New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05

the city celebrated the Fourth yesterday IL right
royal shape. Although tens of thousands Of peo-
pie had poured out OF town. leaving the uptown
streets bare the business section
Sunday, other thousands and tens Of thousands
,nade holiday in the serni-deserted streets and
found there unstinted amusement In the eX-
uberance OF his Joy the small boy leaped from
his bed and collecting all the other small boys
Of the neighborhood proceeded to rend the
peaceful calm OF the morning by every noise
making contrivance known TO the ingenuity of
man. for it the Fourth Of July when every
small boy has IL his inalenable right 20
make all the noise possible with no one 10 in
1ertere
Whether the small boy blew Off his hand. as
ola many yesterday, mattered not to his
quenchabl enthusiasm which found vent in
burning powder; whether he fired ball car
tridges instead OF the usual blanks, thereby
shooting his inoffensive neighbors. troubled him
little. Little he rocked OF the fire which begins
from neglected hrecracker. for II one failed 10
explode it was of naught IN his estimation. The
Fourth was 20 him one day Of unaIoyed bliss
dey OF fire and fame, Of noise and all the
variations thereof, In which his heart delights.
Yet 10 The fremen and the policemen yesterday
was day az vigilance: fires and accidents kept
shem busy from morn till night, and the setting
az the sun meant nc cessation Of labor for
fhem.
SIS celebration. with patriotic speeches and pa
rriotic songs.
To the average individual. the day IS in
which TO get outdoors, and if he couldn't do It
Ivy way Of The country club with its luxurious
clubhouse and excellent golf course. he tried
10 co it by way OF Central Park the trolley
or the Coney Island boats. IN only one instance,
that os the Grand Republic, did the recent
Slocum disaster make any difference in the
r,a v-bio
filed TO their capacity, left town for the nearby
shore resorts
The real exodus OF the holiday makers began
Friday night and Saturday morning. Many Of
the business houses closed Saturday giving
their employees threefold holiday Of Saturday.
Sunday and Monday. Those who We're not
fortunate went on Saturday at noon. others
went In the evening and on Sunday morning.
Yet the trains and the boats out Of town yes
.erday morning were filled and trolley cars
10 nesr ~ shore resorts were thronged. The
Neathel was ideal, and the longing for the
country with its clean cool trees. or desire for
1he CLINT of sand and sea lured thousands and
tens OF thousands.
Boats running 10 Long Branch, Coney Island
and UP the Sound were loaded. on the bridge
trolley and elevated trains carried their
full capacity. and from 10 O'Clock until
the Manhattan end Of the bridge looked like the
rush hours of a business day.
Those who could not get out Of town hied
them TO the parks. and. where that i'm
possible 10 the waterfront. the recreation
piers. and even the deserted streets. Some
twenty-five thousand persons went 10 Bronx
Park, not record breaking number, the po-
lice said They enjoyed themselves immensely
hcwever, and gave comparatively little trouble
The animals were IN good hUmor. The OBJ
sueperous small boy with his hrecrackers made
bad combination wiki the monkey cage, buT
n mol. Frsnrr ~ Ia oil
Central Park was filed ali DAY with a vast
rhrong. AT sunrise there was the nag raising
over the blockhouse, attended by the Society of
roncerts, while for all day there the cool
green Of the grass, with the shade of trees a d
the CLINT OF the lake-pleasuTes Unal!oyed TO the
small street urChin.
The Sunday schools and the various benev-
client associations took a hand in the celebration
by which the small boy prodted. Randolph
Guggenhelmer gave an ICE cream feast 10 about
900 children Of the sunday Kindergarten AS
sociation At the rooms Of the society. No. II
Centre-st. From the Mulberry Bend section
ana Five Points iSooped the children. eager to
receive The 10 cream and cakes which repre-
scented Il them The height Of enjoyment. l
anelpient politicians managed u repeat" the
policemen on duty Winkel compacently and
there was no stern repri and from the officers
q the association.
uriu; The cadets were reviewed by officers of
the I'd ReSInent. Lieuteaan: Colonel Tread
@el; Captain Nauboid, Captain G'srnberger and
Irhlmaster Captain tsher Nitnv1'ed the parade
nnd drill : STATE Tag, the gift OF Mrs. Ju.lu,
I1at, GIe OF tbs directors Of The asylum,
presented. and Superintendent Cofee maze a
speech acknowledging the E.tT.
Chief Croker Of The Fire Department spent
Inc day al his headquarters - Engine Hous.
NO. %. in Great Jones-st., prepared to respo q
70 any cali. He said tina; up 10 3 r. N. the's
had been twenty alarms FOR slight fires. Las
yesr up 10 the same nour there were foUrteG..
alarms, but ~ midnight then there We're dft,.
five alarms, and The Chief said he expectea
more than that number this time.
one Of the Tncst damaging dres IN the
grocery store al No. is 81. Marks place and
the fathoUse adjoining. at No 20, where s.. 900
damage was done. The causes are supposed
10 have been boy and FIRE cracker. julius Bier
q waiter Wer through the hathouse warning
tenants In ole OF the rooms on the first floor
man was asleep. When told 70 get out he re-
sisted not realizing his danger. Bier carried
the man, clad only in his skin. kicking and
struggling, his back 10 the sidewalk
Firecrackers exploded on the Second-ave. e!e-
waited structure set fire TO the ties at One-hur-
Observation-Disclosures and SecOnd-aVe. The motor
man Of q n0rthbound train saw the flames and
whistling an alarm, attracted the attention of
Patrolman Enright, OF the East hundred
and-tourth-st. station, who called the hremen
Traffic was delayed fifteen minutes
The efiigy OF man hung on telephone wires
sn Eighteenth-st., between Fi-st-ave. and Ave
nue. A. caused considerable excitement and a.
policemen. two lneInen employed by the teIe-
phone company and horse car were necessary
Tor its removal
Policeman Patrick Flynn. OF the East Twenty
Fecond-st. station and Policeman O'Grady first
fried 10 remove IL. Then Flynn called ne telA-
phone company Office
There is a man hanging on the telephone
wire IN Eisn'eeAih-sf- Come at once and
The operator in the Office. IN an excited voice,
repnea2
What OF the wirep IA
exc. don't mean I'VE man" replied the
policeman 1T Is a dead one, a stuffed one
mean"
A crosstovn car came along at this time and
the policeman stopped i directly under the