The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-23


I'll about half past four. The parade
which opened the exercises OF the day
took place at 10 o'clock. and was n
splendid one In every particular: 1t
waB the largest and most credltable
turnout OF the colored societies and
citizens ever seen In the city and re-,
fleets great credit on the race and those
who had 1t In charge.
The procession formed on Chapllne
street. with the right resting on
Twelfth. and moved over the following
route: Down Twelfth to Main. down
Main to Twenty-fourth. up Twenty
fourth to Chapllne, up Chapiine to
Twentieth, down TO Market, up Mar
ket to Ninth, down Ninth to Main. down
Main to Tenth and over the Suspension
bridge and to the state fair grounds.
The officers In charge OF the parade
were: Chief Marshal, Alex. Turner: as
slstant marshals, Robert Strange. Alex.
Hopkins. Osborne Gray and Gabriel
jackson. The order OF the parade was
as follows:
Chief Marshal Turner and Aides.
Police Escort.
Opera House Band. II
Grand Lodge, Odd Fellows
Subordinate Lodge. Knights of Pythias.
Other Lodges and Societies.
SAiiiaScS' 81
The various societies were well rep
resented and all made an elegant show
Ing. The Odd Fellows were particu-
larly noticeable owing TO their splen-.
did uniforms. The Eureka lodge was
out In full force and made a great
showing, as did the others. Over sixty.
carriages were in line. containing the
speakers, visitors and citizens. The
floats were tastefully arranged and
added greatly to the attractiveness of
the turnout. The trades display con-
taihed a large number OF beautifully
trimmed agohs,representIng the busi-
ness houses. It was first class pa
rade, and was witnessed by thousands
OF people who had assembled along the
route.
On the Fair Grounds.
wbo, ,ha n.r,a. o,,od ~ 81.
. 90.
GROUNDS II was dinner time ana most
OF those in line took dinner on the
grounds after which the time was nI,t
in In various socInI yynys until aho,It
Q O'Clock. when the meeting was am
nounced to take Mace ! at The Grand
stand. That structure 7contained q
very large crowd when tha chairman
of tho meeting profeesor I nIcuenrv
LII
Professor .Iones sn5le brie1y ~ tbeS
object of The enthcrIne and conrrat,,-
Hated Tho coIored neonIe on the large
attendance desni,e tha weather Ha3
said II was thn nroncr snirIt tbat
nromntcd tho c,,nrod noonie 10 cole
brate IN, Anniversary n the iay whe,
4 o66 ono of theIr nnnher had bsen scr
free bv thot iIinstrinms st,Iesuan and
martyr. President Ahrabam TIncoln
He also said n was mot only essential
l.tSat they, as n race should celehrass
Emanc;not;nn J,v h,,t thnv. shnr,d OF
SO ioin with ali Smer,cans In relebrat-
Ing Wasbinpton's RirtbJav Decora.
tIon Dav, Fomrth ~ JnIv an5 other
state doys He then nresented Navor
p. F Caldwell who WAS preeted Win
enth,,sias astic onnlomse MaSor CaIdweii
smoke os follows. - - ! =,
.HJr 90 1hnir, ,,z,o =,
,nen. yerii,, AZ ra,, ,s ,,irS,;or tha :,
the sword yybot Iro bohnid bnrs ~.
day is hmt ono ., ,ho,,sarJv ~ nicL
,nres M tba res,,,ts ~ TmancInotIan
When 7 ,onl, nrar ,nss c+raa, o,,JIcnea
feel that yon arc here Sor a nurnose
FAR n SIoudo hIo ,,rnasa ;rhj. 70 ~
thIrty-third annivcrsarw os the signing
h'. "I',, II,, w, 81 ~ .is s.h ms
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that rore m tho cainrsd nennia ~ tbis
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