The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-01

were lots of interesting things in IL, from trick
bicycle riders 10 actors who played their pieces
There were also soma Iuiiat 8. q delegation Of
eolored gentlemen. sui,o hnr-lnoking Dutch
girls, ami lots OF coolers nd Irish volunteers.
The procession was praUtiC VI, oECr al ~ quar-
ter before T. o'clocll. Whilr IL was passing
hundreds of rockets were aet Of, NOR, or.
rels OF colorcd Are we're burned. onl tho
rocket machines on the Post Office kept sp!t'iug
cclored l,olls most wi,h9nt in,ermisslo,n -.
that they hud the appearance Of waving, A bal.
loon thut II took fourteen men to hold. down
was lot go; aud when y got over the gold dome
made OF colotrd lights.
Most OF the flag drorpctl on tho dome and tho
were also sent M whilc the parade was passing,
TO say nothing OF to,nhs tina! were Lull Of curious
pnnkelikc things that cracked in, the iir.
From a quarter 10 IL to i2o'clork the show
was progressive. Every ininute thnnmInhcr or
Der Of tsooSrcSlivdhtss 'ircrosscd, ihe number
OF advertisements Of thu journal on
i mscA,S SSm on ~, Ss' roof in Of tSs Post tG Once so %ess
doubled and tripled. and they pat on increasing
steam every minute. The, noiso Of tho eyplod;
the $4,000 horns that the crowd had.
A t hve minutes before ~ the whistles OF all
the steamboats, on the river. of the. elevated
trains. OF the factories here md, over IN Jersey
and IN the borough Of Brooklyn. began shrioking;
100 guns, had hauled up into place near the
Post Office and the gnnners made ready.
As the minutes to II O'clock slippsd away tne
fagstaff. The nag there was TO be raised by the
Mayor of San Francisco by means Of electricity.
There was n motor on The root. and by touch.
ing a button in San Francisco the Mayor or that
town was t. start It: He was to So yet the ,',d SlEnhnt
in New York. SO that the flag should reach the
top exactly on tune.
pear. Everybody supposed that that feature Of
the show was a failure when. at = minutes past
n. q little ball Of white bunting could 6s seen
caught II and the flag ~ilnitcred out.
At the same instant, thirty. seven searchlIight.
were turned on 1t. and everybody who could get
. glimpse OF the tiorpole could see tho flag.
There was = miHhty roar from the crowd Nd
thunder OF the guns and the fireworks.
Then the sky was filled with stars of all colors
crac Ike dr and spill into nrsi little Ihs stars s1s's and i" eracEied
again and, split into still smaller ones as they
It was showing and raining both Mt this time.
hut that didn't Interfere with the fireworks, At
Intervals of ten seconds the guns Of the Wilson
battery doomed. and the shock of the explosion
phook the buildings and ratified the windows Of
the buildings around the park. L,
Of the CITY Hall. would sound the rattle and
crash OF hundreds OF pieces OF fireworks being
upon thousands OF colorcd stars kept falling.
Men with sticks Of colored light dashed here
and there about the park and liz set pieces Of
color. In almost lcsS time than II takes to tell
it. after the flag appeared and tho first gun an
nounccd the beginning of the new city. there
brightly and 1t was as light as dny.
In the excitement the crowd got away from
tho police half u dozen times and clubs wero
used again and again. Five. ten. fifteen min.
utes passed. the heavy guns Of the Wilson bat
terry still laundering their salute.
The 36inch bombs that tho journal had pro-
than the noise of the guns. rhe bombs went of
like cannon and exploded fifty feet in tho air.
Besides a rain Of stars there was a rain
OF bomb cases. They ratified down on the
roofs. OF the buildings and on the heads
of the crowd. They smashed hats and
umbrellas. but fortunately they were not heavy
enough to smash skulls. 1t was nearly 12:30
when the show was over.