The times., 1899-10-05
THE PRESIDENT DEPARTS.
win Members of the Cabinet He
Leaves for the West.

with Members of the Cabinet He
Leaves for the West.
PRESIDENT Mckinley and Il distinguished
party left the city at S:57 o'clock last night
on special train over the Pennsylvania
road for the West. The party is expected
to return on October 10 or 20 President
Mckinley was accompanied by all the
members of the Cabinet, with the oxcep-
ton OF Secretary Gage, who is already alb
sent from the city, and who is expected
to join the President and his guests at
Chicago
The President arrived at the station
shortly before 9 o'clock The train was
made up and ready to pull out at the
signal of the conductor The train was in
charge of d. ~. Bell. 1t was composed of
SIX cars, the Atlantic" a combination
car; the t'Ixion," Pullman sleeper; the
'Gilsey," and the "Owena,'' compartment
cars, and the "Campania," which was pro-
vided for the use of President Mckinley.
Inc Canpania was made up of three
compartments and two sections-dning
room, observation parlor. and kitchen. 1t
is lighted by electricity and is one of the
hnest cars. in the Pennsylvania service.
There were few who knew of the exact
SAAA-C Vi ING cSIutilL anu tue
group which saw the train steam out of the
station was made up of his official friends
and few newspaper men. Besides the
members of the Cabinet who left with the
President, the party was composed of Mrs.
Hitchcock, wife of the Secretary of the
Interior; George u. Cortelyou, Assistant
Secretary ito the Pesident; Col. Perry
Heath, Assistant Postmaster General; DR..
J. +. Findley, formerly President of Knox
College, Galesburg. H.; Victor L. Mason,
Secretary to the Secretary OF War; C. E.
Dawson, Secretary 10 the Postmaster Cen
eral; B. f. Barnes, Executive Clerk at the
White House; DR.. p. NJ. Rixey, the Presi-
dents physician, and representatives Of
the three press associations. Two repre-
sentatives CT illustrated papers will join
the party later Among those at the sta
ton to see the party depart were Adiutant
General Corbin, John Addison Porter, Sec
retary to the President, and Mr.. Pruden,
Assistant Secretary.
The train will go west by way of Can
ten. Miss Mary Barber, the Presidents
niece. is to join the party there. From
Canton the trip will be made through
Akron and Fostoria to Fort Wayne,
Ind; thence by way of Logansport,
Ind, Decatur, and Springfield, H., to
Quincy. H., which will be reached on Fri
day, October g. At Quincy the President
will visit the Soldiers Home and partici-
pate in exercises which have been arrang-
ed by the citizens OF that city. Peoria. H..
will be reached at 2:45 that afternoon, and
stop of few hours will be made, en-
abing the President and party to partici-
pate in the dedication of the Soldiers Mon
unent and attend the Corn Exposition and
Carnival. Galesburg, Ill.,, viii be reached
Friday night. and on Saturday morning the
President will deliver an address at the
exercises incident to the anniversary of
one of the Lincoln and Douglas debates.
Chicago viii be reached Saturday after
noon, and a stay Will be made there dur
ing the greater part of the fall festival and
other exercises.
Late Tuesday night, October 10, the
President and party will leave for Evans
Vile, Ind, to attend the reunion of the
Blue and Grey. From Evansville they
will go direct to Minneapolis, passing
through Chicago, arriving at Minneapolis
on the morning of the 18th to participate
in the welcome to the Thirteenth Mime
sofa Volunteers Extensive preparations
have been made for the Presidents recep-
tion at Minneapolis and St. Paul From
st. Paul the trip extends to West Superior
Wis, and Duluth, Mimi, the latter city
being reached on the morning of the 18th:
Fargo, N. D., that afternoon, where a
stop viii be made until about $50 D. M,
affording the President an opportunity to
review some of the North Dakota Volun-
teers, and Aberdeen, S. D., will be reached
on the morning of October Ii.
The President will there revew the
South Dakota Volunteers, the citizens OF
South Dakota having made special efforts
to, bring the regiment home by that day
Leaving Aberdeen at II a. m. on the sl4th
the party will go by way OF Sioux Falls
to Yankton, thence to Sioux City, Iowa.
reaching the last named city during the
early evening.
Leaving Sioux City late Sunday night and
going by way of Dubuque, Iowa Galena.
ILL.,. Madison and Waukesha, Wis, Mil
waukee will be reached on the evening of
the 18th Leaving Milwaukee at II a. M
on the 18th an interesting day run will be
made through Racine, Kenosha, and Wau-
kegan to Kalamazoo Mich.
Cleveland, Ohio. will be reached on the
morning of the 18th. Leaving Cleveland
in the afternoon the President will go by
way of Warren and Niles, Ohio, to Youngs-
town. where he is to attend the wedding
of his nephew. The party will leave
Youngstown on the evening of the 18th,
and Washington will be reached ON the
18th or goth.