Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19
THE PRESIDENT
Will Leave Oyster Bay, Today,
on Western Trip:
The Itinerary Calls for Absence from
Home Until Oct. 7.
An Extended Trip, Going as Far West
i'tl'Ni as the Dakotas.

Oyster Bay, N. ", Sept. 18.-The
President will leave here, tomorrow
morning, Oh his Western tour. He
will go to New York on the Sylph
which will sail about $50 O'Clock. He
will be accompanied by Secretary Cor
telyou, Assistant Secretary Loeb and
the White House stenographers and
messengers. Mrs. Roosevelt will go as
far as New York with him. Presi-
dent Roosevelt will return to the East,
Oct. Z.
The first public stop scheduled is
Cincinnati, the Goth, where he will visit
places Of interest, including the Fail
festival grounds, during the day. and
deliver an address in the evening. The
party will reach Detroit the follow
ing day and remain there until Tues
day. Sunday will be spent quietly.
The President will attend the Spanish
War Veterans convention and ban
1uet Monday.
Leaving Detroit, Tuesday, brief stops
will be made at Logansport, Kokomo,
Upton, Noblesville, Indianapolis, Mum
Gle and Fort Wayne. Milwaukee will
be reached late at night. Thursday,
the fair grounds at Lacrosse will be
visited and stops will be made at St.
| Paul and Minneapolis. At st. Paul
| in the evening the President will ad-
dress the National Civic Improvement
League at its convention.
Friday and Saturday, stops will be
made at Sioux Falls and Yankton,
South Da.: Sioux City, Arion and Deni-
son, Iowa. and Kearney, Grand Island
Hastings, Lincoln. Fremont and
Omaha. Neb. Sunday will be spent
quietly in Topeka. During Monday
several points in Kansas and Missouri
will be visited and in the evening the
President will deliver an address at St
Joseph.
Stops will be made at various points
in Iowa and Missouri, Tuesday, and
st. Louis will be reached in the after
noon. In st. Louis, the party will be
taken for a ride through the city
Forest park and the Worlds FAN
grounds. They will be entertained al
dinner by the Mercantile Club and il
| the evening the President will deliver
an address at the Coliseum.
From St. Louis the train will proceed
! TO Springfield, Ills. Chicago will be
reached. at $50 O'Clock Friday morning
| oct. 3. Inc program Tor the Gay IN
cludes visits to Northwestern and Chi
cago Universities and to several or
CARNATIONS, an open air meeting on the
lake front in the afternoon and ban
quet in the evening extended by the
various clubs and business associations
of the city.
| The President and his party will leave
| Chicago during the night and arrive al
| Cleveland at $50 the following evening
| Sunday the President will be the CUES!
of Senator Hanna, leaving during Sunda )
night for the East. On Monday, Oct. 6
two hours will be spent at Columbus. Thl
| train will reach Washington at So
o'clock Tuesday morning, Oct. T.
| The President will be accompanied a
| part of the trip by Secs. Shaw and Will
| son.
| The Rev. Lyman Abbott of New York
Prof. J. w. jerks and Henry White sec
| rotary of the American embassy at Lon
| don, were President Roosevelt's guests at
| luncheon, today. Mr.. Whites name has
| been mentioned in connection with the
vacant post of ambassador to Germany.