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1789 - 1889 .
Grail Cflitration
tlie Nation’s Birtii.
THREE DAYS OF
CNF HUNDRED YEARS SINCE
WASHINGTON TOOK THE
OATH OF OFFICE.
EXCITEMENT IN NEW
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M AtlTHA WASiriMiTOV.
On April tin, ITh'J, (’< 'ill: stitutional Govern
ment in t 11 United Stales was ushered in
wit be inaugu; •ation of George Washington
1 it Pre lent at Federal Hall in Now
General Washington had traveled by
' o.’ich from Mount, Vernon to Elizabethtown
N. J fi journey being one continuous ova
l ion, At Elizabcthtosvu in was conveyed in
H b,l 1 by thirle-u harbor pilots and
followed by a pn sion of boats to the city.
T re ilii. mstallntion M’emonies took place
< u April GO in Federal Hall, located at Wall
and Broad stri •et, on the site ot what is now
the massii United Btatc s Wub-Trei ui-y
building.
And now n hundred years after that mi
mentous event, the Centennial of the birth of
Constitutional Government has been cel<
,,, ., i ..., ' ... <q tuailel'.'d ,, , . magmft
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ccuce There ha\ bmi three days of na
tionnl rejoicing in the Mctrcqiolui. Three
days marked with parade on land and s •a,
banque recept ions, decorat ions, fireworks
mni illuuiin.itions. The Empire City was
> me vast t*'Id of decorative display. Flags
ind bunting waved and fluttered every where
throughout the length and breadth of the
. nsi; city. The humblest tenement as well
is the proud" t mansion rendered tril.ute to
Il IVOR occasion I a display of the
national . , colors , or gaily decorated picture
die immortnl Washington of
all parts of the V isifors from
>tmi ry came j'ourmg into
the city by o\ ■ry train, and it is estimated
«*.:<. t at 1 t 500,(KK)strangers were in town
o view ijic ceremonies • A detailed account
>1 what occurred during the three "days of
Hi 1 C ntcimial Celebration is subjoined.
Till: FIRST DAY.
The j’rt'Slilfiu LmluuP.v , •• v>, nq.qj,.
poet for Yew York.
I’lv-i lent Harrison, M s. Harrison, the
President's Private See.iofnrv; the other im
mediate metitbi'rs ol the President’s party,
mi'iulHjrs of thet'abiucl, the Vice-President
■uid th” Justices of the t cited States Supreme
Court, came on from Washington in a special
tram, reaching Elizabethtown early Monday
itiormn
\t Elizabethtown the 1;; car of the
train was detached. This was the President’s
*’ur. i’ll, •es, of the train went on to Eltz;:
befhiKirt riw I-’resident and his family were
received at Elizabethtown by (vovernor
GriH'tt and taken to the Governor’s house,
vluM br. kfast was served, l’resulcnt Har¬
vlson at his breakfast at U< mor Green's
met some of the distinguished men f New
Jersey.
After breakfast there was a proi
which the President reviewed, Over KKK)
persons in line. There were five stands and
t hree arciie Cousjiicuous in the parade were
forty-two school girls ures.-ed iti white and
carrying and banners. ^\ll tli < church bells rang
the town and port were lavishly decora
ted. The President was brought down in his
special car, aud, with his party, was taken i:i
.a launch from the float of the Alcyone Boat
flub to the Goveriunen V OSS' ‘1 Disnatch. The
launch had to b - used, lavause the water at
the shore is only three feet deep aud the Dis
patch draws sixteen feet. The exact spot
wh’-re Washington stepped from ihe Jersey
shore is not known, but the boat club float is
within 100 feet of it.
Uriva.e <•11 the Dispatch were the President, his
the \ Secretary, President, and live personal friends:
tec the eight members of the
Cabinet, the seven Supreme Court Justices.
Admiral Porter. Rear Admiral Jouett. Com¬
modore ..unsay, one military and one nava
f'acretary, < .overran- Mp ’reeu, t mv. of rnor New Hill, Jersey; of | New the York:
seven¬
t UU 1 ters of the Committee on Recep
tion, i uatnr.a of the Committee on
1 r.uisjion ion and Genera! Govenun<mt
Mrs. Ha tsoi; and the ladies of the Pres.'
deutial party wer. m buani the
Sirius. that They w itnessal tee naval u parnc.
from steamer, and then were landfs! at
\\ es; Twentv-third street, from
pom; tisey w ere taken to their el
The Grand Nava! Parade.
The liuo of twelv r .
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w in< d like .Id in t iTi
been mounted on the for eras Gees and wc;
USCvl 1 saluting.
The pai*ade was a grand or M : r sh: ...
the beat Navy, steam yachts, steau; r\*;s,
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Tin war ships were in holidavattire. Flags
and 1 Minting were displayed in abundance.
Signs 1 flags knotted l< get her were run over
PAt’h *h)T> from Iriw to -tern, and mast to
inning From at the water’s edge directly
i tti ’ « here the streamers ran
it or j; tlx then t > the fore
true from t here over t< the lofty
tho mizzen royal truck, de
hi outr of the spanker gaff bf*
t \T taffraff c iver t
>. and finally ending at the water’s frige
venue cutters—the Grant.
each fror Baltir >r<?.
