New-York tribune., 1905-07-05
PRESIDENTS SAD TRIP.
ON WAY TO HAY FUNERAL.
Goes around This City-Cabinet
Members Join Him at Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia july 4.-Nearly the whole United
States government is aboard special train
bound for Cleveland this evening President
Roosevelt, all the members of his Cabinet ex-
cept Secretary Taft, end nearly all the former
members of his official family on their way
to the Forest City to pay the last honors 10
their former associate Secretary of State Johh
Hay.
The President left oyster Bay at $50 o. m.
on board a special train rendered by President
Ralph Peters of the Long Island Railroad Com
pany The run to Long Island City took just
one hour At that point the Wyandotte. boat
owned by the Long Island Railroad. was IN
waiting and the Presidential party was taken
around the lower end of Manhattan and landed
at the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Jer-
sey City at 5:15 O'Clock, half an hour before the
time set for the Presidents departure for the
West Attorney General Moody. ex-Secretary of
War Root and ex-Secretary of the Navy Nor
ton joined the party at Jersey City. Mr.. Morton
barely arriving in time to dodge the charge of
hardness.
The train which bore the President from Jer
sey City West consisted of the private car Mag
net the compartment sleeper Shetland, the din
ing car Oberln and the combination baggage
and buffet John Endicott A little while
before the President left Oyster Bay, Secretary
Loeb received a message from ex-Secretary of
the Treasury. Lyman ]. Gage. saying that he
would be unable 10 go to Cleveland with the
party, but would make the trip by another
route. Ex-Secretary of the Navy John D. Long
teIegraphed that he would be prevented from
making the trip by the serious illness of near
relative At West Philadelphia the President
joined by Secretaries Wilson, Hitchcock.
Metcaf BOnaparte. Shaw, Surgeon General
Rixey and Postmaster General Cortelyou and
former Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith. EX-Attorney General Knox now United
States Senator from Pennsylvania. will board
the Presidents train at little place called Sc
wickley just east of Pittsburg, early tomorrow
morning.
The President remained in his car here con-
versing with the members of the Cabinet until
just before the train began to move out. He
then went to the platform, shook hands with the
fireman and engineer and bowed to the station
employees policemen and others who had
crowded about the
The special train is scheduled to arrive in
Cleveland at o'clock tomorrow morning.
President Roosevelt arrived at Jersey City at 5
D. m yesterday the wyandotte, direct from
Long Island City The landing made at the
Adams Express wharf. The President ex-Secre-
tary Root and Mr. Loeb were received by Chief
Murphy and squad of police who Joined with
the Secret Service escort TO the sta
ton where the President entered the special
train which was waiting for him.
There was crowd of men and women waiting TO
see the President pass through, but there was no
cheering. All seemed to recognize the fact that
the Presidents mission sad one, and the
men merely lifted their hats as the President
uassed He lifted his hat and bowed to right and
left as he He at once entered his car, and
remained in until the train started, at 6:i5
O'Clock. Then he came out on the rear platform
and bowed to those who had waited to him off,
th. Tnnn If lena rfV III Ta he
President was joined by Attorney General Moody
and ex-Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton. The
snecial train was drawn by Engine No. 1O47. The
conductor was Harry Leonard. the engineer George
" Ewing and the fireman Earl H. Snow. The
pullman conductor was F. 7. Robinson 1t was
renorted that an effort to be made to break
tbe time record. but Conductor Leonard said there
was no truth in the statement He said the train
,,,ouId he run on regular time and would arrive
I'm Cleveland at a m. to-day