The evening times., 1898-10-10
THE OMAHA EXPOSITION
Two Distinguished Parties
Leave Washington.
PILGRIMS OF PROMINENCE
One gEssin Bears the Members of
the Cabinet and Their Families.
Another Carries Diplomats-Army
and Navy Officers and Newspaper
Men.

sylvania Railroad and the other over
the Baltimore and Ohio carrying the
Presidential party and members of the
diplomatic corps, army and navy Off
GERS, and newspaper men, left Washing
ton this morning at O'Clock for
Omaha, where the distinguished tour
lists will view the Trans ns-Mississippi Ex-
position.
The train over the Pennsylvania car
ried the members of the Cabinet and
their wives and daughters. The other
special contained the diplomats, army
and navy officers, and newspaper men.
The Presidents train consisted of the
Pullman sleepers Glen Eyre, I" "Brut-
u.s. Cleopatra and a combination
baggage and buffet car
The list announced of those who
would travel on this train is as fol-
lows:
The President and Mrs. Mckinley. Sec
retary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary and Mrs
Alger, Postmaster General and Mrs
Smith Secretary Bliss. Secretary Wilson
and Miss Wilson, Mr.. Porter, secretary
to the President; Mr.. Courtefyou, assist
ant secretary to the President; Assistant
Secretary Meikeljohn, Capt Lafayette
Mr. and Mrs. W. n. Babcock.
The President and Mrs. Mckin ey. how
ever, were not the only persons on lis
list who did not make the complete trip.
The others were Secretary and Mrs. Gage
and Postmaster General and Mrs. smith,
who are now in the West. They Will join
the party at Chicago on the return trip
Capt. and Mrs. McWilliams VIII boaro
the train at the same city. west bound
The train over the Baltimore and Ohio
road comprised the Wagner sleeping cars
Hectic" Kara" and -.Potosi' and pri-
vate car No. 403 of the Northwestern Kali
road. which was occupied by Gen. Miles
and his staff
On b0rd this train were:
Major Gen Miles. Staff officers-Col.
Francis Michler. Col William NJ. Black,
Col. Samuel Reber, Capt. W. Fl. Whit
ney; Gen. Miles secretary, Mrs. Miles,
Brig Gen. A. W. Greedy, chief signal
officer: Mrs. Greely, Miss Greely, Brig.
Gen. c. F. Humphrey. Mrs. Humphrey,
Miss Humphrey, Commodore ]. w. Phil
ip. L. 9. N; Capt Arthur Paget naval
attache. British embassy; DR.. r. W. Ba-
ker. L. S. A; Mrs. Baker, Mrs ]. V.
Creighton, Senator ]. NJ Thurston, Hon.
J. D. Ysomans. Interstate Commerce
Commission: Prof. w. L. Moore, chief
Weather Bureau: Mrs. Moore, DR.. W. I.
Harris, commissioner of education; Mrs.
Harris. Gen James A Sexton. COM
mander-in-chief G. A. R.; G. r. Butifn,
secretary: A. J. Leonard secretary;
George Scott, messenger.
Mr.. wu Tfng-Fang. Chinese minister
plenipotentiary; Mrs. Wu Ting-Fang.
maid. Master WI Cho Chu. Mr.. Chow
Tsz-Chi, MIR. Hwang Chung-Huh, Mr.. Ii
Kwang- Hang, secretaries; the minister 5
steward: Mr. Chin Pom Ys, Korean min
ister plenipotentiary; Mrs. Ching Pom fe,
Master We Chong Ye, Mr.. Tam z. Ye,
secretary: Mr.. Henry Guillaume, Dr.
Martin Garcia Merou. Argentine minister;
Mr.. Antonio del Viso. first secretary Ar
gentine legation; Gonzalo De Quesada,
charge d. afraires Cuban Junta; DR.. Car
cia Marau. minister Argentine republic;
Mr.. Brasil. minister from Brazil: Mr..
Oiiveira Lima, first secretary Brazilian
legation: Major and Mrs. Heistand and
Miss Martin, Mr. William Osborn, Army
and Navy Register: George Grantham
Balm, Harper's Weekly; Frederick Ben
ringer. Chicago Times-Herald; w E.
Curtis. Chicago Record: Louis Garthe.
Baltimore American; C. a. Hamilton.
Sioux City Journal; James S. Henry.
Philadelphia Press; Raymond Patterson.
Baltimore Sun; George W. Rouzer.
New York Herald; John S. Shriver. New
York Mail and Express: E. c. Snyder
Omaha Bee; Howard n. Thompson, Asso-
ciated Press; C. s. Albert. New York
World: J. H. Maddy, press agent Balti-
more and Ohio Road.
The two trains will arrive in Omaha
at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning.
They will run over the tracks of the
Northwestern from Chicago to Omaha.
The two distinguished parties will
reach Omaha in time to witness the
Ak Sar Ben electrical parade, to be held
Wednesday morning. This will be a
picturesque affair. and the managers of
the exposition are especially anxious
that the President and those who ac-
company him shall see 1t.
Wednesday will be known at the ex-
position as the Presidents Day"
Exercises will be held on the exposi-
ton grounds commemorative of the Ie-
turn of peace. The President will then
shake hands with those present. Thurs
day will be Army and Navy Day,
when several speeches will be delivered
by army and navy officers. The follow
ing day has been designated as Civil
Government Day Assistant Secretary
Mefkleiohn and Senior Quesada will de-
| liver speeches.
After reviewing the exposition. the
| President will start East from Omaha
| over the Chicago, Burlington and Quin-
| cy Railroad on the evening of Thursday,
| October Is, via Springfield. H.
| While in Chicago the President will at
| tend the peace jubilee. On Wednesday
night he will leave Chicago for Indian
| apolis and will then come East, arriving
| in Washington on the evening of Sat
| urday. October %.
| The train bearing the diplomatic, ar
| my, navy and newspaper party will leave
| Omaha at midnight of Friday, October
IA. 1t will arrive in Chicago twelve hours
later and in Washington at o'clock on
! the afternoon of Sunday, October Is.