>rli on, ndy Phils delphia and B<
Han Hook pilots had six pilot teats
F' a rade. and ever 460 merchant craft
o in the line.
ver anti Sound steamboats and lgs
am two grand division
u,r junior rear adn:
: ? nautical g »Lship St. Mary's K>k
;*a rt in the demoi but was an
chored in the East .iver, dr« • — d in flags,and
Wj the Di at ched her yards
I by the Gi j tame as on the
A small tug from the Brooklyn Navv Yard
stationed at the eu trance of the Kill von
K a . .ti soon as the President's vessel came
m ’ lit signal flag was displayed. The when
war
> man
aloft, and s lay
the decks, man bluejackets yards,” was trumjKited acroi
in Sunday attire ran
into the ship rigging and up into the tops,
ready When to Jay out on the yard arms.
the order "Lav out!” wa sounded
the sailors walked out on top of the lofty
yard the President's and, facing teat down the bay from where
approached, saluted the
Commander-in-Chief. With the order "Lay
<jut, ’ the first fired from the flagship
was
other Chicago, dost followed by those froni the
full Prcsidciitial warships in salute tlie fleet. ot Each shipfireda
The Chicago’s twenty-one guns.
brass band in full dresi
the National air as the President passed, and
dm sailors gave three Rousing cheers.
’" ' s " I rewden ■ p ts j, ed the wai
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Liripatcliiiii'l the river ijaradc began
i he Dispatch steamed to a position off
vVall street, wheri^she was anchored while
the review v.as held.
i be course of the parade was around Gov
erroi Island into the East River, taking
the east shore, passing tho President’s boat
°n her starboard side and continuing up the
East River to the stak" boat off Ni ewtown
Creek, thence down <>u the west
shore of the East River, around
the Battery, up North River to
Fifteenth street, around the stake boat to the
west shore, down the west shore of the Hud
son, passing Island the flagship in review off Gov
ernoi • s and dismissal.
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port and all th- great foreign steamers were
, XfSn ln Uie r teSiS h TT\ , tefte ,
squadron bv its dipping Commodore of colors causetl and salute blowing
given «t f
JTS a
TfwJ , R V aU F* ' V a "n u ab y r "«1 a il t
m ite war ships at anchor about i ( Thirtieth
'.to ( V,.. . . '-lore . the ., \
j, Admiral ’ ^otr (CvLinribb 1 ' s Island, the same ice sa
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j-.. i’to ’ b hX . t l0 wa el
tiont, „. t on both t, the . i, hast i t and North rivers. The m
able firing of caimou and the tooting of inmuner
whistles were responded to with
ttious cheers from the assembled multitude.
All in all, the marine parade was tl 5
greatest ever witnessed in this country, Si
not iu the world.
The President Lands.
On Hi.-amval of the Presidential party in
. he Last, River, opposite Wall street, a barge
manned from by Marine a civ w of twelve shipmasters
th” Kociety of the Port of New
N ’•i-k. with Captain Ambrose Snow Prosi
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sr-rts-wriSK \V.as
Irons-ra and mil silk hat.-. The barge
' I ijuacn I’apiolami uad bolopgs to
Dispatch. The momh rs of the Marine Bo
ciet v a; rain unfurled the old banner borne
bcfoi'c U ashington on his march up Wall
street April1789. The banner is five feet
square, and was originally of white. The
inline of the sect, ty is on it in gold and blue
letters. W hen the barge reached the pier at
Wei! sire -t. and the Pn sident had landed
s ’ «!„. eh' if the nibled thousands
. -ers ass
: alutrom. ntj-.me guns was fired. ’
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>: wa< • ci.v'ef n- l bv Governor
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was ’. .....I to-.-.ll l,\ ; G innitt* •> on
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;>.um. G.melius N. Blis>, Fivderlck S. Tafl
mr.lg.’ a-id s mui >1 D. Babovk
> id Gar;-,;...—The Governor of th ■
• of N.nv V. -k , c J; > lack at. with
rhiixi Garria.v-Tlie Vice-President of the
F.il;.,d Suikn t! > Lieutenant-Governor of
tuoStatcof New Y'ork, the Ghairraan of the
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Fourth Carriage—The St . retaries of the
Tivasury. War and Navv. Secretary Blaine
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At th. Equitable Building President Harri
sou v.as ' ‘i maliy welcomed to the city of
New York
The main hall of the building was hand
> ” ly de-c'rated with flags, banners and
’rtraiis
The inaugural . W: : h was sung at th
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• me these v.h received the President
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AftG* the recepi.on the party repaired to
the rooms c-f the Lawyers’ Club in the build
ing. where the banquet was served.
- at rooms v civ hacdsoaielv deerated with
emblematic Sowmag devices. pkinjs, floral emhlawys a nd
A foil length noSe^n postrait
AV.^hingioa. by Pwde, nowih
of the Boudiuot family, was hung facing the
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President’s table. At that table also one
eoui'seof the banquet was served on a set of
^hia a used hv General Washington at Borden
t/AVU when iie visited the residence of General
p., niI ,- irit
At the banquet the invited guests included
representatives all of all the learned profes
ns, mercantile pursuits and manufac¬
turing interests, tlie various exchanges, Ger¬
man societies, foreign consuls and descend¬
ants of distinguished Frenchmen.
