The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-11-03

Celebration Of the BIZ Centennial
Of His Landing la PENN
syfr0nia.
The Festivities Witnessed by Inn
menss Throngs Of People.

The bi-centennial of the landing OF William
Penn in Pennsylvania was celebrated by the
people OF Philadelphia in an impoSing man
ner, the festivities running through nearly
an entire week, and being witnessed by
hundreds OF thousands of strangers from
abroad. The ceremonies opened at Ches-
ter. a suburb OF the Quaker City, on Sun
! day Oct ~ when the Society OF Qual<ers
assembled I'm large numbers. letter from
John q. Whittier was read, inclosing po IN
which he wrote sixty years ago, Addresses
were delivered by A fred II. Lane, Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Peace Society, and
1 John NJ Broomall, of Medina, Ohio On
Monday at 2:3o there was representa- on,
ut Chester, OF the landing OF William Penn
and his party, which was witnessed by
| 2 a. 90 people. The landing was made ut
the exact mot where, 2O0 years before. the
great Quaker first put his foot upon Ameri-
can so l. Thousands of human throats, nu-
merous church bel 4, and an aggregation of
steam whistles. greeted his advent and the
enthusiasm was unt ounded. Later "A mon
ster meeting was held, at which 2, CO chill
cren sang My Country. IT'S OF Thee" and
speeches were delivered by Gov. Hoyt
and hn NJ Broomall, who sketched p ms
career In a mastery hand A gIest parade
IN the afternoon and a br lliant display OF
| fireworks in the evening brought the days
celebration 10 a close. On tuesday, the oath,
| the festivities opened in Philadelphia, and
lasted until Friday evening. First came the
! land n o. Penn, which was witnessed ty
vast thr NO es limited at over $40 o o people
A dispat b from hat CITY say: "As eavlv as
midnight last night people began to take
ava liable space in tie neig-iborhOOd, and
! hundreds remained out all night so as 60 he
on hand This mor1ing when The sun broke
Through the ran tn eatening clouds the
| streets were blocked for several squas es.
| So dense was he throng that men and
women were trampled ON and nearly
crushed to death and dozen or
| more people were pu*hed of the dock,
in the Delaw re and got thorough ducIlng
! All OF them were re- COED, however While
tho dense mass awaited the land.ng the yer
] pre-ent-d besubful appearance. Every
ship for niles along the river front was
| deckod out in holiday attire TUGS and
steamers darted about, loaded down % the
waters edge. They met the Welcome sew
eral lies below tha city and the procession
OF tugs and steamers up TO the w aIf made
| n strik ng and pretty picture As the pro-
ce-sion came ~ sight the United States men
ot-war be ched forth welcome. and scores
of whistles added TO the c,amor. The Vel
come drew IN to the wharf and
Penn and his par V of Dutch and Quakers,
! III ancient costumes, stepped ashore. They
shook hands with more Dutch and QuGkcrs
and then the ittla procession fought u way
! through the crowd to the historical Blue
Auchor Inn, and was subsequently escorted
TO Broad street and given p ace in tie great
procession which started at II 80 and h. Il
I - streets for nearly five hours. The pro-
cesson novel from Broad To Chestnut, TO
Tn rd, up Third 10 Market out Market to
Broai a9d oui Broad TO Columbia avenue,
where lt va dsmE- ed Never was such n
scene witnessed. For five hours horse cars
were blocked, and all streets except those
along the line o. march were deserted The
column moved along Chestnut between two
IA al nf x11f n
windows and rooS-tops and stagings We've
fill Thousands of peop pouret INTO the
city from n over the State and all along
the route they were packed ke saTdines In
box 1t is estimated ut 10000 people
from out ide the civ limits witnessed tie
parade, in which -, COO men took part To-
day was the civic parade and, with the Xxx
ceptiOn of the marines no troops took part
he police and firemen and letter-carr'ers
we've followed by officials in carriages. 3D. o
members OF the Improved Order of Red
Men, hosts OF tiremen from other ties, with
| their machines, / 30 butchers, mounted and
in wagons and the Total Abstinence and
other societies. The head OF the process on
was dismissed long before the tail end had
begun TO move. lt was a sight worth wit
Messing" In the evening. there were fire.
works and pyrotechnic displays OF brilliant
character
On Wednesday, the 18th, there was dis
pay OF the trades of Philadelphia and sur
rounding cDeS-a1 the ItugesU Hdclllne
shops, fac cries, etc, accompanied by wag
Ons, on which WIS eXenpf1hcd the workings
OF the various trade. Thursday the 26tn,
witnes ed n musical representation OF the
Welsh singers in West PhiiaSelphia The
German singers and fraterniUies of vari-
GUS nation-lities appeared with approy rntc
ombCms. TIE Knights Tempiar turned out
10000 .trong In the afternoon the school
children 10 The number OF 1900 to 4, co APP
peared. Friday the 9th, was marked by
grand army and navy parade with the
Nationa Guard or Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey, and vi. ting Jroo ops rom the neig hbJring
States 10 the rumber 4 l2.0bp men.