New-York tribune., 1902-02-10

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Until ASSURED OF HIS RECOVERY.
croton, Mass. Feb. 9.-Although President
tooseveIt on his arrival at the Groton School
.his afternoon did not find his son. Theodore
g. alsrringly i'll with pneumonia, still :ha lads
condition was not sufficiently reassuring to war
ant the Presidents immediate return TO the
.o+,onal capital. His boy, with two school
otes Horace B. Potter, of New-York and
-rrliann GammeIl, of Providence both ha--ins
.,.urnonia lay in large airy rooms on the sec
"a floor Of the college inf1rmary. Mrs Roose-
-, has been with her son for two days He
r-sated his father cheerily this afternoon.
To-night It was stated that his condition is
>cbanged and that he is holding his own well
Abso,ute ouietness reigns. save for a northwest
-, ,rhich fairly screams across the hill over
80, the college school buildings are spread.
r.. scbooI has been dismissed. and the $50 bows
-. scattered to their homes upon an enforced
vacation.
an the sick boys are having the best medical
,,tsntjon and nursing and everything is being
,so,a 10 bring them back to health The Presi-
ssnt,s stay here is indefinite. although it is not
believed that It will be prolonged much after
wednesday, unless his sons condition takes a
-urn for the worse. Pneumonia being always
alarming. the President has thought 1t well 10
xtav here until ne has some assurance Of his
sons recovery.
THE PRESIDENTS JOURNEY
The President arrived here at 2:3O O'Clock this
afternoon after an uneventful trip of fourteen
bours from Washington. He came on the pri-
Sate car Rambler, arriving in Jersey City soon
after a. m. The was Immediately trans
ferred by boat across Harlem River and left
Mott Haven on a special train at $40 a m. a
was handed to the President, stating that his
sons condition was encouraging. No other stops
were made until Providence was reached, where
there was slight delay on account of an acct
dent 10 the engine The train pulled into the
South Station in Boston at 12:45 .. m, but was
Immediately hauled out from the station and
around the city through Cambridge to the Grand
Junction Station of the Boston and Maine Rail-
road The run from Boston TO Aver Junction
was made in a little over forty minutes, and
there the car was transferred to the Worcester
Nashua and Rochester division of this road the
train arriving in Groton at 2:30.
There were no crowds at any of the stations
except al Aver, where there was gathering Of
about five hundred. The President came out of
his seclusion and bowed to the crowd from the
back platform. his appearance being greeted
with cheers.
the Groton School. was at the Groton station 10
meet the President, and with him was the Rev.
Sherrsrd Billings, his assistant. The President,
with Secretary Cortelyou, Immediately jumped
.nto two seated democrat wagon, and Mr.. Bill
Sings drove the party rapidly up the hill to the
school building.
GREETED BY MRS. ROOSEVELT.
Mrs Roosevelt was at the window as the
President drove past into the yard. and greeted
him as he mounted the stairs. The two inme-
diately went to the sick boys room. and the
President was delighted TO find that his sons
head was very clear, and that he was overjoyed
70 see his father. The President did not re-
main long, however. although he spent several
hours in the Office on the ground floor.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt, together
with Secretary corteiyou. are being entertained
at the house Of William Amory Gardner
brother-in-law Of Mrs John L. Gardner. of Bos-
fon a very wealthy man. but nevertheless one
nt the instructors in the school
Il appears that a number Of the boys have
Contracted colds during the last three or four
weeks. probably from strenuous exercise and
Jack OF caution afterward. It Is said that It has
been the habit of some Of them TO play handbalI
in the closed court, and then, while perspiring
freely, 20 dash across the campus to the gym
nasiur, clad only in the lightest of clothes Only
four however. contracted pneumonia, although
one case resulted fatally, that Of Carroll
Hodges. who died here about ten days ago The
other boys contracted severe colds, but were
able 70 return 10 their homes when school was
dismissed last week
The physician in charge is DR.. William B.
Warren, Of this town, the regular attending ply
siesn OF the school, but DR.. George B. Shattuc6.
nf Boston, has made almost daily trips here
since the three serious cases developed.