Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-09-06
ON A SOUTHERN TRIP
President Leaves Washing
ton at Appointed Hour.
FACE STILL SLIGHTLY DISFIGUREg.
No Serious Results of Pittsfield Acci-
dent Evident-WiIl Reach Destl-
nation, Chattanooga, sunday
Returning Sept. 10.

Returning Sept. 10.
WASHINGTON. Sept. e.-Smilingly
bowling his Acknowledgements of the
enthusiastic and prolonged cheering Of
an assemblage that fairly crowded the
Baltimore and Ohio station here. Pres
tdent Roosevelt began his southern
tour, with Chattanooga, Tenn, as the
objective point.
The president was in the city exactly
Dne hour and half. He arrived over
the Pennsylvania railroad at 6:12
o'clock last evening on a special train
Of two cars, made up at Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon during the brief
stop there en- route from Oyster Bay.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock,
Chief Wilkie of the secret service, As
sistant Secretary to the President
Barnes and number of other officials
: and White House attaches met him at
the station.
The president appeared little dis
figured as result of the Pittsheld ac-
cident, but apparently had quite re-
covered from the shock. He stopped
to shake hands with those who pressed
about him to congratulate him on his
escape. Poor Craigp' he frequently
repeated in expressing his thanks to-
his wellwishers.
Through Gordon of police the presi-
dent was escorted to carriages in wait
Ing and was quickly driven to the Bal
timore and Ohio station. Secretary
Hitchcock, Commander Cowles, the
presidents brother-in-law, and Secre-
tary Cortelyou rode in the carriage
with him.
The special train of seven handsome
~ equipped coaches was in readiness,
and the president Immediately entered
his car, merely lifting his hat In re-
Spouse to the greeting from the crowd.
He spent most Of the time between
then and his departure in conversation
with Civil Service Commissioner Gar
field and with others who entered the
car to meet him. To a number he de-
scribed the accident at PittsdeId He
said 1t was not the first time he had so
providential an escape and referred to
an incident In the battle of San Juan,
when gunshots struck down two men
close beside him. The. president told
the Pittsfeld story to the group in the
car with feeling and emphasized it
with gestures He said he felt in nor
NAL condition again
The train was just two minutes late
when it pulled out at 1882. 1t was in
charge Of Pullman Conductor w. M.
Johnson, who has been assigned to the
presidential specials for a long time
past. The personnel of the presidents
party is the same as that on his New
England trip, except for the addition
Of s.. B. Hege, the general agent Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and Col
onel L. s. Brown, the general agent of
the Southern railway. The president
took dinner on the train shortly after
his departure.
The southern trip viii be some
what hurried one, and no stops will be
made at points other than those an
nounced In the itinerary already pub
nished-namely Wheeling, w. Va;
Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn, and
Asheville, N. G. The immediate OBJ
feet Of the president is to attend the
convention of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen, in whose work he al
ways has shown deep interest.
The train will arrive at Chattanooga
at S,oO lOLnOIrOW uOIu1hS. kSuAuaJ
will be spent at Chattanooga quietly
and without public programme. The
party will visit the battle grounds dur
ing the day, and the president will at
tend church in the evening. He will
attend the hremen's convention Mon
day morning. The president and party
viii reach Washington on the return
trip over the Southern railway at $50
O'Clock on the morning of Sept. 10 and
will leave half an hour later in a
private car attached to d regular train
over the Pennsylvania railroad for Jer-
sey City en- route to Oyster Bay.