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1 ' THE SUN, SATURDAY1, SEPTEMBER 80, 1809. v
1 1 NIGHT'S GLOWING PAGEANT
t u
tH j siarixh ntai'i.ATHvaiiMB Tint cirr
K has Kicrisn ekx iiKFoith:
R From Shorn to Hlmrc, liny nnd Ttlvert
J1 - Were n I'nlry I.nml of Colored Light,
i : In Which It Itnlneil Itcil, While nml
j,- lllne-Crowits nt ttie Hntttry nnd on
Hlverstdn Drlrs Willi, with Dellght-
5 Thontandt Out Aflont anil Aihore.
' ' The day of Doner colobratlon on tho water
i ended In n roaring, popping, banging blazo ot
glory last night, riroworkadlsplnyt lit up ths
-, eatt sldo, the west side and oil around the
; , ,. town. Not only did groat boat loaded down
with fireworks sweep down all tho water-wart
Y, and circle about tho lowor liar, but In tho park I
('. " throughout tho mlddlo or the city tho sky wai
V l painted rod, whlto and bluo nnd nil tho other
( thadosof color known to the pyrotechnlo art.
' ,. The East Itlver celebration wns brought to an
i ;. untimely but a tremendously effeotlvo close by
Sj. tho burning up of tho two floata bear-
): Ins tho main supply ot fireworks (or
6 the parade In that waterway. This
S happened off tho foot of Fifty-ninth street,
i S.' and tho city for blocks and blocks around was
& i as light as day for fifteen or twenty minutes.
t1 ' while the Impromptu explosions and flnshes of
P ,. colored flro lit up tho melodramatlo woik of
. y f three police tugs In rescuing tho panlc-stilcken
f. fireworks men on the floats. Tho only damage
i done by tho accident was the ctitlrn destruc-
tlonofono of tho floats nnd the dlsnppolnt-
,, ' merit ot people who waited to seo a display
i ,t between Fifty-ninth strt-at and tho Bridge.
; ; The oubcesslon of little showors that enmo
' i ! apa the Artworks exhibition nt the Battery
1 i was being brought ton close did not Intorfers
', ' at all with Its suocoss, for the men who wero
,, handling tho display promptly mads up their
fJ minds that tho best way to kesp their powder
5 from getting wet was to sot it atl oft nt onco,
and the result wns such at to mako
$' the boys and girls from six to sixty,
"- -i ' who witnessed It, erase from their minds
i- all thought ot all Fourth of July
J celebrations that they over saw or eror hoped
l" to ere. The fireworks nil over the city were
I .i witnessed by tremondous crowds. Not nil ot tho
L J people In the city wore able to leave tholr
3f homes nnd their affairs to see tho doyllc'-' pa-
s, I rado. but last night everybody, except the Liblei
' and tho grandmothers who stayed home to lake
, ' careot them, seomed to be out along the water-
' front, or In the parks, where tho beautiful
1 . sights were to be seen. In n great many casts,
' J moreover, the grandmothers and the babies
t. ' came along.
t . The biggest crowds and the biggest displays
; , of fireworks wero off the llattery, on Monte and
Vi -j on Governor's, llcdloe's and I'.llls Islands. At
Jrl ; 5:30 o'clock Inspector Harley hid posted men
;" along the Battery's sea wall from tho Iron
l I Uteamboat pier around to tho Barge Ofilee.
, T five feet apart. They were there none too
i j soon, for long before 0 o'clock n crowd threo
'S ' dop lined the sea wall. It was still light then,
r j The vessels In the harbor had not lighted tliuir
f lanterns, and only the faint glow of n
Kit fow electrlo lamps along the Jersey
fc. j shore gave token ot the Illumination
P) :, to come. But donn In the I'.levnted station at
, BoulliFsriynnd Battery I'lace and from the
t j r tertnlnusesof tho surfaco roads that run to the
p) southern end cf tho borough strndy stream') of
ufl , people were pouring Into tho I'nrk. While It
'H was still light enough to distinguish the ont-
V, lines of tho tall buildings, human flg-
"I I ures began to appear along tho odces
,S of tho roofR of tho Army building, the
PA Standard Oil building, tlio Bowling Oreen
fclj building. Chesoborougli building, and all tho
f I otherskyscrnpersthatlookoutoverthoBMtery
f j Park. Tho Barge Office nnd tho Dock Dupart-
St. ment's pier wero crowded full. Col. Jones,
M the Superintendent of tho Anuarlum. midichls
rjjj. employees and their families happy by provld-
Um lng seats for them on thoroofot the Aquarium.
I which by Its shapo enabled these who at
jgjl, upon It to watch both tho rlvots and the upper
mil bay and tho great crowd in tho rark at tho
isj During every moment of the time, from dusk
Via ' until the last colored lights faded out and the
.;, jjj steamers stolo away from off the face of
I'-ji; tho waters. It was n wonderful sight that
ul i tht7 saw- First. n9 tho light faded, tlm hlg
B'f;'y ' steamers camo puffing down tho North Itlver.
I M' drifted across tho bav from Governor's Island to
l-J) ,t Brooklyn and puffed back again. As It became
6 'I ' darker the ship's lights began shining out
; SV ot tho darker spots against tho Jeisey, Ktaton
. k Island and tho Brooklyn shoros. Out of tin
I' b. darkest part of tho Jersey side, just off Kills
I, I Island, without a moment's warning thero
S) I' sprang into sight -the jewelled outline
I; j . of n groat coastwise steamship. Strings
I' of electrlo lights ran from her bow to
her masthead and thence to her stern, along
I K; her rails nnd cross-nrds. The crowd that
I had gathered when this picture sprang out of
Ij J the dusk was a mighty one nnd It sent up ,i
I I mighty cheer that was taken upby the whittles
fi' I of tho tugs and steamers that were crossing
S . and recrosslns the bay, until tho wholo lower
, I partof tho city thus made known Its approval
, i of tho big ship's decoration. Then another
h and another, all tho way from Kills Island to a
' point half way between Bedloe's Islnnd and
I' Governors Island, displayed their outlines In
' the tame way. Some of them wnro strung
f ' with red and white and blue Innterr.i. Homo
i of them had no decorations ahon their
Bj main decks, hut had ropes and ropes of inean-
' descent lights glittering up ami down their
f ' sides ThiiHO steamers were all of them
if exourslon steamers which had people on board
j to view tht fireworks, and which had followed
!J tho committee'), suggestion of taking position
;S In the Bay early und remaining there until It
til wns time to go homo, so that accidents might
ili be avoided.
.Meantime all the little lights, tho red
I'll, and green side lights, the tore and aft lights
U-. on the little tugs, and tho big steamer, and
3 the yachts, appeared In rapid succession and
it passed and re-passed one another and cir-
jt cled across the enrapturoit view of th
ft psople who lined the sea-wall and the r
H The general tendency was to leave
, i( n apaeo just off the Battery clear.
il'1 andas the lights worked away to the south-
.' ward they formsd an unhrolten glowing bind
; In from as far as ono could see up the North
. W Itlver clear around to the place where the big
' j f' aenrchllghtion tho Bridge were beginning to
j If tnrow tholr beams up nnd down tho choppy
I . water-ways about Governor's Island.
