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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-25
BROOKLYN IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE.

The streets of Brooklyn III tho vicinity Of the
Bridge and the City Hall were probably never be
fore half 50 crowded as they wore yesterday. The
entire population OF the twenty-five wards and OF
the SURROUNDING country towns seemed to
bsve joined in grand procession
in Futon-st.. but if one went to any
street corner on the Heights the same crowded
appearance was presented. In front of Mayor Lows
house at Picrrepont-st. and Columbia Heights an
immense multitude gathered, entirely blocking the
sidewalks and roadway during most Of the after
noon.
1t was a gala day in all part, of tho City Of
Churches Even in The early morning hours before
business WAS suspended the streets began to as
sumo a festive appearance from the multitudInous
decorations. The CITY Hall displayed the
National colors from the fag-stans the
roof, and from the taller one sucmounting the
figure of Justice gu the cupola, and a long
streamer hoated above that. The scales which
have been missing from the hand of the figure of
Justice for several years were restored. and shone
III the glory of gilt The exterior Of the
building was beautIfed by a shield, from which
five small flags radiatcd placed in each of the 100
windows. The front of the Municipal Department
Building and its cupola wero decorated in tho
Same way. The effect close at hand
was good, but at a distance the decorations seemed
dwarfed by the size Of the buildings. Long lines
of b nnerS were extended from the tall tag-stafi
above the dome of tho Court House to the sides of
the building.
From the City Hall 10 the Bridge nearly every
building IN Futon-st.. decorated, many OF
them clabOrately. Flags of all nations. long
strips of bunting. and wreathed and festooneu
American Gags were used with much good taste
and lavish display. Fine portraits of the elder
and younger RoeblinG Henry e. Murphy, the first
and only president of the Bridge Trustees; Mayor
Low and General Slocum were shown IN many
windows novel effect was produced IN the
wIndoS OF a dealer in HAIR by draping in the folds
Of flags the wax figures used 10 display elaborate
cofures and putting the Phrygian cap of liberty
in their heads The most elaborate display was
made by Wechser & Abraham. Besides the deco
ratOns large panels were placed over the windows.
One bore the words: "ROebling One Of the few
the immortal names, that were not born TO die"
Another had the inscription: Babylon had her
hanging garden. Egypt her pyramid. Athens her
Acropolis, Rome her AthenGum; so Brooklyn has her
Bridge. On its broad roadway the travelling mill
ions OF the two cities pass, under It's spacious
arches the commerce of the world may float with
ease" The third bore the translation from Horace
have erected monument more lasting than
brass and more enduring than the regal elevation
of the pyramids" Representations Of a ferry
boat and of the Bridge in immOrtelles were shown
In the lower windows Over the ferrybOat were
the words: g We exert ourselves on ancient thing
regardless of our own times" and ovcr the 3ridgc
Here's metal more attractive"
n the windows of s. b. Jon cs Ore were
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went into the station building and the
troops marched to the Brooklyn tower to be in readi
thusands of persons gathered to watch the parade,
and the appearance of the troops was frvora6ly
commented upon. An interesting incident at elm
ION and Remsen SITS, before the line of march was
bepun wag the unconcerned appeaIance OF
a little laxen-hared. blue-eyed toddler, who had
evidently >trayed away from his guardian. lie
bore IN one hand a tiny American flag and In the
other a picture Of the Bridge, aud he alternately
waved each after sitting quietly down on the curb
stone directly in the way of every one passing.
People turned aside for HIM and tall men strobe
over his head, but he looked happy az II safe at
nome. After resting awhile comfortably he rose
and toddled of to be lost in the throng.
Following the procession TO the Bridge were Mrs.
Colonel w A. RoebLng and her invited guests IN
thirteen carriages Mrs. Roebiing was accompanied
by her son. The chief engineer was unable to at
Rridge from his window.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-25
THE EVENING DISPLAY.
SUCCESSFUL CLOSE OF THE FEsrIyIrY.

