Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1889-05-03
The Feature of the Third Days Gel
ebration Was the Grand Civic
Procession.
The Citizens Do the Marching and
the Soldiers Mingle With the
Spectators.
An Innumerable Number Of Tab
leaux Representing Historical
Characters and Incidents.
The Third Day.

the great Washington centennial celebra.
tion broke clear and cool. The chief and
almost only notable feature of the day was
the great civic and industrial parade which
started shortly after 10 O'clock, with
Mayor Grant and delegates from civil, in
dustrial and commercial societies and Or
ganizations in advance. When the re-
viewing stand was reached, the mayor pre-
sented an address to the president. This
body then took the places which had been
reserved for them on either side of the
president, and after him re-
ceived the hOnOrs of the
parade. Next came General Butterfeld
the chief marshal, followed by his staff.
The first tableau, the Declaration of In
dependence" was intended to represent
the reading of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence by John Nixon in the state house
yard, Philadelphia, July 8, l776. This float
was surrounded by an escort of 100 MEM
bers of the society of veterans of the regular
army and navy. The next float represented
"Washington and his generals mounted"
Washington as commander in chief occu-
pied the center of the line, Major
Generals Ward, Putnam, Phillips,
Schuyler and Charles Lee, on either
side. Closely following are nine
brigade generals, lthe number appointed
by the Continental congress at Philadel-
phia in 1875, also the Marquis de Lafayette
and others. Following this tableau came
a float representing "Washington crossing
the Delaware with its guard of several
hundred cadets in uniform. Then came
$500 school children escorting the center
tableau :of washington at Valley Forge,
winter of 1777 and 1878" Several temper
aice societies and Knights Of Pythias pre-
ceded the float The resignation of the COM
mission and the Yonkers cadet corps es-
corted "The first Inauguration" Between
Washington continentals and 1000 Sons of
Veterans was an elaborate tableau,
"The state of Virginia, representing
the ship of the sixteenth century, with ad-
venturers in Elizabethian costumes, corwd
ing the poop deck deserving land. Then
followed series of tableaux representing &
various states as follows: New York, q
boat load Of Dutch sailors and voyagers;
flower; Delaware, outstanding savages;
MARYLAND, Lord Baltimore and George
Calvert: Pennsylvania, Penn's treaty; Geor-
gia, last prerevOlNtiOnary colonial settle
ment. After these came a most interest
ing feature, the Caledonian club of New
en Mek az and the 18th rbsg rRbghssnd reg
their kits and skirts attracted great
deal of attention and their pipes stirred up
considerable enthusiasm all down the ave-
nue.. The Swiss centennial committee
with swiss tableaux were escorted by
centennial sharp-shOOters and then came
the firemen's division. Chief among these
"laddies" were 900 members of the New
York volunteer firemen's association and
ten veteran associations. The Italian div
ision in extent was very surprising to
many of the spectators. The Italian mill
tary association turned out thirteen COM
panies of thirt-six men each, and the civic
societies as many more, while
tSsiI well 1eceived t%e floats As ws5s sns fs ;n
the entire parade. One Of these was q
Columbus and Washington, discoverer
and father. The second 4oat represented
Italy and America sitting among flowers.
The Scandinavian-America society made
fine showing. Indeed what are usually
termed the iforeign elements earned the
success of the parade The Germans de-
termined to lay themselves out on tins
parade. ana they did Dit. Now comes the
Hibernians. They numbered quite 10000,
some uniformed and some were not.
The irish and American flags alternated
all over the division and the elaborate
float The world moves on" added an
other feature to that part of the column.
After number of trades organizations
had passed, the united Polish societies
came along. one of their floats showing
how paper boxes are made. A little laeei
the air was rent with noisy band music
that preceded the cOlOred centennial com.
mittee with George Washington coach
drawn by four horses in the midst
After the col0red delegation had passed
Gen. Martin T. Macmahon appeared
at the head of the regular
Irish section of the parade. The crowds
along the line of march were as large as
yesterday. but there was q difference in
their appearance. Yesterday the soldiers
were all marching and the observers were
citizens; today the visiting military are
scattered among the Oll00kers, and the
citizens are doing the walking. The presi-
dent left the reviewing stand at $40 and