; Now and then a big salting cratt camo dip
ping It way daintily among the steamers and
the lights tell upon its grat sails for a mo
ment, so that It would nppeer as n phantom
ishlp close Inshore. nnd then when
the light shifted, disappear ns utterly as
.' though It had never boon. Slim, low yachts
came gliding Quietly In under the Dock lie-
) partment pier, nnd drilled nlong the sea-wall
t back nnd forth In n long sinuous line. This
display In itself wns enough to occupy the
a keenest ntteutlon of those who could
seo It. Thero were some. Indeed, who grew
IK weary of the long wait they had undertaken In
I order to get eoo: places, and who went home
Tr without seeing anything more thin the dis-
Play of lights on the vessels and on the build-
'! ings along tho shore, rorfactly sotlsflsd and
vf fl'ii believing that they had seen enough to pay
gnJtt them for their trouble.
&., i or ne people wno enme late, ann wno piled
lips up against Inspector Harvey's patient, good-
W$ natured bulwark of pnllcsmen, three and four
.' and six and ton deep, the wait was a
! & hard one. for many ot them knew that
I mfi they must wnlt for nearly two hours
mm'j before teeing anything more than the lints nt
f? ' the poople In front ot thorn. The htream of
IV i people who camo from the elevated
;J 6 roads nnd tho surfaco roads Inoroased
t 4 steadily every moment, and long before
, : 7 oel?PK " of thB asnhalt piths
1 js were filled with people and they began to
f clL'P.b pverpark fences onto the grass plots,
, I while the ikjIIco looked the other way.
' ' Let them be as comfortable as wa can,"
f were Inspector Harley's orders, "for there is
Bolng to hn a tremendous crowd here."
; By HtfO o'clock, nt the time when It was
" understood that the display would probably
t, f begin, there was not visible three feet
' E!l!",ro 0( ron "Ptce anywhero In the park
Uhore were only a fow spnecs ns '.irgn
" . i .that, for tho greater part of the
" ' E,0.'' was completely whlto with faces.
They moved nnd, twisted and cliaugcd
some, as a great crowd changes In Its restless
ness, but thero wns no milling or shoving In
masses that amounted to anything. Now nml
tnen apms group of very young men would
(eel called upon to create n slight demonstra
tion but the ool ce would dlo Into the crowd
nnd admonish them, and they would be heard
i5i?.J".m.,0' Now nnd tnen a rlrl would
i m.1??'.1"" Il wf noticeable that the scream
1 n"'1'.,ll,",T? nd,'l 'n a Kluale. and the crowd
t2ira.,0"r,'n'''.ous "PPreclatlon. Tho
;eare.hllghts touching the top of the buildings
In 7i, ,,hl'hoy were crowded to the edges
?;.!, h.n)i nrou.n'! '.no BKM amphitlieatre
'r o"sJn'Le.',ar' c.01; Jone- " the Aquarium
1 KlilWlnh.f0l.caF.',,,.1. t0. Provlda Hetts for his
EffrlSSf hiBi 'I"""? ,'ound himself crowde I
insfLnSnJ Vi. Cfuorous. while tho earth was
times In tlio hour and a half before, tho rising
ot burst of colored globes and tho. banging
ot bombs brought tho rumor that tho pro
cessions must bo npproachlng. War off on tho
Btatcn Island shorn there rote roekets that
ilroppod long red strings ot lights that turned
first whlto nnd thsn blue at thoy
floated off, and theso were cheored. nnd
people snld "It's started," but It hadn't
started by a great, groat deal, ns
thor lound out when, nt (Km o'clook with a
rattle ot reports almost as rapid as that of a
msohlne gun. a great lllsht nt bombs wont
twinkling up toward tho sky und banged again
with Hashes In mld-alr. ,
This, necordlng to the programme wns n
taluto of 101 tunal bombs, A great Might ot
rockets that burst Into Moating crowds of Ir
rldsscont globes roso over Governor's Island,
and while thoy wero still rising, nnd
bursting and spreading and Moating,
tinting the clouds that wero slowly gathering
above thorn, tho wholo Island sprang into n
blare rod nnd white nnd bluo lluhtB, Old
Cnntla Williams roso out ot the darkness nnd
was crownod with similar Mares. It was
ns If the Island had risen out of the sen
nnd had oxnloJod. nnd was still exploding, nnd
be'oro people hail half Mllod their eyes with
tho glory ot It, Bedlow's Island Hashed up
the same way, and the utntue of Lib
erty lilted her torch In the plain sight ot
thu tens of thousands, and the lights
about her foot lit a halo over Iter head that
changed In color as the lights changed. Befor
these had nlmtod at all, and while Governor's
Island was still a Moating volcnno. Kills Island
llarcd up. and tnu whole bny was Illum
inate 1 untIL tho water looked like
molton metal, with queer discolored streaks
shooting aero3 Its surface In every direction.
Thn ihlps that had been mysteriuus nlittorlng
outlines and suggestions of lights, stood out
in ghostly clearness The crowd held ItK breath
nnd for seconds together thero wns absolutely
no sound except the explosions of the bombs
and in tho mortars that wort Mrlng other
bombs In the air Betwetn explosions
it was so still that you tould hear the
waves splashing on the sea-wall.
Just as tho crowd began to get its breath the
fireworks men near Cattle Williams let off a
succession ot bombs that took the shine oil
tho sun, tho moon nnd the stars. The Might
was so arranged that the first great
crowd of bombs burst and shed n canopy
oer the whole Island. It is doubt
ful whether anybody In nil that crowd
romombered just what color those were, for
unother Might, and another, nnd another wns
shot lipthiough them, so that as fast as tho
MrstlightH faded and fell new clouds of lire
mors glorious and brilliant and of moro start
ling coloring, nppeared ovornnd nboe them.
Tho crowd inured and shouted and danced up
and down with aptirov.il. for all this was so high
In the air that n 10-yonr-old boy standing on tlio
ground among his eh tern could see It, nnd then
tho captain ot tho big steamboat l'lymouth,
out In thn middle of tho harbor, turned his
whist'e loose. The whlstlo Is so deep and
coarse that it phnkes the windows all
ovor the lower part of Manhattan when It goes
olT nt full hliist All tho other cnptaltiH In the
harbor joined In, nnd tho volume of sound grew
deeper and deeper, nml fuller nnd fuller, and
the sirens screamed and screamed n wlord
accompaniment, so that the crowd, realizing
how fully tho steamboats hud taken the ren
dering of approval out of Its hands, began to
laugh. Tho laughter of -tfUHK) people Is not a
thing that any wno wore In places wheru thty
could bear It will ever forgot.
When fireworks peotlo make out n pro
gramme they nil It full ot a succession
of oty Inteiestltig nntnes of various
kltide of rockets, and bombs, and sail
oihsons. nnd things, hut the people who boo
the fireworks don't know anything nbout
these names, nnd nrr often don't know
where rockets leave otT and saueiiisnns beicln.
