Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-14
PRESIDENTS itinerary
ON THE CALIFORNIA TRIP.
WILL LEAVE WASHINGTON AT 1880
ON THE MORNING OF
APRIL q.
THOSE TO MAKE UP THE PARTY.
WILL TRAVEL ABOUT 10000 MILES
RETURNING ON
JUNE 10.

ident, Mrs. Mckinley and party will
leave Washington by the Southern
railway Monday morning, April 18th,
at 10. 80 o'clock for a tour to the Paci-
dic coast and return, covering a period
of between six ana seven weeks. They
will have a train consisting of a pri-
vate car for the President and Mrs.
Mckinley, two Pullman compartment
cars, two Pullman ~sleepers, a dining
car, and a combination car. Col. L. S.
Brown. general agent of the Southern
railway, will accompany the party
from here to New Orleans and from
New Orleans to Portland, Ore, Mr.. e.
U. Mccormick, passenger traffic mana
ger of the Southern Pacific lines.
The members Of the cabinet will ac-
company the President, with the excep-
ton of Secretaries Gage and Root, and
Attorney General Knox, the Personnel
including Secretary and Mrs. Hay,
Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith,
otCICtdIy anu pllo l<OhS' 0ONAOtoAJ NhN
Mrs. Hitchcock and Secretary and Miss
Wilson, Miss Mary Barber, Mr.. Henry
T. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A.
Moore, Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou,
ar. and Mrs. Rixey, Assistant Secre-
tary Barnes, Mr.. M. A. Dignam, several
stenographers, representatives of the
press association, three illustrated
weeklies, the Washington dailies and
probably a representative of the press
of San Francisco. The party will also
be accompanied by Mr.. Marean, mana
ger of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, at Washington, and Mr.. Rib
bile, manage of the Postal Telegraph
Cable Company.
The train will arrive at Memphis,
Tenn, at 4:30 p. m. Tuesday, April 80.
A stay of several hours will be made
in Memphis, the party leaving there
during the night, reaching New Or
leans at $50 D. m. the first of May, and
remaining there until 6 p. m. the fol-
lowing day. On the evening OF the
iISt lH6 lCcAuSAt Va otIShu % ooA
quet and will probably deliver a short
address. On the second the party will
go for a 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 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 3D. Later
in the day a stop will be made at
Prairie View to accommodate the col
ored industrial college located there,
and from here the train will go to Aus
tin, arriving at 8 o'clock in the after
noon and leaving at 10 for San An
tonic, where some hours will be spent
the following day. Sunday, the 5th,
and Monday morning will be spent at
Ell Paso. From Ell Paso the party will
go by way of Maricopa, Arizona, to
Phoenix, reaching there early in the
morning of May It'll and remaining I'M
til late in the afternoon, devoting part
of the time to an inspection of the
wonderful system of irrigation which
is in operation in the vicinity of Phoe-
nix.
"wednesday morning, May Sth, the
President and party will arrive at Red
lands, Gala. Several hours will be
spent at Redlands. Los Angeles will
be reached in the afternoon and the
party will remain there until the morn
ing of May 10th. On Friday, Ventura,
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
will be visited. the train arriving at
Del Monte during the night. SatHr-
day and Sunday will be spent at Del
Monte, and on Monday morning the
train will leave for San Jose, going
by way of Santa Cruz, where some
hours will be occupied in a visit to the
immense Redwood trees, which are
found in the vicinity. San Jose will
be reached at 2:30 p. m. and the night
will be spent there, the party going
to San Francisco the following day by
way of Palo Alto and Burlingame. ar
irving in San Francisco at 4:40 p. m,
Tuesday. May 14th. and remaining un-
til the following Monday.
Saturday morning will witness the
launching of the battleship Ohio, which
Is the objective point of the Presidents
-" ouhNoy Will JIG SHCRI III ltSl,
and on Monday morning the party will
leave San Francisco for Portland, Ore,
stopping about two hours at Stock
ton and spending the evening at Sac
ramento. Brief stops will be made the
next day at Redding. Sisson and Ash
land; and Salem, Ore. will be reach
ed on the morning of Wednesday, May
22nd.
The party will reamin here a few
hours and will reach Portland that af-
ternoon at a little after 2 O'Clock.
Thursday morning the 23rd. the
President will leave Portland at Q
o'clock for Tacoma, going by way of
Chehalis, Centralia and Olympia. stop
ping about an hour at the State capital.
and reaching Tacoma late in the after
noon. The night will be spent in To-
coma and the following morning a boat
trip of several miles will be taken on
Puget Sound, ending at Seattle. about
2:30 p. m. The remainder of the day
the party will stay in Seattle, and late
that night, will leave for Spokane. GO
ing by way of Ellensburg. North Yaki-
ma, Pasco, Wallula and Wa,la Walla.
Sunday they will remain in Spokane.
The party will leave Spokane at Q D.
m, Monday. and arrive at Butte, early
the next morning. Helena will be
reached late In the afternoon. A4ter