Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-26
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Secretaries Hay and Root See
the President.
MANY SENATORS CALL
-MINISTER BARNETT TALKS OF
HIS TRIP TO THE EAST.
Asiatic Exhibits at the st. Louis Ex-
position Will Be on an I'm
precedented Scale.

Secretaries Hay and Root had confer
ences with the President this morning,
spending some time with him. Senators
Foraker, Cullom, German and Platt of
Connecticut were visitors. John Arbuckle
the sugar and coffee man of New York.
saw the President for a few minutes.
Asiatic Exhibits at st. Louis.
Another visitor was Ex-Mfnister John
Barrett who has been abroad as the repre-
sentative in the east of the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition. Mr.. Barrett was picked
out for minister to Japan to succeed the
late Minister Buck, and he would have
been nominated for the place but for OBJ
jections by Japan and statement from
Mr.. Barrett that he could not sever MS
connection with the St. Louis exposition.
II have succeeded in inducing all the i'm
portsnt countries of Asia to make large
exhibits at St. Louis" said Mr. Barrett.
Among these are Japan, China, Corea,
Siam French Indo-China, Java, India ana
Ceylon There was some apathy at first,
but this was overcome ana the exmplts
are to be on a greater scale than ever De-
fore.
tial than these countries have ever attempt
ed The spectacular will be eliminated ana
the exhibits will be legitimate. The coun-
tries l have named Will spend more than
~ IN
priated 100000 taels from the imperial treas
ury thereby showing unusual interest.
Heretofore the viceroys have had to make
whatever exhibits came from emma rms
time the imperial government is directly
back of the Undertaking The exhibits and
the interest taken by the eastern countries
will greatly strengthen our trade relations
in that part of the world and bring us into
closer contact with the countries and the
people"
The President Will Disappear.
At four places in his coming western tour
the President will break away from all the
members of his party and will leave secret
service and newspaper men ignorant of his
whereabouts. The first will be at the yell
lowstone Park in April. On arriving at the
park the members of the party will be left
in the train the track and will shift
for themselves until the President emerges
sixteen days later. Inside the 1ark his COM
panions will be Major Pitcher, sthe army Of
ficer in charge Of the park, and John Bor-
roughs, the naturalist, of New York. who
will accompany the President from Wash
ington. The three men will live in the open
air, camping and doing about they
please. There will be no shooting or hunt
ing. Instead the President will devote some
Of his time to study of the best methods for
the preservation of the game in the park.
The next disappearance of the President
will be in the Grand Canyon Of Arizona. At
day, Wednesday, May 6, and the President
will leave everybody in his party behind
ard take horses, his only companion being
Governor Brodie of Arizona Governor
Brodie was the senior major of the Rough
Riders when that regiment went to Cuba.
With the promotion of Colonel Wood to be
a brigadter general and the promotion of
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt to be colonel
of the regiment Major Brodie became lieu
tenant colonel. At the first opportunity
after he became President Mr.. Roosevelt
appointed Colonel Brodie to be governor Of
Arizona
While in California the President and his
party will so to the Yosemite valley, the
home of the big redwood trees. The Pcesi-
dent will say goodbye to the members of
his party and will enter the redwood for
ests with no other companion than John
Muir, the famous Yosemite guide. They
will camp together for four days.
The next time the President will leave
the party will be when he rides across the
plains Of Wyoming from Laramie to Chey-
enne. Only one or two personal friends will
accompany him on that ride, distance of
more than fifty miles.
Mrs. Roosevelt Going on Cruise.
Theodore, jr and Archie Roosevelt are
at home from their Groton School for the
Easter vacation, and it is understood that
within three or four days, probably Sum
day, Mrs. Roosevelt will take the children
of her family and leave Washington for
cruise on the Mayf1ower, which has arrived
at the navy yard. She will probably be
gone about ten days. She will bid the Pres
ident goodbye on Sunday, as the Pres1-
dent himself will leave Washington We'd
nesday.
Invited to Banquet Of Veterans
Capt John R. King Maj Eric Bergland
and Maj. L. K Brown, a committee of the
Union Veteran Association of Maryland,
called on the President today and invited
him to be present at the thirty-eighth an
nual reunion and banquet of the associa-
ton, which was formed April 8. 1868, at
AppomattoX, and Is the oldest association
of the kind in the country The President,
in view of his absence from Washington
April g. was unable to accept the invita-
ton.
Rev. P. A. Hubert of Chica go and Prof.
Horace Talbert of Wilberforce University,
both of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, called the President and dis
cussed with him matter in which the
colored race is interested.
II had not seen the President since I
elected him governor of New York." said
Mr. Hubert afterward, land l wanted to
talk with him about some matters l had
charge of a portion of his campaign at that
time and know him WE'LL