The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
He Believes Much GOOD viii Result 10 the
South From The Present Tour.
BUSINESS MEN APPRECIATE VALUE.
Judge CrulohfIeld Adjourned Court In Order 10
Meet The New EngIandsrs -farb vIsIed
Many Points OF interest

| Richmond, March 9.-Historic Rich
mond extended a splendid greeting L
the representatives Of the New Eng
land Newspaper League yesterday.
The newspaper men from the North
Immediately upon arrival. were taker
in charge by a committee of represen.
tative citizens and made to feel at once
the warmth and abundance of the hos.
pitality which the capital Of the ole
state OF Virginia extends to the strang-
er within her gates.
The party arrived at a. m. in the
station of the Suthern railway after a
night ride from Danville. Immediately
| after breakfast the committee OF Rich
| mond's citizens called to met the rep
resentatives of the New England News
| paper League.
! The committee was composed of the
| following gentlemen:
S. w. Travers, president of the Rich
! mond Chamber of Commerce; Henry
! Lee Valentine, vice-president of the
| Young Mems Business Association of
| Richmond; III. ID. Eichelberger, chair
| man of the convention committee of
the Young Mems Business Association;
| Richard Dunlop, secretary of the Rich
mond Chamber of Commerce; Gen.
| Charles j. Anderson, former adjutant-
general of Virginia; w. NJ. Wortham OF
the Il. G. Williams company. Col. Henry
NJ Boykin of the Seaboard Air line,
Clarence II. Boylxin OF the Richmond
Dispatch and A. r. Holderby, Jr.. OF
the Richmond Times. Mr.. j. Strang of
the Seaboard Air line also met the
party.
Carriages were taken from the pri-
vate Wagner hotel car Chicago" un-
der escort Of the committee, and the
party was taken to the hotel Jefferson.
From here drive was taken to some
OF the points of historical interest in
Richmond.
The party was taken to the state
capitol, the state library, the Henry
Clay monument, the Stonewall Jack
son monument, the Washington monu-
ment the monument TO the soldiers and
sailors OF the Confederacy. the new City
Hall, ST. Johns church. where Patrick
Henry delivered the famous Grafton,
and to the Jefferson Davis mansion.
which Is now n museum of relics OF
the Confederacy.
Mayor Richard NJ. Taylor received
the NewEngland Newspaper leaguerep-
resentatives in City Hall and extended
to them the freedom of the city. Mayor
Taylor expressed his pleasure at meet
ing the representatives of eleven influ-
entail New England newspapers and
dwelt emphatically on the good that he
believed would come TO the South as a
result Of the tour. He said that the
business men Of Richmond were alive
to the Importance of placing the prog
ress and advantages OF the city before
the people of New England and that
the good results in trade would be re-
ciprocal.
Chief Manager c. r. King, on behalf
OF the visitors. thanked Mayor Taylor
for his hospitable greeting and assured
his honor that the people whom the
party represented We're anxious To
learn of the industrial and commercial
status of the South.
After leaving the mayor the party
was invited to attend a session of the
Richmond police court, where southern
methods in dealing with petty offenders
were illustrated in a manner to amuse
the New England men accustomed to
seeing small cases handled with so
much ponderous pomp and legal red
tape as the longest issues. The prison
ers were colored and white, and were
equally dwelt with. Evidently they
were unable to retain lawyers. and
prisoners and their witnesses were all
grouped before the bar and their stories
heard. The colored man. who gave
his age as 6S. exclaimed. Thank
Gawd!" when. after an earnest plea for
clemency he was sentenced to 10 days
for stealing 80 pounds Of beef.
Judge John j. Crutchfied adjourned
court TO meet the New England men,
and added his greeting TO Richmond to
those previously extended.
The party paid a very pleasant visit
to the studio of the sculptor, Edward
V. Valentine. whose work IL familiar
both i'm this country and abroad. Mr.
Valentine has made busts Of all the
noted Confederate military leaders, as
well as Edwith Booth. Beethoven. @. Il.
II. James, the novelist and other equal
ly famous persons. His bust OF "The
Ward" is widely known and
has been extensively copied. He has
just finished a Greek group on which
he has been engaged for six years.
In the Valentine museum here is one
Of the finest collections Of old ware i'm
existence. A fine collection of ancient
Greek. Egyptian and Roman statuarv
Is also I'm the museum.
In st. Johns Episcopal church the |
party stood on the spot hallowed by |
Patrick Henry when he delivered his |
famous speech demanding liberty 10 the |
Virginia Colonial Assembly.
After the sight-secing the party re- |
turned TO the jefferson for lunch, and |
hen met committee representing the |
business Of Petersburg. Va. Mayor /
Pleasant and Editor Barron OF the In |
rendered a cordial invita-
ion To the representatives OF the New
England Newspaper League to visit
Petersburg.
Special invitations galore have poured
N on the men representing New Eng
and. and every Richmond resident OF
position seems anxious to entertain the
members OF the party. The Common
wealth and the Westmoreland clubs.
he most prominent organizations i'm
he city. have extended the privileges
" their club houses TO the members OF
he party for n period of a month.
The Chamber Of Commerce and the
Young Mems Business Association will
ointly tender a banquet To the repre- |
entatives Of the New England News
,apor League In the hotel Jefferson.
'he mayor and prominent city officials
win attend and deliver addresses
Richmond is just now threatened