The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-04-14
PRESIDENTS TRIP
FULLY ARRANGED
Will BE Accompanied by Large
and Distinguished Party.
PARTY WILL REST SUNDAYS
s---=as-
Distance Travelled VIII Be About lO.5OO Miles
--TwsnIy.Tbre States and Terri.
tories 10 Be Crossed Speeches
VIII Be Few.
PARTY WILL REST SUNDAYS

WASHINGTON. April l3.-Presldent
and Mrs. Mckinley and party viii leave
Washington by the Southern railway
Monday morning. April 20. at iO:3O
o'clock for the tour 10 the Pacific coast
and return. covering a period Of be-
tween six and seven weeks They will
have train consisting Of private
car for the president and Mrs. Nc
Kinl"y. two Pullman compartment cars.
Two Pullman slcepes. dining car and
a combination car
Colonel l.. O. Brown. general agent
ot the Southern Railway. will accom-
pany the party from here TO New Or
leans. and from New orleans to Port
land. Oregon. the party viii be accom-
panied by r. G. Mccormick. passen-
yer traffic manager 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 Smith and Miss
Smith. Secretary and Mrs Long. secre-
tary and Mrs Hitchcock and Secretary
and Miss Wilson. Miss Mary Barber.
Henry T. Scott. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
4. Moore. Secretary and Mrs. cortelyou
DR.. and Mrs Rlxey NJ. A. DIgnan.
several stenographeS, representatives
Of press associations, OF three Illustrated
wcekiIes. the Washington dailies and
probably a representative Of the press
Of San Francisco. The party will also
be accompanied by Mr.. Marean. man
ager Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company nj Washington. and Mr.. Rib
Bile. manager Of the Postal Telegraph
and Gable Company,
San Francisco will b. reached Tues
day. May II. and the party will re-
main until the following Monday, The
program for the stay there includes n
public reception that night and visit
on Wednesday 10 the University OF
California and Oakland; on Thursday
visit to Mount Tamalpais and recep-
tlons In various sections in the after
noon.
Thursday night the party will attend
a banquet of the Ohio Society Fri
day morning a school-children's recep-
tlon viii be held and the president and
party will visit the ocean beach. In the
afternoon a reception has been arranged
by the knights Templars. Saturday
morning will witness the launching of
the battleship Ohio. which is the obJec-
tive point OF the presidents trip. Fol-
lowing the launching the party will at
tend luncheon al me Union League
Club and at night will be held a clti-
zens' banquet.
sunday will be spent In rest and on
Monday morning tile party will leave
san Francisco for Portland, Oregon.
stopping about two hours at Stockton
and spending the evening at Sacra-
mento. Brief stops will be made the
next lay at Redding, Sisson and Ash
land and Salem, Oregon, which will be
reached ON the morning OF Wednesday
May %
The party will remain there a few
hours and viii reach Portland that af-
ternoon at little after o'clock
Thursday morning, the 2Srd, the pres-
dent will leave Portland at 9 O'Clock
for Tacoma. going by way of Chehalis
Centralia and Olympia. stopping about
an hour at the state capitol and reach
ing Tacoma late in the afternoon. The
night win be spent in Tacoma and the
following morning a boat trip will be
taken on Puget sound ending at Seat
tie at about o'clock. The remainder
of the day the party viii stay at Seat
tie and late In the evening viii leave
for Spokane, going by way Of Ellens-
burg, North Yakima, Pasco, Wallull
and Walla Walla.
NuihdN lntN VIII itUlilIl III opphdllt
and on Monday the president will prob.
ably go for drive and visit to Spo-
kane falls. The party will leave Spo-
kane at p. m. and arrive at Butte
early the next morning. The morning
will be spent in Butte and Helena will
be reached late in the afternoon. After
several hours in Helena the train will
run to Cinnabar during the night and |
the following morning the party viii be |
taken by stage to Yellowstone park.
Between two and three days will be |
spent in the canyon Of the Yellow
stone
Leaving Cinndbar on the evening OF |
Friday. May 81, the president will ar
rive at Anaconda early the next morn
Ing and short visit will be made there |
to the copper mines. From Anaconda
the route will be through idaho by way |
Of Pocatello to Salt Lake City, where !
Sunday, June. 2, will be spent. 1t is
expected that the train will reach Chi
cago June II, and the president will !