The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-13
But the President Is After Recreation,
and VIII Do His Best to Bag
Beast or Two.
INCIDENTS OF THE JOURNEY
BRIEF ADDRESSES TO CROWDS AT
DENNIsON AND xENIA.
Hands of Engineers and Firemen
Shaken at Several Points-Two
Cars OF Munitions,

/; CINCINNATI. Nov. 12-To-night Presi-
dent Roosevelt Is speeding down through
Kentucky on his way TO Smedes, Miss.
/ about twenty-five miles north of Vicks-
burg. for a four-day bear hunt. The place
: Is some miles from the railroad and is in
the region which was formerly the favorite
: hunting ground of Gen. Wade Hampton,
! the famous leader of the Confederate
Black Horse Cavalry. General Hampton at
. one time owned plantation in this vicinity
: and hunted black bear I'm the cane brakes
| with horse and hounds. Before the war he
is said to have killed over fifty bears in
single season, some OF them with knife.
Years ago the President and General Hamp-
! ton planned a hunt in this region, but 1t
was never made, and when President
Stuyvesant Fish. OF the Illinois Central.
proposed the present trip, the President
! readily assented.
The President. however. does not antici-
: pate the pleasure of killing bear so much
as the pleasure of a few days complete
recreation in the woods He has had a
hard and trying summer and fall and feels
that he has earned a holiday. and that
! privilege Is what he is after whether he
get a bear or not. To one who has
t
are not very big game. But hunting bear
with horse and hounds will be a new ex-
perience for him. If a bear Is not secured
(; 1t will not be the fault OF Mr.. Fish. He has
; arranged to have one or the best pack OF
] hounds In the Mississippi delta at the
camp.
Tomorrow morning upon the arrival of
the Presidents train at Memphis he will
he htr Mr. Eiah nd lob
Ilhenny. of Louisiana. who was lieuten-
! an In the Presidents regiment during the
; Spanish war. The train will then proceed
20 Smedes over the Mississippi & Yazoo
; Railroad. Upon arriving there. or near
there, IL will be run upon siding, there to
, remain until next Wednesday. when the
: President will return TO Memphis. The
+; Presidents camping place will be kept Sc
cret Hunting with gallery is not to the
taste of sportsman like President Roose-
welt. and 1t was for that reason only that
. he vetoed the hunt to which Governor
I; Longino invited him. A camp has already
been prepared in northern Mississippi, few
miles from the line of the railroad. and IL
is understood one OF the best packs of
hounds in the South is waiting to be slipped
on the trail of old bruin upon the Presi-
plentiful and there are also said to be
some panthers in the vicinity, that the
President is looking forward to the sport
with much pleasure.
TRIP ACROSS OHIO.
The Presidents trip across Ohio to-day
was pleasant but uneventful. Despite the
fact that the itinerary had not been pub
lished In advance there were waiting
af ain oil ha sfa orI
there were plenty of cheers as the train
swept By. AT Trinway. a small place west
of Dennison. the school children lined up
on either side OF large American flag
and waved their handkerchiefs The Presi-
dent stepped out on the rear platform and
waved his hat in response to the demon
stration OF the little ones AT other places
made few remarks TO the crowd saving:
Gentlemen and Ladies-I want TO thank
you very much for coming here to greet
me, and to say that i appreciate it, l only
wish l wasn't always afraid Of some acci-
dent happening to the small folks. You
know the problem OF the little apples i'm the
middle OF the barrel. The little folks are
just like that-always come in the middle
shall not try TO make speech to you. /
am going South to meet at Memphis a man
who has done distinguished seryIce-C;en
Luke Wright-in the Philippines and I am
going TO take four or five days holiday
first
1T is a great pleasure to come here in
your beautiful State; TO have passed
through Penr sylvania as 1 Just have I
have not merely the hope. but the belief
that our people a whole will SO handle
themselves that the good times We are en-
joying may be continued. that we shall be
careful not to mar them by foolish action
and at the same time will have the fore
thought 10 cut out any evil that hampers
the development OF the good" tCheers and
The next stop was at Columbus. where
fifteen minutes was required TO change
locomotives. The gallery at the station.
overlooking the tracks. was crowded with
people DR. Washington GLADDEN.. the emf
nent divine. and General Axline greeted the
President as he stepped out OF his car
After a brief chat with them the President
went forward and shook hands with the
engineer and fireman. who were leaving
at the end OF this division, and thanked
them for the safe run. Then for several
minutes the President and Secretary Cor
telyou paced up and down the platform
In sigh, of the crowd in the gallery He was
given a parting cheer as he boarded the
train 10 resume his journey.
The train stopped at XeEia for water
In answer to the s calls OIL large crowd
form and spoke as follows:
Il shall not try TO make speech.
shall simply thank you for coming out to
met as / have to-day In passing through
your beautiful State. / never pass through
and have and earnestly hope that each
and all cf us will resolve 10 keep that her
itage at the high level at which IL should
be-" IAp2lause.l
STOP AT CINCINNATI
At Cincinnati the Presidents train stopped
from 6:l0 until 6:33. A large crowd was in
waiting but they were kept without the
gates and space surrounding the Presi-
dents trnin was kept clear by platoon OF
police. while the cars were switched from
the Pennsylvania to the Louisville & Nash
ytlls tracks and engines were changed.