The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-06-14

Southern Railway Monday morn
ing, April -, at 1880 o'clock, for
a tour TO the Pacific coast and re-
turn, the expectation being that
the trip would cover period of
from six to seven weeks. II was
expected that the President and
his party would arrive in Kansas
City ON the evening Of June =, and
remain here until noon, June 10.
The unfortunate illness of Mrs
Mckinley, however, upset all of
these plans, and the President and
his wife are now In the White
house, where Mrs. Mckinley Is
resting from the arduous journey
from the coast, which had such
dcplorablc results, not only In Its
effect upon her health, but In the
termination OF the vcritable tri-
umphal tour which the people Of
America were making Of the Prcsi-
dct's notable jaunt.
The train In which the Prcsi-
dcn,s party travelled In consisted
OF "a private car for the PseSidcnt
and his wife, two Pullman COM
partmcnt cars, two Pullman sleep
crs, n dining car and combina-
ton car. The members OF the
Cabinet accompanied the Prcsi-
dent with the exception OF Sccrc-
tary Gage, Secretary Root and
Attorney General Knox, the per-
sonncl OF the party including Se-
rctary and Mr,. Hay, Postmaster
General and Mrs. Smith. Sccrc-
tary and Mrs. Long, Secretary
and Mrs. Hitchcock, Secretary
and Miss Wilson. Miss Mary Bar
bcr. Mr.. Henry T. Scott, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles A. Moore, Secretary
and Mrs. Cortclou, DIR and Mrs
Rixey, Assistant Secretary Barnes
Mr.. NJ. A. Dignam, several stcnog-
raphcrs, representatives Of the
three press associations, Of three
illustrated wccklics, OF three
Washington daily papers, and
telegraph operators.
The President headed first f"-
the sunny Southland, travelling by
way OF Alexandria, Charlottesville,
and Roanoke, Virginia, Hunts
Vile. Decatur and Tuscumbia,
Alabama, and Corinth, MISSISSIPPI
pi, araiving at Memphis, Tennessee
Tuesday afternoon, April, 30.
There the party remained over
night, leaving for NcwOrleans by
way Of Vicksburb, and Jackson,
reaching, the quaint old city by
the Gulf the afternoon OF May I.
The President enjoyed the bound
less hospitality OF New Orleans
until the evening of the following
day. lie attended a banquet and
delivered an address that was one
OF the most notable OF the entire
trip.
The journey through the South
demonstrated the fact that Presi-
dent Mckinley has as warm a
place In the hearts OF the people
OF that section OF the country as
he has in the estimation OF his
loyal supporters in the East, West
and North.
The next stop was at Houston,
Tex. on the morning OF May 3.
From there the train went to AUS
tin, arriving in the afternoon and
leaving that night for San Anto-
MIA, where several hours were
spent the following day. Sunday
and Monday morning were spent at
FL Paso, and from there the train
sped by way OF Maricopa, Arizo-
ma, to Phoenix, Arizona, reaching
there early ON the morning OF May
7 and remaining until late in the
afternoon, devoting part OF the
time to an inspection OF the irri-
cation system now in successful
operation in Arizona.
Wednesday morning, May $,
the President arrived at Redlands,
California, where it was expected
he would be met by Governor
Nash of Ohio, who In a special
train and with large party,
passed through Kansas City a few
days previous to this time. The
people OF Redlands were so busy
however, making preparations to
entertain the President, that Gov
ernor Nash ordered his train to go
Los Angeles. where the President