The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-25
BACK IN WASHINGTON.
The President Is Domiciled in
the Temporary White House.

Washington, Sept. 25.-President
Roosevelt returned to Washington at
half past last night from Indianapolis.
where he was compelled to abandon his
western trip because of an abscess on
his leg which developed as result OF
the trolley accident at Pittsfeld, Mass
He stood the journey from Indianapolis
remarkably well, and when he was car
ried in wheel chair from the train to
his carriage he was In excellent spirits
and appeared to be free from any pain.
With Mrs. Roosevelt the president was
driven directly to the temporary White
House on Jackson Place. where accord,
ing to the present arrangements he Will
remain until the wound is healed and he
is able again to be on his feet The
president was taken to his room on the
second floor of the house and made ccm-
Portable 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.
After dinner on the return trip the
president expressed desire to see the
members of his party, and they went
into his stateroom few at time. he
chatted pleasantly with all of them, and
expressed his great disappointment at
not being able to continue his trip He
said he had strongly opposed the deci-
sion of the doctors to have the operation
| performed at Indianapolis. He wanted
to continue his journey and make the
| speeches he had planned, but finally
yielded to the strong pleading of the
| doctors, who represented that there was
| danger If not promptly attended to
that the bone might become affected
and an affection result that 1t would
/ take months to cure The president
yielded but remarked that in his
younger days he had broken a rib and
| his collar bone at sheep herding, but
had not allowed it to Interfere with his
work. In his talk with his callers the
president made known his determine
! ton to visit the northwest next spring
when he will extend his trip as far as
the coast, during which journey he will
visit all the states which he intended
to stop on the trip just ended. The
president feels very close to the people
of the northwest, as many years of his
| life were spent in that section. He will
allow nothing to stand in the way of
going there in the spring.
When the train bearing the president
rolled into the station there was large
number of people around the railroad
station awaiting its arrival. but spec
ial detail of police and detectives kept
| them in the rear SO that few were able
| to see him. Mrs Roosevelt who had
reached the city during the day from
Oyster Bay had been one of the earliest
arrivals at the station. She was accom-
panied by Rear Admiral p. NJ Rixey,
formerly the physician attached to the
! presidential household. Secretaries
Moody and Hitchcock and DIR. j. F.
Uric Joined them before the trains ar
rival AS soon as the train came to
stop Mrs. Roosevelt boarded 1t followed
by the cabinet officers and the others
who had come to welcome the president
home They remained aboard for Is
minutes, chatting with the president be-
fore he was removed from the car. An
invalid wheel chair was backed up
against the platform and into this the
president borne in the arms of DR..
Lung, Richardson and Rixey and an
Eother gentleman, was lifted and wheeled
across the narrow platform out through
the baggage entrance on to the pave
ment next to which the White House
carriage was standing. The president
took his infirVity good naturally and
extended a happy greeting to several
persons, whom he recognized as he YVES
being wheeled to the carriage. He was
attired as usual, except that the shoe on
the left foot was OF. He jokingly re-
marked to a crowd of officers and train
men who were standing around looking
on sympathetfcally. that he felt better
than he looked. He was in excellent
spirits and apparently suffered no pain
from the wound in his leg. AS he was
lifted into the White House carriage he
was given several hearty cheers by the
bystanders. Mrs. Roosevelt already had
taken her place in the vehicle and they
were driven to the temporary White
House on jackson place. facing Lafay-
i cite park Here the president was as
sisted by the attendants to an ordinary
cane seat chair placed on the pave
ment and when he had become comfor-
tably seated a half dozen ushers and
policemen carried him to his room on
the second floor of his temporary home.
This floor contains three large rooms and
a hall with bath at the extreme rear.
The room fronting on Lafayette square
| had been made into a sitting room and
the other into bed rooms. The president
was taken to the second room from the
front and made comfortable. Steward
Pickney, under the direction of Miss Hag-
ner, Mrs Rooseveits private secretary,
was engaged all day In putting the
executive and his wife.
Flowers were arranged on the mantels
and tables. Arrangements were made at
once for dressing the presidents wound
and for other attention necessary after his
long railway journey. Drs. Lung, Rixey
and Uric remained with him sometime af-
ter he was taken to his room and gave
their personal attention to every detail.
DR.. Lung, the regular White House ply
stefan, will have Immediate charge of the
case. 1t is expected that after ten days