The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-23
CINCINNATI MERCHANTS
TO SEE INDIANA CITIES
Evansville, Vincennes and Indian
apolis to Be Visited on a Trip
to the Worlds Fair.
SCHEDULE is ELABORATE
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
CINCINNATI. May 22.-On Monday
morning at o'clock a special train OF
eight cars, bearing 200 of cincinnatfs most
prominent business men, representatives OF
twenty commercial bodies. will leave Gin
cinnati for ST. Louis. where they will par
ticipate in Cincinnati day ceremonies at
festival hall. The party will be entertained
at eight cities along the route of the b. 4
o. S. w. The first stop will be made at
Louisville, where the train will arrive at
7:l5 a. m. The tourists Will be the guests
OF the Commercial Club OF that city.
Breakfast will be served at the Louisville
Hotel rapid tour of the city will be
made and the party will resume it's trip.
after having spent seventy-five minutes in
the Kentucky metropolis.
A stop will be made at Owensboro. KY
Arriving there at 12:l5 p. m, the Cincinnati
people will be met by a committee OF
business men. headed by Mayor Yewell.
and they will be taken in trolley cars TO
a nearby grove. where an old-fashioned
barbecue will be served. There will be
addresses by members OF the party and
local gentlemen.
Leaving Owensboro at 2:30 o'clock the
next stop will be made at Henderson. KY,
at $3.50. An hour will be spent there. and
the party will proceed 10 Evansville. Ind.
arriving at 5 p. m. Four hours will be
spent in Evansville. During that time
the visitors will be guests OF the business
men or that city at dinner at the st. George
Hotel. the dinner TO be followed b. .
smoker and reception at the headquarters
Of the Evansville Business Association
Only twenty minutes will be spent at VIM
cennes. The Cincinnati day train will ar
rive at the historic Indiana town soon
after midnight, and will leave there at II 30
a IN. Then the run 20 ST. Louis Will be
made as fast as possible, the train being
scheduled to arrive at the White City at
a. m. Tuesday. This excursion was
planned with the view TO cement CONNER
cial relations between Cincinnati and the
world. The programme arranged for Gin
cinnati day Is attractive one and Will
be participated in by Obios best men.
The party will leave ST Louis at $50
o clock Thursday morning and will arrive
at Springfield. III. at 100 o'clock.
An elaborate entertainment has been pre-
pared at this point The Business Mems
Association Will meet the Cincinnati gen.
tlemen and escort them 10 the Leland
which trolley cars viii convey the guests
10 Lincoln monument Charles Ridgely
will deliver address OF welcome and
Mayor Fleischmann, OF Cincinnati. will
home and other points or interest will be
visited during the trip through the city.
Al 10 a. m. travel will again be resumed.
Decatur, Ill, will be reached az II 30 A.
Luncheon at the Elks' lodgeroom. followed
by an automobile tour OF the city. Will form
the principal features of the entertainment
The train will arrive India ana polls at
there A delegation OF business men will
meet the Cincinnatians az the depot. Then
the train will start on its way 10 Clncin~
natl. arriving In the Queen City at 10 y. n.