The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

and made a striking contrast between
the order and discipline Of the parade
and the lack of order in the throng,
and showed the need of careful ar
engagements. The sight of the crowd
behind the police. filling the wide
Broad street from house to house, made
probably the finest picture of the even
ing.l
i police marched in this order only
to Broad and Market Streets. where
they scattered in various directions so
as to assist in maintaining order In the
streets after the dispersal of the pa
raiders.
In the marching line were many fea-
lures. making the parade the most at
tractive the city has ever had. The
floats were numerous and carefully
prepared, n presented a beautiful
and Interesting exhibit. The various
Secret orders represented in the pa
rade by specially trained companies
gave the watching throngs an ever
changing and pleasing spectacle. Two
of the uniformed organizations created
a genuine sensation throughout the.
whole line of march by the perfection
of their drill. The two companies
worked together, and as they marched
along they formed themselves into
the emblems of the organization. in
Guiding the cross, hollow square and
triangle. The khaki uniformed men
were GREETED with a wave of applause,
which rose above the general uproar,
and the men deserved the special trib-
ute paid to their careful preparation.
Besides these novel features the pa
rade was made effective by the pres
nee of plenty of good music, each
division being led by a good band, with
drum corps at the head of %sub-divis-
ions. There were also many mounted
divisions or companies, the riders in
variably being handsomely costumed,
some of them evidently at great ex-
pense.
The fantastic costumes of the pa
raiders wore Of a more orderly charac-
ter than those heretofore seen in the
city on Halloween night. The change
made the general spectacle none the
less interesting or characteristic.
There was some delay in the start,
and the impatient spectators tested the
efficiency of the police to the utmost.
Without the strong cable. which had
been stretched along the curb line of
Broad and Market streets. the crowds
would have swamped the police, even
had their number beer thrice so great
as it was. With the aid of the cable,
however, the police handled the great
crowd handsomely, and gained the APP
proval of those they sought to protect.
On the west side of Broad street, be-
tween Bank and. Market streets, the
crowd was especially congested during
the early evening, and the sergeant
and squad of policemen posted at that
spot, by the exercise of prompt judg-
ment and efficient action, repeatedly
broke up jams of humanity that would
have quickly resolved itself into a hui
nan sacrifice. On one occasion, when
the jam was so great and the move-
ment so overwhelming that death
seemed imminent, the sergeant, appar-
emily by inspiration, had the cable
holding back the crowd lifted by main
strength to the shoulders of men, and
under his steel guard line he and his
fellow officers aided many women and
children TO safety. The whole perfor-
nance, viewed from windows of the
Prudential building justA abovei con-
sumed but a moment of time, yet Sc
great was the congestion the escaping
throng almost instantly filled what was
an instant before the deserted pave
ment of the roadway to the east gutter
This was but one of many instances o.
the effectiveness of the police depart
ment last night.
The great crowd on the City Hal
steps. plaza Inc sidewalks was one o
the sights of the evening. Another
came as the end of the parade proper
passed up Broad street from the City
Hall. AT the rear of the marching line
a Gordon of police, stretching from cur
to curb, kept back the horde Of pa
raiders who had failed to be included in
the regular line. As the double line OF
policemen marched toward Market
street, the thousands who crowded the
steps and front of the City Hall fell
in behind, and before Market street