Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-30
leaves Capital,
TO VISIT FAIR
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND HTS
PARTY EN- ROUTE TO Elk
POSITION CITY.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
TO AVOID ACCIDENTS
Train Runs on a Slow Schedule to In
sure safety-Chief Executive Ex-
presses His Thanks to PennsYl-
vanians at Pittsburg.

Washington, Nov. &c. - President
Roosevelt left here at midnight for
visit to the St. Louis exposition. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss
Alice Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, Secretary and Mrs. Loeb,
Surgeon General Rixey, of the navy; M.
c. Latta ..Of the executive Office, and rep
resentatives of the press associations
The party occupied special train on the
Pennsylvania railroad, which is sched-
uled to arrive at st. Louis Saturday
morning at nine o'clock. An interesting
programme which will take up all the
presidents time while in the exposition
city, has been prepared by the local
committee. Saturday will be spent in
visiting various points in the exposition
grounds. At night the presidential
party will attend banquet in the main
building of the Tyrolean Alps It is an
nOunced that the president will not make
any speeches on his trip, although it is
not improbable he will make some i'm
promptu remarks at the Saturday even
ing function. Sunday will be passed
quietly in st. Louis, and at midnight the
president and his party will leave on
their special train for Washington, ar
irving here at seven O'Clock Tuesday
morning.
Great Precautions Taken.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 26.-Runnjng or
slow and carefully prepared schedule
the special train on the Pennsy lvanis
road, bearing President Roosevelt and
his party to St. Louis, arrived here al
1925 a. m. Throughout the trip. the
greatest precautions are being taken tc
eliminate the chance of accidents. The
run from Washington to Pittsburg was
made at an average speed of not more
than rs miles an hour and, through the
mountains early Friday. the speed of the
train sometimes did not exceed ten OF
twelve miles an hour.
| President Roosevelt and the member;
of his family accompanying him retire;
soon after the train left Washington
When they arose they looked out on thu
western foothills of the Alleghan,
mountains, capped with snow 1t hat
grown perceptibly colder during thu
night and the day opened dark an(
gloomy. At several places in western
Pennsylvania crowds had assembled a.
the stations to greet the president bu
they were afforded-no opportunity toset
him, as no stops were made except al
the ends of divisions. The people
cheered and waved flags, however, as the
train passed.
Expresses His Thanks.
| When the train arrived in Pittsbure
the president made his way to the ca,
platform and was greeted with cheers
1t is not the purpose of the president t
make speeches en- route, but at this poin,
he made few remarks He said:
Il am mighty glad to get to Pennsyl
vania for several reasons. especially tc
thank you for the large majority given
me here. will do all that within me
lies to show thatyouh have made no mis-.
take"
A large squad of police and detectives
was present and only the newspaper
men and the employees were permitted
within the train shed. A large crowd OF
people gathered between the depot and
train shed and as the president passed
from the depot he was enthusiastically
, cheered. The train left here at 10:45 a
M, ten minutes after its arrival.