and Hunting Tour 214

CHAPTER XXIII

The Roosevelt Family in the Adirondacks--The Pan-American
Exposition at Buffalo--Shooting of President McKinley--The
Vice-President's Visit--Death of the President 223

CHAPTER XXIV

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 McKinley--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 251

CHAPTER XXVII

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 260

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 269

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 277

CHAPTER XXX

Personal Characteristics of Theodore Roosevelt--The
President's Family--Life at the White House--Our Country
and its Future 289

APPENDIX

A. Brief Extracts from Famous Addresses delivered
by Theodore Roosevelt 297

B. List of Theodore Roosevelt's Writings 300

C. Chronology of the Life of Theodore Roosevelt
from 1858 to 1904 302

ILLUSTRATIONS

COLONEL ROOSEVELT AT SAN JUAN HILL _Frontispiece_

FACING PA