The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

the SisNiyou mountains to San Fran
cisco.
The president will stop the evening
of October 4. in Sacramento, reaching
Oakland, Cal, early on the morning of
October 5. He will spend four or five
hours in and around Oakland, and
Berkely, before taking the ferry at 1890
Clcck for San Francisco. After spend
ing the afternoon and evening of the
9Th il San Francisco. the president
will leave the morning of the 9th for
the Yosemite valley. He Will spend
the 7th, Sth and 9Th in the valley
and coming out the morning of Sun
day, October 10. will go to Los An
geles, stopping for three hours in
dent VIII spend Monday and Tuesday,
october IL and u in Los Angeles, Wis
iting his sister.
He will arrive at Grand Canyon the
morning of October IA, and will leave
again that night for Albuquerque, n.
M, where he will spend the evening of
the 18th, reaching Ell Paso early the fol-
lowing morning for the meeting with
President Diaz of Mexico.
The Meeting With Diaz.
This meeting, it is said, may take
place in the center Of the international
bridge the chief executives of the two
nations standing in their territory and
shaking hands across the border. 1t is
said a banquet also will be served Un
the bridge.
The president reaches San Antonio,
Sunday night. October IL and viii
spend the forenoon of the following day
in an inspection of Fort Sam Houston,
with the upbuilding of which he had to
do while secretary of war. Arriving at
Corpus Christi, the evening of October
49, the president goes at once to his
brothers ranch, where he will spend all
of TUESDAY, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday
Visiting Houston the forenoon of Sat
urday October % the president pro-
n dft tn
Saturday evening and all of Sunday.
From Dallas the president goes to st.
Louis to begin his trip down the Mis-
sissippi on the steamer assigned to him
by the deep waterways association
which is to hold it's convention in New
Orleans on the presidents arrival
there. Following the presidents boat
will be a spectacular fiotilla of river
craft. One Of the training boats will be
assigned to the thirty governors of
states who have accepted invitations to
make the trip down the river and to at
tend the convention. Another boat will
be assigned to a congressional delega-
tion of more than 100 members.
number of speeches will be deliV-
cred en- route.
New Orleans will be reached Friday,
October 90. The president will remain
in New Orleans until Monday morning,
November 1. From New Orleans the
president goes to Jackson Miss; Co
Iumbus Miss. and Birmingham, Ala
ham until Wednesday, November 3,
when he proceeds to Macon, Ca. and
following will visit Savannah. Charles
ton. S. G.. and Augusta. Ga. Columbia
S. c.. will be visited the afternoon of
November s, and Wilmington, II. G..
will claim the president for the entire
day of the 9th. The president Will
spend II hours in Richmond. Va, and
will return to Washington the night OF
the 10th.
President Taft will leave Washington
late this afternoon for the summer CAPT
tai at Beverly, Mass, and will not re
turn to Washington until the middle
of November next.
Scores of senators. representatives
and government officials called at the
White House today to say a brief word
of goodby. So great was. the crush of
cOneressioraI callers that the usual
Friday cabinet meeting was delayed
more than an hour. 1t was the last
meeting the president will have with
his official family until he returns to
the capita: in tie late fall.