The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
CUBAN TEACHERS ARRIVE
The Special Trains Reach the CITY
Shortly After Noon.
Escorted at Once to Various Hotels,
mai Reception at the White House
by the President at 800 o,CIeck.
fians for Their Entertainment.

| Inc PRESIDENT spent a quiet morning
| Senator Proctor of Vermont was the ouiy
Congressional caller The members of the
| Cuban Junta, headed by President Cisue
ros, had conference of half an hour and
| the President a number of persons
who desired 10 pay their respects
| The President and Mrs Mckinley will
leave on Thursday or Friday of next week
| for Chicago. The President has arranged
to attend the celebration OF the Grand
Army of the Republic from Saturday, Sep
tember 20, until the following Wednesday.
After the reunion, at which he will make
speech, the President will return 20 Can
ton With Mrs. Mckinley he viii be at
Somerset, Pa. on September u TO attend
the marriage of his niece, Miss Mabel Nc
! Kinley, and Dr. Baer.
The ceremony was originally planned to
| take place in the White House but that
arrangement has been changed and it viii
! be celebrated at the home of the brides
| father. Abner Mckinley. The President
and Mrs. Mckinley will be present as
guests, but viii not take any part in the
services.
The stay at Somerset will last for two
or three days, and the President viii i'm
| nediateiy return to Washington 10 look
| after public affairs here
The first section OF the train conveying
! the Cuban and Porto Rican teachers from
! New York TO this city arrived at the Balti-
more and Ohio depot this afternoon at 1.10
| o'clock. The second and third sections OF
| the tram bringing the remainder of the
complement of .337 members Of the party,
! pulled into the station shortly afterward.
| The guides, selected from the students of
| the High and Normal schools. assembled
| at the reeeDtion-room OF the station at
! lZ;1o o'clock and took the visitors in
| charge upon their arrival. Badges were
distributed TO the strangers who were then
| conducted directly to the electric cars in
waiting, and were conveyed TO the various
hotels where they viii be quarteTed dur
ing their stay in this city. The male
members OF the party were taken to the
! National Hotel and the ladies' were dis
tributed among the Ellsmere Oxford, and
Nendome hotels. Dinner was served to
the strangers at the hotels
At &:30 o'clock the visitors were received
by the President al the White House. The
parloTs We're tastefully d=coTa ted with flow
ers and potted plants from the White
House conservatory.
The reception this afternoon is an eIabo-
rate affair All the arrangements are of
the same character as for the most formal
evening receptions aaEng the winter The
President net MS little army Of guests in
the BiUs or Diplomatic psrlor, aud was
y
Gage, and Mrs. Charles t. Dawes Gen
eral wilson, formerly Chief of Engineers
al Havana. viii also be present
Each OF the 1897 Cuban teachers is 10
be presented separately 20 the President
and there viii then be an informal reception
in which al of the parlors of the White
House. specially decorated viii be at the
disposal OF the visitors. The Marine Band
viii give & concert in the conservatory and
afterwaTd II viii render the regular Sat
urday afternoon programme on the lawns
south of the White House.
The reception is still in progress No
address viii be made to the visitors by tne
President. After the reception. the guides
viii conduct the party 10 Glen Echo Park.
where a light collation. awaits them. In
the auditorium an address of welcome to
the city, will be made by Commissioner
Macfarland- The Vice President of the
Board OF Education George H. Harries,
viii also make a brief address. The visit
oTs viii be entertained with a concert by
HaIay's Band
Returning from Glen Echo the party
will be conducted direct to the Congress
siouaI Library which if found necessary.
Will be kept open until later hour than
usual for their convenience. Afterward
return to the hotels will be in order
where supper VIII be in waiting.
Sunday will be at the disposal of the
visitors TO spend as they may see fit Many
invitations have been extended TO them by
the Catholic churches of the city TO at
tend divine services, and it is expected
that large number Will pass part OF the
Sabbath in that manner.
The return to New York will be MADE
tomorrow evening. beginning at o'clock,
when the first section or the train which
Will convey them to the metropolis viii
leave the Pennsylvania depot. The second
ard third sections of the train viii follow
at intervals OF ten minutes
Free transportation for the visitors in
the electric cars has been rendered 10 the
party in their trips about the city. by the
Washington Traction and Electric Com
pany. Major Sylvester has arranged to
have (. detail of police at such points as
the strangers are expected to visit during
their stay in the city.