Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-31
launch The lHUBR|(K TODAY.
First Torpedo-Boat Built in the South to BE Put
AfIoat at the Trgg Yards This Afternoon

the following order;
First Standardization Mckinley and
Mayor Taylor.
second Carriage Secretary of State
Hay. Secretary of Treasury Gage. Gov
ernor Tyler and President Of the Council
Caskie.
Third Misunderstanding Of War Root.
Secretary Of Navy Long. Senator Daniel,
and Major Otway 5. Allen, Of the Board
OF Aldermen.
Fourth Carriage Secretary OF interior
Hitchcock. Secretary OF Agriculture VII
son. Senator Martin, Judge Waddin
Fifth Carriage-Private Secretaries Por-
ter and Cortelyou. General Fitzhugh Lee,
Congressman Lamb
sixth Carriage-Mrs. Gage, Mrs Hitch
cock. Mrs. 5. w. Trayers, Mrs. frcfer
Anderson.
Seventh 'Carriage-Misses Hitchcock,
Mrs. Otway S. Allen. Mrs. a. II. Chris
tian.
Eighth Carrage-Miss Wilson. Mrs.
Porter, Mrs. Edmund Waddill, Mrs. l.. l..
Lewis.
THE LAUNCHING.
The remainder of the luncheon party.
including all OF the distinguished visitors,
and those receiving them, will follow,
and the presidential route will be down
Franklin TO Sixth, thence to Main, and
thence to Eighteenth. where the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet. and the ladies OF
his party. will be driven to Dock street
and through a section Of that street to
be kept clear by the police. 10 the presi-
Dental box in the stand. The other car
riages will drive down Main 10 Twen-
tieth, and the occupants of these will
enter the grandstand from Twentieth
and Cary and be escorted 10 seats i'm
,nodiately in rear OF the presidential box
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock the launching
will take place. The christening ceremony
VIII occur on a stand which has been
erected under the prov of the Shub3ick
and as the signal is given for the little
ironclad warrior to take to the water
Miss Carrie S. Shubrick. of Rocky Mount,
y. c.. will break a silver encased bottle
OF champagne over the boats those"
Miss Shubrick will appear on the chris
tening stand, and will be attended by her
three maids Of honor-Msses Roberta H.
Trigg. Elizabeth Randolph Preston, and
Mary Curtis-and with them on the stand
will be Dr. and Mrs. John Templar Shu
brick and Mr.. William X. Trigg presi-
DE- Mt of the William r. Trigg Company,
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Naturally, the excitement which viii
follow the launching will be great, and
will play America and the vast crowd
which will see the crowning event Of the
day from the grandstand will cheer voci-
ferousy. As soon as quiet is restored
Mayor Taylor WILL In a few sentences,
present President Mckinley, who Will
make a short address to the people. Sec
rotary Long will then be presented by the
Mayor. and he, too. will deliver an adj
dress.
This ceremony being concluded, the
presidential party will leave the stand
and re-enter their carriages and take
drive through the city. They will observe
the following itinerary, visiting Libby
Hill Park. St. Johns church, Monumental
church. Davis Mansion, Chief-Justice
Marshalrs home, city Hall, Capitoi. ST.
Paurs church. and then drive out Ge3ce
to Fifth thence TO Franklin, and on.
Franklin to the Soldiers Home, whe-e
the veterans will be drawn up in line 10
salute the President. Throughout this
drive the Presidents carriage viii be es-
corted by a special guard Of honor, COM
posed Of four mounted policemen.
The President is expected TO hold
public reception in the marble court of
the Jefferson from TO Gas o'clock, but
the details of this function will not be
definitely decided upon until Mr. Mckln-
lev reaches the city. An effort was mace
Yesterday TO arrange for a special recep-
ton by the Presider, TO the young ladies
of the female schools of the city. but the
local committee felt this TO be imprac-
ticable.
The Ladies' Reception Committee, APP
pointed 10 receive the Cabinet ladies VINO
will be here to-day, is composed OF MIS-
William r. Trigg, Mrs. j. Hoge Tyler
=,
Mrs. Archer Anderson. Mrs. l.. l.. Lewis
Mrs. Edmund Waddill, Jr., Mrs. Otway
$. Allen, and Mrs. A. II. Christian, III
Owing to bereavement in her family
Mrs. Trigg could not serve. and Mrs. Iay-
lor is too indisposed to participate.
THE FIREWORKS.
At ITO o'clock the presidential party will
embark at Elba for their return trip 10
Washington. and at 1880 o'clock the mag
nihcent fireworks display will take place
on Lee-mOnument grounds. For this dis
play elaborate preparations nave Deeh
made. ana the indications are that the
fireworks will eclipse in grandeur Of as
play any ever fired in the South. The pro-
gramme. as arranged, provides for my
riads of aerial flights and a large num-
Der Of set pieces. Besides displaying the
features Of those most prominent IN
naval circles and giving a portrait OF
President Mckinley, the set pieces VIII
depict the progress made in naval archi-
lecture. giving reproductions OF the James
X polk. built in 1917; the Roanoke, built
in 1855: the Colorado, built in 1851; the
Virginia OMe II ~ built in 1862; the
Texas, built ana the ShuDrlch'
built in 1893.
, TAILS.
The h,-'i mmittee, charsec
with mappi programme OF tHe
Presidents -. 4ents, helo eAtehue"
sessions yesterday and planned all de-
tails so that no hitch may occur to-day.
General Fitzhugh Lee and eX~Congress
men George ID. Wise and Tazewell Elicit
were added 10 the Honorary Reception
Committee 1t was decided that the
members of this honorary committee
shall await the President at the Jefferson
where. with Senator Daniel at their head
they will welcome the President and look
after his comfort.
The bridal chambers have been placed
az the disposal of Mr.. Mckinley and his
Cabinet and by special order Of the COM
mittee these apartments. together with
the table in the presidential box at the
srandstand, will be decorated with now
ers.
The dining-rOoms viii be deliberately
decorated with flowers, and the
menu served at the lancheoI will be
n choice one. The President, his Cabinet
and the ladies of his party, together with
Afayor Taylor, will occupy separate
table. and the other guests vii be seated
M a long banquet table All Of the Wash
ington party together with the city Soun-
iii civic Carnival Committee, and the
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