Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1899 — M’KINLEY’S TRIP WEST. PRESIDENT M’KINLEY’S TRIP. 5,009 MILES LONG. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

M’KINLEY’S TRIP WEST.

PRESIDENT M’KINLEY’S TRIP. 5,009 MILES LONG.

Presidential Party Visits. Many States and Travels Over 5,000 Mlles. President McKinley’s visit to Chicago was a halt in his swing around the circle, which began at Washington on Oct. 4 and which ends there with his return on Oct. 19. The itinerary of this trip has taken him over several loops and through many States, and was arranged for many stops. The train left Chicago Wednesday night The first stop was at Terre Haute, Ind., then down to Evansville. He returned to Chicago Thursday night at 8:30 o’clock. Every halt was scheduled and timed from there to Savannah, 111., and thence to St. Paul, to West Superior, Duluth and Fargo. From the last named city he returned to Minnesota, then back into Dakota and to Sioux City, lowa. The train crossed lowa, making

seventeen stops. Galena, IH., was visited on Oct. 16, and the train then went whizzing into Wisconsin. Stops were made at Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and Waukegan, and on Oct. 17 the President was in Chicago once more, passing on to Kalamazoo, Mich. A stop was made at Jackson the same evening, and the next stop was at Toledo, Ohio, at night At Cleveland he stopped twelve hours. His other Ohio stops were at Warren, Niles and Youngstown. He was to reach Pittsburg at 12:35 a. m. on Oct 19 and eleven hours later he would be back in the depot of the Pennsylvania road at Washington. He will have traveled 5,009 miles before finishing the trip.

Ten thousand veterans of the blue and gray and visitors were crowded about the railroad station at Evansville in spite of a heavy rain, to welcome the President and his party upon their arrival from Chicago. The Presidential salute was fired, whistles were sounded and all the bells in the city rang. The President was driven at once to the Tri-State fair grounds, escorted by the Cleveland Grays. At the ceremonies there Mayor Akin presided. Gov. Monnt, tor the State of Indiana, and C. A. De Bruler, for the city, made addresses of welcome, after which the President spoke.