The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-03

PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
BEGINS HIS JOURNEY
Bristol. Tenn, April 2e.-rhe FIRST
day Of the Presidents long tour to the
Padnc coast lay through q historic
section Of Virginia, across the valleys
Of the Raptdan and James, in sight OF
the homes Of Madison and Jefferson,
up past the peaks Of Otter, 20 dear to
tine heart OF the Virginian, into the
picturesque Blue Ridge mountains.
1850 tonight, with the arrival of the
train ut Bristol The route a. far a.
Lynchburg was over the Southern rail-
way. There the train was shifted to
the tracks of the Norfolk & Western,
for short cut to Bristol, where It re-
sumed its fight over the Southern
road. The presidential party received
a f1attering ovation from the time the
train left Washington. Large crowds
assembled at every station; the coun-
tryNde and crossroads each had its
little group Of watchers straining their
eyes to catch . glimpse Of the chief
magistrate as the train whisked by.
AZ Charlottesville the students of the
University Of Virginia turned out.
AZ Lynchburg Senator Daniel, Virgin
lac crack orator, made a speech greet
ing the President; at Roanoke two
bands crashed out their welcome. At
each Of these places the President re-
sponded to the loud calls made upon
him, and spoke briefly from the rear
platform Of his car.
II to-day's reception through vir-
ginia ts an indication of what is to oc-
cur throughout the rest Of the trip,
the Presidents tour across the CONT
nent will be triumphal one. Some
OF the people, in their eagerness to
grasp the Presidents hand, clambered
up the railing surrounding the plat
form. The President received these
demonstrations good-naturedly, and
never failed smilingly to grasp the
hand extended to him. Mrs. McKin-
ley, sitting at the window in the OBJ
servation car, smiling and waving her
handkerchief in response to the greet
ings Of the multitudes, created no less
enthusiasm than the President.
Mrs. Mckinley was not feeling par
dcularly well when the train started,
but became better as the day progress
ed, and tonight said she had enjoyed
it all very much.
The following briefly outlines the
itinerary Of the tour, showing the dates
at which the principal points to be WIS.,
tied will be reached
Monday, April 29-Lv. Washington.
Tuesday, April 3O-Afemphis.
Wednesday, May New Orleans.
Friday, May 3Houston, Texas.
Friday, p. NJ, May 3-Austin.
Saturday. May 4-San Antonio.
Sunday, May 5-Rest in Ell Paso.
Monday, May 6-Leave Ell Paso.
Tuesday, May 7-Phoenix, Arizona.
Wednesday, May 8-Redlands, Cali
fornia.
Wednesday, May s-Los Angeles.
Friday, May 1O-Del Monte.
Monday, May 13-San Jose.
aoesday, NAY 1o 70 San Francisco.
snip Ohio.
Monday, May Sacramento.
Wednesday, May 22-Portland, Ore
gon.
Thursday, May 23-Tacoma.
Monday, May 27-Spokane, Wash
ington.
Tuesday, May 2s-Butte. Montana.
Tuesday. May 2S-Helena.
Wednesday, May 29-Yellowstone
Park.
Friday, May 31-Anaconda.
Sunday, June 2-Salt Lake.
Tuesday, June 4-Glenwood Springs.
Wednesday, June 5-Denver.
Wed4eeday. June 5-Cheyenne.
Thursday, June 6-Colorado Springs.
Friday, June 7-Pike's Peak.
Saturday, June S-Pueblo. FL,
Sunday, June 9eKansas City.
Monday, June 10-Kansas City.
Tuesday, June 11-Chicago.
Thursday, June 13-Buffalo.
Saturday, June 15-Washington.
Those who travel with the President
are Secretary and Mrs. Hay, Postmas-
ter General and Mrs. Smith, Secretary
and Mrs. Long, Secretary and Mrs.
Hitchcock and Secretary and Miss Will
son, Miss Mary Barber, Henry T.
Scott, Mr.. and Mrs.. Charles A. Moore,
Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou, DIR. and
Mrs. Ricky, Assistant Secretary
Barnes, NJ. A. Dignam, several stem
ographers, Representatives of press
associations, illustrated weeklies,
Washington dailies and a representa-
tive Of the press of San Francisco.
Tremendous Speculation.
New York, April 3O.-Transactions
on the New York Stock Exchange
yesterday were by far the largest In
the history Of that institution, the to-
tai being estimated at 2,I6O, 900 shares.
Transactions were 30 large and the