Public Reception at the City Hall.
At the close of the reception in the Equita¬
ble Building the line of march was resumed
to the City Hall, where a public reception
was given by the President in the Governor’s
SSL 11 «rrs C< eS t’ mada Ui r a f ° rt address *, of
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tte'X’r 0 " WhiCh th President witb
e governor on r his right , hand and
a b rass railing Governor Hill was on his
ri ght and Mayor Grant on his left.
In the short time allotted to the reception
a constant stream of people entered the Gov
ernor’s room to pay their respects to the
iProsiddit
At noon the reception ended and the Presi
dent was driven to the home of Stuyvesant
p ish , No. 20 Gramerey Park, where'he aud
Mrs. Harrison dined.
Centennial Inauguration Ball.
In the evening at 9 o’clock the centennial
ball was given in the Metropolitan Opera
House.
The Mayor of the city of New York, as
“ lld as Chan-nian of the Committee on
the Centennial Celebration of the Inaugu
ration of George V ashmgton as President of
th * Unit f d States, arrived at the Metro
politan Opera House at a quarter past 10
z?&g$zss &<sfc
brought the M >.,v
tlie State of New York and Mrs. Harrison,
the \ ice-President and Mrs, Morton, tho
Lieuteuant-Govcrnor and Mrs. Jones.
Tb, ‘ manager of the ball,Mr. E. C. Stanton,
met the President at his carriage and con
ducted him into the building, where the
formal reception by the Mayor took place,
The members of the Signal Corps and of the
Second Battery were draivn up m line m the
vestibule. As Mr. Stanton escorted the Presi
dent through the Broadway entrance eight
trumpets After were blown
the reception the guests above named
were conducted to the floor in the following
order escorted by :i President. guard of honor:
The Mayor. The The Governor,
The V ice-President and Mrs. Harrison.
The Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Morton.
T he 1 resident of the General Committee and
Mrs. Jones.
T o front £ of £ the Presidents box the Chair
w?s’>r a 1 ,he riled Committee to the Chairman on Entertainment of the Exe
U ,rivm^°^'\ ittee and tlie members of the
o Vl ntel ^ i ulnent and wf the
Co nmfftee r^entf a
<.n nd Sco P e
I i Vhj 1 the °P ' eaill quad
rib w < torn ^ j;; d d b\ b > ,>‘L'jmager of the S ball.
At , ’ nuU , ‘f l f ae , : ; and his
v ^Fa’; i +1 !.T. ‘ ^ 'lift to the party
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1U sun
’ ’ s 'ved
on re-
1 he r-letropolitan f 4 ... n Opera House „ ^
ceutiy decorate.!. The banquet hall ana -
room w, ; n> h S?S entirely in garnet an«
cream co or. 1 nc ceumg was coyeret. wnh
emim-^lorea flowered cretonne, bunting .jOOO crossed yards with of scrips bunting ot
aud b 'Af vards oi cretonne having
used. The . walls covered with d°00
were
yards of rich garnet plush. On the plush
iTi veml ual is \> ere inimerou> decorations in
each Shield surrounded bv small American
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flags. the
platform for the President and
ranonv Stills’veh tvprp vnrpd d pnlirph’ vith o-oods'. KilV
ets‘plushes laces and brass
A handsome hand embroidered silk
representing the the President’^ flag, was placed
over President's canopy.
Over the proscenium arch hung an
enonnous portrait of General Washington,
in the midst of and" a mv.ni) blul of Ymericanflags,
while red. white streamers
W-in it -in all directions wit u striking effect.
Scores of similar bruliant streamers hung
^ST the
The great ball room wa> thronged from
earlv hour, six thousand tickets had
tosued. Every box was filled by “families the
sentatives of leading New York
their friends. All the boxes were
decorated. Two orchestras of fifty men
waist displayed an applique of
silver and pearl trhnming and was filled
to the neck with gauze, held in
X of t S tri ' h ta S ,the 3
President’s wife seemed to rise. The
parent sleeves reachal to the elbow and
vto i«L
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tru-mphae arch. FOOT OF WALL
neath the long silk train. ITie front was
tirelv draped with superb embroidery in
Grecian kev patteim worked in silver
pearls, design meeting feathers.' oanels of silvar brocade,
The embroidery on
front of the skirt was edged with a firm
ribbon, from which depended a shower
glistening silver -aidants the failing on tulle pleating
as light played ' on it
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'mv f Hr. SECOND errovn DAY. n iv
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Heiinious Services at St. Pauls.
On Tue^dav «ervi.V?of Anrii than^rivin » the second dav
rhe jubilee. g
to ih e proclamation of the President, were held
iu the the churches in New being York the and hour throughout which
religious country at 9 a. m., New at
services were held iu York city
on Broadway, April 30, 1789. As St. Paul’s, in lower
was the church that Washington
attended after his inaugurate >n, the chief re¬
ligious commemoration, therefore, was that
in this edifice.
