The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-05-02
THE FUN is OVER.
The Centennial Festivities al New
York Concluded with a Mon
strous Parade.
Every Nationality Represented as
Well as the Trades and Other
Business Interests.
Many Floats Commemorative of Events In
the Early Days-scenes and Incl
dents of the Day.

almost only notable feature of the day wa:
the great civic and Industrial parade
which started shortly after 10 at 9Th avenue
and 57th street. and marched in reverse
order over the route of yesterdays parade,
down 9Th avenue to 18th street to and
around Union Square, by 14th street TO 9Th
avenue, to Washington square, by Waiver
Iy place 10 Broadway, and down that thor
| oughfare to Pine street. President
Harrison was in the reviewing
stand at Madison square. The parade
was led by Mayor Grant and
a representative delegation of civil, indus
trial and commercial organizations When
the reviewing stand was reached the may
or presented an address 10 the president.
| This body then took their places on either
side of the president and after him received
the honOrs of the parade. Next came Gen.
| Butterheld, chief marshal, and his staff.
The first tableau, "The Declaration OF In
dependence" was intended to represent
the reading of the declaration by John
| Nixon in the state house yard at Philadel-
| phia, July s, 1873. This fiOat was sur
| rounded by an escort of one hundred mem
bers of the Society OF Veterans of the reg
| ular army and navy
| The next float represented "Washington
and his Generals Mounted" Washington
as commander-in-chief, occupied the center
| of the line, with Major Generals Ward,
| Putnam. Philip Schuyler, and Charles Lee
on either side. Closely following were
nine brigadier generals, the number ap-
/ pointed at the continental congress at Phil
adelPhia in ll15; also the Marquis
de Lafayette. Baron Steuben. Inspector
| General, Count Rochambeau and others.
| Following this came a float representing
| washington Crossing the Delaware with
guard of several hundred cadets in uni
form. Then came $500 school childres
escortIng tableau of "Washington at VaI-
/ ley Forge" Itrepresented the wiuter quar-
ters at Valley Forge and the meeting of
Gen. Washington with Baron Steuben, and
! sick and wounded soldiers.
The Exempt Firemen's association Of the
citv, to the number of 200, came next.
After them Tammany Hall braves. A
| genuine Indian squaw and two copper
cOlOred braves with the color more than
skin deep accompanied them. The other
| displays in the line included q mammoth
globe representing the New York World,
the Manhattan Ship Joiners association,
with a mammoth model of a ship, the
their antiquated hook and ladder.
| Several temperance societies and the
Knights of Pythias proceeded the float
"Resignation of the Commission" and the
Ionkers Cadet Corps escorted THE First
Inauguration" Between the Washington
centennials and one Thousand Sons of
Veterans was the elaborate tableau, estate
of Virginia." representing a ship of the
| sixteenth century with adventures in
Elizabethian costumes crowding the
poop deck, deserving the land.
Then followed a series of tableaux repre-
senting the various states as follows: New
York, a boat load of Dutch sailors and voy
ayers; Massachusetts, the anchOriug of the
May fioweE; Delaware, ChristiRnizing the
savages; Maryland, Lord Baltimore and
George Calvert; Pennsylvania, Penn's
treaty: Georgia, the last precautionary
colonial settlement After these came the
Caledonian club of New York and the
SeventyNin Highland regiment of vet
erans- The Swiss centennial committee,
a. - fnh1 d
Centennial sharpshooters. Then came the
iremen's division. Chief among these
were 600 New York volunteer firemen.
There were 1000 men in this division. Next
came 400 Brooklyn police. Then came the
Manhattan ship joiners and floats exhibit
ing their handicraft; the cooperative plas
terers society at work; the cloak and suit
industry plying scissors and needle; marble
cutters, scattering chips; six hundred
Brooklyn plumbers; eight hundred Brook
lyn carpenters; three thousand members of
the union OF carpenters and jOiners of
America Next came the Italian divi-
sion and the Italian military asso-
citation turned out thirteen cOmpa-
MES and the civic societies as many
more. One of their floats was a large boat.
on which was represented Columbus and
Washington, the discovt Ter and father.
