Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-11
LAST NIGHT IN NEW YORK.
Fireworks on Brooklyn Bfidge-Mr. Depew's
Address.

Fireworks on Brooklyn Bfidge-Mr. Depew's
Address.
After 10 o'clock last night 1t seemed as il
every soul in New York was hurrying to reach
the Brooklyn bridge, where the bridge trustees
gave a pyrotechnic display. A statue Of Co
lumbus was one Of the set pieces. Two tons of
colored fire, displaying the famous Crystal
Palace lights, were used. There were fifteen
series Of these illuminations. The triumph Of
the night was a grand cascade of silver fire at
the New York end Of the bridge. more gor-
geous spectacle was never seen in New York.
A huge torrent Of silver was started from the
top of a tower, extending all around it. The
fall was distance of 200 feet. Among other
features were Geographic messages written in
letters of fire and the explosion of gigantic
bombshells twenty-four inches in diameter.
THE COLUMBIAN ALLEGoRY.
The other features Of the evening was the
Columbian festival allegory in the Carnegie
Music Hall, "The Triumph of Columbus
written and composed by Silas G. Pratt
The chief feature Of the evening at the Car
negie Music Hall was the speech of Dr. Chaun-
cey NJ Depew 1t was delivered after the fes-
tival march entitled, 1.-The Empire State"
which was dedicated, by the way, to Mr. Depew
himself.
Among other things he said: "This is an
American night; l may say an American week.
an American month, an American year and an
American cantata. Tomorrow we begin a series
of American celebrations that will continue
until 1888. Other natons-Italy, Spain,
France-are joining hands with us in doing
honor to the memory of Columbus. At Chi
cago the architectural genius of the country
has constructed buildings that Aurpass anything
the world has ever seen. There are gathered
the results of the arts, the gen uses, the manu-
features, the learnings, the commerce, the in
dustry of 400 years-400 years of American in
dependence. There has been greater advance
in every way in this century than in any of
those that preceded
1.-The parade which 1 have seen today was
more pathetic, more significant than all the
pageantry that ia to follow. That which is to
follow is the parade which marks the wealth
and the civilization OF a great people. 1t marks
the things that belong to their efforts and their
ease their pleasure and powers. But this pro-
cessiou on 9th avenue today of the little ones of
the metropolis presented a larger field and a
most hopeful promise. 1t was the flower and
fruitage Of the civil and religious liberty of the
American people. [Cheers.l
"ln the age of Columbus bigotry ruled the
state, and bigotry in the church was one of the
things that Columbus had to fight, while
superstition was almost universally against
them. 1t was an age OF creeds warning against
each other and each with all the appliances of
war. 1t WAS an age which was mercless in its
beliefs and in their propagation 1t was an
age when all races and all nations were arrayed
against-one another. but today the boys and
girls who were the children Of the Gentle and
creed. the descendants of every race, marched
under one flag and to one musc-the music Of
the nationality Of the flag Of the United States p"
(Cheers.l