The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-16

Washington, April 13.-The president,
Mrs. Mckinley and party will leave
Washington by the Southern railway
Monday morning, April 18th at 10:3 80
o'clock for tour to the Pacific coast
and return, covering a period of be-
tween six and seven weeks. They will
have a train consisting of a private
car for the president and Mrs. McKin-
ley, two Pullman compartment cars,
two Pullman sleepers, a dining car, and
a combination car. Colonel L. S.
Brown, general agent of the Southern
railway, will accompany the party from
here to New Orleans, and from New
o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Southern Pacific lines.
The members of the cabinet will ac-
company the president, with the eXcep-
tion of Secretaries Gage and Root and
Attorney General Knox, the personnel
including the secretary and Mrs. Hay,
the postmaster general and Mrs. Smith,
the secretary and Mrs. Long, the Sec
retary and Mrs. Hitchcock, the secre-
tary and Miss Wilson, Miss Mary Bar
Der, Mr.. Henry 7. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A. Moore, the secretary and
Mrs. Cortelyou, DR.. and Mrs. RiXey,
Assistant Secretary Barnes, Mr.. M. A.
Dignam, several stenographers, repre-
Sentatives of the press associations,
three illustrated weeklies, the Wash
ington dalies, and probably a represen-
tative of the press of San Francisco.
The party will also be accompanied by
Mr.. Marean, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at Wash
ington, and Mr.. Ribble, manager of the
Postal Telegraph Gable Company.
The train will go by way of Alexan>
dria, Charlottesville, Lynchburg and
Roanoke, Va, Huntsville, Decatur
and Tuscumbia, Ala, and Corinth,
Miss, arriving at Memphis, Tenn,
4:30 o'clock p. m, Tuesday, April 30th.
A stay of several hours will be made
in Memphis, the party leaving there
during the night for New Orleans, go
ing by way of Vicksburg and Jackson,
reaching New Orleans 4:30 o'clock p. m.
the first OF May and remaining there
On the evening of May 1st, the presi-
dent will attend a banquet and will
probably deliver a short address. On
the End the party will go for drive,
visiting in it's course the Cabildo, the
old building which was the seat of the
Spanish and French governments and
which witnessed the transfer of SOW
in m and
from France to United States. After
luncheon a boat ride will be taken on
the Mississippi.
The next stop will be at Houston,
Texas, on the morning of the 3rd.
Later in the day stop will be made
at Prairieview to accommodate the
colored industrial college located there.
and from there the train will go to Aus
tin.
Sunday the 5th and Monday morning
will be spent in FL Paso. From FL
Paso the party will go By way of Mari
copa, Ari., to Phoenix, reaching there
Yearly in the morning Of May 7th and
remaining until late in the afternoon,
devoting part of the time TO an inspec-
ton of the wonderful system of irri-
CATION which is in operation in the VI
cinity of Phoenix
Wednesday morning, May Sth, the
president and party will arrive at Red
lands, Cal, where they will be met by
the governor of California, and other
prominent officials and citizens. The
party will arrive in San Fancfsco
Tuesday, May 14th, and remain until
the following Monday. The programme
for the stay there includes the launch
ing of the battleship Ohio. on Satur-
day.
Sunday will be spent in rest, and on
Monday morning the party will leave
San Francisco for Portland, Oregon.
Thursday morning, the 23rd. the pres
ident will leave Portland at 8 o'clock Tor
Tacoma; Seattle and Spokane. The
party will then go to Butte and Helena
After several hours in Helena the train
will run to Cinnabar during the night,
and the following morning the party
will be taken by stage to Yellow Stone
park. Between two and three days will
be spent in the park and if the weather
is favorable visit will be made to the
canon of the Yellow Stone.