The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
The Great Celebrations That Have
Been in the Metropolis,
SEVENTEEN SINCE FOUNDED.
Three Suicides During the Dewey Gel
ebation Friday - Thrilling Escape
from the Roof Of a Burning
Building.
SEVENTEEN SINCE FOUNDED.

Building.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20-special-Thcr
is no news in New York except Dewey
news. For the past several days the
people have been thinking of nothing
else but Dewey, and the newspapers have
printed very little new except such as
related 90 the celebration.
Since the Revolutionary war there have
been seventeen great popular celebrations
here. and other similar occasions OF a
memorial and political nature. The first
came shortly after the War 0f lndepen-
dence. and took the form or a. parade and
dinner in FAVOR Of the Federal Constitu-
ton. which was adopted I'm ISIS. This
took place July %. l1sS. The banquet ON
that occasion has never since acen equil-
cd. Six thousand persons sat down 20
fle feast. and there were thirteen toasts.
after each of which ten cannon were
fired.
IN the following year there was an
other great demonstration, which took
place on the Goth OF April. the occasion
being the first Inauguration of Washing
ton.
THE WAR OF 1872.
The next celebration was that Of The
war Of 1912. That war. like The war with
Spain. was chiefly fought on tie water.
ITS great victories we're naval victories
and The victorious admirals were re-
ceived with great enthusiasm when they
returned home.
There was another celebration upon the
completion of the Erie Canal in 1870; an-
other upon the completion of the Croton
Water Works IN 1872; and another SIN
Bib 1853 in celebration of tle first Attain
tie cable. Cyrus w. Field was the hero
Oh that occasion.
I'm May 1873. New York celebrated the
opening of Brooklyn Bridge, and In No
vember OF the same year the one hun-
dredth anniversary Of the evacuation OF
New r9rk by the British was appropri-
ately LIBERATED.
on april goth. 1850. was celebrated the
first centennial anniversary of Washing
toms Inauguration. The beautiful memo
rial arch in Washington Square is a pro-
duct OF this celebration.
The next important celebration after
this was that u the four hundredth ans
uiversary OF the discovery OF America.
But the Dewey celebration has ecIpsea
them an.
THREE SUICIDES.
Mrs. Amelia II. Wright. q society leader
On Jamaica. committed suicide yesterday
by emutylng five barrels of o revolver
into her body. She was thirty-iive years
OF ace and the wife of Asher Wright, a.
well-known packer. She and her husband
lived in good style, and until recently
We're prominent ia society. OF late, how
ever. AIRS. Wright began TO suffer from
.arrsra r4arrr44Is attacks and Ir times WAS
totally irresponsible.
Mrs. Martha Schaefer. n German Wild
ow. sixty years OF age. was found dead
ln her bed yesterday. She left a note say
ing. 'I have been cheated so much thai
j have had enough of this world Good
by"
Jacob OpDenheimer. thirty years old.
committed suicide yesterday on the grave
OF his father I'm Union HHl Cemetery,
Brooklyn. by shooting himself in the tenn
pie.
It is n strange thing. surely. that at
This time when the whole population has
been making merry three people should
have died by their hand.
IL GREAT PERIL.
While one hundred and fifty persons
were watching the Dewey fireworks from
the roof of a IOur-st0ry building in
Brooklyn last night, smoke began 20
come from the roofs skylsht. 4 parIor
lamp on the first floor had exploded Do
SET ire to the curtains 100 carpet. A
rush was made t0 the skylight. but the
tnick smoke drove the people back ara
tnev were absolutely cut Off in that dt-
rection. The women and children became
panic-stricken and screamed for help.
They were soon lowered TO the roof OF the
adjoining building. and no one was hurt.
except one woman. who slipped and broke
her knee-cap after she was rescued.
PASSING OF THE PANORAMA.
"rho last of the panorama buildings az
Avenue and Fifty-sixth street
saws the sun. "h8s disappeared after a
somewhat checkered career, and New
York is not likely 20 see % other at
tempt to revive this style of entertain
ment IT. never prospered much in SPIKE
Of the fact tina several OF the panofaulas
were quilt and all sorts of efforts were
10 interest the public Tn them. Most
of them We're put w by French compa-
MES. who thought they could oe made
20 repeat their profitable experience
abroad. I'm Europe there is scarcely "a CITY
without it's panorama. n their popular
.,v lasts 20 some extent % the present
The first OF the regular round build
.ncs nut mo 90 show these things was on
Fourth Avenue. although before mat time
an attempt OF the same kind had been
on the site Of the Herald Square
building where the ola aquarium build
then stood. That was a view OF Paris
1v easiight. and the Immediate success
o. thls view we've nearly an French
,cones taken in man cases nom the
,,,-,doe 81 the Fr1ncO-Germau War. La !
Ter tho civil War was used to provide SUBJ
.acts for these enterprises, although even
nore local interest did not succeed iu at
ractlng spectators. IL was rather TOO
quiet n form on entertainment TO suit
Americln taste. and IT, is improbable that
F, single one OF these panoramas MADE
my money for the persons concerned DID
e.