The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-29
THOUSANDS WERE IN LINE
THE FAIR HATEN PARADE An UN-
PRECEDENTED SUCCESS.

5bHettb AUlaAS WIN anu SAo"oS
Full of fEnthusiasm-only Two Unfortu-
nate Occurrences-E. L. Atwater and E.
II. White injured by Miscreants, but Not
sly-Refreshments Were Served.
The sound money parade held in Fair
Haven last evening was the biggest
affair of the kind ever held in that
enterprising section of the city, both
as regards the number of men in line
and the enthusiasm generally mani
tested The streets in the entire local.
ity were literally ablaze with light, red
fire, Roman candles, rockets and all
kinds of brilliancy producing material,
filling the air with blaze and smoke,
while the cheering thousands along the
curbs contributed to make the affair
a grand success The New Haven con-
tingent formed at Wooster Square at
S;15 and during the formation many
houses about the square were brill
liantly Illuminated among them being
the residences of Isaac M. Ullman,
Louis Ullman and Selectman William
f. Stahl All the route down Chapel
street from the green was sort of
triumphal procession, nearly every res
idence along the line vying with it's
neighbor to light up the night. At
Blatchley avenue the Fair Haveners
were drawn up in force to meet and
welcome their comrades of this side
of the river. AS soon as the line turn
ed into that avenue the street between
Chapel street and Grand avenue blazed
forth in one mass offlame. Deafening
cheers rent the air and these with the
golden electrophone" of the electric
wagon, the bands, drum corps and
cheering made it seem as ii pende-
monium with all its fire and sulphur
had broken loose. The line of march
began soon after the New Haven peo-
pie arrived AT the head was E. S.
Wade with his electric wagon, which
attracted considerable attention. I'M
mediately following was a troop of It's
horsemen with Captain Luzerne Lud-
ington and his staff at their head. Then
came a big tally-ho owned by Upson
Grannis and carry load of fire shoot
ems Close behind was the New Haven
gold legion, the members Of which
marched with the precision of old vet
Grams. They were cheered continu
ously by the crowds for the splendid
appearance they presented.
On down Grand avenue moved the
pageant with no especial incident be-
sides the enormous crowd and brilliant
illuminations. Everything had thus
far been conducted in an orderly man
ner and continued SO until the line
reached Quinnipiac street. Just after
turning into this street a man was seen
to climb to the top of a pile of stones
at the old railroad CROSSING. AS the
gold legion was passing the. vicious
wretch picked up a large stone and
threw it into the ranks. The missile
struck Sergeant e. I. Atwater, the
Grand avenue merchant, on the head,
and 1t was feared that he was seriously
| injured. He was carried into a nearby
house, where it was found that he was
not dangerously hurt.
After the miscreant threw the stone
he dashed away and eluded capture
by the crowd who started In pursuit of
him. Had he been caught he would
have undoubtedly been taught In no
uncertain manner better than to repeat
this act. Soon after this occurrence
some one in the crowd along the side of
the street fired revolver and at the
same time e. r. White of Peck street
felt q twinge in the arm and on inves-
tigation found that he had been shot.
The hurt was a flesh wound and was
not at all serious The person who
fired the shot evidently did it to help
in the noise and had no intention of
injuring anyone at least that was the
view of the matter taken by those pres
ent.
No further incidents of this sort oc-
CURED during the rest of the parade
and the crowds were, as a rule, very
orderly.
Quinnipiac street was one Of the most
brilliantly lighted streets along the line
of march and every resident seemed to
be of sound money views judging from
the generality of the illumination. One
of the most unique features of the
evenings decorations was on this street
at the residence of D. A. Rose " here,
in addition to bunting, colored Ian
terms and red fire, a little boy was sta
toned in front of the residence, dressed
up as Uncle Sam and a little girl as
Columbia. In front Of Mr.. Davis resi-
dence the parade countermarched and
returning crossed the temporary bridge
to Grand avenue. On the two old rail-
road piers just above the bridge big
bonfires of tar barrels were built and
shed their lurid glare across the water
and over the marchers.. At the west
! end of the bridge the store of War
ner Brothers was brilliantly lighted,
co1ored lanterns and flags being in
every window.
The remainder of the line of march
was passed over without special Incl
dent, and it was 11:15 before the club
house at S77 Grand avenue was reach
ed. Here refreshments were served.
| E. III. Mather had charge of feeding the
marchers, while Mr.. Davis saw that
the horsemen and wheelmen on Blatch-
Hey avenue were properly cared for in
| that line.
! Arrangements had been made to en-
| tertain the officers of the various or
ganizations and members of the COM
mittees, but it was so late when the
parade finished that only a few were
able to accept the hospitalities prepared
| at the Calumet club by Mr.. Andrews,
| the Fair Haven caterer. There was,
, however, a considerable party at the
club rooms, where a pleasant social
| time was spent.