatherford; L. E. Dudley, Abilene; H.
O. Metcalfo, Lubbock; Ship Sanders,
Georgetown; J. F. Simpson. Edna.
Three of these belong to the Alamo
Literary Society and three to the San
Jacinto.
END OF THE OLD TRAILER.
Wierd Performance at Burning of an
Ancient Street Car.
CHICAGO, 111., March 20.—The quick-
step and the dead march mingled in a
wierd and curious medley at the obse-
quies of the "last of the trailers" In Chi-
cago. After almost a third of a century
of continuous service. No. To made the
last trip late last night on the lines of
the Chicago Railways Company, and was
(orced. bucking and hurdling rails to the
last fiery ends. Surrounded by a con-
course of people, sunk iu the mud, de-
faced by brutal curio-seekers, defiled
with kerosene, the ancient vehicle, which
lias carried over 1,500,000 Chlcagoans,
blazed gloriously for a short time and
then gave up the ghost.
A hurdy-gurdy, accompanied by a
Jangling bell, wrenched from the rlat-
form of the doomed car, played a series
of nontdsenpt ragtime melodies.
—
Indebted for Invitation.
London, March 20—Replying to an
Invitation tendered him by the Duke of
Abercorn 011 behalf of the Chartered
South African Company to visit Rho-
desia during his hunting trip In Africa,
former President Roosevelt wrote;
"Your proposal Is »o very attractive that
I certainly would have closed with it had
there been time."
—O
New Record for Immigrants.
NEW york, March ».—Seven ocean
liners which arrived here yesterday
brought te America "000 Immigrants,
making the arrivals for the day the larg-
est in the history of the port, with per-
haps a single exception, the Immigration
otflcers say, this ycur, and likely Will
break all records.
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