Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-30
TURN NIGHT INTO Day
Illumination in New York Harbor
In Honor Of Dewey Finest Ever
Witnessed.
Fireworks Shot OF From Different
Points In the Harbor-Elsc-
trio Displays.
The Evenings Performance Graphic
ally Described--Sir Thomas
Upton Honored.

New York, Sept 3O.-The night illu-
mination which followed the naval pa
rade of yesterday amounted practically
to setting the harbor of the city on fire
Every New Yorker and every visitor
to the city certainly saw at least part
of the great fireworks display Flotil-
las of car floats We're fitted up for the
fireworks in both the North and East
rivers, off Grants tomb in the North
river and off Wards, Island in the East
river.
The display near the Olympia began
with a salute of aerial maroons, fol-
lowed by the illumination of all the.
warships and other craft in the river
with prsmatic fire, burning five min
utes. Discharges of four pound rockets
and twenty four-inch bombs preceded a
display of aquatic fireworks, in which
We're fiery fishes, exploding torpedoes
and mammoth geysers.
The first set piece was fire picture
of the olympia, covering 1000 square
feet. Then followed batteries of aerial
saucissons. .salvos of hfteen-inch Sc
quence bombs. displays of Japanese
rockets. the aerial novelty. the South
ern Cross, flights of colored aerolites
and ascents of Tower of Babel rockets.
y salvo Of forty-inch bombs accom-
panied the set device Welcome Home,
Victorious ADMIRAL" which was spelled
out on line nearly LOCO feet long. Then
came bombs forming a jewel-starred
golden cloud, umbrellas of fire, hanging
chain rockets. weepingwillow rockets.
sleigh bell rockets, national streamer
rockets. golden shower rockets and
floral bomb Shells
After an illumination of the squadron
by daylight making illuminant came
one of the novelties--a mammoth shell
oischarging Il bomb. which in turn shot
off red, white and blue stars. significant
of the United States, silver stars for
Porto Rico and smaller shells for the
Philippines. Then there was display
of batteries of cometic stars and the
Iaeri4l device, The Field of the Cloth of
Cold
a series OF bombs fred by electricity
prefaced the final device. The Admiral
of the Fleet The fight of large COL
lored rockets mace the end of this pro-
gram, which lasted fortyfve minutes.
Somewhat the same program was gone
through off Wards Island.
| Two hotillas started down both rivers
/ to the Battery in a blaze of fire, and Off
]5Goyernor.s Island the largest exhibi-
ton of the program was given This
1 part of the display began about .
I o'clock with an aerial salute of 10l
guns. Then Governors Island. Bedloe's
/ Island and Ellis Island We're illuminate
| ed With colored fire, accompanied by
| the ascent of balloons carrying power
! full magnesium lights and other fire.
4 works.
The pychrotnatic canopy was pro-
! duced bya discharge from five different
1 points of rockets of many colors and
Limits Next came a display of shells
! breaking forth into rubies, emeralds
and sapphires, and larger shells explod-
ing into a blaze of the national oolors
4 There was a fire picture of the Olympia
which was followed by a discharge OF
aerial saucissons and discharges of PIE
ladies'. electric and hanging chain rock
lets, and a salvo of repeating bombs.
leasing of a balloon which, when mile
\ high. shot off The Star Spangled Ban.
4 ner2 in fire. Among the set pieces was
Eanother fire picture OF the admiral
Near the end of the program there wa:
a dazzling Illumination with nagne
SUM fire.
The discharge of 5000 rockets in
4 Dewey sheaf and a final good nigh
i device brought the program to a close
q Governors Island and Bedloe's Islam,
We're used as points for displays.
Beginning at o'clock there Were
displays throughout the city. AT tn
Grand boulevard and the Concourse il
the Bronx, at Mount Morris Park, a
The plaza at Fifth avenue and Fifty
ninth street. at Union Square, al Cit.
Hall park, at the Soldiers and Sailors
monument Prospect park Brooklyn
and at the Brooklyn borough hall, a
the county court house in Long islam
city and on Barren Hill in Staten Is
Hand
Governor Roosevelt and his staff Wis
tied quarantine as the guests of ID
Doty, health officer of the port TO wit
mess there the part taken by the stat
in the display of fireworks. The Cover
nor was taken to the quarantine static
in the quarantine boat, the Governo
Flower, which carried also forty blue
Jackets of the naval militia. From tn
quarantine grounds a salute of sever
teen guns was fired for the governo
He was received by DR.. Doty and hi
secretary, Capt. A. Fl. Hall.
Dr. Doty during the day had place
the Charles F. Allen at the disposal
Mrs. Roosevelt She was also presef
J to witness the celebration at quarar
tine.
THE ERIN sALUTED.
; Magnificent Compliments to the Iris
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