'I hey simply krow that the world i upside
down and all on Mre. At tho end List night
from ten feet abovo the water line to 5(10
feet In tho tilr. the nlr was mil
or fireworks of every kind nnd descrip
tion known fiom tho beginning of
ull Mrimotks Bight In tho midst ot
it all a tremendous portrait of Admiral Dewey
appeared to thn eat of (.'ntlo Williams In
outline of whlto Mre. It was as high, If not
higher, than the cnstle Itself, and was a much
more fatls'netory likeness than n good many
that wo inne about us noiv-a-duys. Tho
racket that greeted tho plelure was beyond nil
describing ; It was the rneki t of the morning
parade nil over again condensed Into one
epot, for wlulo the great portrait hurned,
every captain in thn harbor seemod to turn his
ship's enmio toward It, while he tooted It un
fortunately resulted In the picture being shut
olT from the view ot the poople on 6lioro
after the Mrst few scroti. N. ecrt those who
were on top of high buildings But the Meet up
tn Grant's Tomb musthaNe beard the roaring
homage that wns paid to the portrait
The rain hegm then, and tho lire works worn
Mulshed just lu time Thn people began to
make foi the aonues of travel toward home.
Tho rain mnue overt body in n goo 1 deal of a
hiiriy, and the police came tery near
being caught unprepared. They had nil
been concentrated on the water side to keep
the penule from falling into the hay. Now the
people turned their hicks on thorn nnd rushed
for Ilattmy place, the foot of Broadwav, and
Houth Kerry Home policemen had already
I een moved to theo places to meet them, but
thn movement had only begun. Fifteen
inli.i1)..nll.. Ikn t .. l . .,...l...t ,va flrnil fn ...
Delaney sent n wild appeal for help to l'oll' e
IliMilquartors. He was In charge of tho
crowds at the elevated staMons and they
swamped him. There was every app-aranee
that there was going to be a dangerous crush.
Inspector Brooks sent over n hundred men to
the two tatlons, nnd they sailed Into theorowd
and broke It up before anybody was hint
enough to be taken away In an ambulance, al
though several women bud the breath equncyed
out of them. After that the police formed tho
people In column four front and march'ilthem
up into the stations and Into th trains in mlll
tniy sttlo
As soon ns tho three Moats wero in motion
thn men on them touched iff n hlg lot of red
lire a o signal for the boats elusteied around
the Olymiun to get In line for the Battery.
A police boat Indttic procession, lollowed by the
two tugs with tho Moats which wero surrounded
mid lollowed by a motley collection
ol craft frum big ocean steamers to tiny steum
launches. The red llro on the Moats was fol
lowed by a discharge of roekett, aerolites nml
different kind of bombs, which continued un
til t'sst o Williams hnd been reached. Tim
bands on some of the warships struck up ss
the li re works passed and their searchlights
played over them.
I ew Miaworks appeared on shoro to
accompany the parade until Fourteenth strict
was icached. and then the tile skysempen
looniMl up. From one big bu.Id'ng near th )
water front no less than six enormous search
lights played upon the Procession, in nilditl m
to the Incandescent lights which made the
building n blare of white
Asthopnrauo neared tho Battery the Are
works In tho Kast Hivor could be discerned
nnd tho aceno us the two divisions came to
gether was lndesorlhnble. The bar In front ot
tlio Battery became a vo'cano of llreworks It
lasted nb jut llfteen minutes, nnd just ns the
supply of llreworks apparently had been ex
hausted It begun to rain nnd the boats one and
all hcoote 1 (oi their piers.
At Hlvurslde Drive, the setting sun allowed
the warships at anchor In the North Itlver. the
olympin at the bend of the line which extended
troin i iihsiim Grant's Tomb, as far down as
Mxti-th street, a multitudo of smaller or.ift
niuiiu , imimio.5 blotted out tho Picture, hut
in a few miliums a new one, the niot bmutl
till, perhaps, that bus over been seen on llm
Hudson, wns invented at It by magic. The
wholo squadron, which bad been lost among
the shadows, reapprtjrod In contours of Are.
A long ribbon of brilliant points of light
marked the deck line of Dewey's flagship:
three other lines jollied the mastheads and ile
cccudoil In graceful curves to prow
nnd stern; one searchlight ray Illuminated
the American Mac which flouted from the
peak and another miulo the four stars
In tho Admiral's pennant shine almost like
real stars. The Now iork could be scon just
telow the Olympin, her three emokclaeks
framed in Mrn and a glgnnti3 American shield,
with the sturs above tho stripes, blazing in
front of the bridge ThcChlejgo, tho Indhinn,
the l'exat and the Ilronl.lt ii were similarly Il
luminated and the bulky Massachusetts hn lher
own name written In llery letters between the
smokestacks. The whole host ot laehts. trans,
ports, revenue cutters nnd tugboats Imitated
In n smaller degree their formidable slstore.
Only tho low-built tort odo boath remained In
darkness.
The picture seen trom Grant s tomb wnsono
that will hardly be forgotten by any one who
euwnnd many thousands had gone there to
ujoy it. Along the stone wall of Blverslde
Drive, from tho Tomb to Ninety-sixth street,
the peop o stood four or five deep. The 2U0
foot rampart width fulls steeply from the
tomb to the edge of the water was covered,
though those who found a place thero had to
hn.d on to the grass In order not to slide down,
Vehicles of all kinds and a host of bicyclists
flllod the drive. The crowd, whether they
were ou the top ot tho bluff or down on the
shore, were unusually qiilot. They seemed, In
faot. overawed by the wondorful spectacle on
the river, and hesitated to disturb the appre
ciation of It.
The car Moats with tho fireworks wero an
chored a few hundred feet above tho Olympin,
betwoen the cruiser and the Jersey shorn. The
llreworkt began promptly ut 7:3U o'clock.
Bombs and sky lockets opened the display and
WJre fillowed by a set piece showing tho well
known feu turos of the hern of the occasion, their
appearance being the signal fornn outburst
trom overt' stenmwhlstle and bighorn near.
Tlio samo thing was repeated when the words
'Welcome Dewey, Victorious Admlrnl" became
visible and when tho picture ot the Olympin
appeared. The Olympin Ittelf gave the efjnal
for applause on sevoral occasions.
The display ondod at 8:lfi o'clook. but tho
warshlpt remained Illuminated for hours after
ward nnd the crowdi toemed never to grow
tire i ot looking nt them,
Tho setting off of tho fireworks was person
ally superintended by l'reslddnt l'aln ol tho
llreworks company nnd the men on the Moats
had all been specially drilled In the handling
of them. There were sir lit floats of fireworks In
nil on the North Itlver, Five of these It had
been arranged tostt off near the Olympls, and
the other three wore towed down the river
nfter this display was over. The five Moats
comprising the first display were towsd down
Iroiu rj.ltti ttrett shortly after 1 o dock, and
Mr. l'ain had them anohortd about :iuxj
yarda from th Olympla toward the Jersey
thore. There wero nbout ten men on
the Are floata Jto set the fireworks off, and
Xizjxsia&auuw tf " '" - -, - -- -?'
when the signal for them wat given about 7)30
o'clock, all ot them could be seen working Ilka
beavers lighting the various pieces anl then
getting out of the way. Mr, Pain superin
tended mattort from the tug Golden Bod.
There were two large set plectt on one of the
floats hung in the air from a derrick one of
them representing the Olympin, the other Ad
miral Dewoy the former l.(KK) It. equarr. It was
intended toset this off at the beginning of the
dlinlay, but when the time came for It, somo
iHidy by mistake touohod off the Admlrnl. Al
though some effeot possibly wat lost In not
having this end up the thow. , It
wan receivtd with the wildest tooting
of whistles and the applause was far greater
than that whleh greeted any other nttco. It
took n little less than tin hour to discharge nil
the llreworkt near the Olympla, and when this
part ot tho Programme bad been flnlshod the
tugs took hold of the three other barges and
began their Journey down the river.
