Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-02
THE PRESIDENTIAL
VISIT TO BUFFALO.
THE HAVE BEEN AR
RANGED BY THE COMMITTEE
ON RECEPTION.
MKINLEY COMES WEDNESDAY
WILL BE MET BY A SPECIAL COM
MITTEE.
salute of Twenty-one Guns viii he
Ftred-Two Regiments of the New
York National Guard aud United
states Troops VIII DO the Military
Hopors-The Details of the Visit.

BUFFALO, N. Y, September 1.-The
ceremonies and other formal functions
which will mark President McKinley's
visit to the Pan-American Exposition
have been finally arranged by the COM
mittee on reception.
President Mckinley and party will
arrive at the station at the New York
Central railroad about 6 o'clock from
Canton on the evening of September
4th. They will be met at Dunkirk by
a special committee. On arriving here
a presidential salute of twenty-one
guns will be fired by a squad of United
States soldiers from Fort Porter; bells
will ring and whistles be blown. Es-
corted by a platoon of mounted police,
the President will be escorted to the
residence of President John G. Mil
burn, where, with his party, he will
be entertained during his stay in Buffa-
10.
On Thursday. Presidents Day, Pres
ident Mckinley will leave Mr.. Mil
burns house for the exposition at 10
o'clock. He will ride in a carriage
with Mrs. Mckinley. Following him
also In carriages will come the mem
bers of the presidential party, the rep
resentatiyes of the diplomatic corps at
Washington; the members of the a
net and other high officials at Wash
ington, in addition to United States
Senators and Representatives, as may
come to participate in the ceremonies.
A squadron of mounted police and the
Fourth signal corps, also mounted,
will act as the escort. At the Lincoln
parkway entrance to the exposition
grounds, the United States troops sta
toned at Fort Porter and at the
grounds together with the Sixty-ffth
and Seventy-fourth regiments of the
National Guard of this city. will be
formed on either side of the roadway
and the President and party will pass
which will be erected at the northwest
pavilion and where the entire party
with the United States marine band
will be seated. The President will
make a short speech from a stand on
the triumphal bridge, after which he
will, with the other distinguished
guests, be escorted to the New York
State building and to the buildings of
the various foreign countries erected
on the grounds, and to the agricultural
building, to view the exhibits of for
eign countries not represented by
buildings and to meet the commission
ers to the exposition from South and
Central America. At / O'Clock the New
York State board of managers will en-
terrain the presidential party at lunch
con in the New York State building.
Later the President will visit the gov
eminent building which will be closed
while he is there. From the govern
ment building he will go to Mr.. Mil
burns house for dinner. At 7.30 the
President will again go to the exposi-
ton grounds to witness the illumina-
ton from the triumphal causeway. He
will later see the fireworks display
from the government life saving sta
ton. returning to Mr.. Milburn's for the
night. On Friday morning the Presi-
dent will be taken for a drive through
the grounds and to Niagara Falls by
special train. He will return at 4
o'clock and hold a public reception in
the temple of music.
In the Presidents party will be Mrs.
McKinlay, ..he Misses Barber, Captain
and Mrs. Lafayette Williams, of Chi
cago; Miss Sara Duncan, DR.. and Mrs.
P. M. Rixey, William S. Hawk and the
Misses Hawk and the Presidents pro-
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