Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-04-06
President STARTS
ON A LONG TRIP
Will Be Absent From the National
Clpital for Nearly
Two Months.
LroKS forward WITH Eets
PLEASURE 10 LONG VACATION
H~Efrsest OF Rsszh Riders at >ss
srterio. VIII believer ss ,d-
ar-.. at Port worth and The.
or For n Hunt

Washington. April s.-Presiden,
Roosevelt left Washington Monday
morning on long trip to the vest 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 Rough
Rider regimen; in the Spanish Ameri-
can war which IS to take place in Ssa
Antonio. Tex. on the 7th. and for
which an elaborate programme 81 ex
erctses has been arranged. There will
be a number Of brief stops cn route.
where the president will make at
dresses. leaving san Antonio. there
will h. a brief stop and address At
Fort Worth which will terminate the
public part Of the trip. fol
l1winS which the president i 70
70 hunting in the Panhandle OF
Texas and later in Colorado. AT ar
rangeme,fs have been made whereby
the president viii keep in touch with
puhlic Affairs both during his railroad
ride and while hunting. 50 that he will
he enabled 10 pas on all matters re-
guirins his attention. The president
is iookiuS forward with keen pleasure
tp HIS .onr vacation The following
statement regarding the iilnerary 81
the trip Was made public Suniay
night;
The president will leave Washing
Ton Moriay. April .. al . a IN. over
the Pennsylvania lie Will BE- accom-
panied by Secretary Loeb Or Alex
Lambert Gen. $ h. " YOunE Lieut.
g. X FCrtescus. Mr. NJ & Lafta and
Nr J l. McGrew. stenosraphers. and
representative OF newspaper press aS
soeiations.
The frst sfop viii be made A. Louis
vtiie. ny a nine o'e.ocs Tuesday
rnorrine The Fresidaut aEd party viii
pass Ia procession through the ciry
aad the president will make an SD
dress The tain will leave Louisville
at ~ o'clock. pass through 8 Ladis
az a.. and AZ that point take the
Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas road for san
Antonio \ few short stops will be
made in Indian territory on wednss-
day.
n sherman. Tcx.. where the marty
VII arrive a. p. m the prssiden;
viii leave the train. drive IA The pub
lie SlaaTe and make brief address
Dailaz VII he reached az s-sa p N
ant after 4 public address the prrsi-
dent viii attend a dinner
The rexf stop Will b~ A. Waco. On
THURSDAY ADril s. az s-s0 a m. The
president wiIl spsak briefly a. Waco
lie viii reach Austin AZ tso o'eiOcS
Thursday afternoon. address the Joint
session ~ the legislature. and after
ward speak on the public lawn of the
capifnl. The train will reach san An
jo-io Al S-s1 .. m Thursday. but there
will be no public programme until the
following morning The object OF the
president in visiting San Antonio Is 20
attend the annual reunion Of his resi-
ment. The exercises have been ar
raBged- which will fIl the entire dsy
including a review Of the regular
troops AZ Fort sam Houston a p-ocsS
sion in which the Grand Army and
Confederate Veterans will take part
luncheon a the Rough Riders camp
and a dinner by the Business Mems
clubs Fl the Hotel Nen=er The presi-
dem will leave at II p. m for Fort
Worth. arriving there the next morn
In At 9:f5 and leaving a. To-: Is. The
programme for Fort Wcrth will con-
~
Fer Worth the puhlic part of the trip
will end The president will spend
some DAYS hunting in the Panhandle
AMI viii 90 to Colorado for 4 hunt OF
soule weeks duration.