The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-18
| PRESIDENT TO
BE- GUEST CU|..|.
C'.|'TY| III TO-DAY { ! ! \
Reaches Richmond At
Noon to Stay Seven
81. Hours.
BE GREETED BY 51,. 4
CHEERING CROWDS
--.: ~ "a s,S,ss3 .3.5
Dem onstration in His Honor Will
Be One Of Most Notable Ever
known Here. 4.
LIST OF GU UEsTss THE 4
LUNCHEON MADE RI UBLIc c.
All Details for Celebration Com
pleted at Final Meeting ofa
Committee on Reception,
Held Yesterd City 9s41.
Ablaze With Color;s Out 8s
Oft own People Here.
I Oft 8, 7 own q 3 ,e1,opl!e Here.

III, With business suspended, banners fly-$
ling, and streets tnronged with people
with every, manifestation Of loyalty and I;
Affection Richmond to day n VII Welcome
and for seven hours en- tertaln Theodore
Roosevelt, Preside lent OF the United States
Tor the first time a visitor In the pital%
OF the Old Domlnl Ion. n
5E5SF Hearty and; free will be the greeting \
and lavish the hospitality shown the dis
Btinguished visitor. -Four years ag ,g and \
at this very q season, he madeS himselr$
In N a single night the most hated man
known to theswhlte people below Mason
and Dixon s line /; to-day, idolized by. the
entire country, he comes to draw back TO K
him he South, already won, and IA % Il
cause in Richmond a demonstration OF
enthusiastic approval, the like of which,
has seldom, IL ever been seen efore In 4
$all of Virginia. Always conservative, and Z
rarely shaken out OF its habitual calm,sa
the city at a the dawning OF Roosevelt 81
lday.ls more stirred with expectation and /.
eagerness than at any previous time In
Its history, and Is impatiently awaiting \
the coming OF that greatest man in all If
America, 8 3 whom it seeks to honor Re-lsi
ception more cordial than that prepared 7
could not be. Men and Il! women, white 4
and black, OF every condition and 7& Of
whatsoever political allgnment-all will be 4
there, tens OF thousands OF them to cheer
him as he rides through the Streets to
hold out to him tho glad hand OF well
come. to offer to him the best that the
city can boast t vii be a great day
one OF the greatest Richmond will ever
know, ,!i s5y.
All Plans Complete.
Yesterday saw the completion OF all 4
plans. Finishing touches were given here
and there, where needed final instruc- VI
tlons were Issued to police, military and Y
others who Will figure In the days events.
and every conceivable step was taken Il
to forestall and prevent any mlshap at
the last minute. iia III g XII
such odd ends of work rs had BEEN
loft undone by the citizen bodies Cos
operating with the municipal government n,
were disposed OF before ,nightfall. The
Council Committee on Reception held Its s
last business session. still behind closed
doors, and adjourned after three or four
hours with the long-awaited publication
OF its programme. including the much
discussed list OF Invitations to the 4lun-g
cheon. During the night tho street clean
ing force spread out over the sleeping IL
city and by daylight had washed and VI
cleaned every inch OF the route along
which the pageant will move. Police and u
other officials were assigned to duty and Il
went over tho streets for q last inspec. Il
ton, strngtng wires and ropes and gets
ting everything else In readiness for the
arrival OF tho Chief Magistrate Bright
and early to-day and even after the
crowds have begun to III the Sidewalks x
they will 60 the rounds once more 70
read1ust anything that might have gone !,
awry. At noon the President will come,
and the great celebration will be on.
In their completed form. the plans now
officially announced for the first time,
a demonstration that for
will be surpassed by no-
thing that will be arranged In honor OF
President Roosevelt at any point during
his present journey through the South,
From the time the party reaches Rich-
Inond until It's departure. seven hours
later, every minute will be occupied, and
while there will be no rush and no 1ost'e.
into every minute will be crowded as 8
much as 1t will hold--reception, parade,
speaking, luncheon, drive to historic
spots. demonstrations Of good VIII by tne =
crowds
F Coming at noon and heralded by blasts
from every steam whistla In the city,.
rhs President will after the first greeting 81
from the Governor, Mayor and Reception +
COMMITTEES, at once take place In the pa
rade, then formed and awaiting his Apr
pearance, and the pageant pilll move
following n course thFou8h me 3ia
leading thoronghfates OF the CITY, ana
hatlins al the Capitol Square, After p 4
brief stop at the Executive Mansion, Afs,