Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-10
GOTHAM IN HER GAYEST GARB.
Scenes of Magnihcence During the Week {
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Scenes OF Magnihcence During the Week o1
Columbus Celebrations.
NEW YORK, Oct. Especial Columbus
services were held in most OF the churches
| to-day. All OF the discourses were prepared
with special consideration for the children.
This evening the Italian colony, under the
auspices of the Minister, Baron Fava, began
its Columbian celebration at the Lenox Ly-
ceum, with concert and discourse by DR..
Luigi Reversi on Columbus. In the after
noon many people visited the Italian trans
port, Garigliano, which brought over the
Columbus monument
For the first time in some weeks, the
sounds of the hammer and saw were not
heard. The decorations of the public and
private buildings are all completed. Flags
and b. nners are streaming from every pole
along the line OF march of the four big pro-
cessions. very popular feature OF the
celebration is to 20 to the top of some high
building and enjoy birdseye view, which
shows long line of colors stretching from
the Battery to Central Park, and from riTer
tc river, with flags waving from the house
tops on all sides.
The treliis arch at Twenty-flIs st street. the
Manhattan Club buildings and the residence
of ex-Secretary Whitney were visited by
thousands to-day. Along Fifth avenue from
Madison Square to Thirty-fourth street,
there were q series of standards 100 hundred
Al HutHUST, lrOm WHICH QeponQeu DOlnt0u
gonfalons and Venetian flags bearing the
arms OF Ferdinand, Isabella, Columbus and
others.
From the Morton House to the Plaza deco
rations are general. The City Hall is probably
the most profusely and artisticallY draped
edifice in the city. The New York Life Insur-
ance Company is striving for the first prize
offered for the best decorated building.
Between 800 and 1000 incandescent electric
lights will cover the front of the building IN
globes of red, white and blue. An electric
star ten Ieet high will surmount these deco
rations, and beneath it "A92-ls92" will ap-
pear in electric lighted numbers. Besides
the illuminations the front and sides of the
building will be covered with 500 American
Columbus. framed in the national colors and
surmounted by the American eagle, will
ha ng on the front door.
In addition to the big stands at the City
Hall and In Union Square, Madison Square
and Washington Park, many smaller ones
have been put up. Seals on all of tho stands
will be free for the school and college parade
ready sold. Nothing else will be reserved.
The stands in Madison Square, City Hall
Park and Union Square are free only to
women and children, and the first come will
be first served. There will be an awful rush
for these seats, but Superin tendent ByrneS
has arranged excellen1 police protection.
All along the line and near all the big
been placed. As the celebration draws near
thieves, pickpockets and crooks OF every
description are beginning to come out from
their hiding places. They are waiting for
the big crowds next week. Superintendent
Byrnes will do as he did during the WASH
tngton celebration, when his drag net pulled
in a big load OF professional thieves. Orders
were Issued to-day to arrest all suspicious
characters and lock them up until the cele-
bration is over. The Superintendent has in
structed Inspector Mclaughlin to make the
raid.
Tomorrow the secular part of the celebra-
tlon will be opened with q school and college
parade, with over 20. QUO in line.