The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-05-09
INAUGURAL CENTENNIAL.
Distinguished Honors to tho Mem.
ory OF Washington.
Impressivs Ceremonies aud Grand MILL
tary Display In New York cIty-The
Metropolis Abiake wnh Hunting,
brilliant Unlforrns and alofv

/ N 6lMlE4 o. NlG Guluns ulafNLfu kuT0utL ttF
streets Of Neu York. and two million peoi Il
/ looked upOh the unprecedented pageant
From the mountains OF the old Granite State
/ 70 the plains OF Texas the American soidiery
gathered and mArche cd 10 the music Of the Union
IN the same seemingly endless line aad under
the same nag.
Ths veterans OF the famous old Vermont bri-
Gade marched 20 the same music with the vet
erans Of Et0no-aii ;ssksSE's 70 iess famous
diytIion
Ths Ancient and Honorable Artillery OF
Massachusetts, marched with the Maylanders
who Redeemed the pavements Of Il iltimore with
Massachusetts blood. the frst blood shed In
the civil war
Ohio and Kentucky marched In line. and
Kentucky led the Buckeye State.
South Carolina marched her men along with
those OF Connsctieut The Washington Ligh,
InfAntTy. Of Charleston. marched under the
Stars and Stripes and carried also the Eutau
nag. and they and the Butler Guards made .
friendly rivalry In appearance with the ine-
looking Foot Guards OF Connecticut who were
dressed In the Continental Uniform
The order OF States In the limo was regulated
By their date of admission 70 the Union. The
States represented we're: Delaware. PonnsyI-
vzniz. New Jersey, Georgia. Connecticut, Mas
saehusetts. Maryland. South Carolina New
Hampshire. Virginia Neu York. North Caro-
lima. Rhode Island. Vermont Kentucky. Ohio
Louisiana IiiinoiA Mississippi Michigan.
Florida Texas. West Virginia and District Of
Columbia
Some OF these we're merely repres ented by
some ofieiai or small detail.
The great military displays came fr ON New
York PonnsyisAnia Ohio. New Hampshire
New Jersey. veTmohL Connecticut aud the
Southern States The nrst three na med fur
nished over orss salf the troops In the parade
Heu York had over twelve thousand. Pcnnsyi-
vaniA eight thousand. and Ohio thirty ive hun
drcd
Asa sight 70 arouse snthusiasm and thrill
one with proud and patriotic emotion, the land
Demonstration could not equal tho naval dem
onstrAtion OF yesterday but it gave the peo-
pie all the pride. pomp and circumstance
OF glorious war. accompanying the spectacle
with popular exhibition of vast thron - and
brilliant and enormous aggregatious Of human
ity. With resplendant concomitAnts amid an un-
precedentedly magnificent combustion OF sur
roundIngs that will make the day and the occa
sion sacred In the memories OF all uho knew II
either - spectators or participants
Ten o'clock a m was the time set for the pa
FAde 10 start northwari from the Battery. but
n Vas not later than when the people began
TO gather along the line OF march. and BY 10
o'clock . miiiion and q half OF people were
massed along the four-mHe line Of march.
There was not break in that mass.
when the parade began the sidewalks were
tightly packed down 10 the ourbstones; the
hundreds q stands capable OF seating q hun
dred thousand people. were full TO overfiowing:
every NlnnoN anu All uoof"Ays anu stePs "ote
crowded Al every erossstreet me people
ioash' ior places on the oanA-seatoa orAys sha
wagons
Upon the house tops were black throngs OF
human beings. some OF the people upon them
looking down = hundred and my feet upon the
uondrons scene below. Every telegraph and
sieetre-hgnt pole and AN pos. haa rs nnniah human
ouraena Upon loi.y oeiia'nss men saa -O'nen :
tHy on ineir iAees upon me nA. roo,s peeplns
over me eoge OF tne eornice. anu Aepe 'noii
pinoes ioE honhA
An instance OF ms soIt uAs no.eo upon 'ne
TOOL o. inc Nlce fresiaeh. mouse. ,Ioh unonoe
the Morton contingent OF nouseno'a re'a'hers
enjoyed ne sight
IL took three Thousand pohoe meh 70 IesulAeo
this enormous assemoiago' bnt mere uas
comparatively htue troepic, io.. De.Neen me
pfcseroiAi gooa nAiurc o. an AInet,ean ercuu @
ano tne framed eons'dera.enoss ., 70. ~
York pohec, matters went smoothAS IN 'ae
main -
~ times the police naa 70 aon htle smash-
ing OF hats ana tapping OF snins WIN tneir
paions' and IN some instances ien - ,he'I euiS
70 o.nHeA eeaa Or t.o, ous - my AeAA
not thumped- am not complaining.
Inc tro eenters OF popalal in.eres' Neso 'hs
grAsa re,IsSins s.ana IN Maaison slu,se Ans
,ns sIcs -. rtesieen' houso - s'''e'
and Fifih avenue.
The 'front.' OF MI hortons mousse was eiaoo
rately oecoraten nut nole sisnincaht ennn
All me aeoorations vas tne n.ue olue ing ..n
tne coat OF arms oi sao on'.su o'a'es ~ ""''s
Wnlen huttereo oser tne enuanoo
~ was inc nag Oh tne Sonmanrs -, e"'e. u
the Array ana NAVY 2. tne on,'eu o's'eN IN,
monty eaiieu ING .-S, ~ '.a. - y
nTAn0uArLGIN
uon- ihat nag = me oniy onu o. ns A'nu' anu
only one man IN lhe sorio can use !.
ny Oo eioeh Ne. ior. rae y eis.ueu 'nso , ~
parts oy tne PACE Aione ene hne OF niArsn ,ro'''
the battery 70 for'y-seeona suree- anu unu1e
vas no getting across tne ei.y eAeep. 'os ~
pehce, nre engines hospi1al ambulance. Anu
y . mAt ~agons So1.. ~. .aee ,
we're unable 70 get 'hrouen Win an 'ne ~o.N
OF the police Perhaps this dia no. happen 70
the Y. . mail ior crown nas go. 70 ke' vus %
its way or DC calmly ridden uo"h "nen
Uncle sam appears ppon 'ne scene IN any curse
there mas 70 DC way cieareu LOT hinl
The events OF the ahy nave oecn ~ huneious ,sn
as those OF yesterday. from inc services ~ %
Panrs this morning 70 tne great banquet 70
night AZ the Metropolitan opera-House and the
wonderful display OF fireworks ~ haii uo-oh
points
In Madison Square tnere was tne greates.
crush that has ever been In Ne" norA, anu tne
most exciting In times oil peace ana the Ao-
sence OF riots
The middle OF Fffth avenue rom iwen,y-
sixth to Foriy-second streets, was packed win
tremendous crowd Tens OF thousands o'
waiting men. women and chudren, were lam
med in solid mass The police we're power
less 20 do any thing with this great muiutuae
OF persons. who had come to see the paraue'
and were going TO see u II the soldiers hao 10
walk over their heads
AT ii:s big squad OF mounted police
charged nom Twenty-third street right At me
crowd. There aterribie crush occurred Iney