The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-10
CROWDS IN TBE CITY.
Merchants Week Auspiciously
Inaugurated.
THREE THOUSAND VISITORS HERE

day-The Drummers' Parade, the
Naval Stores Convention, the Horse
Races, Bicycle Races and Carnival
and the Trades Display the Principal
Rvents-The Gun Club Tournament
and the Base Ball Games.
Merchants week has begun with boom.
The people are already here Over 1900 ar
rived in the city yesterday and last night
and fully as many more are expected by the
early trains this morning.
The early rush is something astonishing
The people did not wait for the celebration
to begin before coming, but came in and
opened it themselves. Over 1000 people
arrived in the city yesterday morning and
made things lively at ths hotels and on the
streets.
The Central railroad by actual figures
made up from conductors reports lost night
brought in $50 people during the day. The
early morning trains on the Central and the
Savannah and Western brought in 45O pas
sengers, the "shoofly" brought in about 100
at noon aud the night trains brought In 400.
There were IS passengers through from At
lanta on the evening train.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
brought In twelve coaches, all loaded yes
terday morning. many of the passengers be-
ing from Florida and Southwestern Georgia.
The noon train came in with SIX coaches
packed The night train came in with
pine coaches and there was hardly room to
be had on tie train. There were seventy
eight passengers through from jacksonville.
Altogether the Savannah, Florida and
Western brought in over l, 500 people, The
South Bound and the Charleston and Sa-
vannah railways brought In large crowds
also. Altogether there are over 5000
strangers in the city.
THE HOTEL MEN HAPPY.
The inflow OF visitors is rejoicing the
hearts of the hotel men. The hotels are
filing up rapidly but they still have room
for few more. The Screven lead the list
last night with total register Of 147 ar
rivals, the Pulaski followed with 1919, the
Harnett had ll6, the De Soto 30 and the
Marshall &C.
1t is but fair to say for the Marshall that
it was filled up the day before and could
not possibly accommodate any more guests
last night
All the hotels are putting in cots and
making arrangements to handle the crowds
that will come in to-day. All boarding
houses desiring guests should send in their
names to the Sunday school exchange, on
Bull street, the headquarters OF the infor-
nation bureau. Private houses willing to
room few respectable guests at reasonable
rates would do well to send in their names
TO the Sunday school exchange. There are
many family parties with ladies that would
like to secure rooms in private houses The
crowd will tax all the resources Of entertain-
ment Of the city. Freid g. Hicks were
rushed TO death at the market restaurant
yesterday. They have laid in a carload Of
fish for to-day.
THE PROGRAMME TODAY.
To-day the celebration begins In earnest
The official programme is as follows:
Drummers' Parade, 8 a. m.
Inauguration of the open House," Armory
hall. 10 a. m.
Convention of Turpentine Operators Protective
Association, 1920 a. IN.
Bicycle Races, Bull and Liberty streets p; m.
Gun Club Tournament. Chatham Gun Club
grounds, 0 a. IN.
Horse Races at Thunderbolt.
Grand Illuminated Trades AIDES Display; over 100
floats in line; entire route blaze of
colored fires and fireworks;
Sp IN Congress TO Bull.
to Park extension.
Bicycle Parade; 200 wheels in line, decorated
with thousands OF Chinese lanterns
and riders in fantastic cos
Tunes Bull street to park
Every feature of the programme is of in
terest. The drummers will open the day.
President Lovenstein of the Savannah
Travellers Association has announced the
following programmes:
The drummers will meet at the Screven
house at 9 O'Clock sharp. About 800 are
expected to be in line.
The line will form on Congress street,
with the right resting on Bull.
The Fourth artillery band will head the
parade. The line of march will be as fol-
lows:
From Congress to Bay on Bull, on Bay to
jefferson, to Congress, east to Drayton, to
Broughton, west to Jefferson. TO Liberty, on
Liberty past the De Soto to Drayton, then
countermarch on Liberty to Bull, and on
Bull to the open house at Armory hall,
where President Lovenstein will make his
proclamation and invite all the guests to
partake Of the Inequalities of open house.
Badges will be furnished the drummers
on the formation of the parade.
All the large wholesale houses have
agreed to have their travelling men enter
the parade.
The gun club tournament will open on
the Chatham club grounds on Estill avenue
at 9o'clock. A number of sportsmen arrived
yesterday from Georgia and Florida, and
the event promises to be most interesting
one.
The Artillery band from Fort Mcpherson
will arrive this morning and remain during
the balance of the week.