Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-23

his gallant rescue of the Danmark's crew and passengers As the steamer came up to the city it was saluted with whistles of all kinds and just before reaching the pier g florists agent boarded the ship and presented Captain Murrell on behalf of several prominent ship owners and citizens with 8 handsome floral
 ship, the hull and rigging being composed of
 pink roses on sea of evergreen and trimmed
 with silvered sails. Tomorrow at noon by
 invitation of the Maritime Exchange he will
 hold public reception at their building and
 tomorrow night he will be the honored guest
 at the annual dinner of the Sons of St. George
 which will be given in their hall at Thirteenth
 and Arch streets. Captain Murrell is but 2S years old, but has commanded successively the Surrey, Michigan and Maine of the Thingvalla line and has been remarkably free from mishaps in his career as master.
 The final leave-tsking between Captain Murrell and the passengers of the Danmark was affecting. For all of those who grasped his hand the big and eood-natured master had smile, kind of we'll wishing, and for some of the children he had kiss. Many of the women, in their exuberance of joy, also tried to get near enough to him to perform similar compliment but there were only 8 few who were able to secure this privilege.
 Little is known about the death of En- gineer Kaas of the Danmark. There were no witnesses of his tragic fate. The most plau- sible and most generally believed theory of his death is that when he found the shaft had broken and was with every revolution tearing large hole in the Danmark's bottom he made an effort to turn off steam in order to stop the machinery. Perhaps in an un- or becoming bewildered he caused the acci- dent which cost him his life. Whether it was the explosion of steam pipe or the fast revolving broken shaft, which was responsi- bic for 1t, will probably never be known.
 THEY WILL BE GORGEOUS.
 The Centennial Display VIII be Grand.
 NEW YORK, April 22.-Eleven thousand dollars worth of fireworks will be set off in this town on the evening of April 30, and it will be the most magnificent pyrotechnic dis play ever seen in this country.
 The largest display will be at the Battery, and this is so because there is more room down there and the sticks of the skyrockets and the burnt ends of other things can fall into the water instead of through the sky light of neighboring dwelling.
 The next three largest ones will be at Union Square, Mount Morris Park and Tomp- kins Square. Two very fine displays may be seen at East River Park, foot of East street, and at Washington Square. The other places are: Central Park plaza, Fifty-ninth street and Eighth avenue; Canal Street Square, junction of Canal and West streets; Washington Heights, 10th street, near Hudson river; Twenty-third ward, triangle of the Boston road and Third avenue, and Twenty-fourth ward, Webster avenue and Burnside road.
 In each of the displays, which are to be as nearly alike es possible, there will be a num- Der of very beautiful ''set pieces," as they are called by the fireworks people. These ~hs blematic and otherwise; but the grandest of all is the one that is to be used, and most %, ss the grand final at each place. It represents the colossal figure of Washington es lie appeared taking the oath of office es the fist President of the United States. The piece is an exact copy of the statute now on the steps of the Sub-Treasury in Wall street. It will be 60 feet high and between 30 and 40 feet wide when set of. The figure will be all of colored fire, sur- rounded by brilliant sun fires and oolored stars of the Union.