Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-12
Night Procession TO Be Feat
ure of Red Men Convention.
MANY VISITORS COMING
Great Council Fire Of State Opens in
This City Next Wednesday Morn
lng-Turn City over to Visiting
BRAVES"

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All ARRANGEMENTS have been com
pleted for the sixIy-fourth Great sun
Council Fire" OF the Improved Order
OF Red Men in this city on May Is
and 10 and the Red Men are anticipat-
ing a most successful and enjoyable
convention. Practically every council
In the State will have delegates at
the council fire and present estimates
are that there will be about three
hundred visiting Red Men in Newport
News during the two days. The city
will be turned over TO the guests ana
everything possible will be done for
their comfort and enjoyment.
While the convention will not begin
until the morning OF WedneSda", May
lS, an informal reception for the Wis
itors Will be held next Tuesday even
ing at the Newport hotel. which has
been designated as headquarters for
the Red Men. The advance guard of
the visitors will come in Tuesday
morning and all of the delegates are
expected here not later than Tuesday
night. Norfolk and Portsmouth will
send large delegations.
WciCOUc Wy naJO' SOHCS.
An open session of the convention
will be held next Wednesday morning
at O'Clock -.ayor Marquis Jones
will deliver the address OF welcome
on behalf of the city anu Great
Sachem Walter ). Nicklin will reply
on behalf of the Red Men. Past
Sachem c. W. Stanglen VIII deliver
the address of welcome on behalf OF
the tribes OF Newport News, Hamp-
ton, Phoebus. and Elijah. tn City
county and this will be responded 10
by Great Senior Sycamore F.. b.
Varney.
Wednesday afternoon and Thursday
morning will be given over to the
business OF the convention, the Of
fcers for the ensuing year being
elected and other bushes transact
ed
Big Parade Wednesday light.
A big street parade will be held
Wednesday night. beginning promptly
at s O'Clock. About six hundred Red
Men will be in line along with a squad
OF policemen, the local fire depart
ments and apparatus. the band of the
North End engine company and the
Huntington Rifles. The parade will
form on West avenue at . O'Clock
sharp and will move along that ave
nue. TO Twenty-ffth street, over
Twenty-fifth street to Washington
avenue. along Washington avenue TO
Thirty-eighth street, over that street
To Huntington avenue. along Hunting
ton avenue TO Twenty-fifth street and
thence to the Casino grounds. where
big war dance" will be held.
Following will be the formation of
the parade:
Formation Of Parade.
First division-RObert Cunning.
marshal. Form on thirty fourth
street. Police escort and band Of
on Ihirty-third street-Huntington
Rifles, Company c, Fourth Virginia
Volunteers. Form on Thirty second
s;reet-Commanche Tribe No. % and
Nansemond Tribe No. IS.
Second division-W A. Tennis.
marshal. Form on Thirty-frst street
Wyoming Tribe No. ~, Noaman
Tribe No. Ill and tribes from Nor
folk. Form on Thirtieth street.
Waupuckenati Tribe No. -, Delaware
Tribe No. 2s and St Tamnia Tribe
No. l22
Third division-David Johnson.
marshal Form on Twenty-ninih
! street-Tuscarora Tribe No. 20. Red
Cloud Trioe No. IS and tribes from
Portsmouth and Berkeley.
Fourth division-W. f. Jones. mar
shall Form on Twenty-eighth street
Fleet Foot Tribe No s. White
Swan Tribe No. 50 and visiting Red
Men. Form on Twenty-seventh street
Carriages with city officials and
great chiefs OF the Great Council.
Form on Twenty-sixth stree;-New-
/ port News fire department with ap-
paratus
How Line Will be Formed.
At the appointed hour. the column
on Thirty-fOurth street will start and
march down West avenue The lines
formed on the other side streets will
fall in their places as the parade
moves down the avenue.
Thursday afternoon will be given
eyer TO the entertainment Of the Wis.
ling Red Men This will include a
visit TO the Shipysrd 10 be followed
by trolley ride 20 Fort Monroe. the
Hampton Branch Of the National
Soldiers Home and the Hampton
Norma! and Agricultural Institute