The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-12

John Il. Norman. j. P. Barbee, W.T..
Winch, j. c. Davenport, Eston Ran-
dolph, Jas. A. Mcconnell, Junius Fish
burne, l.. G. Buckner, c. L. Whaling,
DR.. Leigh Buckner. w. f. Patterson,
John Sexton, II. Fl. Grcider, Mai. A. i.
Pitzer, Rush u. Derr, Hon. NJ C.
Thomas, Col. Chas. e. Eddy, Hon. Wm
G. Evans, p. G. Leary, j. C. Rawn. w.
Is. Bevill. Judge VIM. Gordon Robert
son, NJ. r. c. Jordan. Col. s. $ Brooke,
Geo. c. McCahan. Col. +. Huger, Il. II.
Soule, j. J. Engleby, j. a. Jamson, L.
G. Pechin. Waller p. Huff, G. C.
Shockey, Col Thomas Lewis, j. VI.
Snyder, +. R. Woodward. Hon. John
w. Woods, Geo. L. Bennett, and Judge
Samuel g. Williams
The chief marshal has selected the
following line of march, which has been
accepted by the executive committee:
The procession will form on South JEFF
ferson and the lateral streets, and will
go west up Campbell street to Com
merce, to Church, to Park, to Campbell,
to Grove, to Salem avenue, to Randolph
street, across Randolph street bridge
to Shenadoanh avenue, to Lee street.
to Gilmer, TO Brooks, to Patten, to Com
monwealth avenue, to Wells street,
to North Jefferson street and to South
Jefferson, where the procession will be
disbanded
The executive committee have re-
quested that parties preparing floats for
the parade will not make them over
seventeen feet in height, so as to allow
them to pass easily under the trolley
wires.
Chairman James S. Simmons received
a letter last evening from President Il.
j. Kim ball, of the Norfolk and West
a rai 49,,
be present but, saying that be would
not be guest of the committee as he
wanted to be considered one of Roam
oke's people and not as a stranger.
The uniform rank knights of Pythias
met last evening a o'clock in front of
Dyer's livery stable and spent an hour
in drilling for the parade. They will
drill every evening until next Friday.
Fred. Weber, the proprietor of the
Southern Hotel, has been given the
privilege of feeding the 500 or more
State troops who will be quartered here
during the Celebration. He will erect
commodious dining room at the camp
and will not only furnish the soldiers
with rations, but with soda water and
fruit.
The public rehearsal of the concert
Thursday evening will be the greatest
musical event which has ever taken
place in Virginia. The concert Friday
night will be particularly for the benefit
OF the visitors and steps will be taken
to see that they are provided with seats
before the Roanoke public is ad mitted
Not less than $1,000 people will want to
attend the concert but the tabernacle
will unfortunately only seat 5000 peo-
pie. The public rehearsal will hav the
same features as the concert Friday
night and the people of Roanoke are es.
pecially urged to attend the rehearsal.
The admission will be but 25 cents, and
the number of tickets will be limited so
that everyone will be sure of seat,
while by waiting until Friday night
there are certain to be many thousands
disappointed in being unable to gain adj
mission
Among the leading features of the
concert with its magnificent body of $50
voices. will be the following choruses
with orchestral Accomplishments:
"Gloria." from Mozart's Twelfth
Mass.
unfold Ye Portals" from Gounod's
Redemption"
The anvil chorus from "Il Trova-
TORE" in which blacksmiths from the
Machine Works will participate
"Inflammatus," from Rossini's "Sta-
bat Mater" with soprano ob]igato, by
Mrs. Silverthorn.
Columbia" the celebrated national
air. by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, the
leader of the world-renowned Gilmore's
Band.
There will be- numerous solos inter
spersed, and Prof. P. c. Leary, the
leader and chairman of the committee
on music, states with the utmost con-
viction that both concerts will be never