Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-24

dress. eminently fitted TO the occasion.
lie said there were few things SO pront-
able and interesting as glance al tne
past. particularly when that past couiu
lbe pointed to with pride. A few things
as a matter of course, might have been
done differently and better, but IN the
main. the retrospect was pleasing one
and one in which. as a whole the peo-
ple of Wheeling could take pardonaDle
pride
lie referred 10 the removal rom the
srlye aJ Tuuis, on the north coast OF
Africa. by vs.. W. Cochran, in 1883, OIL
the remains of John Howard Payne,
which had there lain for a century, al
most forgotten and wholly neglected.
His body was welcomed home with great
honor by ,he American people, the Pres
ideu- OF the United States met the cor
tege at the city of Washington, and his
pall-bearers We're the Judges Of
the Supreme Court John Howard
PAYNE was nJ- @ great soldier, a great
statesman. @ great orator. or great
philosopher. He was simple poet and
musician who had given 10 a welcom-
ing world Home Sweet Home"
melody which viii live forever in the
history of all nations and in the minds
of au peoples With this incident as
text. the speaker referred To the
heroes Who invaded the wilderness and
drove back the savage fee and laid the
foundations of q great city. and said the
r.ue had fully ccme when some tributN
OR testimonial should be erectd 10 the
memory OF -le pioneers who had plant
eL ,-e little colony on the banks Of thq
Ohio I'D the closing days of the past
century. To-day We are enjoying
tie lr0.s of the tree thus planted on
the banks of Jhe Ohio in the distant
past. and here should De some fitting
acknowledgement of the great work
done ia the days Ions goue by Pitts
.lrs he said had reconstructed old
Fort DuQue ne, and no greater service
or more c0mmend35le act could be done
bys0meo our beral-minded men than
t1 Greet monument which should re-
count the deeds and perpeuate the
names of the men who had come here
from across the mountains the axe in
one hand and the rifle in the other. to
make at Infinite. labor and amidst great
dangers the beginnings Of the
present city and the many prosperous
towns which cluster about il. on both
sides of the river.
Capt. D0vener's address. though
1r.e-, was most earnest one. and was
listened % with tine greatest attention
and Was loudly aDpiaUded by the audi
elce
The addresses were concluded about
q quarter after four, and the display of
daylight fireworks Was at once COM
meuced. while dancing was Inaugural
ted i'm the pavilion. While the younger
persons were tripping TO the measures
OF the orchestra, the others dispersed
over the Park. watching the fireworks
Or pr9meDading and the remainder of
the day was spent i'm most delightful
manner despite the threatening rain.
IN THE EVENING.
As the evening approached the rush
OF people TO- the Park increased. and by
siA o'ci0cE the street cars running down
town ass wen as those north from Ben
wood were well filed. while a steady
stream of ple3sure-seekers poured into
the lower station building OF the in
cline and q like crowd constantly
emerged at the upper end ana took its
way toward the pavilion. At seven
O'Clock be crush had become SO great
that the incline run at its fastest rate,
was uueluCl 10 the task OF transporting
the crowd. and half an hour later the
lower station building was packed to
SuuocadOn with an impatient and strug-
Cling crowd. while each street car ar
irving ~ FOrty-third street was not
only crowded. but men were holding on
90 The cars by every projection. This
crowd kept increasing until nearly nina
o'clock. despite an efforts to get the
people up TO the hilltop. and many got
tired with waiting and went away from
tne foo, of the incline.
AZ nine o'clock there was between
eight and nine thousand people at the
IGra. and every building was thr0nged,
while am the open space about the pa
yi,i0n was crowded with spectators
watching HE fireworks display. This
display was q very good one, and
gave the greatest satisfaction.
When the crowd started TO leave the
Park there was a repetition of the rush
about the top incline station, and it
was l0ng after midnight before the last
" the crowd had been transported TO
the bottom of the hill, EN- route home.
1t was by far the greatest crowd ever
seen at Mozart Park, and was one en-
-rely worthy Of the city and of the
event celebrated.