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Show WOIH : IB WEiE TEDDY Former President Due to Reach City Monday Afternoon: May Be Delayed, WEEK OF RECEPTIONS AND DINNERS IN HIS HONOR Many Anxious to See Man With Record as Big Game Hunter. KHARTOUM. March IP.. Khartoum is now in gala attire awaiting the coming of Theodore Roosevelt, who. with" tho other members of the American hunting and sclentlllc expedition, is aboard the steamer Dal. on the last leg of the Journey Jour-ney to this city. The steamer is expected here tomorrow afternoon, but an unusually strong northern north-ern gale is kicking up heavy waves in the river, and li Is po-saiblc thai tho arrival of the distinguished American will be delayed. Colonel Roosevelt's sni-eoss in shooting In the Soudan, a dozen antelopes. Including Includ-ing one known im Mrs. Gray'a white-cured white-cured antelope, and other rare specimens, makes a littlng end to his hunt, which has been .successful beyond all expectations. expecta-tions. Scries of Receptions. Henceforth the c.-presidenl til be the guest of honor at a series of brilliant ttnd i-nlhu.siusllc reeoplloiiH. The first of the receptions was l.-ld at tho Jtinglo station of Mir- AnnTleun mission at Sobtit. v.hero Colonel Roosevelt' dlnod on his way hero. Before his departure from Hu-bal Hu-bal lu: spoke of Iho mander hi which the medical missionary work at thu various lnlion:i hud Impressed him. If Colonel Kooaovcll arrives at tho scheduled hour. I o'clock in the afternoon, after-noon, he will go first lo the sldar'? pul-uco pul-uco and then lo the railway station lo meet Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss lOthcl. who arc now on their way from Alexandria, and who are due here at f o'clock in Ihe afternoon. Khartoum Koelely and great rowds of visitors;, wtio havo taken apartments apart-ments ai l he hotels, are nn. louny walling wall-ing lo accord the former president of tho Lulled States a iKUng welcome. The official arnuigcinenls for Colonel Roosevelt's reception have, been announced. an-nounced. Captain Clayton of tho atalT of Ihe tsidar. and Mnioi General Sir 'Francis 'Fran-cis AVlngaU wfll go down the harbor in a launch to mcu the steamer Pnl. Thoy will conduct the party to tho palace, wli'TC tn will be served. They will go from there to tho depot to meet Mit. RoohovcH. and MIsf RooaevelL Apartment are In readiness for Colonel rtoooGvelt and his family :tt the palace, and they will dine there alone In the evening. fluny AJ1 Iho Time. Tueerlny will Vie devoted to f.lghlseelng around Khurtouni and vIbIIb will nc iald to the Gordon Memorial college and oih-iioted oih-iioted Inotltuttonf. In tho evening iho hetidp of the govriimenlol ileparl uinx and I heir w lvof. iH meet the Ainerl-eans Ainerl-eans al a dinner at the palace. The guests w ill include Slot In riehn. Ihe writer who has so vividly described, the m.Jttacre In the Goudaii. On Wednet-dav morning Colonel Rooee-vftlt Rooee-vftlt will visit Omdurman Th hills of Ketreri. sevey mllet, from Omdurman. mark the pile of tho great biiitle of Omdurman. Om-durman. September ISns. when tha Khalifas army was annihilated aud Iho rule of Uie JChallfa wob brought to an end. Ho will Inspect the Khalifa's house aud meet tho local celebrities. In the afternoon a game has been arranged for hip benefit at the Gvmkana. polo, grounds, ami after that he will visit the American Ameri-can mission. In the evening he will he the truost of the Khartoum club at a dinner at which covers will bo luld for Sl Thursday is a free day. but H. is prob-ablo prob-ablo that the ex-presldont will attend tho Masonic lodge beforo his departure and witness the Soudanese, drill. Colonel Roosevelt and his family will loavo here by special train on Thursday night, to vlFlt. Assouan, Luxor and Edfa, on tho way to Cairo. His lit It here will In of an entirely official character He will enter Europe cither y way of .Naples or Brindlsl. |