Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-16
THE ATLANTA JUBILEE,
0eorglans Turn Out In Force to View
the Monster Parade.
NORTHERN TROOPS IN LINE
resident Mckinley Review, tn.
ons procession - Wheeler Re.
'eives One Continuous Ovation.
"otables ON Reviewing stand.

a.. A.anta, Dec. 16.-The second dav Of
.,o,,H ,.iah.a peace Jubilee opened auspi-
. sous'y. AS on the first day, the crowds
were enormous. excursion trains arriv.
lug at snort intervals from all direc-
IONS. The hotels have been turning
away people since noon Wednesday
.nd .n was served to the president
an,.. .ne members Of his party in the
p'sa'e dining room Of the Kimball
O'CLOCK after which the cabinet
r, devoted an hour to their mail.
Inc president spent the morning in his
. ,uoan' he was called on by Colonel
wtmam A. Hemphill. president of the
1uollee association and several other
prominent citizens.
Inc ovation given President McKin-
icy at the capitol Wednesday BY the
members Of the legislature was the
greatest reception ever given an Ameri-
.ah CITIZEN IN Atlanta, and his speech,
having relation to the care Of Confeder-
ATE oead, has fired the hearts of south
erners with admiration for the chief ex-
ecutive. General Joe Wheeler is cheer.
ed at every step, and Generals Lawton
1oung' oates and other army officers
are heartily received at each appear
ance.
The feature of the day was the civic
and military parade, which passed
through the streets during the after
noon. Starting from the corner Of
Carnat and Whitehall streets at noon.
the procession proceeded to Exposition
park over Alabama, Broad Marietta
and Peachtree streets.
The parade consisted of ten divisions
under command Of Grand Marshal A. ].
west. His staff included, among Others
the following people: Major Cleveland
Wlllcoxson, Fifth Georgia infantry,
chief Of staff; Lie' >enant Colonel Will
liam P. Hall, adult, mt general depart
ment Of the gulf; Colonel A. P. Cleary,
Hon. c. o. S. Garbett of Virginia, Cap
tain d. A. Frederick, U. s. A.; ]. c..
Mel. Carter, U. s. A; James o. Ladd of
South Carolina, Major c. L. Wing Sec
ond Arkansas volunteers, and Lieuten-
ant Moorehead Wright, Second Arkan-
sas volunteers.
How Parade Was Composed.
Six thousand infantry, 10000 school
children. 400 carriages containing 1000
people, 1000 members OF secret orders,
800 Confederate veterans under COM
mand Of General Joe Wheeler, 1000 la
boring men, 100 officers and marshals, ~
bands, 100 Grand Army men, a squad Of
policemen, 200 mounted police, members
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton and Ministers Evangelical associa-
ton, 200 members Of the Capital City
club and Fulton club, the Atlanta fire
department and representatives Of 500
civic organizations from all parts Of the
south took part in the parade.
The president and other distinguished
guests in carriages were at the head Of
the pageant. They were escorted by the
Third New Jersey and Fifteenth Penn
sylvania, which came over from their
winter camp at Athens for the occasion.
The fine marching Of these two regi-
ments, under command of Brigadier
General William c. Oates, as they
swung into Peachtree street. under the
jubilee arch caught the thousands who
packed the down town streets and was
a source of much qualification to Gov
ernor Voorhees, Of New Jersey, who was
in a carriage ahead.
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almost continuously to the cheers from
the crowd and from the windows of the
buildings along the route Of march. A
roar of welcome denoted the position of
General Joe Wheeler and his band Of
cavalrymen who followed him through
the civil war, and the wizened leader
was at times compelled to force his
horse through the throngs that blocked
his path.
Arriving at Ponce de Leon avenue the
president and party reviewed the pa
rade. Among those on the stand with
the chief executive were: Major General
Shafter, Mrs Mckinley, Hon. George r.
Peck, Hon. Lyman ]. Gage, Hon.
Charles Emory Smith, Hon. Charles F.
Warwick, Secretary Of the Navy Long,
Lieutenant Hobson, Hon. John Addison
Porter, Governor Allen D. Gambler,
Mayor Collin, Colonel William A. Hemp
hill and Ex-Governor Atkinson.
After the parade had passed the re-
viewing stand the president and the
other guests Of the city were driven to
Piedmont park, where they were the
guests Of the Piedmont Driving club at
an elaborate luncheon. The president
delivered a public address.