The times., 1897-06-09
MR. M'K1NLEF's VACATION
The President and Party Leave
for Nashville at Neon.
SIX DAYS IN THE SOUTHLAND
Journey to the Exposition City Via
the Chesapeake and Ohio and the
Return Over the Southern Rail-
way.-Freedom from Official Cares
Welcomed by the Executive.

Washin gton is to lose President Mckinley
for the next week. Today at noon tho
special train that is to carry him to the
Nashville Exposition leaves the Pennsyl-
vania station, over the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway. The President and Mrs.
Mckinley and party OF Cabinet people,
friends, and newspaper men, numbering
In all nearly fifty, are TO take the trip by
tho chesapeake and Ohio going and the
Southern returning. The tour viii include
two ia VS. at Nashville and shorter stays
at Knoxville, bot Springs and Ashevile,
and is through some of the most beautiful
parts OF Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
West Virginia, and North Carolina.
This outing has been looked forward to
by Mr.. Nick inley with much pleasure, for
various reasons 1t is one of the prettiess
that co1fd be taken at this tine OF the
year The six days away from the office
seekers and the cares OF politics viii he
IA welcome relief 10 the President 1t has
been seniioflicialIy stated several times
that he very much needs the rest
On this account, there will be very much
less Of the pomp OF a triumphal tour than
the people along the line are said to de-
sire. There have been in vita tions for
speeches and promises of festivities
III large numbers from towns where stops
viii be made, but these have all been 1e-
clined.
The itinerary OF the trip to Nashville
Is arranged in every way to give the Presi-
dent the best OF every thing in the way of
scenery under the best possible conditions.
tsal rt
Virginia, past Bull Run snd other hattIe
fields, and then through Charlottesville,
Clifton Forge and Coyington, To Hot Springs.
The party Will stay at Hot Springs tomorrow
night.
After Hot Springs, there is the magnifi-
cent Blue Ridge country and the Kama ga
River, '-the Rhine Of America" Lexing-
ton an d Louisville and part Of the blue grass
region are also part of the outward trp
The arrival at Nashville viii be made
on Friday morning at 7.3o O'Clock. Tne
day viii be taken up with exposition ft=s-
tivities Incident 10 the arrival OF the Pr .si-
dent and Ohio Day.
The train provided by the Chesapeake
ann ohio fof the outward trip is composed
OF five ears. President and Mrs Mckinley,
Mrs. saxton and Secretary and Mrs. Per
ter and DR.. and Mrs. Bates will occupy
the private car or President ingalls,, of the
C. & O., No. 400. 1t is a most perfect
coach. finished and furnished in every way
to make the stay OF nearly two whole days
i'll ii as pleasant as possible. There are
drawing dining rooms al nd fine sleep
ing apartments, and everything has been
newly furnished and arranged
The Cabinet party will occupy the com
partment car Blsnheiin, also new and most
attractive. and arranged with separate
rooms for each party. Secretary Sher
man and Mrs, McCallum, his
daughter; Secretary AiGer. Mrs and
Miss Alger, the Postmaster General and
Mrs Gary and the Misses Gary. Secretary
and Miss Wilson, General GrosveBor, Com
missioner OF Pensions Evans. Hon. Joseph
i. Smith. director of the Bureau Of Amer
icaE Republics, and Master Smith. and Nj
L. G. Squires, Secretary Alger's private
secretary, are in this car
The newspaper men viii occupy the Pull
man sleeper Salo. The list is as follows
E z Johnstone, Associated Press; p. V
De Graw, Scripps-McRae League; George
W. RouZer. New York Herald. Thomas q.
Alvord, Ir.. New York World; E. 6. Dun
nell. New York Times; NJ. q. Seckendorff.
New York Tribune; John s. Shriver. New
York Mail and Express; David S Barry,
New York Sun; jules Guthridge. the II
Illustrated American IN. "; II. B. T. Mac
farland, Boston Herald; Walter Weilinan,
Chicago TimesHerald; Raymond Patter-
son, Chicago Tribune; Col John NJ. Carson,
Philadelphia Public Ledger; Louis Garthe,
Baltimore American: Charles l.. Doran, Gin
cinnati Post; Harry G. March, Canton Re-
postory: II. L. West, Washington Post,
w. w. Price, Washington Evening Star;
H. c Bursley, Washington Times; H. w.
Stealey, Louisville Courier Journal; A
W Butt, Nashville Banner; 4. b. At
kins, Brooklyn Eagle, and w. Ii. Gregor,
Of the c. & o. road.
There will be, in addition, dining and
baggage cars.