Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-06
The President and Party Leave
Washington on Trip as
Previously Arranged.
TO MEET LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN.
III Effects of Accident Have Almost
Entirely Disappeared-London Sat
urday Review Grows Sarcastic on
Executives Trust Attitude.

Washington, Sept. 6.-Sm1l1ngly
bowing in acknowledgment Of the en-
G1usiasm and prolonged cheering If
az assemblage that fairly crowded the
Baltimore and Ohio station here, Pres.
ident Roosevelt last night began his
southern tour, with Chattanooga,
renn., as the objective point. Sec
resary of the Interior Hitchcock, Chies
Wilkie, of the secret service; Assist.
ant Secretary to the President Barnes
and number Of other officials and
white house attaches met him at the
station. The president appeared a
little disfgured as a result OF the
Pittsfield accident, but apparently had
quite recovered from the shock
Poor Craig" he frequently REPEATED
N expressing his thanks to his vel.
wlshers.
Describes Accident.
To a number he described the aci.
dent at Pittsfeld. He said it vas lot
the first time he had had so provien.
tlal an escape, and referred to amin,
Cldent in the battle Of San Juan, WIN
sunshots struck down two men dce
beside him. The president told to
Pittsfield story to the group in tA
car with feeling and emphasized
with gestures. He said he felt in mol
NAL condition again.
The personnel Of the PRESIDENT 5
party is the same as that on his New
England trip, except for the addition
Of s. B. Hege, the general agent OF
.he Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and
Colonel L. S. Brown, the general
agent Of the Southern railway.
Trip Will Be Hurried One.
The southern trip will be a some
what hurried one and no stops will be
made at points other than those an
nounced in the itinerary already pub
lished, namely, Wheeling, w. Va:
Chattanooga, Knoxville, Tenn, and
Asheville, N. C. The immediate OBJ
iect Of the president Is to attend tn.
convention Of the Brotherhood OF Lo
comotive Firemen, in whose work hs
always has shown a deep interest
The train was to reach Wheeling thi:
morning at $3.50 o'clock, and will ar
rive at Chattanooga the same houl
Sunday morning. Sunday will Be
spent at Chattanooga quietly and
without public program. He will at
lend the firemen's convention Monda.
morning. The president and party
VII reach Washington on the returl
rip over the Southern railway at 6:3s
o'clock on the morning Of Sept. 10
and will leave half an hour later in q
private car attached to regular traih
over the Pennsylvania railroad fol
Jersey City en- route to Oyster Bay.
In statement issued by the whitt
house yesterday it was announced tha:
:he local committees Of the four cities
at which stops are scheduled on the
southern trip will be received at the
places they represent, the limited &C.
commodations Of the train rendering
it impraCtiCable to take them OF
board in advance.
Sarcastic Remarks.
LCndon. SeNt. 6.-Referring to Pres
ident ROoSCve,s recent speeches. the
SaturdaT Review sarcastically re-
| marks:
"PTesi6"H, Roosevelt has made his
rious O"'rir2e cf the trusts as cleaf
aS his i-:'~N' otation Of the Monros
5Cctrire. Taoo"etically he would have
Amcr:Cc2 business men see that ht
rather "G~'i"cs trusts as promotivt
# the EatiGn'l welfare. but he adds
SIS a rider. that their capacity Tor
harm calls for greater control.
THE German press is still explain
ing that the new Monroe doctrine l.
aimed at Great Britain and Canada
aud many British newspapers are
preaching that the United States has
nc wish but for the best friendship OF
Great Britain. Both are equally
wrong. German newspapers are per
haps most irritating to Presideni
Roosevelt and the British press mus
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