The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-05
'COMM|7'TEESG|I.E
DOWN l: " \ TO WORK K.
Elaborate Arrangements Being
Made for Entertainment Of
President Roosevelt.
CITIZENS ESCORT PLANNED.
Question Of Invitations to Ma.
sonic Temple Luncheon
.l Pulling Committee.

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Work Of arranging tho details for the
celebration in honor Of the visit OF Pres
ident Roosevelt on October 18th Is pro-
n gressIng satisfactorily. and witt, n contin-
unnco OF tho spirit Of hearty cooperation
enlbcady manifested, It Is apparent that
< oven In the brief time still Intervening
@,1 will be possible to insure q popular
* demonstration rarely ever cnualcd In Ylr-
n Ginia. n
Meetings were held yesterday by the
Council Committee. which has the official
% direction OF the reception, and also by
a several OF the citizens committees which
are cooperating With the municipal gov
y lcinment. The Council Committee. which
had adopted u policy OF holding executive
n sessions, WIS engaged chiefly with mat
A tiers OF invitations to the Masonic Temple
luncheon, at which the President Will be
4 the honored guest. This is rather a
" sOns will be invited, while three thous-
n and and moro are eager for tho oppor-
tunity to accept. Tho question OF who
will be favored and who not is sOrely
puzzlng the committee. Typcwrittcn
lists were. furnished to the members yes
&terdayf for consideration. mud at another
meeting to be held tonight tho matter
viii probably be finally settled. The en-
grnved Invitation cards were received
last night from tho printer. and Will be
h submlttcd to tho committee tonight for
] approval.
Gentlernen's Escort.
Mr.. Wyndham r. Meredith, chairman
III OF tho Committee OF Three Hundred. yes
y tcrdny consented to act also as chairman
OF the Citizcns' Escort Committee. which,
Il oil riding horseback, will meet tho Pres
at hn atn nd n
OF honor In his rounds over the city.
+ The Council Committee has consented to
allow Mr.. Meredith fifty invitations to
tho luncheon for the gentlemen who will
net as escorts. These fifty gentlemen will
be secured from tho following, who have
been called by Mr.. Meredith to meetat
+ $3.50 O'Clock tonight at the Common
wealth Club:
Q. s. Allen. A. Anderson. ,Jr.. j. r.. J.. An
as1s1n 1 39Rn A nsg
Thomas boiling James n. Boyd. 81. c. Branch,
Joseph Bryan. iona, Jona,hnh Brsnn Is Bran I
Christian. jr George T. Christian S. pabney
j. Ellington: II ": Elsrsan. doorge =, PA
lott. .. 8. Eor',es. ". s. Forbes; James ",
ag Il 1Iaeson. IVY H. Ha1nmohd. JOIN j.
fah.dn HHwes g tIn awes
iaaay Gsors" r. Johns,on levin Jaynes W.
8 Esais Il FsSSrns = & M ass
ssxs i $as.s u Ss7ss
J"tnes r Patterson, A. Potts. Ianghorne Put
W snunasrs Au ~ sshd s1sn1srs scott of
g, ]; Seay; George ", stevens Ed. strudwick.
s Waaa:v g S %S,s JOSEPH T W
Eesa. ]: 9 Williams. ". Miles esty. /: v.
tIunton. 10 Lane Stern. III. L. Cabell. Coleman
Wortham, Thomas b; MeAdams. John ". Cor
LIT. Christian John A. Hutcheson, Dr.. c. v.
GarrinnEton. p Pr. Stuart MeGuire pr A.. g,
lett, Colonel Gordon McCaho. . :.
Committee On Schools.
Tho Citizens Committee on Schools mel
j at P. NJ yesterday In the Chamber
OF Commerce. and took UP the work as
i signed to It by the general committee
Monday night. Those present were Mr.
W Charles Hutzler chairman: Major James
IT, Capers, Mr.. +, c. Ebel. Mr.. =. F.
Walford, Mr.. J. D. Crump, Mr.. NJ. r.
Pace and Mr.. H. s Hutzler.
It was agreed by the committee to re-
quest the olty authorities to close all side
streets along the line OF march during
the passage OF tho President in ORDER tc
check traffic in this direction The
school children OF the city. $1,000 strong
x will be masscd on both sides OF Broad
Street. as fnr as they will extend from
g. Adams to Ninth. Places for the different
schools and classes will be assigned Mr.
i. c. Ebell Will DO the grand marshal fol-
the day His al{es Will be announced
hereafter. The children will be assembled
p In the various schools on the morning
3 Of the 18th, and after being provided
with flags will be marched through the
2 streets in charge of their teachers, to
the etatlons previously assigned, The
K Council Committee has authorized Mayor
Mccarthy to purchase 1900 flags at an
expense not to exceed $500.
The Schools Committee will cndeayor to
secure full holiday on the 18th In al
the public and private schools. colleges
and seminarios In tho city. 10 this end
II will at once communicate with the
proper authorities. It Is urged upon all
principals Of schools and presidents OF
colleges that they at once inform the
chairman of tho committee, Mr., Charles
Hutzer, If they are willing TO declare
general holiday and distribute the
flags among their pupils These flags
will be gladly furnished upon app!!lca-
tion. ~ r
Holiday Committee.
At n meeting Of tho Holiday Commit
tee yesterday afternoon the city was
divided into four sections, Main Street
In one direction and Ninth Street IN the
other, creating tho grand divisions.
Each OF tho four gentlemen present at
Il the meeting, General Charles ]. Ander-
son, DR. MCCLURE Newton, Mr.. Arthur
p. Clarke and Mr., John G. Walker, as
sumed the responsibility for ono of tho
quarters thus outlined. Every manu-
facturer. storekceper or other employer
OF labor within q section will be conf