Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-05
PRESIDENT MKINLEY STARTS on
HIS CHICAGO TRIP.
WILL BE AWAY TWO WEEKS
ENTIRE CABINET Is ACCOMPANYING
THE PRESIDENT.
ChicnEO's Festivities In Which Mr..
Mckinley Is to Participate, Were
InauEurnted Last Night
Minister Mariscal to
Arrive Friday.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 4-President and
Mrs. Mckinley and party. including the
entire cabinet. left Washington at ? O'Clock
tonight for a half months trip TO Chicago
and the Northwest. The president arrived
at the station few minutes before
time for departure. and. with Mrs. Nc
kinley leaning on his arm. walked briskly
down the entire length of the train shed,
frequently acknowledging the salutes of
small crowd OF spectators. The first stop
of the party will be at Baltimore. where
the engine will be changed. The train
which will be the home of the distinguished
party throughout the trip is one of the
most sumptuously equipped ever run from
the Pennsylvania station. 1t consits of the
private car Campania, occupied by the
president and his wife: the combination
car Atlantic, sleeper Ixon. compartment
cars Chilli and Omena. the last two for the
use of the cabinet, all of whom were on
the train except Secretary Gage. who is in
the West. and the diner Gilsey.
CHICAGO. Oct. with music. streams
of light and patriotic enthusiasm Chicagos $
fall festival was formally opened this even
ing in the presence of vast throng. At
s o'clock the cords binding the banners
lining both sides of the court OF honor
were cut and 250G9 yards of red and white
bunting were released. Ten minutes later
the festoons connecting the Venetian masts
decorated with u,J01 incandescent bulbs
were glowing with light, and State street.
between Van Buren and Lake streets, pre-
sented a brilliant picture
At o'clock a promenade concert was
given at Madison and State streets. The
court of honor was packed with an i'm
mense throng Of curious sightseers until
midnight.
TtN,-s
the Mexican band play, but went away dis
appointed. Through misunderstanding
the Mexican organization did not partlc-
ipate in the promenade concert in the court
of honor as had been announced, and a To-
ca! band was substituted.
The electric light decorations on State
street are beyond anything in that line ever
attempted before in Chicago. and, although
not all CT them were in order tonight, the
effect was beautiful The evening concerts
and illumination will comprise the festival
programme until the arrival of President
Mckinley on Saturday night, when the first
parade, that of the b!cyclists, will be held
Vice President Mariscal with the Mexi-
can party will arrive here Friday. Gov
ernor Tanner and staT will meet them at
MattOon. Ill. accompanying the party to
Chicago. y letter received to-day from the
Chinese minister announces that the latter
ana two secretaries will accompany the
diplomatic corps from Washineion IN mis-
city.
Arrangements for the banquet in honor
of Postmaster General Smith at the Audi
t0rium, october To- have been complsIed
Five hundred postmasters from various
parts of the country will be in attendance.
The list Of speakers for the banquet and
the toasts to which they will respond is as
follows:
Toastmaster. Charles L. Gordon: THE
President" Charles Emory Smith: Post
office Management. Perry S. Heath, first
assistant postmaster general: Railway
schallenberger, second assistant postlnast-
er general; Registry and Special Delivery
Systems. Edwin C. Madden. third assist
ant postmaster general: The Postmaster S
Detroit; The Executive officer in the
Postoftice, Joseph Crow. postmaster
Omaha; The Clerical Service Thomas
l. Hicks. postmaster. Philadelphia; The
Early Days of the Railway Mail Serv-
Ice" f. w Keys, postmaster Madison.
| Wis; The Country Postmaster" Richard
Veterans of the Postal Service General
Smith d. Atkins. postmaster, Freeport H.
| SAN ANTONIO, TEN. Oct. 4.-The hand
some special train bearing Minister Maris-
party, arrived here this afternoon from
| Eagle Pass. which place they had left
| shortly after II o'clock this morning. There
We're nearly 1000 people at the depot to
| meet the distinguished party. The train
| stopped here for an hour and during that
time a continual stream Of people rushed
through the train to shake Vice President
| Mariscals hand. The party held a levee
on the back platform of the rear coach
and when the train pulled into the depot
the party barred their heads to the i'm
| mense throng of people which surrounded
| the coach. Minister Mariscal thanked all
Of the people for their courteous treatment
| and expressed regret at not being able to
| prolong his stay in this city
| The train left for Houston. the next
stop. at 5 o'clock AS the train slowly
passed Fort Sam Houston. an ambas-
sador's salute of nineteen guns was fired
| by Battery X, First artillery.