The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-27
NEW ORLEANS OVATION
 ID PRES. ROOSEVELT
GREETED WITH WILD APPLA USE ALONG ROUTE OF THE
 PARADE.

Compelled to Abandon Address at City
 Hall Owing to Tremendous Crush
 Police and Troops Unable to Move
 Crowd and President FOreseeing a
 Possible Panic Leaves the Platform
 Now on His Way to Washington on
 the Cruiser West Virginia
 New Orleans, Oct. 26.-At the end of nine hours of varied entertainment in New. Orleans, the close of pleasant trip through the south, President Roosevelt at 6:3O o'clock tonight boarded the lighthouse tender Mag nolia and began his return journey to Washington.
 No newspaper representatives 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 Mississippi river, to receive him and to carry him on towards the capital.
 For four days the president will be off American soil but by wireless tele- graph, it is promised, he will be in communication with the shore.
 The presidents stay in New Orleans was made a testimonial of popular es- teem and of grateful recognition for the service which he rendered the city in it's struggle against yellow fever. The densely crowded streets, the elaborate decorations, the wild ap- pIause that greeted the president along the route of the parade, the enthusi- asm with which his address to the multitude in Lafayette square was re- ceived and the remarkable demonstra- tion in his honor at an afternoon luncheon contributed towards making complete the cordial welcome to the nations chief executive.
 The president was compelled to abandon one public address before he had got well started on it. It was con- tenapIated that the military and civic parade should pass in review before him at the city hall, but the crowd at this point was so tremendous that neither the police nor the troops were able to move it and the president, foreseeing possible panic, finally gave up the attempt to speak and left the platform. Hr The crowd jammed St. Charles street all the way from Poydras street to Ninth street, and it spread over La fayette square almost from St. Charles street to Camp street Probably 50,000 persons gathered in and around the stand from which MT. Roosevelt was to have spoken.
 ;. When the president decided to aban- don his efforts he shouted to the throng to go home and be good citizens and then disappeared into the mayors parlors, well nigh exhausted. He said that the reception was the greatest since he sttarted on his trip.
 The demonstration at the lunch was scarcely less exuberant. When the president entered the superbly decor ated dining hall, the 625 banquetters rose and gave way to frantic cheer ing. Every reference of Governor Blanchard, Mayor Behrman and Presi- dent Sanders of the Progressive union, to the guest brought forth a perfect storm of cheers, and when the pres ident rosel1e had 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 an unceasing lau- dation of the president while he was on his feet.
 An immense crowd packed Gravier and St. Charles streets as the dinner ended, and the appearance of the pres ident on the way to the river pro- voked thunderous applause.
 As the Magnolia left the landing the presidential salute was fired, while the din of hundreds of steam whistles, mingled with the lusty cheers of acres of people who had collected on the wharf.
 From the moment of his arrival early in the afternoon until he said farewell from the deck of the Magnolia at night, the president was constantly in the alimelight. The crowded programme gave him no opportunity for rest, but he expressed keen enjoyment in his visit.
 Nowhere did the president see the slightest evidence of the existence of yellow fever, but he saw on every hand immense gatherings of cordial and con- fay1foH ooon1a.