The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-23
THE CROWDS IN THE CITY
SAVANNAHS WELCOME TO THE
VISITING THOUSANDS.

People-How They Are Entertained
Seeing the Sights 49, Programme of
the Festival-The Trades Procession
and Cavalry Tournament To-Day
The Torchlight Parade.
The city gave it, guests genuine Savan-
nah welcome yesterday. The incoming
trains on the Central, the Charleston and
Florida roads arrived heavily loaded and
in double sections. The depots were tRronged
and for while it looked as though the city
would not hold half the people.
The gubernatoria party arrived on the
first section of the Atlanta express at $50
o'clock. Long before the time for the ar
rival Of the trains the streets in the
neighborhood of the Central rail
road depot were crowded with
the people The Chatham Artillery
marched into the depot to receive their
guests the Macon Volunteers, and the Geor-
gla Hussars We're drawn up in Rail
road street to receive the Gov
ernor The committee from the JAS
per Monument Association and the
Reception Committee of the Jasper Festival
as soon as the train bearing the Governor
and his staff and Mrs. Gordon rolled INTO
the depot, took charge of the distinguished
visitors and escorted them TO their car
riages Governor and Mrs. Gordon were
escorted to Capt. w. w. GOrdon's residence
by the Hussars, and Adjt. Gen. Kel and
the Governors staff proceeded 10 the
Pulaski House under the charge of the Re
ception Committee where they were break
tasted
BY o'clock the streets were packed
Everybody wanted to SEQ the President and
the sidewalks and every doorstep and win
dow along the route be was expected to
drive, was covered with men, women and
children.
THROUGH THE STREETS.
The military parade was to take place at
9:45 o'clock, and the streets along the line
of march and in the vicinity of Madison
Square were filled with dense crowds.
Broughton, Congress ana Bull streets, and
the Bay were kaleidoscope of colors.
Throughout the entire length of BrOughton
street the national cOlors wrapped
every building. Big flags and
little ones, festoons of gay bunting,
and bright colOred streamers lent striking
effect to che scene
Toward II o'clock, the hour for the UNI
yelling of the monument the crowds began
to move out Bull street in the direction of
the park. Madison Square and Bull,
Harris Macon and Charlton streets in the
vicinity of the monument were almost
impossible.
Everywhere there was the greatest en-
thusiaSm. The city was at its best and the
visitors were enthusiastic There are few
cities of its size in which there is more TO
be seen than there is in Savannah, and the
crowds that came in yesterday came to see
it all.
THE CITY IN COLORS.
Early in the morning the city was bright
with banners. The weather was not alto
gether propitious but the decorators kept
at work and by o'clock the principal
streets were in holiday attire. Broughton
and Congress. looking from Bull street,
presented a kaleidoscope of colors as far
as the eye could reach. The Bay,
Whitaker, DraytOn, AbercOrn, Barn
ard and Bull streets and the
route of the Presidents drive and line of
march of the military and civic societies
We're gayly decorated From the river to
the park and around the park there was
hardly q building that was not decorated
in some way. To describe the decorations
is impossible in the space Of a newspaper
report.
FLAGS ON WHEELS.
There were not dozen wagons, buggies,
carriages and carts altogether in Savannah
yesterday that did not take part in the fes-
tival. Horses nd mules were gayly deco
rated with flags and rosettes. Beer wagons
grocery wagons, drayS, carriages and bug
gieS, buses, and express wagons
hacks and everything Oh wheels
had some sort of decoration, and even
pedestrians wore flags in their button-hOles.
Everybody seemed to catch the Inspiration
from the sight of so many flags, and the
first thing the visitors did was to make a
break for the first store and get flag or q
badge. Everybody and everything wore
the national cOlorS
THE POLICEMANS LOT.
That ga policeman's lot is not a happy
one' was never moro fOrcibly illustrated
than it was Yesterday and will be during
the Festival. The Savannah police are not
a backward set of men when their services
are required and they were on hand every
where yesterday. Acting Chief Green did
the best he could with the small force of
men under his CONTROL and both the main
thoroughfares and the out-of the-way streets
were patrolled alike so that everybody
would be protected While the men have
to ''double-up," nearly everybody in the
city does the same thing and the double
duty was cheerfully done and without a
murmur.
THE PROGRAMME TODAY.
Trades procession $50 a. m
Cavalry tournament-Ten brock course
2 p. m.
Torchlight parade, s p. m.
That is briefly the programme for to-day
The trades procession is the body amount
on the programme and will take place mt
$50 O'Clock this morning Grand Marshall
Thomas Ballontyne aud his aides will
assemble at South Broad and East Broad
streets at 9 o'clock. Floats must report by
$50, sharp, at the above place, and they
will then be assigned their positions in the
parrde.
The line of march will be East Broad to
Bay, Bay to West Broad, West Broad to
Broughton, Broughton to Barnard, Barnard
to Congress, Congress to johnson square,
then around the square into Congress, Con-
gress to Abercorn, Abercorn to Broughton,
BroughtOn TO West Broad, West Broad to
South Broad, South Broad to the starting
point
THE CAVALRY TOURNAMENT.
Cavalry tournment will take place at Ten
Brock course at O'clock. The Central
railroad will run the following schedule
from the West Broad street depot to the
fitting grounds:
Leave Savannah at 12;15, 12:45, 10, and
5 p. III.
Returning leave Ten Brock course 4:35
and 5:15 p. m.
The fare is 2Oc for whole tickets and 1Oc.
for half tickets.
Admission tickets Will bo sold in connec-
ton with railroad tickets at both the city
and depot offices.
The following teams are entered for the