Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-06
PEACEABLE INDIANS
INVADE RICHMOND
Ecap Big Indians Go Over the Hunt
ing Grounds HereabOuts-Of
for Norfolk.

Just about 100 representatives of the
Great Council, Independent Order of Red
Men have been quartereds a t Murphy's
Hotel since yesterday morning. They
will leave at s O'Clock this morning aboard
the steamer Louisa" for Norfolk, where
the Great Council will convene.
The visitors are a fine-lOoking body
of men and women, and speak we'll for
the stability of the order which they re-
present.
The party arrived in Richmond on a
special train Yesterday morning early.
When they got up from their berths they
found carriages waiting them at ne sta
tion and the whole party were driven
all over the city by the local entertain,
Johns church. Libby HILL the site of the
old Libby Prison. Trigg shipyards, Main
street, Hollywood, and the West-End in
general. Returning, the party registered
at Murphys Hotel and We're assigned
rooms.
During the afternoon and evening the
visitors took in the various attractions of
the city, singly and in groups, and all
reported a most excellent tire. -.
A nunbersof happy, fine-looking fellows
were found by a newspaper man chatting
in the lobby of Murphys Hotel late yes
terday afternoon.
Il have been to every city of size and
Importance in America said that con-
genial fellow, Wilson Brooks, the Great
Chief of Records, but I have never seen
any city in all my travels half as inter
esting as Richmond is.
THE sights here are we'll worth coming
thousands of miles to see. The people
are the ,1icesti and the fbestSin the world
|sthe whole place substantial and beautiful,
and every time I come here I reaflrm
that Richmond is one of the best cities
in America"
Mr.. Brooks is a whole-souled. happy,
bright, Chicago gentleman. as nearly like
Virginia gentleman, not to be one, az
can be imagined. He is one of the lead
ing officers of the Red Mems vast or
sanization. and takes a great pride in his
fraternity. Ee is a native of Connecti-
cut, was raised in Texas, and has adopt
ed Chicago as his home,
Among those who are, registered. at
Murphy's and who Will leave the city
this morning for Norfolk, are:
w j. Althans, st. LOUIS; e. Meyers,
Austin, Wis; George W. t4ofmann, Win
anna. Wis; A. F. Hememan, Blooming
ton, Ill: James r. Wilson and wife, Chi
cago: Edward Kennedy, Elmira, N. Y;
A B. Cherry. Portland Ore; L. B.
Weaver and wife, Warsaw, Ind John
a. York and wife. Madison, Ind; George
R. Golfer and wife, T. G. Harrison and
wife. George A., David, ]. A. McGra ,,,s'
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind: Frank ]. Helbe and
wife, st. Paul, I'm; J. T. Shanklin'
and WIFE Paris, Tex; J. W. Miller. Des
MONIES. To-; G. A. ElIekamp and wife,
Evansville; Fred S. Temple, Grand
Rapids, Mich; w. D. Newton and wife.
Bloomington. Ill; w. E. Shepherd. Lin
coin. Ill; F. w. Arvenell and wife, Kan
sas City. Mo-: F. "A. Arnold, Spokane.
Wash.' Walter Sampson and wife Dead
wood. S. D.; T. F. Roberts, wife and
boy, 2. c. Reno, Okla; William B. Nc
f,erran and wife, Chicago; r. S. Thonlp
son. Miss 1nez Thompson, Azaboh Thomp
son. Pine Bluff. Ark. ;ChaMes C. Bssch and
wife, Springfield, ILL.,. Enoch Strother.
virginia, Nevada: H. A. Finlayson,, Min
| neapolis. Mimi; George E. Stebbins, sRa-
cine, Wis; Holmes Daubner, Waukesha.
Wis; P. j. Kansworth. wife and daugh
ter, Miss Annie E. Kruthing, Chicago; J.
S. II Gley, ST. Joseph, Mo-: Thomas h.
Watts. Montgomery, Ala; William
Provin Westfeld, Mass: A. B. Ber-.
stem, New, York city: T. ]. Bell, Tacoma.
Wash; John NJ. Hill, Walla Walla.
Wash: Emilio Lastrets. j. G. Smith. J.
H. Hutaff, w. ]. Smith. San Francisco.
CAL; Rev. Josiah Sims, Navada CITY,
Nevada, c. E. Sausser, Lebanon, O.; IS.
Schlesinger. Kenia, O.; E. T. spconer.
Holyoke, Mass; George w: Corley. At
lanta; D. L. Leftwich Baltimore; Wilson
Brooke and wife, Chicago.