Show A d 10 teobald TEt ili BAlD ALJ 1 the oia gytri and ind BrOO brooklyn kIYU tied with iron links 1 I I 1 by ad pre arrew to the liendo 1 NEW YORK may 54 24 the eighth wonder of the world eighth in point 0 fair lio bit nit first in point of i 4 wail wag today to day edica dedicated te d ito to i the uso use of tho the people amid the booming of cannon sho shouting ti n hustling whistling hist ling of thousands of at a a and of tho the great ili e 0 citizen f s the brooklyn bridge uridge was fonn forni ally arisen presented ted te tb the cities of new york and brooklyn the president of tha tile united states ana and officers of his i Cab cabinet inot the governor andew And bW St senators naters and representatives from many state states and territories bries and the mayors of botn catia bilin approving I 1 1111 I 1 of the ceremony er e aily As a though tough to make up for along period perio of ff inattention possibly of doubt ou t as to the bridge brooklyn z fiirst t forth today to day dayan in royal style As an an enter entertainer iner of distin rui shed guests brooklyn has hai bee been n honored with y isit of pres president ide I 1 yet to dayt it waa was uzi unmistakable mistakable that th the chief magistrate of the nation natio a was but an ada adjunct iiii of 0 the to treat event and not il the 1 a principal arac araci i tion the chatter about the occurrence rence bf opening ba queen Victor victorias Ws birthday ia is only amusing now that the great ceremony Is over but it is 15 ashly simply fair to td remember that thal t while the tho bridga trustees had BO no thought of honoring her majesty in the selection of thedac the day th they e y enlisted the clerk of the weather on their weir side tilde by it queens ui tena weather beaher id is a proverb in I 1 Englan dand ireland and despite iks ito the sinister aspect of the tile sky until long on I 1 p past t midnight on wean wednesday a it aa sorted I 1 elaw day jue procession of brooklyn officials and trustees steea escorted by the third regiment Regimen tj arrived at the station at 1 the regiment passed up on the anchorage v here where istook it took up position airs mrs R wife of the M invalid hedber and her party arrived afterwards in twenty five carriages car nages and athala lit I 1 I 1 fehd slid mell iv j I 1 willi finde for il in ya with great through the crowd that lint rl every foot of space in in th the turned n wa dm seh beala t is Atia lute ili D cl 4 the presidents arrival the new ew york tower was wa alred r y the tile fir ar desselt the har IT pd V forts at pm jim be yards ads of the larivere war were manned afif tean minutes later canne from fort greene and thenia the navy v y yard announced aced the arriva lof the p ais on ruoc tower where mayor w e ve it I 1 on n A n the 6 r a muth dai tit was ex pe perlen le nc ced bf tire me mayors ay 6 a ana I 1 offic official a Is I 1 in obtaining taint to the pi platform it at the co conclusion h n mu slon of prayer by Litt loohn J jf S ip strahan jo py the acting president of the board of trusted Tru the bridge to the citizens citizen of yew new york U i bla mayors a fl acceptance congressman Howit made an address add fess and rev dr DrS deliver ed edan an orations ioni levy succeeded in giving 1 oh oil liis his cornet the star pled banner hail columbia and yankee doodle III after tha closing losing eldr 64 ise on tho the bridge thea alie presidential residential party rove I 1 athe hanse of chief erigin crosb ling in brooklyn and paid their ro re alweis to the great but enfeebled en after the presidents cepar ture lure ft A stream of prominent men pressed into athe he housa among whom were officers af 0 f the tile arm army y and navy edd traitors z from abroad Cand pis his party drove to the resi Uerice of wenho W ho gave a dinner in honor bonor of the bridge opening in after dinner the president gg governors erners and stud mayorg wore were driven drivon to 0 the river and stepping into a boat k in n waiting waiting ti teamed ailt inta midstream whence erce they a de 11 ale view of he file bridge an and lowers illuminated illuminate db by t tho ile tall S L gitlit lit company m pany the th spectacle attracted seemingly even more gt attention than da day y display Is i a the exhibition of I 1 ai t i j to from half past nine ten the president helda held a fec reception eption in the Acad academy erny of music which w aich was crow crowded deil i During the period of iho elumina 1 ins tion of the bridge east river was crowded wil species of craft making necessary noce noc seary essary the stoppage of th the ferry boats followed by a tir terrible crush of people when traffic and travel was resumed the brilliancy of the scene about the bridge tonight to night was added to b by 0 a fine display from the tribune ne ofil office e in addition to the ordin ordinary arv electric illumination in the composing room which is always conspicuous fram rom brooklyn 11 the 9 tribune tower walf was lit it up by haf half a J dozen ele electric ettic lights which ornamented the building ti fenev ly and were a source of great adm i re ta A I 1 U L |