New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
CYCLISTS HONOR WOODRUFF
HUGE PARADE OF wHEELMEN IN
BROOKLYN LAST NIGHT.
THE PROCESSION AN HOUR IN PASSING A GIVEN
PoINT-c1.uBHoUsEs ALONG THE LINE OF
MARCH DECORATED WITH BUNT-

MARCH DECORATED WITH BUNT-
ING AND LANTERNS.
The parade of the wheelmen in honor of Park
commissioner Timothy l.. Woodruff In Brooklyn
iast night was a success, measured by the number
OF those In the parade the great crowds that lined
the streets the gorgeous decorations OF the wheel
men. the lights and decorations along the line Of
march and the enthusiasm throughout 1t took
an hour for the procession TO pass given point
when 1t Is considered that wheemen move more
rapidly than Pedestrian II will be seen that IL
takes a large army Of them to last an hour. There
were nearly sixty clubs In line. and four or five
hundred unattached wheemen and members or the
l.. a. W.. so the estimate of 5000 wheelmen and
wheelwomen Is probably not far from being right
The parase started at O'Clock, which was an hour
late. 1t formed in Sxth-ave. between First and
Fourth SITS
Waldo f. Fuller and B. Van Week were the pace
makers and they started of at a pretty rapid pace
Then came the mounted bluecoats, followed by the
mounted Park police In gray At the head OF the
line Of clubs Grand Marshal I. B. Potter and his
staff He was escorted by detachment OF Logan
wheelmen and trplet which carried a large Amer
lean flag.
Professor KIrshner and his band awheel proved
one of the most interesting features of the parade
A man on one OF the od-fashioned high wheels had
a great deal Of fun he was Applauded and
laughed at throughout the several miles OF march,
The quad" of the Kings County wheelmen made
hit likewise, as did the South Brooklyn wheelmen
with their white helmets top Of which thew wore
miners lamps. The following were the divisions OF
the parade:
FIRST DIVISION.
Brooklyn clubs
Marshall John Barnett president Logan wheelmen.
Marshals aides--Lous Berger, OF Bushwick Whee.men
Paramount wheeImen; Michael Furs Of Logan Wheel,
men; A. II: McGeehan. OF Pequod whselmsn; Samuel
League Of American wheelmen Andrew Peters, Of
Sdy G %Ass Ct sG0tn !s %ek
!; $ E5s Of cs@tr y
r. saat g. blpssn ssh
9: Jones. Of Bradford wheeimen; Frank Gardner. OF
Brooklyn Bicycle club Kings County whe.msn Pros:
sS@s r9oAG ss. A%
s SsS wss.s.n Sa.A Sqs
wheelmsn olympic wheelmsn Paramount H Wheel,
an Gnon hsssae
sd d S0Sf
wheeImen Park wheslm.n Twsnty.slxth Ward As.
Cycle Club BroSkyn Heights Whes% nsss TS5ssSe
msn s'' washington PARK ark %hss%sn Clifton wheel
men, Flag wheelmen. Sixth Avenue Cycle club
Wheelmen and Alpine Cycers.
Second and visiting clubs Marsha
,s s Of rsrcs % a! a IF sl IF a r s
Mapss Alpine wheslmsn John Barton Of cii5
fury wheeImen. Triangle wheemen, wyancks Wheel
men. Greenwich wheelmen Gramercy Whe e. IN
Tum Wheelmen. Mercury Wheelmen, Mount vernon
cycling Club. Triumph wheelmen, Hackensack
Wleelmen
Third Division Unattached wheelmen)-Marsha. J, +
sosnd ~ m bys ADS m az Ric t. Grey F.
Brunei Walter Hammt Herbert .d Brush %sm
decorated wheels riders in fancy and groesque cos
tunes.
Nearly all of the wheels were decorated. many Of
hoth faGfi Those
dress received much applause The streets were lib
orally decorated for the occasion. Sxth-ave. Dean
ST. Safest. Schermerhorn-s. Clinton and Bedford
aves and Eghth-ave. being especially brilliant with
lanterns. In some parts there was not house for
blocks that had not done something IN the way OF
decorating. and many houses had lanterns hnns
er is popular man In Brooklyn was evnced by the
fact that hundreds of families had secured his litho
ssasned rP Them nu1s hass There cyce
have Mr. %oodsa Ta pct%fe decorated anu
The parade was a non-partisan demonstration, and
popular City official than candidate for Lieutenant.
Governor. Still there were good many hurrans noI
hurrah for Mckinley Nj.
The line Of march was along sxth =, to Flat t.
P.ss ,o to to
C e to fafayete-ave to Bedford-a
Eastern PARKWAY across Park Plaza, tS circle t, to
and S.b msshave to 10
At Commissioner Woodrufts house vast crowd
t naa Logan Wheeimens cubhouse and stood
patiently until the late arrival Of the procession
in the roadway seemed to be occupied all through the
block and the blocks adjoining Conternos IAN w hes
The Commissioners way of receiving the tribute ute
parade him stood on the b balcony %, his
and TO w s the Of S GS
people wnS had d. df Se sdm I" to Of hs
man who was being honored Among them were ex-
Senator Jacob Worth sheriff ButtliHg General stew-
Alexander Kit Cameron PsitIsrew'
Mrat astead and Gssy peased with the way in
which wheelmen had turned out TO do him honor p.
When shs rOm v
Of which is generally overrun with wheelmen out
that not single rom tSs that the usual
of wheelmen would be nearly deserted Dy cScns,s
who preferred to join In the tribute 10 MT "oou-
The clubhouses along the line Of march did their
tSne &c 70 he remembered The Logan Wheemen OF
course. spared no effort to make the illumnatIon
Union League Club erected large stand and used
electricity in It's the building Sethg
W Woodruff' in incandescent letters along the front
Of the clubhouse added a handsome effect TO the
The homes of the BROOKLYN Bicycle Club and the
,b and bunting and the Twentieth Ward
Republican Club at Hanson Pace ana fuIt9h 81
had sen Riding S" and Driving Club
Brilliantly lighted. The Montauk Club had bicycle Gle
II had also a band of twenty pieces. ,,..s ,ho
The mark plaza also Beautifully nghted, me
,onntain playng in different lights and the
display could be seen along Nanderoh'-aVe' a'"''''
to Fulton-st
yEW-ORLEANS BANK OFFICERS IN JAN.
New.or,eans. Sept S-The Grand Jury presented
indictments to-day against Henry Cards. president
| o,d Walter w Girault. cashier OF the recently
wrecked American National Bank They are In
ac,ed under m act OF 1894 making II crime for