Nearly VO.UOU enthusiastic men. women and
children witnessed tho Artworks display In
Oily Hall l'nrk and voted It n great success.
Mines were planted betweon thn trees nnd
on the grassy surface facing Broadway were
hundreds or plnwhttls. Kouian candlos and
colored lights. Hlx set ploets. which nil faced
the Broadway tide of tho pork, wero sot off.
The crowd gathered from all sldet, and
although the set plecet could be only appre
ciated from Broadway, the enthusiasm that
greetod them was general and spontaneous
from nil tides. Just after 8 o'clook tho
display began with the rtlense ot n monster
lire balloon of red, white nnd bluo. Thero wns
n mighty nnd prolonged cheer from the crowd
ns th balloon safely gilded past the overhang
ing branches of the trees nnd sailed aloft. From
that time on tho crowd cheeroJ every
thing. It was n cosmopolitan cnthering
Thore wore soveral hundred Chinamen
tlio front row who screamed shrilly for Dowey
and "llellcan mnn Hlghters,"andtheIroxampls
was followed liv scores of Italians, Greeks and
Hebrews from the lower districts ot the city.
Tho third balloon let go caught In ono of tho
trees nnd caught allrt.
"That's a Upanlsh balloon," shouted a spec
tator. "Oh. no," yelled another, "that's Agulnaldo
and the Anti-Imperlnllsts, nnd they'll nil go
the same way." Both sentiments were loudly
chsertd.
The first set piece, "Welcome Admiral," wns
about 1H feet long and 3 feet wide. It wns
greeted with the wildest enthusiasm, and to
were the representation ot the Olympla and
Admiral Dewoy's portrait.
The portrait was about twenty feet square.
When It appeared, men, women nnd ohlldren
hoarse with yelling approval waved handker
chiefs and threw hats in tho nlr. The exhi
bition wound up with n general discharge ot
small fireworks and the burning ot colored
lights.
The Areworkt cllsplny In Union Square be
gan promptlv nt 8 o'oloek.and notwithstanding
the greater attractions eltewhores crowd num
bering many thousands of pcoplo witnessed,
the show. All of the set pieces and
most of the other fireworks were set off In the
Heventeenth street pla?a at the north side ot
tho square. The crowd thereabouts was so
denso that the Broailwny cable cars were
barely able to make n way through it.
A liberal display ot red and green Are. bombs
nnd rockets formed tho first pait of tho show,
and later the Olympin. thn American Hag and
Dowey's portrait wore outlined in lire. The
portrait, especially, was received with cheers.
Tho sparks from some of the pieces drilled
down among the crowd and In dnngeroua
proximity to tho deooratlons of nearby build
ings, hut thero were no accidents,
A fiery "good nlghi" dismissed the crowd,
most of whom Inimodlntnlv started for the
lower ond of the island, hoping to be in time to
seo some of the harbor Illuminations.
nnwonxs is iuiookt.tx.
Tlintitnnds Cheer the Hume Itlsplnys While
Others Wntcli Across the Itlver.
Tho two official fireworks displays in the
Borough of Biooklyn, one being In front
of the old City Hall nnd the othor on tho
slopes of the Prospect Heights Beservolr
near the Park entrance, wero enoh wit
nessed by crowds of people. Tho high grounds
surrounding tho Beservolr are admlrnb.y
adapted torn pyrote-hnleal exhibition nnd the
display Inst night wos so arranged that tho
spectators, who m list have numbered 20.000.
had aclearvlewof Itrroni Flatbushnvenuo. tho
PInra and the F.nstern Parkway. For more than
an hour and a half both the Flntbush avenue
and Eastern Parkway sides of the Beservolr
wero brilliantly Illuminated with powerful
colored lights and the sky was constantly filled
with marvellous pyroteehnle.il Inv cntions, oach
dlhcharge evoking plaudits from tho spectators.
Tho three special devices: "Welcome. Admi
ral," In largo block letters of varied colors;
the "LT. a. B. Olympla" and the mammoth, fine
portrait of Admiral Dowry wore each creeled
with choers from tho vast assemblage. It
was just at the close that the Dewey picture
blared up and the enthuslitlc plaudits which
greeted It continued as long as a srark re
mained on It. All who witnessed the show de
clared It the finest of tlio kind ever presented
In Brooklyn.
Ten thousand men. women nnd children
wltnesed the dlpay In front of the Borough
Hall, All thn adjacent streets were crowded as
wore also the offices In the virions business
buildings on Court, Fulton, Bemson, Monta
gue nud Washington streets. At 7 .')
o'clock the tower on the hall was illu
minatud with colored lights, which were
continued during tho entire display of
fireworks. At H o'clock two meteoric balloons
were set nt Ilborty and they at once sailed off
In the direction of Manhattan As thty llonted
through the air thev were kept In vlow by one
of the big searchlights on tho bridge tower
tlnowlnc Its strong rays upon them. When
the set piece. "Welcomo Admiral," which was
located on the marble steps of the hall, was
Ignited, thero was a grand shout which could
be henrd blocks away.
As tho set piece which depleted In fire tho
cruiser Olympla was touched off the throng
tigiiiti cheered, and two engines on tho Kings
County l'.levated Bnllrond. which were passing
in opposite directions, saluted with tholrsteam
whistles Then followed red flro.iprlal bombs,
ncts of fiery cobras and golden shower
bniteiies.
'1 h shore at 8ea Gate In and around Nor
ton's Point. Coney Island, was Illuminated w'th
co oi ed Ar for soveral hours last night. The
.Vlmtle acht Club was tullllantly lit up
fur the occasion and It erected a largo sign
w th Incandescent lights bearing tho words:
'rei Gate Welcomes Dewoy." The Bay ilidgn
and Furl Hamilton shore also shone forth with
red Are nnd the largo sign. "Wo'eomo" with Its
l'JO arc limps was dltplnyod nt the Fdlson
shops at the foot of Hlxty-llfthstreet,
The Mrow-orkH dlplnv on this sldo of the
river presented n fine spectacle also
to i eop'o In Brooklyn. Boots of riweil
lii" liriiies, hotels, ofileo buildings nnd the
docs worn crowded with persons watching tho
riv r ii -plays, especially the one off thoBst-ti-i
i'ho streott leading to the heights were
also fl'led with spectators, nnd It looked to
Bronklviutes as If this side of tho river was one
great big, sizzling, booming mass of rockets
and led add blue fire.
VAST I.IVKR FAlt.lliK MET DISASTER.
Fireworks Flont Itlnzed t'p and Her Load
Went OH Prematurely.
One bit of the plans for last night didn't
mature exactly at had boon arranged. The
fireworks parudo down tho Kast lliver. which
started from the southern ond of Ward's Island
nt nbout 7 o'clock, met with picturesque
disaster half an hour later olT the foot of
East Fifty-ninth street. Thanks to the energy
of Police Inspector Brooks nnd a squad of
Central Ofllco men under him, no lives were
lost.
The fireworks for this parade were
carried on two floats, ono called Mars
nnd another. The fireworks, most of them
were slored on Mars undor tarpaulins.
When thn procolon started the fireworks
were set oil from tho othor float. Both
floats wero towed by the tugboat
King. They were pretty cloto together,
c'oscr than Inspecter Brooks, who was
following on the tug Tatrlck Calilll,
thought was safe, ond ho had jutt ordered his
roundsman, Cohtn, to hail the Mars and toll
tho peoplo on bonrd of her to pull up a little
closer to tht tug, when with n splutter and a
flash flames begin to shoot out of her load of
fireworks.
