The Meeker herald., 1901-04-20
PLAN OF PRESIDENTIAL TOUR
so FAR AS NOW ARRANGED

lin Denver. and during the afternoon
the train will run up to Cheyenne fol
. few Eours, returning by way Of Den
Yer that night to Colorado Springs
Thursday and part Of Friday the party
win be In Colorado Springs, and in the
course Of the visit there a trip will
probably be made to Pixies Peak and
the Garden OF the Gods.
The party will leave Colorado
Springs Friday afternoon, making q
short stop at Pueblo, and passing the
next day through Junction City, To.
peka, Lawrence, Baldwin and Ottawa,
Kansas. making brief stops at these
points, and arriving at Kansas City
at about o'clock In the morning.
Sunday, June 9th. and the morning
Iof June 10th, Will be spent in Kansas
City. In the afternoon the party will
go to Et. Joseph and remain there for
several hours, leaving Mt $50 p. nj. for
Chicago. On the way to Chicago. the
following morning. brief stops will be
made at Davenport and Moline, and
the President will visit the arsenal at
Rock Island.
It 10 expected the train will reach
Chicago about 2:3O p. M, and the
President Will probably attend a BAN
quet there that evening, leaving ut
night for Buffalo, where he Ia to visit
the Pan-American Exposition.
June 18th will be spent at the expo
sitOn, and late In the afternoon the
patty will 20 to Niagara Falls, remain
IND there the following day, leaving
Friday night at 10 o'clock and return
Ind to Washington by way of the Del
aware Water Gap and Philadelphia.
The time set for, reaching Washington
II p. M, June 18th. ~
The total distance Travelled will be
abtht 1O.5O0 miles, crossing twenty
thr2e states and territories, and touch
ing the Gulf Of Mexico, the Pacific
oce4n and the Great Lakes. Twenty
sewn railroads are embraced in the
itinerary. Wherever feasible the state
CAPITALS are visited. Local programs
arei arranged covering the cities at
which stops are made. A feature Of
the Trip will be a substitution Of drives
for receptions, thus more fully accom-
modating the people than would be pos
sibleat q short reception. The recep-
ton committees will be received at the
cities they represent, the various local
committees having cordially co-operat-
ed In this respect, as well ms In others,
in an endeavor to make the journey OF
the President and his party most en-
joyable and interesting one.
While the president may make short
addresses at several of the large cities,
and ut some Of the colleges and uni
versities, 1t Is not Mt all likely he will
make ~ many speeches as have been
delivered In the course OF previous
tripA
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Kwaag su Invited u, Pskin.
Pekin. April 15-Koumar Youtsro,
the japanese minister. accompanied by
General Yamaguchi, the Japanese COM
mAndAf, recently called upon Prince
Chiag and notified him that the return
- Emperor Kwang gu to Pckin was
sufxently desired. Prince Ching was In
FORMED that the Emperor's wishes
wguid be respected by the foreign rep
reoeutAtives, and that every courtesy
w0uld be shown him.
Y II was pointed out to- the Chinese
p1enipotentiary that the Emperor's re-
turn was Of the highest possible I'M
poftance as affecting the maintenance
OF the integrity of the Chinese empire,
and that he should come accompanied
BY every available soldier, by at least
10000 men. II possible.
These troops, 1t was further contend
ed by the Japanese minister, must be
vent into Manchuria, as the Russians
reported great disturbances there and
II was not right that the task of quell-
ing the trouble should be thrown upon
the shoulders Of one nation. Finally
Prince Ching was assured that II the
10000 Chinese troops could not sup
press the disorders In Manchuria other
powers would send an International
force to cooperate with China, which
all the powers regarded as a friendly
power.
No reply having been received to this
communication, Ii Hung Chang was
to-day notified TO the same effect and
told that Emperor kwnng Su must
give an immediate answer.