Rev. This Henry service was conducted D. D., LL. by D., the Bight
C. Potter, Bishop
of New York, as the service ou the day of
Washington's inauguration in York, 1789 was
ducted by the Bishop of New the Right
Rev. Samuel Provoost.
The church was artistically decorated.
From the steeple floated the Stars and
Stripes. The west porch was hung with the
.American flag. The chancel was a mass of
flowers, with the national emblem depending
from the ceiling. Washington pew, in which
President Harrison sat, was also decorated
with the Stars and Stripes.
A 11 the Cabinet members, the Chief Justices
of the Supreme Court, ex-Presidents Hayes
and Cleveland, and many other notable
follows; people were present. The services were as
1. processional hymn; 2, Our Father, etc.;
3. Psalm lxxxv.; 4, first lesson, Eccles. xliv.;
5, Te Deum; 0, second lesson, St. John viii.;
7, Benedieite; 8, Creed and prayers; 9, ad¬
dress by the Right Rev. Henry C. Potter.
Bishop of New Y'ork; 10, recessional hymn.
X, t i,o Sub-Treasnrv
At the close of the religious set-rices at 9.45
Wall and Nassau streets, the scene of the in
auguration where ceremony on April took 30th, 1789,
the literary exercises place.
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consisted of an Invocation by the Rev. Richard
S. Storrs, John D D Greenieaf LL.D.; t]j© vUluttier; reading of a
poem by LL.D.; an ora
tion by Chauncey Mitchell Depew. an
address by tho President of the United
States, and the benediction by the Most Rev.
Michael Augustine Corrigan, Archbishop of
New York.
At the conclusion of the literary exercises
the President and members of the Cabinet,
the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of
the United States were driven to the review
mg stands at Madison square to review the
military the parade. Other guests were carried
to reviewing stands by special tram on
the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad.
The Grand Military Parade ’
’
Just as the literary exercises at the Sub
from Treasury Pine began the military parade started
had formed street in various and Broadway. side The troops
streets up town.
««d proceeded down town by avenues east
al ! d ^ of. Broadway and Fifth avenue to
the mam hue below Pine street 14,000
me U joinuig the head of the parade by
way of Pine Street on the east, and 24,000
men joining it from the west by way of Rec- j j
tor Street and the side streets from there to
the Battery. Thus the whole parade, except
the Grand Army, was made up in all its
pomts at Pine Street. ;
The line of march was up Broadway past
the great staml at City HaH Park to \Vav w
^ y there wheeled to the ieft, past the*
f 1 n a t Washington square, and turned up j
p if yenue T under the citizen’s arch. Going
to° .■ a t ^ „ 1 Vv avenue the line was eastward along
ia t a ; a p-eet to the Washington Mon>’
‘ entirelvai-ound Union
quare, !
’ " i great stands erected
1Fn,i irt ,
Fifteenth street Lie line extenewa u r
; Fifth Presidential avenue to Fifty-seventh standiat street, Madison
! revievong
square, the^ ortli Monument stand opposite.
i and die big stand at Forty-second Twenty-third street, and
under the triumphal ai-cnes At at Fifty-seventh
and Twenty-sixth streets.
. street it dismiseu.
carnage^ J.} 1 * 11 entered Broad v-ay b_.iva> ot elev-eu , I me
. ' tr eet from the Sub-Treasury, it drove over
the wholeicourse of the.parade between these
tw and '9 guards the regulars of men, and the mffitm veterans on on the the right left
marched the carnage* aau passed, fell m behind and
H uptown ^,000 leekJ»rt
IS calculated that n®n
. muitarv parade, divided tollowsr
m t a® as
Lnited biates army regulars: lteto
mm-mes and sailors, ^0 West Pomt cadets:
tb L b “ ted b J ai, ' s J
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Grand Army posts....................12,350
Loyal Legion.......................... 150
t«m................................ 33
■ Iu the postion in line, the States
matter of
ranked in the order of their admission to the
the Go.,i iim of eadi State r»M»e av the
; head of his troops, and attended by his stall
• Of brilliantlv-uniformed officers, was an 1m
posing one. The number of State troops on
> parade was as follows:
: Delaware............................. 75o
New Pennsylvania......................... Jersey........................... s.in-i
Connecticut........................... 600
Massachusetts......................... !.£»
Maryland............................. aw
South Carolina........................
, Virginia.............................. New Hampshire....................... l.G->
•” to
New Y'ork............................. 13X X>
North Carolina.........................50
Rhode Island.......................... 459
; Vermont...............................to'
Kentucky............................. Ohio................................ •
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I^uisiana.............................. Mississippi............................. •; * ■
• District Michigan............................. of Culum v
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! Texas.................................. •’’>
^tYirgiaia.........................
’ Major General Schofield, chief of the army,
was the Grand Marshal and rode at the head
of the column.
The first division embraced the regulars.
the marines and sailors, the West Point
cadets and the cadets from Annapolis. Then
came the National Guardsmen, forming the
second division, followed by the G. A. R.
posts and the Loyal Legion.
