The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-11
M. Witte Much Impressed.

I in that il was made up largely of gov
eminent buildings and private resi-
/ dences, impressed him very much. and
{ he frequently made reference to the
many beautiful parks. with their
wealth Of trees and flowers. The
weather was very pleasant throughout
the day
NJ. Wttte and his associates occupied
the private Pullman car Iolanthe. at
tached to the second section of the
Pennsylvania railroad train. which
/ reached here at $50 this morning. The
party en- route was in charge of J. X.
Hard OF the firm of ]. p. Morgan & Co.
After being welcomed by Mr.. LOOMS
The visitors went To the Arlington hotel,
which they made their Headquarters
White IN the city They remained there
until about 3 O'Clock. when they started
on their sightseeing trip. all of which.
with the exception of the tour to Mount
Vernon, was made in automobiles.
Visit to the White House.
Al the White House the party was
escorted through the various public
portions, including the east room aud
the red, blue and green parIors. Fol-
lowing this there was a hurried dash to
the Russian embassy, situated i'm the
city The house is one formerly occu-
pied by Levi p. Morton when he was
wee president, and it was very much
admired h. NJ Witte
lhe Visit TO the capitol and the con-
sIcSSlonal library. Just across the caDitoI
pDtuate, was OF particular interest to the
iNt7alanS. NJ. Witte LEADING the marty
through the capitol building and making
many inquiries regarding the senate and
t t5,,,,.,' examiners The whole building was
tHtoWn open 10 the visitors. and the old
est guide was assigned 10 show them me
slEhts. At the congressional Hbrarv inc
party was shown the methods emnIoyed
Tor the delivery aud return az tba hoCl-s
ana Tor transporting books underground
70 ana from the capitol building one of
The party remarked that this was one ~
I NE, most interesting features OF NJ.
At Mount Vernon
From the congressional library the Wis
ltors Went TO Mount Vernon going first
10 the navy yard where about noon tbe1-
boarded the naval tug Siren The nsrty
arrived at Mount Vernon at l o'clock
ana spent an hour and a half going
through The mansion and about the
grounds. \ feature of the stay there
was Jhe planting OF a fine, healthy ash
Tree on a commanding site on the terrace
In Iro moi the mansion overlooking the
water. M WItte and Baron ROsen each
handled the spade i'm filling the grOund
about the root Of the tree after il had
bteu planted, and the former asked that
when II attained growth some branches
or II De sent 10 him for transplanting.
II was through the courtesy of the Mount
Netnoh REGENTS association that the
buildings were opened today and NJ
Nitte asked that his thanks be sent TO
them.
National Cemetery.
The trip from Mount Vernon To- the Ma
Qonal cemetery at Arlington was made
IN a specially chartered trolley car and
mere the visitors remained for some time
dIter which thev returned to Washing
ION I'm automobiles. A triD To Rock Creek
park. which took the visitors through The
residential districts cf the city ended
The trip. after which the party returned
TO the railroad station and entered their
private car, which had been attached to
the o-a5 clock train for New York Just
before the train started the Italian am
oaSsador, Baron Mayer DIES Planches.
came 10 TIE station ana held q few mo-
nents converse ton with NJ. White.
The presence of NJ. White and party in
W ashlngton was not generally known
though as they rode through the city
ne was recognized by a number of peO-
ole. NJ. WiUtc manifested q Great deal
or attention i'm the children he saw and
whenever The party alighted from their
automobiles ne always shook hands and
smiled az persons who were standing
about. small crowd Gathered at the
station ~ the time the enVO-s departed
for New York and NJ White acknoWI-
edged thei. salut9tions and cheers from
The platform Of Ais ear.
New York. Sent l0-The Russian en-
VOWS NJ Witte and Baron Rosen. with
their suite arrived IN New York shortly
before midnight and went at once to the
ST Regis hotel. Hhey were awaited by
a physician. who had been summoned nv