Evening star., 1897-03-02
Story Of the Coming Of the Next Pres
ident and Vice President.
ON BOARD MAJOR MNIEYs TRAIN
Five Thousand Persons at the Bal
timore Station.
PROGRESS OF MIR. HOBART

ing.
A stop of ten minutes was made here,
which time was consumed in changing
locomotives. inspecting the car wheels,
trucks. etc, and shifting the presidential
train from the Pennsylvania to the North
ern Central tracks. The train then. at
6::'5 o'clock proceeded on It's way to Wash
ington.
The run from Altoona to this city, which
was made on schedule time was without
incident. Notwithstanding the early hour,
large crowd of people, which filled the
station proper and the train sheds. as
sembled at the station to witness the ar
rival of the presidential special and with
the hope of catching a glimpse of the
man who is to succeed Grover Cleveland
as the chief executive Of the nation on
Thursday next. In this respect. however.
the big crowd was disappointed. as the
President still asleep in his berth when
the train arrived in this city. and the
crowd had to be content with a view of the
beautifully decorated car in which the
Presdent-elect was riding, the floral deco
rations within being visible through the
windows at either end of the car. There
demonstration on the part of the
crowd. and the brief stop made by the
train was without special feature. By di-
rection of Gov. Hastings a national salute
of twenty-one guns was fired at the state
arsenal while the train in this city.
The presidential special will make no stop
between this point and Baltimore. where it
dt
of eight minutes in the monumental city,
the train will proceed on its journey to
Washington. arriving there at II o'clock.
During the Night.
Along the road during the night locomo-
tive whistles kept up the enthusiastic greet
ing to the President-elect During the night
as the train was getting up into the noun
famous country east of Pittsburg a small
boy was found sitting the steps just out
side the vestibule door of a car platform.
He was shivering with cold and pinched
with hunger. He said his name was Johnny
Robinson of Pttsburg. He was ten or clav-
ell years old. He said he was a Pittsburg
newsboy. He had been forced onto. the
platform by the midnight crowd in he
Plttsburg station, fearing he would be
forced under the cars. Several men had
followed him They did not jump Off so he
could get away. until the train was going
so rapidly that he was afraid to jump. He
was quickly taken to the dining car .nd
warmed and fed Conductor Cowie saying
Altoona.
At Altoona another crowd had gathered at
3 clock in the morning. During thu night
the whistlng and playing of bands and
cheering of railroad employees was heard
at every station. until. shortly after Cay
light, Harrisburg station was reached. Mai
and Mrs. Mckinley breakfasted in tt.eir
own car and the other passengers were all
up early 10 enjoy the scenery IS well as to
tartake of the inviting breakfast In the
nower-laden dining car.
People Mt York DfsnppOinted.
YORK. Pa. March o-President-elect Nc
kinley's train passed through the city on
time without stopping. 1t was not recog-
nized by the throng of people gathered at
the pennsylvania railway station because
the cars were changed around. An en-
thusiastic reception from the manufactur-
ing establishments of the city had been pro-
posed. but was not carried out. The peo-
pie hung around eXpectantly long after the.
train had gone through, and the railway
employees had trouble in getting them away
from the station.
In Splendid Health.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March Major Nc
kinley waved his salutations to country
school children gathered along the road.
while he sat at the breakfast table at .
O'Clock this morning. With him and his
wife were General Manager Loree of the
Pennsylvania Company and Captain Lafay-
cite McWilliam ms and wife of Chicago. who
were with their cousins, the Mckinleys at
botn Ohio gubernatorial inauguratons
While a. breakfast the major bowed his
ssniiing good morning to company OF
track laborers outside, as the bright sum
shine made the fast-going snow sparkle
with brilliancy on the beautiful hill tops
In the scenic country round about.
Breakfast over Major Mckinley started
on a tour through the train to make
morning call on his guests.
Il feel in splendid health" he said to the
Associated Press as he walked up to his
back, saying: Il thought you were going
to call upon me this morning, doctor but
| see 1 must do the calling
The doctor quickly rejoined that he was
glad his pc tient was progressing so we'll
Before Baltimore was reached the major
Joined a company of friends in the combi-
nation car and chatted and smoked The
last time he went to Washington was when
he was governor of Ohio three years ago
He was attacked with grip at Mr. Hanna's
ThomasvIle (GaD home and returned to
Columbus via Washington, where he called
on President Cleveland.
Looking out of the window the Presi-
dent-elect remarked that the scenes seem
ed very familiar to him. He had traversed
the road frequently. going to and from
Canton during the fourteen years he had
been in Congress.
His first act after arising this morning
was to call upon his mother in the car ad-
Joining his. She was seated at the break
fast table with Miss Helen Mckinley and
Mrs. Osborne CT Cleveland. while Mr. Webb
Hayes OF Cleveland did the honors.
Thousands In the Train Shed.
AT Baltimore the train sheds and viaducts
round about were covered with a crowd of
about 5000 persons. waving and cheering
dental car. An exceedingly warm greeting
was given Maj. Mckinley when he stepped
out on the rear platform and bowed his
acknowledgements. The crowd seemed anx-
ious to hear from the President-elect, but
no speech was made, the major simply
bowling and smiling.
The presidential party was met in the
monumental city by Mr.. and Mrs. Abner
Mckinley and daughter Mabel of New
York and Mr.. Charles G. Dawes. national
committeeman from Illinois. The train
was photographed at slow speed a few
miles out of Baltimore on the last forty
miles to Washington.
The representatives of the press ON the
Mckinley special expressed their hearty
appreciation of the excellent service on the
trip in the following:
The representatives of the press of tho
United States on the inaugural train ac
companying President-elect William Mo-
kinley from Canton to Washington March
and =. 1897, take this occasion to formally
attest their grateful appreciation of the
hospitality of the Pennsylvania companvr
and Of the courtesy of General Manager T.
F. Loree. Assistant General Passenger
Agent c. l.. Kimball and their subordinates
whose thoughtful attentions have made the
journey a memorable event in the history
of travel and added to the achievements -
one of the leading railroad systems of ths
world" 'e
HARART UEAVNS