Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-11-01
CELEBRATION IN NEWARK.

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Several hundred people went from
this city to Newark last night to see
the Halloween parade. 1t was the
greatest demonstration of the kind
ever seen in that city. About fifteen
thousand merrymakers took part,
while oven three hundred thousand
spectators viewed it from sidewalks,
grandstands, windows and roofs of
buildings along the line of march
and from tallyhoes, drags and all
kinds of conveyances drawn up in
the side streets.
Almost every character under the
sun was represented. There were
scores of floats, some emblamatic of
historical events, others on the comic
order, and some representing well
known stage pictures of today. To
add TO the splendor hundreds of
thousands of vari-colored %incandes-
cent lamps had been strung from
curb line to curb line across the
streets through which the parade
passed. through the trees in the pub
lie parks, and from the roofs to the
ground floors of business buildings
along the line, the whole aiding in
transforming the business portion of
the city into a modern fairyland.
Governor Stokes, who was the
guest of the University Club. with his
party occupied Il stand i'll front of the
clubhouse, in Park Place. Mayor
nAu.a,. ,ritb tb1 nnnp1 of A11AT-
men and other city officials and in
vited guests, occupied a stand in
front of the City Hall in Broad street.
When the hour of the starting of the
festivities arrived, King Carnival, c.
Albert Gasser, private secretary to
the mayor. was driven to the munich
pal stand in a golden chariot, drawn
by eight white horses and surround
ed by court attendants. The mayor.
from a dias in front of the stand,
handed the king a big golden key,
the signal that the gates of the city
were open to the jewellers and the
town turned over to them for the
night.
Owing to the great crowd in the
streets the entire police force was
m%arshalled in that portion of the city
through which the pageant passed.
rhey were assisted by over one hun
bred specials. Chief Adams was in
command, and to each of the five
precinct captains was allotted a GER
tain territory for which he was held
responsible.
All trolley service in the portion OF
the city where the paraders held
sway was suspended at I o'clock, so
that the streets could be given en-
tirely to the maskers. Special trains
were run to the city on all the rail
roads.
Owing to the immensely of the
crowd the carnival procession was
two hours late in starting. The po-
lice were utterly unable to cope with
the multitude of sightseers. There
was a solid mass of humanity along
the whole route. and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the police
could force an opening in the throng
sufficient TO admit the passage of the
floats.
In the crush a number of women
tainted, and they had to be carried
into the side streets. The ambulance
es we're kept busy taking them home.
Two mn were kicked by the
horses OF aids of the grand marshal,
while those officers were trying to
get through the crowd. The injured
women were taken to their homes.
1t is said that they are moi danger
ously hurt. The inability of the pc
lice to keep the roadway clear spoil
cd the effect of the display.
1t is estimated that there were two
hundred thousand visitors, thous-
ands of whom came from New York.
Every train from that direction was
packed, and from all parts of the
state there We're thousands of visi
itors.
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