The Governors who, accompanied by their
staffs, Benjamin led their respective State troops were;
T. Biggs, of Delaware; James A.
| Beaver, of Pennsylvania; Robert S. Green,
of New Jersey; John B. Gordon, of Georgia;
Morgan Ames, G. Bulkeley. of Connecticut; Oliver
of Massachusetts; E. E. Jack
son, of of Maryland: South Carolina; John P. Richard- H.
son. Charles
Sawyer of New Hamsphire; Fitz. Hugh.
Lyc*. York; of David A lrgima: G. Fowler, David of B. North Hill, Carolina; of New
Royal lingliam, C. Taft, of Rhode Island; W. p. Dil
of Vermont; Simon B. Buckner, of
Kentucky: Frances Joseph B. Foraker. of Ohio;
T Nichols, of Louisiana; Robert
vss;
J. B. Jackson, of West Virginia.
The entire National Guard of the State of
i New Y ark took part in this magnificent
Thfx^o Liie strains ^'r of ,mtr martial v ;s ! n music, iin the ;a ! ' ringing • -
clatter of hoofs, the rumble of artillery Wag
ons. the tramp of thousands of soldiers, with
waving bayonets, banners and flashing swords and
was a scene to stir the heart of every
patriotic citizen. The paraders were
uemmed in from beginning to end of the
march, by a solid mass of cheering humanity.
Almost all the house.-along the line of march
•vt re brilliant with flags and bunting, and
from eveij wmdow the faces of men. wo
the marching soldiery. Along the
entire route, innumerable stands, lar~e
and small, were filled with spectators, while
the sidewalks were so densely packed it was
almost impossible to move. The mammoth
grand stands on L.niou and Madron bquares
were filled with cheering spectators. Even
the housetops were occupied by thousands of
onlookers, and the scene of patriotic entkusi
asm w as one never to be forgotten.
At T o’clock Tuesday Lraiag the centeu
table within the concentric rings of tables,
in full view of all. With hiinwere seated
Vice-President Morton, Governor Hill.
Mayor Justice Grant, Speaker Carlisle, Chief
Major-General Fuller, Schofield. Admiral Porter an( j
presided at the banquet, Mayor Grant,
by and opened it
requesting Before a clergyman present to
say grace. the speeches began the
ladies appeared in the boxes at a given signal,
which was the appearance of Mrs. Harrison
in her box. At 9 o’clock the speeches began,
Mayor Grant acting as toastmaster. The
speeches were given by thirteen of the most
famous orators in the country, selected by
the Literary Committee. They were in re
spouse to thirteen patriotic sentiments, do
livered in writing by thirteen other di-
tinguished Americans.
Magnificent Displays of Fireworks.
New York was bathed in fire on Tuesday
The people witnessed the most mag
country P> ^^exriSrdmarv 1 ’ ^iibitkfns
ously Street at, Battery ‘ Park, Canal
Park, Union Square, Tompkins,
rf? Park xffibta&S, 1 ' lielghi i.tIhl
nearly alike as possible, there were a number
of veiy beautiful raet pieces” representing
prions emblematic^ and otherwise,
most appropriately, as the finale at
J represented the colossal
fl.W^‘ edtabm ?
ha tii! w the’statue sft/ tu, on^h^steo^o^the ! !t President of
eonv of now street'
feet Sub-Treasury hhrli in Wall thiiw It was sixty
wide* and Wvmi v-i tnrtv tot
whenoff aimSindid brilliantGun fire* nf
colored fire s-tmV'Jff bv Tltdr-. ^
and coloiW the
a?^
combined ifmv sina-hm tlm sccictv of
.... AJ tfian M JOUO dn<rp« undei the
.oi t, smgeis, ™
patriotic \ and other with’neonie smw-s' New YotPs leteVtni^
crowded A 1?eo J‘r. until
, j
oe , lf . br „ tio n 'k ...J v'm «' .C™ “ oi
patriotic 1 * good feeling.
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THK THIRD DtY "
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... wonuerini n| . ri la.H , anu , , lnciustiial ,
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SO,000 men.
WO large floats
20 miles of paraders.
I■ musl ?•
lo ,000 Irish-Americans, , , .
; -0 000 Germans.
6000 firemen.
8072 school boys. l
Tins is a brief review _ of the great civic |
bed on .*“! Wednesday. Over 1(X),0(X) men
£P W. b ? e ’ but
decided to limit the procession to
)MO men.
The display exceeded anything ever before , ,
of the in the way of showing body the of nidus
nation, ihe immense men
the large floats on which the tableaux •
exhibited termed a line over twenty
m length. A .11 nations and were branches represent- | ;
- as weli also all trades or
1
Among the 100 beautiful tableaux in . large
The were first the settlers, following: canvas-covered
m a mi
wagon, witn lots of cattle, giving a
picture of the forefathers’life. :
’The First Continental Congress.” 1774.—
embodiments of the tirst legislators
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tmtMiBAL ; * ap.ch. Washington square.
-csigning of the G—to Declaration oc f r , ,
Mounted. — A picture of die puucipal 0 eu- L
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Vv ^rof th^ Revolution.
