Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-01

liantly accoutred stats, were easily re-
cognized and got fiattering applause, as
did many of the popular officers of the
North Atlantic squadron. Both Major
| General Miles and Major General Mer-
rift got ovations.
But it was
REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY
who divided the honors with the central
, figure of the day. He received dem
! onstration second only to that of
Dewey. The people along the line of
march fairly rose at him, shouting
their already lacerated threats to the
breaking point: "Hurrah for the hero
of Santiago" There is the man that
smashed Cervera's feet!" Hip, hip,
hurrah for Schley!" and kindred cries
came from all parts of the crowd.
On upper Fifth avenue some enthusi-
astic lady threw him handful of roses.
They landed fairly in the carriage.
The Admiral leaned forward, picked
them up and lifted them to his lips.
Instantly all the ladies in the balcony
seemed possessed with the desire to
have their flowers similarly honored,
and he was fairly bombarded. Many
of the flowers fell into the street, only
to be caught up by eager spectators and
carried to the carriage. Before he got
to Madison Square Admiral Schley was
up to his arms in flowers.
The marines and sailors of the North
Atlantic squadron, eight battalions OF
them, attracted much attention.
The men of the Brooklyn got per-
haps the most applause.
Governor Roosevelt, riding a spirited
black horse at the head of the National
Guard of the State of New York, and
surrounded by brilliantly uniformed Of
ficers, received hearty and continuous
ovation from one end of the line to the
other. He was in civilian attire and
wore a silk hat, that is, when he had
it on, as he was waving it right and
left for more than half the time. He
was escorted by Troop A, whose plumes,
rising and falling with the moving Of
the horses, beautified the block. The
artillery
SEEMED MORE REAL
than the infantry or cavalry and the
commander of the Seventh light artil-
lery gave the people an exhibition, set
ting his battery at a gallop and charg-
ing down, the horses plunging and can
non wheels rumbling like rolling thun-
der. The crowd gave a whirlWind OF
applause. The National Guard OF all
the States made brilliant showing and
were evidently proud of their appear
ance and of the reception they received.
6efore Madison Square was reached
Admiral Dewey and the receiving party
in carriages passed the front of the pro-
cession and alighted at the reviewing
stand opposite Twenty-Sixth street and
took their places in the boxes huns
with laurel wreaths that had been re-
served for them. There for the first
time the Admiral saw the great arch
of victory erected in his honor. 1t is
modelled after the Titus arch in the
Roman forum. From the top in a
quadrangle drawn through rolling bill
lows by plunging sea horses, victory,
with outstretched wings and laurel
wreath in her hand, typical of the re-
ward to the victor, reared her beautiful
outline against the blue sky. On the at
tic are heroic figures of John Paul Jones,
Hull, Perry, Decatur, Farragut and
other naval heroes, while on the faces
of the piers are magnificent groups
symbolic of combat, the return of The
victors, the call'to arms. and peace, and
on the spandrils are groups represent
ing the North and East rivers and the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The arch
faces the sea- The approaches are
guarded by tall colonnades transform
ing the street at the reviewing booth
into a court of honor.
All about Madison Square the decora-
tons charmed the eye. Flags on wires
ran from the tall tower of the Madison
Square Garden and all the facades as
far as the eye could see up and down
Fifth avenue were brilliantly arrayed
with bunting and flags The national
streamers flew from the cornices and
thousand box kites fioated high In the
blue sky. Here the Admiral reviewed
THE ENTIRE PARADE.
Only one distressing incident occur
red within his view. A wire had been
stretched across the space between two
of the stands on the Park. The awful
press of people broke it and they surg
ed out into the avenue, those in front
powerless to resist the pressure of t..
thousands in the rear The police off,
GERS on foot were helpless. Try as
they would they could not stem the
tide which promised to impede the en-