The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S TOUR
WILL COVER THE ENTIRE WEST.
Special Train, Starting April 20, VIII
visit Capitals of states-A Week
I'm CnIifornia-Two Days Visit Mt
Spokane.

I'm CnIifornia-Tvo Days visit Mt
Spokane.
Washington, April l5.-The president,
Mrs. Mckinley and party will leave Wash
ington by the Southern railway Monday
morning, April 20, at l0:30, for a tour to
the Pacific coast and return, covering a
period of between six and seven weeks
They will have train consisting of a
private car for the president and Mrs
Mckinley, two Pullman compartment
cars, two Pullman sleepers, dining car
and a combination car Colonel l.. ..
Brown, general agent of the Southern
railway, will accompany the party from
here to New Orleans, and from New Or
leans to Portland, Ore, the party will be
accompanied by E. c. Mccormick, passen-
ger traffic manager of the Southern Pa
cifc lines.
The members of the cabinet will accom-
pany the president, with the exception of
Secretaries Gage and Root and Attorney
General Knox, the personnel including
Secretary and Mrs. Hay, Postmaster Gen
elal Smith and Miss Smith, Secretary and
Mrs Long Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock,
Charles A. Moore, Secretary and Mrs. Cor
telyou DR.. and Mrs. Rixey, Assistant Sec
rotary Barnes, NJ. A. Dignan, several
stenographers, representatives of the press
associations. three illustrated weeklies, the
Washington dailies and probably a repre-
sentative of the press of San Francisco.
The party will also be accompanied by
Mr. Marean, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company at Washington,
and Mr.. Ribble, manager of the Postal
Telegraph & Gable company.
In the West.
Wednesday morning. May s, the presi-
dent and party will arrive at Redlands,
Cal, where they will be met by the gov
ernor of California and other prominent
officials and citizens. Several hours will be
spent at Redlands. Los Angeles will be
reached in the afternoon and the party will
remain there until the morning of May 10.
On Friday Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo will be visited, the train arriving
at Delmonte during the night. Saturday
on Monday morning the train will leave
for San Jose, going by way of Santa Cruz,
where some hours will be occupied in
visit to the immense redwood trees which
are found in that vicinity. San Jose will
be reached at 2:30 IN. and the night will
be spent there, the party going to San
Francisco the following day by way of
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San Francisco at 4:40 Tuesday, May Ia,
and remaining until the following Monday.
At San Francisco.
The president will be met at San Fran
cisco by the mayor and citizens commit
tee. The program for the stay there in
cludes public reception that night and
visit on Wednesday to the University
of California and oakland; on Thursday a
visit to Mount Tamalpais, and a recep-
ton of various societies in the afternoon.
Thursday night the president will at
tend the banquet of the Ohio society.
Friday morning a school children's recep-
ton will be held and the president and
party will visit Ocean Beach. In the af-
ternoon a reception has been arranged by
the Knights Templar. Saturday morning
will witness the launching of the battle
ship Ohio, which is the objective point of
the presidents trip. Following the
launching the party will attend a lunch
con at the Union League club and at
night will be held the citizens banquet
Sunday will be spent in rest and on Mon
day morning the party will leave San
Francisco for Portland, Ore, stopping
about two hours at Stockton and spending
the evening at Sacramento.
In Oregon.
Brief stops will be made the next day
at Redding, Sisson and Ashland and Sa-
lem, Ore, which will be reached on the
morning of Wednesday, May %.
In Washington.
The party will remain here a few hours
and will reach Portland that afternoon
a little after o'clock. Thursday morning,
the Odd, the president will leave Portland
at o 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 afternoon.
The night will be spent in Tacoma and the
following morning a boat trip will be
taken on Puget sound, ending at Seattle at
about p. m.
The remainder of the day the party will
stay in Seattle and late that night VIII
leave for Spokane, going by way of FL
lensburg, North Yakima, Pasco, Wallula
and Walla Walla. Sunday they will re-