The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-13
THE pIrfsBURGHERs.
They Came 2I7 strong, n"h DID Much TO
Make thr Spcr.Ss tt WHS.

They Came 2I7 strong, hmh Did Much 10
Make ihr Spcr.Ss It WHS.
The presence Of the two commander
les from the Smoky city did much TO
make the day. especially the parade, the
success 1t was The PittsburEhers
came down 2tI strong. on special Pan
Handle train that arrived in town At
1850 D. m The train was in charge OF
genial Dave Macwatters, the Pennsyl-
Vnnia's district passenger agent The
run from Pittsburgh was made In one
hour and forty three minutes, with only
one stop, that at Wheeling Junction.
TancTed cummhndery No. IS, OF Pitts
burgh. had Is uniformed men in line,
and was accompanied by the ElEh-
tenth Regiment band Allegheny
commandery No. -. OF Allegheny, was
accompanied by the Knights Templar
band. OF Allegheny Allegheny had 81
men In line In the parade.
Tancred was in command OF Eminent
Commander John T. Cunningham, Gem
eralislmo George r Christ and Captain
General Samuel ". Hill. Among the
well known knights with the comman-
derry were the following: Past Eminent
Commanders Charles =. Walker, Will
liam Price and W. ]. Diehl; Ell Ed
mundsou. William II. Davis, John e.
Dilworth. PhlIo \. French, James Lit
tie, Benz. n McI.ain, W. W. Colvtlle,
George II. Houghton, w. II. Cain, J.
Harry Lctcher, VI. Mawhenney, G,
Trautman. Edward West, b, F. Schief-
fier OF the Seventh Avenue hotel, Pitts
burgh. Charles W. Pratt. Charles Willis
and A. s. Bishop.
Allegheny COmmandery was In COM
mand Of Eminent Commander Harry 5.
Beaver, Generalisslmo ]. X. Davidson
and Captain General ". +. Heckert.
The following past eminent commas
ders were In the party: Rev, j. J. NC
Ilynr. George y. LacOck. William Gull
ers. William NJ Kennedy. Harvey 7,
Wylle. Ell Edmundson. Others with
them were: Sir Knights William An
thony. Charles Z. Schuetz, Alexander
McCiln,on, Jesse X. Seright, Henry +.
Gig, Marion c. Rclnhart. 4. NJ. AcCau.
dless. David Hinton. IT,. James D..
Jones, W. a MeIouey. David Morrison.
II. NJ. Chew. Charles J. Neiman. John
b. Paul. Charles r. kirkbrdr. W. f..
RlmberIin, r. T.. Holmes. T. J. Oster-
ling. 4. G. Pratt. Il, L. Hasiin. william
Morrison.
The Pittshurghers perhaps, attracted
more attention from the crowds on the
streets than any Of the other cpmmau-
derles In line. Their bands mere par
ticularly active after the parade ana
serenaded the IntelliEeuCcr and other
newspaper offices. Allegheny commln-
derry went through a number Of difficult
cvoiutinus In front ~ the lntelligeneer
office shortly after 1--WE o'clock. greatly
10 the entertainment N the large crowd
that lined the pavcmeuts.
The special train on the Pan Handle
left on the return trip to Pittsburgh be-
fore midnight and Mr.. MaCWHttcrs said
the trip would be made IN one hour and
twenty-five minutes, which IN pretty
near the record between the two cities,
The knights. by the way. were Wen
pleased with the treatment accorded
them by the Pan Handle people, and
especially Mr. MacWattgrB. who was
untlrinE IN his efforts IN their behalf
As one OK the Tancrel boys put u; II
MacWatters can be beaten, IL must be
by one OF you Wheeling fellows"