Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-22
GUESTS ARRIVING.
,vvaYTBINa IN READINESS FOR TIE EuASUl-
PATTON CELEBRATION.
n.,,rsfsns Begin to Bloom About TOwn-Ex-Ssua-
sr Brucs Arrives in Town and Re
esiyss Warm Welcome.

To-day the great Tri-State Emanolpa-
40, celebration will be carried on In
MS city. and the indications are that
.bo affair will be most successful, as all
.bo different departments Of the day are
=, the hands Of competent committees.
All day Yesterday guests were arriving
IN the city from the dlgerent parts Of
che state, and also many from Ohio and
pennsylvania. Still larger numbers are
ox,scted on the early trains to-
a.v Decorations began to bloom
,srIv last evening, and to-day there will
Ir.siv be quite prOfusiOn OF flags,
ting and flowers and illumlnatiOns.
a., ~ the features OF the day will be
,ba Grand procession this morning, In
.rbicb some very excellent features will
~ observed. The procession will form
an Market street, above Tenth, in the
f,Uowing order:
The Lincoln Memorial Club led by
,,sister's band, with q detachment Of
eigbteen police, and Chief Marshal Lee
A. advance. Second, fOrty-twO little
ILLS representing the States upon q
ICON built in a pyramid shape, drawn
nv fopr white horses with pOStilllons,
o.,orted bv forty-fOur boys as guards
~ bonor. Third, the American cOnfed-
srstions and all invited societies and
,d3ges. Fourth, home lodges and the
rqtriarchies as escorts to the speakers
carriages.
The line Of march, as changed from
Yesterday, will be from Tenth TO
Eigbtb to Main, down Main to Six
tssrtb 10 Market, on Market TO Twenty
fourth. on. Twenty-fOurth TO Chaplaine,
~, Cbspline to Twentieth, down Twen-
tl.th to Market, to Tenth, out Tenth
west 20 the Fair Grounds.
The advertising wagons are requested
% take positions on Tenth street east OF
Market and fall into line as the parade
starts. The procession will move
promptly at ten o'clock.
Ex-senator b. X. Bruce arrived In
this city shortly after IL o'clock
last night, direct from Washing
ton. and was met by Prof. Jones and es-
c0rted TO his home by the Lincoln Me-
mortal Club and Patriarchs, accompa-
MED by the American Band. Long be-
fore the arrival Of the distinguished
guest there was an immense thrOng OF
people about the depot.
Mr.. Bruce will speak at the Fair
Grounds at o'clock this afternoon, and
this speech is looked forward TO as one
OF the richest thiRgs on the programme.
Alwho desire TO hear an eloquent and
entertaining address should not fail to
be there on time. At the conclusion OF
the address will follow singing by the
States, forty-fOur girls and fOrty-fOur
bows, Our Nations Day, reading or the
Proclamation by the Queen Of the Day,
singing by William Turner's Quartette,
thence to the general amuSements OF
the day.
This evening there will be a grand
reception at Turner Hall, in honor OF
ex-senator Bruce, and the following
programme will be performed: Music
by the orchestra, song by the States,
PRAYER by Rev. VIM. TOney, song by
VIM. Turner's quartette, speech, 'Our
Guest, " Prof. J. McH. Jones, speech,
The Press" by Editor II. c. Smith.
Tie hotels that will accommodate
Afro-Americans are as follows: Hotel
Windsor, st. Charles, Ohio River
House, Old Home and Mick Hearn,
under the Grand Opera House. Lash'S
hotel, on Market street, will also &C
commodate all that desire a stopping
place.