3Ef ..
i i of B 5SSU£Sr& *S. event........
painting that momentous
/Y\ ashington at \ aLey Forge, x.««. A
0 m Hclland ships winch brought German
emigrants to this country.
float of the revolutionists of ’Li wat
an affegoncal of represeutatmn liberty pedestal, ol Giberty.
tv ..,-'^-3 G ,d.L- on a mu-
nPess wb h fiourasivr. ivligious'iiberri. r r-*.ntingfree sneech *
free and
A representation of tin- united cities of
Y’ork and Brooklyn embtomaiic spanned by the
Bro idjm Bridge, with figures of
Cfliemistry, Mechanic? anil industry upon Uj..
"The'art and love of mrisi • typified by a
Flemish castle surrounded by German stu
dent =• smgmg songs, and on a central mass of
rocks Lowiei an affegortoari design. platecrm
Fine art was renresaared by a
carrying a wreath, the whole in the purest
f on £ of architecture. One pedestal beneath
to, wreath was a figure intended to represent
art and architecture.
War and statesmanship were represented flags ay'.
c n a float: at the oase were cannon,
war relics place i mta a pm.stal beannw
bust of Lincoln.
Arion aad .. Sou
The F-to-ict/ a magmiwen*
with a large do.; aiiL On .r mi-.- o: tko
d-jiohfc vav p-.ttesis:s Le-truig
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f rant of the dolphin were female figures beat
= lag the lyi-e, pen, and msUTxnents represent
Hug music. Surmount mg the dolphin wa- a
figure knight of and Arion in fill! costume of the ancient
warrior.
The butchers had an immense platform,
festooned and ornamented with wreaths and
bearing The typical an immense ox.
stories the children fairy mother reading fairy
to on another float with
the butterfly, the emblem of the fairies,
leading lad witch, the and chariot; the the sleeping beauty, the
beautiful of gnomes royal character. appeared under a
Prince Carnival, canopy seated
champagne glass upon an immense
and as a throne, with a large
cap bid Is for the background.
German opera and Wagner representation
upon a float, bearing upon the base of beauti
ful brown a pyramidal rock and a bust of
Richard Wagner surrounded by the Rhine
daughters the Siegfried, floating V\ aikure, gracefully Tannhauser m the air. and
Wotan. and
The float representing German renown in
history peaks showed rocks representing the mighti
est discovered by Humboldt, reaching
birds ss&sxriK.
and animals in front a pieturesaue
group of education, knowledge, standing hr
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Washington’s coach.
the seat where Humboldt sat, surrounded by
his globes, books, telescopes and instrument's
of science.
The second operatic representation was a
troupe in which was seated an allegorical
figure representing music. Draped in the in
terior and recessed corners are Mozart, Bee
thoven, IVeber and Meyerbeer. Beneath the
troupe are seated Faust, Gretchen and Me
' Tbe'pressaiidpmitiue
,verc remvscntnlby
order Flowers and beautiful emblems iu“Tktog
- were
011 the float.
On the following float was the modern form
oi nress driven bv electricity. These printed
and distnbuted the programme oi the civic
and industrial parade as the procession passed.
The early patriotic efforts of the German
“ fficers wlic > aided in the war of the Revolu
tlOQ were represented by a platform bearing
atent, surrounded by cannon, flags and war
j German 1 , 1 ^ implements—Steuben, heroes. DeKalb and other
Bacchus was represented by an immense
float with immense carved standards support
mg wreaths festooned with grapes, and flow
era from springing from the central staff rising
one of the famous tuns of Heidelberg.
Around this were grouped the figures that
usually accompany the bacchanalian scenes.
The industry of breadmaking was repre
f nted b T au immense oven ornamented with
the'art < dl iauesauc
twen-thinvused in
Columbia greeting Germania.
Helvetia - v,ith twenty-two living female
a iSmk , act'of ,
„ r o UP s howiii«- " Tell in tlr« A caving " timg
° it
, , ld £ General \ P Ketcbi-m j‘ n
} iea d of the children mm-ched Eduard
Simmons, President of the Board oi' Educa
ll °i? a £S^arnS w£te tiS^’tori
C al section of the parade Wax figu-es rep
resented George and Martha Washington in
the act of gazing at the people from either
' vinclow of the vehicle. The carriage was
eseorteci b T Gennau Knights on horseback,
representing the body of men sent to this
country by Frederick the Great for the wksh- pur
pose of presenting a sword to Genera 1
mgtou. The horses were caparisoned iu an
"™“ h,,, ’ s ‘” s
engine also that was put in service about 1850.
carried a number of old leather
bucket s, some of which were used when
Washington when, was a member of the company,
and like the other members, he used to
ru n to the fires. Some of the old leather
buckets that were carried cau be traced back
to the year 17» On some of them is the
name ated. “ Friendship,” which is almost obliter
The civic and industrial parade lasted much
longer than the soldiers’parade, but a host
0 f shouting, enthusiastic spectators viewed
it to the end. The beautiful historical floats
excited great applause Nothing S euual i?this to this
parmle 1ms ever brfore been
country, and it wiU probably he a long while
before its like fs seen again.
