The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-11
FROM ROANOKE TO BRISTOL.
The Party of Distinguished Visi-
tors Come and Go.
breakfast Mt Hotel Romnole-A Pleasant
and Interesting Journey Incidents oe
the Representative Evans Lee
turc on Basic Steel-Norfolk and Vest
ern Hospitality-Bristol and Further
On.

who reached Roanoke early yesterday
morning, took breakfast at Hotel Roam
oke and filed the new dining room to
overlooking. There were dozen ladies'
whose handsome faces and stylish
travelling costumes set off the beautiful
room to perfection.
All were enthusiastic over the hotel
and the magnificent mountain pamor-
anna visible from the front.
Shortly after o'clock tho train
pulled out westward bound. 1t received
an addition, though, for Mr.. Sands new
private car was attached and Vice
president Eddy, Mr.. Hippev, Mr..
Osborne and Colonel Huger went along
rs escort to the end of the Norfolk and
Western system.
They were moro than escort; thew
were entertainers, and in tho course Of
the day every prominent member OF the
party found his way to tho beautiful OBJ
servation parlor at tho rear of tho car.
Col. Eddy talked marbles and sheep
with the tall Secretary of War, who
know all about those things in Yer
mont. lie talked tariff and industrial
development with Senator Frye, cat
tie raising with Senator Carey, and
pointed out the milestones of Virginia's
wonderful development at every point
on tho road He was ubiquitous Ho
sat in tho smoking room and cornored
Dunneli, OF tho New York Times, and
Mcfarland, OF the Philadelphia Record,
on the tariff, and told them more facts
HftanO mil tnS -
in q year.
Representative II. Clay Evans talked
for fifteen minutes straight explaining
to the correspondents what basic steel
was, only to be hauled up at the end
by general demand that ho tells who
Basic was and what was the amount of
his steel any way. Was this dolomite
lining anything like the mighty dollar
lining? and general protest was regis
tered that red hematites were out OF tho
questions; if the tight was really true
red 1T was full tight and not a hema-
tito at all
But it is probable the party will not
see any basic process on this trip, for
the plant is under water at Chattanooga.
| owing TO the rise of the Tennessee river.
Secretary Proctor and General lTawley
played rubber of whist with Senator
Frye and General Fullerton and won it.
Secretary proctor and family will go
to Florida from this trip. thence to
California, where they will remain for
some little time.
The trip may be extended to Atlanta.
In which case the party will return by
tho Atlantic Coast line, otherwise manv
OF them Will return by way of Roanoke,
and perhaps stop over for closer in
spection.
Members OF the party freely expressed
themselves as delighted with their
journey over the Norfolk and Western
and astounded at the industrial develop
ment which confronted them at every
turn.
Bristol was reached about $3.50 and
Landlord Jacoby, of the st. Lawrence,
had fine dinner waiting. Something
else was waiting, too, for the party had
hardly got seated when the doors flew
young ladies anyone ever saw uoured
In and after few preliminaries pre-
sented Secretary Proctor with flowers.
The young ladies were from Sullin's In
stitute.
He briefly replied and made Senator
Henderson do most of the talking. Half
Bristol was out to witness tho arrival
ana departure of the party. Nearly all
the distinguished guests were rapidly
recognized, which shows that the syndi-
cate letter, the newspaper cut and tho
boiler-plate article had got in their
effective work.
Messrs. Wrenn, uIger, and other
prominent officials OF the East Tonnes
see, Virginia and Georgia, were at Bris
toll to escort the party further on, and
General Wilder, of Roam Mountain, tho
Iron Brigade and the three C's, was
there too.
Tho party continued their Journey
immediately after dinner and arrived at
Chattanooga in the night without acci-
dent
The Norfolk and Western escort, with
the exception OF Col. Huger, who went
on with the special, then turned back.
attached to the rear of the 5:55 express.
Mr. Osborne and Mr.. Hippsy stopped
OF at Radford, and Vice-President
Eddy and Mr.. Browne, of The TIMES.
returned to Roanoke, arriving shortly
after midnight.
Republican Nominations in Rhode Island,
PROVIDENCE, March 10.-ISpeciall-
The Republican convention for the
nomination Of State officers met in
Music Hall at IL o'clock this morning,
and made tho following nominations:
Governor ii. w. Ladd; lieutenant-gov-
ernor, Lyman b. Golf; attorney general.
Daniel X. Ballou: secretary OF state,
q. Ill. Utter; general treasurer, Samuel
Clark.
Cotton Planter Shoots Lawyer.
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