The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-24
TOUR OF The PRE;S'I.
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From Chicago to Yellowstone Park
Then to St. Louis, Los An
geles, Seattle and Home.
Stops Will Be Made at Many Points
Sunday Travel Almost
....s.. Eliminated. r.
From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Post Build
ing, Washington,

From The Journal Bureau Room IS, Post Build.
ing, Washington.
Washington, March 24.--The presidents
western tour will begin at Chicago on
April 2, on which day he will be the guest
Of the city, speaking to mass meeting
at the Auditorium in the evening. At
midnight of that day his special train
will leave for Wisconsin points, over the
Chicago & North Western railway, arriv-
ing at Madison, the first stop. at a. m.
The party will remain aboard the train
until 8 a. m. when it will be at the COM
mand Of the local committee which will
furnish entertainment for two hours, when
the train will start for Waukesha,- the
next stop, where it will be for half an
hour, giving the president time for a
speech on a platform near the depot. The
president will be in Milwaukee at p.
m. and will leave that city at midnight
There will be drive through the city,
reception and in the evening banquet
at the Pfister hotel. The run from Mil
waukee to La Crosse across the state
will be made in eight and a half hours.
The president will remain in La Crosse
for two hours. ~.a .,-~ ~..'".s j.
There will be no stop between La Crosse
and st. Paul. which will be reached at
2:3O p. m. The train will leave Mime
apolis at II p. m. of Saturday, arriving at
Sioux Falls for Sunday, April s. The pres
ident regards Sunday as day of rest.
and Sioux Falls will see nothing of him
except is he goes and comes between the
hotel and church. Monday morning at
$3.50 the train will leave Sioux Falls and
the daylight ride over the Milwaukee road
towards Fargo will commence. including
stops at Yankton, Mitchell, Aberdeen and
Edgeley, as already stated in these dis
patches.
The train will arrive at Fargo at 2:40
a. m. and the president will remain on
board for breakfast. and at $50 will be in
the hands of the local committee, which
Will provide entertainment for an hour
and half, when the party will start west
over the Northern Pacific railway for yell
lowstone park, stopping briefly at James
town, Bismarck, Mandan and Medora en-
route. There will be a stop of fifteen
minutes at Livingston. Mont. the morning
OF April s. and a short stop at Cinnebar,
where the president will leave the party,
and, accompanied by John Burroughs
and guides, will plunge into the wlds Of
the Yellowstone park. His guard in the
park Will be a company Of cavalry.
TWO Weeks In the Park.
Returning from the park after a stsay
there OF two weeks, the president will
get aboard his special train at Cinnebar on
Friday. April "a, and go back through
Livingston and thence to Billings, not
stopping al either place, or, at least. not
to make himself visible. Leaving Billings
at l2:40 a. m. Of Saturday, April rs. the
| train without stop will run for fifteen
hours, when it will arrive at Alliance,
Neb, at o'clock p. m. After a change
OF engines. the train will start
for Grend Island, Neb.. at 1880 p. M. Sat
urday, reaching that city at $3.50 Sunday
morning. Sunday will be spent in that
| place. The Monday itinerary includes
| towns along the st. Joseph & Grand
| Island railway, winding up at Omaha at
| 5 D. m.
The president will leave Oma ha at mid
night for run across Iowa next day. the
Iowa stops being Shenandoah, Clarinda,
Van Vert, Osceola, Des Moines, where
the president will stop between 1890 and 4
p. m, Oskaloosa and Ottumwa The night
will be spent aboard the train at the last
| named place, which will be reached at Z
! q. M, in time for a banquet and evening
address,. The next day. Wednesday. April
| 20. the special train will start down the
| Mississippi river for St. Louis, which
will be reached at 4:1O p. M. stop be-
ing made en- route at Keokuk. Quincy,
| Hannibal. Louisiana and Clarksvile
After the dedication ceremonies at St.
Louis on April 80, the president. at mid
night of that day. will start for Kansas
City where he will arrive at 9 O'Clock
a. M. OF May l and remain five hours He
will then proceed to Kansas City, Kan,
where he will remain for two hours, and
| then at D. M he will start for Lawrence,
where he will stop for fifteen minutes
reaching Topeka. the next STOP at p. m.
and remaining there all night. There will
be a banquet and an address in the eve
ming.
Saturday. May ?. at a. M. the specia
train will leave Topeka over the Missouri
Pacific railway. making short stops al
Manhattan. Junction City, Abilene, Salina
Ellsworth. Russell, Hays, Wakeeney ant
Sharon Springs. where the night will bt
spent. The following day will be Sun
day. and the party will remain at Sharon
Springs. and early Monday morning will
enter Colorado, reaching Denver at 1913
;, a. m. -
In New Mexico and Arizona.
From Denver where the stop will b.
two and half hours. the party will pro
coed south to. Santa Fe,. Albuquerque
Grand Canon and other New Mexico an
Arizona points on the way to southern
California
Monday. May ?, the president afte
having gone the entire length of tn
American possessions on the Pacific coast
will leave Seattle for the east. He vii
spend the 25th and part of the 26th j
the state Of Washington. moving rapidl
eastward. with occasional stops and dur
ing the latter part Of the 26th will eros
Idaho. arriving at Helena on Wednesday,
May ~ at $50 a. M, and remaining ther
two hours. The next stop will be a
Butte. from to p. m. The next da
will be spent in passing through Idaho b
another route. on the way to Salt LAX
City, with numerous stops. Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday will be passed in Wyo
ming. the last-nan1ed day in Cheyenne
and Monday, June I. will be spent in
run through Nebraska to Council Bluffs
Iowa. where the train will arrive at
a. m. Tuesday, June 2, will be spent i
run across Iowa towards the east Dor
der. and will include stops at Denisor
Fort Dodge, Cedar Falls and Dubuque
The president will arrive in Dubuque a
5:45 p. M. and remain there until
o'clock next morning. affording ampl
time for an entertainment in the evenins
From Dubuque the special will procee
across Illinois and Indiana. and will nal
brief stops in the former state at Free
port. Rockford. Rochelle, Aurora Jolie
Dwight, Pontiac. Lexington, Springfield
and Decatur. There will be no stops
Indiana. which will be crossed at nigh
At GAS a. M. Friday. June s, the pres
dent will arrive at Pittsburg. proceedjn