The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-09
PRESIDENT STARTS
ON A SOUTHERN TOUR
AMPLE PREPARATIONS FOR SAFETY
AND COMFORT.
-Four Cities VIII be Visited-Mr. RooseYelt's
Principal Purpose Is to Attend the
Convention OF the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers.

DoWlEg IN ackhoWleuSeAen' VI In0
enthusiastic and prolonged cheering
of an assemblage that fairly crowded
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad sta
tien here, President Roosevelt to-
night began his Southern tour with
Chattanooga, Tenn, as the objective
point. The president was in the
city exactly one hour and a half.
He arrived over the Pennsylvania
railroad at 6.12 o'clock this evening
on special train of two cars made
MP at Philadelphis this afternoon
during the stop the there en- route
from Oyster Bay Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock, Chief Wilkie, of
the secret service, Assistant Secre-
tary to the President Barnes, and 8
number of other officials and White
House attaches met him at the sta.
ton.
The president appeared q little
disfgured as result of the Pitts
field accident, but apparently had
quite recovered from the shock. He
stopped to shake hands with those
who pressed about him to con-
gratulate him on this escape. "Poor
Craig he frequently repeated
in expressing his thanks to his we'll
wishers. Through a Gordon of police
the president was escorted to car
riages in waiting, and was quickly
driven to the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad station. Secretary Hitch
cock, Commander Cowles, the presi-
dents brother law, and Secretary
Ccrtelyou rode in the carriage with
him.
The special train Of seven hand
somely equipped coaches was in
readiness and the president immedi-
ately entered his car, merely lifting
his hat in response to the greeting
from the crowd. He spent most OF
the time before his departure in con-
versstion with Civil Service Commis-
sioner Garfield and with others who
entered the car to meet him.
TO number the president de-
scribed the accident at Pittsfeld.
He said It was not the first time he
had had so providential an escape
and referred to an incident in tie
battle Of San Juan when gunshots
struck down two men close beside
him. The president told the Pitts
burg story to the group in the car
with feeling and emphasized it with
gestures. He said he felt his nor
NAL condition again.
The train was two minutes late
when it pulled out of the Baltimore
and Ohio station at 7.3O. 1t was in
charge of Pullman Conductor VIM.
johnson, who has been assigned to
the presidential specials for long
time past. The personnel of the
presidents party is the same as
that on his New England trip, ex.
cept for the addition of S. B. Hege,
the general agent of the Baltimore
and railroad, and Col. L. S. Brown,
the general agent of the Southern
railway, the general agent OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and
Col. L. S. Brown, the general agent
Of the Southern railway. The presi-
dent took dinner on the train shortly
after his departure.
The southern trip will be a some
what hurried one and no stops will
be made: at points other than those
announced in the itinerary already
published, namely, Wheeling, w.
Va, Chattanooga, Tenn, Knoxville,
Tenn, and Asheville, N. c. The
immediate object of the president is
to attend the convention Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
in whose work he always has shown
a deep interest.
The train will reach Wheeling TO-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock and
will arrive at Chattanooga the same
hour Sunday morning. Sunday Will
be spent at Chattanooga quietly and
without public programme. The
party will visit the battle GROUNDS
during the day and the president
will attend church in the evening
He will attend the fremen's conVen'