Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-02
LAST SCENE OF ALL.
Close of the Grand Centen.
NAL Celebration.
HARRISON ARRIVES AT HOME.
The Industrial Parade Before the
President - Tammany Fails
in Courtesy.


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
New YORK, May 1.-The third day of
the great Washington Centennial cele-
bration broke clear and cool. The chief
and almost only notable feature of the
day is the great civic and industrial pa
rade, which started shortly after 10
O'Clock at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh
street, and marched in reverse order
over the route of yesterday g parade, down
Fifth avenue to Seventeenth street, TO
and around Union Square, by Fourteenth
street to Fifth avenue, to Washington
Square, by Waverly Place, to Broadway,
and down that thoroughfare to Pine
street.
HARRISON ARRIVES.
President Harrison, in barouche
drawn by five horses, headed by squad
of mounted police, and accompanied by
Vice-P President Morton, drove up to the
Madison Square reviewing stand at 10 10
Ex-Presidents Hayes and Cleveland,
Secretaries Proctor, Tracy, Window and
Ruek, General Sherman and Russell
Harrison had previously arrived.
Others on the stand were General j.
M. Varnum, Governor Burleigh OF Maine
and staff, Brigadier- General FL. M
Sprague, Brigadier-General John Heap
per, Fred Douglass, who received cheer
as he entered the stand, and Senate,
Gibson of Maryland. Mayor Grant
with body of aides, who had been wait
ing at Twenty-ffth street, then stepped
forward and presented the President
with an address encloeed in a cylinder o.
repousse silver. Tie Mayor then TOOK
his place on the stand beside the Presi'
dent, and the big parade began to pass
by.
The parade was led by Mayor Gran
and representative delegates from thu
civil, industrial and commercial organi
cations. When the reviewing stand wal
reached the Mayor presented an address
to the President. This body then tool
places on either side of the President
and, after him, received the honors o
| the parade.
Next came General Butterfeld, Chic
Marshal and staff.
THE SPLENDID TABLEAUX.
The first tsbleau, Declaration OF In
| dependence" was intended to represent
the reading of the Declaration by join
Nixon in the State E9use yard, July .
! 1776 This float WAS surrounded by lol
members of the Society of Veterans o
the regular army and navy.
The rext float represented Washing
ton and his Generals, Mounted.
Washington as COMMANDMENT. Chief
occupies the center OF the line. Major.
Generals Ward, Putnam, Philip Schuy
Ter and Charles Lee on either side
Closely following are nine Brigadier
Generals, the number appointed by thu
Continental Congress AT Philadelphia il
| l775; also Marquis de Lafay ette, Barol
Steuben. Inspector-General Roehambeal
and others.
Following this, came float represent
ing Washington Crossing the Della
ware" with guard of several hundred
cadets in uniform.
Then came $500 school children es
corting the tableaux of Washington a
Valley Forge" 1t represents the winter
quarters at Valley Forge, and the meet
ing of General Washington with BaroI
Steuben and the sick and wounded sol
diers.
THE ExEMPTS AND BRAVES.
The Exempt Firemen's Association o
this city. to the number of 200, CAME
next. After them came the Tammany
Hall Braves. A genuine Indian squaN
and two copper colored braves, with colo
more than skin deep, accompanied them
Other displays in line included nam
moth globe representing the New Yorl
World, Manhattan Ship-joiners' Associ
alton with mammoth model OF ship
and the Hoboken fire department witt
their anliquated hook and ladder.
TAMMANY FoRGETs IT'S MANNERS.
Some little excitement was caused BY
some of the Tammany braves refusing O
neglectipg to salute the President as the,
passed by. At first, shouts of that's Off =
were heard, but when it was seen this
had no effect, the balance of the filel
we're loudly Kissed, except in few in
stances, where proper salute was made
1t is not thought that the 1ammanyites
were Intentionally dierespectful, but thai
they did not know they were expected tt
salute.
THE GERMANS DISPLAY.
The Germans had a notable display
First came the German-American Sharp
shooters to the number of over 900, then
the singing societies. A feature of this
part OF the parade, however, was the
great number of tableaux and floats,
nearly all the important historical events
and progress of the last century in arts
and sciences being represented. Almost
every trade known to man has represen-
tatives among the German population,
and at least q few artisans from each were
in line. There were also floats showing
Germany's favorite sports, allegories Of
"Baechus," "King Carnival," "Arion, !"
"Melpomene, Columbia" and Ger.
mania"-in all sixty floats.
The Third Brigade of the German Di-
vision was made up OF various organiza-
tons from this and neighboring cities,
comprising singing societies, shooting
clubs and military associations.
Several temperance societies and
Knights of Pythias preceded the float
Resignation of Commission" and the
Yonkers Cadet Corps escorted "The
First Inauguration. Between the Wash
ington Continental and 1000 Sons of
Veterans was the elaborate tableau,
Estate of Virginia." representing ship
of the sixteenth century with adventur.
ers in Elizabethan costumes crowding
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