St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-21
IN HER GAYEST GARB.
Great Success OF Yesterdays Bi-Cen-
NAL Display at Albany.
The Street Parade Including DeIega.
lions From Several Nations.
The Street Parade.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 20.-As the sun
rose of Albany this morning national
salute of thirty-eight guns ushered in the
third day of the bi-centennial celebration.
The event of the day was the parade of all
nations. The hour at which the parade
was to start was a. IN. Long before that
time the streets resOunded with the strains
of martial music and the tread of men
marching to the rendezvous. 1t was an
hour after the scheduled time when the
head of the procession moved. The
route was from South Pearl street
to North Pearl, to Clinton avenue,
to Perry street, to Central avenue, to
Washington avenue, and thence to Eagle
street, where the procession was dismissed.
Every dwelling house and business building
along the entire line of march was pro-
fusely decorated. The sidewalks of every
street and avenue were crowded with men,
women and children in holiday CARDS. Not
only was Albany on the streets, but visitors
from all the surrounding country had come
to swell the throng. Every boat and train
brought fresh accesSions to the multitude
already within the city. The sight-seerS
were not disappointed in their expectations,
for the strong but friendly rivalry between
the several nationalltieS represented in the
procession resulted in making it as COM
plete success as the most enthusiastic of
its managers could have hoped for. The
procession was formed under command
of Col. NJ. j. Severance, grand mar
shall, with an efficient staff. In
the first division was float
bearing young woman, representing the
various provinces of Holland, and dressed
in typical costume. Following was float
representing a'wind-mill, with millers i'll
peasant costume at work. In this division
also marched the St. Andrews and Gale
DOMAIN societies, arrayed in kits and tar
tans. In the second division was the
French Canadians of Albany, Troy and
Green Island. with a band from PittSburg.
They bore the banners of the st. John
Baptiste societies of their respective local
tiles. On a handsomely-decora float
was
FIGURE OF 81. JOHN THE BAPTIST,
as child, with live lamb beside 1t. In
carriages rode number of gayly-dressed
members of the Lacrosse and Snowshoe
clubs. The Italians, who also marched in
the procession, were preceded by all eiab-
orately-constructed float, bearing ship
representing the Santa Maria with figure
Of Columbus, its commander, in all the
bravery of the period in which he lived.
The third division marched beneath the
green flag of Ireland. 1t comprised the
Hibernian Rifle corps, the st. Joseph's, st.
Johns and st. Mary's sodalities, Robert
Emmett association, Hibernians, United
Irishmen and branches of the Irish Ma
tional league. One float decorated in green
and gold, bore in its center a throne,
on which was seated young lady
representing Erin, while surrounding her
were other young ladies, dressed in
white and green, representing the four
provinces and thirty-tWo counties of Ire
land. Another float bore figures repre-
senting Emmstt and Parnell, the former
with his hands bound as a felon. In the
fourth division marched the Grant club,
with so mounted men in red uniforms, 100
men in white uniforms and 100 in blue. At
their head was borne banner bearing the
the figures 1906" In the fifth division
were the Apollo and Cecilia singing clubs
the 1Iiederkranz and numerous other Ger
man societies, with number Of handsome
floats, bearing men dressed to represent
Mozart, Guttenber, Schiller and other eel
ebrities. On another float was Germania
surrounded by a bevy of gayly dressed
maidens, and Columbia, the goddess of
liberty, with representatives of all nations
following close behind. AS the procession
moved through the streets it was every
where enthusiastically welcomed, and the
most striking features obtained constant
SUGGESTIONS Of hearty applause. At the
close of the procession the populace dis
persed in various directions, some going to
witness the afternoon regatta at Pleasure
Island, the planting of the memorial oak
in Washington park. or the ceremonies by
the German singing societies, and still
more to the Scotch games at the fair
grounds.