The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-28

| by wire of the proceedings in Buffalo
| and an exchange of greetings viii be
| made between the Executive and the
| Director General of the fair At 4:30
| o'clock on Thursday the party will ar
rive in New Orleans, where the local
committee has made elaborate arrange
g! ments for the entertainment of the
party. \ banquet will be rendered in
| the evening. and on the following day
| the party will take-carriage drives
| to all the important places of interest
in the Crescent City and be given
| steamboat ride on the Mississippi River
| during the afternoon.
| Thursday evening at o'clock tie
| train viii leave New Orleans. En- route
| through Texas stops will be made at
| Houston. Prairie View, Austin, San An
| tonic FL Paso. and several smaller
| places Sunday will he spent at FL
| Paso. The longest run on the entire
trip without stop, except for the re-
| quirements of the engine. will be from
| san Antonio to Fl Paso. distance of
| 624 miles. which is 81 miles greater than
| the distance between Chicago and Buff
| falo. The start from Ell Paso viii be
made Monday morning, and the Jour
ney will be continued through New
| Mexico and Arizona. At Phoenix a
stop of several hours win be made to
| enable the party to visit and inspect The
;rriga ton works near that city. We'd
nesday morning, May s. the train win
reacn Redlands. Cal, where the party
will be met by the Governor of the
State and other officials and distin-
| guished citizens.
After leaving Redlands the next stop
| is at Los Angeles. En- route to San
Francisco stops will be made at Santa
| Barbara, Del Monte, Santa Cruz, San
Jose, and other places, and the i'm
mense redwood trees in the vicinity Of
| Santa Cruz will be visited. San Fran
cisco will be reached at +:30 Tuesday
afternoon. Elaborate preparations have
| been made for the entertainment of the
President and his party in that city.
| During his stay there the President Will
| occupy the private residence of Henry
T. SGStt. On Saturday the battleship
| Ohio will be launched, to witness which
| the Presidents trip was planned. on
Monday the start win be made from the
| Golden Gate and the route homeward
embraces a long list of important places
| to be visited. Among them are Port
| land, Seattle, Takoma, Olympia, and
| Spokane. Wash. Helena, Great Falls,
Anaconda. and Butte, Mont Two days
will be spent in driving through yell
| lowstone Park.
| Sunday. June 2, win be spent at Salt
| Lake City. En- route from there TO
| Denver the course is through the Royal
| Gorge and along picturesque mountain
scenery. Glenwood Leadville. Pueblo.
and Colorado Springs are among the
other important places to be visited.
From the latter place a trip will be
made up Pixies Peak. The route then
| lies through Kansas, where several
| stops of few hours each win be made,
| and Sunday. June 9. will be spent in
| Kansas City. While en- route from
there to Chicago the President will stop
| at Rock Island and visit the famous
| arsenal. Short stops will also be made
at some Of the larger cities. The party
will reach Chicago at 1880 o'clock June
IL and leave at II o'clock that night
The President will attend banquet
given in his honor in Chicago that even
ing. Buffalo will be reached at 3 o'clock
on the following day, and June 10 will
be the Presidents Day at the Pan
American Exposition. A trip will be
made to Niagara Falls, and return to
Buffalo. The journey from there home
will be made by way Of Delaware Gap.
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| reaching Washington at i O'Clock on
| the afternoon of June 10.
The President will not be relieved of
| all official duties while he is absent
| from Washington. In fact, the seat of
| government VIII go along with him.
| Three stenographers will be at his COM
| mand, and public business will be trans
acted as thoroughly as if the Executive
! were at the White House. All of the
| Cabinet officers except Secretaries Gage
and Root and Attorney General Knox
will oe members of the party and reg
ular sessions of the Cabinet will be held
| on the train.
Secretary and Mrs. Long are now in
! Colorado. where they We're called sew
eral days ago because of the Illness of
one of their daughters, but expect to
| join the party before San Francisco is
| reached.
Henry T. Scott. the builder of the
battleship Ohio. and Laurence l. Scott
are now in Washington, having come
| from San Francisco to accompany the
President to the Coast. Besides the
| train crew and servants, there will be
| forty persons in the party as follows:
| The President. Mrs. Mckinley. Miss
Barber. Secretary Hay, Mrs. Hay,
Postmaster General Smith, Mrs Smith,
| Secretary Long, Mrs. Long, Secretary
! Hitchcock, Miss Hitchcock, Secretary
Wilson, Miss Wilson, Secretary Cortel-
| you, Mrs. Cortelyou, DR.. p. NJ. Rixey,
Mrs. RiXey Assistant Secretary Barnes.
Henry 7. Scott Laurence 1. Scott,
Charles A. Moore, Mrs. Moore. NJ. \.
| Dignam, J. Kruttschmidt, Fourth Vice
President Of the Southern Pacific
Railway Company; L. S. Brown Gen
eral Agent of the Southern Railway; A.
]. Leonard, Nelson p. Webster, and NJ
c. L.atta, stenographers; Howard N
| Thompson, Associated Press: Walter
J.. Clark, New York Sun Press As
ISOLATION; r. II. Hazard. Scripps-M Nc
Rae Press Association; J. c. Hamment
| "Harper's Weekly; r. L. Dun, Les
| Hes Weekly" James II. Hare, Col
/ lier's Weekly" W. w. Price, Wash
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