The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-11
RHODE ISLAND
NJ jamestown ! \ ! / |
Exposition Con,niissioi, VIII t'Ill;
Cone This Month Eto8 Contract &
& forSState Building
ORGANIZE PRESS \ B IS Gu l..l.|
Norfolk Newspaper Men en- Y N'illl8
a b oon1 Exposition atldSy y Vii.
vite International League
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IL Especial 10 Tho r mea-D isi,atch.)
NORIrOL1f VAIL July 10.--As lei ter from on
Nj. George NJ 1sitigsbury Executive
6 Commissioner for Rhode Island \ to y tlle
jamestown, announces zee 80. ~
!. during tho latter pnrt Of this month q
Nthc fuliiS RHODE Island Commission VIII ~
como to Norfolk by boat from ProV "a
X dchce. THEIR Ming III for the purpose
II of completing tho contract for the iinrne-
Il diate construction OF their 81 tc building,
and arranging for the reservation " ot
Il space for their historical 3exliil BIT
Probably none OF the thir Teen . u -
y Colonies, with the exception Of ~
i b. richer n historical souvenirs and Srel-
y les tina I, is Rhode 1slnnd- -nore $50 8cloHc-
ilyrelatct to II during the sRevolu tonaryj
n struggle as Is the Old Dominion ~ ate.
" Abundant letters arc a In the poHsesslon
#of tie Rhodc Island Commission from
n the Committc OF Corresponding when
SIS ono OF the historical commit tees O y,
5Reyolutionnrystim times. T here are also let
ters from George washington, Thomas
Jcffcrsorl, j ohm Marshall, Patrick Henry
Richard Henry {! Lee, Charles I'inckney,a
Edmund Randolph, James Monroe and
81 many others. Tho commission also ex-55
poets To display ul, original 20 rtrait OF
\ Washington, painted by Gilbert stuart;
4 the original pal charter O. q
il 1916; the charter OF King Cha les IL. /! q
1863; tte Commission OF Enquiry into the
\ Burning OF tho Gaspcc Il J ure 70. IL.
Distinguished c Commission
Tho following ts the Tersonne 81 Of the 70;
I Rhode Island Com1nlssiin: Siii i
Hon. Ohm Taggard Blodgett JUS
y tice OF tho Supreme B Court Of ~ r hodel
island \ Colonel William r. Sheffield. Jr.,l
Il d 3practicing lawyer OF ewport and for.
L MGR member Of the General Assembly;
Hon. Joseph I,urlngamre, exs Speaker y :
II OF the House OF Representatives. and one
Of tho highest Masons in the State; Dcn--
Il mic HI. Steaihan. n adnate OF the nj
&Syersty of II Virginia, prnctlcing attorney
I'm Providence aud formerly mem Der OF
Il the city Council \ Hon. Gorge 6l3nt chelor.
ex- Mayor az the City OF $NVoonsocket
aud member OF the Repub lican state Con-
Y troll Committee; H on. George ~. Kings :.
B burg, Executive Commission er Of sRhoue
X island G Commission TO tho y mestown Fix-
< position. sl t55 Z. VIZ !.
Mr.. Kingsbury has been Execu tive
II commandment NIL Bexpoaitlons in which
u Rhode island has u part icipated Tor INC.
Y last y dozen years, i% sf
ans am !. IN Press Club.
~ a5 Il Followint;gs 5.nncr given last evening
An the Audiio,luln Cafe by Mr. Yumeto
Kushibikl. OF Japan. and the world and
al, exposition concesslonaireS gs and 95s Az
&thorlty. to the represen tatiycs Of the
Norfolk press and the rep resell Y ttv yas,
Il 81 the general press ri bureau t OF gg the
81 Jarnesto wn Expoxition, there was or ':;
d ga1lized the Jamestown Press Club IN
Guiding In It's membership the press reI
ii rcsentntivea Of Tidewate Virginia, ss az :
wall AZ the managers and thsir asst llt1
d abie newspaper men. Of the genera press 81
4 bureau or the exposit Ion.
The immedl ate$ work OF the club ~ TO
boom the great Jamestown Exposi ton,
s and TO bring the nternntionnl$L League OF
II Press Clubs here next year for Its an
Y nunl convention. y q, 3 S5S 3s
The temporary Ulcers OF the club arc:
4 Wv mn. n Kirby OF the Ledger Dispatch,
n president; 4, Hugh Steele, OF the Virgininn-
Pilot. secretary. and D. Bruce Sail cor
& respondent OF the Richmond Times-D Dis
s patch treasurer. SS e 8s
Mr.. X ushibIki, the host 81 the eyenin g.
Ia most agreeable ntlemAn. highly
educated md much travelled, and \ q
thoroughly congenial fell low. He al ways
N knows what to Say and when TO 80 y It.!
4 "a Japanese air peryaded the evening.
The ladies' OF the auditorium orchestra
we're alfred ms Geishn girls. and their
musical programme was arranged espe-i
Y clallys for the evening. The menu ards
81 or the banquet we're printed on artistic
Japanese fans, and among the long list
OF nice things provided for the fenst5 wcre
3 Oyan,aS salad and Togo punch.
A1r. Kushibiki was elected the first
!. honorary member OF the Press Club. Flo
D has attended allR the expeditions In the
4 United States In the last twenty-ssya
years. and many In other parts Of the
world. He will ba a citizen Of Norfolk
4 until the jamestown Exposition closes Its
doors. lis # y. 5l