The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
Tour of AlabamA
 Press Association.

J. H. Hurd. wife and son. Bessemer.
 Mrs. Willis, Bessemer.
 s. l.. Sherrill, Hartse.le.
 J, Baker and !. H. Sanders. Dothan.
 Mrs. c. Norris and Miss Alman. Rus sellvil,e.
 Mrs. NJ. B. Cardwell and Miss Eppes. Demopols.
 Miss B. E. Ledyard and Miss c. B. Horton. Letohatchie.
 Mrs A. M Cryer, Tallassee.
 w. T. Newton and wife, Dothan.
 F. B. Clements. Tuscaloosa.
 E. S. Jack and wife, Mrs. A. E.. Stollenwerck and Miss Al. Jack. Greens boro
 Mrs. Gravel.e and Miss J. B. Shields, Miss Umstead, Jasper.
 D. H. Fulton. Bessemer.
 R. A. O'Rear. Jasper
 w. D. Parrish, Helena.
 G. E. Roulhac. Sheffield.
 Mrs. W. B. Reynolds. Miss NJ. Allen, Blocton.
 P. D. Brown. Tuscaloosa.
 ' A. Fe~ '-ie. MaTi5n.
 T. A. Brighton, Andalusia.
 It will be observed that there are some thing over eighty ladies in the party, and many of them are teachers. steno- sraphers. or other young women who ar ranged the trip through weekly newspa- pers. taking advantage of q remarkably low rate. Railroad passenger agents, ho- tel men and others who are interested in handling the party have expressed Sur prise at the unusually large number of persons from Birmingham and they have no doubt been left with the impression that Birmingham has more newspapers than all other towns and cities in Ala bama combined A lady in the party ex- plained the presence of so many Birming- hammers by saying that many editors of weekly newspapers had paid for the trip and as the time came around they found they were unable to leave with the party. Then they asked Secretary Rountree to dispose of their tickets. which he presumably did to his fellow towns men who were clamoring for them.
 Some of these people, who were never in a newspaper office in their lives. say they have been going on the Alabama Press trip several seasons. They accept courtesies from cities which would moi be accorded them otherwise. and profit by the deception of others upon the railroads upon the places visited and upon the Press Association. A Birmingham woman who had bought her ticket from a week. ly newspaper suggested to me that the deception lowered the standard of the Alabama trip. She did not appear to re- al!5e that she was party to the trans action.
 However. the Alabamians have had a delightful trip They are travelling in a special train of six cars-four Pullman sleeping cars. dining car. and a com bination smoking car and baggage car. coincidence for which the members of the party are grateful to the Pullman Company lies in the fact that Conductor William Lowndes Yancey of Brookfield, Mo. was assigned to care for the party and the cars on the tour. MT. Yancey had never been South until he took the cars to Birmingham. He is young man and his name is not the only attractive thing about him. He has been most as- siduous in his attention to the party, which has made him a good Alabamian. He had of course heard of the great Ala bamian whose name he bears, and is so enamoured of the members of the party that he says he hopes to be able to trace his kinship with the Alabama Yanceys.
 The special train left Birmingham Tues day at noon and reached Nashville for sup per. leaving there about o'clock. Twen- ty miles north of Nashville, near Evans vile Junction. the wreck of a freight train delayed the special two hours. Eff teen freight cars had been torn to pieces and brakeman was fatally injured. The scene caused unpleasant sensations about the spines of those who were destined to sleep two weeks in Pullman cars.
 The two hours delay put the train into Evansville about a. m. and the Ala bamians did not see any of the town which has such positive aversion to ne- groes. Terre Haute was the first Indiana city viewed by members of the party, that city being reached about o'clock. Chicago is 190 miles from Terre Haute over the Evansville route and members of the party got an excellent view of the rich agricultural section of Southern In- diana from the car windows. Vincennes, a pretty city and the Wabash River were points of interest.
 The train reached Chicago shortly be- fore F o'clock, where the travellers spent three hours visiting department stores, lunch houses, barber shops and other places necessary to travel-stained persons.
 At o'clock the special left on Its long journey across the northern portion of the United States for Toronto. Al Chicago the party was joined by R. McC Smith, Southern passenger agent, and H R. Charlton, advertising agent of the Grand Trunk Railway who are still with the party. It should be said in passing that these gentlemen have contributed greatly to the success of the tour. MT Charlton is a Canadian. His office and home are in Montreal. and the Alabama ladies fell in love completely with Mrs Charlton, who visited them at the hote to-day. MT Smith resides in Detroit Mich. Both he and MT. Charlton are widely informed on Canada and no wisf has been expressed by members of tho party that these two courteous railway officials have not gladly gratifed.
 From Chicago to Toronto the specia made the run as the first sec tion of fast passenger train Leaving Chicago the Grand Trunk line passes across Northeastern In. diana, a great fruit and grain section One of the points of interest is South Bend, where the wagons and blows arc made The railroad enters Michigan al Cassopolis. and just at twilight we were in the remarkable little city Battle Creek Mich. where so many cereal foods are manufactured and where there are sev. eral immense sanitariums.
 Just at midnight Port Huron, Mich. was reached. Here the Grand Trunk leaves the United States and enters Canada by tunnel built under St Clair river This tunnel is one of the titumphs oi modern engineering. It's length is two miles and 1t cost s7OOO.OOO. It is q solid steel tube, % feet in diameter, with a single track. It is ventilated by pipes running up through the water. Customs officials board all trains at Port Huron but the officials of the railroad company had arranged for a previous inspection Of baggage and no one in the party was inconvenienced except Frank Crlchton Of Clanton. He left the train to take a walk about Port Huron and the train left him. He boarded the passenger train following the special train and ate breakfast with the party the next morn