Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-15
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The President Will Leave This Afternoon for
Boston.
Elaborate Arrangements Completed
for the Trip - May Address
the Legislature.

President Mckinley will leave Washing
ton this afternoon at ) o'clock in a special
train over the Pennsylvania railroad for
Boston, where he VIII attend the annual
banquet of the Home Market Club tomor-
row night. The train will arrive in Boston
at 10 am. tomorrow. He will be accom-
panied by Secretary Long. Secretary Afger,
Secretary Bliss. Postmaster General Smith,
Mr.. Porter, secretary to the President and
Assistant Secretary Cortelyou. The party
will be Joined in Boston by Secretary Gage,
who will go to the hub direct from Chicago.
The arrangements for the trip are perfect
in their char9 cter for the comfort of those
who will enjoy It, and all the facilities of
the Pennsylvania and the luxuries of the
Pullman services have been strained to
make the journey memorable one. The
President has been invited to attend the
session of the Massachusetts legislature
during his visit to Boston, that body hav-
ing passed resolution extending the invi-
tation. but no decision has been reached as
to its acceptance. and will not be until Bos-
ton is reached. In event of the President
acceding to the desire of the Massachusetts,
legislature his visit will be entirely in
formal.
A Local HOEscbreaker PardOned.
The President has granted a pardon to
Charles F. Banks. who pleaded guilty in
the District Criminal Court February s,
1893, to two indictments for housebreaking
ard was sentenced to twelve years i'm
prisonment in the Albany penitentiary
Banks who was tWenty-seven years old
when sentenced. was the leader of a band
of five housebreakeTs who had committed
many GeDredatiOEs in the District and
through Virginia. Banks term would have
expired October IL, 1900. He is dying of
consumption, and the pardon was granted
on this account.
The President has also RENTED the fine
of 800 imposed on Elkanoh Turner, con-
was also given two months in jail He has
served the sentence, and was released to-
day on a Geographic notification from the
Department of Justice.
The President Spares a Soldiers Life.
Private John Nofwit, Company II, 7th
United States Volunteer Infantry, having
been tried and found guilty of murder, in
violation of the fifty-eighth article of war,
by a general court--nartial convened at
Camp Haskell. Macon. Ca, was sentenced
ito suffer death by being shot at such time
and place as may be designated by the re-
viewing authority" The record of the pro-
ceedings of the general court-martial in
this case having been submitted to the
President for his action, he commuted the
sentence of death to dishonorable discharge
from the service, FORGETTING all pay and
allowances due him, and to Imprisonment
for life. The United States penitentiary,
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, was designated
as the place of confinement.
Those Who Saw the President.
The Secretary of War and thu Secretary
of Agriculture Wee among the Presidents
early callers this morning. Their visits
were on matters of detail connected with
their respective departments. Chief Justice
Fuller was also a caller, and the Senate
was represented by Senator Platt of New
York, Senator Elkins of West Virginia and
Senator Gray of Delaware. Representative
Grosvenor had an extended consultation
with the President, and other members
of the lower house who saw the chief ex-
ecutive were Representatives Hit of ILL.,
nois, Cochran of Missouri, Berry of Ken
lucky and Adamson of Georgia.
Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn
was a noontime caller and brought an i'm
posing bundle of documents with him,
He was but a minute in the Presidents
room and, leaving the papers retired at
once. The character of the documents was
hot developed.