Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-11
H GRAND PARADE.
Louisville Turned Out to Watch the
Naval Veterans.
About 5000 Men in Line, But the
Veterans Were the Center Of In
terest - Grandest Sight Ever
Seen in LOuisville-Nearly 2OO,-
600 Strangers in the City.

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5-,,,..s.., e., iO IL 10
''0"O'i0I IL lAls city, Famous for fair
women and fast horses, ever before en-
tertained as MANY suee+s ae oro roro
To-day Csr-,,r -
,..s... " 40 ,li9 Town never
D0'o'0 Adu "lIhln us limits so many
baJJle-scarred soldiers. 1t is conserva-
lively estimated that rao,l,, ooo ooo
s-,.,,gers ..,., 49,. -, .''oO'
-'0'0' anu 'Ne majority
vi oN9-l ulli'y years ago bore arms
either for the blue or for the gray. But
the blue and grav are ope -o-da,. o,,5
mar, ,,.r., .,,...,... .t...-
''' "''i vain "l al III
''' IN as OIoJners. Inc bitter hatred Of
those dark days has vanished.
The event of +o-5o,. ,,.,. -l,, ,....-,.,
.,,,..,.l., 80. e'''-''i
'' ''''' VA 'ii0 Naval veterans AssOcla-
uoh, and 10 judge by the crowds of
men, women and children who throng-
ed The sidewalks along the line of
march. and crowded the windows and
hOuset0Ds. an Louisville turnpd ONT in
see it. Old citizens. men who have
lived here for forty or fftv veare eav
it WAS tbe er7Ddpst sight rbov ever saw,
Bun the grp7f Crard ANN. ,,s,,,l, a.
morrow which is -, he -rr,. 80 - ~,
week promises m far s,,I.nees -
The bour sa- fo7 Tho st5,.rire, 90 +,,o
Naval Varora,s' ,,g-a5o - 1o.o0
o'eloc- P,,+ se ,,,,,oI 49,. 20. -,
daIev moi e,,o,,o,b Loge,,o,. ~ ti,. ~
a0vio,s and ,s-iotj, +bo,,ss,,i - .t-o
had garbsre5 In SEQ II WIZ 10 a,1
den. tc "E7orDa~l march >, ~ er;,,o,, tl,o
old-rimers moved Tbera y,ere f1lI,,
10 boo mon I'm line nj eo,,,.so +1,o,. go
not an veterans of T-ocla SAM. y,a,.
navy. Rur these veterans of The NV
were the centre of atfraction and as
these grizzla8 and cray oId heroes nass-
ed rbrougb +he s+reafe +ba, -,,,e,a oroo+-
ed bv D9frio+ic cheers from Tho +broots
of the tans of thousands of citi7ene ON
the eidowa1l-e from, tbs ,,.ir,lo-,., ,,,J
bousa+ons
da+au of nolioo ,,5o. oo,,r,o-5 10
w uor,,5or5 IoI +l,, -, ~
,riobigo, Ci-,. 7f,7;..,.,- ~
De,+ ~ -, ~ To.,;..'9,IS - rliI' -
-, 80 - 1'.e l-ou.9 IIIe LesIoli
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81.
80. ~. ,.;..1J ~ I''o iio0',T. ~, SO!uiel >
cer-, - s - 1.-1 iet5iO-i .'eH II
orisTi1Is ar5 roSfa,so- 80 1rge' So
5ors NriIi+sr bod. I,,,o,ltlo IN
T-rifo~n Ps-l tEri-bts or H.. W. ~. ~,
nr;soners nj ,,,a,.. HTississi-,rj por,
FIaa+ veterans. Eicborr,s 1Ii,t+,,,,
hand. GRAND ARMY of tho PanrbIio
Tuvarilo drrr, co,,e oo5 ~, ~
Naval vo+or,,,- ro-+ - ~ -,
rj5iDe f., ,o,.,.;ao. o..- -, l,,, '''1 ~
80 -. - ~ ~ VI
~. -. .' .-- l', -'LeEiciH WaI.
~ rIo-, 49,. ,'o ... '.' ~ |',l, @lr lew I"
rionaI F~co7,,,-,,o-,+ ~ ~ ~ -,'-G''-2' va
Trs+ 7ov. tio-o =. o. 80 - 20
tar, MS m Who viii he The 80 com
r,a0der-fr-c1ief T7be-o a,o ,,,,--,I,a,. I,,,
NJ oe,irs-,-s l,,t ,,o-,o ,e 49,,
hove da,.ol,ro5 s,,fioio,,t st,.o,,'-.i -
va,r9n+ % rre4io-ior oe ~ Mo +t,o Co..
inmate nan VIII Ie .7,Loro 81. % o-oa5
do91 of tan, borovor m +bo ofroc+ tI,,+
Oo1 ivan n ,va11,o~ of Tr1;oDoDoIie
sb.,,ld bo Cloltod Ano+bor ,ro-,-ira,,t
candidate is Tbaddeus A Cl9rI,eon of
Neh~7s1-a cen q II Seb1,+o of NJ,
Orleans has also baeD r,ortionod
There promises to- be q lively scrim-
mage over the once of Senior Vice Com
mander. Cen. 4. IT. Hobson of Greens
burg. XIV. and Can't. Michael Ninror of
this city. are candidates for the pl9ra
and the friends of each are worlire
aard II has always been custom9ry
for the encamDmeDf to give n +be ci+v
i'm which the comrades 9ra assembled
the Office of Vice Commander as n +r.b-
ute To- the hospitality and the labor nee
assary 10 the entertainment of the yer-
cra0s.
When it was decided in Pittsburg
that me next Cncampment would be I'm
Louisville Capt. Mut0n. who was one
Of those who went TO that CITY and
worked for the Kentucky metroDolis
announced that he was candidate for
that place. However. the Department
of Kentucky which met in Hopkins
vile. last spring. indOrsed Gen. Hob
son by a close vote, and although Capt.
N.nton.s candidacy is still being urged
oy the Posts OF Louisville, Gen. Hob
son s. friends are making every endeav-
or -0 secure The honor for him.
The fight for the honor for entertain
ing the veterans I'm 1896 has practi-
cally narrowed down TO St. Paul. Den
yer and Buffalo Now and then a word
is heard of Syracuse. Ocean Beach. Bal
-imore and Cincinnati, but the great
night IS between the three cities first
named.
The Buffalo delegation did not arrive
until late last night, but it has been
making UP for lost time by vigorous
work AT present the three cities,
Buffalo, Denver and st. Paul, appear to
be about neck and neck in the race.
Although there are nearly 100000
Grand Army veterans IN the city. only