Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-01
HOME HOMAGE.
Several Impressive Incidents
of the Days DOingS,
INCLUDING A GOOD PARADE
In the East End, Though the One
Down Town Was Small.
SPLENDID JUBILEE OF JUVENILES,
With Glowing Speeches, Both in Allegheny
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INCLUDING A GOOD PARADE
SPLENDID JUBILEE OF JUVENILES,
With Glowing Speeches, Both in Allegheny
Parks and at Silver Lake.
FINE FIREWORKS AND DECORATIONS

Pittsburg always honors her distinguished
visitors. To the memory and fame of one
of them she yesterday paid tribute. In
this instance, however, the parsonage had
been something more than a mere visitor
to 'the forks at the head of the Ohio. 81
The name of George Washington is SO inter-
woven with the early history of Pittsburg
and Western Pennsylvania that many peo-
pie love to speak OF him as one of the found
ers of the city. The appropriateness of
yesterdays celebrations in Allegheny
county were therefore felt by every gray
haired sire-every mite of a school girl.
The tribute came from the hearts of the
people. 1t was hearty, but not imposing
pretty, but not gorgeous. The street parade
in the old city was quite small; that in the
East End was somewhat larger, yet both put
together would hardly make respectable
sized political demonstration in a Presi-
dental campaign. Decorations of flags and
bunting on the streets and house-walls were
not profuse. Yet they we're tasty and
showed off well.
MORE sEERs THAN SEEN.
But the streets were filed by immense
throngs. People in holiday attire crowded
every corner, every car and every point
of observation. The unanimity with
which the big iron and steel works
were shut down was an evidence
of that loyal feeling. The Vulcans brought
Venus downtown. The rich, the poor, the
strong, the weak, all seemed bent on days
pleasure out of doors. The crowds kept in
constant motion, and by P. NJ, when the
bright sunshine chased away the chilly
gloom, the avenues presented the appear
'anee of one vast promenade.
The national salute on the cannons at the
arsenal, fred at noon by orders of the
Secretary of War, and the cannonading in
the East End and on the Monongahela
wharf in the afternoon and evening, and
the ringing of church bells, were the loud
est noises of the day. The booming echoes
died away in the songs of thousands of pub
lie school children in the Allegheny parks.
The Jubilee there in the afternoon was q
charming affair
At night the public meeting in Grand
Central Rink, reported elsewhere, furnished
further opportunity for the people to DEM
onstrate their heartiness.
THE MARCHERs AND FIREWORKS.
P'" -ers being Americans to the high
-se, hau recourse to that close of all
American patriotic anniversaries-the sput-
YER, fzz and boom of big display of fire.
forks. This was in two sections; one on
the Allegheny river, downtown, and the
other on Black Horse Hill, in the East
End.
Getting down to details, here is about all
there was of the parade in the Old City:
The column was formed on Second avenue
shortly after o'clock, and moved along Smith
field street to Third avenue, up through the
Hill district. down Fifth avenne and then
marched over to the jubilee in the Allegheny
parks The parade was headed by Grand
Master Patterson, Past Grand Masters S. NJ.
Shaner, A. s. Smith and o. K. Gardner, Major
Ia NJ. Woods and R. 7. Thimpson, of the uni
formed rank American Mechanics. The WASH
1ngtOn Infantry, Captain shannon, acted as
escort, with three officers and "a men. Follow
ing this came Washington Commandery, Amer
ican Mechanics, Commander Cooper, 80 men;
Pittsburg Commandery No. 4, Commander
Cooper, 30 men; Lincoln Commandery. Com
mander Mcmillan, p men; Bainbridge Com
mandery, knights of the Golden Eagle. Cap
tain Powell, q men; Sheriden Sabers, of VIII
kensburg Captain Smith, 26 men; First Regi-
ment Select Knights, A. o. .. W., Colonel
Rowan and 2l0 men. The First Regiment was
s8sde up of Pittsburg Legion, Commander
Lewis; Spartan Legion. Commander Andrews;
Central Legion, Commander Doran; DuQuesne
Legion, Commander Mckee; Humboldt Le-
gion, Commander Muhl; General Meade De-
gion, Commander SJreib; Monongahela Le-
gion, Commander Dosch, and Bellevue Le-
gion, Commander Reynolds.