The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-15
NOW THEY'RE OFF.
The Columbian Finance Committee
Got to Work Saturday.
THE OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING.
Ample Funds are Certain to be
Raised by the committeo-Tho Com.
mittee on Music Met Saturday and
Made suggcstions-,Four Important
Committees Meet Tonight

The proposed celebration OF the Col
umbian Fourth Of July in Wheeling
may now be said to be we'll under way.
The finance committee on Saturday
made the start on its subscription tour
OF Market street and met with tlattering
success, running up against but one re-
fusal to contribute Quite a number Of
merchants, whose places Of business
were visited by the committee, were out
at the time, but all will be seen in the
course Of time. The Market street sub
finance committee Is composed Of
Messrs. Henry Baor, Henry Bieberson
and Charles Burdett Hart, while Main
will be attended to by Measrs. William
Ellingham, Hullihen Quarter and P. B,
Dobblns. The Main street sub-commit-
tee has not yet started to work, but
will this morning The flnanciers are
confident in the face OF their success
Saturday, that the amount necessary to
detray tho expenses OF creditable cele-
bration can be easily raised.
On Saturday the committee on music,
composed Of Professors Herman
schockoy, W. H. Anderson, J. II. Ham.
mond, II. j, Arbenz, and Messrs. Riester,
Zulauf, Henry Schrabe, schatIer, Muegge
and Carl Herman, met in the rooms OF
the board Of education In the Public
Library building. Organization was
effected by the election OF Prof. w. II.
Anderson as chairman and Mr.. f.
Riester, secretary. Prof. Schockey
moved that a subcommittee DO ap-
pointed to ascertain how many bands
can be secured to take part in tho
morning parade. The subcommittee
as appointed by Chairman Anderson is
composed OF Prof. Schockey, Prof.
Arbenz and Mr.. W, II. Muegge. Prof.
Anderson stated to tho committee that
he thought chorus could be secured
from among the public school pupils Of
at least 800 voices, but that soprano
voices would surely predominant. In
order to secure the required proportion
OF male voices 1t was decided to invite
any male singers who felt disposed to
join the chorus. The programme OF
patriotic songs for tho chorus will be
selected later on. The committee ad-
journed to meet at the call OF the chair.
man.
Four committees are called to meet
tonight at s o'clock sharp at the cham.
Der OF commerce. They are: Street
demonstration, speakers and entertain
ment, reception, fro works. Tho re.
ceptlon committee is made up OF the
following gentlemen: d. +. Caldwell,
Jacob Kindelberger, George Connel,
George w. Eckhart, A. d. Garden, d.
r. Phillips, james Devine, David Dinger,
Samuel Hazlett, N. u. Scott, William
Oruickshank, Albert Franzheim, DR.. r.
W. Hazlett, K. I. Devries, William
Erskine, E. B. Carney, George Hamm,
Harry W. Mcclure, O. W. Seabright,
Judge ], ]. Jacob, Judge G. Z. Boyd, II.
NJ. Russell, w. II. Hearne, Louis Steen-
rod, II. Quarter, j. N. Vance, ]. w.
Grub, Joseph D. Dubois, Nelson @.
Whitaker.
Speakers and Eatertainment-C. B.
Hart, j. @. Brady, Prof. Anderson, Oh.
fancy, II. O. Ogden, Augustus Pollock,
Louis Colmar, W. +. Peterson, Robert
Simpson, S. l. Brice, William +. stiiel,
DR.. Aschman, Hullihen Quarter, Philip
Henry Moore, w. P. Heiskell.
Fire Works-Ed Booking, E. B. Fran
zheim, H. B. Grimm, George Bremer,
Peter MUM.
Street Demonstration--J. A. Hess,
Fred Park, Henry Baer, George s.
Feeney, I. N. Milligan, w. b. Nc
Fred Happy, I. Q. Moliat. Paul Roy.
mann, William Travis, N. Reister, Cecil
Robinson, NJ. Lotus. Charles Rohrig,
George Bowers, H. B. Baguley, Q. 2.
Brown, Louis @. Stifel, Albert Whita-
ker, Y. Q. Hewitt, j. NJ. Birch, John K.
List, Jason Stamp, Charles Goetze, O.
n: Hancher, Z. w. Franzhe!m, John
Riheldatfer.