Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-01
THE LAST DAY.
The Programme in Detail for To-Day's 8
Celebration.

NEW YORK, April 30th.-The civil parade to-
morrow, May LIST, win be n display that will
larry stagger the sightseers. One hundred
thousand men Will join, and there will be innu-
merable hoats trucks and devices. The number
oipeople who viii participate is immense, and the
Ereneh citizens are to have representation III
the line, which VIII be no discTedit TO the ma
tlon which was essentially friend to America
when 1t needed one.
The Germsn-Ameriean citizens will make
probably the finest display in the parade The
floats Will be artistic, beautiful and costly-in
fact, 1t will be, the committee say, the most
| elaborate exhibition of the kind ever seen i'll
| this country.
! sThe tahlesux viii be mounted on large floats.
| and Will be arranged with a view to represent
the various great historical events in the his
| tory OF the nation. Many of the floats will be
| over twenty feet high. In addition 10 the
| meats for the tableaux there will be trucks on
! Whlch the various trades will be seen.
| printing press will work off cards and hand
| DIS baker viii be seen kneading the dough
| and preparing it for the oven carpenters viii
be at work at their benches the entire process
| OF making chocolate viii be exhibited and so
| on through many trades. The principal tab
| leauX win be-
| "lhe Discovery of the Hudson river bv Hem
| rlk hudson. represented by a Dutch galleou
DeallnS the darlng navigator and his crew sail
| ing up New York bay TO the mouth of the North
| river
The First Continental Congress" l774-Ac.
eurate emoodiments of the first Legislators OF
signing of the Declaration of Indepeud.
ence,' l775-Thomas jefferson and his CON
iTeres, according to accepted models and ira,
General Washington and his Generals
Mountedp--A picture of the principal General
0fhcers OF the American army in the War OF the
Revolution.
Washington Crossing the Delaware" I776-
reproduction OF the celebrated painting of
that momentous event.
Washington at Valley Forge, '1a77-A pictur.
The Inauguration of Washington as First
PRESIDENT OF the United States l7o9-A repro
oueton OF Federal Hall and its surroundings,
WI. h appropriate groupings.
Columbia and Germania.
General Steuben and his staff
Ihe press Of the past and present day
Alexander Won Humboldt.
Ine Brooklyn Bridge.
Prince Carnival
Cecilia, the patron saint OF music
:. 1h4chafd wagner, with personifications OF
'Lohengrin.' etc.
German Christmas with tree and Santa Claus
regular camp fire burning, while guns
SWORDS , I ana all Kinds OF military weapons give
the Whole Warllke appearance.
Arion standing on dolphin, followed by
troop OF Romans on horseback
Ioreiey seated on rock, a long wreath a. ner
The fairy-story float, containing tableaux
taken IRON familiar fairy stories.
Inc music chariot, containing the three
khine daughters Siegfried at the Jorge striking
lghtnlng with his blade, Lohengrin and Elsa
Notan and Brunhilde, the latter a good coun-
terpart OF Lille Lehman; Venus resting on a
conch OF roses, and Tannhauser.
Ihere will be sixty-five tableaux in the pro-
cession.
TRIUMPHAL ARCHES.
There are three triumphal arches erected un-
der which those who take part in the military
and civic parades will pass. These arches have
been designed by the best artists i'll this CITY,
and are marvels of decorative art They are
located as follows:
At Fifth avApue and Twenty-third street.
At Filth svRhue and Twenty. sixth street.
On Fifth avenue on Washington square
OTHER FEATURES.
A feature OF the civic parade will De NE ois
volunteer hremen. who will appear with the
men manning the ropes of the old-iashione,
crane-necked engines, which did such gon:
service years ago. Firemen will come fror7
brooklyn, Jersey City, Yonkers Albany epI
many other cities. Among others viii 81
Friendship Fire Company OF Al xandria vs.
the ire company Of which Washington was !
member. The company will bring its cid az
paratus TO this city. 1t has one of the IRE.
leather re-buckets ever made in Ayneric.
Ihlrteen similar buckets sre to oe made reree-
sentlng the original United States and they EiiIl
SWING from the OLD pumping engine in the pr,
cession.
Scholars of the public schools to the pun5sr
OF 3,O12 viii take part in the civic parade
They will be divided into eight battalions of
eight companies each.