The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-03
He Win Be Gone From the Cap.
ital About Two Months.
HIS FIRST LONG STOP
Will Be Made at San AntOnia for
the Reunion.
VIII Hunt in the Panhandle and
in Colorado.


-S' = a. 2AA.--ALAtFS LOUISVILLE
Wednesday. $3.50 a. m.-vinita. I. T.;
Muskogee, I. T.; South NIcAIister,
I. T.; Atolza, I. T.; Caddo, I. T.;
Durant, I. T.
Wednesday, p m.-Sh herman. Tex.
Wednesday, s p. m.-Dallas. Tex.
Thursday, $3.50 a. m.-Waco. Tex.
Thursday, 2 D. m.-Austin, Tex
Thursday, $3.50 D. m.-San Antonio,
Tex.
Friday-Rough Riders Reunion.
Friday, II p. m.-Leaves San Antonio.
Saturday, 9:45 a. m.-Arrives Fort
Worth, Tex, where public part of
trip ends.
Saturday 10:45 a. m.-Leaves for
Frederick, 0. T.
Washington, April s.-The president
left at 9:05 a. m. on trip to the west
and southwest. He will be absent about
two months.
Among those at the station were
many friends of the president, includ-
ing Postmaster General Cortelyou and
Secretary Metcalf of the departm ent
commerce and labor.
The special train, which is one of
the finest the Pennsylvania railroad
| ever has sent out of Washington, con-
sists Of three cars, the presidents pri-
vate car Rocket, the PullRan sleeper
Forest, and the combination baggage
and buffet car Viceroy. Attached to
| the train, to be run as far as Balti-
more as buffer, was a day coach.
The train is handsomely fitted and
| contains every known appliance to in
sure the comfort and safety of the
passengers. The train was scheduled
to leave at 9 o'clock, but it was a
minute after that hour when the pres
ident arrived at the station He had
a few minutes in signing some i'm
! portant papers. Even after he board
ed his car, some papers were handed
/ TO him for his signature. It was just
five minutes after the scheduled time
/ of departure when the train drew out
of the station.
One of the chief objects of the trip,
which the president long has had in
mind, is the reunion of his trough
/ rider regiment of the SpaniSh-Anneri-
can war. which is to take place at San
| Antonio, Tex, next Friday, and for
which an elaborate programme of exer-
I cises has been arranged.
There viii be a number of brief stops
| en- route where the president will make
addresses. Leaving San Antonio, there
/ will be a brief stop and address at Fort
1 Worth, which will terminate the pub
! lie part of the trip, following which the
president is to go hunting in the Pan
/ handle of Texas, and later in Colorado.
All arrangements have been made
whereby the president will keep in
touch with public affairs, both during
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! that he will be enabled to pass on all
matters requiring his attention.
The president is looking forward with
I keen pleasure to his long vacation. The
! following statement regarding the itin-
erary of the trip was made public at the
! White House.
'''The president will be accompanied
/ by Secretary Loeb, DR.. Alex Lambert.
! General S. M. B. Young, Lieutenant G.
/ r. Fortescue Mr.. M G. Latta and Mr..
/ F1(x cfle nh nd
sentatiyes of newspaper press associa-
/ tions. The first stop will be made at
Louisville, KY, at O'Clock Tuesday
morning. The president and party viii
| pass in procession through the city, and
the president will make an address.
''The train will leave Louisville al
] II o'clock pass through st. Louis at s
p. M, and at that point take the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas road for san
/ Antonio. A few short stops VIII oe
made in Indian territory on Wednes-
/ day At Sherman, Tex, where the
party will arrive at p. m, the presi-
dent will leave the train, drive to the
/ public square and make a brief ad-
dress. Dallas viii be reached at $50
.. m, and after a public address the
| president will attend a dinner
/ "The next stop will be at Waco, on
Thursday, April s, at $3.50 a. m The
president will speak briefly at Waco.
He will reach Austin at O'Clock
Thursday afternoon. address the joint
session OF the legislature at the cap
itol, and later speak to the public on
the lawn of the capitol.
"The train will reach San Antonio
at $50 o. m. Thursday, but there will
be no public programme until the fol-
lowing morning. The object of the
president in visiting San Antonio is tc
attend the reunion of his regiment
Exercises have been arranged which
will fill the entire day, including a re-
view of the regular troops at Fort
Sam Houston, a procession in which
the Grand Army and Confederate vet
Grams will take part, luncheon at the
! rough riders camp, and a dinner by
the Business Mems club at Hotel
| Menger. The president will leave al
II D. m. for Fort Worth, arriving
there the next morning at 9:45 and
leaving at 10:45. The programme for
Fort Worth will consist of a drive and
an address,
sAt Fort Worth the public part Of
the trip will end. The president viii
spend some time hunting in the Pan
handle. and will then go to Colorado
for a hunt of some weeks duration.
No plans have vet been made for the
/ return trip to Washington.