The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-01

napolis, December 1888.
The Lafayatte Conclave, Kingsbridge
and Spuyten Duyvil Cadets, and Yonkers
Continental Guards came next, escorting
q tablearlx of the inauguration OF Wash
ington.
The next tableaux, representing the
State of Virginia, was escorted by the
Phelps Guard, the Washington Conti-
mental Guard, the Excelsior Light In
fantry of Washington, and the Washing
ton Continentals. The tableaux consisted
of miniature ship of the seventeenth
century model, with Captain John Smith
and a body of his adventurous sailors on
the deck deserving land.
The Sons of Veterans, 1000 in number,
followed, guarding the tableaux repre-
senting New York, Massachusetts,, Della
ware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Club of New York in their
striking Highland costume, with pipers.
They were accompanied by the Seventy
ninth New York Highland Regiment
Veterans. The Rheinisch Schuetzen
Bund and the Centennial Sharpshooters
followed, with two Swiss tableaux- Hell
vetia, with twenty-five living female fig
ures, representing the Canfons of the
Swiss Republic, and an Alpine crag, with
chamois, and the historic group of Tell
defying Gessler. The division was con-
cluded by the First Hungarian Schuetzen
Bund.
FIREMEN IN LINE.
The next division consisted of visiting
| and local exempt and volunteer firemen's
associations. They represented large
number of cities and towns throughout
the Eastern States, and presented fine
appearance. The widely known veteran
volunteer firemen, Harry Howard and
Michael Crane, led them and were them
selves among the most notable figures in
the procession. A feature of this part OF
the parade was the old Mechanics Bell, of
the Eleventh ward, New York. 1t weighs
1,5OO pounds, and has rung the
hours of labor in the ship build
ing district for sixty years and
more. 1t hangs in high skeleton tower
at the foot of East Fourth street. 1t was
mounted on a platform, drawn by eight
horses and rung at intervals by Peter p.
Haulenbeck, the Oldest living ship joiner
on Manhattan Island.
The division which followed was led by
Marshal G. S. Burns and 400 Brooklyn
police. and was made up of workmen ply
ing their various trades. 1t was headed
by 300 ship joiners, with vessels on trucks
and men working at their construction.
Then came floats bearing plasterers, cloak
and suit Workmen, painters, marble cut
tiers, plumbers and gas filters and carpen-
ters and joiners, all engaged in practical
illustration of their handicraftS, and
escorted by large delegations of their fel-
low workmen. About 1850 men were in
the division.
ALL NATIONS UNDER ONE FLAG.
In the next division the military and
civic organizations of the various nation
alities We're participants. There was a
monster delegation of German citizens
containing nearly $4,000 men. Marshal
Emil f. Schaefer, with his staff and
escort, led the van, and was followed by a
large number of delegations of German
American SharpshOoters, rifle clubs, sing
ing societies, veterans of German regi-
ments of the late civil war, and many
organizations.
The chief element of interest in this
division, and one of the most striking
features of the whole parade, was the
series of allegorical tableaux devised
mainly by Joseph Keppler, of Puck and
which possess great artistic merit. t.-zIt has
been arranged to have them displayed in
a hall for the benefit of those who were
unable to see them today The industries
to with which the German-American citi-
zens are chiefly identified, were repre-
sented by living figures. The President
evinced lively interest in this part of the
parade.
The floats showed the German heroes
of the Revolution, de Kalb, Steuben and
others, and one of the most admired and
cBused by the Revolution in Europe in
1S4S'" Wild applause greeted this dis
play.
The remaining tableaux were also of
great beauty and significance. A model
of the Brooklyn Bridge stood for Ger
many's part in the mechanical arts of the
country, J. A. Roebling having been a
German engineer.
The next two divisions were made up
chiefly of Irish-Americans, as the preced-
ing one had been of German-Americans
They were led by General j. r. O'Beirne
and General M. L. Mcmahon, as nlarshals.
The first organizations in line were the
Hibernian Guard, uniformed; the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, about 10000 strong,
and the IriSh-American League.
They presented fine appearance and
were the occasion of great enthusiasm
among the onIookers.
There were various illustrative trade
groups, Orangemen, Odd Fellows, Hose
Companies. Catholic Unions and various
societies were interspersed. About mid
way was one of Washington's coaches,
drawn by four horses, and specially es-
corted by 1900 colored men, forming the
colored Centennial Committee The Six
ty-ninth Regiment, famous for it's gal
lantry during the late war, came in for a
large share of the applause that was
awarded this section of the parade.
This division ended the procession 1t
had originally been expected to have over
100, 900 men in line, but this number was
deemed unwieldy, and General Butterfield
issued orders for reduction of 20 per
cent in all delegations, so that the num-
ber actually marching was 80,000