Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-30
In MEMORY OF WASHINGTON
Now York City Glorious in Cor
goous Array.
BRAND SIGHT IN THE HARsoR.
rhe Naval Parade The Ball n Daz-
1iing Dream, With Lilacs and
Smiiax Mountains
High.



Philadelphia, where Postmaster General
Wanamaker and the secretary were taken
on board. Shortly after leaving Washing
ton at / a. IN. the train became the abode of
sleep, every one following the example of
President Harrison. The presidents train
drew up at Elizabeth at o'clock in the
midst of a concourse of people that filled the
station platform and the space adjoining.
While the train halted at Trenton the
car carrying tho official party of
the state and guests was attached
and the train then started. The party in the
car consisted of Governor Green, General
Sewell, General Strykor, members of the
New Jersey Centennial committee, and
others The train as IL rolled into Elizabeth
was greeted by a presidential salute by u bat
terry of local artillerymen. Before the party
reached Elizabeth, President Harrison and
party, with their guests, received Governor
Green and General Stryker of the New
Jersey committee. About one thousand
people gathered around the carriages that
were TO convey Governor Green and his
guests to breakfast. AS President Harrison
appeared, escorted by the governor, he was
at once recognized and a hearty cheer went
up from the throng.
The breakfast party from the train was to
consist of President Harrison, Mrs. Harrison,
Mr.. and Mrs Mckee and Chief Justice and
Mrs. Fuller, but in the hustle aud confusion
incident to the occasion the chief justice and
his wife, who were in the car in the middle
of the train some distance from that of the
president, were overlooked by the president
and the party, drove off without them. The
special aid to the president dashed back to
the depot in the carriage, accompanied by
three of the members of the local committee
and the chief justice and his wife were taken
to the residence of the governor.
The cabinet officials took breakfast on the
train.
The governors house and grounds were
elaborately decorated with flags and bunting
and the streets in the vicinity, even at that
early hour, were packed with people. There
was storm of cheers as the carriages
passed through the crowds and the occu-
pants were delivered at the residence. After
breakfast Governor Green and Mrs. Green,
President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison and
Vice-President Morton and Mrs. Morton
held reception which lasted from $3.50 until
o'clock. While the breakfast and recep
tion were in progress The procession was
forming. 1t was in seven divisions, COM
prising the national guard, G. A. Il. posts,
Odd Fellows, Uniformed Knights of Pythias
and other civic societies, divisions of agri-
cuturists and of colored troops.
Immediately after the reception came re-
view of the procession by the presidential
party from a stand erected on the grounds by
the governors mansion. Owing to the linn
tied stay of the president in this city only
two divisions of the National Guards ana
Grand Army passed in review. When the
Grand Army had passed the procession
stand for the carriages, forming new di-
vision. The entire procession then moved
through the route, as near as could be, over
which Washington rode.
After reviewing the parade at Elizabeth,
President Harrison was driven along the
shore of the Kill Won Kill to the Alcyone
boathouse, where the entire party was re-
united. and where a gig from the Dispatch
was in waiting to take the president aboard.
President Harrison and Vice-President Nor
ton took seats in the gig amid
the cheers of the assembled crowds, the
shreks of steam whistles and the ringing
of bells. The gig then put off and soon was
alongside the Dispatch. Then followed the
embarkation of the rest of the party IN the
navy yard on the tug Nina The first boat
to put off from the tug was a small steam
launch containing Senators Evarts and His
cock, these gentlemen were greeted at the
float by Chief Justice Fuller and Postmaster
General Wanamaker, who, with Secretaries
Window and Rusk, went on board and soon
rejoned the president ON board the Dis
patch. The rest of the party, including
Mrs Harrison and Mrs. Mckee, went on
board the Sirius At 11:l0 both vessels
weighed anchor and steamed up the bay.
Decorations IN New York.
New YORK, April 29.-The clocks in the
city church steeples had not finished the
stroke of 12, midnight, when carpenters were
at work on the uncompleted stands. Along
tho avenues and in the streets there was the
beginning of adornment of buildings for the
day. Arrangements for the naval parade
were to-day carried out to the letter. At z
o'clock the steamer Dispatch, having on
board Admiral Porter, General Schofield and
representatives of the centennial committee
left the foot of Twenty y-sixth street and, gay
with tluttering flags, steamed down East
river on the trip to Elizabethport, where she
was TO meet President Harrison and party
BY this time the harbor was literally
alive with sailing craft of every descriptl on
and whistles sounded and guns doomed sa-
lutes as the Dispatch picked her way on her
course. The general formation of the line
was column consisting of the naval divis-
ion, revenue division and yacht division, in
the order named, anchored little to the
west of mid-canal, with the head 200 yards
south of the white buoy northeast OF Ellis
island, the naval division, in single column
200 yards apart and in the following order
Chicago, Kearsage, Yantic Essex, Brooklyn,
Jamestown, Juniata, Yorktown and Boston.
The revenue and yacht division, i'll double
column, 100 yards apart and 200 yards
between the columns, the eastern column di-
rectly astcrn of the naval divisions. The
yacht div .on included the vessels OF the
Now York Yacht club, the Atlantic Cor
inthian, Seawanhanaka, American and
I.archmont clubs. The length of the first
column was about one and one-half miles.
In the rear of the first column was the Mer-
chant Marine division, ten squadrons in
double column, on the opposite side of tho
channel. The naval parade was in command
OF Admiral Porter, Renf Admlfal JoVett,
chief of staff and marshal of the day.
In the merchant marine column were over
four hundred vessels, varying in size from
tugs ana lighters TO large passenger aud
freight steamers. AT s n. N. the ships of the
naval division were dressed IN rainbow fash
lon with the flag of the secretary of the navy
at the maintop OF the Chicago, and the flag
of tho admiral of the navy ut the maintop Of
the Boston National ensigns were run TO
the top OF all other masthcads.
COMING FROM Kill voN KuLL.
IL was about IL 10 when the start of the
Dispatch on her trip up the Kill was an
nounced by guns from Fort Richmond, and
II was after l2 O'Clock when she came in
sight in the upper bay. For several minutes
the roar of cannon as she passed several men
of-war was almost deafening, each of these,
together with the forts in the harbor, iirinR
the national salute, The bay was crowded
with small boats and vessels of evory de
scription, so that from distance U glimpst
of clear water was practically impossible.
As the little war ship emerged from ,iis
Kill Won Kull, the yacht cannon began Ia
boom in quick succession, the raarnos:
yacht beginning first. A national salute o.
twenty-onc guns was fired Soon there was
o perfect roar of cannon, and clouds Of smoke
hung over the bay like q bank Of sea fog.
Bolches of fire flashed through the smoke
Ike strcaks OF lightning, giving the sea a
lurid glare.
The scene was q stirring one Family