The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
Journey Through Dixie
Greatly Enjoyed by
Air. Roosevelt.
STOPPED HERE BRIEFLY

tive's RecupeTation From Pittsheld
Accident Nearly Complete-Charac-
teristic Happenings of His Travels.
President RooseveH's tour Of 1856
miles through portions OF Maryland
Nest Virginia. Ohio, Kentucky, Tennes-
zee, Georgia. North Carolina, and Vir-
ginia ended at Washington a. $50
O'Clock this morning
The observation car "Riva." occupied
By the President, and the combination
car Atlantic" were attached TO the
o'clock New York express, TO carry Mr.
Roosevelt on toward Oyster Bay.
Tie President had not gotten up when
his train reached Washington this morn
ing. and there was nc incident OF demon
stration upon his arrival, few people
being astir al the early hour
At Jersey City the ferry was taken to
Manhattan. where the yacht Sylph vas
moored at the Kew York Yacht Club
pier al the foot CT East Twenty-thiTc
Street. The Presidents arrival at Oyster
Bay is timed for / O'Clock this after
noon
Secretary C0rteIyou continued on to
Oyster Bay with the President. while As
Eistant Secretary Barnes stopped of
here TO resume charge Of the work a.
the temporary White House. Gen H V
Boynton, who came back with the Presi-
dent, from Chattanooga, also left the
train here
Mr. Roosevelt's Plans
The President viii remain at oyster
Bay until starting on his Northwestern
tour, two weeks hence. NJ. CorteIyou
VIII be within cary reach al Hempsted.
L. !, with his family, and Assistant
Secretary loeb viii be in charge of she
executive Offices At Oyster Bay for the
present
The injuries 10 the Presidents face
have almost entirely disappeared
Scarcely any discoIOration is now no
Es-~sable about the eye and nearly all the
sWsIiIrs-c11 sllG right cheek has gone. By
the time the President starts West Dr.
Lung feels confident no trace viii be
left Of the terrible bumps that we're sus-
tanned by the Executive in the accident
At Pitts6eld On September 3.
Pleased With the Tnp.
after dinner last evening the Presi-
dent called the members OF lis party
into the Riva, his private car, and ex-
pressed to them his pleasure at having
had them accompany him On the tour,
and wished them Eood-by, and good luck
He said that he had enjoyed every min
ule OF the Trip, and hoped 70 visit the
South again. He was much impressed
with the progress being made by the
people along industrial and educational
lines and said he felt very grateful for
the hearty receptions accorded him at
every stopping place
When the visit TO AshevilIe, the last
Of the four speechmaking stops c. the
tour. was concluded early yesterday af-
ternoon. the official part OF the journeys
program was ended IN most satisfactory
fashion. From there on. al through the
rest OF North Carolina into Virginia the
President delighted audiences Of several
hundred persons at each OF a half dozen
wayside towns
Enthusiasm Marked.
The enthusiasm for the President was
mssr marked a al The latter points OF
the journey. the SoUtherners being much
more spontaneous than their fellow
countrymen up in West Virginia. At
Wheeling, as related in dispatches TO
The Times from the Presidential train.
the complicated local political situation
was in the public mind The popular
greeting along the line Of the parade was
most cordial. but>not Of the vocfIerous
kind which prevailed further down IN
Dixie land.
The Chattanoosc Wis the main stop
Of the tour. wa ne continuous round
OF activity. Ehe Presidents busy Sun
day Of sightseeing vas succeeded by
elusive popular greetings the next day
at the Locomotive Firemen's conven-
uon along the line OF the parade and al
the courthouse review and speech,
Rain Of the cIcCdbuTsJ fashion made
the Knoxville stop a tTifie less comfort
able than 1t would otherwise have been,
cut the President did not seen 10 mind
the dOWnp0ur in the least The pro
gram was carried out IN full and the
only local disappointm mt was that the
Presidents speech had to be cut short.
The Tenlesseeans expressed considerable
envy Of the fortunate Wheeling people,
TO whom the President spoke for forty
enc minutes. The Knoxville address
was barely fifteen.
AsheviIIe's Fine Views.
the Land Of the Sky seemed TO have
been specially gEoomed BY Dame Nature
for the visit OF America s foremost citi-
zen The early morning rain. which
threatened to take the crimD out Of ali
rhe elaborate plans for the day. did not
interfere in the least The sun soon
came out brilliantly and made the drip
ping landscape glisten, drove away the
lover Inists and sent fugitive clouds
seurrying or around the fr0wuing noun
tain peaks. where they would do the
most good IN the gala scenic panorama
which the President had come 10 see.
after his speech
Typical Popular Scenes.
The interesting incidents Of the trip
were vastly Increased by the Presidents
Characteristic franlness, which put him
mo immediate t51eb with the people At
every stopping poiaz. The audiences at
successive stations were 90 the observer
and instructive sight, as the varying
moods sguyed under the spell q the
President words
Ehen a stop vas made there was in
ysriabIy q rush o several hundred per
soHs sho fastened 70 scan every window