New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
NOT IN ANY DANGER.
OFFICIAL, STATEMENTS REGARDING
THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION
ON WAY TO WASHINGTON.

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 2S.-President Roosevelts
Western trip came to an untimely end IN In'S
city to-day. He was found TO be suffering from
q swelling in the left leg. between the knee ana
the ankle which required immediate surslcai
attention and instead Of being taken TO tne Tam
10 continue his tourney to Fort Wayne and Mil
waukee. he was conveyed TO St Nincents HOS
pital. where an operation was performed Inc
operation occurred at 3:45 O'Clock, and lasted
only short time. Then he was taken TO a prl-
vate room in the hospital to rest After taking
a light luncheon at 7:30 p. n, he was conveyed
on d stretcher to his train. which had been
backed up on a " near the hospital, and at
80 o'clock the train started for Washington.
The first intirration that anything was wrong
came in the form Of rumors TO the great cro"o
which was patiently waiting near the Columbia
Club and the soldiers and sailors monument Tor
the President 10 appear 1t was about Z''o'
half an hour after the time set for the Presldent
to leave the city, that few Of the favored
ones in the crowd received intimations that the
President was ILL., and that the rest OF the trip
probably would be abandoned. These state
ments were promptly denied fast as they
gained currency but soon the rumors began to
take on z more serious character
ALARMING RUMoRS AFLOAT
The President has burst a blood vessel was
q Whisper thaI went AROUND dlnohS liie pO1iSc
officers and soldiers.
This cannot be true said others, for the
President is in the corridor conversing with Sen
ator Fairbanks
Then it was said that the President was sick.
that he had tainted, and finally rumor was
started that he had been shot These runors'
however, did not appear 10 reach the crowd,
and the thousands stood patiently after the
speech by the President from the balcony to
see him make his way out of the club The
minutes began to slip away and still he did not
come. Half an hour more passed, and finally
it was noticed that movement Of some kind
was going on. The Presidents carriage stood in
front of the entrance Of the club, with Colonel
Wilson, the Governors private secretary, inside,
holding the large bunch Of American Beauty
roses that had been given to the President IN
The hall. The soldiers of the National Guard
We're drawn UP along the street just in the rear
The Secret Service men and the local police and
detectives crowded the sidewalk in front of the
club, keeping back the people The command
was given make ROOM" and a path
cleared from the club entrance to the carriage.
and if in answer TO the rumors of his illness,
the President, accompanied by Senator Fair
hanks. with quick and sturdy gait, came down
The steps of the club and hastily entered the
carriage. Colonel Wilson got out and Senator
Fairbanks Secretary Cortelyou and Governor
Durbin took seats In the carriage with the Presi-
dent. The carriage started immediately the
horses being urged into a trot. 4 second car
riage, containing the Secret Service officers.
followed closely in its wake, and third one.
containing Assistant Secretaries Loeb and
Barnes and Drs. George J. Cook and J. j. Rich
ardson, closed up the rear.
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
No sooner had the carriage started than Cap
tain Gallon. of Battery A, with twenty mounted
artillerymen and Captain Hyland, with as
many mounted police. surrounded them, and in
few seconds the cavalcade swung at a rapid
gait around the circle and down Meridian-st.
The crowd in the Circle had hardly got a