New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-31
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BARTHOLDrS BIG STATUE,
THE FIREWORKS POSTPONED AGAIN.

ON MONDAY NIGHT THEY WILL DE SET OFF, II THE
WEATHER Is GooD-rHE FRENCH GUESTS.
me clouds which lowered unveiiinR of Liberty
thursday had just begun break away yesterday
Ai'ornoon over the narbor From Bellows Island one
souIn see fantly through the Narrows first time
SINCE asst tuesday Everything still cold and damp
s"d cneeriess. however the issrd itself and IN the
A', ana the weather gave On OF changing in time
" o hoped-for display OF fireworks at night Late in
'no AFTERNOON the American Committee more
'ee OF postponement. The Statue. It found could
ho' DO lighted before Tomorrow night and the fire.
"orAs' II the weather Is favorable, will also he
set ou thein The signal for the illumination and ds
PS viii De as already announced. the burning OF two
reu ''ehts at 730 D. from the statue on Bedow's
Isshu The fireworks. under the direction Of Professor
nm VIII then be given from Bedlo@s Island. Gov
e'"or Island and the that then lying in
INC naroor while those paid FOR in part By the city will
oe set on from the Battery by the Unexcelled Fire
WORKS Company OF Park Place
there visitors comparatiyelv to the
yesterday than usual, though both the nat
toou ioals all the afternoon. The hammer
.hR Is stlll going the outside OF the
uH"re' the pigmy men hanging down by life
Llnes from tae neck and shoulders OF the Goddess.
l"e stairs inside up the balcony OF the
STOCK OF the torch, but the ratings few other fix
lures ars not yet The elevator will not be put
ior month at least, and sighrseers who have never
pr'esed high climbing would better take their OF
'he hnrbor in the meanwhile from the pedestal
tue top OF old Fort Wood. Tho electric plant
lot the torch aud the reecfOrs still IN charge OF the
avr nompanys engineer II will not be turned
Un 20 me hgh -hOuse authorities until after the trials
wy, ~, .Hhtlng the Sta'ue are satisfactorily made.
,t,I Oh the visitors to Bedlows Island are
fnwn AL, t4qrgiGners or people rom out OF
@ h ahd small images OF ne statue are as thick as
et VI On Tue ramparis ana the piers.
was t,tcn to the Brooklyn Navy Yari The Dispatch
80 u'sapprar-d Only our OF the war and raining
ia .n celebration Of Monday night II it is not poet
General stone the Grand Marshal OF the land parade.
naS o.osra MS Offices ~ the Washington Blu ding All
secoun,s have b. settled to the sltsfactOn 81 ever
noy. General stone has written the following letter
To the Police Board:
"A Grand Marshal Of the military naval and civic parade
me statue oi Liberty Enlistrnng the World. cannot
sire 10 90 my nigh appeca o and hearty thanks f the
r am, "4 I IL tne police Hrianselncns We're man ana car
50 perfect 10 al that regarded the route the para"e column
IS 10 leave nothing to be desired.
Inc French delegates appeared early yesterday morn
ine ine ion' y OF the II hm1n House. and many IT
eu c"u he seen there at almost any nour Of the day
al - nrr las gwen several o. thrln cut's ahn
az keep Indoors IA much Invitations and general
S-n',%eelng vii allow them. The whole party visited
institutions There. Count De Lesseps rode IN
little da@stsr Bar 1GS T sl'1T1GS er sn4 caei
i"T " ie" minutes at tue ohce ~ ite World
II in t0n Cah Of Brooklyn. AZ Its hOuse, Rrmson ami
Union STREETS. was PHEASANT and brilliant affair
.se rooms were comfortably fiji ed WITH
friends. p, si-nt McI~an. George NJ Oicott. laser
Marvin james Mckren Alexander T. Orr, Thomas H.
t"lm'n, Charles BZelow and the other officers OF
thr orsan ton acted a reception committee. John
r. fa--rr and Thomas = Moore presented the guests TO
Nearly al The French visitors present including
W. ana Nine. Bartholdi, Count dc Lessrp. Admiral |
JanTr- General re ssier, NJ. T. spu er NJ Drrsmon~,
". Nil-sente. NJ G.. oonel b. lie PusS. NJ. AMI Mime.
'nsriat NJ L~on Robert N. Descnamp.. NJ. Iie.ari.
". Gr"u T. NJ Napoleon Ney NJ. l. Meunier. VI. Guar |
les bisot' w. C'tter N. Halphen. Baron salvador n.
erogte Glaenz'r VI. II. lie Castro, NJ Boeuial, NJ. ana
Niue. Lyon and VI. Caubert.
Ihe reception Was held in the parors downstairs |
which handsomely decorated flowers. tri-col-
orrd hunting and the flags OF both Nation. Bref
toun lie L..eps nrfrerhnenIs We're .rrved IN the
dining-roon on the fifth floor. from which a tine vw Of
nave uern ooiained.
Among the prominent citizens present were: Mayor
Whiin-y James Calendar Henry +. PerrepOnt. Pro-
ies-nr Charles T. Wei. judge Willard Btr leIt Gorton
Blackboard. Rev Mason Gallagher j. G. Jonnson. Ed
wari II. Arnold, sinclair lousy, jr j. \ T. sran snan,
william Feet General Stewart l. woodford. Norman j.
ID. wade john r. Morgan. william r. Wheelock. T. A.
Willard. Henry .ne!lon. Willard Bartlett. Richard NJ
Thoma- g. Robh. Walter r Hatch. Abraham Lott, the
Rev. Dr. Charles II. Hail. DIR. COnklin-, Henry d. At
c. A. IT, wusenu, Herman B~hr " L. COME steven,
Charles Phrips. W. b. Hunt r, William f. Pigot aud
Iuni O. BERGEN. 10 barely dark last eyeuing when
great rrowit began gathering at "a" Btttrry'
had been po-tponed until Monday and they also
prc-d that the statue on Bellows lsllpd wOdld bee
crowded with a 1iaien Of elrcirct li-nt When the
first oi the tnroug began to gather Liberty barely
visible 10 tho gloom later sue was shut out
from sight entirely. Gray-cOatef Iark pOl emen
di their hest to lniuce the crowds TO disperse teng
them mat the display would tax" p zee until Mon
day nut l. not believed until RAIN drops came pat
ierug down ant reminded them that there was 10
place Ike home. Then they dispersed.
count DE Lrs-rp~ male call on Prince Louis
Napoleon yesterday morning At the Ffth Avsnue Hotel
TIE Prince started yesterday afternoon for Washington
To-day company with Lew T. Morton aud
NJ Augusie COubert. they will make a flying trip
10 Niagara Falls, returning on Mon lay ntIDL
hey will be entertained here on Tuesday
5y the Lafay cite Guard and at the Jerome
Park races. On Wodn~s ay they will make
Journey Wtshingtpn. Count ID" Les
.rDs mas given up his proposed rip to Montreal
tie thinks the fatiEurs Of tra'eng would De TOO
great FOR him. others OF tue delegation may ac-
;ept Mayor BeaugranPs invitation, however