The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
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J AN S TOWN EXPOSE TIONs
GROUNDS. July 1s,-Under blue skies,
with the flare Of many trumpets. with
bands playing airs dear6to the hearts
of all southerners, decorated with N
thousands Of blue and gold scolors, and n
with the purpose and desire to dosi
honor to Virginia and pay a fitting
tribute to the hardy colonists Of 800
years ago, a peaceful army OF Rich
monders invaded the Jamestown Ex.
position to-day. and occupied t for
twelve all too short hours AS an ad
vance guard about 5000 men and wo-
men had preceded the main body by
twentS-four hours. G a nd III ad given the
exposition ofacials some. "a ga of w hat
a day might bring forth, but It res
ma ined for the e cornplete atorlss 4 toi5
possess the land to- indicate the I'll end
ly feeling which exists in the hearts
OF the people Of Richmond for the
Jamestown Exposition
RICHMOND RECEIVED ali5.5 s5SsS s
ROYAL. WELCOME THERE
From the moment the gates
were opened this morning until late
tonight 1t was Richmond Day in I
every sense of the word, and those
visitors from other tions OF the
country begged, borrowed and filched;
into the spirit9of the day. and to be-i
come part OF the great body Of
merrymakers. Az }A}5it VIII E 5ss 4 ss4,
Everywhere L were # seen ;virginiass
flags bearing the device which means
literally translated, Away wi tn rs ops
preston and before the day ended
oppression had been lifted from tho
shoulders Of the exposition and the
tercentennial took on new life and
grew bright with new hopes and re-g
newed vigor. is s
1t was a case of Virgtnians coming
Ito their own for q royal welcome
awaited the great crowd, and no thing
THAT could be done was left Z undonsl
10 make "Richmond Day" one Ions to-
I,be rememberedSa and a notable sevent In
the life OF the exposition. s!
BY 7so'clock those who had made the
trip from Richmond by steamers began
to pour into the grounds, and first and
foremost came the Blues under cons
mand OF Ma jor Bowlcs.. Thoir band had
| been turned over to the City Fathers.s
who travelled by train. hut the famous
National Mexican Band turned out to
do honor to the hiatorio command and.
greeted them with Dixie" as they
marched to the Inside Inn. it,s33
STREAM OF PEOPLE 1Si .3'
POURED INTOiGRoUNDsI
! That was the beginning, and never
for moment during the day was there
lack Of moving incident. In which
eithar Richmond played a part or which
| was played for the pleasure Of Rich
mond. Trains over the Chesapeake and
Ohio began to arrive early in the morn
Ing and a living stream OF people pour
er into the grounds, headed by tho
members of rae Chamber OF Commerce,
with bands playing.
i At10:3o o'clock Mayor Mccarthy, the
I City Fathers the Eichmond Howitzers
and a battalion OF the Seventieth Regl-
i ment and a great number of public
1 officials of Richmond, reached the main
entrance over the Norfolk and Vest
ern, and being met by the Blues, form
4 ed In line and marched to the Rich
mond Building. half a mile away, east
/ of Lee Parade.
Here the Virginia troops passed In
/ review before the Mayor and proceeded
to inside Inn, while His Honor held
an informal reception IN the hand some
a building, beautifully decorated with
flags and bunting, one.of the most
conspicuous OF all those IN the
! grounds.
. So dense was the throng that II
was hardly possible to enter the great
Railways, and 1t was some time before
( President Tucker could greet Mayor
Mccarthy. At the conclusion of tho
: reception, Mayor McCarthy.iwith Pres
!dent Tucker. drove to Inside Inn. the
headquarters of the Richmond de!ega-
tion, and met there Governor Swanson
and Mr., John skelton Williams, the
orator of the day.
MAYOR AND LECt<Y HAD
: SHARP DISAGREEMENT
J, There occurred at this point the only
|, unpleasant incident OF the day. which
!, flor a time threatened to interfere with
4 The pleasure of characterization. The
: -lRichmond troops composed OF a bat-
ltelion of the seventieth Regiment. un-
der command OF Major Bossleux; the
!, Blues. under command OF Major
! Bowles. and the How,tzers, under cons
mand of Captain Myers. had assam
: bled, according to orders and by res
lauest of the committees on proSyarna