Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
PRESIDENT M'k|NL[Y'S TOUR
WILL COVER THE ENTIRE WEST
Special Train. Starting Apris -. VIII
Visit Capitals Of States-A Week
in C"iifornia-rwo Days visit At
Spokane.

." N"iIOTut1-HWO DAys Visit ~
Spokane.
Washington, April l5.-The president,
Mrs. Mckinley and party will leave Wash.
ington by the Southern railway Monday
morning, April 20, at l0:30, for tour to
the Pacific coast and return, covering
period Of between six and seven weeks.
They will have train consisting of
private car for the president and Mrs.
Mckinley, two Pullman compartment
ears. two Pullman sleepers, a dining car
and combination car. Colonel l.. q.
Brown, general agent Of the Southern
railway, will accompany the party from
here to New Orleans, and from New Or
leans to Portland. Ore. the party will be
accompanied by T.. &. Mccormick, passen.
ger traffic manager Of the southern Pa
ciiic lines,
The members OF the cabinet will accom-
pany the president, with the exception Of
Secretaries Gage and Root and Attorney
General knex, the personnel including
Secretary and Mrs. Hay. Postmaster Gen
er,l Smith and Miss Smith, Secretary and
Mrs. Long, Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock,
Charles A. Moore, Secretary and Mrs. Cor
telyou, DIR. and Mrs. Rixey, Assistant Sec
retary Barnes, NJ. A. Dignan, several
stenographers, representatives Of the press
three illustrated weeklies, the
Washington iniii.s and probably repre-
of the press of San Francisco
The party will also be accompanied by
Mr. Marean, manager Of the Western
Union Telegraph company at Washington.
and Mr.. Ribblc. manager of the Postal
Telegraph 4 Gable company
In the West.
"Wednesday morning May 8, the prcsi
dent and party will arrive at Redlands,
Cal, where they will be met by the gov.
rrnor of California and other prominent
officials and citizens. Severa! hours will be
spent at Rcdlands. Los Angeles will he
reached in the afternoon and the party will
there until the morning of May 10.
On Friday Santa Barbara and san Luis
Dbispo will be visited, the train arriving
At Delmonte during the night. Saturday |
and Sunday will bc spent at Delmonie and |
On Monday morning the train will leave '
for San Jose, going by way of Santa Cruz. |
" here some hours will be occupied in IA
visit 10 the immense redwood trees which
ire found in that vicinity. San jose will
De reached at 2;30 p IN. and the night will
,c spent there, the party going to San ,
the following day by way Of
Palo Alto and Burlingame, arriving in
san Francisco at 4;40 Tuesday May Ia, /
md remaining until the following Monday. |
A. San Francisco.
The president will he met at San Fran |
'isco by the mayor and citizens commit |
ee. The program for the stay there In.
'ludes a public reception that night and |
! visit on wednesday to the University
II California and oakland on Thursday a !
yi-it to Mount Tamalpais, and recep. |
ion Of various societies in the afternoon |
Thursday night the president will at
end the banquet Of the Ohio society. !
friday morning a school children's recep-
ion will be held and the president and
,aftf will visit Ocean Beach. In the af !
ernoon a reception has been arranged by !
he Knights Tempar. Saturday morning
sill witness the launching Of the battle /
hip Ohio, which is the objective point OF
he presidents trip. Following the
aunching the party will attend lunch
'on at the Union League club and at /
light will he held the citizens banquet
sunday will be spent in res, and on Mon
lay morning the party will leave San
francisco for Portland, Ore, stopping
bout two hours at Stockton and spending
he evening at Sacramento. /
Brief stops will be made the next day
II Reddng. Sisson and Ashland and Sa- !
EN-, Ore. which will be reached on the
morning Of Wednesday, May %.
Im Wsshisgton.
The party will remain here few hours
md will reach Portland that afternoon
, little after o'clock Thursday morning,
he 23d, the president will leave Portland
II 0 o'clock for Tacoma, going by way Of
chehalis. Centralia and Olympia, stop.
ping about an hour at the state capital
md reaching Tacoma late in the afternoon.
The night will be spent in Tacoma and the
morning a boat trip will he
aiken on Puget sound, ending at Seattle at
lbout 2 p. NJ.
The remainder Of the day the party will
stay in Seattle and late that night VIII
cave for Spokane, going by way Of II
ensburg North Yakima, Pasco. Wallula
ind Walla Walla- Sunday they will re-
main in Spokane and on Monday the pres
dent will probably go for drive and a !
visit to Spokane falls. The party will
cave Spokane at 2 p. m and arrive at
Butte early the next morning
To the Yellowstone Park.