The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-16
ROOSEVELT
COINMII'TEES.
ARE IRE: AT WORK.
Details Of Wheeling's Greatest Po-
itical Demonstration Are
Being Perfected. a.
.BRIDGESWILL BE THROWN OPEN
To the Public Free Of charge-Recep-
ton Of Visitors-Division
Marshals Named.

The details OF tho arrangements for
Wheeling's greatest political demon
stratlon are being rapidly perfected.
( The entire .tri-state radius Is stirred up
over the approaching affair, and the
railroad people. are anticipating extra
ordinarily heavy traffic. on Thursday.
Yesterday. the acceptances OF several
moro. outside clubs were received. In
Guiding the Young Mems Republican
Club. of New Castle, Pa, ;Colored Rough
Riders, of Steubenville:, Republican
Club Of 100 members, Of Cadlz; s. NJ.
Steele Republican Club, OF Moundsville.
2 Chief Marshal H. B. Basuley, met last
night with his division marshals. and
arranged details Of the night demon-
stration by the marching clubs. The
division marshals are Messrs. W.. HI
Travis, first division; James II. Lancas-
ter. second division; T. c. Moffat.. third
division. The uniform for marshals
and aides will be dark clothes. dark soft
hats, leggings or, boots, and sash Of
color designated for each. division, yell,
low or buff for the chief marshal's staff,
red for the first division, white for the
second, and blue for the third. Mar
shals will wear sash from right, shoul-
der to. left side; aids: will wear sash
around the waist, kpotted at lett side.
The parade will form as follows: Chief
marshal and aides on Chapline.. south
of Sixteenth: first division, on. Fifteenth.
right on Chapline; second, division, on
Fourteenth. right on Chapllne; third
division, on Chapline, right on Four
steenth. The, full list Of taides will! be
published Wednesday, morning The
chief marshal. division marshals and
general committee on arrangements
will meet tonight at, congressional
headquarters.
I Chief Marshal Baguley was waited
upon. last night by Messrs. Trueman
and Sells, Of Bridgeport, who stated
their plan Of massing the Ohio-side
clubs ut Bridgeport Thursday morning
between 1880 and noon. and at the lat
ter hour marching over to Wheeling to
participate in the escort to Colonel
Roosevelt. Colonel Baguley endorsed
the plan. The Rough Rider regiment
and Wheeling uniformed clubs. will act
as the escort. and the Ohio-side clubs
will either fall in or march. on ahead,
and line up on Penn street. Island, there
to be; reviewed by Colonel Roosevelt
The committee on reception met last
night. and it was reported that Arion
hall had been. secured at which to re-
ceive the visiting clubs. and, that the
ladies' of Chapline street NJ. E. church
would serve lunch at 7. o. o. F. hall.
The following soliciting committees will
gather up the provisions needed:
Island and Main street-Walter
Worls. Joseph H. Purcell, J. Z. Clator.
Market street and East Wheeling
Charles Seibert, Harry Travis.
South Wheeling-Ollver Belleville.
The following ladies' have volunteered
their services for serving luncheon:
MeSdames Chapman, Bickerton and
Purcell; Misses Mary Swift, Henrietta
Bowlin. McKown, Stella Chapman.
Edith Maser. Maud Chapman. Addi-
tlonal volunteers will please report to
any OF the committeeman named above
and their names will be published We'd
nesday morning.
A Rough Rider mounted division In
Thursday nights parade, Will be form
ed All riders will rendezvous on the
national road at Altenheim at 6p. m.
For the escort Of Colonel Roosevelt to
the fair grounds, Colonel Baguley or
ders the First West Virginia Rough
Rider. regiment to form on Eighteenth,
street, right resting on Chapliue.
promptly ut noon.