Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-09-13
CROWD SEES PRESIDENT
Hundreds Gather at B. & 0. Sta
ton to Greet Him.
HE APPEARED AND WAVED
The Train Bearing the President ard His
Party Stopped at Martnsburg -Four
Minutes, On His Southern

Fully o thousand people gathered at
the Baltimore and Ohio passenger sta
ton Friday ito see President Theo-
dore Roosevelt pass through on his ell
egantly fitted special train on his
southern trip. The announcement
that the train was going through and
that an effort had been made to have 1T
stop here spread like wildfire and caus-
ed the immense crowd to gather. Long
before the time for the train citizens
anxious to see this strenuous president
Of ours. who is causing such commo-
ton all over the world gathered at the
station. They were not disappointed
Mayor Evans received the following
telegram from Secretary Cortelyou in
response to the message, with the May
ors signature attached, sent early IN
the even ng: -
"White House, Washington, D. c.,
$500.
$40 Hon. Geo. f. Evans, Mayor"
Martinbsurg, W. Va. -
Telegram received. Regret exceed
ingly to state that it will not be poss
sible to comply with your request. No
stops are to be made except those al
ready announced.
Geo. b. Cortelyou, secretary"
Luck was with the people however
and they got a good glimpse of the
President The train pulled into the
station at 9 80 O'Clock and stopped
here four minutes 1t had stopped at
Opequon to pick up tiagman off of
train No. and consequently it pulled
into the station slowly.
Immediately as. the train stopped the
crowd began moving M and down the
platform, surging, pushing and jam
ming, in their efforts to get a glimpse
of the President. After travelling the
whole length of the train they began
to feel disappointed, for the President
was nowhere to be seen. Others could
be seen through the windows of the
Pullman cars, some eating and some
enjoying smoke, but where was the
President? That is the question that
puzzled the crowd.
Finally. after the engine had taken
water and the conductor had received
orders, the train moved out and as it
did so President Roosevelt appeared at
the rear end of the observation car at
the end of the train.
Immediately as the crowd recogniz-
ed him great shout went up. The
President waved his hand in acknowl-
edgment and was still waving at the
cheering crowd as the train passed
around the bend. The crowd was sat
isfied The feeling of disappointment
was 0ispelled and all went home in a
happy mood.
The special was scheduled to start
from the Baltimore and Ohio station
at Washington at 80 last night. Halt
an hour before that time the President
and his party were driven to the sta
tion. Hundreds of people were gath
cred there to welcome him, and before
the train left the crowd was so great
that all the space in the station and
on the platform surrounding the spec
ial was jammed with people.
Several minutes before the train left
President Roosevelt stepped into the
observation apartment at the end OF
the car he and his party occupied and
DO we'd to the people who manifested
their desire TO see him. The right
side of the Presidents face is terribly
bruised and swollen. The injury is in
the fieshy part Of the face, between