New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-05

uss,a.,f. Alexander Hamilton VICE president John
schuyler, secretary Alexander James CLINTON, 1oas'
urcr william Linn Kccso, assistant treasurer the ov.
NJ H. Hutton chae.in stan,eins comW W;sn Henry
e epon Richard varick Dc witt John Barnes vsc
onry Prochholst Lrdyard delegates TO the General
Society. Hamilton Fish, General John Cochrane heA
snder Hamilton, John Schuyler anu A'~A"N'' '"-''-
Clinton.
THEDAY IN BROOKLYN AND TIE SUBURBS
A SUNDAY IoUIgr BROKEN ONLY BIZ oCcAsoNA1
DISPLAYS or PATRIOTISM.
sovo for the decorations profuscy displayed ana the
intermittent sound of explosives, Broohiyh
a Sunday aspect yesterday. All places y. ou'
save those where refreshments, liquid ana otncr"isc
wero sold and where the supply of pyroochn,cs was
not exhausted were closed. Early Id 'ho u"S ''o
streets wero filed with people on foot OF 10 suo's
cars making their way to trains ana poa's " -
RED them into tho country. Prospect yarn " D., a..
pleasure resorts were visited by thousands anu ~ ,o
afternoon tho streets were nearly descrteu' i "a,
was decorated with hundreds OF fags tas.cia,
nlaved and the front of the Municipai Du'ups
showed tho coats of arms Of various States
with flags Above the Dewlypainteo WHO aoni'
OF the Court House aonted an immense Natohai n"e'
AT the Navy Yard all the ships were drcsseo ID
rainbow fashion. Tho day ushered IN py tno
thunder of 100 guns Fort Greene ana az 'no ioo'
of Court-st and tho head OK stagg-s1 INV
BROOKLYN. Tho chimes Of st. AIMS Church rang
National airs at noon. Picncs and athletic games
drew crowds to places Of pleasure resort out Oh aoo
In the afternoon and number OF Interesting con'os
occurred Although the sun was warm acHsn'iu.
breeze tempered the heat and the day was all tna'
could BIO wished
In the evening the public buildings were Illuminated
and displays Of fireworks were given at PUBIC OK,
penso at four different points The places werc Fors
Greene Park, tho Washington Park baseban srounas'
Bcdford-av and North feminist, In the Ess'orn
District and Atlantic and Van sinderen avcs, III tno
Twcnty-slxth Ward Crowds assembled to Witness inc
displays, which were successfully made Besides .no
customary rockets, pin wheels, bombs, etc. cacn as
play concluded with an elaborate set piece. AZ for'
Greene tho Cave Of tho Winds represented, with
portraits OF Cleveland and Thurman In the midst Al
Washington Park the design was Jefferson holding tho
Declaration OF Independence In tho Twenty-sixtn
Ward Liberty Enlghtenng the World was represented
And in tho Eastern District tho American Coat OF Arms
on the Stars and Stripes and surmounted by an eagle
with outstretchcd wings was shown. About l,ooo
permits for private displays of fireworks wore granted
Mrs Reggie Jochn of No. $40 Park ave-, was sitting
at tho window Of her home with baby IN ner lap
when bullet from 32-calibre revolver struck her IN
tho right hand causing a serious wound, ana
narrowly missing the baby The police found Oscar
weiser ago eighteen, Of No. 204 Floydst, and Charles
Arnhart age twenty, of No. BOG Ellery-st, shooting
at a target nailed to fence in tho rear Of No. 300
Ellery-st. They were arrested. There were several
other minor accidents.
The celebration of the Fourth in Newark was gen.
eraI and hearty. Tho city was gayly decorated
with bunting and all business was suspended Crowds
of people left the city excursion trips, but tho
principal streets thronged all day with sight
seers. In the morning Fourth Of July services were
held in Miners Theatre, Mayor Haynes presiding
School children sang patriotic anthems, Miss raw
cett read the Declaration of Independence and General
Stewart l.. Woodford delivered tho Grafton. AZ
8 a. H. there was parade Of Grand Army Posts,
Fire Department and Irish volunteers At sunset
a salute was fired in Military Park and the obscrv-
concluded with a grand display of fireworks IN
BrOad-st. Several small fires occurred during the
day but were promptly extinguished. number
of persons injured by powder explosions
Burt' Tronicr, coored, well known character had
his finger shot off. Michael Moran was shot In tho
leg by Charles Lang, who was arrested. Arthur
Wilkinson, age fifteen, was seriously injured by tho
explosion of Of gunpowder.
Elizabeth distinguished itself by indulgtng In an
oldfashioned Fourth Of July celebration, the first
that has occurred In moro than dozen years In
the morning there was parade composed OF four
companies Of the Sd New-Jersey Regiment the Veteran
zouaves, the Mayor, Common Council city officials,
three Grand Army posts and number Of civic
In tho Temple Opera House. Major George
B. Halscy rccltcd tho Declaration OF In
dependence and tho Rev. Otis A. Glazebrook
rector Of st. Johns Church, delivered fine address,
being continually interrupted by applause. At half
past In the evening excellent pyrotcchnc display
took place in East Jersey-st., and was witnessed by
fully 10000 people, hundreds Of whom kept focking
into town from the nelghborng villages. largo
pile of waste at the cordage works was set on fire by
frecrackers being thrown into tho pile by boys. 1t
was put out before serious damage was DONE
The Fourth celebrated in NcwBrunswick with
parade and large public meeting at which songs
were given, the Declaration read and addresses de-
llvcrcd by Charles D. Deshler, who showed how the
Declaration of Independence was received by the
penscs of the celebration were borne by private cit
liens. The Common Council refused to give even
200 TO help pay for the use Of the hall where the
The icc-houso OF A. T. Norton at Port Jefferson,
cYE was os Of oyer II ~ Th e Fire
Department succeeded In saving The Davis road ma
Th he rs was caused cam By the explosion OF
Catherine Collins ago ten, OF No 10 Meserolcaye.,
taking part In some games at the Clan Gael pic.
nc held in Graucr's Park, Ridgcwood, l.. /.
NTIPOVERTY AND INDEPENDENCE.
The Anti-Poverty Society celebrated the day by
large meeting in Cooper Union. John McMackin
presided. He looked happy and smiling and wore
a flower in his buttonhole. He made a long
speech, made up mainly of warning that Z" liberty
Is I'm danger" and that to the natural oppor
tunes" Is all that Is wanted. He said one new
thing, and altogether strange when he asserted
that It might have been just WE'LL perhaps, for
the struggling people Of Europe had America never
been discovered, "bcase, them" he said, they would
have remained in the old world to fight against
oppression with the result that to-day there would
neither be kings dcspo;s In Europe
Gaybert Barnes read the Declaration Of Independence
Cornelius Donovan, Cornelius f. J. Doody John J.
Bealin and Dr. McGlynn spoke. All the speakers, &C
cordlng to tho chairman, were down for short talks
of ten minutes, but DR.. McGlynn didn't conform TO
this PLAN This Fourth Of July Of ours said he,
has always been special personal recollection In
my calendar but aside from that memory I regard
tho Declaration Of Independence as poem, prophecy,
prayer ApplauseD Nothing Is worth thinking
Of talking of, fighting for that Is not in harmony
with the Eternal will" Applalse)
Miss Munier and the Concorda Chorus sang "The
Star Spanged sBanncr,' the audience joining In the