The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-03

major joined a company of friends IN
the combination car and chatted and
| smoked The last time he went 10
! Washington was when he was governor
| OF Ohio three years ago. He was at
| tackled with grip at Mr.. Hanna's Thorn
asville. Georgia, home and returned to
| Columbus via Washington, where he
called on President Cleveland.
| Looking out Of the car window, the
| president-elect remarked that the scenes
seemed very familiar to him. He had
traversed the road frequently going to
and from Canton during the fourteen
years ne had been in congress.
| His first act after arising this morn
! ing was 10 call upon his mother in the
car adjoining his. She was seated al
| the breakfast table with Miss Helen Nc
| Klnley and Mrs. Osborne, of Cleveland
while Mr.. Webb Hayes Of Cleveland did
the honors.
At Baltimore the train sheds and via
| ducts rounda bout were covered with a
crowd of about 5000 people waving and
| cheering and trying TO get a glance al
| the presidential car. An exceedingly
warm greeting was given Major McKin-
ley when he stepped out on the rear
| platform and bowed his acknowledg-
ments. The crowd seemed anxious 10
hear from the president-elect. but nc
| speech was made, the major simply bow
| ing and smiling.
The presidential party was met in the
monumental city by Mr.. and Mrs. Alb
| ner 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 20 Washington.
HOBART'S JOURNEY.
Paterson, n. j., March 2.-Vice Presi-
dent-elect Garret A. Hobart. Mrs. Ho-
| bart and Carrot A. Hobart, Jr., left here
al 10 a. m, on their journey 10 Wash
| irgton. The party occupied special car
attached to the regular train on the New
York, Susquehanna and Western rail-
read and at Jersey City was transferred
| to a special train on the Central rail-
| road of New Jersey.
| 1t was the request of Mr.. Hobart to his
| fellow-townsmen that there should be no
public demonstration in view of his de-
parture. In spite of this, however.
crowd gathered about his residence early
| in the day and waited in the street un I'll
| the family appeared and entered the car
| riage which was 10 convey them to the
station. The streets through which the
| carriage passed to the station were
crowded with people who cheered Justify.
AS the train started for Jersey City, Mr..
| Hobart stood on the rear platform or his
private car, his son beside him, and
bowed 10 the crowd, which cheered and
| waved hats and hands.
Washington, March 1.-The Royal
Blue Line train which brought Vice
President-elect Hobart and party 10
Washington from New York over the
Jersey Central. Reading. and Baltimore
and Ohio railroads, reached here 9:23 p
m, having made the run in four hours
and twenty-three minutes, the best time
on record The run from Baltimore 10
washington, thirty-nine miles, was
made in thirty-six minutes, also the
record time for this division. The en-
CINE which made the recOrd-breakinS
trip on the Washington and Baltimore
division bore the ominous number 1873
1t has been on the road about six
months and is regarded by the officials
as wonderful machine. having been
Systematically cutting down the records
between Philadelphia and Washington,
where il has been speeded recently. Its
performances today. however, broke all
its own records. Taking out time for
stops. the total run OF 231 miles from
New York to Washington was made IN
a35 minutes. The trip was without in
cidert save that the people crowded the
stations along the route over the Jersey
Central. Reading. and Baltimore and
Ohio. and cheered the train Is Il passed
and flocked about il when it stopped
No spseches were made, but at Phila-
delphia the party went to the rear plat
| form OF the train and were introduced
one by one to the crowd in waiting. Al
ter leaving Philadelphia the party sat
down TO a bountiful luncheon which was
not completed when the train reached
Washington.
Engineer Alspaugh and Conductor
Grill. with engine 407. drew the train to
1 D0.ldQ64Dlld.
J Conductor Petit. With engine 1913,
brought il the rest OF the way. General
Passenger Agent Baldwin OF the Jersey
CeatraI accompanied the party through
| out The trip and Superintendent Bent OF
philadelphia and Spurrier OF Baltimore.
| together with number OF Baltimore
and ohio officials, joined al Philadel-
| phia.
Besides TIE vice presiGsn,-elect. his
! wife and son. the party was made up o,
| the following state officials: Hon John
| ". G-iggs. governor OF New Jersey. and
| wife: General william 6. Stryker. sdju-
| rant general: General Richard A Don
rslly. quartermaster general: General
Joseph ". Condor. Inspector general;
| General Bird ". Spencer. inspector gen
ersl OF rife practice; General Edward
P. Meaney. Judge advocate general; Col
/ onei William Barbour. side-de-csmp:
Colonel Henry A Porter. ai6s-de-csm mp:
| Colonel Anthony r. Kuse-. slde-ie-
camp: Colonel Nathan Rsiaes. ai5s-ds-
camp: Mr.. and Mrs. Albert A Wucox
4 Paterson, and NJ. and Mrs 2. 2.
Bell o. Paterson
The vice p-esiient-elsct and his wife
! brought sixteen trunks with them.
When me party left the depot they
Nere driven az once % The Arlington.
xhe-e apartments had been reserved f0T
hem near those occupied By the family
= M Marx Hanna
CHICAGOfS DELEGATION.
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members - ere Marquette club % iais
| city ana trel- friends IL; a. z39 , N
lve- the Pennsylvania T1sa- !; vas a
rsgy busy dzy a. he railroad station
ind su he eastern tines had q heavy
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