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Show kota got on the train. At Wahpoton. the first Btatlon acro3M the. line In North Dakota, a reception commit- le appeared, headed, by Major Ev-erly Ev-erly of Wabpcton, and took the colonel colo-nel In hand. When the Train reach ed Kflrgo the largest crowd of all was on 'hand. The reception committee get off the train and tiled to per- , made, the. people to go away, Ray-! inp that-Colonel Roosevelt was tired, j but "they stayed until the colonel ' came down the steps and cheered J .him loudly. . The.n they followed hiiu to hU hotel, where' the colonel retired re-tired to hi room, paying be was going go-ing to have the evening to rest anyway, any-way, and that be would make no further fur-ther appearnnce until tomorrow. Thousand of persons have coin's to Fargo for tomorrow's l.alxir Jay celebration. 0her thousands are coming Jn the morning, and Fargo experts one of the largest crowds l:i its history. Colonel Roosevelt will lay the corner stone of Carnegie 11- i brary at Fargo' college tomorrow :nornlng. In the afternoon there will be a parade through the city and to J Island park, where Colonel Roosevelt I "H; to make his chief speech of the day. He will leave for St. Paul in ' the evening and begin his homeward ; trip. - ' Since he ha left New York the colonel has passed through 14 Btatei and traveled approximately 3,700 niile.-i. When Colonel Roosevelt reached the hotel where he was to sleep tonight to-night he found J00 little girls wait- ing for him. Thc-y were fitting on . Die floor In the hotel parlor and ev- J ery little girl had a Teddy Bear In j her arms Some of the children were ( so smitirthat they were almost hid-; den by the Teddy Bear As soon a-i ; Mr. Roosevelt appeared the chorus ' said ' Welcome. Teddy Roosevelt," at ; the same tlaie lifting the Teddy Beai ; in salute. ' ' Why, Hello!" sabi Ihe colonel; ' "this Is fine. Never in all tlie courts of Europe did I Bee anything like . this." He stopped for a few minutes and talked to the girls. "I would like to stay longer and tell yon stories about Hons In Afrl- I ca," he said, "but some of you are j fo little that I'm afraid my" stories would keep you awake tonight." , I I l - h ' Speeches Demanded in Spite of Advance Telegrams FARGO, X. D, Sept. 4. After an all-day ride tbuingh parts of South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota, Dako-ta, former President Roosevelt reached reach-ed Fargo early this evening. The people of Fargo were waiting at the station for him and gave him a welcome wel-come in spite of the fact that it was Sunday. It was after midnight when Ctdoucl Roosevelt got to bed last ul-ht. Like Welter's Thanksgiving turkey, tur-key, I nm old and tough." said he. Just before ho retired, "but there arc limits." Those traveling With him on hl.1 western trip have been astonished at his endurance. He has attended breakfasts before 7 o'clock and dinners din-ners that lasted until late at night, and ho has made bo many speeches since be left New York thai ho cannot can-not estimate the number. But lant night lw. admitted that he was tired. He instructed his secretary to send telegrams to towns through which lie was to pass today sayi& that as it was Sunday he would remake no Bpeoches whatever from the train The special train went across the eastern edge of South Dakota and Into In-to Minnesota ami for the firit part of the morning Colonel Roosevelt enjoyed en-joyed hlniself sitting in an oasy chair and rending a book. Then the engineer engi-neer slowed down for Marshall, the first stop. Colonel Roosevelt continued contin-ued to read his book. There was a shout outside. A crowd closed around the rear platform. The colonel'j tel egram had arrived, hut the people bad paid no attention to It. y "Teddy Teddy come out," tho crowd shouted. "IWs see you." The colonel hesitated a moment Th shouts grew louder He 4 a 1 , 1 down hfs book. Some of ihe people saw him through the window win-dow and cheered. He aroso and there was another cheer. He walked walk-ed to the door and thrust his head through. The cheer developed Into a yell of greeting, and the colonel could not resist. He walked out to the platform and In an instant men and boys were scrambling upon the railing trying to shake his hand. After be had shaken hands with every onr In reach the colonel stepped step-ped bark. Tho crowd grew rjuiet and listened expectantly. The colonel did not open his mouth "Speech speech." the crowd shouted. shout-ed. Colonel Roosevelt took another step as though to go back Into the car. but the cries of "Speech, speech" grew louder and he capitulated. The same thine; happened at every place at which the train stopped. At no town did the people pay any attention at-tention to the colonel's telegrams, and after his first few vain struggles strug-gles Colonel Roosevelt surrendered unconditionally and spent the ros-t of the day in making speeches at every station nt which the train stopped The people came out with hands and flags, dressed In their Sunday clothes, and swarmed on the tracks behind the train. They staved there until the train started and followed 11 down the track until the cars got under headway. The colonel made more speeches todav than on almost anv other day since he began his trip. At Hanley Falls. Minn., almost every ev-ery one in the crowd was carrying a flag. At Morris, Minn., tho boys' band came out and tried to play the "Star Spangled Banner" The cowgirls cow-girls rode down to the station t Campbell and sat on their cow ponies po-nies on the edge of the crowd listening listen-ing t, Colonel Roosevelt's speech. He waved his hand at them and answered answer-ed the salute. The crowd at Wllmar, Minn., was one of the largest of tho day. As it was Sunday, Colonel Roosevelt thought a fermon from him would be more fitting. He told them the Americans should have three qualities, quali-ties, in order to succeed as a nation. First, he mentioned honesty and then courage. "But honest v and coinage are not enough," be said. "In addition you need the saving graee of common aen.se. If a man is a natural fool, you can't do much with him." A little girl In the crowd was lifted lift-ed on her father's shoulders so that she could hand a huge bouquet tu the r-oloncl "That's fine," he said, patting the child's head. "You people listen to the sermon and I get the flowers." At BreckeurMge. Minn. Senator?' McCumber and Purcell of North Da- j |