Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-13
PRESIDENT GOES HUNTING
Will Chase Bear with Dogs Near smsdes
Mississippi
TRAIN GREETED EVERYWHERE BY CROWD;
People Along the Route Are Greatly
AmaEed at the UncOnventiOn-
aIity of the Nations
Chief Executive.

Roosevelt passed through Pittsburg at 1880
this morning enroute to a point in Missis-
sippl, where he has arranged to spend sew
eral days hunting black bear. as the guest
OF President Fish of the Illinois Central
railroad.
He is travelling on a special train OF
three cars, and is accompanied by Secretary
Cortelyou and his physician, DR.. @. A.
Lung Of the navy. He will go direct to
Memphis, Tenn, without stops, passing
through Columbus and Cincinnati over the
Pennsylvania lines.
During the short stop here to change
engines the president got out Of his car
and paced up and down the platform.
large crowd had gathered. After greeting
them with a pleasant good morning the
president stepped on the platform and took
brisk walk down the tracks. stopping
occasionally to speak to a yard switchmar
or an engineer in his cab on a siding.
The crowd was amazed at this display OF
unconventionality. The secret service men,
with the train, started to follow the presi
dent, but he waved them back. The po-
lice. however took care to keep the crowd
back Of the end Of the train and the presi-
dent had a clear field for his constitutional.
The train left at 10:41 for the west, and
| as IL pulled out the crowd cheered heart
| lily. The president came out on the back
platform and waved goodby.
c. Z. Watts, general superintendent Of
transportation Of the Pennsylvania lines.
and william Bradley superintendent OF
railroad police. accompanied the president
to Cincinnati.
VIII shoot Near smedes.
CINCINNATI Nov. 12.-Touight the
president is speeding through Kentucky on
| his way to Smedes, Miss. about twenty
! FIVE miles north OF Vicksburg. for a four
days bear hunt. The place selected is
some miles from the railroad and in the
region which was formerly the favorite
hunting ground Of General Wade Hampton.
( the famous leader Of the confederate Black
Horse cavalry.
Years ago the president and General
! Hampton planned a hunt, but It was never
made, and when Mr.. Stuyvesant Fish pro-
| posed the present trip the president readily
assented.
| Hunting bear with horse and hounds will
be a new experience for him. Mr.. Fish
has arranged to have one of the best packs
of hounds in the Mississippi delta at the
camp. Tomorrow morning. upon the ar
| rival OF the presidents train at Memphis,
I he will be Joined by Mr.. Fish and Mr..
| John McElhenny of Louisiana, who was
| lieutenant In the presidents regiment DUR
| ing. the Spanish war. The train will then
! proceed to Smedes over the Yazoo 4
\ Mississippi rafiroad. Upon arriving there
II will be run upon a siding, there to re-
main until next Wednesday, when he will
! return to Memphis.
The trip across Ohio today was pleasant,
but uneventful. Despite the fact that the
itinerary had not been published, there
| we're waiting crowds at all stations and
| plenty Of cheers as the train swept by.
At Trinway, a small place west Of Den
nison, the school children lined up on
either side OF a large American flag and
waved their handkerchief The president
stepped out on the platform and waved his
hat in response.
At other places he showed himself and
at Dennison he made a few remarks to the
crowd, saying:
| I have not merely the' hope, but the be-
lief, that our people as a whole will so
handle themselves that the good times we
| shall be careful not to mar them by foolish
action. and at the same time Viii have the
forethought to cut out any evil that ham,
pers the development OF the good.
shakes TraInmen's Hands.
The only stop between Dennison and
Cincinnati was at Columbus. DR.. Wash
ingtOn GLADDEN. ana General AXllne greeted
the president as he stepped out Of his car.
| After a brief chat with them he went
forward and shook hands with the engineer
and fireman, who were leaving at the end
of that division, and thanked them for the
safe run. He was given a parting cheer
| as he boarded the train to resume his
journey.
At Cincinnati the train stopped from
! 6.IO until 6:33 large crowd was kept
| without the gates and a space surrounding
the presidents train was kept clear by a
platoon of police while the cars were
switched from the Pennsylvania to the
Louisville Nashville tracks and engines
changed. Here General Basil Duke, R. w.
Knott, editor of the Louisville Post, and
several officers of the Louisville Nash
willie road Joined the president for his trip
! as far as Louisville.
After the president had greeted the
J crowd that was held outside Of the gates
he returned to the other end Of the depot
escorted by quite a crowd, and again sa-
luted the engineer and other trainmen az
he passed them. When he reached HIS
car he held quite a reception with those
who surrounded him. AS the train pulled
out he bowed his farewell acknowledge
| ments.
The train is expected to reach Memphis
at $3.50 tsmeEroy