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M'KINLEY ON WHEELS.
Tour to Be Made by President and
His Cabinet.
Washington Correspondence

His Cabinet.
Washington Correspondence
President McKinleys tour to the Pa
cihc coast and thence eastward to
Buffalo, whence the return to Wash
ington will be made, will be one Of
splendor The train upon which he
will travel will be most gorgeous and
costly.
President Mckinley will travel
across the continent surrounded by
his cabinet, with the exception of Sec
retary Gage, who remains In Wash
ington. It is proposed to transact I'M
portant business while en- route. The
cabinet officers will keep in close
touch with the heads of bureaus of
the respective departments. The pres
ident will transact all of the vast
routine which the chief executive
must look after while in Washington.
A corps of expert telegraph operators,
representing the two big telegraph
companies, will accompany the train
to handle official messages, and every
telegraph station along the lines OF
the railroads which are to be ira
versed will be subject to their orders
to the exclusion of all commercial and
newspaper business. Cabinet meet
ings are to be held on Tuesdays and
Fridays, just as they are now held In
Washington. The questions pertain
ing to domestic and foreign policies
will be discussed. Cipher dispatches
from all over the world will be laid
before the president, experts from the
state department being in attendance
to reduce them to English. The con
clusions reached upon all public ques
tions will be conveyed to the acting
heads of the departments in this city
and will by them be disseminated to
all those concerned.
Trip for Recreation.
AS this is to be a trip for recrea
tion and pleasure, the president wants
it understood that he will avoid forma
receptions wherever possible anc
make speeches only where he cannot
escape doing so. They want to see
everything that will serve to give
them an idea of the progress and ad
vancement of the country, and it'
commercial growth and mercantile
stability. They will pay a specia
visit to the great cotton wharves o
New Orleans to witness the loading
of steamers of all nations with thu
staple product of the fields of thu
South. The party is due in San Fran
cisco. May 8, and will participate il
the launching of the battleship Ohio
and will remain five days. The coas
is to be followed north to Salem, Port
land, Seattle and Spokane, and thence
the party will move eastward int
Montana, where, after an inspection
of the vast copper mines, they vii
pay a flying visit to the Yellowstone
Thence they will go to Ogden an,
Salt Lake and then eastward through
Colorado, stopping at Denver for
protracted visit. From Denver tn
train goes to Topeka, Leavenwortl
and Kansas City. st. Louis will b
honored by visit of two days. Tn
Mississippi valley will be traverse
from that city to St. Paul, with stop
at Keokuk, Burlington and Dubuque
From Train to Steamer.
From St. Paul the party goes t
Minneapolis and then to Duluth, wher
a steamer of the Great Northern lin
will be waiting to convey theI
through Lake Superior, the famou
Sault canal, with it's wonderful lock-
the Straits of Mackinaw, Lake Huron
the st. Clair and Detroit rivers, an
Lake Erie to Buffalo. The trip dow
the lakes will possess novelty an
interest for every member of tn
party, even for those who have a
ready made 1t, and at the same tim
will constitute a recreation atte
nearly five weeks of travel by ra
through plain and prairie, desert an
mountain and valley.
The president will visit the Pal
American exposition at Buffalo. The
he is to go to Niagara Falls and max
trip down the American rapid
+ After he has done that he and h
party will embark on a new specii
: train for Washington, arriving thel
June Is.
President Mckinley will trav
about $4,000 miles on the tastes
= safest most comfortable and Des
} equipped train America can produc
/ He will visit 25 states and terrific
les. and touch the southern, weste1
and northern boundaries of the cou
I try.
Mr.. Mckinley and the members
his cabinet are to be accompanied
their wives and several other ladie
we'll known in Washington societ
will accompany the party.