The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-13

Beverly, Mass, Sept. t3.-When
President Taft motors into Boston
Tuesday afternoon to be. the dinner
guest of the Chamber of Commerce
he will have actually started on one
of the most notable trips ever taken
by a chief magistrate of the United
a hotel in Boston the president will
leave at 10 a m. Wednesday on the
first stage of his long journey, the
first stopping place being Chicago,
where Mr.. Taft will be entertained
part of the day by the commercial
club and the remainder of the day
by the Hamilton club.
Leading through thirty states and
both of the far southwestern territor-
les. the president 5 trip will reach its
climax at Ell Paso. October 10, where
he will meet President Diaz of Mex
leo. The meeting will be surrounded
with all the pomp and dignity which
after Mr.. Taft has formally received
President Diaz at Ell Paso, he will
cross the international border to
.Ciudad Juarez, officially to return
the call OF the executive of the
southern republic. During the even
ing of October / 6 Mr.. Taft will be
NJ e-,NiI
be entertained at luncheon at Ell
LPaso
The trip covers an itinerary of
1875 miles, and his private cars,
the Mayflower and the Haslemere,
will be handled over twenty-five diff
ferent railroads. The voyage down
the Mississippi river from st. Louis
to New Orleans on the steamship
Mississippi covers 1900 miles, and
occupies four days and five nights.
In addition to the meeting with Pres
ident Diaz and the voyage down the
Mississippi a trip which President
Roosevelt made several years ago.
tour. will include a moonlight ride
through the Royal Gorge and night
ltrip over the highest passes of the
Rocky mountains; an inspection OF
| one of the greatest irrigation pro-
| iects in the west at Montrose, Colo.
a visit to the smelters at Butte; a
/ n A
| country of northern Idaho; two
! DAYS stay at the Alaska-Y -Yukon-Pa-
| cific exposition at Seattle; day OF
| sight seeing down the Shasta route
/ in California; a three days visit tt
| the Yosemite valley. a day spent
about the rim of the Grand Canyon
i in Arizona, and four days on the
ranch of the presidents brother
Chas. p. Taft, near Corpus Christi
Texas.
Five of his nine cabinet officers
will at different times be guests o
the president, and after he reaches
! the Pacific coast there will be from
1.-TWO to four with him practically al
the time.
The revised schedule of the prin
cipal stops to be made in the south i
as follows
Oct. 10, Eel Paso and CiudaC
Juarez
Oct. II, San Antonio, evening.
Oct. 1S, San Antonio morning
! Oct. 19, 20, 81 and %, at rancl
and in Corpus Christi.
Oct. 80, Houston, forenoon; Dal
las, evening.
| Oct. 25, st. Louis most of the day
begin trip down Mississippi river a
10 p. m.
| Oct. 26, Cape Girardeau, Mo-, on
hour, early morning; Cairo, H., on
hour, at noon; Hickman, Ky. on
hour, late afternoon.
Oct. 27, Memphis, entire forenoon
Helena. Ark, one hour, evening
Oct. 2S, Vicksburg. evening.
! Oct. 30. Natchez, evening.
Oct. 30-31, New Orleans.
Nov. /, Jackson, Miss, all day.
Nov. 2, Columbus, Miss, after
noon: Birmingham, Ala, evening.
Nov. 3, Birmingham, until
m.
Nov. 4, Macon, Ga. forenoon 81
Iyaunoh avaniuU