The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-10
The CLOSING SCENES.
The Centennial Celebration Closed With .
Grand Give Parade Thousands 81
Adopted Citizens In Line.

SsTanu &Ittc fAH3Ie IbOuS0UUo %
adopted Citizens Ia Line.
NEW YORK. Nav The crowd at Union
Square yesterday was. !! nny thing.
greater than that Of the dav before. IN.
spector Steers and his 80 policemen had
all they could do 70 keep the immense
throng in order. The stands. every win.
dow facing the square. the roofs Of the
surrounding buildings and th. sidewalks
were packed with humanity. The streets
on the Fourth avenue side OF the square
from Fourteenth to Seventeenth streets
were free 10 women % children. Long
before ii was time for the parade 10 start
they were crowded. Many Of the people
came as early as three or four O'Clock in
order to secure seats. At nine O'Clock il
was impossible to get from one part OF
the square To another and when once one
got into the crowd there he had to stay.
President Harrison in his barOuche,
drawn by five horses and headed by .
squad Of mounted police. accompanied by
VIce-President Morton. Colonel Cruger
and Lieutenant Judson. L. 5. A., drove up
To the Madison square reviewing stand at
l0:2l Ex-Presid.nts HAYES and Cieve.
land. Secretaries Proctor, Tracy, Window
and Rusk. General Sherman and Russell
Il. Harrison a previously arrived.
Others on the stand were General Bur.
leigh. OF Maine, and stan, Brigadier-Gen.
eral II. NJ. SpraSue Brigadicr-Genernl
Joon Harper, Fred Douglas, who received
a che-r a. he entered the stand, and Sen.
A;or Gibson. OF Maryland.
The first tab,eau. The Declaration Of
independence" was intended to represent
the reading Of the Declaration OF lnde-
pendencs by John Nixon in the State
house yard, Philadelphia. July .. l7'6
This float Was surrounded by an escort
Of 100 members of the Society OF Veterans
Of the Regular Army and Navy.
The next float represented Nv Washington
and his Generals mounted" Washington,
as COMMANDMENTS Chief, occupies the cen.
ter Of the line. with Major-Generals ard
Putnam, Philip. Schuyler and Charles
Lee on either side. Closely following are
the nine Rrigadier-Generais. the number
appointed by the Continental Congress at
Philadelphia in 1913; also Marquis DE
Lafayette. Baron S:euben, Inspector
General Count Rochambeau and Others.
This tableau is guarded as a special escort
by Wier battalion, school No. ~, Brook
lyn. Major +. II. Nichols commanding.
Following this tabieau came the float
representing "Washington Crossing the
Delaware" with its guard Of several hum
dred cadets in uniform.
Then came . 800 school children escort
ing u iabIeau "a: Washington at Valley
Forge, Wint. r OF i..1 andl.,>" II repre-.
sents the winter quarters at Valley Forge
and tn" meeting Of General Washington
with Baron Steuben and the wounded
soldiers.
The Exempt Firemon's Association TO
the number Of :Vt. arm next and after
them the Tarnmany Hall raves under the
craftsmanship OF General John Cochrane.
Several temperance societies and lodges
OF knights Of Pythias preceded the float,
1.-THE Resignation Of the Commission"
and the Yonk-rs cadet corps escorted
THE First Inauguration" Between the
Washington con;inentals and l. 900 Sons OF
Veterans was the elaborate tableaux THE
State Of Virginia" representing a ship OF
the sixteenth century. with ~Adventurers
In FL zahethan costumes. crowding the
poop deck deserving the land. Then fol-
lowed n series Of tableaux representing
various States as follows:
New York-A boa: load Of Dutch sailors
and age
Nassachusetts-The anchoring Of the
Mayfower.
Delawnrc-Christianizing the avagsa
Maryland-Lord Baltimore and George
Calvert
Pennsylvania-Penn's treaty.
Georgia The last pre.revOiutionary
settlement.
After these came a most interesting
feature-the CaleiOninn club OF New York
and the Seventy.ninth Highland regiment
veterans The Scotsmen in their kits and
kir,les attracted a great deal Of attention.
and their pipes stirred NJ consiierab q
enthusiasm all down the avenue.
The Swiss centennial committee with
the Swiss tab'enux were escorted by the
centennial shnrpshooters and then came
TIA. iireuen', division. Chief among thes.
'laldir were the G1 members OF the
New York volunteers association and ten
veteran associations. There We're about
1. 900 men in this i lvision.
The 40 brooklyn police came along jus;
after the iiremen.
Then came the Manhattan ship joiners
and the float exhibiting their haniicraft
the operative plasterers' society nj work
at their trade. the cloak AMI sui; industry
hard at IL with the scissors and ne IDLE
the marble cutters scattering chips broad
cast. go BROOKLYN plumbers. 800 Brooklyn
ami 1000 members of the union
O: carpenters and joiners Of America
Next came the Italian division. the ex.
tent Of which was very surprising to many
of the spectators. The Italian military
association turned out thirteen companies
OF thiIty-six men each and the civic So
a. MANY mora nltta chair snr.
were "a we'll received as any in the
entire parade
The Germans had determined to lay
themselves out on this parade. and they
il. FiIs, came the German American
TO the number OF over ) oD.
then carne tie singing societies The feat.
Ut" II th : part Of the parade. however.
wss tn. great number OF tahieaux and
floats whirh 10 presented. nearly all the
important historical. events and proGress
Of tne last century az the arts and sciences
each It's place.
Nextcame the Hib.rnians They mum. |
llo0- som, We're uniformed. Irish
and American flags al:erna;ed al over the
and the eialorat. fioat The
. ord Moves On" added another feature
10 that part q the column |
After the colored delegation had passed. |
Martin I. Mcmahon appeared at
he head Of the regular Irish section % the |
This included nearly a.! the Irish
American societies Of New York. the PaT.sl |
200 members OF the Society OF
he Holy Name. 6oN more Of the Ancient
o! Hibern!AnS 4 600 Of the provin.
,ial council temperance societies and !
about . dozen Catholic benevolent socie.
les
~S 90 |
The Pittsburgh strike.