The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-26
PRESIDENTS DAY.
Roosevelt Party Favored With
Fine Weather at st. Louis.
Undertakes to See the Big Fair
In One Day.
GREAT PRECAUTION
Is Taken to Prevent Accidents
or Harm i'm Any Form.
No One Allowed Within 100 Feet
of Special Train.
GREAT PRECAUTION

wind of Just sufficient sharpness to send
the blood tingling through the veins,
ideal weather for carrying out the
strenuous programme arranged by the
nations chief executive who proposes
to acquire in one day a comprehensive
idea of the greatest exposition in the
history of the world.
Although President Roosevelt was not
officially greeted by the exposition man
agement until after 8 o'clock the
grounds We're thrOnged long before that
hour and every car line terminating at
the Worlds fair poured its hundreds
every hour into the approaches to the
exposition gates.
BY the request of President Roose-
velt's private secretary the itinerary of
the trip through the grounds was not
made public and consequently while
there were no immense throngs congre-
gated at any one spot at one time, the
general programme was known and the
probable route of the presidential party
was lined on either side by hundreds
of persons. many of whom had travel
ed hundreds of miles to see the presi-
dent of the United States.
The presidential special train arrived
In St Louis at 8: 40 this morning and
was at once taken to the worlds fair
grounds, where it was parked on the
sidetrack on the north side of the
transportation building. Extraordinary
precautions were taken TO prevent
accident after the special arrived with
In the jurisdiction of the st. Louis Ter
minal association, $50 men having been
stationed along the right of way so
close together that each man was in
sight of the one stationed on either
side of him.
In order to avoid the Eads bridge
tunnel through which trains pass be-
meath several downtown streets before
arriving at Union station, the presiden-
tial train was switched to the tracks
of the Illinois Transfer company at
The Willows. III, and taken across the
Merchants bridge, thence to the ter
minal yards IN st. Louis by way of the
elevated tracks along the Mississippi
river From the terminal yards the
train was taken by the Wabash to
Union boulevard junction. where the
Rock Island switched it into the ex-
position grounds at the Administration
its destination. two companies of the
Sixteenth infantry went on guard and
no one was allowed to approach within
100 feet of the Pullman.
The distinguished party was early
astir, preparing for their day of record
breaking Sightseeing In the party
are President Roosevelt, Mrs. RooSe-
Welt, Miss Roosevelt. Mr.. and Mrs. /
Douglas Robinson. Secretary and Mrs |
Loeb and Surgeon General Rixey, U. |
S. N
President Roosevelt and his party ate
breakfast in their car which was sur
rounded by great crowd of Worlds
ldlT NlSlLOIS. AlInOuSn kept at a QlS
tance they were able to see the presl /
dent, who sat in full view before one
of the windows during the morning
meal He seemed as much interested
in the crowd as they were in him.
Shortly after breakfast had been fin
ished, President Francis with Mayor
Wells and a committee of exposition
othclalS and directors, appeared at the
car to pay their respects to the chief
executive. Their reception was very
informal The party walking through
the car and meeting the members of
the party. Carriages were then taken
and the party proceeded to the liberal
arts building, which was the first of
the great exhibit palaces to be seen.
Two battalions of the Eighth United |
States cavalry, from Jefferson bar |
racks, under command of Colonel An
derSon, and platoon of mounted po-
lice preceded the carriages. In the /
first carriage were President and Mrs. I
Roosevelt and President D. r. Francis I
of the exposition Mr.. Douglas Robin /
ROl'a Wells occupied the sec
ond carriage. The twenty or more /
carriages that followed contained the I
other members of the presidential /
party, exposition officials and secret 4
service men. Another platoon of
mounted police brought up the rear
and kept back an immense crowd ,
anxious to keep pace with the party. /
The route of the procession was
thronged with people, who gave the |
president an ovation and kept him /
the party proceeded through the /
grounds President Roosevelt lifted his
hat to those on the right and left.
Arriving at the Liberal Arts building |
which with all the other exhibit palaces /
was closed to the general public, the +
presidential party alighted from their /
carria ges and entered for a hasty in !
spection of the exhibits. At the con-
cIusion of this inspection carriages /
were again entered at the other side /
of the building and the party proceed !
ed to the government building, where /
after a short time spent in sightseeing \
President Roosevelt reviewed the mill /
fary Among the bodies of troops in |
the reviewing line were the Sixteenth |
u s. infantry, Ninth L. S. cavalry, |
Eighth L. S. cavalry, and the Philip
pine scouts and consta 6ulary' headed
by their respective bands
The thousands who thronged about !
the government building took advan-
fage of every projection on the sur
rounding structures, the pedeStalS of !
numerous statues, the lagoon bridges !
and other elevations to enable them to
see the president and the review. At
fhe conclusion of the ceremony, the |
uaTty again took carriages and as the |
procession moved around the mines ana
metaIIurgy building on its way to the
German building eager crowds of en-
thusiastfc people were encountered ev-
erywhere Arriving at the beautiful
structure. which is a replica of the fam |
Gus Charlottenburg palace, President /
Roosevelt was met by the German COM |
missioner general TO the Worlds talr,
Theodore Lewald. who conducted MN |
inside with the remainder of the party |