The evening world., 1904-02-25
This Years Affair Promises to
BE the Finest and Largest Of
the Kind Ever Held in This
City.
AT LEAST 10000 IN LINE.
Short Preliminary Parade VIII Be
Given on West Slde-Great Festi-
val Under Direction Of A. o. II.
in Two Parks.

The convention OF lUe Ancient oTueI
of Hibernians for the election of floor
directors and chairmen Of the recep-
ton committees for the, st. Patrick's
day festival. to be held at Manhattan
Park and Casino, One Hundred and
Fifty-fifth street and Eighth avenue,
and Suffers Park and Casino. One
Hundredsand Twenty-seventh street and
Second avenue. was attended by every
officer of the County Board of Di-
rectors In the county.
The officers elected for the west side
park are: Chairman Reception Com
mitcc. Michael p. Carolan, Division No.
:; Floor Director. James Brooks. Di-
I vision No. II; First Assistant. Edward
DAILY, Division No. IL, and Daniel Mon
nEhan.
For Suffers Park the officers are:
Patrick j. McEvily, Division No. "A.
Chairman Reception Committee: Floor
Director. John j. Ahearn, Division NO.
IS: First Assistant. James Campbell.
Division No. IL, and John Fitzpatrick,
Second Assistant.
James Boyle, Chairman OF the Com
mittee of Arrangements for the west
side, reported that 1900 ickets had
F'l hllDOStu "a az a'sh
rell, of the east side divisions. stated
that 1900 tickets had been sold.
Tn Committee of Arrangements de-
cided to erect II reviewing stand on the
property owned by the order at One
Hundred and Sixteenth street and Firth
avenue. The reports OF the presidents
of the fifty divisions of the order In
New York County indicate that the
parade his year will be the largest and
finest ever held on st. Patrick's Day in
this city. County President Patrick j.
McNulty estimates that there will be
1000 in the parade.
The Committee of Arrangements has
engaged twenty-five automobiles In
which the invited guests will ride at the
head of the parade. The old style re-
gala has been lone away with and the
Grand Marshal and his aides will wear
soft black felt hats and green sashes.
In place of the White plume to distln-
guish him Grand Marshal Lynch will
wear a white sash.
The members of the fifty divisions
throughout the county are holding
weekly meetings, preparing for st. Pat
rick's Day. Acceptances OF invitations
to participate In the parade la been
received from every Irish Catholic Or
g~anization In New York County.
Short Parade on West side.
Daniel V. Clancy, President Of Divi-
sion No. 16. and William Mcdowell,
President of Division No. II. are ar
ranging with the divisions on the west
side of the city to meet them at their
hall. ~Sixty-fifth street Amsterdam
KFaRNI NM W. a 0hnrt ma hR-
fore joining the general parade or he
order on Fifth avenue.
The parade on the west side VIII be
the largest seen In tnat nelghborhood
in twenty years. Those who will par
ticIpate In the parade are. Grand Mar
shall William Lynch n his aides on
i6, II and 80, with St. Vincent Ferrer.s
Cadet Band of sixty. pieces and l6o
cadets: st. Agnes's Cadet Band OF sixty
pieces and 300 cadets. ..
street and Amsterdam avenue at !
o'clock and go down Tenth avenue 70
Forty-third street. east on Forty-thlIo
street to Fifth avenue, where each d.
Vision will take its proper place in the
general parade of the order up flith
avenu rno q, ,bo vos,
aide narade are Daniel V, Clancy. Will
lam Mcdowell. William Malley. PatricR
G'Rrien' James j. Haggerty. James
Boyle, Michael o'Brien' Michael Roger
the west side along the line of march
have been asked to display the Amer
lean and Irish flags
New Candidates for A. o. II.
The four degrees OF the order will b'
exemplifed Thursday evening at thu
Monroe Building, No, IL East FIFTY
ninth street. During the month, $50 ap
niications for membership have been re
ceiyed and approved of by the Count!
board OF Directors, and these candi
mill Ia made f~ull-dedged mem
hers of the order at the exemplihcatioi
on Thursday evening.
The degree team will be County Presi
dent Patrick j. McNulty. assisted b.
President of Park Board John ]. Pallas
p, j.. McEvily, Daniel +. Cohalan
Major b.. r. McCrystal, Very Rev. DI
Charles McCready, ]. P. Butler, Patriel
Sharkey. James Campbell, Daniel To
bin, D., ]. Hanlon, william MalleS
Patrick Tanning and Terence Donoghue