The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-25
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HOLIDAY THURSDAY,
Mayor Wanser Determines
to Give the School Chill
dren a Holiday.
I A DAY OF PLEASURE FOR ALL.
The Naval Fleet Arrives The Cara
vels Anchor in the Hudson
Preparations at Chicago.
The Liberty Pole Raised at Nave
sink Highlands This
Afternoon.
day OF PLEASURE FOR AID.

Mayor Wanser has decided to give the
school children, city employees OF all de-
partments and the public generally an
opportunity to witness Thursdays g
| great naval review, by declaring the
day a legal holiday. The proclamation
| will be issued this afternoon and pub
Ilished tomorrow. His Honor has been
| favorable to shutting down business
for the day for week past
but he would not act in the
matter until he had ascertalned his power
in the premises. The city employees
who have heard the news have given His
Honor vote of thanks. Mayor Wapser
will probably review the parade from a
steamer chartered by number OF his
| friends
THE NAVAL FLEET ARRIVES.
The great naval review feet arrived in
tue lower Bay shortly. after ntne o'clock,
headed by the Dolphin. The Column
bian caravels Pinta, Nina and
Santa Maria arrived at anchorage
in Gravesend Bay last night
and this morning passed up the North
anchored. The quaint looking craft at
tracted much attention from the ferries
and docks.
THE cARAvELs.
The Santa Maria, the mDdek,of the Tag
ship OF Columbus, is the lafg1st OK toe
three boats. She is rs feet long and has
a displacement Of 200 tpns. The square
mahded byPfn4en, and latsenIigged Nina
are each Of 100 tons displacement. The
Pinta is 'B5 feet long by nd feet beam. The
Nina measures 56 feet in length and has
beam Of 10 feer only, They hRye high,
spacious poops. the waist -fsA sc6oped and
there is a high deck forward.
The cafaveis have iron Common modelled
after tue guns of Columbhsss original
heer. One of the gnas Of the Latter feet
| Is still s.aliven and may be seen on the
Santa Maria. In addition there are broad
side guns called boI1aborfdas and falcon-
| etas, mounted on the rails. the caraveis
were acco -.panied by the Spanish fleet,
THE RUSSIAN FLAGSHIP.
The Russian Mau-af- War Dimitri
Donskoi. the flagship Of the Russian con-
| tingent, having on board heVice-Admiral
| Koznakor. Commander in Chief, arrived
| at Sandy HOOK, from Russia. at 9:45
| A. NJ As she passed in at the Hook she
salussd the United States Steamer
Dolphin flying the flag OF the Secretary
| of the Navy, which had just arrived from
| Hampton Roads, and the Dolphin saluted
| in return. The Dolphin has on board
| Secretary of the Navy Herbert.
| The Argentine Republic man-of- war de
| Julio passed out at 10 A. NJ. to join ths
| incoming fleet. The Russian man-of-war
passed the u. s. S. Mtantonomah. which
was bound out and exchanged salutes at
| 1920 A. M.
The 2: S: S. Dolphin passed ouarentine
at 1870 A. M.
INVITATIONS EXTENDED.
| President Mcclellan OF the Board OF
| Aldermen. accompanied by Howard Car
roll and Commander Miller will go down
| the bay in the "Black bird'' this after
| noon to extend to the officers of the
visiting feet the Invitations to the num-
erous receptions and entertainments to
| be given in their honor during their stay
| in this city.
DECORATING THE DEPOT.
The Pennsylvania depot whiting room
| and the walks to the ferries were elabor-
ately decorated with Americap, Italian
and Spanish colors this morning. Six
stringers OF silk SAags wefe suspended
from the great chandelier in the
waiting room: two strlngers OF the
stars and stripes. two of the Italian
green. white and red. and two Of the
Spanish red and yellow. On the north
and soutn walls the American
colors are featooned. The east aud
west walls are draped with the flags OF
Spain and Italy. The ferry approaches
on the upper floor are profnsely trimmed
with bunting.