New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-23
THE FLAG on EVERY HAND.
STARS AND STRIPES ALL OVER THE
CITY
THE NATIONAL coIoRs FLY FROM NhARih 80"
py1IprHGs-cRowps ABOUT THE F''i~


r.. .,,,. ,s. spontaneously burst into blaze OF
..a rcd white and blue For several days the
National flag has heen sprouting from WINDOWS
roofs ard doors but YESTERDAY "heh u y" ~
known that a state OF war ac'uaHy eNS'N"' '
nacs already IN place were reNforced ps 'nd"'
times their original number until 'he s',ee'' y.
city we're nearly as gay with the American co'o's
a. ,hev we're on that long to-be-rcmemoereo ua!
OF the Business Mems Sound Money parade ~ iN'o
IN the lower business section or me Guy ''
display e particularly abundant ana re'n'' az
Broadway from Chambers-st TO the fa'eln -
r,cd on both sides with flags or all sizes '"e.0
Is scarcely one Of the big ONCE buildings ma :
M. adorned with a nag and several OF them sho"
A. least a dozer Wa;l-st. vas one o. inc ms ~
tie cross streets 70 blossom into the fui' Sio'N V.
the red white and blue. and the air was 1ul u
the folds OF the Nations colors YESTERDAY III INC
wholesale coffee district the display was eaual'S
remarkable one English merchant aodeo 'he
Union lack TO the American flag While another
added the flag Of the Emerald Isle 70 me STARS
and Stripes In the jewellers district me Hie'-
chants frequently twined the flag about me arn'leS
that were displayed in :heir WINDOWS TOY saw,
while on the sidewalks vendors Of buttons oovere"
with the National coors and o. miniature nays 10
\. worn IN the huttonhole did thriving business
One could not look In any direction without seeing
something calculated to force upon his m'no 'nN
Impending war Every newsstand d,spiave" W.
r-es n, the Maine Of other vessels Of the United
States Navy, and or imaginary -
ton And IL shut ones eyes MS ears lei "
the information he had closed his eyes upon lor
the newsboy. roamed the street, announcing ''e
latest extras in lurid n not perfectly accurate
language.
The National colors not confined 20 the low
er portion Of the city. by any means SXth-ave'
IN the shopping section. was brilliant WIN 'i'e
Stars and Stripes. and from almost every hote' III
Broadway and Fifthave they hoated IN me n''SA
April breeze. They were TO be seen TOO rom
nearly every public building although no orders
had been given to that effect. excepting IN IN"
Police Department Chief McCulagh sent out or
ders early in the day that the flag should ne as
played from every police station. md dspiaNeo "
wa. Every school showed II as we'll
The crowd in Park Row around the newspaper
bulletin boards the largest OF the "eek'
came early and IT stayed az IN 1n peopIe
Sanding in The stree, in front OF The Trlhnn ,,
building The throng extended vel mo ssr Ivy ma, nam
!, q frock coat and SILK hat crossed the street
from the Bridge 10 the park SURVEYED me y! Iva
boards m Hmqfah for cuba There
swering shout from the crowd and inc a's hp
dred men and boys followed him.; and MS next re-
mark was "Avenge the Maine ms was I"i-
hmrTied IN The crowd pressed by them and con
tnued to follow their leader Al ast r onf Oh and
taking the man Of dignity by the arm. said "Shet
M or Kit OUT. The crowd then swept the police
and the ,s board Began
10 exercise an attraction more potent than that OF
a man who merely combined dignity WIN ch er
iefin hoard The personnel of the throng varied
but 1t remained about the same size clubs j.,
the theatres and In the streets nothing was talked
Of except the war. At most Of the theatres where
the Of the psy span and hey were in
varlaby greeted by considerable DEMONSTRATIONS