The evening times., 1899-06-06
DAUGHTERS READY TO
MEET 1T GLEN echo
Denial of q RumOr Concerning
Governor Tyler.
The Virginian Expected to Intrs
duce the President.
Visitors Already Arriving in the
City-TOmOrrOw's Programme mt
the Amphitheatre.

| AS the hour approaches for the opening
| of the encampment Of the United Daugh-
| ters Of the Confederacy, the promoters Of
| the affair are becoming more iubilant over
its prospective success. The programme to
| dresses by the first men of the land, and
many attractive features in the way of en-
/ tertainment. Yesterday and today the out
of-town Daughters began to arrive. and
many of the hotels, which have made espe-
cial arrangements for the accommodation
of the guests. are filling up rapidly.
The statement printed in an afternoon
paper to the effect that Governor Tyler, of
Virginia. would not be present at the en-
campment, owing to the alleged antago-
nism Of the Daughters at Richmond to the
| affair is emphatically denied by its mana
gers.
Governor Tyler has expressed to the
President himself his intention of being
present on the occasion of Mr.. McKinleys
visit Thursday afternoon. Mrs. R P.
Buckner, President Of the r. E. Lee Chap
ter, received letter from the Governor of
Virginia dated May 20. to the effect that
his official duties would require his making
a tour throughout the state. from May 20
to June Z, and that he was booked for an
engagement at Norfolk June to attend
the session of the board of public works.
which is also making a tour Of the differ
ent cities in the State.
In the letter he said he would make
every effort to be present at the encamp-
ment. The sensational reports that left
Richmond yesterday afternoon caused the
private secretary Of Governor Tyler to
send communication to the advisory
board in this city, denying the statement
that the governor would not attend for
reasons of dissatisfaction among the
Daughters in Richmond. but that II he
was compelled to be absent it would be
because of official business. He further
said that the reports to the contrary were
without foundation.
The handsome souvenir programme
which the committee has taken such pains
TO make work of art will be ready to be
issued tonight and can be obtained at Glen
Echo Park tomorrow morning. John H.
Alexander. Of Leesburg. has teIegraphed
that he will be at Falls Church this even
ing at 5 O'Clock and is prepared to deliver
his address to the guests of the R. E. Lee
Chapter Of Falls Church on '-Mosby's
Men" Mr.. Alexander will also address
the session to be held at Glen Echo to-
morrow evening.
A very pretty idea has been conceived by
the committee on decorations for the
adornment of the stage in the Glen Echo
Amphitheatre. The decorations will be
simple and carry out the idea of the five
flags of the Confederacy being surrounded
and dominated over by the red, white and
blue.
A special session of the advisory board
was held last night after the meeting of
the Southern Relief Association, and the
affairs OF the encampment thoroughly dis
cussed. A number of members of the Con-
federate Veterans Union were present, and
it was the unanimous opinion OF the par
ticipants that the encampment was already
an assured success. The members of the
advisory board will assemble at Glen Echo
tomorrow morning early to take their re-
spective parts in the exercises of the day.
Owing to President McKinley's postpon-
ing his visit to the amphitheatre from to-
morrow until Thursday. a slight change
has been made in the programme. The
principal speakers tomorrow will be Judge
Advocate General Lemly. of the Navy, and
Judge Advocate General Leiber, of the
Army. The address of welcome. which will
formally open the encampment, will be
made by Mrs. S. W. Halsey. president of
the r. E. Lee Division. Gen. Joe Wheeler
will be present at tomorrow's session, al
though he will take no active part in the
programme until Thursday afternoon,
when, IN company with Adjutant General
Corbin. he will act as escort to President
Mckinley and will address the Daughters.