Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-13

| the east side OF Market street last
night made the mems hats fly OH II d
wonderful way. They were experts.
The weather yesterday could scarcely
have been improved upon. 1t was
only moderately warm. for sumner
and a good breeze was going the entire
day.
The police force under Chief Ritz s
able management, deserves great credit
for the wise way in which they have
handled the vast crowds OF Carnival
week
The assault at Market street and a.
ley . last night attracted a crowd OF
several hundred, and it took the ser
vices Of a dozen police to control the
people.
The girls who used the canes and
whips to knock off the hats Of the men
men became a trlfie too reckless last
night. Many hats were trampled upon
and ruined.
A yerltable Amazon struck one
young man on Market street, Who had
been tormenting her. knocked him
to the pavement, and caused the blood
to run from his mouth.
Director Phinney stopped his band
while a cornet soloist was playing, ana
the tom-tom was beating at the Gay
Paris show. The tom-tom was stopped,
and the band proceeded.
Among the visitors in the city yes
terday was Ed. Manning. formerly OF
the Register staff, o with the Old
Dominion Steamship Company and
located in New York City.
Capt. Jack snedden, the mint jul
lep artist at Gala MitchelIs New Nc
Conville bar, Steubenyille, was down
to see the sights. Last evening he
helped out at the Brunswick.
The boys in alley 8 should not nag
old men passing through the alley. 1t
was very unpleasant language for
ladies ears that their acts called forth
from their victims yesterday evening.
There are large numbers of racing
men at the different hotels. The lob
bies are full OF discussions as to the
merits of the different horses. These
discussions often terminate in a quiet
wager.
The c. L. & W. and the w. & L.. e.
are running popular excursions to-day
that will bring immense crowds into
the city. 1t is pay day at the mining
towns, and the visitors will have plenty
OF money to spend.
The project to continue the il1umin-
alton of the street arches every night,
is being revived. They improve the APP
pearance of the business district at
night very much, besides giving yisi-
tors something to talk about.
A remarkable feature of the great
crowds that have %thronged THE streets
each night during Carnival week has
been that at exactly eleven O'Clock they
began to disappear and by midnight the
streets have become comparatively
quiet.
The weather man has certainly been
good to Rex and his merry subjects this
week. He gave them cool. clear
weather in the early days of the week,
though very naturally he warmed up a
bit as the carnival of fun frew fast and
furious.
The shows that We're located on the
southern edge of the business district
evidently concluded that business
would he better nearer the center. as
many of them changed their locations
to more central points during Yesterday
morning.
The information bureau at the Car
nlval headquarters was of great assist
ance, and has been of great value to
visitors who otherwise would have
found it very difficult to secure lodg-
ings. the hotels having exhausted their
capacity.
A trip through Martins Ferry.
Bridgeport, Bellaire and Benwood yes
terday caused the reporter to conclude.
from the very quiet appearance of the
streets, that most of the inhabitants of
our sister cities were in Wheeling at the
Carnival.
The streets of Cairo fellows are great
jumpers, but Il of them over-esti-
mated his ability in that line. He tried
to jump a board bill at McGoyern's. but
stumbled over a warrant issued by JUS
tice Dunning. To adjust matters he
paid McGovern's bill and the costs of
the court.
The police have issued an order pro-
hibiting the use of canes, etc, in knock
ing off hats this afternoon and evening.
They will arrest persons who indulge
in the practice. This action is taken
because of the many complaints made
to the police, and the danger that
trouble may result in the crowd to-
night.
Col. Boykin and H. NJ. Cloves. OF
Richmond, came to Wheeling yesterday
to see Director Benson. They saw the
Rex parade toats, anu last night Al
tended the Rex ball. The Wheeling
floats will be taken to Richmond where
a special building is being erected in
which to store them until the Carnival
is held in that city. The visitors are very
much pleased with the floats.
A Canadian in one of the hotel lob.
bies last night, was telling a group O,
listening Yankees" as they cali Il,
over there, about the marvellous pro.
gress of that country in the last decade
when n of the group quietly aske
the speaker what the increase in NOM.
lation had been in Canada during thai