The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-28
RED FIRE TONIGHT
The Dewey Festivities Begin
With Illuminations On
the Shores.
THE BIG NAVAL PARADE
Long List Of Ships That
Will Follow the
Olympia.
DEMONSTRATION ON LAND
The Admiral Gets His Loving
Cup, Breakfasts, Parades
and Then Reviews BY
the Trlumphal Arch.

Tar the next three days New York wiz
he the busiest spot in the world Every
tb;ne is boorning-railroads, hotels, me
.+rss and bunco men. An air OF dlsqutet
1,ervades the town. everybody Is on up
toe with expectation, for the celebration
tbat beeins tomorrow will be the grand
est this country has ever neio-
Money has been spent for decorations
In New York City during the past week
"a the most lavish manner, and IFS ei-
fac+s are seen on every hand. Every
street Of any size in town has been pro-
fnselv decorated. Broadway, from end TO
end hides its sky scrapers behind mill
ions of yards of red, white and blue. Both
sides of the river are ablaze with the
beauttful coIors, unstintingly used ana
lending a most picturesque aspect to the
ordinarily prosaic shore 'front.'
The first Of the festivities begins to-
Z night. AT $3.50, in every inhabited build
ing on the Long Island coast as far as
Rockaway, and on the Jersey coast as
far as seabright, red fire will be burned.
This fire has been furnished by the Fire
works Committee, which is a subdivision
of the committee proper. The effect will
Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock May
or Van Wyck, General Butterfield and
the Plan and Scope Committee are to pay
an official visit to Admiral Dewey on
board the Olympia. They will extend to
him the welcome.
At one % o'clock the naval parade starts,
with the Olympia at the head, followed
by these ships in the order named:-New
York, Indiana. Marietta. Massachusetts,
Kearsage, Nashville. Texas Capt sigs-
bee), Gwin, Mckenzie Talbot, Annapolis,
Constellation, Amphitrite, Dolphin, Eagle.
Penacook, syph, Yankton, Resolute and
the Uncas After these will come repre-
sentatives from the U. S. A. Transport
Service and the Revenue Marine. Abreast
Of the Olympia will be the following yes
sells. which have been specially chartered
by the committee: SANDY Hook, for the
Mayor and official guests; Glen Island
and General slocum. for the Municipal
Committee; Mount Hope, for the NUM-
cipal Assembly; Warwick for the heads
of the city departments and guests, and
the Matteawan, for visiting officials and
the press.
The procession will contain only one
float, representing Victory The central
air flaming torch and surrounded by the
Heralds of Victory. The two Heralds in
the foreground support a shield bearing
Dewey's motto Columbia holding the
Stars and Stripes, completes the tableau.
Two figures are added to balance the
float. At the head, Neptune, the God
Of the Seas, with his three steeds. APP
pears to guide the course of the boat.
nd dan on
the waves, over which the American
Eagle hovers, suggests that our territory
encrcles the GLOBE and that 1t is all un-
der the protecting wings of the Amer
lean Eagle. In the Eagles mouth is the
olive branch or wreath, holding within
its circle the name Dewey" illuminated.
The sides of the float have been reliev-
ed by the introduction of mermaids In
couples, with bodies well inclined forward
as though drawing the boat to its desti-
nation. Each couple with locked hands.
supports an Illuminated shield bearing the
names of the vessels which participated
in the now famous battle of Manila Bay.
The free hand of each mermaid holds
aloft the flaming torch of Victory.
The rear Of the procession will be made
up of all sorts of excursion boats and
private craft.
The Olympia is expected to reach
Grants Tomb at three o'clock. Here a
salute viii be fired, the Olympia respond
ing. The Olympia will anchor opposite
the Tomb, about midstream. The pro-
cession headed by the New York will sail
around her going up the east side of
the river and returning on the west
Admiral Dewey will stand on the bride of