The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-16
THROUGH DIXIE TO
THE GOLDEN GATE
Program For McKinley's
Pacific Coast Tour.
liz cTApTc IAcT AppIl
HE STARTS LAST OF APRIL
Will Cross Twenty Three States and
Two Territories.
AND TRAVEL OVER TEN THOUSAND MILES
The Tour Will Occupy Between Six and Seven
Weeks. He Will Have Special Train
and the Cabinet VIII Accom-
nanY Him.
pany Him.
(By the Associated Press.)

washington, April 13.-'rt1e President,
Mrs. Mckinley and party will leave
Washington by the Southern Railway
Monday morning, April 18th, at 1880
o'clock for G tour to the Pacific coast
and return covering period of between
six and seven weeks. They will have
a train consisting of private car for
the President and Mrs. Mckinley. two
Pullman compartment cars, two Pull
man sleepers, dining car and combi-
nation car. Colonel L. ) Brown, Gen
eral Agent of the Southern Railway,
will accompany the party from here To
New Orleans and from New Orleans
to Portland, Oregon, Mr.. E. o. McCor-
mick, passenger traffic manager OF
the Southern Pacific lines.
The members of the Cabinet will ac-
company the President, with the ex
ception of Secretaries Gage and Root
and Attorney General Knox, the person.
mel including Secretary and Mrs. Hay
Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith,
! Secretary and Mrs. Long and Mrs
Hitchcock. Secretary and Miss Wilson,
Miss Mary Barber, Mr.. Henry t. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Moore. Sec
rotary and Mrs. Cortelyou, DIR. and
Mrs. Rixey, Assistant Secretary Barnes,
Mr.. NJ. A. Dignan, several stenogra-
piers, representatives of the press as
sociation, three illustrated weeklies,
the Washington dailies, and probably
a representative of the press of San
Francisco. The party viii also be ac-
companied by Mr. Marean, manager
of the Western Union Telegraph Conf
pany at Washington, and Mr.. Ribble
manager of the Postal Telegraph Cable
Company.
The train will go by way of Alexan-
dria, Charlottesville, Lynchburg and
Roanoke, Va, Huntsville, Decatur, and
Tuscumbia, Ala, and Cor;nth, Miss, az
irving at Memphis, Tenn, 4:S0 d! m,
Tuesday, April 30th A stay of several
hours will be made in Memphis, the
party leaving there during the night for
New Orleans, going by way of Vicks-
burg and Jackson reaching New Or
leans 4:30 p. m, the first of May and
remaining there until p. m. the follow
ing day. On the evening of the first
the President will attend a banquet
and will probably deliver a short adj
dress. On the second the party will
go for a drive, visiting in its course
the Cabildo the old building which was
the seat of the Spanish and French
Governments and which witnessed the
transfer of sovereignty from Spain
to France and from France to the
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 third.
Later in the day a stop will be made
at Prairie View to accommodate the
colored industrial school located there,
and from there the train will go to
Austin. Sunday the 9Th and Monday
morning will be spent in Ell Paso. From
FL Paso the party will go by way of
Maricopa, Arizona. to Phoenix, reaching
there early in the morning of May 18th
and remaining until late in the after
noon, devoting part of the time to an in
spection of the wonderful system of ir-
rigation which is in operation in the
vicinity of Phoenix.
Wednesday morning, Nay Sth, the
President and party viii arrive at
Redlands, Cal, where they will be met
by the Governor of California and other
prominent officials and citizens. The
party will arrive in San Francisco Tues
day, May 14th, and remain until the
the stay there includes the launching
of the battleship Ohio, on Saturday.
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 nine o'clock
for 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 Yellowstone Park.
Between two and three days will be
spent in the park and if the weather is
favorable a visit will be made to the
canon of the Yellowstone.
The party will then visit Anaconda, Salt
Lake, Ogden. Denver and Cheyenne and
Colorado Springs.
The party will leave Colorado Springs
Friday afternoon, making short stop at
Pueblo and passing the next day through
Junction City Topeka, Lawrence, Bald
win and Ottawa Kansas making brief
stops at these points. and arriving at
Kansas City at about five o'clock in the
evening Sunday, June 9th, and the
morning of June 10th will be spent in
Kansas City. In the afternoon the party
will go to st. Joseph and remain there
for several hours, leaving at $50 p. m.
for Chicago
1t is expected the train will reach Chi
cago about 1880 p. M, and the President
will probably attend banquet there that
evening, leaving at night for Buffalo
where he is to visit the Pan American
Exposition. Thursday, the 18th will be
spent at the exposition and late in the
afternoon the party viii go to Niagara
Falls, remaining there the following day,
leaving Friday night at 10 o'clock, and re-
turning to Washington by way Of the