The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-01
lNl.AlI|Nl!l BOOT HIS
GOING Up.
Business Houses Being Draped With.
Flags and Bunting.
Mr.. H. L. VALENTINE is KING
Press Committee Appointed to Take Charge
of the Visiting Newspaper Men Next
Tuesday-Moyement of the Military
Committee Carnival Notes.

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The big headquarters booth will be
completed this morning, and Carnival
headquarters will be transferred from
No. I'LL East Main Street to the booth,
at Third anu Broad Streets AL business
CT the Carnival Will be transacted from
that point hereafter.
Many booths are being erected on
Broad Street at short intervals between
Jefferson and Tenth Streets, a. distance
Of a mile. Those who have alreaay
started are Mitteldorfer, julius Sycle and
Sons, Seymour Sycle, Miller and sRhoads,
Mayer and Pettet Kirlwood Meyer
Greentree. and Rothert and Co. Others
viii start to-day, and all this week the
hammer will be heard constantly along
Broad Street. Beautiful decorations are
already being placed on the buildings,
and from all indications the city VIII
be a mass of bunting before the week
in over.
The Carnival King March. by Professor
Frank Harms. has been published by the
Cable Piano Company. The march IS
most admirable production 1t Will be
played by the bands next week, and
will be on sale at the music stores
MR.tVABENTINE FOR KING.
The High Commission appointed to Sc
lect a King of the Carnival on last Sat
urday decided upon Mr.. Henry Lee Val
eIltine, the Rex Of last year. He w.ll
be officially Informed at the meeting or
the Board of Directors tonight.
MILITARY Cv.--A4>ei.
The Newport News Military Company
has written the Military Committee that
it will be on hand on the 9Th. This
committee expects to have a very large
display on N1ilitary-Day, and arrange
e., hh, II
Chief Marshal G. Percy Hawes, Of the
Military Committee, has invited large
number of prominent citizens to act as
aides in the military parade. He has
received replies from most Of them. Some
of those invited are:
DR.. Charles r. Robins. George B. john
ston, Moses d. Hoge, Jr, Charles l.. Sci
GEL John II. Hinchman, George Ross,
Alex. G. Brown, Edward Mcclure. Stuart
Mcguire, Robt f. Williams, c. w. z.
Brock, James a. White, Isaiah White,
Clifton Miller, D. 4. kuyl, +. G. Will
iiamsf Charles Labenberg, General Fitg-
hugh Lee, General :. L. Phillips, Colo
mel II. c. Jones. Colonel H. NJ. Boykin,
Col. Charles Euker, Major John Cuss-
ms, Major f. T. Sutton. Major w. NJ.
Evans, Major Clay Drewry, Major H. G.
Carter, Captain B. Lorraine, Captain j.
4. Hutchinson, Captain E. ]. Bosher,
Captain 7. NJ. Workman, Major L. T.
Christian. Colonel John W. Gordon. Cap
tain f. II. Dean, NIessrs. Berkeley Will
lfams, 7. a. Cary, S. w. Travers, S. L.
Morgan. S. d. Crenshaw, Harry Poindex-
ter, vim Cartwright. LeSis cartwright,
Dean Cartwright, j. H. Redwood. John
S. Elicit, John Stewart Bryan, St. Geo.
Bryan, Joseph Bryan, John y. Lamb, a.
Cole Blanton, T. L. Blanton, ]. Q. Scott,
Q. B. Morgan, G. p Halves, Jr., S. Ii.
Baughman, II. Claiborne Epps and many
othors.
On Thursday the committee composed
of l.. H. Morris, Colonel John S. Har-
wood, w. o. Skelton and Wyndham r.
Meredith Will leave for Washington to
invite President Roosevelt to attend the
opening of the Carnival. If he cannot
come Ire will be asked to press the nut
ton in Washington to start the machln-
err, in motion.
TO ENTERTAIN THE PRESS.
The Press Committee met yesterday
afternoon and appointed the following
gentlemen Of the local press as a Com
mttee of Entertainment to look after
the visiting newspaper men on next
Tuesday, Press Day: Messrs. c. a. Boyce,
p. r. Noel G.. w. Rogers, c. c. Wig
ellsworth, Joseph Geisinger, w. f. Har-
rIs, Robert NJ. Lynn II. l.. Wilson Chas.
M. Graves, John Moroso, II. l.. Cardoza,
and c. o. Hearon This committee will
look after the comfort Of the visitors and
escort them through the various shows.
Mr. Harry Tucker was chosen as a com
mittec to arrange for the press luncheon.
which will be given at O'Clock next
Tuesday. Some bright remarks are eX-
pected from the visitors during the prog
! ress of this informal affair, and some
surprises will be sprung upon the visit
ors.
THE HORSE SHOW.
Tickets Of admission to the Horse Show
will be placed on sale to-day. This show
| starts UP next Tuesday at the Audi
! forum.
Boxes may be secured at the Horse
| Show Headquarters No. 1913 East Main
| Street, and the reserved and general ad-
| mission tickets will be on sale at Branch
r. Aliens store, ON Main Street.
The boxes, with six seats in each will
| be sold for the week for $50; reserved
seats for q single night will be 81 and
| general admission seats will be fifty cents
Among the horses of national reputa-
| ton entered are the following: Horn
! pipe" owned by Miss Murcllison: Amor
| cite by c. II. Hurkanp, Kathleen by
| John p. DuIaney, Craven" by John +.
| Smith, Hellion' BY w. Lawrence Smith
Midnight BY Miss Margaret Esrey,
"Bowery Girl" by Briton & Briton, LORD
4Mgy,' end David Harum" by NVyeth &
West, Helen Gray" by Walter G. New
man, Searchligllt'' by James K. Mad
GoX, The Duke" by Tennant e Tenant
Bright Fire" by CORTLAND II. Smith
"Chesterfield' by w. Lawrence Smith
| ''Eacho" and DAY Dream by Wyatt
| & West.
The Auditorium is being beautifully
! decorated.
The Board of Directors of the Carnival
will hold their last regular meeting be
| fore the Carnival at the I. p a. rooms
tonight.
BAPTIST PREACHERS MEET.