Shortly dose, the after the long parade had come to
a doors of the Metropolitan Opera
House were thrown open and the National
Provident Union, a patriotic beneficial or
ganization, celebrated the Birth of the
aecond Century of the Constitutional Gov
eminent of the United States. The presiding
ofticer was Congressman William Warner,
and the orators were United States Senators
j 0 hnW Daniels and ShelbyM. Cullora. Ap
propr i<£ i a te literary and musical exercises were
h e and thus was brought to a close the
great series of celebrations in commemoration
of the centennial of constitutional govern
ment in the United stateg
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A A TP IltAIiN A TYT VSn>T?nVT?T\ V\ iCLuliLiJ,
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It Takes Fire and Twenty Passengers
Burn Burnio to Death. De-lb
A terrible railway disaster occurred just
west of Hamilton, Canada, at 7 o’clock in the
morning, resulting i„ ,L„ o, aW
twenty persons. The limited express from
oi ran off the track a mile
Hamilton at the Junction cut
i tie . struck the water tank, turned
engine
and the train dashed against it. The
and the leading day coach were tele
and unprisoned eighteen passengers in
ears, which immediately took fire, and they
burned to death none of their
wreck were known, and when taken from
four hours afterward the
, ? dies I\ ere burned beyond recog
'tion. States They all came from the Nortn
wtem and were mostly on their
teen mre women. In addition to the eigh
right aUfeonefl two men were killed out
welve wounded.
pp/- r ^MTWP’N'T ---- -
JMlJNJjJNl PPHPT rLUriiL. V
\ on Moltke, the sohliei, is eighty-u6hi.
Alfred Teknyson, the poet, is seventy
nine.
k.jMA.
Y favorite . disa . . tapioca . .
Queen ictop.ia s is
PEn!CffiS ^
J£?SSZ%ZS£Xr'** m,c ‘'*'* t
John Wanasiaker, the new Postmaster
General is worth $10,000,000.
within the past few years Secretary
Blaine has doubled his fortune.
George Bancroft, D the .. historian, . , has eu- „
urely ceased his literary work.
Secretary Proctor is going West to look
after Government work in progress out there.
Mp.. Chamberlain says that all domestic
. iiimals had an instinctive fondness for John
*“g l “^ tL Sage Veara^hl Jav Gould’s worth^ ftnaneia
and «o.
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f . y: (vw,
’ lU L... HterLTNN McGly-n mspsiw will soend the taewnuE, comin^ sum- sum
m.-r m a lecture tour tfu ou 0 h Great Britain
" d Ireland.
The King of Greece buys his clothes in
London, while the Queen sends to Paris for
her costumes.
David Sixton is the richest man in Cin
.-mnatL bom in a cabin in Ireland, and worth
u-jw -r--5.0o0.000.
,Tto v.talt^- has be-n induced to re
. Servia ‘Ito E^--Kin ° c Milan *' * will there- "
7 Grover. ' C^EV-.eAaI>» . frequaau. . ,,
-«n on New motbei. Yors tuorougufare.. usual.
-ra her
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f INDIA INK PICTURES.
A YOUNG MAX TELLS ABOUT
TATTOOING AMONG SAILORS.
A » j. | Osenption . . of _ the . I opular I»e
signs and t lie Rates at W liich They
Are Picked Into the Skin.
_
i n easv-iroiiu? eas J.f 0 ln g, talkative taikatne young von, man
^ ho , has sailed , th© salt seas for several
years as able seaman on board an Amor
lean mau-of-war, but who has since re
formed and emnnuiniitifivo is trying to lead a different
ljf,, 11 to offi (1TWW ' i omtinmiuim © vostordav y G ti lday „,,d and
spuu more yarns to a lima reporter
than would keep tlio forecastle enter
tained for a week.
*?«. “During mv career in the navv,” ^ ho
r i
sl S llts - but none interested mo more
than tho heathenish practice of tattooing
in vogue among the sailors. They in
dulge t in this time-honored custom more
{or „ pastime a* than anything n • else, , and , yet, ,
there seems to be a rigid rule of etiquot
which requires a manner to have a pan
orama or two painted into his tot) crust
before lie te admitted admitted to to tiie the mnst most.select select
• circles. The wild, untutored
* sea-going
Ka linker inhabitants of tho South Sea
islands are also addicted to this craze
for exterior decoration, but there is
? om e e ™ n ? e \ fo * tbein * 118 th « r tafck>oer
»1so , their tailor and sometimes
is assas
sb }> k)r their manner of doing a job in
this lino would pass for homicide in a
civilized community. In lion of ink tho
benighted j islander al Ut uses ns s tl n mixture mix ture of OI
• i , , ,
fa ,, . erizca charcoal and lime juice,
which . cheerful compound is let into tho
native system with a tool like an ice
pick and'a maul, so that-”
aWAl" sl'ilmh'''"' Kan “ k6rS ’ ^ lm *
Sailors have reduced tl,c art to a aim
tor yle life—conducted matter of business—disfigurement strictly cash
on a
basis, terms invariably in advance cn-vioi
Nearly J cverv J cruiser cl mstl in in Hie the rnvv navy call les
one or more oi these flesh-workers, who
are high always ready to accomodate lovers of
art who have by force of eireum
stances have X, been crowded 1 out ° Ut of 1 their ‘ ' K "
r natural . ltril eiement.
