The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28
WEARY, But JOYOUS
After Nine Hours Of Varied Entertain
ment, Roosevelt Boards the Light
house Tender Magnolia and Sets
Out On His Return Journey
to Washington.
to Washington.
(By the Associated Press.)

a pleasant trip through the South
President Roosevelt at $40 o'clock to-
night, boarded the lighthouse tender
Magnolia and began his return jour
ney to Washington.
No newspaper representative accom-
panied the President on the boat, and
he will be out of touch with the world
throughout the night, but daylight to-
morrow is expected to bring news of
his successful transfer to the armored
cruiser West Virginia, which lies at
anchor off the mouth of the Missis-
sippi River to receive him and carry
him on towards the Capital.
For four days the President will be
off American soil, but by wireless te-
legraphy, it is promised, he will be in
communication with the shore.
The Presidents stay in New Orleans
was made testimonial of popular es-
TEEN and of grateful recognition for
the service which he rendered the city
i'm it's struggle against yellow fever.
The densely crowded streets, the elab-
crate decorations, the wild applause
that greeted the President along the
route of the parade the enthusiasm
with which his address to the multi
tude in Lafayette Square was received
his honor at the luncheon made the
day replete with cordial welcome 20
the nations executive head.
Crowd Too Great to Control.
The President was compelled to
abandon one public address before he
had got well started on it. 1t was
contemplated that the military and
civic parade should pass in review be-
fore him at the City Hall. but the
crowd which gathered at this point
was SO enormous that neither the
police nor the troops were able to
move it; and the President foreseeing
a possible panic, finally gave up the
attempt to speak and left the plat
form. The crowd damned st. Charles
street all the way from Poydras street
to Ninth street, and it spread over
Lafayette Square almost from st.
Charles street to Camp street. Prob
ably $4,000 persons were gathered in
and around the stand from which the
President was to have delivered the
address.
When the President decided to aban-
don his effort, he shouted to the
throng to go home and be good citi-
zens. and then disappeared into the
mayors parlors well nigh exhausted.
He said that the reception was the
greatest that he had had since he
started on his trip.
The demonstration at the luncheon
was scarcely less exuberant. When the
President entered the superbly deco
rated dining hall, the 625 banqueters
rose and gave way to frantic cheers.
Every reference Of Governor Blanch-
ard Mayor Behrman and President
Sanders, of the Progressive Union, to
the guest brought forth a perfect
storm of cheering, and when the Pres
ident rose he had great difficulty in
speaking. Every thought he uttered
was the signal for an extraordinary
exhibition of enthusiasm; and as his
speech dealt almost entirely with local
subjects and had special reference to
the fight against yellow fever the BAN
quet developed into unceasing lauda-
ton of the President while he was on
his feet.
An imense crowd packed Gravier
and ST. Charles street as the dinner
ended, and the appearance of the Pres
ident on the way to the river provoked
thunderouS applause.
AS the Magnolia left the landing,
a Presidential salute was fired while
the din of hundreds of steam whis-
ties, mingled with the lusty cheering
of acres of people, who had collected
on the wharf.
Constantly i'm the Limelight.
From the moment of his arrival
early in the forenoon until he said
farewell from the deck of the Mag
nolia at night, the President was con-
stantly in the limelight. The crowded
program gave him no opportunity for
rest, but he expressed keen enjoy
ment in his visit.
Nowhere did the President see the
slightest evidence of the existence of
yellow fever but he saw on every had
immense gatherings of cordial and
contented people.
On the Presidents arrival he was
taken aboard the commodious ocean-
going Southern Pacific steamer
Comus. On board the steamer were
four hundred of the leading men and
women of the city. On it also were
Governor Blanchard and his staff,
brilliant in gold lace; DR.. White, who
fought the good fight as the govern
ment's representative against the fe-
yer, together with all his surgeons in
full uniform; officers of the army and
navy: Mayor Behrman, and leading
Federal, State and city officials.
A Roar of Welcome.
III was 1uSL y u ClOCh WlicH tie lTdlIl
ran into the docks, and there was an
enthusiastic demonstration from the
steamer as the President left the train
and walked to the ship.
The Comus headed up stream and
ran a few miles above the city, then
turned and came down, passing along
the whole front of New Orleans. Going
down as far as Port Chalmette, the
Comus headed back to the city.
AS the vessel neared the Harrison
Steel sheds, afiame with patriotic col
or the air was rent with the blasts Of
steam whistles and the thunder of a
Presidential salute. The President
looked out on sea of people gathered
on the river front to greet him.
When the boat landed the Presi-
dent was escorted ashore, and the pa
rade got under way under the general
marshalship of Colonel John P Sulli-
van. The Confederate veterans held