The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-09-26
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUFFERS
NO ILL effects FROM
TRAVELLING.
AN UNEVENTFUL JOURNEY
Mrs. Roosevelt and Two Cabinet OFF.
GERS Meet the Chief Executive at
the Station and He 10 Conveyed to
the Temporary White House, Where
Dr.. Lung Dresses the Wound on
His Leg.

His Leg.
Washington. Sept. 25.-President
Roosevelt returned to Washington at
$3.50 D. m. over the Pennsylvania rail
way from indianapolis, where he was
.ccmpelled to abandon his Northwest
ern trip because OF an abscess on his
leg which developed as the result OF
the trolley accident at Pittsfield, Mass.
He stood the ride from indianapolis
remarkably we'll and when he was car
ried in a wheel chair from the car to
his carriage he was in excellent spirits
and appeared to be free from pain.
With Mrs. Roosevelt the president
was driven directly to the temporary
White House in Jackson place, where,
according to the present arrangements.
he will remain until the wound is
healed and he is able to be on his
feet. The president was taken to his
room on the second floor of the hotel
and made comfortable and his wound
dressed. Later he was reported to be
resting easily and the expectation is
that within ten days the president
will be himself again.
The trip home from Indianapolis
was an uneventful one. He remained
in bed all day and executive business
on the train was practically discon-
tinued. Few letters or kilograms were
written or received. A telegram was
put on the train at Pittsburg from
Mrs. Roosevelt stating that she had
left Oyster Bay for Washington.
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 to hear
the latest information regarding the
presidents condition and the members
of his party as they stepped from the
train were piled with questions.
After dinner the president express
ed a desire to see the members of his
party and they went into his state
room q few at a time. He chatted
pleasantly with all of them and ex~
pressed his great disappointment at
not being able to continue the trip.
In his talk with. his callers the presi-
dent expressed his determination to
visit the Northwest next spring, when
he will extend his trip as far as the
coast, during which he will visit all
the states in which he intended to
stop on this trip. T.,
The president feels very kindly; to-
ward the people Of the Northwest,
for it was In that section his young
life was spent and it was there that he
raised his regiment of rough riders
at the outbreak of the Spanish
American war He will allow nothing
to stand in his way OF going there in
the spring.
When the train bearing the prest-
dent rolled into the station there was
a large crowd awaiting its arrival.
but a special detail of police and de-
tectives kept them in the rear so that
few were able to see him.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who had reached
the city during the day from Oyster
Bav. had been one of the earliest ar
rivals at the station. She was accom-.
panied by Rear Admiral P. M. Rfxey,
formerly the physician attached to the
presidential household.
j. Welcome the President Home.
Secretaries Moody and Hitchcock
and John F. Uric Joined them before
the trains arrival. AS soon as the
train came to a step Mrs. Roosevelt
boarded it. followed by the cabinet
officers end tho others who had come
to welcome the president home. They
remained aboard fifteen minutes chat
ting with the p, esident before he was
removed from the car. An invalid
wheel chair was backed against the
nlatform and into this the president.
horne in the arms Of. Doctors Lung.
Richardson and Rixey ana anotner
gentleman, was lifted and wheeled
across the narrow platform. our
through the baggage room on to the
pavement, next to which the White
House carriage was standing.
Arrangements were made at once
for dressing the presidents wound
and for other attention after his jour
ney. Doctors Lung, Rixey and Uric
remained with him some time after ne
was taken to his room, and gave their
personal attention to every detali. LII.
Lung. the regular White House phys
ican, will
Have Immediate Charge
OF the presidents case and should It
be deemed necessary will consult
Doctors Rixey and Uric in the further
treatment of the wound.
BY $50 o'clock all the physicians
had left the house. although about 10
o'clock Dr. Lung returned to make his
final visit for the night They report.
ed the president to be very comfort
abje. At 80 Secretary Cortelyou is.
sued a statement on the presidents
condition as follows:
"The presidents physicians report
that he stood the trip home well and
It is believed that the local inflam-
matory. symptoms will subside IA a
wee ek or ten days if tho leg Is keas