In two seoonds al'lwnilconfuston, Thestoam
ers and tugs that were accompanying the flo
tilla lied helter-skelter away trom the burnlug
llo.it. The police boats, tho Cuhlll, tho A.J.
White and another, were the only ones
that hail their uosts turned toward the lire.
The men on the Mars were running
around her stdts frantically trying to
pick out a good apot. apparently, for
jumplng-ofN purposes. By stern oommandt
andthrtataot leaving, them to drown If they
jumped, Intptotor Brooks kept thtm on board
until ho ran alongside ana took them off.
Then the Central Office men on tho
tuga turnod tht hose on the sput
tering, blazing, exploding mattot Areworkt.
They were chotred In the work by crowds that
had been worked up to a groat ttatt of excite
ment by tlio roicue ot the operators in tho
glare or red fire.
The first order Inspector Brooks gave after
ho found the Marswason fir was tootder both
floats cut loose from their tugt. The one
To Cure La Orlppo In Two Days
Ttke Ltistlvt Bromo Qnlnlot Tablets. All drag
gilts rsfuod tht rooaey If It falls to euro, u, w,
Urort't ilgntture It on etch box. 35e, Ai
' " wiwaBigiWtWui.iwiiiiiwi'tiiiii'l'r'ii
that wae nnt burning, except as the
artworks people on bonrd of hor burned
things systematically, butted hor way off
among the excursion craft, creating the wild
est excitement among the captains and pas
sengers. The men on her had absolutely
no way of controlling her actions and nil they
could do was to keep on setting off fireworks.
When the fire on the Mara wat put out the King
went out nnd caught tho uninjured float and
brought her In to the remains or the Mars.
All of her fireworks had been exhausted while
she was standing still, and those on the Mars
that had not been prematurely exploded were
soaked to th flotilla went Inglorioutly down
the river to the lower hay.
Thero a big stock ot colored fir was bor
rowed from another float and the two boats
Joined those from the North Blvor In illuminat
ing the Bay. Whllo thus engaged, tht Mars
humped Into the exaurslon stenmer Pleasure
Bay and nearly scared her passengers to death,
Nobody wnt hurt, but the tttamer't forward
rail was torn away.
cnttKits yon i.irTott's tacut mix.
The Cup Clinlltnger and lilt Guests Cor
dially Ilecelveil All Along the Line.
The T.rin led the starboard eolumn In th
yachting division of the parade. This was the
tvottof honor In the division, and Sir Thomas
Llpton appreciated It very rauoh. He had on
board a large party of guests, among whom
were 8lr Henry Burdotte, K. C. B the Hon.
Charles Itustell, Prince Leopold do Croy
Folre, Princo Boglnntd do Croy-Holre.
William Gibson. A. 1). Pravand. M. P.,
Col. Bharman-Crawford. Vice-Commodore ot
the Boyal Ulster Yncht Club. II. C. Kelly, Hugh
Macgildowney, Chevalier de Martlno, II. H.
King, a South African mine owner, William
Barrie. Max Muller. Joe Lyons. Mr. and Mrn.
Hlegel. Mrs. and Miss Cleggett. John Young,
William Fife. Jr., Thomas Batter and Dr. J.
Held Mackay.
At Bay Ridgo whtro the Erin lay at anchor
during the morning she was nlmott as much
on attraction ns the Olympla. and tho tugt nnd
excursion steamers circled around the British
yacht, and tht excursionists cheored Sir
Thomas Llpton ond tho Shamrock. About 11
o'clock tho Lrln moved over to Tompkinsvllle
to take hor position In the lino of parade and
when she reached that point tho cho'erlng wat
heartier thaa ever. Sir Thomas was on tho
bridge and ho was kept constantly raising
his hat In acknowledgment. A crowd of pretty
girls on the tugboat Charm took up a position
near the T.rin and tang "The Wearing of the
Green." "The Harp That Once Thro' Tnra's
Halls "and "Como Back to Erin." la acknowl
edgment of this tho party on tho Erin cheored
tht serenaders, Sir Thomas leading the cheer
ing. When tho Erin steamed up the river with tht
thousand other cratt sho was rccognlrcd on
all sides and saluted. The reception given to
tho yncht wat a Burprlse to Sir Thomas's party
who had expected that they would bo allowed
to do honor to Dowey without any notlco being
takon of them. After returning to the nnchor
age Sir Thomas said: "I had expected that tho
parade would be a big demonstration, but I
nover dreamed of anything llko what wo did
see. I never saw anything llko the enthusl
aim." The Hon. Charles Bussell said: "The naval
demonstration at Hpithead during the CJuoen's
jubilee was a great display of warships but
there were not nearly so many excursion boats
out then as there wero to-day and nothing llko
the enthusiasm. It was a grand show. As for
tho greetings to Sir Thomns, they wero very
gratifilng and show that in this country all are
true sportsmen nnd If Shamrock It the better
boat you will bo quite willing that tho cup
shall bo taken away,"
In tho ovcnlnc the Erin was illuminated from
stem to storn. Kho anchored nstern ot the
warships off Eightieth street. Threo thousand
Incandescent electrlo llghtt wero strunc nbout
tho yacht, one string teaching from tho bow
ovor the mastheads to the stern. Over the
smokestack in lottors formed of crocn light
wns the word "Erin " Thlt was surmounted
byn shamrock also in green. Forward was the
American fing nnd aft tho English jack, both
formed of electrlo lights. Fireworks were set
off from her launches and other boats which
wero moored near the yacht.
nortOKRY A I'lllXT OF VASTAOF.
Gum nml Wlilatlrs ltnnr There Model In
I'iro of Olympin nt tllffiltle.
Hoboken took an nctlvo part In the Dewoy
celebration yesterdny. People flocked Into that
city from many points, nnd evory place of van
tage along the river front wns occupied. The
Stevens family issued tickots to their friends
for admission to the giounds on Castle Point,
which offered n choice position from which
to view the parade. The point was crowded
all day.
When the procession hove In sight on Its
journoy up the river every whistle and Are bell
In the city screamod a welcomoto the lioronnd
Ills gallant crew. Two largo cannon, one of
which had oeen borrowed from the Stnto and
tho other from the Boys' Brigade of Hudson
County, wero stntlonod in Hudson Square
Park and eeventoen shots were Arod from
each. Tho Boy's Brigade gnu wns undor com
mand of Brlgadler-Gen. Chailes W. Laws ot the
Brigade. The other was manned by a detach
ment from tho Fourth Beglmont N G., N. J
under the command of Lieut. John T. Prtngle.
The old sloop ot war Portsmouth, thn training
ship ot the Battalion of the East Nnval Iteservo.
ot New Jettey. was nnchored off 110th street,
this city, where she did duty as n stake boat
during the parade. Tho tugboat Edna was
kept husy carrying visitors from HoboUtn to
the Portsmouth. Among thoso who viewed
tho parade from tho Portsmouth wtro Gov.
Foster M. Voorhees, Secretary of State George
Wurts. State Comptroller W. S. Hancock. Col.
Haltey, ot Newark, and Major Edward
IIoos. Col. Pamuel I). Dickinson and Post
matter P. Farmer Wanser, of Jersey City.
