The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-13
TAFT IN ROUTE
TO PHILIPPINES
LEFT eEATTLE YESTERDAY FoR
Yoke lama ON BOARD FAST
STEAMSHIP MINNESOTA.
A HEARTY AlJ REvOlR
Given secretarys Party BY Large
Crowd at Pier--captain Of ship
Expects to Make Record
Breaking Time.

seattle, Wash, Sept 12.- Secretary
TAFT Is ncw Ell route to the rhilEu
\ pines The steamship Minnesota,
upon which the Secretary og War an
his party are travelling. sailed from
this pert today for Yokohama. Ths
steamer promises to break all records
II her captain has his way and Moth
ing prevents. Her machinery III sn
perfect condition and her bunkers fill
led with the choicest coal. The conf
dent expectation Is that the Mime
sofa will reach Yokohama on Se.l-
tember 25 On before.
| Secretary raft III accompanied I'M
| Mrs Taft, his son Charles. Brigadler
General Clarence Edwards, chief Of
the fnsuIar Burean; Private Secretarg
Fred W Carpenter and George Long.
war office messenger.
AT Yokohama the secretary and his
lparty will disembark and spend eight
days in Japan. including visits to
Toxic Kobe, Nagasaki and perhapa
one or two other points. The parts
viii sail from Nagasaki Oct A. fng
Shanghai arriving there two days
later and, after a short stay, will 90 ID
Hong Kong At Hong Kong the party
VIII board the army transport Mn-
clellan on Oct. II, and arrive at Ma
Inia on the 18th.
Secretary Taft has planned TO spent
twenty-five days in the Philippines,
most of the time in Manila and vicin.
ity. but part of II devoted to inter
island Visits.
tle VIII leave Manila Nov. 1. on oil.
I0f fhe naval cruisers, probably tIie
Chattanooga, or vessel OF that type.
for vladive stok. the eastern terminus
of the Trans Siberian railroad. He Il
due to arrive at Vladiyostok Ncv. fl.
The party will entrain at vIadiYostok
the following day and win arrive II
irkutak, the Siberian metropolis, Nov.
16. lrkutsk Is the center of the Rus
so-Chinese tea trade, the caritat az
the governor generalship for Eastern
Siberia, and has population or CO..
600. The schedule Of the Trans Siber.
ian railroad allows cniy two hours at
Irkutsk for changing trains, but ar,
rangements have been made waer by
IL Mr. Taft wishes to stop cfe and sas
something CT Siberia his car slll be
sidetracked and attached to tho ncxt
train.
The journey acrcss Siberia wi be
made in special train de luxe which
Is considered superior 10 the Russian
state trains The train win be mails
up Of a diner, observation car and
three sleepers. Special provisions.
including fruits and vegetables Of an
kinds Will be put on board the train
at different points, and everything
possible will be done by the railroad
aud the Russian officials
to make Mr.. Tafts trip through 81
IBERIA as pleasant aud interesting as
possible.
From lrkutsk the party will proceed
almost without stop 10 Moscow. a dis
lance Of 1885 miles. Moscow will be
reached Nov %. and two days viii
be spent there Three DAYS later the
party viii reach St Petersburg where
another stop OF two days wiz be
made to give Mr.. Taft an opportunity
% meet the Gar. From St Peters
burg the party will proceed 10 Ber.
in. The German capital will be reach.
II Nov. 20, and Secretary Taft will
spend two days there The present
llan is for the party to take a steam
n for New York. at Bremen. Ham
'urg or Charbourg, according to the
'est stsconnections that can be made.
which should bring the party to New
FORK about the middle OF December.
There was a gala crowd at the dock
oday in honor OF Secretary Taft's
Many people gathered
i the pier to give the SECRETARY ant
lis party an enthusiastic an reYoir.
M the shopping in the harbor dis
'layed their flags. and the picture
RESENTED as the big liner slowly
rev away was impressive When the
heers OF the crowd reached Secre-
ary Taft's ears and he witnessed the
walton he and his party were r.
Giving he smiled and raised his ha..