The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
GUNS WILL BOOM
TO MARK PRESIDENT McxINLEY's
ENTRANCE INTO BUFFALO.
PRESIDENTS
ON
DAY
HE WILL DE ENTERTAINED AT
THE PAN-AMERICAN.

The FOrmnIities and Ceremonies Ar
ranged by the Committee in
Charge-Bells and whistles win
Unite with Presidents salute 10
Testify the Heartiness of Buffalo's
WeIcOme-TO BE Entertained at
the House of John G.. MiIburn.
Ceremonies mt the Exposition
Grounds.
Buffalo, Sept. 1.-The ceremonies and
other formal functions which will mark
President McKinley's visit to the Pam
American Exposition have been finally
arranged by the Committee on Recep-
tion.
President Mckinley and party will
arrive at the station at the New York
Central Railroad from Canton at about
s o'clock in the evening of Sept. l..
They will be met at Dunkirk by a spe
cial 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 driven to the res
idence of John G. Milburn, where, with
his party. he will be entertained by
Mr.. Milburn during his stay in Buffalo
On Thursday, Presidents day. Presi-
dent Mckinley will leave Mr.. Milburn' S
house for the exposition at 10 o'clock.
He will ride in a carriage with Mrs.
Mckinley. Following him, also in car
riages, will come the members of the
presidential party, the representatives
of the diplomatic corps at Washington,
the members of the cabinet and such
other high officials at Washington, in
addition to United States senator's and
representatives, as 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 the grounds,
together with the Seventy fourth and
Slxty-fifth Regiments of the National
Guard of this city will be formed on
either side of the roadway and the
President and party will pass through
these columns to a stand which will he
erected at the Northwest Pylon 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, with the other dis
tinguished guests, he will be escorted
to the New York state building and 10
the buildings of the various foreign
countries erected on the grounds, and
to the agricultural building to view the
exhibits of foreign countries not rep
resented by buildings and to meet the
commissioners to the exposition from
South and Central America.
At 1 o'clock the New York state
beard of managers will entertain the
presidential party at luncheon in the
New York state building. Later the
President will visit the government
building, which Will be closed while
he is there. From the government
building he will go to Mr. Milburn's
house for dinner. At 7:30 O'Clock the
President will go to the exposition
grounds to witness the illumination
from the triumphal causeway. He will
later see the fireworks display from the
government life saving station, return
ing to Mr.. Milburn's for the night.
On Friday morning the President
Will be taken for a drive through the
grounds and. to Niagara Falls by spe-
cial train. He will return at O'Clock
and hold a public reception in the Tenn
pie of Music. In the Presidents party
will be Mrs. Mckinley, the Misses Bar
ber. Capt. and Mrs. Lafayette McWil-
liams of Chicago. Miss Sarah Duncan.
DR.. and Mrs. p. NJ. Rixey. William S.
Hawk and the Misses Hawk, and the
secretary to the President, Mr.. Cortel-
you.