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Show ROOSEVELT PLANNING TRIP. Will Sail Down the Mississippi From Keokuk to Memphis. Washington. Whllo tho preparations prepara-tions for President Roosevelt's western west-ern trip have not .been completed, tho program has been sufficiently nrrnnseh to mako It cqrtuin that tho tour will bo ouo of tho most spectacular over undertaken by him. Ho will leavo hero, next Sunday, nnd will bo absent from tho neat of government until tlio 23d or 24th ot October. Tho trip has three distinctive objects: Tho dedication dedica-tion of tho McKlnloy mausoleum at Canton, O.; tho Inspection ot tho Mississippi Mis-sissippi river with n view ot arousing Interest In tho ship channel from 1W mouth to Keokuk, Ja., nnd tho Oreat Lakes, and tho securing ot n period of recreation for the chief executive beforo be-foro tho beginning ot tho duties of tho winter. Incidentally thero will be some epoechoB on tho return Journey, which will deal with current Issues. |