SUCCESSFUL CLOSE OF THE FESTIyITY.
Nightfall released host of persons who had been
kept in shops. factories and offices during the day,
and sent them out to swell the MY Rad Of
sightseers. The day scenes in tho
streets aud public places were Te-enacted
with increased emphasis. Where hundreds had
stood in the daytime thousands stood
at night. The. upper portion of the city
seemed almost deserted. the popular feature of the
celebration at night being the exhibition of lire.
works from the Bridge and the towers.
which could not be seen TO the best advantage from
a great distance. The territory that offered good
view was a wide one, however. Tho City Hall
Park was a point of vantage from Which
thousands the display. All tho
cross-streets opening near the Bridge the
wharves on both sides of the East River South-,t.
for great portion of It's length the upper windows
and the roofs of hundreds OF buildings in both
cities, and several hundreds of boats at anchor
above and below the Bridge, commanded near
views of the fireworks, and none of their accomm0.
dations wasted The towers were the perfec-
ton of places for such exhibition as given,
for they lifted the spectacle SO high in air that
hardly any quarter of either city quite barred
out from the sight
Tho President and friends witnessed tho
brilliant display from MAJOR LOWS
house on Columbia Heights, and thea
repaired to the Academy of Music in Brooklyn.
where the Presidential ption took place. Chief
Engineer Roeblng held reception. too, and many
of Brook yns people attested their appreciation IT
the great monument of engineering skill
by IGNORING the mind that created 1t.
Nominations were added at night to the house and
street decorations of the two cities and this brought
electrical lamps INTO prominence. THE IRmUSs
III Ia Bs,hf In, ,,tan
seen from the water front, hung about with
lamps from the United states Illuminating
Company, which made it. next 10
the Bridge tower, tho most conspicuous
object on the west side of the Bridge. The Post
Office dome was similarly Illuminated. For an
hour before the rockets and bombs threw their
glare over the Bridge its arched rows
of lamps spanned the river looking at distance Ike
a bow of ghtering jewels The fireworks lasted
for an hour. Then followed the reception in the
Brooklyn Academy of Music, aud with that the
closing scene of the celebration
A day of such excitement coud not be precpl-
lately brought to close, and it was therefore lob
strange that the streets remained crowded for
hours. and that the stiffness of night did not
settle down upon the sister cities until 1t was al
most time to begin the activities of another day.
The celebration passed of without drawback.
Accidents were few and trhlng, though great dan
gers were run: order was easily preserved by tho
police and weauanged programme was carried
out smoothly and well.
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THE GREAT BRIDGE OPENED.
Continued from First Page.

before / o. m. Mr. Grant announced that
the procession would be formed in front of the CIV
Hall in the following order, falling IN III the rear oil
the Presidential party: The Board of Aldermen
headed by President Reilly; the heads Of depart
ments: other members of the City Government
He SAID 1t had been suggested that Commits
sioner Brennan. of the Department OF ChariIes
and Correction, act as the marshal. ms was as
scented to. At 1870 p. ~ the 9TH Regiment entered
the CITY Hall Park eScorting the President and the
other guests. As soon as halt was made the pro-
cession which had been formed in the corri-
dor OF the City Hall, filed out ana
took It's place in the line. President
Re lily led the Aldermen. escorted by Clerk Iwolney
and Sergeaut-at-Arms Chambers. Then came the
Commissioner OF Public Works Hubert .. Ihomp-
son, Deputy Commissioner Frederick H. Hamhn'
Sheriff Davidson. County Clerk Keenan, deputy
County Clerk BcattIe, President Chandler OF inc
Health Department. Fire Commissioners Purroy
German and Van Colt. Tax Commissioners Asten
Donnelly and Feitner. Excise Commissioners
Haaghton, Mitchell and Morris, Dock COMMISSIONS
ers NOOrhis stark and LambeeI, Iarh Coih-
miss toner's Wales Olliile and Nleie Sharltles ON
mIssOners Brennan, Hess and Porter, Deputy
Controller StoTs, City Chamberlain lappan.
Auditor Jackson and Reeves r. Selmesi OF
the Finance Department. Senators DAILY ana fIz-
gerald. Coroners Levy, Martin and Kennedy
Police Justices Duffy. KibTeth Morgan ana SluT,
ray, Civil Justices Norton and Kelly Maurice B
Flvnn, John J. O'Bncn. Robert g. McCoId, eX-
Aldermen Twomey and Scerv, Theodore A. lanll-
ton Colonel James :. Mooney SUPERINTENDENT
McAvoy, MAYORS Marshal McDenott. and many
members and ex-membeTs OF the various depart
mentS of the CITY Government.
There a delay Of not more than ten minutes
at the City Hall. THIS was improved by the fres-
ident 10 chat with several acquantances.
The signal then given and the procession
started. the tall form of Commissioner Brennan
towering above the City Hall contingent.
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY NAY TEN PAGES

All the vessels of tho. feet were headed
up the river. and as their guns belchsd out
then from the other, 1t was easy to fancy them
actually employed in a naval engagement. First
then dense clouds OF smoke that unrolled them
selves over the dancing waves, and then, whipped
thin and white by the breeze, flung
vessels. After several seconds would come the
noise of the explosion little louder than the sound
of q great drum. The salute from the Navy
Yard in Brooklyn was only such TO me
eye. But when the steamboats, IN the
river, the excursion steamers, ferries and
tugs opened the valves of their steam Whistles BABEL
the war vessels were manned. but the seamen on
them looked from The TRIBUNE roof like dark pegs
a foot long, stuck at regular intervals into the
yards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-25
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THE LOUISVILLE RACES.

