The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-11-09
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W. a,ueton. ~r Q ~Cn.Ilg.. :
an going dnwu to e roa sha a.t-s
Is setting along shouted President
Roosevelt RS be stood pa the auar
Starboard deck Of tn" y.aht Navlowar
at The Washington navy yard asa the
vessel was leaving the dock with The
pTa~taent for his Panama trio
Accompanying the president were
Mrs Roosevelt and her maid. SURGEON
General RiNcy Of the navy and NJ
c Iatta. one OF the assistant sccrar,.
Fles of the white house. The Nayflov
eF TOOK the party to Wolf Light Tran
al the mouth of the Rappahannock
river, in Chesapeake BAY, where the
transfer was II dto She hattlaship
louisiana which Is to convey the par
t. 10 the isthmus.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roose.
Velt arrived at the navy yard shortly
before 4 O'Clock, where they were met
by Secretary Loeb. Captain Lutz the
commandant of the yard. and CaDtain
A T. Long Of the M%ayfIower. A com
pany OF marines and a detachment OF
sailors were drawn up about the wharf
and as the presidential party arrived
a welcome was sounded from the bu.
gler aboard the ship and from a drum
mer in the marine anks. For a few
moments President aud Mrs. Roose-
welt chatted with he naval officer
on the wharf. and then as the band
aboard the ship played the Star.
~Spangled Banner" and n bugle
sounded a welcome. they walked down
the gang plank aboard the vessel. Here
mad assembled to meet the party Mrs.
~Cort2lyou and Ambassador Josserand
and Mrs. jOsserapd. who carried a
large bunch of flowers for Mrs. Roose,
welt, and James IT, Garfield. commits
sioner OF corporations These remain
ed with the president on board until
the order was given to start. Then a
United States flag was run up he
vessels satt, the gang plank was tax.
en-, the ship loOsed from her moorings
aud the trip to Panama was begun.
As the vessel started President
Roosevelt appeared on deck and shout.
ed goodbye to the crowd which assem-
bled. He appeared to be in partieu-
larly good spirits, and remained on
deck until the vessel was out of sight.
As the ship passed the lower end of
the nav yard a parting president sa
lutte of twenty-one guns was fired.
The Louisiana will he conveyed TO
and from the isthmus by the armored
cruisers Tennessee and Washington
Aboard the Louisiana is Lieutenant
Frank Evans. who will utilize the
wireless telegraph apparatus viii
which the ship is equipped for com
n~unication with the white house a
Washington whenever the presiden
desires il. II is the way the public
will be kept Informed of the various
ships. Secretary Loeb viii give TO the
press dispatches from the president
which nav he received from time to
time The president will spend four
DAYS on the isthmus He will arrive ~
Colon Nov. ~. whore he is TO be
greeted aboard ship by President An
ador Of Panama. and Mrs AmadOr.
Chairman Shonts and others OF tn"
canal commission \ considerable
portion OF that day will be spent ~
la Bocas and Ancton. the train max
ing a slow run across the isthmus iu
order 10 give an opportunity Ia see
the sights and make nm examination
o. the work Al toboc5s there h. to
be an inspection ~ the present ter
minals 81 the old French canal and
the Panama railway. following which
there Will he "a trip 10 nearby islands
where 'ho president Us 90 be- sho~U
tho prosusct actual Pacific end 1f tHs
canal I1 tH,I water