Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-31
European Delegates to Arbi-
tration Conference.
ITINERARY ARRANGED
WILL BE CARRIED IN STATE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
Program as Outlined by Representative
Bartholdt, Chairman of the Congress
sional Reception Committee.

Europe will send to this country next
month the most distinguished body of men
who have ever visited these shores. They
Will be the representatives of the European
parliamonts in attendance upon the twelfth
iuterparIia conference for the pro-
motion of international arbitration There
will be about 30 in the party including
ladies. and during their sojourn in the
United States they will be the guests of
the nation.
Representative Richard Bartholdt, who
has recently returned from Europe. and
who is in the city today was the active
promoter of the bill which passed Con-
gress appropriating $4,000 for the enter
tainment of these distinguished visitors. As
chairman of the committee of Congress on
the reception and entertainment of these
members OF European parliaments. who are
even now arriving in the United States, he
has outlinged program for the trip.
The delegates will be welcomed by rep
resentative of the President of the United
States. after which they will be given
welcome to the city of st. Louis and the
worlds fair grounds by President David r.
Francis. Following these formalities
every country represented will be called
upon for minute address on interna-
tional arbitration. In the afternoon of this
day the delegates Will be received by the
board OF lady managers. of which Mrs.
Daniel Manning Is president, the entertain
ment being extended especially to the ladies
of the party
After the session of September 13 there
will be a reception and collation. rendered
By the British commissioner general, Col.
Watson, at the British building. and in the
evening the most important social feature
will take place. This will be banquet to
the visitors and members of Congress- and
will he rendered by President Francis
behalf of the worlds fair management.
One of the most famous orchestras will
furnish music during the repast. The cost
of this banquet has been set at $50 plate.
Trip to Colorado
Following the session of September IA
there will be visits to the exhibition build
ings. and in the evening of that day the
party will leave. on the same special train,
for Kansas City. via the Rock Island rail-
road. and Colorado Springs. From that
place they will go to Cripple Creek giving
the delegates an opportunity of viewing the
mining interests of the United States and
VIII thence return to Denver. They Will
proceed to Omaha. through Iowa. thus
showing the agricultural section of he
middle west. and will spend twenty-four
hours in Chicago. From Chicago they will
go To Cleveland.
Trip to West Point.
September q the official introduction to
the United States will be made An ca
tLISlpn VIII De taken on the HUDSON river
to West Point on revenue cutters. with a
convoy of United States warships which
Will fire a salute upon the departure of
the excursionists. Acting Secretary Taylor
will welcome them at West Point
September the party will leave for Phil
adelphia on two special trains of Pullman
cars. which will carry them throughout the
entire trip. In Philadelphia they will be
entertained at luncheon and by a carriage
ride. visiting the interesting and historic
places of the city, Independence Hall, the
Baldwin locomotive works and the Cramp
shipyard. In the evening they will leave
for Pittsburg, where they arrive on the
morning of the Sth. Here there will be an
ether carriage ride through the city and
visits will be made TO the great Iron manu-
featuring industries They will leave Pitts
burg in the evening and arrive at ST. Louis
the following night.
September 10 they will make their first
visit to the worlds fair grounds. where
each delegation representing European
country will be received by It's respective
commissioners. On the following day there
river. rendered by the Business Mems
League of st. Louis. after which the dele
gates will be left to their own devices for
amusement
The Arbitration Conference.
Monday. September II. the business of
the conference begins with the opening Of
the interparliamentary conference at De-
troit by rail, from which last-named point
they will sail down the lake to Buffalo,
visiting Niagara Falls later.
Arrival in Washington.
From Niagara Falls they will come di-
rectly to Washington by the Pennsylvania
short line arriving September %. While
In this city they will visit Mount Vernon
and other famous and interesting points
and will be quartered at the Arlington
Hotel The day following they will ne
received by President Roosevelt at the
White House at 80. On the morning of
the 18th they Will leave for New York.
Among the guests in this party will be
members of almost every parliament in
Europe. distinguished members of the
nobility. one OF the most interesting fea-
lures OF the trip will be work issued by
the government printing office. 1t will be
souvenir in the shape of a book, which
Will be handed to the guests. leaf by leaf,
as ii is turned out by the presses, the I'm
ished bound book being delivered to each
member Of the party upon his final return
to New York.