The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-27
Program Of the Celebration in
Honor Of the Admiral.
THREE GREAT DAYS FOR new YORK
Wonderful Spectacular Display In
the Bay OF New York Which
VIII Commence Tomorrow.


day will stop from their ordinary bus
iness of money-making long enough
to remember that tomorrow is the day
when Admiral George n. Dewey will
once more set foot on his native land,
if nothing unforeseen occurs, after an
absence of about three years? He left
comparatively unknown; he returns
the greatest naval hero of modern
times. New York will go wild with
delight tomorrow and for the two fol-
will have a chance to witness the
greatest naval parade ever seen in it's
harbor, a great military parade, mag
nificent illuminations, fireworks, and
so forth.
Following is the program of the
events arranged for the three days:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER %.
Admiral Dewey will arrive in port.
If the Olympia arrives in the after
noon she will take her place at the
head of the line of warships off Tomp-
kinsville.
Rear Admiral Sampson will board
the Olympia and welcome home Ad-
miral Dewey in the name of the Ma
tional Government.
Mayor Van Wyck and the members
of the. Plan and Scope Committee will
visit the Olympia and welcome Ad-
miral Dewey to the city of New York.
In the evening the harbOr will be
illuminated with red fire-on the Jer-
sey side as far south as Seabright and
bo Tel cI1o
as Far Rockaway.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
Naval parade, starting off Tomp-
kinsville at noon and passing up the
North River to Grants tomb, where
the Olympia will anchor, the other
vessels in line passing around her in
review by the Admiral Fifteen war
ships and about $50 other vessels will
be in line.
At p. m. the night pageant will be-
gin. There will be simultaneous py-
rotechnic exhibitions in the North
River off Grants tomb and in the
East River off Wards Island. These
will last forty-five minutes.
Flotillas q fireboats will then pass
down the North and East rivers,
reaching the Battery and meeting
tillas will give magnificent eXhibi-
ton Of fireworks off the Battery last
ing three-quarters of an hour.
While the river pageant is in prog
ress there will be displays of fire
works, including many elaborate set
pieces, at five points in Manhattan
and the Bronx, two in Brooklyn, one
in Queens and one in Richmond. In
Manhattan and the Bronx these dis
plays will take place at Mount Morris
Park, Fifty-ninth street and Fifth ave-
nue., Union Square, City Hall Park,
and at the junction of the Southern
boulevard and the Concourse in the
Bronx.
In Brooklyn at the soldiers and
sailors monument, entrance to Pros |
pect Park, and at the Borough Hall: |
in Queens at the Long Island City |
Courthouse, and in Richmond on Bar !
ron Hill, the highest point on Staten |
Island.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 80.
Presentation at a. m. of the loving !
cup to Admiral Dewey in front of the |
City Hall. On a nearby stand 1000 |
school children will sing national an
thems during the presentation cere-
monies. At 10 o'clock the Admiral,
by the Mayor and followed by
$50 guests, will ride in carriage un
der military escort to Claremont,
where breakfast will be served on the
lawn at 11:30 o'clock
At 1 p. m. the military parade will
start from Grants tomb, the Admiral
riding in carriage at the head with
the Mayor, and followed by the guests |
at the breakfast. The party will alight
at Madison Square, where the Admiral