Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-25
LANDING DAY.
Yesterdays Jubilee iI fhs QUAKER
City.
A Nineteenth Century Counterfeit rem
Puts IN an Appearance, and is Ne
30 sayed Right ROyally bs
Throngs of Citizens.
IMPOSING PARADE ON THE. STREETS.

PHLApEIpEEas, October A.-No more
fitting weather could have ben youenSaleo
for Landing Day than that W hich preVailed
this morning. st no time duu ung even tne
Centennial was any event so sthorougniy
and heartily celebrated by ue puoiic,
which filed the streets, the riyeVfront; the
windows and roofs of houses fronting on
or overlooking the Delaware AID all Sorts
Of gaily decorated crafts on the' rVeI'
Shortly after 8 o'clock tug boats, steam
baryes and other vessels, to the unSber OF
about one hundred ard Fifty, form ed IN line
in the vicinity Of League Island,
some Eve miles south of the CITY
proper, and followed in the wake OF
the Welcome, a Danish bark fitted up to
Represent the Original Vess el
On which Penn came over. TIE foundr
was impersonted by Frank l.. va uhotn.
After few simple ceremonies aooal q the
Welcome, the later was taken in tow oy
tug and brought up to the city, AS she
passed the North Atlantie squadron, an
chered below the point chosen for Ptsnn,s
landing, she was saluteo by the Tennes sees
guns and returned the salutes. The harf
where the landing took place was at Lock
street said to be Just shove the point
whers the origInaI landing was effected
At hali-pest 10 o'clock Penn stepped over
the side OF the Welcome, and as be did so
the scene was lively bcyend description
Boat bells were rung, steam whistles on
multibudes eheered. On landing at the
wharf, there were assembled some fifty or
eighty persons dressed to represent the
Swedes, Dutch, Indians, AID others, who
oongreaated to receive VIM. Penn, and
from these the mOckfounder
Received y Hearty welcome.
Edward C. Knight, President of the BIZ
Centennial Association; Thomas NJ. Tnomp-
son, chief marshal Of the days trade dis
play; General Manager Colesberry, and tue
members Of the Executive Comm 'ttee for
mallv welcomed Penn and his companions
upon their landing, and the procession
then formed, headed by Penn and kniGht
and composed Of gaudily uniformed British
officers from the Welcome, the STeicS,
Dutch, Indians the Friends who formed
the colony bIought hjther bv Penn and the
members of the Executive Committee Of
the Association that deviced and sLperin-
tended the demonstration, the who'e max
ing wonderfully novel spectacle. Dock
street was crowded with 10000 to $1,000
men, women and children, but space had
been kept clear by ropes for the procession
to march to the
Blue Anchor Inn,
where the original Penn went for refresh
ments after landing. The police arrange
ments were defo Tue crowd broke
through the corGors az all points on Dock
street, and there was the most unutterable
confusion, rushing and crushing in conse-
Quence. The police managed to clear
space for Penn aud his company, however,
Al. - p1Yrn Arn hn- nm
ner Of Second aud Dock streets, was carried
out.
Then followed the grand landing day
demonstration, one OF the finest affairs
ever witnessed here. The line formed on
Broad street south OF Chestnut, from l A.
NJ. until shortly after II so, when the
Great Procession
moved in eleven divisions, according TO
the programme already published. Along
the entire line of the procession the streets,
sidewalks, windows, doorways and roofs OF
houses and stands erected for the purpose
were crowded. Everywhere was the same
brilliant scene Of flags, bunting, ,picvures Of
Penn, unique decorations in flowers, ever
green's and canvass, and above all the. an
broken lines OF people.
At Night.
Public and private buildings in all parts
of the city are illuminated to-nlghk. One
hundred thousand people viewed the pyro-
technic display the East park tonight.
The boat houses on the Shuylkin were
prettily illuminated with Chinese lante"rs
and other lights. Colored bengolas were
kept burning at the waters edge. The
fireworks were very elaborate.
Accidents.
Mrs Davis Cookley, of Forty-second and
Woodstock streets, was instantly killed
and five other persons injured by the ex-
plosion OF bomb, and Mrs. Eva McCI-r'e,
OF SIS Gold street, had both legs broken by
| the explosion of a morta~.