Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-11
SHOW IN FULL BLAST.
Grand Scenes in the
Streets of Gotham.
A WONDERFUL DISPLAY
Ends the Festivities of "a Day Enjoyed
by Thousands.


Of the country, and it is computed that
fully $4,000 visitors are in the city.
Nearly all the hotels are full, and, unless
rooms have been engaged In advance,
transient customers find considerable
difficulty In securing accommodations
Most of the trains over the New York
Central, the Harlem and the New Haven
roads, are coming in in sections, some OF
them in four sections, to a continually
heavy traffic. A very much larger influx
Of visitors is expected Wednesday, and
hotel keepers and boarding house keepers
are already at their wits end in having to
refuse the greater numb er Of the appli
cations made them for rooms
Ex-President Hayes and his daughter,
Mi ~ Fannie Hayes. arrived at the Fifth
A venue Hotel yesterday, and were regis
tered from Fremont. o. Mr.. Hayes
shortly sent word to the reception com
mittee, and was waited upon in his parlor
by Captain Gordon, Senator Lspenard
Stewart, James w. Tappin, Charles s.
Pet and Richard Deaield Mr. Hayes,
later in the afternoon, called upon the
committee.
The announcement was made that Pres
time on Wednesday, but that he must
hurry back to Washington to the bedside
of his wife.
Word WAS also received that Secretary
Of State Foster would respond TO the
toast, "rhe United States"
With this information came word from
the committee of 100, that at the banquet
the health of President Harrison will be
drunk, Vice President Morton acknowl.
edging the courtesy, and explaining the
cause of the presidents absence from the
banquet.
To the Children
Of Gotham WAS given the honor OF begin
ming the civic and military displays From
public schools and from private schools,
from parochial schools from institutions
and from asylums the children were
marshalled thousands strong and their
older brothers from colleges marched
with them
Colonel David 6. Brown, grand marshal
of the school and college parade, gave the
order TO march, and nearly $1,000 pair Of
legs In the Columbian parade were soon
executing the command. The immense
parade arted at Fifty-seventh street and
Fifth avenue and marched 10 Seventeenth
street, then across to Fourth avenue and
through Fourteenth street TO Fifth avenue.
As the long line OF march turned into
Fourteenth street loud cheers went up
from the Union square free stand and from
the dense crowds on the 1T reefs.
The roofs Of the Morton House and
other buildings were packed with spec
tators. Alongside the marchers, and at
some distance apart, were the doctors
who had volunteered their services. After
passing under the Washington arch to
University place the procession went on
to Fourth street. where II disbanded.
Ii was the day OF the women and chill
dren. All the grand stands except three
were free. These three were the ones at
Forty-first street and at Union square,
which were reserved for the school girls
who represented the American flags. and
the one at the eastern side of Union
square, which was reserved for the Chill
dren's Aid society.
A Grand sight.
Thousands upon thousands 81 pairs of
eyes witnessed, on the New York and
Brooklyn bridge last night, a pyrotechnic
exhibition OF unexcelled splendor. The
scene from The Tribune tower was gor-
geous, lurid, wonderful.
At o'clock, when the cars on the great
structure had ceased running all that
could be seen was a string of electric lights
and the dim outline of the towers, back
grounded by the dense black of New York.
Far above the few twinkling stars shed
no light; below the moving light on river
craft threw but little radiance on the
dark waters. This river scene resembled
panorama OF huge dimensions. The GO
ing in and out of multi-colored lights the
weak outline OF masts and rigging, cabin
houses and smokestacks, search lights
throwing streams of clear light over NOV
ing and passing craft, presented a lively
scene, filling the river from side to side.
Suddenly there was a sound as of dis
tant thunder, and the hundred dctonating
shells announced the commencement of
the evenings program. Then there was a
blaze Of light which lit up the entire
bridge; lit the moving spectacle on the
water and showed the crowded mass II
humanity on land. The heavens were
aglow, as though by a reflection Of great
conhagration. Slowly the glow died away,
and the towers Of the bridge cast great
black shadows on the flowing water as of
giant hand laid upon them. From the
New York tower appeared in fiery figures
"l4a2,' and from the tower on the other
side 1882" blazed forth Then from the
summit OF either tower blszed
A Great and Magical Light,
blue at first. changing to blood red, dying
strange, unearthly tint the connecting
span Of the two cities, the ships and the
buildings From the river came the sound
of whistles and bells, loud and sonorous,
that mingled with the applause of the
sightseeing people, carrying above the
city a confused and utfied roar
Screens Of Roman dust followed burst
ing shells; screaming eagles OF fire min gled
with rockets and aerial sheafs and SHOVE
ers of sparks. until the whole ended in the
golden shower facsimile of Niagara, cover
ing the bridge from tower TO tower, ,realis
tic and wonderful
The crowds that witnessed the spectacle
were beyond precedent. 1t seemed as
though ali the people of the great cities
had rushed. like a great wave, TO the water
side, filing docks and piers and boats,
swarmin9 riggings. streets. wagous,e s,every.
thing and everywhere. The windows,
roofs and fire escapes of buildings all over
the down town district were black with
spectators. Wherever a sight of the bridge
could he obtained, there were people in
nun lers, that crowded and pushed, fought
and scrambled for the better place. For
hours the people hurried toward the
southern part OF tie .lty, and many were
still on their way VIXEN the spectacle WAS