LOUISVILLE, May 2l.-The spring meeting
of the Louisville Jockey Club was continued to-day
There was Il large attendance. and the betting WAS
active The track was fairly fast The " card con-
ss,ot NJ tnrce stake races and selling of mile
Heals The racing began with dash of five furong Tor
tvoyearod colts for which there were nine starters
the siockiand Farms ch. g. Voyagcr and F. G. Fo1s
Mor colt being drawn. General Harding crossed the
lire first IN l:OSA with Buchanan second and Embargo
tao favoritc third
The second race also O dash of five furlongs was won
nv t;oldeu Rod in l:O2a with Mona second and Muir
ph, : Jessanine Porter llly third Golden Rod sold
ffih in the polls Wbsperne was scratched and chris
tina was drawn at the post. In the Kama staKes
ChcrhIuate proved the winner by short head from
Mediator Tie mile heats were won by Metropolis me
frst heat in l:I1l4 and the second III EAi1 Inc
fayOrite, Major Hughes ran second.
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the prestige of It's palmy days, wb.n
Aston House was the best known In the conntssoA
see,,aed to CLEAN from the grim, dingy SrarT
walls over the jostling crowd that s sn.S.3
and elbowed one another on its steps and cos91
rdors. BY noon all its available rooms were tatsvrf
and would-be guests who were turned AWAY tont
themselves further uptown. The st. Nicholas ,bs
metropolitan, the Grand Central the Fifth Avsnmss
and all the uptown hotels had their capsc ats
taxed and after the fireworks in tSs
Fifth Avenue Hotel had 500 guests, ana
nearly ea all the houses below Fourteenth-st'
sons son? were wandering vacantly, about. T IN.
decided whether TO cling to the remainin.
sofas and easy chairs seek other quarters nnt
town. Among the prominent persons registered AZ
the different houses William H. Barnnm
OF ,Connectlcut; Charles j. Faulkner..
OF West Virginia; Austin Corbin, Az;
t0rney-General Colt, of Rhode Island. at tbs
Fifth Avenue General E. Pettius of selma Ala.
bama, at the St Nicholas: ex-Mayo,
and F.: G. Babcock, of HorneliyilI.s
at the METROPOLITAN. and Mayor Parsons. Oh
Rochester. N. Y. and Senator A. Ii. Colouitt al
Atlanta, Ca, at the Grand Central.
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s sslsSi % oDII
Rams earned-At hlec 8 Metropolitan First base BY
Metropolitan l. Tosl lett on Atllec 4; Metropoli
Rowen Koseman o'Rourke rotal os.e hits-athciic I5
&e55Gp9an 3 Double h2SeI ana bssy
MI DANCES. rime Of gane-Iwo hours and seven minutes
One OF Tie best contested matches Of the
played at Was, ngton PARK, Brooklyn, yesterday be-
tween the Brooklyn and tlnckstep Interstate AssOcia
ton mines About 5000 people were present Although
TIE telding OF the z Hck'eps was better ana TIER
batting st least good tucr opponents the BROOKLYN
Diuc by punching then baschi and by superior
base running Inc pichlEE OF DoFIe ana Dow was eX-
Gel ent Manning. GeeT, Barker aud Albert carried Of
did me- ut ok a, tIs lat The sHortsi"p Hr Of
Ger good The BrooSyn- took the lead in the first
inning and sot in the winning run III the sixth The
score by innings was as follows
Broosi OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. o q
Quick stops U v y U ID
The jasper nlne, OF Manhalldn college, ana the OIIn-
pic a, ed al the formers grounds IN Harlem The
Jsspcrs won by the following score
5f,Rg5s 60
PRINCETON, " j.. May 2i.-The second game OF
baseball between Princeton and Amherst for the
Intercolc giate Championship, played here today
The difficulty in hitting Harrs's pitching and costly
critical points defeated the nine Prince
ton the bat. and minutes after the game
bad been called Wilson scored run. having reached
third base three Dagger and home by The
battery for Amherst opened by Taylor who made
base hit Hunt reached first and Stewart
seven balls At this point base Int by KImbal let
men home and before the close OF the inning AM
htrs secured her third run. The PRINCETON men then
had hill 10 play, but succeeded Ia tyng their
opponents In the seventh inning, when Prluce
again took the field muf by Edwards on first, gave
the visitors the winning Clark Of Princeton, did
the most effective work, both at batting and IN the
field, making two base hits and three very difficult
lett field. The by innings as follows:
Prime -tOn.-..........-..-....1 D l D O-3
Amherst. ...........-.. .-....3 . U Ia
Al Cier.tond.
Eew-lork ....................0 90
Cleveland ...................O 0 0 0 0 . O-1
At ChicagO.
Chicago. %
Providence .................I 2 0 0 0 0 %
Al Detroit.
Detroit. 0-5
Boston. 0 IL
At BHQdio
Buffalo. ....................O 0 0-S
Philadelphia ................4 U o o D "a
Al Baltimore
Baltimore. .-................3 0 O. 4
Allegheny .............-....O 3 0 O-16
Al Cincinnati.
Columbus. -. =. ............O 2 0 0-S
At ST. Louis.
ST Louis 0-5
LOUSY iile..-..-.--..--....-..l U D o y 2 o.
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FIREw oRKs FROM THE BRIDGE.

