The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-29
Gotham Cay with Flags, Banners
and Notices.
An Immense Crowd of People at the
Exercises.
BarthoIdi Received wlthlthe Greatest
Enthusiasm by the People.
President Cleveland Receives the
Statue for the United States.
All the Features OF the Day a Success
and no Accidents Occurred.

| anu TO ACCtuentS OCCufred.
New YORK, Oct. 2S.-At club dinner in
Paris twenty years ago, there came to Au-
guste Bartholdi the conception Of French
American statue to Liberty, and today, under
heavy skies, more than a million people
made business of commemorating its CON-
pletion. All night had the rain fallen at in
teryals, and day broke with no rent or seam
In curtain of leaden cloud The wet pave
ments, the mud, the chill air and general
discomfort, however, were no appreciable
bar to public enthusiasm over the event of
Liberty's unwilling.
As early as s O'Clock the tenement districts
began the movement toward the streets and
avenues where they might see the pageant
and hear the music. From boundary line
east and west at the river fronts, the drift of
| people moved in families and parties, until
when nearing the line of march there grew
to be tide of human beings that at length
moved up against the police lines and set
back its constantly flowing stream to near
by avenues.
At 8 o'clock, the first division of the pa.
rade commenced to form on Fifty-eighth
street and Fifth avenue. The Fifth United
| States Artillery and Engineer Corps took
their position in front of Secretary Whitney's
house few minutes after nine. Next came
| the Old Guard, who stood near the carriages
waiting for the President and his Cabinet to
leave Secretary Whitney's residence, where
they had spent the night.
Promptly at 10 O'Clock, President Cleve-
land, accompanied by Secretary of State
| Bayard, descended the steps and entered an
open carriage They were followed by Sec
reta;y Whitney, Postmaster General Villas,
| secretary Lamar, Rear Admiral Luce and
staff. and Major Whipple. The Old Guard
preceded the carriages, and at a quarter-past
| l0 O'Clock commenced the march down Fifth
| avenue. Both sides of the street were
crowded with people, who waved their hats
and applauded loudly as the Presidents car
| rage passed. On all the side streets from
Central Park down to the stand on Twenty
fourth street, the different military compa-
MES and civic organizations were formed.
1 Inc carriages containing sthe President and
Cabinet were followed by battalion of $50
police, under the command of Capt. Mount.
The United States Naval Brigade came next,
with the Engineer Corps, which consisted of
| 20 men. The Second Regiment N. G.. S. N.
y, numbering 325 men, fell in line at Fifty
ninth street, together with 200 men compos-
| ing the detachment of Massachusetts Voiun-
teer Militia These were followed by the
| Seventh Regiment, 400 men; Eighth Regi-
ment, 250 men; Twelfth Regiment, 500 men
Eleventh Regiment, 224 men; First Regiment
800 men; and the French societies number
| ing 2500men.
The Governors of Maine, Massachusetts,,
| Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
Jersey, New York, Maryland, and their
taffs,together with the United States Judges
| entered carriages at the Windsor Hotel. and
fell into line behind the French associations
The Third Brigade, in command of Hugh J.
| Grant, consisting of the mayors of cities and
municipal officials, a battalion of the police
force OF Philadelphia. 400 men, commanded
| Dy Capt James Smith; battalions of the po-
| hces OF brooklyn and Jersey City, in all 300
| men; veterans of the war Of 1912; the Aztec
| Club; veterans of the Mexican war and
the military orders of the Loyal Legion.
| The fourth division was under command
of Col. c. A. Wells and was made up of the
war veteran military organizations: the
posts of the Grand Army of the Republic of
New York City, New Jersey and other
states. brig. Gen. James McLeer was in
command of the fifth division, which con-
sisted of Grand Army posts, Col Winchester
acting as marshal of the sixth division, con-
slsting of 800 men belonging to Washington
CITY; Continental Guards with General
Washlngtons carriage, Old Washington
Continental Guards, Sons of the Revolution,
Sons iof Veterans, Major General A. S.
