Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-07
BOUNDFOR THE west
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ATTENDS
Big ROUNDUP In TEXAS,
Will Be Absent From Washington, D.
c., Nearly Two Months-WiII Be at
Reunion of His Regiment Of Rough
Riders of Spanish-American War On
Fr;day-Great Time Expected.

Washington, April 3-President
Roosevelt left Washington today on a
long trip to the west and southwest
He will be absent from the capital for
nearly two months. One of the chief
objects of the trip which the president
long has had in mind is the reunion
of his regiment of Rough Riders of the
Spanish-American war, which is to
take place at San Antonio, Texas, next
Friday, and for which an elaborate
program of exercises has been ar
ranged.
There will be number of brief
stops en- route, where the president
will make addresses. Leaving San An
tonic, there will be a brief stop and
address at Fort Worth, which will ter
inmate the public part of the trip, fol.
lowing which the president is to 20
hunting in the Panhandle of Texas and
later in Colorado. All arrangements
have been made whereby the pres-
dent will keep in touch with public af-
fairs both during his railroad ride and
while hunting, so that he will be en-
abled to pass on all matters requiring
his attention. The president is look
ing forward with keen pleasure to his
vacation.
Itinerary Of the Trip.
The president will leave Washing
ton Monday, April 3, at a. m. He will
be accompanied by Secretary Loeb,
DR.. Alexander Lambert, General S. B.
NJ. Young, Lieutenant G. R. FortesIue,
NJ. C. Latta and ]. L. McGrew, sten.
ographers, and representatives of
newspaper press associations. The
first stop will be made at Louisville,
KY, at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The president and party will pass in
procession through the city and the
president will make an address.
The train will leave Louisville at II
O'Clock, pass through St. Louis at s p.
M, and at that point take the train.
A few short stops will be made in In
dian territory on Wednesday. At
Sherman, Texas, where the party will
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leave the train, drive to the public
square and make a brief address.
Dallas will be reached at $50 p. m,
and after public address, the pres
dent will attend dinner.
The next stop will be at Waco on
Thursday, April 6, at $3.50 a. m. The
president will speak briefly at Waco.
He will reachE.Austin at . O'Clock in
the afternoon and address the joint
session Of the legislature at the capital
and later speak to the public on the
lawn of the capitol.
Exercises at San Antonio.
The train will reach San Antonio at
$3.50 p. m. Thursday, but there will be
no public program until the following
morning. The object of the president
in visiting San Antonio is to attend
the reunion of his regiment. Exer-
cises have been arranged which will
fill the entire day, including review
of the regular troops at Fort Sam
Houston, procession in which the
Grand Army and confederate veterans
will take part, luncheon at the Rough
Riders camp and dinner by the
Business Mems club at the Hotel Men
ger. The president will leave at IL p.
m. for Fort Worth, arriving there the
next morning at 9:45 and leave at
10:45. The program for Fort Worth
will consist of drive and an address.
At Fort Worth the public part of the
trip will end The president will spend
some time hunting in the Panhandle
and will then go to Colorado for
hunt of some weeks duration. NO
plans have yet been made for the re-
turn trim to Washingtnn