The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-17
WHO ARE CITY
FOUR HUNDREDt. \ ]. N ! |: | ! !:
List Of Those InvitedStOs
Eat With the President
Still Withheld.
MANY LOOSE ENDS
TIED UP YESTERDAY
Final Meeting Of City Council
Committee Will Be Held Thi 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Have Been Most -s
General and '5
Il Lavish. l.s
Preparing for Trip.
(By AssocIated Press.)

Preparing for Trip. ":
(ByiAssoclated Press.)
WASH HtNGTo I, .. c., October 1e.
| u President r Roosevelt Is buslly engaged
In preparing for his trip through the II
South, on which he will start next a gE
Wednesday morning at $3.50 O'Clock.
For a considerable tlne to-day he was sSss
at Work With Secretary Loeb In 5$;T
clearing his desk OF an accumulation 9if
Of business Among the callers with
whom the President chatted briefly jSs
was former Senator N G Laurln. Of 3i t{{3
South Carolina. Few visitors Will be 4 t$
received by tho Presldent before he Il gfss
leaves for the South, and they Will s558
be persons who have urgent offlcrH' H'aasf}
business which cannot be postponed S3a
Until after his return about Novern:- "
Der 1st. i{5 II 4, q N,i w
i with fair skies and an absences Of mis-. N,
haps, permitting the execution OF plans y
now complete In all essential details, the !,
1 entertainment Of President Theodore
Roosevelt in Richmond tomorrow. will !
be recorded as ono of the most notable \
| events Of its kind In the history Of oil
Virginia. 5s WI
II Something like calm came over the3l
appearance OF things yesterday. Official-Sl
dom, upon its mettle for many days:
quieted down q bit. and got back into the 4
jog trot again, still expectant and eager,SF
1 but satisfied & that everything was doneN
i at last and that there were O good twen- &
ty-four hours Of rest and review efora
the dawning of Roosevelt day. "a thor-Sg
i ough examination of the plans revealed 81
4 no unexpected gaps. Everything seemed &
i finished and the programme as a whole
was found to be all that could be desired.
4 From every point Of vlew--crowds deco-Ss3
rations enthusiasts M tllore Is every lndi-S 4,
4 cation hat the eel ehration will be a
Il grand success, and that the demonstra-
i tion in honor OF. the President will rival 81
/ anything Of its sort ever seen and eclipse
i the efforts of any other city that Mr.
Roosevelt will visit during his trip a
through the South q, 4
Route of Drive. 85a5.
Loose ends were tied together yester-
day and q finishing touch was given here
! and there or a readjustment of detallsg)
that had gone awry. There were few
i developments of any sort, and the CHIEF
4 of these was decidedly the mapping out n
! Of the route to be taken BY the presiden-s Il
tial party during the drive over the city 4,
/ .After8a meeting OF the citizens escort,EI
1 held last night Mt the Commonwealth
Club, It was announced that this route
i would be as follows 53}yS.i 81 $sS Sa$
4 West from Masonic Temple to JEFF 8 S
4 ferson, south on Jefferson Street to
/ Ssk Grace, west Grace Street to Ryand, Il. .j55
4 south on Ryland Street to Frankn,,sS3 sS3
4 l8sWest on Franklin Street to Lee mon Ii Ss
i ument, east from Lee monument Il S$
down Franklin to Fifth Street. northsfS5
i #on Filth Street to Grace, east on {5SBB
! Grace to Ninth Street, north % on 4 5.%3s
Ninth Street to Marshall east on
Marshall to Tenth Street, south ons358BB5
Tenth Street to 3CopItol, east on Cap 81
I. tol to Eleventh Street, north on Elev. " "
enth Street to Clay, east on Clay to f5SS3 $
| Twelfth Street, south ~ on fB Twelfth fsS2s
Street to Governor, south on Govern IN ss3l
or to Main Street, east on M ain Street s9i
to Libby HlII Park, up the Park road, i48
out Of Park to Twenty lshth Street S
and Grace, west on Grace to Twenty; 81
seventh Street, north on Twenty 4
seventh Street to Broad, west on sggif
Il Broad to Twenty y-fourth Street. south "a n
on STwent ty.fourth Street to Grace, Nj
east on Grace Street to Twenty fifth 53s n
| Street, south on Twenty. fifth Street i5sss
| to Main Street, west on Main Street S
to depot, where escort Will be dis.
missed. t ssss
The President following this route, WILL 4
visit four chief points of interest. AtE
Lee monument the veterans from the Sol-si
tdler's Home will be gathered TO- Greetsi
him, and 1t was planned last night to gar-s44
range n suitable spot ut this point for q 1
brief address from the President to the
old warriors. Next the Marshall House
Will be visited-, point added to the pros
gramme only last night It Is not known !
that the President Will alight here. 4
though this is possible, AT the Confed-t
crate Museum and St. Johns Church. the
other two points to be visited, 1t is tex-8I
= NfrA will laoN Na n
carriage and make an Inspection OF the \.
bulldlngs--the one the White House OF
the Confederacy, where President Jefrer- 4
son Davis lived. the other the scene Of
Patrick TIenry's impassioned appeal that {
fanned the fires OF revolution In the days
when the land was young.
During tho drive the President Will
be accompanied by tho citizens escort 4
and the mounted Howitzers. AT the
meeting Of the members OF the escort
last night, 1t was decided to divide tho Y
guard OF honor into squads OF six each (
the first named In each squad to ba the n
commander OF that squad. Mr. WydHunl z
II. Meredith. chief of the escort has ap- N
pointed Mr.. Il. w. MoYelgh and Mr.. Allen
Potts, his two aides, Rain or shine, eacft 81
member OF the escort Will report prompts
ly at II. 20 a. NJ. Tomorrow TO the coEn' Y
lnander of his squad on Fifteenth street, 8
north OF Main, the cotnlnandsr seelnS (,
that his squad is properly formed at the
proper time, riding six abreast. and elgh
teen feet behind the next preceding N
SQUAD AZ several points along tha line Of Il
march tho squads will divide and pro, Il
ceed Ia column Of three each commander 81
giving his men notice OF the time. for u
ths change in formation. ,t II
Each member OF tha escort is 20 fur 4
nish g,oom to hold his horse ut the II
uoirts nc which the escort Is dlsmoupted.
M; Al, Tenth and Esoud Streets, ara