San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-19
A Congressional Poorly
Members Of The Rivers And HartOrS
Committee Stop Here.
A Party Of WheelingiteS Return
From An Extensive Trip
To California.

A distinguished party of visitors ar
rived over the Southern Pacific yes
terday afternoon from California.
The party consisted of members of the
Rivers and Harbors committee of
Congress as well as prominent citi-
zens and officials of Wheeling, West
Virginia, and number of friends.
Their mission to California was to in
spect the conditions of the harbors
along the Pacific coast and also to
present the battleship wheeling
with silver service. All of this was
accomplished and the party is now
homeward bound, while the battleship
has sailed for Alaska. This ship was
named Wheeling at the solicitation
of the people of that city. Besides the
silver service, the presentation also
included large amount of glassware,
all of which was manufactured in
Wheeling. This was done for the pur-
pose of advertising the city of Wheel
ing.
The party spent today in San AntO-
Mo, driving about the city, and left
on the east bound Southern Pacific for
Houston, where they will aso stop.
The Rivers and Harbors committee
also intended TO go to New Orleans to
inspect the harbor, but has changed
its plans on account Ofthe prevailing
yellow fever. At Houston the party
will therefore take the Houston II
Texas Central for COrsicana, where
they go to Memphis, via the Cotton
Belt. They travel in two Pullman
sleepers, a dining car and baggage car.
A prominent member of the party
is General James S. Walker, of Wy
theville, Va, who took StOnewall
Jacksons command when the latter
was killed in the late war. General
Walker is also a member of Congress
from his district. Other Congressional
members in the party are: Hon. b.
b. Dovner mad wife and Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Caldwell, of Wheeling, W. Va, Mr..
Dovner having charge of the party.
Hon. Charles NJ. Brumm and wife,
MinerSville, Pa, Hon. II. c. Landen-
slayer and wife, Paulsborn, y. j., Hon.
G.. NJ. Hatcher, of San Jose, Cal, Hon.
]. H. Bankhead and wife, Fayette,
Ala, Hon. Il. NJ. Davis and wife, Graf
ton, w. Va, Hon. o. S. Marshall, New
Cumberland, W. Va, Hon. B. +. Rus
sell and wife, Stubyille, Mo-, sergeant
alarms of House or Representatives,
Hon. r. +. Bishop, and son, Ludding-
ton, Mich, Hon. Warren Miller, Jack
son, w. Va, Hon. James Barry and
daughter, of Newport, Ky, Hon. J. A.
Tawney, of Winonwa, MINI.
Hon. y. @. Cannon, of Danville, ILL.,,
chairman of the appropriation commit
tee, was also with the party, but left
with Senator Morgan for Honolulu.
The citizens of Wheeling that made
the presentation of the service are
headed by Mr.. John Warehouse, a
prominent wholesale merchant of that
place Mr. Joseph Speidel, the banker
of Taylor Texas, who makes his home
in Wheeling, is also in the party. 9th
er members are: Major Lee Hay
mOnd, wife and daughter, Mrs. o. p.
BOughner, Miss Laura BOughner, of
Clarksburg, w. Va; Hon. ]. r. Butts,
Mayor of Wheeling; II. G. Richards,
sheriff of Ohio county, w. Va; Peter
Bachman, T. NJ. Garvin, James p.
Maxwell, c. l.. Ebering, Allen B.
Smith, Andrew Hare and sister, II. F.
McGregor, Mrs. L. Johnson, r. 7.
Glass, Il p. MOffit and wife, Otto Ty-
son, L. C. Williams, of Wheeling;
James NJ. Porter and wife, of New
Cumberland, W. Va.
Two newspaper men are also in the
party, w. C.. Beans, representing the
Register, and Fred W. COlmar, rep
resenting n German paper.
The citizens of Wheeling spent 50,
600 to have the ship named after theil
town. All of the party are very en-
thusiastic over their trip. They lef
West Virginia August 26, making tn,
trip to California over the Union Pa
cific.