The second float represented Italy and
America sitting among the flowers. The
Scandinavian-Americ societies IN ade a
good showing. The Germans had nota
American sharpshoOters TO the num-
Der of over 800. Then the singing
societies. The feature of this
part of the parade, however, was the great
number of tableaux and floats, nearly all
the important historical events and the
progress of the last century IN arts and sci
ences being represented. Almost every
trade known TO man has representatives
among the German population, and at least
a few artisans from each We're in line.
There were also floats showing Germany's
favorite sports. allegOries of "Bacchus,"
liking Carnival" "AriOn," "Melpomen."
Columbia and Germania," in all sixty
fiosts.
The third brigade Of the German division
was made up OF various organizations from
this and adjoining cities, comprising sing
ing societies, shooting clnbs and military
associations Next came the Hibernians,
numbering 10000 Some were uniformed
and some were not. An elaborate float,
"The World Moves On" added another
feature 10 the column. After a number of
trades organizations had passed the united
Polish societies come along, one of their
floats showing how paper boxes are made.
Then came the colored centennial commit
tee. with the George Washington coach,
drawn by four horses. After the
colored delegation came the regular
Irish section of the parade. This in
cluded nearly all the Irish-American
societies of New York. comprising the
papal veterans, 5000, members of the Soci-
ETY. of the Holy Name, 5000; More Ancient
Order of HibernIans, 600, and dozen
Catholic benevolent societies. Struggling
at the end of the line were a lot of adveT-
tisements Of patent nOstrums-
President Harrison in barouche drawn
by five horses, headed by a squad of
mounted police, accompanied by Vice
President Morton, drove up % the Madison
Square reviewing stand at To- 10. Ex-Pres-
idents Hayes and Cleveland, Secretaries
Proctor, Tracy. Window and Rusk, Gen.
sherman and Russell b. Harrison had pre-
vioHsly arrived. The others on the stand
were Cen j. Narnum, Gov. Burleigh, of
Maine, and staff, Brigadier Gre eral II. NJ.
Sprague, Brigadier General John Heapper,
Fred Douglass, who received a cheer as he
entered the stand. and Senator Gibson. of
Mary land. Mayor Grant, with a body OF
aides who had been waiting at 18th street,
then stepped forward and presented the
president with an address enclosed in
cylinder of repOusse silver. The mayor
then took his place on the stand beside the
president and the big parade began to pass
by.
One Of the large floats. in the shape of q
triumphal arch, was wrecked by an cleo
trio light wire on the way TO join the pro-
cessiOn- On it were seated twenty Young
ladies who were tossed abOgt and thrown
to the ground. but none were dangerously
hurt
The address presented to the president
wss from the civic, commercial, industrial
and educational bodies OF the city, IN
which the renewed their allegiance TO the
government and congratulated the presi-
dent on the completion of the nations hrst
hundred years
Some little excitement was caused by
some of the Tammany braves refusing or
neglecting TO salute the president as they
passed by. At first shouts for hats on,
were heard, but when il was seen this lad
no effect the balance OF the files were loud
ly hissed. except in few instances where
the proper salute was made. No one
thought the Temmanites were intention
ally disrespectful, but that they did not
know they were expected 70 salute
The president left the reviewing stand at
S:10 and drove TO the yice-prcsidents. lt Is
estimated that mp TO that time 5000 men
had passed before him.
After a light lunch at Mr.. Morton's resi-
dence President Harrison was driven 70
the New Jersey shore. where he started for
Washington at ) o'clock
The ladies Of President Harrison's fam
lily did not return TO Washington with him
this afternoon This evening Mrs Harri-
SON and Mrs Mckee were entertained at
dinner by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and to-mor-
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