Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-24
HUNDREDS WILL GO.
RICHMOND WILL CROWD NEWPORT
NEWS AT TO-DAY'S LAUNCHING.
The FIRST TRAIN MILL LEAVE All SIX
The Railway People Expect to Run
as Many More as May he
Needed-Many Strangers Already In
Richmond En- Route.
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Newport News and return. good for to-
day only. to indicate that the Richmond
people who will attend the launching of
the battleships would make the little city
comfortably fun, did no other section Of
the country send any representatives.
The day at Passenger Agent
Potts's Office was an unusually busy one.
From early in the forenoon until the close
OF the day two and sometimes three,
clerks We're kept busy selling tickets,
busy as the man who presides over the
ticket-wagon in front of a circus tent.
The first train will Leave the Broad
Street Station at o'clock this morning
the last at o'clock. Returning, the first
train leaves Newport News at o'clock;
the last at 1870 o'clock The Chesapeake
and Ohio people will run just as many
trains as are needed to carry the crowds,
and as soon as a train-load is made up
the train will pull out. A number Of spe-
cial cars have been chartered, and these
will be attached to the extra trains.
The Governors staff Will go down on
the 7:l5 train, and will meet his Excel
lency at Williamsburg, or at a station
near there. This will be the first time in
the history OF Virginia upon which her
Governor has been attended by so many
colonels, the staff having been Increased
by an act OF the last Legislature.
KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR.
Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, and
his staff, accompanied by delegation CT
over 200 from the Bluegrass State, passed
through over the Chesapeake and Ohio
yesterday. en- route for Old Point. They
will attend the launching to-day. Miss
Bradley will christen the Kentucky. The
party travelled i'm a special train Of nine
Pullmans and a dining-car. Governor
Bradley occupied the private car Of the
general manager of the Louisville and
Nashville.
a great many people from the North
and West came to Richmond yesterday
on their way to the launching. The ma
tority of these remained over night IN
Richmond, and will go down this morn
ing, the hotel accommodations at New
port News and Old Point having all been
taken.
THE HOTELS CROWDED.
me crowd at Fords last night was
very large. Among the Virginians there
who will go down to-day were j. s.
Ryland and wife, Of Caroline; A. A.
owens, South Boston; ID. w. owen, Den
nlston; G. r.. King, Longdale, and the
Following Fredericksburg people: A. II.
Rice. Jacob Goldsmith, O. II. Merchant,
W. Thomas Jones, q. T.. Jacobs, and c.
G.. Helm.
Messrs. n. II. Massie, A. NJ. Douthat,
T. y. Bass, and T.. II. Ellyson are a
Danvllle party registered at Murphy's,
who will attend the launching.
There are numerous Kentuckians at
the various hotels, who are on the way
to the launching, and the Jefferson is al
most crowded with visitors from various
States who are on their way thither.
At the Lexington are A. II. Wemburg
and wife, New York; r. o.. Whitaker and
child, North Carolina, and N. Handuer
and Ii. NJ. Sugden, New York.
A party of ladies and gentlemen left in
a special car over the Norfolk and West
ern yesterday afternoon for Norfolk, and
will go over TO Newport News this morn
ing on a special tug, from which the
Will be witnessed. Those COM
posing the party were Messrs. John S.
Lancaster, T.. Randolph Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. f. c. Massie. Miss Harris, Miss
Cooke, Mr.. Barclay; Mr.. Fell, Of Phila-
delphia; Mr.. Mackall, Of Savannah Miss
Williams, and MIR. William C. holland.
Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee is expected TO go
down as the guest Of the Young Mems
Business Association, which will travel
IN a special car.
Inc following ladies will compose a
party who Will go as the guests OF Mrs.
George w. Stevens: Mrs. Charles Boiling,
Mrs Thomas Boiling, Mrs. Holiday Mrs
William L. Royal, Mrs. Charles Lathrop
Nrs. Barton Grundy, Mrs. Joseph A.
W mite. Miss Annie Rose Walker, Mrs.
$. Forbes, and Miss Helen Ste
yens
THE CROWDS YESTERDAY.
AS indicative of the crowds which are
already on their way TO see the great
vessels sent into the water. the regular
Chesapeake and Ohio train which reaches
Richmond at $40 o'clock was run In
three sections, all loaded down with ex-
,ursionists and the afternoon train,
which reaches here at $3.50 o'clock. was
run i'm two sections, bearing similar par
ties.
The day will be the greatest Newport |
News has ever known the greatest OF the
sind ever known In the world, for on no |
,ther occasion I'm all history have two |
,attleships been launched at practically |
he same time.
Every American is proud 10 think that !
MS nation is to have TWO such engines oil !
peace preservers-but more
proud OF the fact that every STICK OF
timber in her body every nall every !
screw, and bolt, and nut, and rivet' i
American; that the beauteous whole was
I...o.t -. 4 r,nricnrn hrnfns and fashioned |