CHAPTER XVIII

Last Days in Cuba - The Departure for Home -

Arrival at Montauk - Caring for the Sick and

Wounded- Presentation to Theodore Roosevelt

by his Men Mustering out of the Rough

Riders.

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171

CHAPTER XIX

Nominated for Governor of New York - A Rough

Rider Way of Campaigning-Elected Governor

- Important Work at Albany - The Home-

stead at Oyster Bay - Chopping down a Tree

for Exercise.

183

Roosevelt's Increased Popularity — Last Annual

Message as Governor- Visit to Chicago - Re-

markable Speech on the Strenuous Life

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CHAPTER XXI

193

The Convention at Philadelphia-Theodore Roose-

velt seconds the Nomination of William McKin-

ley-Becomes Candidate for the Vice-Presidency

Remarkable Tours through Many States

CHAPTER XXII

Elected Vice-President of the United States - Pre-

sides over the Senate Tax upon Theodore

Roosevelt's Strength — Starts on Another Grand

Hunting Tour

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214

CHAPTER XXIII

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The

The Roosevelt Family in the Adirondacks

Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo-Shooting

of President McKinley - The Vice-President's

Visit-Death of the President .

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223

CHAPTER XXIV

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Theodore Roosevelt's Tramp up Mount Marcy-

A Message of Importance Wild Midnight

Ride through the Mountains-On the Special

Trains from North Creek to Buffalo.

233

CHAPTER XXV

'Takes the Oath as President - The New Chief

Magistrate at the Funeral of President McKin-

ley At the White House-How the First

Real Working Day was Spent

241

CHAPTER XXVI

Continuing the Work begun by President McKinley

The Panama Canal Agitation Visit of

Prince Henry of Prussia- The President at the

Charleston Exposition

CHAPTER XXVII

251

Destruction at St. Pierre-American Aid - The

Great Coal Strike - President Roosevelt ends

the Difficulty-Tour through New England-

The Trolley Accident in the Berkshires A

Providential Escape from Death

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CHAPTER XXVIII

New Offices at the White House-Sends a Wireless

Message to King Edward of England End

of the Trouble in Venezuela The Canadian

Boundary Dispute - Beginning of a Trip to the

West-In Yellowstone Park

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CHAPTER XXIX

Dedication of the Fair Buildings at St. Louis –

Continuation of the Trip to San Francisco

Up in the Far Northwest - Back in Washington

- The Post-office Scandals- The New Republic

of Panama -A Canal at Last- Proclamation

regarding the War between Japan and Russia

- Opening of the Great Fair

CHAPTER XXX

Personal Characteristics of Theodore Roosevelt-

The President's Family- Life at the White

House - Our Country and its Future

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277

289

APPENDIX

A. Brief Extracts from Famous Addresses deliv-

ered by Theodore Roosevelt

B. List of Theodore Roosevelt's Writings

C. Chronology of the Life of Theodore Roosevelt

from 1858 to 1904

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300

302

COLONEL Roosevelt at MONTAUK POINT.
THE ROOSEVELT HOMESTEAD AT OYSTER BAY

THE WHITE HOUSE, SHOWING NEW OFFICES
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND CABINET, 1903
PRESIDENT Roosevelt SPEAKING AT THE UNVEIL-

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252

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276

ING OF THE STATUE OF GENERAL SHERMAN 284

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND HIS FAMILY xvii

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