Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-25
SAFE IN WASHINGTON.
President None the Worse for Return
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President None the Worse for Return
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 WASHINGTON Sept. 25.-President Roosevelt returned to Washington at half past 6 last night via the Penn sy1vania railroad from Indianapolis, where he was compelled to abandon his western trip because of an abscess on his leg which developed as a result of the trolley accident at Pittsfeld, Mass. He stood the journey from In dianapolis remarkably well. and when he was carried in a wheel chair from the railroad car to his carriage he was in excellent spirits and appeared to be free from any pain.
 With Mrs. Roosevelt the president was driven directly to the temporary White House on Jackson place, where, according to the present arrangements, he will remain until the wound is healed and he is able again to be on his feet. The president was taken to his room on the second floor of the house and made comfortable and his wound dressed. This mornings re ports are entirely reassuring, 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 practically was discon-. tinued. Few letters or telegrams 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 president slept soundly all through the night until s o'clock in the morn ing. Even the noise in the depot at Pittsburg, where the train remained in the early morning for about twenty minutes failed to awaken him.
 When, pr. Lung went to the presi- dents stateroom shortly before o'clock, he found his patient in rare good humor and excellent physical condition barring the wound on his leg. The slight fever which the presi- dent had Tuesday afternoon had dis appeared, and his temperature was normal. Tn fact, he felt so well that he told the doctor he would like to get up and go into the parlor of his car. Dr. Lung strongly protested against this, telling the president that it was absolutely necessary for him to re- main quiet, and President Roosevelt good naturedly gave in. The pain in his leg had practically disappeared, and the conditions there were so fla Forable that the doctor did not think 1t necessary to redress the limb.
 The running time of the train was slow in order to reduce the jar, and as lew stops as possible were made. Wherever the train stopped crowds gathered about the presidents car, but there was no cheering. All the people seemed anxious to secure the latest in- formation regarding the presidents condition, and the members of his par ty who stepped from the train were piled with questions.
 After dinner the president expressed desire to see the members of his par ty, and they went into his stateroom a few at a time He chatted pleasantly with all of them and expressed his great disappointment at not being able to continue the trip. He said he had strongly opposed the decisionn of thet doctors to have 1.-the I operation per- formed at Indiahapolis.. He wanted to continue his journey and make the speeches he had planned, but finally yielded to the strong pleading of the doctors. who represented that there was danger if not promptly attended so; that the bone might become affect sd and an af1iiction result that it would take months to cure. The president yielded, but remarked that in his youn- ger days he had broken a rib and his collar bone at sheep herding, but had not allowed it to interfere with his work.
 In his talk with his callers the presi- lent made known his determination to visit the northwest next spring, when he viii extend his trip as far as the coast, during which time he will visit all the states in which he intended to stop on the trip just ended. The presi- dent feels very close to the people of the northwest, as many years of his life were spent in that section. 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 president rolled into the station at 6:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon on schedule time, there was large number of people around the railroad station awaiting It's arrival, but special detail of police and detectives kept them in the rear, 90 that few were able to see him. Mrs. Roosevelt, who had reached the city during the day from Oyster Bay, had been one of the earliest arrivals at the station. She was accompanied by Rear Admiral P. M Rixey, formerly the physician attached to the presidential household
 Secretaries Moody and Hitchcock and Dr. John F. Uric joined them be- fore the trains arrival. As soon as the train came to a stop Mrs. Roose- welt boarded it, followed by the cabf- net officers and the others who had come to welcome the president home. They remained aboard for fifteen min utes chatting with the president be- fore he was removed from the car. An invalid wheel chair was backed up against the platform, and into this the president borne in the arms of Drs. Lung, Richardson and Rixey and an other gentleman, was lifted and oa.oe. +I.o