Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24
MAY CHANGE ROUTE
BURLINGTON CITIZENS WANT
ROOSEVELT TO VISIT THERE.
Letter Mailed to Presidents Secretary
by President James A. Guest, of Bur-
Iinston Commercial Exchange Re-
quests Visit From Executive.

From Thursdays Dailv.l :.
President Roosevelt will stop on
for a short time at Fairfield, MI.
Pleasant and Burlington, if the letter
mailed yesterday to the Presidents
secretary by General James A. Guest,
president of the Burlington CONNER
cial Exchange, has any weight with
the nations executive. The letter
was sent on behalf of the commercial
exchange and requests that the presi-
dental party go to Keokull over the
&C., B. & O., via Burlington. Super
Iintendent H. G. Mutt, of the Burling-
ton will have special train or engine
at the Presidents command. The full
text of the letter mailed at the in
stance of the Burlington Commercial
Exchange is as follows:
Burlington, Ia, March 49, 1903.
William Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the Presi-
dent, Washington, ID. c.:
Dear Sir: On behalf of the Commercial
Exchange and citizens of our city, l de-
sire to extend to the President of the
United States an invitation to visit Bur-
| lington, Iowa, on his western trip.
l understand his plan is now to be In
Ottumwa Iowa, on April IS, from which
place he goes to Quincy, H., by way of
| Keokuk, Iowa. Kindly permit me to say,
| the trip from Ottumwa to Keokuk, by way
| Of Burlington, with very little additional
time ard route would pass the President
through five large county seats before
| leaving this state, namely, Ottumwa to
| Fairfield, the home of the late United
| States Senator Wilson, twenty-five miles;
Fairfield to Mt. Pleasant, the home of the
| late United States Senator Harlan, twenty
| two miles; Mt. Pleasant to Burlington, the
home of the late United States Senator
re- II. 1f,,.yt 1n IN
FIT. Madison, eighteen miles; FIT Madison
to Koekuk, twentv-six miles; Kcokuk tn
Quincy, twenty eight miles.
Within three minutes walk from very
safe and convenient stopping place In TINS
city is our Coliseum, with seating ca
pacity of six thousand or more. Superin
tendent III. C. Mutt, of Burlington railway
assures us that special engine or trar
is at the Presidents command and ser
vices. Very respectfully,
JAMES A. GUEST,
President Commercial Exchange.
f. S. HOLSTEEN, Secretary.
Leave Washington April 1.
The intinerary of the Presidents tri
is about completed He will leav
Washington on the morning of Apri
/ /, arriving at Chicago, April 2. A
. Madison, Wis, on the third he will ad
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After brief stop at Waukesha he vii
| proceed to Milwaukee to attend bal
| quet in the evening. He will stop wv
hours at La Crosse the next mornln
and then go to st. Paul and MlnneaI
: oils. He will leave the latter place a
night and arrive at Sioux Falls tn
t next morning. After a brief. stop ther
: he will go to Yankton. April rs to b
: spent in North Dakota and Montana
He will make an extended tour {
!, Yellowstone park. On April "a tn
! trip will be resumed to visit Montan
: points and he will spend the twent,
!, sixth at Grand Island, Nebraska o
. Monday he will visit in order. Has
: ings. Lincoln, Fremont and Oman;
; Spend the night at Omaha, and reac
J. Shenandoah, Iowa on the morning {
- the twenty-eighth. On that day b
\ will make brief stop at Clarinda,V Va
' Vert, Osceola, Des Moines and Ottur
r wa.
ST. Louis April 1890.
It The remainder of the trip is as fc
n lows: Arrive at keoliuk on the NOR
e ing of the twenty-ninth and on th
d day visit Quincy, Ill, Hannibal, Loui
e lana, GAINESVILLE, Mo-, arrive at
o Louis late in the afternoon; on tn
g night and Thursday, remain in
e Louis, participating in the ceremoni'
g incident to the dedication OF the exp
q sition grounds. Beginning at Kans;
q City on May /. visit several kans
n points. The trip then will be take
l. through Colorado, New Mexico Al
e IONA and California. He will sper
e four days in the Yosemite valley. afte
sr wards visiting Nevada, Oregon al
California again, and Washington, Id
e no and Montana, Utah and Wyomin
lie
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