The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-25
Arrives in Washington and is
Conveyed 10 His Tenn
pOra1 Home
TRIP FROM INDIANAPOLIS
AN UNEVENTFUL JOURNEY
Large Crowd Meets Train at Washing
ton and Cheers Greet Mr.. Roose-
welt, Who Was In the
Best of Spirits.

Washington. September "a : Secretary
Cortelyou at o'clock made the following
statement concerning President Roose-
welt:
1.-The Presidents physicians report that
he stood the trip home very well. and 1T
is believed that the local inflammatory
symptoms will subside in week or ten
days If the leg is kept absolutely at
rest"
President Roosevelt returned to Wash
ington at $50 o'clock tonight via the
Pennsylvania railroad from indianapolis,
where he was compelled to abandon his
northwestern trip because of an abscess
on his leg, which developed as result
of the trolley accident at Pittsfield, Mass.
He stood the journey from Indianapolis
remarkably we'll. and when he was caI-
ried in a wheel chair from the railroad
car to his carriage he was in excellent
spirits and appeared to be free from any
pain. With Mrs. Roosevelt the President
was driven to the temporary White
House in Jackson place. where, according
to the present arrangements, he will re-
main until the wound is healed and he is
able to again be on his feet. The Presi-
dent was taken to his room on the sec
ond floor of the house and made COM
Portable and his wound dressed. Later
he was reported to be resting easily, and
the expectation is that in ten days the
President will be himself again. The trip
home from indianapolis was an unevent-
full one. He remained in bed all day and
executive business on the train was prac-
ticaly discontinued. No letters or tele-
grams were written or received. A tele-
gram was put on the train at Pittsburg
from Mrs. Roosevelt stating that she had
left oyster Bay for Washington.
Slept soundiy.
The President slept soundly all through
the night until 8 o'clock this morning.
Even the noise in the depot at Pittsburg
where the train remained in the early
morning for about 20 minutes, failed to
awaken him. When DR.. Lung went to
the Presidents state room shortly before
O clock he found his patient In rare good
humor and excellent physical condition,
barring the wound on his leg. The slight
fever which the President had yester-
day afternoon had disappeared and his
temperature was normal. In fact he felt
so well that he told the doctor he would
like to get up and go into the parlor of
his car DIR. Lung strongly protested
against this, telling the President that 1t
was absolutely necessary for him to re-
main quiet and President Roosevelt
good naturedly gave in The pain in his
leg had practically disappeared and the
conditions there were so favorable that
the doctor uld not think it necessary to
redress the limb The Presidents leg
is tightly bandaged and DR.. Lung does
not look for a recurrence of the swelling.
although this would be nothing unusual
and would cause no alarm. During the
forenoon's run, in describing his condition
to a caller the President said he could
feel that something had happened when
he thought about it and that was all.
After eating a hearty breakfast the Pres
ident called for a book, remarking that
as he was an invalid. he proposed to en-
10y himself He was propped up in bed
with his leg on pillow and spent most
of the day in reading.
Train Ran Very Slow.
The running time of the train was slow
In order to reduce the jar and as few
stops as possible were made. Whenever
the train stopped crowds gathered about
the Presidents car, but there was no
cheering. All the people seemed anxious
10 hear the latest information regarding
the Presidents condition, and the MEM
bers of his party who stepped from the
train were piled with questions. After
dinner the President expressed desire to
see the members of his party and they
went into his state room, a few at time.
He chatted pleasantly with all of them
and expressed his great disappointment at
not being able to continue the trip. He
said he had strongly opposed the de-
cison of the doctors to have the opera
tion performed at Indianapolis. He want
ed to continue his journey and make the
speeches he had planned but finally
yielded to the strong pleading of the doc
tors who represented that there was
danger If not properly attended to- that
the bone might become affected, and an
affection result that 1t would take
months to cure. The President yielded
but remarked in his younger days he
had broken a rib and his collar bone
at sheep herding, but had not allowed
II to interfere with his work. In his talk
with his callers the President made
known his determination to visit the
northwest next spring, when he will ex-
tend his trip as far as the coast, during
which time he will visit all the states In
which he intended to stop on the trip
1,,st ended The President feels very
close to the people of the northwest. as
many years Of his life were spent in that
section. and 1t was there that he raised
his regiment of rough riders at the cut
break Of the Spanish-American war. He
will allow nothing to stand in his way
Of going there in the spring.
He had nothing but kind words to say
Of the treatment he received from the
sisters of St. vincent's hospital at In
dianapolis where he was operated on.
One Of them was a nurse at Montauk
when the great hospital was established
on Long Island after the Spanish war
and she reminded the President of the
Fact that she had often seen him there
and had admired him for the way in
which he looked after the comforts OF
I.- won The President was delighted