The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-25

WASHINGTON D. c., Sept. "a
President Roosevelt returned to Wash
,ngton at $50 tonight from Indianap-
)liS, where he was compelled to aban-
ION his Northwestern trip because of
IN abscess on his leg. He stood the
tide remarkably we'll, and when he
was carried in a wheel chair from the
,ar to his carriage he was in excellent
spirits and appeared to be free from
pain.
With Mrs Roosevelt the president
was driven directly to the temporary
White house in Jackson place where,
according to the present arrangements,
he will remain until the wound is heal
ID and he is able again to be on his
'eet. The president was taken to his
room on the second floor of the hotel
md made comfortable and his wound
dressed. Later he was reported to be
resting easily and the expectation is
that within ten days the president will
be himself again.
On the Way Home.
The trip home from Indianapolis
was an uneVentful one He remained
In bed all day and executive business
on the train was practically discon-
tinued. Few letters or kilograms were
written or received. The president
slept soundly all through the night
until o'clock this morning. Even the
noise in the depot at Pittsburg, where
the train remained twenty minutes ear
Iy this morning, did not awaken him.
When the physician entered the
presidents state room this morning he
found his patient in excellent spirits
and condition, barring the wound on
his leg. The slight fever which he
had had yesterday afternoon had dis
appeared and his temperature was
normal, In fact, he felt so well that he
told the doctor that 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
remain quiet, and President Roosevelt
good-naturedly gave in.
Redressing Not Necessary.
The pain in his leg had practically
disappeared and the conditions there
we're so favorable that the doctor did
not think 1t necessary to redress the
limb. The presidents leg is tightly
bandaged and DR.. Lung does not look
for a recurrence of the swelling, al
though this would be nothing unusual
and would cause no alarm. Describing
mis- condition to a caller the president
said he could feel that something had
happened when he thought about it,
and that was all. After eating
hearty breakfast the president called
sor book, remarking that as he was
IN invalid he proposed to enjoy him
10 nod in hod viii Ii
his left leg on pillow and spent most
Of the day in reading.
The running time of the train was
slow in order to reduce the jars and
as few stops as possible were made.
whenever the train stopped crowds
gathered about the presidents car, but
there was no cheering. All the people
seemed anxious to hear the latest in
formation regarding the presidents
condition and the members of his par
y as they stepped from the train were
oiled with questions.
President Expresses Disappointment
After dinner the president expressed
L desire to see the members of his
party and they went into his state
room a few at a time. He chatted
pleasantly with all of them and ex-
pressed his great disappointment at
not being able to continue the trip. He
said he had strongly opposed the de-
cision of the doctors to have the OPP
grafton performed at Indianapolis. He
wanted to continue his journey and
make the speeches he had planned, but
inally yielded to the strong pleading
IF the doctors, who represented that
there was danger, if not promptly at
tended to, that the bone might become
affected and an affliction result that it
would take months to cure. The pres
dent yielded, but remarked that in
his younger days he had broken a rib
md his collar bone at a sheep herding
but had not allowed it to interfere with
MS work.
Visit Northwest Next Spring.
In his talk with his callers the pres
dent expressed his determination to
yisit the Northwest next spring, when
ne will extend his trip as far as the
.oast, during which he will visit all
The states in which he intended to stop
on this trip.
The president feels very kindly
toward the people of the Northwest,
FOR it was In that section his young
life was spent He will allow nothing
20 stand in his way of going there in
the spring. He has nothing but kind
words to say of the treatment he re-
,eived from the sisters of st. Vim
cents hospital at Indianapolis, where
he was operated upon. One of them
was nurse at Montauk when the
general hospital was established on
Long Island after the Spanish war
and she reminded the president of the
fact that she had often seen him there
and had admired him for the way in
which he looked after the comforts OF
his men. The president was delighted