The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-05

rI.IIHR lliN IAit4.l. it'i Il Ai''. Nf
tlrreasa cntonniali u thcmsoiVos. Here
anl therc. but not often. might be sccna
daIlrti.itor with 70 jag on as the lat
est Ncv Io.k slang has ID. hut hc was
always litoan eager candidate, "m The
hands of hs friends" Indeed tAe dread
of being robbed. with "a preliminary
".m.rmr." which is always prevalent
anon. rural visitors o. The great city in
croudIu. times proved very whole.
som, flr indeed. the most reckless
youth from tho village took care to keep
bis wits about him ANA did not Gin.
dnl-c." unless perfectly certain OF hav.
ing sober friends about him.
of tho many methods of witnessing
thc naralo-. columns might be written.
The bonn. rows Of seats rising one above
another iu all thc vacant places were OF
course filled carly IIousctops were IL
demand anl c0ItoDicut windows com
maalrl almost fabulous prices. Every
commanding point was covered, and ih'
owner of trucks who could locate them
well lcapel % rich harvest Indeed.
st0nt truck gave iuI about the right a.
ovation. and tovisiior- whodil not mind
.tanHin. "on strain" for few hours it
was "a fine point Of view. Despite all
the-e coutrtauces. it must be admitted
that yely many failed 10 get view of
theproec- -.on-. thethree cities turned
out 10 least % million and q half of spec
tat.rs. and certainly over half million
mofr came nom elsewhere.
Tho number of troops in the great
march of April so may be SIT in round
numbers 40 C0O00 The cadets from
West Point and Annapolis, the regular
army and navy lail those under Tho
direct command of Maj. Gen. John NJ
s.hofcld. chief marshal of the day., the
militia sent by each state, ranged IN The
order i'm which the states ratified the
constitution or were admitted TO the
Union. the military order Of the Loyal
Legion and many posts Of the Grand
Amy Of the Republic. Now, as TINS
army began It's march up Broadway
from Tine junction OF Wall street just as
tine literary exercises at the south end OF
tle suh-treasury ltho site Of old Federal
halD bean. there occurred the first hitch
i'm tine proceeding The president and
all his official retaincrs, the orator of the
Ilv. Hon. Chauucey Depew, and per
haps hundred others, had to finish
their work there and then make the race
through the back streets to get TO the re-
viewing stand 40 Madison square toy the
time tle heal of the column reached II.
This they did through the immense
crowds that throngcd the eastern part
OF the city.
And as To the literary exercises, the
.reat event of the day, the Grafton OF
D.pew. the Invocation Of Storrs, the
ss9.l.ction of Archbishop Corrigan and
the short address Of the president 1t IS
no. easy now to find any who wit
ne. oJ them. The streets contiguous TO
tho place would hold, perhaps, one IN
Gfly of the sehtseers then IN the city,
and tho people preferred 10 take Their
chance ol seeing the great procession
ANYHOW. It's route was mp Broadway 10
Wagerlcv place, through Waverley place
20 Fifth avenue. and up that 70 FIFTY
seventh street. the grand roviewing
stand being ON tho cast side OF tiith
avenue. Oh Madison square.
raually interesting TO all the people
md ian more 30 TO the student OF history,
uas the great industrial and civic parade
On Wednesday under command Of Maj
Con Daniel Butterield. This moved
down Broadway from Filty-seventh
street It were vain TO attempt TO give
even fhc slightest outline Of the many de-
scrjntise and historical floats and barses,
the groups representing thearriyal Of the
Dutcb carly ina tho Seventeenth century,
tbo aborieines Of New York, the early
n;oneer days. tho scenes and heroes OF
tbo revolution and all the dramatic feat
urcs Of progress from the day when Man.
haitian island was the hunting ground OF
Indians to this ago Of steel
and steam and continent sirdling lines OF
wine and rail.
Tho rest OF the nation was equally
viii represcnted, and besides the indices
oe national progress. the corn, the coal
tho iron and the native precious ores