New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
prI1s RING IN THE NEW
cpoUDS ABOUT TRINITY.
,o.-er Broadscag Thronged by
Tostfing. Noisy MeTymakers.

-. ras+ Side the West Side, Harlem ana
fiO eonx with a few thousand from oroohy"'
me No,,1;,an army of fun makers ano run seek
the broadway fairly echo and re-echo last
ers nAN - was the ancient tradition OF seeing .ne
nls" ont and the new year H. Win oio A''i''''
o I IN IS the Mecca for all hands
OhN4z .expected to hear much OF inc 1oui ICON
No'O~. s that the Ginning bells gave forth 81 inc
seiecuo. .It.r+ MeisIahn. but everybody wanted TO
hanos e 11.N when the first chimes began
be - and subway trains. and surface oars De-
EAe o'clock and midnight. brought thousaIius'
tWee-,-n,ed into Broadway from the SIDE s'iee's'
WIZ met the main stream coming DOWN ulo t+o
Ihes "a ana the throngs gradually gre" ill.,
ough' .,sa ~ human beings, which carried every
ga evervthing before it. The ponce
oodS ere hundreds Of them-were swept stV"s
tne che rest; only at the crossings "e'' my
Wiz - keep any semblance OF oroer-
able " - seem possibIe that more fun couio Dc
II o - noise made than on previous years.
had % ain from half an hour before midnlshI
but -" L. the one great deafening outpurs'' WITCH
uh' Nv year was born. seemed louder 'nan eNei
tne something that only Ne"-horA oio"u
II " wa There q horn, a ratue OF d
couio -. A. cha hands of almost every man ana
CO" 17,arv one was good-natured ana IL re-
Wol@- Nardt Gras celebration in many ways
h.urers OF confetti were used and the taIi.
for .o,,fers that marked the Coney Island Marol
ms ,are brought into play by the youngsters anu
ony Of the older fun makers
BY me- Io, watch Night services were held IN
No Ct,,-cb last night on account OF the great
I'M, o.s,5e The regular service was held at
o ,ol the Rev. Alfred Griffin preaching Ihe ser
EI;s text was taken from Psalm xc' l: Lolu'
NJ, hast been our dwelling place IN all genera
tons" o,o,oo,, rr-n,+x,, chimes
F +ra following selections: Duke Street,
- Pilgrim Going Home, Lead hinoly
-. - .eThe Land Of Promise. Grand MlneNni-
N :. ..c1d Hundred" Come, Welcome the Ne"
-" ..Old volunteer Ffremen. 'old Dog Tray
-, IN Puritana.' Bonnie Eloise enid OK
che Regiment. Auid Lang Sso
Sweet Home.
"a. fully $3.50 o'clock this morning before the
u "a .1es srre seekers turned uptown, and II was
- bour later before Broadway had resumed us
- condition For time the cars We're stopped
I.o+her and when the crowd began TO go nouns
- e,bUav the surface and the u cars "efe
-.cked almost TO sunocauon.
80. v-ara Watch Night services IN churches an
= che civ In Grace Church this service 1oi-
led the regular service. but In the Madison ave.
+ Methodist Episcopal Church 1t took the place VI
49, a-,en,ng service The chimes OF st. Anore"
e,rch n 127th-st and 5th-ave.. played fourteen
eaa,,,ons beginning at 1145 p. m The Rev. Dr.
.-,eon conducted Watch Night service at tne
PARK Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
It-.cb Night services also held in the Scotch
,resbvterian Church. in St Andrews ChuIch' An
IT, 7stb-st the West End Presbyterian Church.
=. H,a-ls Protestant Episcopal Church, the Eigh-
- ctraet Methodist Church, Broadway Taber-
aae1s calvary Church. the Washington Square
nra+nodist Episcopal Church and at the Hotel bar
tholdL 49,
Az the National Arts Club. in West S4th-st' there
WAS an entertainment, consisting Of classical luS0'
,orowed by supper and dance
Tho annual custom Of keeping midnight WatcR
N welcome the new year was observed In me Olu
Iobn Street Church Early in the evening the bp-
worth League held q meeting IN the basement "
The church and services continued until a1ter lrlu
night The church was crowded at this hour many
having been attracted TO the historic old ehnce
forn the Broadway crowd. glad to celebrate me
-. ~ opother wear in a more quiet manner. Al
G, pot-irk's Cathedral the organist, MI Unger'
I.,sd three numbers on the chimes. beginning at
ms n m-.rVeni Creator Spiritus. the Mdgnin-
cat" and Lead, Kindly Light
Charged with blowing horns and otherwise ceIe-
ba-ing the diving Of the old year. thirty-two boys
snd Young men were arrested at Broad ana MAI Mar.
tat SIS Newark the centre OF that CITY, idss
night They were among the thousanos WHO la Hao
c ce h. ion A tie police had given advance
public notice that the usual ce4epreHon @ ~
ke nerrnir1ed there was const eTnauon Wnen t!le
bluecoats began TO raid the crowd OWING 70 tns
action of the police most of the paraders ~ Leu
with Scarcely loot OF the prisoners taken, sew
eneen were locked up and the paiance Paroeos !,
many Of tho Brooklyn churches last night IN -.
AIMS Protestant Episcopal Church on me igin
there was a special musical programme lncludIlIs
number OF selections on the chimes. mere "be
also sacred concert at hoy - tbe advent Of
he new year The chimes in other churches; lnciuoe
Ing St Teresa's Roman Catholic and the Church OF
The frst accident reported last night came from
Brooklyn Tony Paulivi. twenty-seven years old,
ofEo p President-st loaded cannon in the back
Of his house There was a pToH4dIui
f the P6 6oneg IN his fight hand three
who were standing near were , aIso sss
but none were seriously injured; Z s-Plisi " % =
tended at his home by ambulance surgeon