Weeb, marshal of the seventh division, had
In his command 300 men, comprising the
members OF the different educational insti-
tutions The eigth division, commanded by
Gen. Horatlo q. King, numbering 800 men,
was made up of thh independent military
organizations The ninth division was COM
manded by Bernard j. Dolan, and was COM
posed OF the Brooklyn Fire Department, As
sociatlon OF Old Brooklynites, the mayor of
Brooklyn and the city officials John Deck
er acted as marshal of the tenth division
which was composed of the Volunteer Fire
mems Association, Board of Trade and
Pythias, Indiana, $50 men; knights of
| Pythias, New York, 1900 men Odd Fellows
and other civic societies.
The formation of the marine part of the
parade began on the Hudson river, opposite
west 10th street, at an early hour, but owing
TO the foggY weather it was after / O'Clock
| before the signal gun for the start was fired
| AT THIS time there were probably 100 vessels
| drawn up in two divisions. The first was
| composed of large steamers and the second
| OF tugs and smaller vessels. Some of these
were beautifully decorated with flags and
bunting. The United States steamship Dis
| patch lay off West 23d street and as the col
| umn OF boats approached President Cleve-
land arrived with his suit and prepared to go
| on board. As the guns fired a Presidents
| salute halt was ordered until the Dispatch
| got under way, when, with loud blast of
| Whistles, the column of boats followed on
| behind toward the statue. The military and
| civic organizations proceeded down Broad
| way TO Mail street, where they turned into
| Park Row and past the World building
Ihey then moved past the Herald office to
| lower Broadway, where they were disbanded
| Ihe procession was greeted with enthu-
| slastlc cheers all through the line of march
accompanying the Presidential party and the
| French delegation. On the reviewing stand
were members of the diplomatic corps, 1t
| General Sheridan, General Schofieid and
staff, Gov. Hill, Gen. Wiley, Lit. Gov Jones,
| Gen. Knox, Gen. Duryea, Admiral Luce and
staff, Judges Brown and Benedict, Ex-Mayor
| Wycham, j. Parker, Gen. Daniel L. Sickles
| and Ingalls,
The lower part of Broadway, the battery,
| park and wharyes were covered with a
| throng. The procession pushed its way, and
! the first to embark for Bedloe's Island was
| the Goth regiment Other organizations fol-
| lowed quickly and heavily loaded vessels
| pushed off one after the other. The river
| and bay were covered with gaily decked
| crafts of every size and shape. Men-of-wa
| were anchored in line off the island. The
| favorite position was in front of the great
| statue, and here vessels gathered in almost
| compact mass, leaving barely room for the
| various steamers to land the invited guests
| at the wharf. These guests began to arrive
| at about2 O'Clock and filing through the
| mist clambered upon the platforms assigned
| them. Now and then the explosion of gun
was heard with impatient shrieks of steam
boat Whistles cheers and music. Finally
| came the boom of the signal gun and sailors
| manned the yards of the warships. The
| President and his party were taken from the
| Dispatch to the wharf in little steam yacht
| being greeted with cheers from the boats
nearest by. No sooner had he landed when
! the sautes began. The battery nearly at
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and heavy guns on Governors Island. At
the same moment every steam whistle in the
fleet began to toot and the mist settled down
more thickly than ever. The pedestal of the
| statue, the fort and platforms for
spectators were bright with flags and
streamers, the tricolor of France divid-
ing honOrs with the star spangled banner.
| Over the face of Liberty was drawn large
French flag The balcony from which address,
| es were given was reserved for the Presi-
dents party, French visitors, and speakers.
| The Frenchmen were cheered as they ar
rived and modestly took their places. The
I'd Regiment Band led by Gilmore played
Marsellaise and other popular airs. After
long delay, all the dgnitaries being seated,
Gen. Schoheld tried to call the multitude to
order. lie was only partly successful and
the exercises were disturbed by the rude
footing of whistles off ON the water Finally
Rev. DE- Storrs was called on and prayed
that; Thou who enablest man to mould the
metal ana make lightning His servant will
accept the dedication of this monument to
Thee, and that here it may continue un-
touched OF tempest its munition Of rocks
not shaken by earthquake. While the waters
enclrcle II and the light of morning returns
to greet IL we pray that Liberty, which it
represents, may continue to enlighten with
Denencent instruction, and to bless
Win majestic and wide benediction the ma