Ihei calling skill artist a-ax-id the ship
I was in was a tall old me. of 60 or move,
with prominent shoulder-blades, a bom -
ant bmp !,”’?' and a ‘ r>» "iVirixvitbbtol Ir of lews so thin that,
v ien ,, he sat on , a (best with hib legs . c (TORS
eu tlie soles Oi both ieet touched the deck,
The implements of his craft were few and
simple, the principal one being a small
round stick the size of a lead pencil flat
tened for tho space of an inch atone
einl, 011 which is placed side by side with
points projecting a lialf-dozen fine need
ranged that the line of points formed
one side of a triangle. The other end of
the stick was whittled to a point and
'V'i “• * taIlw * Tf'l tT " lk ,‘?i d “
avt at so much per gem, drawn in colors
—India ink and Chinese Vermillion—
with the name of each design and price
attached ‘ Whim a sailor wishes to have
ka ^“om the etching done on lumseli and
« price in his clothes lie approaeh
es the artist, who hands his patron the
book to choose from, while he prepares
tlie ink, ’ which comes in slabs like chew
i D(r Vf , mt i m di U solved in •, liHlo
i i P 1 • ^ * 1110 is • ^antcd . tlie
victim pulls off his shut and lays himself
0,1 a “‘ 0 ° If fW1;°'!¥‘ h S
, H
then dips in with the business end and
the inquisition \il is ill nroeress With UU his ?
tori l/ fc 1 / 'f. executioner , • draws i taut ,
the martyr s hide,;while with.hisi right,
holding the stick like a pen, ho follows
the lines of the sketch, ramming tho
needles in and prying them out again, ’
Wie fi 10 ebovtoct «tcst point in +b» the fcciies acting
as R klkCrum * dbe action is similar,
though Oil a smaller scale, to that tan
ployed bv a man digging a plank out of
tlie middle of a sidewalk with a crowbar
Alul at / et 4 -i landlubbers n i i will ask i ll -p it hurts , ,
mutd V
“The time . required . , to make a picture
ink depends will trace on the size. One dip of inefi the
a continuous lino an
• lenglh, i and skillful artist , will ...
cr so ... m a
finish an ordinary forearm design in an
hour. Large body pictures are not fin
ished at one sitting, thus giving the pa
! tient an opportunity to devote his
! snare fip ° time tlm | ^ for several several days davs to to invoicing invoicim/
i au(1 retribution. At the close ot
i a S on J
the operation the afflicted part is
dressed with a wet bandage, and, though
painful Ladv for a few davs S’ soon heals ^ and is
ready to to Ko be ovbii exhibited.
“Some of the designs in our artist’s
portfolio and also of some of the marine
views and other mysterious iriMincai’ilrl vet mus
cular cular works works ot of art ait were uncqualed. For lor
instance, here H a few:
“Monitor andMerrimac,breast;price,
$G.” This is an intensely U„r thrilling feLls spec
tado. 99,1 repreaenta famous
engaged m a temiic combat on the bo
som of the hardy mariner, and blazing
away at each other with rigid b red
freaks complete of f destruction. without XT No inflammatory able T i seaman
is an
sketch of this celebrated naval engage
ment. It is always produced on tho
breast, as abrupt or overlapping shoulder
blades maaes wounl would ruin niili the the artistic artistic effect effect if ll
j done on the back.
! A handsome design for the hand or
arm is “Sunrise at Sea,” showing a
I’hhiH strip of deep blue sea and a rising
miflon fu-ton'^ factory. Only OfflvT? 7o eente^SunSt cents. Sunset
at Sea is the same thing with the ex
plosion effect somewhat subdued. Same
price. A back picture that isn’t ex
celled bv any in the catalogue is the
Buhffflfl druge’^pme'. But £Ee to?f,tomn
1 his usual cunning, eh des the pursuers,
i "“X" . ni fl makes nood liis escaue A very hu
' '
“There’s another of those pleasing
gravey^-fl designs in which the sailor
«Jg wullow, and a monument ’With T* «i
large base on which is inscribed: In
memory of my mother.’ A sailor, cap
m hand, is leaning against the monu
„„nUn ment in tl.e the b*«i latest approved umrmw] amtuoe, attitude a a
prey to the most poignant gnef. This
is one of the most popular Adonis’ pieces is subject in use.
“‘Venus and a
which can be handled more or less sne
cessfullv in a variety of ways, but is
usually executed as the fancy of the sit
ter may dictate I once knew a young
man who had his conception oi this
beautiful poem sketched on the back of
bi«- hi-right vi»bt bond han 1 for t r fel. St A At times • he was
proud of his little conceit, but when ho
broke away from his set and fluttered on
the confines of polite society he wore
bis hand deep_down deep in" his pants
m ,w ,Ln„„ arid if the occasion demanded a
I hand-Jiakmg ,_/i i he c evtonded his hand after
. ^
the manner of a wonaqn feeling Q on the the
under side of the furniture for her chew
ing gum.”— Chicago Tvnet.
Admiral Luce is said to be busily engaged
ou a Haitian war paper for a St, Domingo
magazine.