Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-21
HERE SEPTEMBER 80.
President Roosevelt Will Visit OF
tumwa on That Day.
TO ARRIVE DURING THE AFTERNOON
Will Start on keokuk G. Western in
Western Iowa in Morning-Going to
Des Mones-comes into ottumwa
Over the Rock Island Road.

President Theodore Roosevelt will
visit Ottumwa on the afternoon of Sep
TENDER 80 unless his present itinerary
Is changed. According to Washington
dispatches he will cross the entire
state on that day, starting at Clarinda
and visiting points on the Keolluk &
Western road all the way to Des
Moines, where he will transfer to the
Rock Island and come south through
Oskaloosa and Ottumwa, leaving the
state at Keokuk on the night of Sep
TENDER go. His arrival at Ottumwa
will probably take place late in the af-
ternoon, probably or 5 o'clock. His
trip through the west will be flying
one and Ottumwa may well be thank
full for even a few minutes of his time.
w. J. Bryan's famous swing around
the circle will not be marker" to
what President Roosevelt plans to &C.
complish on his visit, as his itinerary
in some places calls for 600 and 700
miles travel in a single day. with fif-
teen stops, ranging in duration from
five minutes to an hour.
Plans Being Completed.
The finishing touches are being put
to President Roosevelt's arrangements
for his visit to the northwest. Secre-
tary Cortelyou is at the temporary
White House in Washington for the
purpose of receiving advices of rail
road managers and consulting with
senators and members of congress as
to the best time to reach places in the
states to be visited.
In Iowa Twice.
Ia thn hoct inf a. III on
the President will be in Iowa on two
separate occasions. He will come
from Minneapolis and ST. Paul on Sep.
moment in South Dakota at Sioux
Falls. Great pressure is being brought
to bear upon him to extend his tour
possible that he will have to include
Yankton in his itinerary.
From Sioux Falls he will go to Sioux
City, arriving there in the afternoon OF
September &c. 1t is understood that
the President will spend about two
hours in Sioux City, then making g
run to Omaha, which he is due to reach
between and 10 o'clock in the even
ing of September &c.
To Visit Ak-Sar-Ben.
During the night his special train
will be pulled to Kearney, Neb., and il
the morning of September 81 he viii
make dash through the South Platte
country of Nebraska, arriving at Lin
coin about o'clock on the evening o
Sept 81. After short rest in the cap
ital city of the Antelope state the Pres
ident will be taken to Omaha in time
to review the Ak-Sar-Ben parade
From Omaha he will go south into
Kansas and Missouri, where two day.
will be put in.
The President will get back to low;
from his Kansas trip on Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 80, and is scheduled to MAKE
stops at Clarinda, Van Vert, Osceloa
Des Moines, Oskaloosa and Ottumwa
leaving the state at Keokuk on tn,
morning of October /, on his way east
While there are gaps here and Their
to be connected to in the itinerary thu
main features of what promises to b.
most memorable trip have been de
cided upon. Generally the Presiden
will avoid speech making. He viii
speak at certain reunions Throughout
the trip but he will avoid talking a
much as possible, and if it become
necessary he will have cabinet off
Ger represent him.