The shins lying at tho piers of tho Hamburg
American. North German Lloyd, Scandinavian
American and Holland-American steamship
companies were trimmed from mast-lops to
dtek with strings of Aogs. The plcrt were
alto decorated, A largo portrait ot Admiral
Dewey, twelvo feet square, was displayed on
the end ot one of tho plor of tho North German
Lloyd steamship Company
The demonstration arranged by the Progres.
slve Club, ot Cllffsldo Park, was carried out to
tlio lettor. At night the Itrgo model ot tho
Olympin which tho members erected on thu
bluffs overlooking tlio Hudson was Illumi
nated. The model Is IfjO feet long
nnd 45 feet high. It was was ono of tht
most conspicuous displays on tlio Jetsey Hhotn
during the night. On the trout of tho terry
house of the West Shore ltailroad in Yteohaw
kon was a largo sign bearing the words: "Fire
when you are ready. Grldloy " The sign was
illuminated by :,(M)0 electric lights. Another
sign with the words. "Welcome Dewey," was
displayed over thn depot ot the Lackawanna
ltailroad in llobokon.
unman xt.run so cnoirnnn.
During the Fireworks T.mt Evening Even
Mall Wngons Had to fie ltetinrred.
Ilie largest crowd that ever tried to find
seats or standing room on the Brooklyn Bridge,
trains or trolley ctrs on n hot Sunday In
midsummer was a mere handful when
compared with tho thrones of natlvos nnd
visitors who took possession ot the big bridge
structure last night and swarmed back and
forth on the promenade, on both roadways and
In the cart. In order to see tho fireworks nnd to
get a near view ot the thirty-six-foot letters
that spelled out In a blar.o ot light, "Welcome
Dewey."
Tho north nnd touth roadwayt were closed
to all wagon trafflo at t):'J0 o'clock. An excep
tion was mado at first in favor of mall wagons,
but nt H.UO o'clock tht roadways were
so jammed with people that even Uncle
Barn's own wagons could not go
through, and after that the mill wagons wont
over the ferrle. Bloyc'et n er i also barred and
tht wheelmen made much more fuss about It
than the carriage drivers. Ono d'sgruntled
wheelman delivers a hartngue to the crowd
that was trying to get by him and his machine
on the immediate nectttlty ot a blcyclt path on
tht Bridge. Tho rldtr wat becoming more un
popular every mlnuto, and finally aorae one
yelled: "Oh, dry up; don't you know that
Dtwty'a here?" Thon the wheelman disap
peared, Chitf Engineer Martin said that last night's
crowd was the largest ever on the Bridge and
that the structure had stood the test most sat
Isfactorlly. There was not the sltshtest dan
ger ct any time.
A special force ot 073 policemen. In
command of Cnpt. John W. Eaton, kept
the crowds moving, enforced tho rules
against the crossing ot teams and bicycles
and compelled the thousand ot podestrlnns
going east to take the promenade and to walk
back on the roadways. There was no clash
betweon crowds trying to go In opposite direc
tions. Tho only part of the promenade on
which the jam was ur.comfortablo was between
thoentrancoot tho west end and the stops just
thlt side of the towarson tho Manhattan side.
Botwcen thoso two points there were ftvo
mlnuto periods when It wns literally Impossible
to move forward more than n foot. But beyond
tho steps the crowd got straightened out and
moved forward In on orderly procession to the
Brooklyn end.
The trafflo on the trolley cars, the Bridge
trains nnd the Kings County elevated trains
was just as heavy as tho rush ot walkers on
tho promonades and roadways. Extra cars were
running on nearly nil the lines, and after nu
merous dolnys early In the evening thty ran In
good time on halt-minute headway. At either
end of the Bridge the cart wero almott
within arm's length of oach othor, but be
tween the towors the motormen tried,
with more or less success, to observe
the rule that tholr cars should bel02fontapatt.
Another rule for Bridge cars was obsnrved
more carefully, and that was rolntlve to the
taking on or letting off passengers while on
the Bridge. Onoverybox car tho gates wore
shut and on ovory open car tho side bars were
let down ns soon ns tho start across was mado,
and no stops wero mnae on tho Bridge.
It was not possible to set and approclato to
the best ndvantage tho "Welcomo" tlgn from
tho brldgo Itself. On tho roadway directly
under tho devlco. everything glowod with n
brightness to be 'expected of al2-J,000cnndlo-power
lllumlnntlon, and any ono of fair eye
sight would have had no trouble in rending
the smallest print ns long ns the current was
on. During tho evening nn occasional work
man cllmbod the tall ladders to replace some
burned out Ineandeseont globe, and then the
crowd wanted to stop nnd watch
The pollco wore even more Insistent upon a
strictly promonnde view of tho dovleo tlmr.
thoy wore of othor sights, and not n solitary
lounger could remain nenr tlio sign, The de
vice was of such length, however, and tho
promenade was mado at such a slow pace that,
with tho simplicity ot construction of tho
whole thing, any ono who wanted to. could
t.ike a mental memorandum ot tho sign for
.rupllcntlon elsowhoro.
Beside the sign thn searchlights mounted
on the south end of cither tower helped to turn
night Into dny. Besides theso two thero wore
n pair of searchlights on Brooklyn Heights, on
tho pilot houses of tho Sound steamers tied
up nt Enst Illver dooks, nnd on tho roots
of tall buildings. There wero fully n
dozen playing on tho East Blvor from
both Ehoros and tlio Brldgo. A big white
stenmor crowded with peoplo would bo lighted
up for several minutes nnd then allowed to dis
appear in thn darkness. Then ngaln the great
shafts of light would appear to battle with
each other llko giant fencers pnrrying and
thrusting. iVnrly every one of tho big ofllco
buildings in Manhattan was lighted on every
floor and decorated with colored lights.
It was to view this wilderness of colored
light across which the great searchlights con
stantly played that caused the crowd to linger
nnd helped to crowd the first hundred yards of
the Bridge promenade. Tho coming of tht
rain cleared tho blockade effeotunlly.
a no Attn Tin: 31o.movtii,
How the Governor nml His Pnrty Passed
the Dny nnd Liming,
Tho Government of the State of New York,
executive, legislative and judlolal, taw tho
parade and fireworks from the decks of the
Monmouth. Gov Boosevtlt and his staff ar
rived aboard early and got n rousing reoeptlon,
Tho Governor went ton stateroom, which Ad
miral John ltnlnes. commander-ln-ohlef of the
Monmouth, and a Htato Senator from Ontario
County when he Isn't otherwise engaged, wns
thoughtful enough to provldo for him Tho
staff went to Its stateroom, looked In. saw tho
sieof itnnd then distributed Itself over the
boat.
Capt. Andrews, ono of the Governor's aides,
remarked as he turned away from the state
room: "That's just nbout largo enough for tho bot
tles. We'll be nround Inter."
Lieut -Gov. Woodruff was not aboard: but.
so far as could be learned, he was about the
only member ot tho Stnto govornmont who
wasn't.
I'nlted States Senator Bedfleld Proctor of
Vermont was there ns tho Governor's guest.
Besides, thore were Superintendent of Public
Works Partridge. State Engineer and Surveyor
Bond. Comptioller Morgan. ex-Coniptrollcr
Bohorts, Speaker S. Fred Nixon. Justice Wil
liam J. Gaynor. Fishorlos Commissioner Wil
liam U. Weed of Potsdam, and State Commit
teeman William W. Worden of Saratoga.
