The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-23

WILL Be
INVITED

President Roosevelt will be invited 10
attend the 92nd anniversary OF the battle
of Lake Erie, which is TO be celebrated
he the city OF Newport on Monday, Sept.
IL as the result OF a resolution TO that
effect passed at a special meeting OF the
Newport city council last evening
The Newport old home week executive
committee has adopted the following pro-
gram for the week. which. however. Is
subject 10 changes. though IL Is thought
few will be made:
Sunday, Sept. 10-Special services I'm the
churches. Monday, Sept. l1--Perry day;
parade OF United States naval forces;
illumination at night. Tuesday. Sept. 12-
Sports OF all kinds, amateur and pro-
fessional elambake for old Newporters.
Wednesday, Sept 13-Trades procession
and other events. Thursday, Sept. IA
United States army and state militia
paradesr carnival parade OF floats in the
evening. Friday and Saturday, Sept. Is
and l6-Renewing OF old acquaintances
and sightseeing.
The big day of the week will be Perry
day. and Admiral Evans promises the
committee that he will give the city the
finest naval demonstration In Its history.
In the evening the city will be Illuminated
as IL was on fete nights. some years ago.
with special illumination along the har-
Dor front and an illumination OF the ships
In the harbor. On this evening there will
be band concerts in all the parks, and IL
Ia the intention OF the committee TO make
this feature OF each evening.
on the day that the sports are to be
held there will be a hunt OF the Mon
mouth county hounds, and Mr. Collier
says that II President Roosevelt comes
he will see that he has the finest mount
from his stable.
There will also be races under the
auspices OF the Yacht Racing association.
and Tuesday the Astor cup races are 10
be held on Newport There will also be
ball games cricket between the Newport
and South Providence teams, and an asso-
citation football game between a Fall
River team and one from New Bedford.
There will be cutter races, and an effort
Is TO be made 10 have the racing crew
from the battleship Kearsarge come TO
meet the Hibernians. The battleships
will not be there but IL is thought that
arrangements can be made TO have the
race boat crew come on one OF tho
cruisers.
II is proposed by the committee 10 ar
range for a parade OF the Newport fire
department either Friday or Saturday,
and this would be a most interesting
event, as the department has not been
seen as a whole for some years, and IL
has greatly grown since then.
The committee sull has much money TO
raise in order to carry out Its plans. Be
ginning Sunday evening next and con-
tinuing every Sunday evening until the
10th, there will be a beneft concert at
Freebody park. Manager Sneedy kindly
offering II TO the committee.
In addition TO the sports arranged for
an effort is 10 be made by the sports COM
mittee 10 have a steeplechase on one
of the days of the week, but It is not yet
known IL this can be carried out. Sat-
urday there is 10 be a football game be-
tween the army and navy and there are
20 be swimming races. diving races and
events galore.
Notification has been sent TO Henry w.
Cozzens, William p Sheffield Lewis L.
Simmons, Philip Rider and T. Mumford
Seabury. that they have been elected
honorary members OF the general COM
mittee which arranged for the Newport
reunion in 1859.