Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-04-28
Success of the Review.

NEW YORK, April 2s. Shortly after the
Dolphin had come to anchor yesterday the
reception o: the president began. Launch
after launch, bearing the various COM
manders of the ships of the fleet, made
their way TO the Dolphin. Every eye on
shore was strained to catch sight OF the
brilliantly uniformed officers as they
stepped from the launches on board the
Dolphin to pay their compliments to the
President of the United States
AT the foot of Ninety-sixth street,
wharf had been built for the purpose of
furnishing landing place for the presi
Dental party at the conclu ZION of the re
ceptlon on the Dolphin. The wharf and
its vicinity was IN charge Of Police In
spector McEvoy.
President Cleveland doffed his hat and
smiled many times In response to the
cheers of the crowd Carriages were in
waiting, which the party entered and i'm
mediately were driven to the Victoria
hotel.
As the carriage drove away through
the jam of human beings and vehicles,
he sat forward in his seat and
Bowed and smiled
out of the windows with his hat off. His
departure from the pier was the most
ceremonious Of all his movements since his
arrival. A platoon of mounted police pre-
ceded his carriage and another followed
1t. 1t was whirled along at the full speed
of the horses, the policemen galloping and
shouting to men and vehicles to get out of
the way.
The arrival at the Victoria hotel at $50
O'Clock wss rather earlier than was ex-
pected. Only about 100 people were
gathered to cheer him. Mrs. Cleveland did
not return to the hotel with him. She left
the hotel at o'clock to take the 4 O'Clock
train for Washington.
The Ball.
The Columbian ball last night at Madi-
son Square Garden was, in respect to mag
nificence of decor alton and arrangement
and the large number of world-famous
guests present, the most splendid ever
given in the New World.
Besides the president and his advisers,
the chief legislative body of the United
States and a Spanish grandee, who is the
lineal descendant of
Christopher Columbus,
there were the diplomatic corps, the ad-
mirals and subordinate officers of every
great naval power in the world, governors
of neighboring states and famous army
off GERS
1t was, in fact, a gathering of celebrities
30 varied and so glorious arrayed that
the oldest and most travelled guest ac-
knowledged that seldom, or never before,
had he seen a parallel to the gorgeous pic
ture presented.
The decorations of the garden were rich
and elaborate, eclipsing In magnificence
and excellence anything ever before at
tempted in the great auditorium.
Mayor Gilroy and Mrs. Gilroy officially
received the
Guests OF the Evening.
They stood upon the reception dais, and
Just behind them were stationed the com
mittee of 100 aud the honorary committees,
who escorted the more distinguished OF
the guests from the entrance to their
boxes.
Chairman Varnum of the floor commit.
tee advanced to name each of the guests
and introduce him to the mayor. Nc
precedence was observed, every effort be
ing made to indicate that the ball was q
Republican citizens affair
The president, however, was not es
corted to the mayors reception dais wher
he arrived half hour before midnight, but
honor. The bands at his appearance playe,
"Hail to the Chief"
the only piece played in honor Of any o
the guests, and Mayor Gilroy advanced I,
meet him After the formal introduction
the president and his party were escorted
to his box.
The program Of dances was very
simple one. There was no distinctive
figure dances during the evening A buf
fet supper for the invited guests was servec
in the concert hall.
The uiuminations.
Inky darkness hid the Columbian fee
at o'clock last night and not sound wal
heard by landsmen from the anchored
battleships. Suddenly ray Of light sho
upward from the Philadelphia 1t wa
long, dazzling and seemed to pierce tn
sky For moment 1t remained stationar!
and then disappeared. That was the sig
nal for the scheduled display Of
Electrical Search Lights
with which the war vessels are provided
some OF them having $1,000 French lenses
Quickly following the Philadelphia
lead, the American ships showed the wa.
in which the lights are used In actual war
fare to protect war vessels from attacks o
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