Tho Monmouth ran down to Fort Wnds
worth. turned around and came back toTomp
klnsvlllo, where sho anchored and waited for
the parade to start While she lay there the
quarantine boat Gov. Flower ran alongside
nnd a naval militiaman Aboard began to, wig
wng. Presently n boyish voico from tho Flower
called out:
"Hello. Papal"
"Hollo. Tod I" wont back the answer from
the Monmouth, nnd thon many of those uboarn
the larger boat, and overybndy on the smaller
boat, knew that "Papa " was Gov. Itoosavelt,
and "Ted " was Theodore Booeevolt, Jr. Mrs.
Boosevelt. Miss Alice Boosevelt and one of the
other Boosevelt boys were on the Flower, with
Mrs. Charles F. Hoe, Mrs. Afery D.Andrews,
Mrs. Jacob Miller, nnd some other friends.
Luncheon wns servod nboard the Monmouth
whllo she was waiting forthopjrado to start.
IVAllSlliVS ALL Jl.l.VitlXlUh
They Stood Out Like Vcsse.lt of Fire In the
Dnrknees nf the Night.
Tho warships anchored off lOOtli street Ia9t
night, with tho exception of the Lancaster and
the Chicago, wore brilliantly Illuminated and nt
a shoit distance looked llko ships of llame
against the sky. Only a few of tho excursion
stoamers visited tho Aeet during the evening
because of tho counter attraction furnished by
the fireworks exhibited at tho Batteiy. and the
majority of the sightseers afloat thereby
missed one of the most magnificent spectacles
ever seen In these vvuters.
The Illumination ot the Brooklyn wat tho
finest of all. Ineandeseont lights outlined tier
hull, masts and threo toll smokestacks. The
turrets wore almost entirely inclosed In circles
of light, and the big guns projecting from
them were wrapped In the same fashion as the
smokestacks. At the stern the name, "Brook
lyn." was shown In letters of Are,
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The entire outlines of these two vessels were
shown In brilliant lights, even to the smallest
detail, such as the signal rnrd on the. foremast
nnd the dentine tops. The New York and
Texas were also fine Aro ploturos, but little
attempt In this line was mado on tho Olrmpla.
Tho officers of the Chicago had no
tlmo to fix up their Teasel, and no at
tempt to llluralnnto tht Lancaster wns
mado. The Illumination ot the Olrmpla
consisted ot a ions ttrlne of Incandescent
lights, running from the bow to the top of the
foremast, across to the main mast and down to
tho stern. Under the bridge wat the name of
the Angshlp In Inige letters.
Tht ships from a short dlstanct looked like
a phantom fleet nnd made nflne show lor ob
servers along ltlverthle Drlvo or aAoat. Bur
rounding tho fleet were scores of steam vaohts,
all brllllantlr Illuminated, adding to tht beautr
ot tht spectacle.
CREDIT FOIt DIHTBT'S HKLKCTIOX.
Secretary I.nna Snyi It Uelong" tn No Un
man l.clng Etcept Dewey Himself
Wasiunotok, Sept. 20. Another chnpterwas
added by the Secretary ot the Navy to-day to
the controversy. If it can bo so called, at to who
was rtsponslblo for Admiral Dewey's assign
ment to tho command of tho Asiatlo naval
station. The subject came up inciden
tally botweon President McKlnley and
Secretary Long at the Cabinet meeting
this morning, and Mr. Long found
that tho President agreed with him ns
to the clrcumttancot connected with tho selec
tion of Dowey. In conversation with Tns Sun
representative this afternoon Secretary Long
reiterated what he had said yostordarconcsrn
lng the way In which Dewey's solectlon for tho
Asiatlo billet was brought about and added
some Interesting things about tho port played
In tho matter by the Bureau of Navigation,
whoso chief then, ns now. is Hear Admlial A,
8. Crownlnthleld. Accordlugto the Secretary's
stotoraent Admiral Dewey was the natural
choice of tho bureau for several reasons. The
Secretary repeated that Dewey was his own
choice of the ofllcert who had been suggested
for tho place. To tho reporter Mr. Long said:
"It is true that, as olton happens, some
Senators and others wrote or spoke to me and
to the President about Dewey's tisslgnment to
the Asiatlo squadron in 1H07. and some others
about nnother officer for tho tame command.
Hut tho President's memory is. and mine is
the same, that I had no werd or suggestion
from him nbout the matter till I callod
on him ono day and said: 'Here are
two or threo names for the place, of
which I recommend Dewer't.' Ho approved
my selection, which was the first time the
matter waa spoken of tiotwcon us. he bolng
satlsAed from what he already know and
from the Information I had obtained thnt
Dowey had tho uualltles of level-hcadedness
and discretion needed for tho place. The mat
ter had been canvassed by me with the Uureau
or -Navigation, which Is chargod with such
matters. It wat a natural selection, nnd would
have been mads If not nn outsldo word had
been snld. Tho credit of It belongs to no
humnn being except Dewoy himself, who, by
renson of his special fltnees, by rank, by his
turn to go to sea and command a tnuadron,
and by bis meritorious qualifications, was the
natural designation of tho lluroau of Navigation."
he irir.r. vi.ay "nr. capttax."
Ttnndmnster Souin Will rtepny To-dny nn
Honor Dane Him by the Olympin Long Ago.
Sousn, when ho marches with his band to
dny, just ahead of tho Admiral and tho
Olympla's men. will have his musi
cians play numerous selections from
his operu "LI Capltnn." and it Is
probable that they will he rlayed with as much
dash and feeling as they linvo ever been. There
lsveiygood reason to oxpect thlt. for when
Dowey's squadron sailed out of Mlrs Hay on its
way to attack Manila, tho ships were
in close order with tho Olympla lead
ing anil hor baud gaily playing the
march fiom "El t'apltnn." Ilandmastor
Sousa was immensely pleased when he read
of this Inter and in return for tho honor thus
done his composition ho propotes to whoop It
up to-day for tht flagship's men.
lill.I.KD TRYISU TO SAVK A IMY'a HIT.
Joseph .Smith Ilnu Into n Horning Hinohlyn
House nnd Was Ilrnnght Out Hand.
While tho occupants ot the four-story brick
flat house at L'3 Poplar streot. Brooklyn, were
on the roof watching the display ot fireworks
last night, a lamp In the parlor of Charles Cox
ontjhe Arst flat exploded nnd set flro to the
building. The flames spread quickly and in a
few minutes a secorad alarm was soundoJ.
Somo one In the ttreet cried out that John
Anderson, the young son of O A. ADdorson.
wns In Ills room on tho third floor. Joseph
Smith ot H'J l'ulton street, who was pass
ing nt the time, dashod Into the burn
ing building, followed by William O'Con
nor, n HcKenney ttreet boy. rescued young
Anderson, but Smith wa overcome by the
smoke, and after tho fir; wat put out his
dead botiy was found lying on tho ttalra lead
log to the roof. Ills body was removed to the
Fulton ttreet poller statl n Young O'Connor
was burnod on tho right hand and nose.
The tenants who were on the roof were
panlo strlckon when they learned that the
house wbb on Arc. They ran to the odge of the
roof and esciped by jumping to the roof of tho
next building, ton feet lower. In jumping
Mrs. (1. A. Anderson had hor right knee cap
injurod.
amreva nosros risir.
