Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-24
TIE PEACE JUBILEE
Opened at Philadelphia, With Services,
Yesterday.

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Yesterday.
THE DECORATIONS ABOUT THE
CITY LAVISH AND BEAUTIFUL.
THE COURT OF HONOR, FROM
THE CENTER OF WHICH THE
PRESIDENT WILL VIEW THE PA
RADE.
Philadelphia, Pa, October 23.-The
| peace jubilee began to-day. 1t fitting
| ly opened with special services Of
| prayer and thanksgiving in all the
| churches Of the city, irrespective Of
creed and doctrine. Sermons were
! preached on the inevitable horrors of
| war and the consequent blessings Of
victorious peace, and there were SER
vices of song and worship on these
themes. This was the spiritual inaug-
! uration. The material and spectacu-
lar beginning will not be until Tuesday,
and the intervening day will be devoted
to housing the city's guests and per-
fecting the final details. Considered
purely as local tribute to the might
of our arms on sea and land, the valor
of the men who bore them, the cele-
bration has gradually but surely broad
ened into
A NATIONAL FETE
of greater magnitude than any public
function in many years past.
In it will participate the President
and the Vice President of the United
States with the officers of their cab
met; Gen. Miles, Gen. Wheeler and
other military notables; Commodore
Philip; Hobson and the other heroes
of the Merrimac; and scores of naval
warriors of lesser fame, as we'll as
Governors of many States.
In time it will occupy three full days,
counting the actual opening as of
Tuesday. In scope it will embrace an
imposing greeting to the nations navy
as represented by the ships which
fought and won; dignified and COM
prehensive display of our civic virtues
as exemplified by procession showing
the country's progress in commerce
and art; and great military parade
OF the men whose endurance and
prowess made possible the festival
THE DECORATIONS
throughout the city are lavish and
beautiful. Broad street, from end to
end of the five mile route, wears a
wooden aspect to-day. Her stately
residences are hidden behind huge
stacks of lumber, the pathway left
open under the lines of stands SEEM
ing to the pedestrian like long arcade.
Scarcely single sidewalk in the whole
distance is left uncovered. By to-
morrow these great wood piles, many
Of which almost reach the house
tops, will be swaddled in bunting, and
the avenue will present a vista of
kaleidoscope color.
The piece de resistance of decoration
is the court of honor, from a stand
in the centre Of which President Nc
Kinley will look at the parades. It
consists of succession of massive
white pillars, twelve on each side Of
Broad street, extending from Chestnut
to Walnut streets. Each of the coll
umns is surmounted by a great eagle
and globe of shimmering gold, while
the four at the ends bear the legends
San Juan" LEI Caney," Manila"
and Santiago" In the center of this
court the street is spanned by the
MAGNIFICENT TRIUMPH ARCH.
This is simple, but impressive, the pre-
vailing tone being white and gold. 1t
is deliberately festooned with flags by
day and illuminated by beautiful
scheme of ineandescent lights at night.
The arch is surmounted by an enor-
nous figure of victory mounted on
chargers. On the south front appears
the quotations: THE Star Spangled
Banner; while conquer We must while
our cause is just" On the north front
appears: aye shall know the truth and
the truth shall make We free
Interlaced between the columns will
be flags by day and red, white and blue
electric lights by night, arranged in
picturesque intervals to symbolic the
stars and stripes. From the top of
the arch will fly the flag which flutter-
but here 1t will be on flagstaff raised
by Shafter at Santiago.
The auxiliary display in front of the
Union League and the Lippincott man
sion, which flank the court of honor
on either side. will make the whole
scheme of decoration on one of unpar-
alleled
SPLENDOR AND BRILLIANCY.
The trees in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the court of honor will blossom
with the national colors in light.
The city hall-the largest building in
America-will wear bunting on all of its
columns and over its archways, but
here, too, the chief effect will be one
of illumination. From the top of the
William Penn statute, which surmounts
the great tower, will stretch slanting
lines of incandescent lights in
close order, while row after
row Of others will COM
petely encircle the building. which COW
ers four acres Of ground. At night, the
searchlights of the ships in the river
will rest upon the statute, while the
ships themselves will be deliberately il
Illuminated.
There will be other electrical displays
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