The evening times., 1902-07-08
Arrangements Complete
for Transaction of
Business.
MIR. ROOSEVELT RISES EARLY
Rain and Mud Interfere With Plans
for Day of Rough and Tumble En-
joyme1t-Strict Guard OF Secret
Service Men Maintained.

OYSTER BAY. y. y. July S.-Leathsr
pouch that the local postmaster has
provided for Tie Presidents mail, vas
full today, and there was prospect OF
busy day for Secretary CorteIyou-
Each mail TO the President is taken
from the pOsto11ce To Sycamore Hill &c
companied by one CI the several Secret
Service men Quartered here Secretary
CortelyOU goes over the mail, assisted
BY Assistant Secretary Loeb, who drives
TO Sycamore Hill every morning. The
form OF transacting business during the
stay here viii be for Secretary Cortel-
you to lay the business needing atten-
tion before the President each morning.
Then he and Mr. Loeb VII drive down
10 The Offices in the bank building where
the correspondence VIII be got cu1 Of the
way by the two sts-sographers-
Mr. Loeb 1;yes in the village Of oyster
Bay and he VIII be in attendance upon
the President at Sycamore Hin only
when he IS needed for the beginning OF
work n the new Offices were provided
yesterday and this morning work began
n earnest There was lot of work
that could not be got off yesterday that
occupied the stenographers this morn
ing until Secretary CorJeIyou came down
from Sycamore Hill
n Rain and Mud.
President Rooscyelts third day os rest
dawned inauspiciousIy. The clouds that
hung over Oyster Bay nearly all day
yesterday and all Of last night POURED
down 4 deluge Of rain early this NOM
ing and when the villagers turned out
the streets were ankle deep N mud. -he
rain continued to drizzle until well to
ward noon and the President was com
PEELED 10 foreEo q part OF the program
OF outdoor sports that he had arranged
for today There was TO be z walk n
The morning with ms son Teddy, IT,
then q round OF tennis with any OF he
ehildEe2 Who are o3d enough 10 play,
After tn2I rife practice, T business did
not interfere, q horseback party 10 Cold
Spring and whatever could be crowded
into lAe day.
The Presidents household was up and
about early today. Every day begins
at al early hoU- at Sycamore EiII. when
The Presidents family is there, and
continues with every present signs Of
great activity until well after dark.
Display Of Fireworks.
After a romD With the children in the
cool morning air. breakfast was served,
and then the President retired to his
library 10 90 ever that part OF the
morning mall that required MS atteu-
ton The fete at Sycamore Hill last
night was enjoyed much by the Presi-
dents men. Several excursion parties
went out on the bay and witnessed the
display Of fireworks which sight was
also Witnessed By crowds that gathered
on the wharf and on the hills back of
the town II lasted fer more than an
hour and caused several residents OF
Cold Spring HaTbor 10 bring out a lot
Of leftover bombs and rockets and FIRE
them OF The waters of bOth harbors
were Illuminated by the coI0Ted fires
for the greater part Of the evening
The strictness OF the guard Of Secret /
Service men that is maintained about
the Presidents person viii not be
z5ated. The Secret Service men expect
the procession CT cranks that always
beset q President TO begin pretty soon, /
and cohsEG1L vigilance viii be necessary
to save the President unnecessary an
Hoyance-
Now Fashionable Resort.
From now cn until past the middle /
OF August Oyster Bay viii be the most
fashionable resort along the Sound. /
and the rates for summer. cottages and
accommodations IN bo5eding houses are i
shooting skyward in consequence. The
Whole town feels the reviviug influence !
of the Presidents return home. The
Octagon Hotel is the only h0stelry in /
the town. ard its proprietor is probably /
justified IN feeling his Importance. Hall
an hour after the President returned /
IN the rzIn storm Saturday afternoon /
the 0ctagOn was sui up. and ac- /
cCnE-odatio1s could not be had for love
or gold. There are number Of board /
ing houses in town. acd Il is said that
very few Of these c5H accommodate the
guests who have already spoken 70.
rooms and food during the coming
weeks. II the gentlemen Of political
Importance who have been planning 10 {
call upon The President after lie gets
settled IN his home town DO not sDeak K
wen ahead for their creature comforts.
they are quite likely 10 ind themselves
waiting grip in hand for the first train
out after their arrival. unless they are
assured OF accommodations at the
Roosevelt homestead, three and a half
miles frou the station
Even the men who drive the wagons
that carry trunks 20 and from the trains .
feel the Inspiring influence Of the
Presidents homecoming. They are
charging city prices for their work now,
and ncdest5y demand p cents for
conveying passengers TO the Octagon.
y hen three days ago almost any one
was welcome 10 ride the two OF three
blocks for thank yoU,'