Daily Kennebec journal., 1889-04-29
ON THE EYE.
How Sunday Was Spent in the
Metropolis.
Troops Arriving, Ships in The Hafbof
Being Decorated,
While the Sounds OF Hammer and Saw
DesecIate the Sabbath Stiffness.

the day and gives promise of being pleasant
tomorrow. The number of people on the
streets this aftsrn0on, and on Broadway es-
pecisily IS y -t,the lover part being throngei
Fro 70 .hui' ltions the crowd during
the al will be the largest ever seen
IN this city. Sailors on hundreds of vessels
In the harbor and along the rivers are busy
decorating their craft. John C. New, E1-
Senator Saunders of Nebraska and a host of
westerners, Gov. Merriam of Minnesota. G.
L. West of Minneapolis, Russell b. Harrison
and Gov. Foraker are stopping at the Gilsey
House Among those at the Fifth Ave hotel
are Gov. Larrabee and Senator Allison of
Iowa; at the Brevoort, \. p. Banks, Gov.
Biggs and the legislature of Delaware The
entire first cavalry troops of Cleveland and
the ancient and honorable artillery company
of Boston are at the Grand Central hotel
Gov Fowle, n c., and large number of
southerners At the Metropolitan.
All hotels are full of newly arriving
guests. Those who had not secured their
accommodations in advance, were referred
to lists Of private boarding houses in the
vicinity which the clerks had prepared.
Bodies of troops have arrived at the depots
and various ferries all day and the streets
presented semi-martial appearance. An
army of men were put to work today to fin
lsh the different stands for the sight seers
tomorrow. As soon as it was learned at po-
lice headquarters that these men were desc
Grating the Sabbath, orders were issued to
the Captains of the precincts in which the
work was gong on, TO have it stopped. The
first gang encountered was found in front of
the Church of Divine Paternity, 18th street
and Fifth Avenue The foreman at first re-
na..l To ton k,,t,
arrest changed his mind, and took the men
away.
Contractors are offering SIS for carpenters
to go to work after midnight SO that out
standing contracts may be finished.
Centennial services under the auspices Of
the Society of Cincinnati were held this
morning at st. Paul's church, where 100
years ago Washington attended divine ser
vice. The attendance was very large, in
cluding 100 members of the Society of Gin
clnnati, to whom the service was especially
ado ressed. Bishop VIM. Stevens Perry of
Iowa, chaplain-general Of the order deliver
ed the sermon, which was mainly devoted to
references to the religious phase of Wash
ington's career.
HaIIison's Grand Army Escort
ELIkABETH, n. j., April 2S.
Elizabeth has had the centennial fever
today. Never in the history of the city was
there ever witnessed Sunday like it. The
decorations had scarcely begun when Fri |
days rain storm came. Today the work was
again taken up. The streets have been
thronged with people. This evening the
city is brilliant with color and all public |
and Gov. Green's residence were
.tahn ,,l, ~.
historic sermons were preached. Vice
President aud Mrs Morton arrived from
New York at $50 this afternoon. Several
thousand people Eathsrssa nl.l na;.aae way to the
Tar ,rfRic' Nffieyy were driven to the home of
Congressman kean, whose guests they will
be until they join the presidential party at
Gov Green's tomorrow morning.
Department Commander Miller telegraph !
ed late last night that there would be 30 600
Grand Army men in the procession which |
escorts Harrison to the place of embarka-
ton. Military and civic societies will also
parade.
The chief incidents of Mondays celebr4-
ton are thus outlined:
A naval parade will take place in the
harbor from II A. NJ. to 3 p. NJ.
The governors, commissioners of States
committee on States and the members of the
general com mittee, will embark at $50 A.
NJ. on the steamer Erastus Wiman on ferry
slip, foot of West 23d street, New York
city, to receive the President and TO meet
the Presidents steamer off Elizabethport.
On the arrival of the presidential party in
the East river opposite Wall street, barge
mann a BY rev f shipmasters from the
Ma. Z of ne port of New York,
with I, ..-i Ambrose Snow, president of
that society, as cox.wain, will row the
President ashore.
On arriving at the foot of Well street the
President will be received by the governor
of the State of New York, the mayor Of the
city of New York, Hon. Hamilton Fish,
pre- sident of the committee, and William G.
Hamilton, chairman of the committee on
States.
The President and other guests will next
be escorted to the Equitable building, where
a reception and collation. will be rendered
them By the committee on States.
After the procession and from to 80
O'Clock a public reception will be given to
the President of the United States in the
Governors room in the City Hall, the Presi-
dent, the Governor of the State of New York
and the Mayor of the city of New York
proceeding under military escort.
At the steps of the City Hall a repr esenta-
ton of girls from the public schools will
assemble and welcome the Pre- sident of the
United States,
Ia the evening at . o'clock the centennial
ball will be given in the Metropolitan Opera
House.