Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
Several Daily Visits Are Arranged for
Nine Weeks Tour.
WEST AND NORTHWEST TO SEE ROOSEVELT
Executive Will Be Kept Busy Travelling
Over Country,
DUE TO REACH ALLIANCE ON APRIL Is
Grand Island, Hastinga, Lincoln, FIRE.
mont and Gate City Are All 90
Receive Calls from Ma
tion's Head.

President Roosevelt will spend the night
OF Monday, April ~, in Omaha, arriving
at o'clock in the evening OF that day
and departing at 8 o'clock the next morn
ing for the south He will he given first
drive about tho city by his hosts, the
governors Of the Knights OF Ak-Sar- Den.
and then will be rendered q dinner at the
Omaha club. but there will be no public
reception.
Thus is Omaha to have reparAtion for
the disappointment Of last fall, when the
president was TO have graced the carnival
festivities with his presence the night OF
September "a, but was prevented from
doing so by the increasing seriousness Of
the injury 20 his leg
At that time Secretary Cortelyou for
the president, implied that the latter would
yet carry out his plans and the Ak-S -Sar-
Ben governors accordingly renewed their
invitation. with the result that It has just
been formally accepted by the president.
for this new date. The substitution Of
carriage drive for the customary public
reception is at the wish of the president
and will have the effect of giving moro
persons opportunity to see him with less
fatigue to them and to the executive him
self
Practically every Nebraska point that
was on the list last fall is on the list now
and will be honored with the executives
presence for about the same length of timo
contemplated In the original plan. The
The first important stop will be at Grand
Island, where the presidential party will
spend ali Sunday. April 26. and until $50
Monday morning. when It will proceed 10
Hastings. The mayor OF Grand Island is
TO have charge Of the arrangements there
and Senator DIETRICH of the arrangements
at Hastings. his home town.
About y, m, Monday the party is to ar
rive In Lincoln. where there is to be a car
riage drive, arrangements for which are
TO be under the supervision of Congressman
Burkett. From Lincoln the party, abandon
ing the Burlington. will go over the Elk
horn to Fremont for a thirty-minute stop
and then como into Omaha over the Union
Pacific, arriving here at or about 8 p. m.
Provisional outlines Of all local programs
are TO be submitted to the presidents new
tecretary. Mr.. Loeb, within the next few
Gays.
Full details OF his entertainment here
lave not been decided upon, but they will
be In charge OF Senator Millard. The names
Of all who will be in the presidents party
during the trip have not been announced.
When the president leaves Omaha, early
in the morning OF Tuesday, the 2sth, ne will
so directly to St. Louis, there to partici-
tate in the dedication OF the exposition
grounds.
ItinerRry of Tour Ready.
WASHINGTON, March l6.-severaI SEN
Rtors and members OF the house of rep
resentativeN from western states today had
conferences with President Roosevelt con-
cerning his approaching tour of the west
and northwest. Dates for the presidents
visits, to cities Of the several states tc be
Included in his journey were discussed. A
few changes were made. but the itinerary OF
the trip practically has been completed
with the exception OF the time of arrival
ard departure from a few places. The itin-
erary now is in the hands OF the railroads
for exact determination OF the running time
of the presidents train.
The party will leave Washington on the
morning OF April / and proceed to Chicago
April will be spent in Chicago. Thence
the president will go to Madison, Wis,
where. on the morning of the Sd, he will
address the legislature In the statehouse
Waukesha and Milwaukee will be visited
next. He will be entertained at a banquet
by the Merchants and Manufacturers as
sociation Of Milwaukee.
The next morning, after a two hours
stop at La Crosse, he will go to ST. Paul
and Minneapolis, leaving the latter city
late that night and arriving in Sioux Falls
S. D., the next morning. After a brief stop
there he will go to YRnkton, Mitchell and
Aberdeen. S. D., and Edgeey N d. On
the morning Of April he will reach Fargo,
n. d., and visit jamestown. Bismarck
Mandan and Medora, all in North Da-
kotA. He will visit Livingston Mont, on
q
bar Mont, al noon OF that day.
Cinnabar is at the entrance to the Yell
lowstone park. The presidents train will
be sidetraeked there until Friday. April a.
President Roosevelt, accompanied by secre-
tary Root and John Burroughs, the poet
naturalist OF New York, will make an ex-
tended tour of the Yellowstone National
Park under the guidance Of Major Pitcher,
the park superintendent On this trip the
president will be escorted by a picked de-
tail Of soldiers. II is understood that Sec
retsry Loeb and the other members Of the
presidents party will be on the train at
Cinnabar during the presidents absence,
but communication will be maintained with
the president daily during his absence.
Alliance First Nebraska stop.
On Friday. April "a. he will leave CHINA
bar and after passing through Livingston.
Mont, and Billings. Mont, arrive at Al
lance, Neb., late on 'he afternoon OF April
%. After a short stop there he will pro-
eeed TO Grand Island Neb., where the party
will spend Sunday. During Monday, April
n, he viii visit Hastings. Lincoln. Fre-
mont and Omaha. He will spend the night
at Omaha and reach Shenandoah. Ia, early
on the 2sth. During that day he will make
brief stops az Clarinda. VAnwert. oseeola,
hes Mninps OakalOoaa and Otfuuaura IN
Iowa
Passing the night on the train. the pres
ident win arrive at Keokuk Ia. on the
morning OF the 2sth and on that day will
visit Quincy. H.. Hannibal. No. Louisiana.
Mo-. end Clarksyille. No He will arrive at
81. Louis late In the afternoon. That night
and Thursday. April 80. viii be spent in ST.
Louis, where Mr.. Roosevelt will partiei-
pate In the ceremonies incident to the ded