Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-03

Senator Willard and daughter. Congressman
Kennedy Major Moves Edward Rosewater.
cadet TAYLOR. Captain Brad @. Slaughter
Colonel Woodbridge. T. NJ. orr Of the
Union Pacific. Judge Advocate Will Doane
and several Of the army officers from
Omaha and Fort Crook General Whit was
unable TO beat the train to meet his chief
When cadet Taylor met Secretary Taft
and recalled to him the injury to his son
Wallace in the Philippines the secretary
Immediately instructed Colonel Edwards to
get definite Information as to the present
condition Of Wallace Taylor.
Representative Bourke Cochran Of New
York will join the party at Yokohama,
circllng the world from east to west, and
Representative and Mrs. Hepburn will join
at Honolulu
Hon. Lafe Young. editor OF the Des
Moines Capital Joined the party at Omaha
and will 60 as far as Manila, when he will
move on by himself and consume a year
in finishing his journey around the world.
The special arrived over the Northwestern
at $40 Sunday morning, five minutes ahead
of the scheduled time, and left thirty
minutes later over the Union Pacific, going
out ahead Of the overland Limited" There
were cars from several different roads on
sleepers and compartment cars Most of
the members of the party were still asleep
when the train pulled into the Union sta
ton. although quite a few were up and
took stroll around in the rain.
One OF the porters on the train said to
a representative Of the press: You ali
sent a mighty fine man from this town"
And when asked TO whom lie referred he
said Judge Magoon, whom he used to walt
on at Panama. Judge Magoon, who is at
present governor of the canal zone, is
former employee Of The Bee.
Railroad itinerary Book Gem.
From Occident to Orient is the title
of a most beautifully gotten up book pre-
pared by the Union Pacific, the Southern
Pacific and the Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany. II contains the itinerary OF the con-
gressonal party conducted to the far east
by Secretary Of war Taft as the guest OF
the Philippine government. 1t gives the
personnel of the party time Of arrival and
leaving at all of the principal points visited
during the entire journey, a description OF
the points of interest along the route, as
well as half-tones of some OF the most
interesting sights to be seen. 1t contains
valuable information concerning the Ha-
waiian islands, Japan, the Philippines and
China.
When the party reaches Washington on
the return the distance covered will have
been 1906 miles on the outgoing trip and
l2,2Ol miles on the return, making a grand
total of 21,S67 miles.
Personnel of Taft Party.
Following is a list of Secretary Tafts
party as revised by Colonel Edwards:
The personnel of the congressional party
after Il is all gathered together will be
Hon. William H. Taft, secretary of war;
Senator and Mrs Fred T. Dubois, Black
foot, Idaho Senator Murphy j. Foster,
New Orleans, La; Senator Chester l. LONG,
Medicine Lodge, Kan; Senator aud Mrs
Francis G. Newlands, Reno New; Senator
Thomas Patterson, Denver, Colo. Senator
and Mrs. Nathan b. Scott, Wheeling w
Va; Senator Francis Il. Warren, Chey-
enne, Wyo.; Representative Bourke Cock
ran, New York; Representative Henry A.
Cooper, Racine, Wis; Representative
Charles Curtis, Topeka, Kan; Representa-
tive and Mrs. d. A. DeArmond, Butler
Mo; Representative George Edmund Foss,
Chicago, Ill; Representative Newton Gil
bert, Fort Wayne, Ind; Representative F.
II. Gillett, Springfield, Mass; Representa-
tive and Mrs G. II. Grosvenor, Athens
o.; Representative and Mrs William p
Hepburn, Clarinda, Ia; Representative and
Mrs. E. T. Hill, Norwalk, Conn; Repre-