The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-10
THE VISIT
TO READING.
Hospitabie Reception Ten
dered to the People of
Wilmington Yester-
day.

The members of the Police Depart.
ment OF Wilmington were royalty enter
i tained by the members Of the Reading
Police Department yesterday. 1t was
the occasion OF the annual visit OF the
officers of this city to Reading. -
The Wilmingtonians-ieft this city yes.
teraay morning at $50 o'clock on the
II Wilmington & Northern railroad and
arrived at Reading where they were met
at the depot by Mayor Leader, Chief OF
Police Miller and q committee of officers
and city officials.
i As the visitors train pulled into the
station fine brass band struck up
"Hail, Hail the Gangs all Here" which
was fact.
Lead by the music and the reception
committee the Wilmington officers and
their guests were paraded to Rajah
Temple where an excellent breakfast was
served.
I When the guests had assembled around
4 the tables Chief Miller introduced Mayor
Leader who welcomed the Wilmington
people in the following we'll chosen
worde:
+ 81 bid you hearty welcome on behalf
OF the police, city officials and citizens
of Reading. | am sorry that we have not
isthe bright sunshine we had the day we
were at Wilmington, but nevertheless
! We expect that the program that we
have prepared will be carried out in de-
tail. As Mayor of Reading, learn that
we have greater powers than the Mayor
of Wilmington. It's the case here that
4 we have police court at 10 a. m. and
since have been in office the Reading
police have never made as many arrests
as this morning. (The speaker had ref
erenee to the visitors, and the remark
provoked hearty laughter). pronounce
the following sentence: Unless you de-
feat our base ball club l will exile you
to the forests of Mt. Penn, to be kept
| there by Keeper kuechler until you
learn how to play the National game. l
hope that the warm feelings that exist
between the cities of Reading and Will
mington will never grow cold" Cheering
| followed.
Following the Mayors words of vel
| come Mayor Fahey, OF Wilmington, by
request, replied to Mayor Leader and
said:
"When we left home we knew from
past trips that we would be generously |
received and Hospitality entertained, but
you surprise us by the elaborate style in
which you have received us and your
solicitude for our comfort. This is my ]
first visit here and l never expected to |
see such a beautiful city. These annual
visits here are a source OF a great deal of |
pleasure to us, and our policemen look /
forward to theirjourney to Reading with
the joy that the school boy who plays
hockey does to go to the circus. On
behalf OF all OF u.s. | wish to thank you
from the bottom OF my heart for this out
pouring OF kindness However, we thy
hard to Teciprocate, and as to your last
visit, the Mayor Of Reading can bring
only one charge against us and that is
for cruelty in having beaten your pet
base ball nine. We are here to repeat
the dose, and give it to you out of the
same bottle. We have our Wellington
with us, and we will give. you your
Waterloo" Mayor Fahey's remarks
were loudly applauded.
At a round table separate from the
long tables where the officers were served
we're seated Chief Miller and Mayor
Leader, Chief Dolan, Mayor Fahey,
Senator Webster Blakely, Representa-.
tive George Frizzel, Captain Kane, Sheriff
Joe Taylor and Attorney Walter II.
Hayes.
u After breakfast the party repaired to
the second floor OF the temple where
they were entertained bY concert music
by Germania brass band. |
At II O'Clock special cars conveyed the
entire party of officers and many of the
Wilmington guests to the Reading base
ball grounds, where the visitors were
cleaned up the Reading officers.
= Mayors Leader aud Fahey, Chiefs
Miller and Dolan, Senator Blakely,
Representative Frizzell and other promi-
nent officials occupied the new Pull
man private car of the Traction Com.
pany, while the rest followed in four
cars.
About three hundred persons witnessed
the contest. The players were: Will
mington-Barr, ri; Shields, 2b; Ward,
lb; Hawke, p; Bowman, II; Eakin, as;
Massey, c; Payne, CT; Murphy, 3b.
Reading = Barth, ri; Roberts, 2b;
Weitzel, lb; Harrison, p; Bechtel, If;
Squint, ss; Morris, C; Bendel, CT; Ten.
pin, 3b.
1t was agreed that five innings consti-
tute the game and the visitors went to
bat first. Lawrence umpired the game.
Score by innings.
Wilmington gton..,........l 0 0 0 1-2
Reading g......"......."".0 0 Ks
Runs made-By Ward, l.; Eakin, |;
Templin. |; Morris, | Squint, l; Bech-
tel, l; Harrison, l. Bases on balls-Of
Harrison, 4; off Hawke, s. Struck out
BY Harrison, 0; by Hawke, s.
At 1.3O O'Clock the visitors were again
escorted to Rajah Temple, where
splendid hot dinner was served consist
Of fowl meat and vegetables. /
Mayor Leader and his guests we're
taken from the ball field in the same
private car and dined at Ressenger's
cafe, where they bad private dinner.
In the afternoon the visitors were
taken TO Kuechler's Roost, on Mount 7
Penn. They were conveyed to this
noted spot on the Gravity railway and
the ride was beautiful, novel and excit- .
ing. Several hours were spent in the :
domain Of Mynheer Kuechler and a
grand paotato roast with necessary trim
mings was furnished the Delawareans.
Every resident seemed to have but one t
object in view and that object was to +
entertain the visiting party. Even b
Mynheer Kuecher with his flowing q
OeATu anu neTulit IKE aPEttCauce, was
aroused and furnished all who desired
10 indulge a glass Of his famous German
wine. d
Owing to a delay caused by fuse i
burning out the party did not get from |
;he ''Roost" until about 7.30 O'clock, ;,
which cut out any chance of viewing the =
,ity itself, as the special train for Will
nington left at 8 o'clock last evening.
Mayor Leader entertained his guests
Turing the afternoon by taking them to
Kuechler's Roost in open carriages, and
,he ride over the mountain was thor
,ughly enjoyed.