Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-25
MICHIGAN EDITORS IN TOWN
Program for Their Entertainment In
cludes Sightseeing Tour.

Program for Their Entertainment In
cludes Sightseeing Tour.
For the next three days the city will be
In the hands of party of Michigan edi-
tors. members of the Michigan Press Asso-
citation, who arrived here yesterday, with
their wives and daughters, on a special
train from Detroit The visit to Washing
ton is In the nature of special feature of
the annual meeting of the association
which has just been concluded at Detroit
All of the editors and the members of their
families are here for good time, and the
program that has been arranged for their
entertainment includes interesting features
There is to be no rushing about seeing the
sights. according to this program. A very
sane plan has been outlined, that will keep
the editors busy, but not half so much so
as when their respective fofemer.. angrily
demand copy" a few minutes before going
to press.
The party left Detroit yesterday morning
on two sleepers provided for their accom-
modation by Senator Alger. They arrived
here last night about 10 o'clock, a little
over two hours behind schedule time. The
visitors went on Observation-Disclosures
tour this morning through the Library of
Congress, and the afternoon will be spent
at the navy yard-just about enough to
occupy their time during the day. Senator
and Mrs. Alger will entertain them at their
residence this evening. Admiral Dewey and
President Roosevelt will receive them to-
morrow and tell them how glad they are
to have the chance of welcoming to Wash
fngton the representatives of so distin-
guished profession. The visitors will to-
morrow afternoon spend their time at the
Capitol, and in the evening they will at
tend the annual banquet of the Michigan
Association of the District at Rauschers or
will go to a BAH that has been arranged in
their honor-at the Dewey Wednesday
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sightseeing and will depart for home in the
afternoon.
The dinner at Rauscher's tomorrow night
promises to be one of the brilliant affairs
of the year. The banquet is being given in
honor of the senators and representatives
In Congress from the wolverine state, and
speeches will be made by Senators Alger
and Burrows and Representatives Hamil-
ton and Gardner, Townsend, Chaplain Cou-
den of the House and others. Judge G. NJ
Huck will preside and Commissioner G. J.
Dickema of the Spanish treaty claims COM
mission will be the POSTMASTER.
The headquarters of the Michigan editors
during their stay in Washington will be
the Dewey, where the secretary of the as
ISOLATION is stopping. The party includes:
p President c. H. Newell. Coldwater; Sec
rotary and Mrs. H A. Hopkins. st. Clair;
Auditor General and Mrs. P. F. Powers,
Cadillac: Representative and Mrs. F. s.
Neal. Worthwhile; Mrs Beckman. Monroe;
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. ]. Lowrey and Miss Low
rey. Howard City; Mr.. and Mrs. George M.
Dewey, Owassa. MIR. and Mrs. J. n. Nc
Call. Ithaca; Mr.. and Mrs. Milo W. Whit
aker and Mrs. Rudolph Worch. Jackson;
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Greening. DR.. George
Heath. F. D. Elmer and 7. d. Elmer. Mon
roe; Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Penfield, son and
daughter, Vieksburg; Mr.. and Mrs. George
B. Willard. Battle Creek; Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Miller and daughter, Chesanng; Mr..
and Mrs. o. E. Hawkins, Tecumseh; Mr..
and Mrs. Roger M. Andrews and Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. S. Harmon. Menominee; Col. E.
J. March, Hilsdale; Mr.. and Mrs. House,
Brown City; Mr.. E. r. Goldsmith and Mr..
E. NJ. Churchill, Patoskey; Mr.. j. S. Ham,
lin. Eton Rapids: Mr.. Charles w. McCor-
mick. Monroe; Mr.. George B. Dolliver Bat
tie Creek; MIR. Frank NJ. Green, Olivet; Mr..
George c. Wetherbee, Detroit; Mr. o. E.
Andrus, Edwardsburg. Mr.. Edward H.
Andrews, Three Rivers; Mr.. G. c. Stimson
and Henry /. Stimson, Chelsea