Evening star., 1898-10-10
GOING TO OMAHA
Special Trains Leave for the Western
Exposition.
A DISTINGUISHED PARTY ON TIE WAY
The President to Leave Canton,
Ohio, Tonight.
HIS CABINET TO JOIN HIM

Two special trains left Washington at S
O'Clock this morning for Omaha One went
over the Pennsylvania railroad and the
other over the Baltimore and Ohio road.
They will arrive in Omaha at about the
same time tomorrow evening.
The Pennsylvania train is known as the
Presidents train. The President and Mrs.
Mckinley. If she is able to do so, will JOIN
the train at Canton tonight. The Presi-
dents special car will be attached at that
point.
The personnel of the Presidents party
is: The President, Mrs. Mckinley, Secre-
tary Bliss, Secretary Wilson, Miss Wilson,
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, Secretary
Porter, Assistant Secretary Cortelyou, Capt
and Mrs Lafayette McWilliams, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. N. Babcock. At Omaha this party
will be Joined by Secretary and Mrs. Gage,
Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith. At
Chicago Secretary and Mrs. Alger will be
taken on and will make the eastern trip
with the President.
Military and Diplomatic Party.
The Baltimore and Ohio train was made
up of Wagner sleepers and other special
cars. The following named had been in
vited to constitute the party: Maj. Gen.
Miles, and Col. Francis Michler, Col. VIM.
Whitney (secretary), staff officers; Mrs.
Miles, Maj. Gen. w R. Shafter, two aids
and valet: Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the
Misses Wheeler, Brig. Gen. A. w. Greedy,
chief signal officer; Mrs. Greedy. Brig. Gen.
c. F. Humphrey Mrs Humphrey Miss
Humphrey, Mrs. Mary Howland, Maj. and
Mrs. Heistand and Miss Martin. Mr.. Will
liam Osborn, Army sand Navy Register:
Commodore J. w. Philip, U. S. N; Capt.
Arthur Pagrt, naval attache, British en-
bassy; Dr. R. w. Baker, U. S. A. Mrs.
Baker, Mrs. J. V. Creighton, Senator ]. NJ.
Thurston, J. D. Yeomans interstate COM
merce commission; Prof.W. L. Moore, chief
of the weather bureau and Mrs. Moore: DR..
w. T. Harris, commissioner Of education,
and Mrs. Harris Col. James A. Sexton,
commander-in-chief, G. A. R.: G. R. Butlin,
secretary: A. ]. Leonard, secretary; George
Scott, messenger.
Diplomatic Corps.
Mr.. WI Ting-Fang, Chinese minister plen-
ipotentiary: Mrs. WI Ting-Fang, maid,
Master WI Cho Chu Mr. Chow Tsz-Chi,
Mr.. Hwang Chung-Huli, Mr.. Ii Kwang-
Hang, secretaries; the minister's steward;
DR.. Garcia Marau. minister Argentine Re-
public: Mr.. Brasil. minister from Brazil;
Mr. Oliveira Lima, first secretary, Brazilian
legation: Mr.. Chin Pom Ye, Corean minis
ter plenipotentiary; Mrs. Chin Pom Ye,
Master We Ching Ye. Mr.. Tam f. Ye sec
retary; Mr.. Henry Guillaume; Gonzalo De
Quesada, charge daffaires, Cuban junta;
Mrs. Quesada, Miss Quesada.
Representatives of the Press.
w. E. Amin, Philadelphia Ledger: Geo.
Grantham Balm, Harpers Weekly; Freder-
ic Benzinger, Chicago Times Herald W. F.
Curtis. Chicago Record Louis Garthe. Bal
timore American; c. A. Hamilton. Sioux
City Journal: James 8. Henry, Philadel-
phia Press; Raymond Patterson. Chicago
Tribune: Frank Richardson, Baltimore Sun;
George w. Rouzer New York Herald: John
S. Shriver, New York Mail and Express;
c. Snyder, Omaha Bee; Howard n.
Thompson, Associated Press: c. s. Albert,
New York World; J. H. Maddy press
agent, Baltimore and Ohio.
President and MIS-. Mckinley left here over
the Pennsylvania railroad at 7:20 o'clock
Saturday night for Canton, where they
will attend the funeral of Mrs. McKinley's
brother. George Saxton, shot dead on the
porch of a house where he was calling
With them were several relatives, Miss Hell
en- Mckinley. Mr.. and Mrs. Bowman, Mrs.
Barber and her son, MIR. John Barber, and
Maj. Webb Hayes. The party Travelled in
the private car Campania, which was at
tached to the rear of the regular western
express. John Barber nephew of the Pres
ident, who was recently brought back from
the front with well-developed case of ty-
phoid fever and who is now convalescent
was brought down from the Garfield Hos
pital in a carriage and borne in litter to
the car, where he was carefully placed in
a comfortable quarter, in care of an at
terdant.
The train arrived at Canton at 1925
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