He Writes That Ho Cannot He Definite
About It Until Hu Goes to Waitilnctoa.
Boston. Sept. if.). Wallace D. Itobinson,
President of the Boston Chamberof Commerce
and Chairman of tho Joint Committee of that
body nnd the Home Market Club on tho Dewey
visit to Boston, received this letter to-day;
"On board tub rLAOSHIpOuMPIA.
, "New Yonit. Sept, M. 1Ms.
" It allart p. iVjinitm, f'Aairman, o(nf t'orsmlttfr,
"I have the honor to acknowledge the rectlpt
of our letter of Sept. HO. inviting me to be In
Boston In November. I thank you for your
oourteous letter and cordial invitation, but
regret that I cannot make nny engagement
until after I have boen to Washington. The
Secretary of the Navy has conferred with me
regarding the subject ot a visit to Boston, tnd
I have requested htm to leave tht mattor opea
until after I have eetu him. Very tinctrelr
yours,
"QEonac Dkwkt,"
rinz Plying In Holland on Dewey Days.
United Btatos Consul Hill at Am tterdam, Hol
land, tent a cablegram to the Chairman of the
Committee ot Arrangements yesterday In
whloh he tald that be had raised ths Amtrlcan
flag over the consulate In honor of Admiral
Dewey and his men and that tho flag would fly
time throughout the two days of theotlebra
tlon In Now lorfc,
(invernnr, nt Quarantine Last Nlaht.
Gov. and Mrs. Boosovtlt and tht Gover
nor's staff and party visited Quarantine last
evening as tht guestt of Dr. Doty on board th
steamer Oov. P ower and watehed from thtrt
tht display of flrworka In Nw fork.
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Derby Hats, - - $4 & $3
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CLEANSING StsssUR
ORDER OF THE LEAllIXa BOAT.1. I
Progrnmnin Modified n 1. title Chicago Latt M
of the Hlg Warthlpt. A
This was tho order of tho leading vessel in lfB
theparado: H
Police Dost Petrol.
Firoboats New Yurker and Van Wrox. Jjvfl
Olynipit, pio erted oruuer. titgshjp of
Admiral Dewey.
Btndy Hook, ctirrlag the Ilsyor end otber
city official!.
New York, armnrel miliar, flsgthlp of Bear
Aimlrsl Sampson.
InilUns, bsttleebip. flnt-clm.
Ifavaotiuactt. battleship, Orst-cltes. -
Texts, battleship, neeond-cUst.
Brnoklvn. armored cruiser.
Torpeda boat Porter and Dupont.
Marietta, gunboft.
Lancaster, gunnery ship, full rlzed. type of old
Navy llarifiird data.
Qcnrplon, tualUary cruller.
Chicago, protected cruder, nagahlp of Hear Admiral
The torpedo lMiats Krlrsson. VTlQilow anl Cuehlng.
Itercnue cuttora Manning, Aurnninlu, Qreab.u, I
Wlndnm tnd Onondaga. 1
Transport! S-duwlck. McPherson and MoCleltan. I
MlMoun, hoapltal ship. I
Bteamer Monmouth nrlnir 11 an of the State of Hew
York and havtnir on board representatives of the
Naval Militia ot New York. The Monmouth to bt
followed by other v esiels of ths Naval Militia.
Oeneral Slucum having on haarj toe General
Committee of Citlsone.
Olen I-latul, having on board tht General Cora-.
mltlto of Citizen.
Mount Hope, having on board tht gielaUvt
Jlranch of the City Government.
Warwick, having on board Heade of City Depart
luenta. P
Matteawan, having on board Members of the Frees.
After this camo the yaohts, than tht mor
chant vessel?, and last the smaller craft.
DKnKT'S S1IIFM4TE YEAR AGO.
John Donne of Jersey City Wantt to near
from tho Men ot the Waliotli.
John Doane of West Bldo avenue, Jersey
City, who served In lH38nnd 1850 aboard th
frigate Wabash, when Admiral Dewey was a
midshipman on the frigate. Is anxious to learn
If there nro any other tailors in this part of tht
country that wero on the Wabash then, lie
wants to hear from them so that he may
arrange a visit to the Admiral btforo ho leave
for Washington. DoanolsOj years old.
Dicirr.v Alien is fiximikd.
r J
Workmen Were Iluir on It Until Xenn, fl
Mldnlglit-rc-nce Htlll Vp. W ,
j AP tho fears that had been expressed durloc r
the past week that tho Dewey Arch would not ' '
bo lompletod in time tor the parade
to-day wore sot at rest shortly befor
11 o'clock last night, whoa the workmen quit
and began to tear down the scaffolding. This
work was soon completed and the only
wood loft standing was tlio board fenet)
that was erected to keep tho crowd out. That
will not be removed until a short time b-fors
the parade is due to reach the arch. All thai u
extra police guard was withdrawn, only four
men remaining thero ou duty.
Bnyonne's t'pronr In Honor ot the Admlrnl.
Tht patriotic people of Bayonne. N. J raid
a lot of noise in honor ot Admiral Dewtyyos
torday. At sunrise, from all of the big bells uf
tht city's llrc-nlarm syttem. an alarm of four
tent was sounded, The whistles of ths big X
oil refineries and other factories at Constabl 4
VS0 Jo'n'' .In Hi? roar, each shrieking nn
Admiral s salute of sevtntten b asts of two
minutes' duration eaoh. The locomotlvea
In the Now Jersoy, Central Italiroad's
roundhouse, the bells of churches and
schoolhouaes and tho whistles of various tinsll
factories added to the uproarious salute, whloh
could bo heard for mllei vlusketry and fog.
horns also augmented ths din At noon th
salute was repeated. Admiral Dewey wa In. j
in!,"1,!? b,..l'"rB,",. L "' monitratlon' m
Import. Ihroughout the city, places of butl. 'm
nest and reeldeaets wtrt profusely decorated 1
with llagt and bunting, and thousand of por
traits ot the nation's naval hero wero dis
P ayed. In the evening thero were numerous
displays of fireworks. This morning Company
)Lt0.llr,rhT?"'Jm.nt- Si,0- N- J- under com.
tnand of I.Jout. Jnmtt It. Uatchel. and a dt.
taohment of former members of Company L f,
fourth Begiment. Ntw Jertey Volunte.ara.wtlT
leave town to take part In tht big land parad.
Ttnth Penneylrajila Leaves Philadelphia, V
rjm.APET.rnu. Bopt. 2n.-Tha members of
the Tenth I'ennylvanla Beglmont vltlted th
National Exrort Exposition this afUrnoon.
They wore welcomed by Mayor Athbrldga and
?Jj.!i0.r:(?nei;?1 Wilton. Col. Barnott pr.
r'renie.dKt0o,h0 1ltT..a nnon that wat captttrtd
vVSino' SJJlf.'IV'11 tn PhlllPPlntsTfhll
ii.n 'I?0' .t". mtmbers of th Third
Beglment. tho Ttnth left for Ntw York
Modern Plumbing.
Have you seen our Bironial Baths
and Porcelain Lavatories built into tha J
room? Architects, Sanitary Engl- J
neers and all interested unite in saying
that as a combination of artistic skill I
and sanitary progress they stand far I
above anything in this line ever pro. 1
duced. 1
THE J. L MOTT IRON WORKS 1
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