Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-05

General sheridan, and score of other
Distinguished persons, including repre-.
sen;a,ivcS of all the leading newspapers
9th, United States.
she President and His Party
vii, leave the Union Pacific Railroad at
Rawiins and drive in wagons to Fort
Waskakle, 40 miles. From this point
they will proceed on horseback over
the sane route that General Sheridan
explored last year, to the Yellowstone
Park. They will probably spend three
or four days visiting the special curiosi-
tie auG points Of wonder in the park,
and then proceed almost due north
from the pper Geyser to Livingston,
ON Ire Northern Pacific Railroad.
lhepSrty will consist Of the President,
SECRETARY Lincoln, Senator Vest aud
sgu. GtuyTal Sheridan, and four others,
ny.vil.. = surgeon.
The Escort
Will consist OF siXty-five men. They
tAi,ct 10 travel at the rate of sixteen
10 twenty miles day, and to leave at
each campthree cOuriers, so as to enable
the President or any of the party To
communicate with the outside world.
Messengers viii be sent regularly by
three cuuTlers each day both ways, thus
eus' ling the President to keep in COM
mUI iruIi"n with the government Ofli-
cia at Washington each day.
Newspaper Reporter
or amy body else connected with the
press of the country has been invited or
a b =. k.nVk
rrau.ag reports will be made to the As
sOcaJrd Press of the progress of the
party 10y a gentleman duly authorized
to act in that capacity. If General
sheridan and the President desired to
take men Of the press it would be next
10 impossible TO do so, inaSmuCh as all
supplies for the tourists have to be
pa, ked with them, and it would be eX-
ceedingly difficult to carry supplies for
anrge party. This explains why the
uuuIber going Is 80 small. 1t Is not be-
Ieveu, however, that either the Pre5i-
dent OF General Sheridan is DESTROYS of
having the company Otnewspaper men {;
indeed the President has given notice
that he has taken this
Trip Into the wiIdS
Of The Western world OH purpose To Sc
cure r,>t and absolutely AVOID the eS-
piCuagr Oi the public. The distance
that ne tourists will have - ride on
LOr,chack il estimated at 2bD miles,
which will be pretty hard pull on any
ne lot accustomed 10 horseback riding.
IL il understood, however, that the
President fer many months has been
tai H. = regular horseback exercise, with
view 10 prepare himself for this jour
nev. t,eneraI sheridan expects that
The trip from Fer! Washable To Liyings-
tOu, where they strike the Northern
Pacific Road un their return, will OCcu-
py about twenty days. Tue country
through which they pass is said to eX-
Celauyihiug in the United States in
Wi!dHcSs aud GRANDEUR.
General Sheridan, who has been oyer
the route ami ~ also familiar with the
Yellowstone Park, says that the latter
place Is Insignificant IN com garrison with
= large portion Of the country covered
in lhIS route.
The party will reach Fort Washable
Aug. :, and expect to be at the Upper
Geyscr basin about August 20. The
President will visit the Grand Canon,
but will leave the park by way of White
Mountain Hot Springs.
The excursion of the
Western Associated Press
,efl thicago on Wednesday morning,
Au-U>t /. They went by special train,
which was rendered them by the man
agement of the Chicago and North
we,l,-n Railroad, making the entire
trip from Chicago to st. Paul in day
light, leaving Chicago &c o'clock A. NJ,
anu arriving at St. Paul at 8 O'Clock T..
VI. The intention was to show the eN-
CUIsiunists not only the character of the
country through which the road goes
between Chicago and st. Paul, but also
What can be accomplished by
FIrst-eIass Railroad
whrE i makes an effort. The distance
i over Too miles, making an average
running time, including stOppages, OF
about 'hirty-three miles an hour. AT
II. Paul the eXcurSiOniStS were taken
charge Of by the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, and, after having had an OppOr-
tunity 10 observe the wonders of that
city, were taken on direct to Livingston
Station, where vehicles will be in wait
ing to take them the tour Of Yellow
stone Park. IL is expected that the
excursion will take two week, and per-
hsle three. No ladies accompanied the
party, as there ara not yet proper ae-
COMmOdations for ladies in the park.
The eXCurs.Onists consisted Of the repre-
stntivts of all the leading papers OF
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, SanduSky, To-
leGo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Louisville,
St Louis, Nashville, Chicago, Mi.
waakee, and ST Paul, all members of
the Associated Press, and will be about
ltl I'm uumhpr
The COnk ling Party.
Including ex-senator and Mrs. Conk-
ling, the Hon. George 5. Boutwell,,
Judge Alfred &. Coke and sister, George
{. Gorham, and MIR. Timothy Gritiiths
passed through Chicago last week, and
will enter the park from the north.
The sherman Party,
Consisting of General Sherman, Chief
Justice Waite, Senator Edmunds,
Judge Horace Gray, of the Supreme
Court; General Alfred II, Terry, the
victor of Fort Fisher, and some half
dozen others, reached the Mammoth
Hot Springs, in the park, July 8. The
escort comprised fifty men OF ID. Troop,
Second Cavalry, from Fort Ellis, and
about sixty pack mules. About two
weeks were spent in visiting points in
the park. Chief Justice Waite. on one
Of the excursions, was injured by the
fall of his mule, and returned. The
others divided into parties, and reunited
week later in the southern part o. the
park, on Madison river, and were TO
lake the railroad at Beaver Canon.
y correspondent with the Sherman
party furnishes the following description
Of the White Mountain or
Mammoth Hot spring Basin,
the focal point for tourists: ION the
east lies walled range called Evarts'
Mountain, rising almost perpendicular
~ for !, 200 TO ] 800 feet from the canon
OF the Gardiner river, whose brswling