The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-27

tary John Addison Porter ana Wlte, Dr. Bates, the presidents physician, and William Sinclair, the white house stew ard.
 The next car contained Mrs. Grant's $ party, the cabinet families and a few others. They were: Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, MT. Algernon Sartoris, Miss Vivian Sartoris, Miss Rose Sartoris, Secretary of State sher- man and his daughter, Mrs. Mcclellan, Mrs. McCallam, Secretary and Mrs, Gage, Secretary Alger and Private Sec retary Mason, Postmaster General Gary, Mrs. and Miss Gary, Attorney General McKenna, Secretary Wilson, MT. l.. H. Finney, secretary of the secretary of the navy; Major General Miles, wife and son, Adjutant General Ruggles, Captain Mans, Rear Admiral Brown, wife and daughter, Third Assistant Secretary of State Thomas W. Cridler. The British ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote, and Secretary of Embassy Bax-Ironsides, French Ambassador Patenotre, Attache Boeufvre; Count Goetzer, military attache, and Secre- tary Van Rechenau, representing the German ambassador; Mexican Minister Romero and Mrs. Romero; Minister of the Netherlands DeWeckerlin; Minister of Brazil Mendanca and Secretary Lima, Minister of Guatemala IaZa Ar | riaga, Minister of Chilli Ganar Minister of China Yang Yu, and Secretary Su; Venezuelan Minister Andrade; Admiral Montt, eX-president of Chilli; Austro- Hungarian Minister Hengelmuller von Hengervar, Secretary Wagner; Swiss Minister Pioda; Minister of Spain Du- puy De Lome, Secretary Slater; Danish Minister Brun; Hawaiian Minister | Hatch, Secretary Hastings; Minister ot l Ecuador CarbO; charge d'affaires of Russia de Wollan; Argentine Minister Merou; Turkish Minister Moustapha Bey, Secretary Seifeddin Bey; Minister Roderiguez of the Republic of Central America; the Belgian minister; Minis ter of Costa Rica Calvo.
 The train was in charge of MT. A H. Steele, secretary of the transporta- tion committee, and five members o1 the reception committee, Messrs. R. c
 White, chairman; Charles A. Moore | Gustav H. Schwab, William Trenholm l dllu fIdHk D. NlIDeTDee.
 As soon as the president was settled in his headquarters, he sent for the re- ception committee, thanked them fol their management of the trip and talk l ed with them for half an hour. Dur ing the remainder of the journey he visited with members of the cabinet and diplomats.
 | Mrs Mckinley bore the journey well l Several hundred people were gathered in the depot and in the car sheds al Wilmington to see the presidential l party.
 Lunch was served to the presidential | party in their car, while a dining cal was attached for the other travellers. 1 The platform of the Jersey City de. pot was crowded with members of the reception committee, displaying blue | badges on their coats, when the trair pulled up at the end of it's journey with out having experienced a single jar Ol jolt. General Horace Porter gave al arm to the president and then and there the much mooted question of "ambas
 sadorial precedence" was solved by Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, who took thu arm of Sir Julian Pauncefote and walk ed after President Mckinley. Ambas sador Patterno followed escorted by Hon. Whitelaw Reid, former ambassa dor of the United States to France, MT Abner Mckinley, the presidents broth CT, took Mrs. Mckinley, and Colone Frederick D. Grant escorted his moth er who was dressed in deep mourning The other celebrities came after in tht rear laden with bags and boxes con
 taining the gold lace, swords and med als which the diplomats were to display on the morrow. Between lines of police and blue coated sailors the company
 marched to the ferryboat where car
 riages were aligned on the lower decl
 to take them from the opposite deck tC
 their hotels. On board the boat thu
 president received all the members O
 the reception committee and then stood on the lower deck, absorbing the sight
 of the river until the New York shor,
 was reached.