New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
MANY STRANGERS HERE
HOTELS ARE THRONGED.
Welcomes for Guests and Sharp
Eyes Watch for Crooks.
Hark. bark. the dogs 90 bark.
The strangers are coming 10 town:
Some in TAGS and some in rags
And some IN a silken gown.


Nursery Rhymes by Hudson Fulton commission.
III. alien and stranger is in our midst He Is OF
,nv nationalitieT. many varying degrees on the
,.5aer OF fortune He is sailor and he is adj
;rsl He is q prince and he is a pauper. a dip
-. a soldier a pickpocket and a burglar
,,r,o,ever he is the outsider is within the gates
eanetimes he is welcomed with great show OF state
~, the Hudson-F Fulton commission. Again, Ne
sses unnoticed the great mass Of the hoi pOlloi
I, he is even escorted by buecoated gentry 10
l,o,el with iror bars at the windows.
y This stranger has money and wants 20 spend il.
,,otbarnites have nothing bur hearty welcome for
lin, AL the hotels OF Manhattan have thrown
onen their doors TO receive him. The splendid
bostleries are filed with guests. official and I'M
,scial The Dutch commissioners and Prince and
princess Kuni are the distinguished visitors at the
Plaza Admiral ROn Rooster and his staff at
rbe Aston and the imperial flag of Germany has
heen hoisied one Of the fagstaffs Admiral Sir
Edward Seymour VIII probably go 10 the Waldorf
when his ship the InheXibe. makes port to-day,
and Admiral Baron Barocchetu is expected at the
Savoy.
In all the hotels many foreigners-Japanese.
siarese, Turkish and many others who seldom
seen here Every incoming ship brings new COM
many OF visitors and the lobby Of any Of the big
hotels IS as Interesting a theatre, a babel of
strange sounds and show Of manners In dress
and other things that range from Partisan 10 Ne
biaskan.
There are so many methods OF ingress TO New
police are obliged 10 keep busy 20 ward on the
crooks Bven the ferryboats are crowded now, and
al the trains arriving at the Grand Central sta
ton have full coaches. The railroads are taking
notice measures Of their own protect passengers
and every trainload viii be watched by special de-
tecliye. ". A. Humphrey, chief Of the New York
Central Railroads detective department, mas as
signed $50 picked men this work, and detectives
viii De placed at every station on the line from
here 20 Albany. Next Saturday all freight traffic
viii be stopped between and 10 o'clock in the
morning 10 allow for the rush Of passenger traffic
There was plenty of evidence IN the streets yes
ferday that The foreign fleets had begun 10 arrive,
and the coors II various nations attracted the eye
everywhere. The French ard Italian sailors. how
ever were not plentiful of course, nor so popu-
lar as the American bluejackets and marines. The
subway carried whole trainloads Of these from up
town stations all the way down. and there
room In such trains for the mere civilian. Their
blue clothes by day and their white ducks by night
seemed far more common in al parts Of town than
the blue and brass of the policeman.
Tie HUDSON Fulton commission is busy that
Us members scarcely have time TO eat or announce
mans and arrangements. The reception committee
has made a list Of the official visitors expected. but
kilograms are constantly changing this. and even
at the last moment before the big banquet on
Wednesday the Hotel AstoT there may be with
drawals.
The speakers for the banquet are announced to
be as follows: General Stewart l. Woodford. toast
master; Archbishop Farley who viii deliver bless
ing; Governor Hughes, Vice-President Sherman,
Prince Kuni Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour
Admiral Won koester Admiral Baron Alfonso di
Barocchetti. Rear Admiral Jules Louis Marie le
Pord, Sehor Don Joaquin Bernardo Calvo, Minister
from Costa Rica; Jonkheer J. Loudon. Minister
from the Netherlands; Mayor Mcclellan and Sen
ator Root.
Those who are able 10 engage place on one Of
the steamers that are TO take part in the parade
will have a good opportunity TO see the naval dis
play Among these steamers are the Onteora and
The Kaaterskiu OF the Catskill Evening Line
During The celebration the Daughters Of the
American Revolution will have headquarters at
No 80 Fifth avenue and viii have a reception
there every afternoon Their reviewing stand for
the land parades viii be at 59th street. between
Sixth and Seventh avenues. and for the naval
parsdes the society viii the yacht Queen City
ana a stand Riverside Drive from lS9th 20 i40th
street