The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-27
FOR PRESIDENTS TRIP or SEVEN
HUNDRED MILES DOWN
TIE MISSISSIPPI.
STARTS WEST SUNDAY
For Canton to Dedicate Mckinley
Monume ent--DetaiIs Of Stops
at ST. Louis, Cairo
and Memphis.

iGcnts have practically boon com
plotcd 70 the coming trip of Presl
ldcnt Roosevelt In the West and
South. According to the present
schedule the president win leave Sun
Iday fer Canton. Chic, which city vii
b. reached about noon Monday. In
the afternoon of that day he win par
tlcipate IN the dedication of the mag
Inifcent monument to the late Pres
dent Mckinley, making the principal
address of that occasion The sane
evening he win leave Canton for keo
kuk Iowa. which city will be the
starting point Of his seven hundred
'milc Journey down the Mississippi
lrvcf.
The momhcrs Of the Inland Water.
way commission which the president
appointed a few months ago win
meet him at Keokuk and accompany
/ him on the river trim Tho conmis.
Isicn Is scheduled to leave St. Paul to-
day fer the upper Mississippi river.
This inspection will occupy four days
and the commission viii reach Ken-
kuk in time to meet the president
Inext Tuesday.
From Kcokr. the president and his
party will Journey down the Missis-
sippi to 81. Louis, which city will be
reached "Wednesday morning, October
H. At St Louis the president will be
greeted by the following governors ei
states. Burke. Of North Dakota; Folk
a. Missouri Paterson of Tennessee.
Ruchtel, Cf Colorado; ChamberlR'n. q
Oregon; Tooie of Montana; Brooks
lof Wyoming; Crawford, CT South Da
lknta; Davidson Of Wisconsin, Shell
don. OF Nebraska, Cummins. OF Iowa;
Heeh. Of Kansas; Deneen. Of Illinois
Frantz, OF Oklahoma: Pindalr. OF At
| Kansas blanchard, Of louisiana
| Broward Of Florida and Campbell. 81
Texas. The president and the gov
ernors will be the guests of the Brsi
ness Mems League while In st. Louis
aud arrangements are being made tt
give the distinguished visitors {
hearty welcome.
At ST Louis the president viii de
liver one of the important addresses
or his trip. He will speak In the Ja
Alai building, structure that wi
seat II 600 people luncheon at the
the jefferson Hotel will follow and
then the party will leave for another
section of the journey. that from st
Louis to Cairo. The Southern Illinois
CITY viii be reached the morning Ct
October 3. The governors viii ae
company the president.
At Cairo the party will stop but two
hours but In that time the president
win deliver another of the speeches
tc has specially prepared for the &C.
caslon. Here he win he met at the
wharf by the mayor and some other
distinguished personages and driven
IN carriage through the streets To
the principal park While the presi
dent will be escorted at st Louis by
a special guard from jefferson Bar.
racks. at Cairo a regiment of the llli-
rois National Guard. headed by the
famous Goodman's Military band. viii
greet him. An elaborate program
has been prepared for the reception
Of Roosevelt and his train at this
point.
Leaving Cairo at n o'clock in the
morning. still accompanied by the
governors. the whole party will steam
t. Memphis. which city will be
reached at ! O'Clock on the Afternoon
of October 4.
The second annual convention Of
the Lakes to-Gulf Deep Waterway as
sociation will meet in Memphis al l1
O'Clock on the morning Of October &
and in the afternoon the president
will address the delegates in the
Memphis Auditorium. This will con
clrde his trip and speechmaking. 50
far as present arrangements 20. II Is
probable however. that the president
viii continue his journey into Missis
sirpi and probably go on short hunt
ing trip farther west IN this event
he will not return to Washington IN
al after the middle OF October.
The seven days between his leaving
this city and his appearance at Mem
phis will be an exceedingly strenuous
week fer the president Besides the
half dozen set speeches. each of
which will be read very generally by
nation Of S0.000.009 people. the
president will be called on for many
more extemporsneous tolks. and
those. too. require some attention. a.
though not a finished preparation. Al
really there are Indications that a tax
win be made on the presidents
stored mp vitality gained from the
three and half months he has spent
AZ his sumner home az oyster aRy-
a hunting trip has been planned
FOR the president by some persons
who know his love for sports After
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