Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-04
VISITORS OF NOTE.
HR ROBERT GARRETT AND PARTY AR
Rive FROM THE SOUTH.
krs. Mckee and Ex-senator Davis and Fam
lily Spend Few Minutes Here In
Route for Florida.

Route lOI ElUIluhs
Mr. Robert Garrett. OF Baltimore, ore OF
the most prominent railroad msgnstes in the
| country, Is in the citv.
He and bis party-consistlng Of General
Passenger Agent Mckenzie and Captain
Frank Barnes, Of the Baltimore aud Ohio
road; Dr. II. G. Jacobs, an eminent physi-
| clan Of Boston, and Mr.. John l.. Thomas,
member Of the Baltimore bar-are COM
| iortably quartered a. the Exchange.
They arrived in Richmond last evening
on special car attached 20 the O'Clock
| through train over the Atlantic Coast-Li1e
| from the south, and went directly 10 the
hotel, and being ia'Igued from travel retired
early. Their coming was unannounccd, and
! there were no persons at Byrd.,tTce. station
10 receive them.
The parry leave here this morning FOR old
! Point ~ least that Was their programme l1s.
night. JHst how long they VIII Tcma
there has not yet been determined; nor had
! it been decided, wncn Mr.. Mckenzie VAS
seen last nich' whether ihcY VIII ~ irom
Old Point 70 Baltimore by the Bay route ~
bv rail. coming 90 Hanover junction on tie
Chesapeake and OHIO and there taking the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
road for Washington aud thence 10 Bliti-
more.
TIE TRIP SOUTH.
MIR. Garrett and friends lcit Bl'iTore
about five weeks ago Tor Florida. and ie
then intended 10 extend his trip a. far %
Mexico, but before be bad finished his stay
In the " Land Of Flowers Tire weather hal
become so oppTessiyely warn that he and
his physician deemed IL altogether inadvis'.
b. L. . /. B. rr I.f. ID
mate is warmer. Besides The additional
distance Of $50 miles would have been
greater taX upon his strength than Mr.
GaIr.t cared 10 impose on himself.
Nr. Mckenzie ridicu'ed re absurd and
sen.8tionai story tcloraphcd FROM TIE south
10 the effect that Sir. Garrett did not 20 10
McyirO because he received Information tht
the McEcans contemplated Kidnapping bin
and demanding from his friends ransom for
his releise. The distance and The state ~
the weather he said. were tbe sole reasons
why tne cX-rairoad president fid not carry
out his original plan, IN thi- respect.
While in Florida these gentlemen yislt"I
Pensacola, Jacksonville. Paalka, and IT.
Augustine.
PrHso>Ar-
Mr.. Garrett was president Of the Bolr-
more and OHIO Railroad Company ior iorg
AGO. when his health became such as % me-
cessilNe his retirement from the active
management OF tbs great system. lie is
now one Of the vlcc.pre.idepts Of The conn
pany. some eight or ten months ago Mr.
Garrett was taken ill, ana Tor many
months he remained in New York
~ a state of health that greatly
alarmed bis family and friends. lie
returns from the South io sll Appearances
well man; m fsct he looks to be more robust
and athletic than any member OF his party.
Mr. Mckenzie remarked yesterday alter
noon that he thought Mr. Garrett had eu-
tircy recovered
Afr. Garrett u about forty-tWo years old,
five feet nine inches tall, weighs 2Oi pounds,
and has much more the appearance Of an
athlete than ~ one who a few months ago
was almost an Invalid.
MRs. W'REE AND PARTY,
Among the passengers on the fast mail
which reached here from tbe North ST 2:39
p. NJ. Yesterday were ilr~. Mckee. daughter
Of President Harrison, who j. lust now the
leader u fashionable society IN Washington
cX.Tnited states senator Henry G.. Davis, OF
West Virginia, and bis wife aud daughter.
This PARTY occupied seats IN the regular
Pullman car. senator Ransom, Of North
Carolina, was also q passenger on this train,
but was not a member Of the Mchee-DaYi-
party. MIR. Joseph DAVIS, son Of the late
John j. Davis. who wss brother OF
the ex-senator, and Mr.. James Leigh Jones,
VITO married a sister of NI. Joseph Davis.
and bis daughter were at the Rvrd-Strcct
station awaiting the arrival Of ibis diSiin-
/ guishcd party. The train made the usua'
stop OF twenty minutes, the greater Iari oi
which tine Mrs. Mckee aud another lady
spent lesurely walking up and down the
platform.
Mrs. Mckee was apparently about thirty
or thi~ty-Gve years old, l. of small stature,
mild brunette, and was very becomnglv at.
tired in x plain brown sult, and she had on
q small brown felt hat trimmed with feathers
of the same color. This party will remain
IN Florida about ten DAYS.
FRED. D0CGIAss's ylLWs
Another passenger Of some note on the
souib-LOund fast mail WI. Frederick Doug
lass. the prominent coi0rcd politician, who
was also cn route % lords. though not as
! member ~ the party referred 10 above.
several very intclligcnt-luohin colored per-
sons were at the station. and ch1tted with blm
while the train was WAITING lie ws- very CONF
municaiye, and talked freely with reference
10 the Iancslou-VensJle contest IN the Pc
tersbure district. He said during the con-
ycrsation that be- bad read Mr.. Nenable's
answer 10 Langston's notice Oi contest
carefully, and hc thought every point msde
! by the contestant was fully answered.
Douglas expressed the firm conviction
that Nenabc Will retain his seat. lie spoke
| highly of Langstou's aitalnments as scholar
and orator. and said he entertained very
kind feelings for him, but added, lie Is too
! tricky"
10 was expected that Mrs. Harrison would
accompany TIE party, but Tor some reason
She did not
Sir. Flaglcr, proprietor OF The Ponce de
! Leon Hotel ot 81. Augustine. expects to JOIN
/ the party no Charleston. They will 20 by
! the Atlantic Cos,t-Line, first 10 Charleston.
then to Jacksonville and 20 -. Augustine to
| be absent about ten iays. They will return
| by the Atlnia and Piedmont Airline.
Tne Ltbby-?rfsOn Removal
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