Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-08
MKENzIE OF rExAs.
TALKS ABOUT MS COMING TRIP
10 THE PERU
MISSION.

Hon. James A. Mckenzie, the newly APP
pointed minister To represent the United
States In Peru during President Cleveland y
administration, spent "A day In this city,
having just come up from Bowling Green,
where he has been TO visit his married
daughter. He leaves today for his Chris
ti8u county home In response 10 the IN
qurlcs OF Courier-Journal reporter he
said
'When my appointment Is affirmed by the
senate, ] expect 70 go TO Washington 10 be
sworn IN ana receive instructions, and then
expect 10 leave FOR Porn as soon as can
arrange my bu1lness afnirs 1 shall prob
ably sail from New York about Inc middle
or iast of May TO 81. by way OF the lsthmus
o. Panama 4 Peru
II Is not improbable that Mr.. Mckenzie
ana ex-senator Porter Of Tennessee, Who
has been appointed minister 10 Cnin Will
sail on the same fiedmeE Ihcy me per-
s1nal friends and neighbors, living about
sixty miles apart the one in Kentucky aud
the other In IennCssee.
"Wiu your family accompany your was
asked. lie answered that bis son, James A.
Mckenzie, Jra would sail with him, and
would at once enter the University OF san
Carlos, Ia Lima Mrs. Mckenzie and their
unmarried daughter Miss Kate Mckenzie
would follow IN October as he wished TO
make preparations before their arrival 10 re-.
ceivc them. and they wished 10 visit the Co
lunbau exposition before leaving the United
States The whole family expect then 10
remain In Peru during Mr. Mckenzle's term
Of office.
Mr.. Mckenzie evidently looks forward
Lima, the capital ANA metropolis, Is IN ov-
cry way a delightful place, situated about
the fourteenth parallel Of south latitude,
LOO feet above the level Of the sea, and
eight miles from Calou, the seaport town.
u Inns "a uniform temperature, ranging from
% 10 ~ degrees a population or l2OOOO,
ana Tine American and English colony.
San Carlos Is the Oldest university IN the
three Americas, having been founded an the
Sixteenth century The city has all modern
eOuyoniences, such as railways, telegraph
lines Telephones etc.
The selection q Mr.. Mckenzie as minis.
ter 70 Peru seems peculiarly appropriate. ak
he was the author OF the ml placing qulnine
on the Tree list, ana ak until recently Peru
was the greatest producer Of einchOnn bark
from which Quinine Is made. ar. MeKen-
zie has given much attcuti0n DO the gen,
eral subject Of the Qunine Industry, aud iu
all probability VIII devote himself 10 the de-
YelOpnent between the United states ana
Peru OF a larger trade 10 THIS product, oa-
peciullY as the United States now contains
a dozen manufactures Of the mkalOlds OF
cincAona bark
Minister John Hicks win remain IN charge
untl Mr., Mckenzie arrives Attached 10
ihe legation are "a secretary and young
Heutenunt Of the navy, as the naval an
iacue These appointments arc made Dy
the secretary OF stale but, Of course. II II
understood that The ones designated viii
not be- objectionable 10 the minister AZ ~
not Improbable That blr. Nei, the present
SECRETARY Will remain IN ihni position Tor
been attached 10 tie legation and h famil
lar With "a IN every detail
Mr.. Mckenzie VIII not be stranger In
en- uuconFenlal cllIae when ne goes to Peru
great pfOduct Of the country, De already
epeaks ephnlsh faisly Well and VIII be anle
from the start ~ converse % the language
or the ill3AigOes The lfttef Accomplishment
WIS acOaifri while 4 Young man 81 rexas
Whfft ir staief llW asa HAefe nearly All
lAe pld iAhaulianla apeak spznieh.