The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-02
AT BUFFALO THIS WEEK
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY AND PARTY
TO VISIT THE EXPOSITION.
for His Reception
Thursday TO He presidents Day"
niagara Falls to BE Viewed.

BUFFALO, N V. Sept. 1.-The cere-
monies and other formal functions which
will mark President McKinleys visit to
the Pan-American Exposition have been
finally arranged by the committee on re-
ception President Mckinley and party
will arrive at the station of the New York
Central Railroad from Canton about 6
o'clock in the evening of Sept. T. They
will be met at Dunkirk by a special COM
mittee On arriving here a presidential
salute of twenty-one guns will be fired by
a squad of United States soldiers from
Fort Potter. bells will ring and whistles
blow. Escorted by a platoon OF mounted
police the President will be driven TO the
residence of John G.. Milburn. where with
his party he will be entertained during his
stay in Buffalo.
On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. day-President
Mckinley will leave Mr.. Milburns house
for the exposition at 10 o'clock He will
ride in a carriage with Mrs Mckinley.
Following him, also in carriages, will
come the members OF the presidential
party, representatives of the diplomatic
corps at Washington and as many MEM
bers of the Cabinet and such other high
officials. United States senators and repre-
sentatives as can participate in the cere-
monies A squadron of mounted police
and the Fourth Signal Corps, also
mounted will act as the escort. At the
Lincoln Parkway entrance TO the exposi-
ton grounds the United States troops sta
toned at Fort Porter and at the grounds,
together with the Sixty-hfth and Seventy
fourth Regiments of the National Guard
of this city. will be formed on either side
of the roadway and the President and
through these columns
a stand which will be erected at the north
west pylon, and where the entire party.
with the United States Marine Band, will
be seated The President will make a
short speech from stand on the tri-
umphal bridge, after which he will with
the other distinguished guests be escorted
TO the New York State building and TO the
buildings of the various foreign countries
erected on the grounds. and to the agri-
cultural building to view the exhibits of
foreign countries not represented by build
ings and to meet the commissioners 10
the exposition from South and Central
At / o'clock the New York Board of
Managers will entertain the presidential
party at luncheon in the New York State
building. Later the President Will visit
closed while he is there. From the gov
eminent building ne will 60 10 Mr.. Mil
burns house for dinner AT 7:SO the
President will again go to the exposition
grounds TO witness the illumination from
the triumphal cauSeway. He will later see
the fireworks display from the government
life-saving station, returning TO Mr. Nil
burns for the night.
on Friday morning the President will be
taken for a drive through the grounds 10
Niagara Falls by special train. He will
return at o'clock and hold a public recep-
tion in the Temple of Music.
In the Presidents party will be Mrs
Mckinley, the Misses Barber. Capt and
Mrs. Lafayette McWilliams of Chicago,
Miss Sara Duncan, DR.. and Mrs T. NJ.
Rixey William S. Hawk and the Misses
Hawk and the Presidents private secre-
tary. Mr.. COrtelyou.