The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-29
EXCURSION TO NEWPORT.
ABOUT, 400 WENT ON THE STEAMER
RICHARD PECK YESTERDAY.

Weather Opened Showery but Day
Proved Delightful Yacht Club iu
Newport Hnrbor Gully Decorated
Many Points of Interest on the Trir
| and Safe Arrival Home.
The steamer Richard Peck carried
fourteen hundred persons on it's excur-
sion from this city to Newport yester-
| day. The party was fine one, and
everything was quiet and orderly on
| the boat. The sail was delightful one
| to all excepting number who were af-
hicted with NAL de mer before reaching
Point Judith, but they soon recovered
| and it was soon forgotten. Although
1 the morning was rather threatening,
the weather was good, with the excep-
| ton of smart shower which came up
| just off Governors Island. But after
ten minutes or SO the skies cleared and
everything was lovely. There were
many points of interest to attract the
eXcursioniSts on the trip down, one of
them being the sight of the old Cont
mental, of the Steamboat line, which lies
with all it's glory departed in the har-
Dor, and which, having carried many
happy excursionists on it's decks, is now
in the possession of a junk dealer and
is being broken up and sold for what it
will fetch. Then there are Fishers Is
land and Mystic Island in the distance,
then Point Judith and very dim sight
of Narragansett Pier.
The sail into the harbor of Newport,
which was reached at p. M, was
grand. There were hundreds of the
boats of the New York Yacht club, all
decorated from topmasts to decks with
rows and rows Of remnants Of all ma
lions, dipping and courtesying at the
motion of the tide. Then opposite were
the noble warships Kearsarge, Alabama
and Massachusetts, and the city itself
was beautiful, Tomorrow will be Gel
ebrated the two hundred and fifteth
anniversary of the founding of the city
of Newport, and the commercial por-
ton of the city is decorated in the most
gorgeous manner with bunting. Belle
vue avenue was fine, but on Main street
the stores were almost hidden under
masses of drapery. There will be
great parade tomorrow Of many thou
sands of people from all over the state
of Rhode Island, including the marines
and tars from the battleships and also
the boys from the scholarships. 1t Is
expected there will be twentyseven
bands of music in line.
Most of the excursionists on landing
took carriages or carryall and rode
all over the city, viewing the beautiful
and palatial residences and the grounds,
laid out as they are with beds of lovely
flowers, great bushes of hydrangeas of
all colors, with rambler roses shading
the verandas, and beautiful shrubber-
les. Newport is certainly lovely place
and everybody felt well satisfied with
their visit. The boat left for home at
quarter of four. There was heavy
swell on at Point Judith on the return
trip and more seasickness, but it was
a very delightful trip, reaching home at
10 o'clock.
Some Of these who went were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Merrick Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kennedy, |
Mrs. Kennedy, ST., and Master Kenne- |
iy, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Ives, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Arthur Rowe Mr.. and Mrs. George !
Clarence Holbrook, Mrs. |
lanes F'lagg and son, Bert Parsons, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Charles II. Merwin, Mrs. |
Louis Weckesser, Kohn Brothers, gro
,ers on George street, and families, Mr.
md Mrs. Frazier Simon Shoninger, M.
Loeb, Captain Lawrence O'Brien, De-
.ective Donnelly and family, Charles
IF Mann q,
Michael Myers Mrs. George Corner and
son. Mr. and Mrs Lounsbury, of West
lille, Edgar Parker, superintendent of
electric lights, and son. Captain Harris
Weaver and family, James Kinsella
md family, Miss Ella Daley, of, Hi
lois, and Misses Mary and Kitty
)Keefe, friends of Mr. Kinsella; Vim
ent Maher, Miss Mary Maher, Miss
Annie M Carroll Miss Emily G. Car
oil.