The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-27
SOME REUNION NOTES
Main Street People Fall ID HsvIng ils
Route Of the Procession Changes, Il
TIE CROWD ALREADY BEGINS 10 ARRIVE
Distins"ished Visitors Expected Tosi
Day--The Nambor OF People iygfss;8I
WIFI Attend Hes Been Greatly d ssss
dereafimated-The Associnitcn n Il:
Wholesale Grocers Banqueied.

Flchmond, VA, June 26-(Specfa
The Main street people have failed III
their effort ito have the big parad 4 5ll;
next Thursday pass along portion vi
that thoroughfare. When Major n. ~
randolph. chief of staff for General g ss,SS
oon. the chief marshall announced the
Iouter there was much dfsappoirlt tffisltfsS Z
LOT Vt did not embrace any part OF Bfalfil.
street; s, Major Randoiph said hes had
PROVIDED Tor a short parade on accosiilts
Oh the age and feeble condition of M issvs
WHO VIII march. His object, too, was t6s
nave the procession climb no hills.
aay mere was a meeting Of the Main
merce to take steps loooloiDg to a O.
In the route. A letter vae received fI5Sff,ss
Major Randolph, Saying he could nsstI
make any change and the meeting atiz
anything. ssSg s,sSSsl
Already quite a number Of people Iiayat
arrived to attend the reunion. GensnaI|
on the occasion of the laying of the coRef
nerstone OF the Davis monument, wiiss
reach here some tdme to-nlgrt. He sSt
chairman Of the history committee which.
meets to,momow. Mrs. Jefferson Davia
and her daughters. Mrs. Hayes and Aftssi|
Winnie Davis. will come Tomorrow. The
first organized bodies will arrive nj onIa avS
morning. There will be 460 veterans Tor
breakfast on that day. Tonight ttseS
chorus choir, which IS to sing the old
war songs next Wednesday night, gava
a neheeaGal i1 the Auditorium build ifrty.
4, small admission fee was charged and
The money will go into the fund to pro-
July 2. - Fi7ss 3 9sf
1T was learned to-day that Sennto
Daniel had arranged Ito come to Rich4
mo9d ,l,,,I next week but he finds now he
8. Blackburn also will be- Kept d u asil|
so will Senator Vest, OF NJ Milssonri EheS&s
three geRhemen Intended being 81 Rliaf
guests OF Major James D. Patton The
ST. Louis people expected to- have SeRar
tor Vest place THAT city In pomin altiarl
for the next place OF meeting OF chs
United Confederate Veterans. 81
All THE Indications point to The fact
that there will be many more people
here next week than was calcuBatea
upon. General Peyton Wise, Chairman
Of the General Committee, has cont e ia 81
ed adj along that the number who wilii
come was being upderestimnted,S /, and hes
stated day that he was more thast
ever convinced that he was correct ifs
his predictions. A great many more
camps are coming than the conarniffesS
had calculated upon. All will be PROVE.
ed for with food and quarters: but those
who will come with organized bodies VIII
not compare In numbers with those who
will visit here as individua}s.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers' Az
ISOLATION Continued their session to-day.a
transacting considerable business OF lfiasN
terest to the members OF the organiga
ton. The meetings to-day. as on, yextars
day, Were private, and very little infof4
nation was given out to the public,
Tonight the visitors were rendered an
elegant banquet at the Jefferson Hatea
by the local grocer. s. : fsss
Father Tabb, the poet priest, was irsS
Richmond to-day. He fills a professor-
ship In Catholic College in Masyle ma.
and is now on his vacation. Most Of hinsss
time Will be spent at the old family
homestead, In Amelia. 80 III