When the Bridge Trustees gave Detwil.er x Street
the order for the pyrotechnc dispsy TO celebrate
the opening of tho Bridge, their instruction wers
that it should be the finest thing of its kind eyor
seen IN this country, worthy OF the place and the
occasion. Not only was the exhibition rs a whole
highly successful, but the individual pieces were
made especially for the occasion on an extraoriInar-
lily large scale The fact that there altogether
over fourteen tons OF fireworks set Of conveys some
idea OF the mammoth proportions of tue enterlain-
mont which included some 700 shells. ID
hights-Or bouquets of rockets OF %
and 100 10 the flight each rocket weigh'
ing from two to four pounds-maAinz
IN all some 1000 pieces sent of from the centre OF
the Bridge alone-besdo the continual torrent from
either tower.
1t was exactly o'clock when Miss Laura C. Det-
wller the daughter of tho gentleman VINO wa,
responsible for the greater part of the designs hro
the first bouauet of fifty rockets. This was tho
signal for shower of stars from the towers OH o"n
ndes, and was immediately followed by nishs
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BASEBALL NEWS.

Fully 10000 people assembled at the Polo
Grounds yesterday to witness tue game of baseball he
tween the Metropolitan and Athletic mines As prev
Gus games the Philadelphia team won an easy victory.
Tie Athletics took the lea etry the and at the
ending OF the fifth unng the stood IL to in their
favor TIE home team played poorly both in the field
and al the bat Matthews pitched In fine FORM the
M,tropotans hlttln his delivery only six tines The
Fielding Of the Athletics was excellent The summary
OF the game ia appended:
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THE HARVARD-YALE RACE.

BosToN, May 24.-At Professor Agassizs
suggestion. Harvard will name George H. Richards.
graduate of Cambridge L liversity England and the
stroke OF its crew. as referee in the coming Harvard
Yale race at New London.
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PRACTISING AT CREEDMOOR

The scores made by the members of the
American Rife Team, who practised at Crcedmoor yes
terday up expectation. This was due prob
ably 10 q stif wind which prevailed.
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THE GATHERING ON THE BROOKLYN SIDE

