Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-15
THE GOVERNORS PARTY
And Arrangements ior the Trip to Chicago
Will Leave May 20.

PORTLAND, May 1.-THE arrangements
for the go. ernors train to Chicago, are
now complete and are as follows
The train will leave Portland on Satur-
day May 90, at S.i5 A. NJ. On Friday
night the party will rendezvous in Port
land at the Falmouth hotel and the even
ing will be made pleasantly social as pos
sible.
At the Union Station Saturday morning
the party will find three Wagner cars in
readiness. One will be occupied by Gov
ernor Cleaves and his staff as follows:
Adjutant- General Selden Connor of Port
| land, Inspect nr- General Winfield S. Choste
of Augusta, Commissary General Thomas
F. Shaw of Portland, Surgeon General Fred
erck C. Thayer of Waterville, Judge Ad-
vocatc General VIM. II. Fogler of Rock
land, Lieutcnant-C Colonels Charles II. Pres
colt, Biddeford; |. X. Stetson, Bangor Nv
w. Whitmarsh, Norway; q. =. Lombard.
Belfast Major Albert B. Rollins. Portland
General George l.. Bcal of Norway and
bis daughter will also travel in the Cover
nor's car. These members of the staff will
be accompanied by their wives. General
Connor, General Choate, Col Fogler. Col
Prescott.
Another car will be occupied by the Gov
ernors Council, with the wives and others
of their families. Councillor Downes will
take his daughter and f. O. Clark of the
fourth district will be accompanied by his
wife, sister and daughters. Other members
of the Council will take their wives Hon.
Nicholas Fessenden and wife will travel in
this car, as also will Messenger n. S. Pur-
rnton of Bowdoin.
The third car will be devoted to citizens
friends of the officials. Those who will
travel under the benign influence that sur
rounds the Governor and his staff are +.
B. Mallett .Ir., of Freeport, Col. John NJ
Adams and wife of Portland, Miss Eva
Parcher of Saco, of the board of lady man
ayers, DIR. Scott Hill and wife, Mrs. G. A.
Robertson, Miss Edith Moulton of Augusta,
S. II Prentice and wife, George W Knight,
c. c. Emerson, Dr. Robinson and wife,
Mrs. Dowst and friend, Charles Ripley,
Mrs. c. w. Coffin of Bangor, +. NJ. Stead
msn of Portland, Mrs. Augustus l.. Smith
of Togus.
Mr.. William f. Wood, the travelling
agent of the Maine Central, will have gen
eral charge of the train and will see that
all the joints and hinges of the excursion
are thoroughly lubrlcaie1.
Hon. Fred Atwood will have watchful
eye ont for the comfort and general good
lime that is sure to befall the Council, and
of course Gen. Cornor will keep the staff
officers in line.
As was stated above, this train of three
cars will leave Portland at 4j Saturday
morning, May 90 and will skip up over the
mountain division of the Maine Central 10
Bartlett. n. IL. Here a brief stop will be
made and dinner will he served.
The party will eat supper at Morrisrille
VI, and breakfast will be served az the
Cataract House, Niagara Falls, at which
place there will he n stop of five hours.
Sunday afternoon the party will proceed
over the Michigan Central Cbicsgowards
and will arrive in the city Monday morning
a. 3 o'clock
Luxurious quarters have been secured at
the big Auditorium hotel and here the party
viii be installed in state.
During their stay in Chicago there will
be grand round of events. appearances
and entertainments. of course the chief
interest centers about Marie DAY. May "a
These exercises, at which the Maine Gov
ernor and his staff will be the leading
attraction. will occur at the Maine building
From II A. ~, until +. NJ, there will
be various exercises, musical AMI literary.
Several thousand invitations have been is
sued to non-re sidents of the State and q
large number have accepted.
The Governor party in the majority will
start on the return trip at 10 80 FRIDAY
night, May 2Gth. They will ride over the
Canadian Pacific road to Montreal arriving
at Detroit at 30 A. NJ, and will remain
there until 30 P. NJ. They pull into
Montreal at 5 A. NJ, Sunday, May 2s,
spend the day there and start for Portland
at night via the White Mountains. The
others in the party will returns as inclina-
ton prompts.