Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-20


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follow the First Division, X possible
two ambuhnc1s win be secured.
The line Will halt temporarily st
the reviewing stand. and Will be start
ed after the occupants OF the carriages
have taken their positions on the
stand.
Col. Whites Reasons.
1T would have pleased me very
much" said Col. White last night, ito
complyrwith the request of South Side
citizens, and extend the line of march
as far south as Thirty-third street.
For the information of people living
in that section of the city. I wish you
would state that there have also been
very urgent requests for a short
route, and requests Of a nature which
could not be ignored.
There will be some men in the
line, fifty and sixty years of age, as
well as >number of school boys OF
tender years. to whom a long march
would be a. great hardship.
Elaborate Decorations.
Never in the history of wheeling
will the city be SO generally Or elab-
orately decorated as on Thursday.
Business houses and residences will
wear holiday attire in honor of Ad-
miral Dewey, the nations hero. Yes
terday morning the work commenced
in earnest, and it was continued all
day. The work of twining evergreen
about the electrical arches, and other
wise embellishing them, has been
started. They will look very pretty
when they leave the hands of the dec
orators. Last night the arches at
Stone & Thomas and Main and
Twelfth streets were lighted.
The decorating committee yesterday
received three car loads of pine, and a
considerable quantity of It was sold
for private decorations during the
day. The pine is cut UP into large
bundles, and sold at the extremely
low. price of twenty-five cents a bun
die. The committee a supply much
more pine for decoration purposes, il
it is called for to-day.
Among the conspicuously handsome
decorations completed yesterday was
that upon the front of the City Bank.
1t is very artistic, and was much adj
mired yesterday. Work was COM
menced upon the House & Hermann
building, which will show handsome
portraits of Dewey and Washington.
The Bank of Wheeling and National
Exchange Bank buildings are magni-
ficently decorated.
The decoration committee has sup
piled the old soldiers with pine for
decorating their headquarters, and al
so for trimming the Soldiers monu-
ment on the public square.
The Grand Stand.
w. A. Wilson & Son placed a big
force of men at work yesterday upon
the constructionof the speakers, press
and grand stands at the west front of
the city building. The skeleton work
is almost completed, and the stand
will be put up very rapidly. The
stands will extend to the curb line.
. The members of Company D, Sec
ond West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
are called to meet this evening at
eight o'clock at Police Court room, city
building. A full attendance is request
ed as business if Importance is to be
transacted, including a detail to be
made to escort Admiral Dewey on his
arrival. The men are asked to bring
with them any extra pieces Of uniform
they may have, to be loaned to others
not so supplied.
The Escort.
The escort to Admiral Dewey and
Lieut.. Doddridge, from Ford's cross
ing to their hotels Wednesday even
ing, will make an excellent showing.
Couer de Leon, Bernard Stanley and
J.. T. MCGEE Companies of the Uniform
Rank K. of p, have been called to turn
out. Company a." N. G., will also
turn out.
Extra Policemen.
Fifty extra police officers will be
sworn in tonight by Mayor Sweeney,
and will probably go on duty Wednes-
day morning. The police department
has been notified that notorious crooks.
pickpockets and thieves from different
parts of the country, have been assem-
bling at Sistersville. Suspicious char
acters will be closely watched.
A Matter of Form.
j. w. NJ. Appleton, Adjutant Gener-
al, yesterday notified Chairman Gar
vim that permission has been granted
to the Pittsburg Company of the Ma
tional Guard, and to all other armed
military bodies, to enter the State
bearing arms on Dewey Day.
Dewey Day Notes.
The ladies of the Grand Army
have made an offer of. assistance in
receiving Mrs. Dewey, or in other
work which may be assigned to them.
Wednesday evening the members of
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