Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-30
THE LAND PARADE.
Over One Thousand People ON Foot Follow
the Presidential Carriage Party Throdsh
the streets-Reception of President
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the streets-Reception of President
and Vice President.
At 1:20 O'Clock President Harrison put
his foot ashore from the great barge KFlo-
lani, whose crew of old ship captains Of the
Marine Society were all dressed in hgn,
shiny pot-hats, black cutaway coats, 'nd
lightish trousers-the dress of the ancent
pilot boat captains of goodly menpry.
Only one of the retired salts caught Irab
in rowing the short distance from the p1s-
patch, but candor compels the remark nat
the real work of rowing was done by sme
marines in the bow.
The President wore a new high hF,
dark overcoat, q close-buttoned PrincesAl-
bert coat and dark trousers. Hamilton
Fish, Governor Hill and Mayor Grant tere
on the float, and each addressed few wirds
to the President, who presently mountedthe
steps and entering carriage, made his 9ay
to his place in the procession to the Eqqta-
BILE building. Nearly all the bodies bat
were to act as the Presidents escort we're
drawn up on either side of Wall steet
before the uncountable multitude that filed
that street beyond the possibility of thead-
mission of any additions.
The Bodies Tint Were in Line.
Colonel Floyd jackson, the Marshal, hd
arranged the programme. The bodies tn
der him were the Fifth Cavalry of he
regular army, the New York Commande'y
of the Loyal Legion, or organization OF OH
GERS in the late war, the representationof
the New York and Kings county Grad
Army posts, the uniformed veterans of tie
Seventh Regiment, with Cappa's Band, tie
veterans of the Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh,
Twelfth, Twenty-second, Twenty-thIri,
Sixty-ninth and Seventy-frst Regiments,
with Gilmore's Band, and the Sons OF the Re-
olution, with the David's Island Band.
In their place at the end of the escort in ca
riages were the Plan and Scope Committee. tie
President, Governor Hill, Mayor Grant. we
Chief Justice Fuller and the members of tie
Cabinet Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Cleveland weB
missing, but Senators Evarts and Hiscock AMI
Mr.. Depew were recognized. Mr.. Depew gots
magnificent ovation, but nobody knew NJ.
Hayes who sat in the same carriage. FolloF-
ing the carriages and on foot were too mapT
persons for mention here; Aldermen, Cove
nors of all the States. the Judges of the Stae
city departments, Consuls and others.
Marred by One Little mistake.
There were nearly 1000 persons on foot Ths
procession was marred by an untoward occur
ence at Nassau and Wall streets, just past thu
spot where Washington took the oath of office
men on foot were part of the multitude let the
rest of the multitude at that point, with the
effect of creating astounding confusion and
annoyance. This was enhanced by the baking
From the eminence on which stands Trinity
Church, Wall street was seen to be jammed
with men, though all that could be seen OF them
was surging sea of black hats.
Order was restored when Broadway was
reached, and there q pretty scene was AZ
ranged. The regulars had gone in the great
building, and SO had the men of the Loyal
Legion and the Grand Army. They were ar
ranged along the sides of the arcade and on
the marble stairway. The Seventies veterans
stood along and across Broadway, facing east
and south and west. The Sons of the Revolu-
ton stood at the doorway. The Davids Island
band played "Old Hundred" then 1t was
played by Gilmore's band, and then by Cappa's
band, while high above all this music rang out
the same tune, sounded by the chimes of Old
Trinity.
President Harrison's Reception.
The President, Governor Hill, Vice Presi-
dent Morton and Hamilton Fish, standing on a
raised dais in the parlors OF the Lawyers
Club, amid surroundings than which there are
none more luxurious in America reviewed the
invited guests who were practically those per
sonages who had formed the escort from the
foot of Wall street
This reception lasted three-Quarters Of an
hour and then was arbitrarily stopped to en-
able the President to refresh himself at lunch
con. The people continued to press in to see
him for an hour, but were disappointed. Inc
table to which he sat down is in private
salon. and was set with what were in all
probability the most opulent appointments
ever seen in this country. The table decora-
tions are said to have cost 81, 500 In sentence,
the table was banked with roses, amid which
electric lights in pink silk coverings shone like
fairy lights: a great century plant hung with
these lamps and with orchids rose above the
center of the table, and flowers lighted in this
novel way we're lavishly heaped on the table.
In other rooms all the guests were generously
and royalty refreshed.
No Discount on the Crowds.
In the meantime, the crowds in Broadway
were such as TO pack the street. The roofs
were fringed with spectators-as indeed they
had been in Wall street. The beautiful horses
of the mounted police which had been SO much
admired now proved a menace to the comfort
and even the limbs of the people, for the
mounted squad. instead of standing ahead of
the foot police, took places next to the front
of the solid wall of men and women across
Broadway. The horses grew restive, some were
excited by the band music. These reared and
plunged and kicked always against the people
behind them. The terror of the women and
their screams as the hoofs of the animals beat
against the human line were pitiful to see and
to hear.
A MONSTER NAVAL PARADE.