Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-21

soms. The pine ida Vas ! happy
one.
Mound city Council. No. S. II. 8.
q. a. NJ, Of Moundsville, accepted yes
terday.
Council and all city oficials are
| called for half-past twelve o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
The streets over which the parade
will nov must be kept free OF vehi-
cles and horsemen.
The Mcclure House received a tele-
gram from Pittsburg signed Nv. ].
Bryan" asking for two rooms We'd
| nesday and Thursday nights.
The details for to-day and tomorrow
were practically completed last even
ing, and are very satisfactory. 1t wal
an immense undertaking.
The B. & o. passenger department
has issued a fac smile of the original
| railroad ticket sold to Admiral Dewey
on the occasion of his departure from
Washington for San Francisco, en-
; route to Manila.
John Wesley Vogel, proprietor and
manger of Vogel's minstrels, has do
mated his big band for to-night's re-
ception to Admiral Dewey, and it will
appear in the reception parade after
the performance.
The decorations committee still has
a large quantity of pine which will be
sold to-day for private decorations at
it's actual cost, 25 cents a bundle. The
l nina q d0onroffOpo ~ ncrtnrrnrISI
| handsome and comparatively %inexpen-
sive. About G20 bundles were secured.
The Public Building will be decor
ated, despite a rumor to the contrary,
| current yesterday. Mayor Sweeney
took hold of the matter, conferred with
some of the Commissioners, and as a
result the material was ordered and
delivered, and the work will be com
menced early this morning.
Baltimore and Ohio Detective John
| Shorts left at 1926 o'clock this morn
ing for Cumberland, Md, with three
detectives. They will join the Adj
miral's car at that point for service
through to this city. On the car will
be the Admiral and wife, Lieut.. Dod-
bridge and Mr.. Cowan.
Ii ndo DOCA uOCluCQ IAdL taC 5C4Cidl
public will not be admitted to the
chamber of the Second Branch of
Council or Judge Hervey's Court o
tomorrow. 1t is also understood that
city and county officials will reserve
their private offices for their families,
relatives and intimate friends.
The knights of St. John and
| knights of st. George have arranged
to furnish dinner to visiting Knights
of ST. John at Carroll Club dining
room between 10 and 1870 Thursday
morning. All knights will be met at
trains and escorted to the hall, orn
Byron and Fourteenth street, where
they will be given tickets. The hall
is to be headquarters.
F. c. H. Schwertfeger, of the finance
committee, yesterday collected over
$500, bringing the aggregate of the
contributions to a sum closely approx
imating $2,700. Mr.. Schwertfeger
states that about 5000 more will be re-
quired to meet the expenses, and on
behalf of the committee he urges citi-
zens who have not yet done SO to call
personally or send checks to the COM
mittee.
Company A, First West Virginia
National Guard, drilled last night,
marching through the central portion
of the city, making a very creditable
showing. The company will form part
of the escort of the Admiral tonight.
All members will bring white gloves.
Lafayette Commandery, K. of st. j.,
will meet at their hall, Byron and
Thirteenth streets, at $50 this even
ing in full uniform to participate in
scort to Dewey.
The work of decorating was entered
upon with genuine spirit yesterday.
Among the notable buildings beauti-
fed during the day, were the Della
PLANE Dry Goods Company, National
Bank of West Virginia, Hicks & Hoge
Company, Bremen & Mabis Company,
Mccoy Shoe Company, John S. Naylor
& Company, Horkheimer Bros, Jacob
Snyder & Sons, Speyer Bros, Shafer &
Driehorst, House & Hermann, John
Sheekey, and the Hotel Brunswick.
To-day this work will progress much
further, and by tonight Wheeling
will be in gala dress.
On Thursday morning beginning at
eight o'clock, a squad of Linsly Insti-
tute Cadets, under command of Lieut..
Dent, will fire the Admiral's salute of
seventeen guns from the top of
Wheeling hill. At the first shot the
flag at the City Building will be rails
| ed by the Cadets. Lieut.. Dent has in
formed the committee that this is the
proper time to fire the salute accord
ing to naval regulations. When a dis
tinguished officer of the navy arrives
after 6 p. m. the salute is not fired
the same evening, but takes place
promptly "at colors" (eight o'clock
the next morning.
III HYGEIA ICE SKATING RINK
Will have special music and fine