Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-23

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the Admiral.
Senator Elkins yesterday telegraph
ed to Senator Scott his regrets at be-
ing unable to be present, and the mes
sage was read at the Mcclure at 2 p. m.
by Senator Scott.
The scenes in the restaurants and
saloons, yesterday, were worth noting.
The patronage was simply overwhelm-
ing, and bartenders and walters were
worked to the point of complete ek-
haustion.
Division Passenger Agent E. D.
Smith, of the B. & O., came down dur
ing the day and was in consultation
with Admiral Dewey while the latter
was on board President Cowan's pri-
vate car
The men in Company A, National
Guard, who formed part of Admiral
Dewey's body guard in the parade yes
terday, were compelled, at times, to
hold the crowds from pressing onto
the carriage.
J. G.. Tomlinson, o. r. Wood, Late lie
May and Sam Hermann were to have
hack No. As, but for some reason it
never appeared. All were busy ex-
planning last night why they were not
in the parade.
]. K. Dillon, the popular district
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
Lines with Office at Pittsburg, was
among the list of railroad men who
could not stay away from the city on
an occasion of this kind.
The Wheeling Railway Company
probably broke all records yesterday,
and did a tremendous business. Scores
OF cars came from the Ohio side of the
river so filled that not another person
could even obtain a foothold on the
steps.
The Sisters of ST. Johns Home re-
turn sincere thanks to the Wheeling
and Elm Grove Railroad Company for
free transportation on Dewey Day for
the boys of that institution. Also to
Messrs. House & Hermann for their
kindness in furnishing windows for
them to view the parade.
Fred G. Sankey, general agent of the
Pennsylvania Lines at Pittsburg, drop
ped in early yesterday morning. Mr..
Sankey, by the way is a very pleasant
gentleman and claims to be the abso-
lutte authority on the science of auth
ropology and believes emphatically in
posthumous bi-attitude
TIL Jos. Speidel Grocery Company
gave dainty china cups and saucers as
souvenirs of the occasion bearing the
inscription Dewey Day, February
22nd," in neat gold letters. They were
La Belle china and much admired by
those who were fortunate enough to
come early and secure them.
Among the officials on the special
B. & 0. train, to which Dewey's pri-
vate car was attached and which left
at midnight last night for Washing
ton. were j. H. Maddy, secretary to
F. D. Underwood, general manager Of
the road and Franklin G. Robbins,
stepson of the general manager.
After reaching Twenty-seventh
street the Linsly Cadet corps, which
was acting as escort to Admiral Dew
ey proved inadequate to hold the
crowd in check and Company A, First
West Virginia National Guard, was
ordered to their assistance. Com
pany A continued in that position
throughout the line of march.
A. A. j. Gaskill, of Warrington,
brought his winsome two year old
daughter, Genevieye, to this city yes
terday, for the express purpose of enab-
ling her to see Admiral Dewey. Fall
ing during the day, he called at the
car, where the negro porter and Chi
nese servant turned deaf ears to his
opportunities. He finally prevailed up
on the negro to carry the child in to
the Admiral. Admiral Dewey was
pleased with the little girls childish
prattle, and sent for the father. The
three engaged in very pleasant con-
versation for about ten minutes, and
there was not a prouder or happier pair
in Wheeling last night than Mr.. Gas
kill and his daughter.