The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-29
RouaH RECEPrIoN.


Weston reached South Bend at pre-
cisely nine o'clock, Chicago time. BE
was Immediately surrounded by one Of
the widest and nOisiest crowds of men,
women and children 1 ever saw. They
! were perfectly crazy evincing an en-
tire disregard for their personal safety,
by rushing mAdly forward, stumbling
the pedestrian. Such confusion has
not been witnessed at any other point
of the pedestrians route since he left
Toledo. Weston was pushed and
crushed, and tramPled upon at every
step of his progress after entering with
in the limits Ofthe city, until he man
aged 10 escape into the Dwight
House. Although the doors of the
hotel were Immediately closed, 4
large number OF his pursuers managed
to fierce an entrance, while the
less fortunate ones amused themselves
outside by breaking the windows and
cursing their luck. The brass band of
the town made frantic efforts to keep
up with Weston and play at the Same
time as he paraded through the streets;
| but their good intentions were not APP
preciAted by the crowd, and the poor
musicians had TO take back seat.
ABANDONMENT OF THE ATTEMPT To
MAKETHR HUNDRED NILES.
Weston, after reaching his room. i'm
mediately declared his intention TO
abandon the one hundred miles feat.
He swors he had already gone over
eighIy-six miles Of the road, and had
only received credit for seventy-six,
| and that il was utterly impossible to
reach New Carlisle on time. 1t was
fourteen miles further, and he had
only Two hours and three-quarters to
make the distance in. He couldn't do
1t, and he'd be id If he was going to
kill himself in the effort. He com
planned of a sore ankle, sick stomach
and general debility. The crowd, he
said, injured his LEFT foot by tramptng
upon il, and to continue walking upon
IL, before he could do something for 1t,
would entail the loss OF the race to
Chicago. Mr.. Ingalls, and Mr.. Van
Ordel, hts confidential advisers, tried
to persuade him to proceed on
his journey until the end OF his
twenTy-fOur hours time, even
though he only managed TO get over
one mile an hour. Weston, however,
had determined TO go no further to-
night, and that was an end to the con-
troversy. He wouldn't bulge an inch
further under any consideration. he
didn't care what people thought or said
about his selling the race, as he had
more money at stake than anybody
else. He was sure OF winning 1900 II
he reached Chicago before noon OF the
18th, and that satisfied him.
sPECULATIoNs.
1 have no comments to make. The
readers of the Tribune are free to judge
for themselves whether the race has
been sold or not. For one, l think
Weston could not, had he continued on
through South Bend, have reached New
Carlisle in time to win the money; but
will not say he did right to abandon
the attempt at this stage Of the game.
He is now comfortably ensconsed at
the Dwight House, where he will re-
main until some time tomorrow fore
noon. He will probably travel sixty
or seventy miles tomorrow before
making a halt.
FEELINo AGAINST THE "PED."
The people here are very much in
censed against him, aud freely express
themselves to the effect that the race
WAS sold to John Morrisssy. AS has
been TumOred ever since Weston and
that celebrated Individual met at Utica,
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