The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-06
me Through His Home City
On His Way to Lay Corner
stone i'm Chicago.
|yO HUNDRED AT DEPOT.
Speechmaking but the President
Shook Hands With Many.
AKRON DELEGATION

y 4 me Down to Escort the Party as Far as
That City, where It Is Expected the
President Will Make
Speech - Miss Barber
n Joins the Party.
1.-THE special luxuriously furnished
brain of Pullman cars conveying Presi-
INT Mckinley and party through this
BY arrived at the Ft. Wayne station
Y Eomptly at 11:3C. The crowd at the
\ V,pot was not composed of more than
flerhaps two hundred people and these
Swere mostly ladies and crowd OF
friends who were there to bid farewell
to Miss Mary Barber, who got on the
train as soon as it pulled into the depot.
A local committee of prominent Repub-
licans met the president when the train
stopped and ascended the steps and
shook hands with him and then entered
the car and accompanied him to the G.
II. G. ". transfer. The president bowed
kindly to the crowd present and several
times stepped down upon the platform
and shook hands with those about the
rear end of the last car. There was no
loud demonstration but the few min
utes which were passed were mainly
devoted to greetings by the president to
those surrounding the car. Miss Barber
was costumed in a plain travelling gown
and carried beautiful bunch of roses
and smilax which she was seen to pre-
sent to Mrs. Mckinley after she had
entered the car.
Considerable time was spent in max
ing the transfer at the c. T. &c V. switch
and the train which was scheduled to
leave the depot at 11:45 did not leave
until after IL o'clock, without making
any long stop at the G. II. & V. depot.
\ The committee from this city descende
n from the train at that place and the
train sped onward, after receiving few
kind words from the president.
| AKRON COMMITTEE.
A committee of distinguished Akron
gentlemen came down on the morning
train over the c. II. & V. road to meet
the president and party and escort
them to the Summit county metropolis
Mn the narty were Messrs. A. Wagner
Judge u. l.. Marvin, Judge N. d. It'd
4 balls l.. c. Miles, DR.. L. e. Sisler, Hon
4 George w. Seiber, H. M. Higglesberger
'NSand Frank Adams. They boarded the
Cttrain at the c. T. & V. switch and went
t(with the president north.
Ul THE ITINERARY.
n From Canton the route is through
I Akron and Fostoria to Fort Wayne
\ Ehence by way Of Logansport, Ind, De
y jGature and Springfield, Ills, to Quincy
n Ills, which will be reached tomorrow
4 [ Oct 6. AT Quincy the president vii
visit the Soldiers home and participate
in exercises which have been arranged
J by the citizens of that city. Peoria, Ills.
will be reached at 2:45 that afternoon
and stop of few hours will be made
enabling the president and party to par
tlclpate III the dedication of the soldiers
monument and attend the Corn exposi
tion and carnival. Galesburg, Ills, will
be reached tomorrow night and on Sat
urday morning the president will de-
liver an address at the exercises Incl
dent to the anniversary of one of til.
Lincoln and Douglas debates.
Chicago will be reached Saturday
afternoon and a stay will be made there
during the greater part Of the fall festi.
val and other exercises. Late Tuesday
night, Oct 10, the president and party
will leave for Evansville, Ind. to attend
the reunion of the blue and gray. From
Evansville they will go direct to Mime.
apolls, passing through Chicago, arriv.
ing at Minneapolis on the morning OF
the 18th to participate in the welcome
to the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers.
From st. Paul the trip extends tc
West Superior, Wis, and Duluth,
Mimi. the latter city being reached or
the morning of the 18th, Fargo, N. D.,
/ that afternoon, where a stop will be
\ Nmade until about $3.50 p. m, affording
. the president an opportunity TO review
some of the North Dakota volunteers,
and Aberdeen, S. D., will be reached
on the morning Of Octs IA. The presi,
dent will there review the South Da
kota volunteers. Leaving Aberdeen at
Il:30 a. m, on the l4th, the party will!
go by way of Sioux Falls to Yankton,
thence to Sioux City, Ia, reaching the
last named city during the early even:
lng. Leaving Sioux City late Sunday
night and going by way of Dubuque.
Ia, Galena Ills. Madison and Wauke.
sha, Wis, Milwaukee will be reached
on the evening Of the 10th.
Leaving Milwaukee at II u. IN. on
the 18th an interesting day.run will
! be made through Racine. Kenosha aud
\ Waukegan to Kalamazoo, Mich, Oleve.
land will be reached on the morning of
the 18th. Leaving Cleveland in tho
afternoon the president will 40 by way
of Warren and Niles, o., 10 Youngs-
town, o., 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