Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
PRESIDENTS COMING TRIP
Arrangements Have All Been
Completed,
WILL BE IN CANTON MONDAY
viii Make Address at the Dedication
of the Monument to the Late
President Mckinley.


arrangements have practically neea
completed for the coming trip OF
President Roosevelt in the West and
South. According to the present
next Sunday for Canton, Ohio. which
city will be reached about nooa Mon.
day In the afternoon OF that dav he
will participate in the dedication OF
the magnificent monument to the late
President Mckinley. making the prin.
cipal address Of that occasion. The
same evening he will leave Canton
for Keokuk, Iowa, which city wills be
the starting point of his seven hun
dred-mile journey dowa the Missis-
slppi river.
The members OF the finland Water
way Commission which the president
appointed few months ago viii meet
him at Keokuk and accompany him
on the river trip. The commission
Ii scheduled to leave st. Paul today
for an inspection Of the upper Miss
issippi river. This inspection viii
occupy four DAYS and the commission
will reach Keokuk in time to meet
the president next Tuesday,
From Keokgk the president and
his party viii Journey down the Miss
issippi to ST. Louis. which city win
be reached Wednesday morning Oct.
H. At st. Louis the president will be
greeted by the following governors
OF states Burke. of North Dakota;
Folk. of Missouri; Paterson. of Tenn.
essee; Buchtel. OF Colorado: Cham
berlain, of Oregon: Toole. OF Mon
tana; Brooks. OF Wyoming: Crawford
OF South Dakota; Davidson. OF Wis
consn; Sheldon, OF Nebraska: Cum
Minis. Of Iowa: Hoch, OF Kansas;
Deneen, of Illinois; Frantz. of Okala'
thoma: Pindall. OF Arkansas: Blan.
chad. of Louisiana; Broward, OF Flor
ida. and Campbell. OF Texas. The
president sand the governors will be
the guests of the Business Mems
League While in st, Louis, and ar.
rangements are being made to give
the distinguished visitors hearty
welcome.
At ST. Louis the president will de.
liver one Of the important addresses
OF his trip. He will speak In the Jal
Ala building, structure that will
seat II 900 people. A luncheon at the
Jefferssuian 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 will be reached the morning OF
Octsber 3. The governors will ac-
company the president. At Cairo the
party will stop but two hours, but
in that time the president win deliv-
er another OF the speeches he has
specially prepared for the occasion.
Leaving Cairo at II o'clock In the
morning. still accompanied by the
governors. the whole parry will steam
to Memphis. which city will be reach
ed at I O'Clock on the afternoon OF
October 4.
The second annual convention Of
the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water
way Association VIII meet in Mem
phis at 10 o'clock on the morning OF
October 4, and In the afternoon the
president will address tn delegates In
the Memphis Auditorium. This will
conclude his trip and speechmakng.
so far as present arrangements go.
1t Is PROBABLE however. that the pres.
ident will continue his journey iato
Mississippi and probably go on
short hunting trip farther West. Ia
this event he will not return to Wash
ington uatil after the middle of Octo-
Der.
this city and his appearance at Mem
phis will be an exceedingly strenuous
week for the president. Besides the
half dozen set speeches, each of
which will BE ready generally by
a nation Of SO00o.oOO people. the
president will be called on for as
many more extemporaneous talks.
and these. TOO. require some attention
although not finished preparatio
there are indications that a
tax will be made on the presidents
stored-up vitality gained from the
three aud half months he has spent
at his sunner acme att Oyster Bay