The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY LEAVE.
RETURN TO WASHINGTON MON
DAY MORNING.
Great Crowds of People Give the Distin
guished Visitors a Farewell
Cheer.

President and Mrs. Mckinley, Attor-
ney-General McKenna, Col. Alfred ID.
Cushing. of Washington, Miss Kittie
Endsley, Executive Clerk Geo. b. Corte-
lyou, and the attendants of the Presiden-
tial party left on a special train over the
b. & o. n. r., at 1890 o'clock Monday
m prning. They were ac sompanied as
far as lockwood by Mr.. Abner MekiE-
ley, Miss Mabel Mckinley and several
other relatives.
The train was made up Of Receiver
Cowen's private ear, baltimore" the
chair car Abigail and a combination
royal blue line ear, and was drawn by
engine No. 1905 The ecrew was in charge
Of train-dispatcher Samuel Spencer and
WAS made up as follows: Conductor,
Geo. W. Bishop; Engineer, John Collins;
fireman. W. IL. Wilson; brakeman,
James Smith; baggage master, Thomas
Dom.
A crowd Of four or five hundred people
assembled at the station Is minutes be-
fore the train left. The President and
Mrs. Mckinley. and Attorney General
McKenna, were the first Of the party TO
arrive. Mrs. Mckinley was assisted into
the private ear and took seat at an open
window, where she smiled at the crowd,
and waved her handkerchief in response
10 the cheers OF the people. The Presi-
dent stood on the rear platform until the
conductor gave the signal 10 start Some
one in the crowd proposed Three Cheers
for President and Mrs. MKinley," and
they were given with enthusiasm. The
crowd continued to cheer until the train
pulled slowly out of sight
At the request of the President the
train made slow run to Washington.
The President had called Cabinet
meeting for Tuesday, at which important
public business was considered. After
spending few days at the White House
he and Mrs. Mckinley will continue
their vacation, going to one Of the New
England resorts.
When the special train reached Rock
wood almost the entire population of the
town WAS congregsted at the railroad
station to greet the President. The school
children were drawn up in line and pass
ed in review before the train. President
and Mrs. Mckinley stood on the plat
form of the car and ssluted the children
as they marched along. Nearly every
person in the crowd got an opportunity
TO shake hands with the President before
the train proceeded on its way tn Wash
ington.
The special arrived at Washington at
5:45 O'Clock. The ran WAS uneventful
except for the crowds that greeted the
train at the stopping places. At Cum
berland the Preside mt spoke to a crOwc
Of 2,el0 people.
A crowd cheered the President wheI
he alighted from the train at the Nationa
riage in waiting. a few minutes after
wards they were at home in the White
House. Some time during the night tbs
President yawned and said, Wisht
was a-dreamin' yet 'mongst the hills O
| Somerset"
ENJOYED HIS IsIr.
"You can tell the readsrs Of the HER
| ALD,- said President Mckinley To a rep
resentative of this paper Sunday evening,
that have enjoyed my visit among the
Frosty Sons of Thunder immensely
although my reception has been anything
but frosty as the name implies.
thoroughly enjoy the simplicity of this
old county town and the cordiality of is
| people. The attention shown me hs:
been most gratifying"
| The Chief Executive was smoking a
fragrant cigar and between the puts o
smoke he laughingly remarked that ''thi
week would have been splendid tim
| TO have taken the census ofSOmerset.'
| During the conv ers alton ne inquired int
the ainOant of wheat grown in SOmerse
county and upon learning that wheat Is
one OF the principal products OF the sol
and is bringing 81 cents per bushel, h'
said ''the comforting thing about the ad
vance in wheat is that the money gOe
into the pockets of the farmers instead o
into the hands of middlemen and brok
ers."