The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
CHEERS AND
GOOD WISHES.
Oyster Bay Gives the President
a Great Send-Off
On His Departure for the C api
tai of the Nation.
HOUSES DECORATED.
Flags Hung at Intervals of 30
Feet Along the Streets.
Hundreds of Neighbors at the
Station When He Started.
The Presidents Wagon Breaks
Down on the Road.
7Iags Hung at Intervals of 90
Feet Along the Streets.
Hundreds of Neighbors at the
Station When He Started.
The Presidents Wagon Breaks
Down on the Road.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 30.-With the cheers
and good wishes of friends following
him President Roosevelt, his vacation
ended. left Oyster Bay at 10 o'clock this
morning for Washington. The farewell
given the president by the residents of
his home town was notable. Through
out the village the residences and busi-
ness buildings were decorated and
Audrey avenue, over which the presi-
dent passed to the railroad station, was
hung with large American flags at in
tervals of twenty feet. At the railroad
station the waiting room was decorated
III white on which was Derched an
American eagle on an American shield.
Beneath this emblem was the one word.
Peace
The whole was entwined with the ma
tional colors Of Russian and Japan.
At the station hundreds of nei=hhors
and acquaintances of the president and
his family had assembled. Scores of
school children were massed about the
platform. each waving a little Ameri-
can flag. Within a part of the platform
which had been roped off to enable the
president and his party to reach the
train, were 20 young women attired in
white trimmed with ribbons of red and
blue As the president boarded the
train, they sang God Be With You,
TIL We Meet Again
The president was accompanied to
Washington by Mrs. Roosevelt and
their children, Ethel, Archie, and Quin-
tin. Secretary and Mrs. Loeb who have
been living here this summer were
obliged, ON account of the serious ILL
ness of Mrs. Loeb to go to Jersey City,
by water, on the naval yacht Sylph.
Mrs Loeb has been i'll for several days
and the trip to Washington will be un-
der the care of a trained nurse.
His Wagon Breaks Down.
After the Daughters of the RevoIu-
tion had sung the hymn, God be with
Nou till we meet again." the president
from the rear platform of his car made
few farewell remarks to his friends
and neighbors.
While the president and family were
being driven to the village from Saga
more Hill what might have proved to
be a very serious accident occurred to
the road wagon in which they were rid
ing The rear axle broke and the back
part of the wagon settled down. For
tunately the axle did not break short
off but splintered and the body of the
wagon did not fall to the ground. The
coachman stopped the horses. He then
went to the residence of John A. Weeks,
nearby, and borrowed a carriage to
which the president and his family was
transferred and driven to the station.
The president made light Of the acci-
dent.
Arrives at Long Island.
New York. Sept. 3o.-The president
and family arrived at Long Island at IL
and Immediately boarded the steamboat
Nassau and were taken thence to Jersey
City.
Flags Flying in Washington.
Washington, Sept. 30.-Delightful au-
tumn weather prevails for. the home
coming welcome which his fellow citi-
zens of the District of Columbia will
tender the president this afternoon.
This morning pictures of the president
are being placed along Pennsylvania
avenue from the railroad station to the
White House and the police have COM
pleted arrangements for the handling
of the crowds which it is expected will
pack either side of the nations great
thorOughfare.
feature of the greetings which it is
expected will especially please the pres
,Sdent is that of Grand Army veterans
who will assemble in military formation
III front of their hall and salute the
president as he passes. Flags are flying
from every fagpole along the route
over which the president will drive
He will be greeted at the station by ma
tional and District of Columbia soldiers
and be driven at once to the White
House. There will be no formal exer-
CiSeS,