THE GATHERING ON THE BROOKLYN SIDE.
The unusual sound Of the woodlands axe was
heard on Sands-st., Brooklyn, opposite the Bridge
entrance as early as o'clock The streets were
being cleared Of the growth Of old trees. Be
tween and 10 o'clock the crowd be-
gan to gather. and its proportions swoled
as the hours passed.
detachment of police carly on the ground,
and the space was cleared and ropes were
stretched to keep back the crowd that later in the
day was to try the vigilance and energy Of the
bluc-coatcd guardians. The pJlico then formed
hollow square in front of the building. At
intervals other platoons arrived and wero
quartcrcd in the basement of the house
No. % Sands ST.. Immediately opposite the
approach BY noon tho force numbered $50 men.
under the command Of Inspector Jewett. At noon
they were served with refreshments BY tho
time announced for the admission Of visitors fully
10000 people were present, with and without
tickets, but all. or nearly all. anxious TO get in
Many incidents and laushable attempts 70 pass the
guard on slim prctexts afforded amusement for the
crowd.
The fragment Of the future elevated railway.
which forms square at the intersection of Wash
inrton and Sands sts proved n godscnd TO tho
ubiquitous small boy. and he soon captured II IN
force. He was seen AZ every available
point on the iron framework conteutcdly
pcrchcd on the hard beam, making
his way across the truss carefully at the risk Of his
neck. Front door yards and pr tect,d corners sud
denly developed into field restaurants and lemonade
of all hucs and conditions sandwiches and various
cheap and indigcstiblc cdlbles offered for SAFE.
"Soovcnecr Of The Bridge was a cry often heard
from the pedirrs Of commemorative medals. and
photographs of, and street music about, the Bridge
found ready sale.
On tho whole II was a good-naturcd crowd that
swarmod about the entrance, like American popular
asscmblages in general No ears run across
Sands ST.. and so many persons took the transfer
tickets 10 be Bridge passes that il came to 10
broad Joke 20 the policemen. IA tho procession
approached. the crowds sufgcd and rushed
TO get "a sight ol II. On Fulion-sL. from
Sands-st TO tho ferry, was long solid Inc ot horse
car, waiting topas,. The crowd chc"rrd ~ the 231
Regiment passed b.. Every once % while the
alarm world Doc raised that the President wa, COM
ing and then the crowd would surge again. uhiio
women with babies IN their arm, cried pitcously
for iooa and air. ! Jolly pair Of coored women
secured eligible places AT AlIddagh ana Fulton SIS.
." wish was on the other side, sand one, vlst-
fully.
said u ras,ei-by who had just come from
that position through great trihuiatou. All the
hot. dusty afternoon The crowds fingered Tor the
10 appear and before tho President came
many had gone away.
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drapery of red, white and blue silks ami picture
of Henry G.. Murphy and John A.
Roebling. with elaborate inscriptions. In
the windows of the store Of OvinCon Brothers were
folds of velvet and paintings against the BACK
ground formed by the drapery.
I'm all the principal streets the Heights flags
and bunting abounded. he most elaborately
decorated residences were those of Mavor Low
Heights. The former had clusters Oh
fine silk flags of various nations ut each window,
the municipal flag of BROOKLYN over the man en-
trance and lines of flags stretched across the street
At Colonel Roebline's house the entire front was
covered with flag shields flowers and fcstoons OF
drapcry. Conspicuous were the coats-oi-aIIns oI
Ncw-York and Brooklyn. Over the street
was suspended a largo United states
flag William C. KIngsleys house IN Washington
Park was deliberately decorated. On every
street on the Heights and near the Bridge wero
masses OF color for decorative purposes, and from
every flagstaff in the city floatcd flag. In Clty
Hall Square the decoration which attracted me
most attention was representation in front of the
Park Iheatre of the Struggling village OF
Brooklyn in l746 OF the primitive ierIyf
in 1914, OF the Bridge of today, and OF
the possibility in 1898 of hundred bridges span
ming the East River In Futonst. and Myrtle
ave. east OF the City Hall. the displays were LAVISH
but in the residence quarters away from the VEN
ity of the Bridge no elaborate display was made.
though many thousands of flags were put
out At the Prospect Park Plaza. in Iompkln1
Square. at the Bedford Avenue fountain and IN
the Navy Yard all the flags we're flying The small
parks at the ends OF streets running to Columbia
Heights, ana the private parks between Mohtdsuo
and Pierrepont sis. were made CAV with strings of
Chinese lanterns of many colors. One OF the largo
buildings near the City Hall which showed meagrc
display was the Garfield. at Court and RemSon
SIS which is owned by Mayor Lows father. Among
the buildings deliberately decorated were the Brook
Ign and oxford Club Houses, the United States
Building the Pieuepont and Mansion Houses, the
Academy of Music and the BROOKLYN Library
Business was generally suspended at II a. m.
and all classes of people joined i'll the general hOl-
day. The schools were not in session and tho
hundred thousand school children added 10
the thrOnCs in the streets leading 10 the Bridge
The absence of business vehicles and the attraci'"
of every one to the great structure gave an r ol
Sunday quiet to many of the streets Lar. num-
beers of persons were attracted to Fort Greeuc iark
where the Presidential and Bridge opening
sautes Of u and 100 guns respectively
fired by the Calling Battery, under
Captain RasquIn. Salutes were also fired |
at Stage.sf. and the Bushwick Boulevard. The
openair concert in Prospect Park by the 18Th
Regiment Band was largely attended. especially
Ly pcrsons in carriages II lasted from 3 to .
D. m. At the same time concert was given by the
47th Regiment Band at Bedford and Division ayes.