San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-25
THE BATTLE.
THOUSANDS WITNESS 1T.
A Grand Spectacle of Floral Beauty
The Parade, the Decorations,
Runaway and Other
Incidents.

celebration OF San Jaclnto Day, occurred
yesterday afternoon, on Alamo plaza. The
grand street parade was given first and
Then the battle. BY five o'clock nearly
every store on Commerce street was closed
and great many on Alamo plaza and
Houston street also closed. Street
cars and carriages poured their
thousands in these streets and on the
plaza, aud around the Alamo plaza every
balcony and house top, every door and
window and other points of vantage were
packed and covered with people The
plaza was one dense mass of humanity
and close estimate made places the num-
Der of sight-seerS and participants at
$4,000. The parade started about $50
o'clock on East Houston street and
then moved down to Jefferson,
through Jefferson TO Martin, then to
Navarro, and from Navarro TO St.Mary's
| to Commerce street, to Main plaza, and
back through Commerce street, TO Alamo
street and Alamo plaza. The procession
| contained over 100 carriages and other
| vehicles, all gaily decorated and
tistic merit. Mr.. Madarasz'S carriage,
decked in pure white lilies and variegat-
| ed grasses. with honeysuckle was
plain, pretty and neat. Col. II. b.
| Andrews pony phaetOn, with four Shet-
| lands drawing ii, was exquisite, and j. j.
| Stevens children in four-in-h hand Shet-
land surrey, representing yacht, was
\ also very pretty.
| A bower of beauty on a heavy float,
contained about s young ladies, all dressed
| gaily and looking as pretty as possible.
Still another float contained about 20
| little girls in white, protected in the
battle, by bul warks of white frieze and
| flowers. The best representation in the
| procession. and by far the most cOmical,
was an old broken down victoria. drawn by
| a very lean, old, spawned, used up horse,
| with patched harness. The vehicle was
| tied together and patched up. and evil
IDENTIFY had been secured from some black
smith shop for the parade. In IL were
MeSsrS. Bob Green: Jim Simpson. Charley
| Baker. Claude Wright and Henry BaSkin.
of the Belknap Rifles, ard they were
dressed and looked as shabby as the rig.
The whole was decorated with a few
greens. oats and roses, and banner on
the side bore the legend, Poor. but in ii. D."
1t was an excellent satire on the parvenue,
and was greeted with rOarS OF laughter
and applause whenever seen.
The ladies and gentlemen on horseback,
who rode in pairs. made very gallant
spectacle, and the bicycle club, with one
| lady member. turned out about 20 wheels,
all beautifully decorated.
Master Wren. in a donkey cart. also
| was pretty and happy, and he never lost
| his temper, although badly pelted.
Judge Kings carriage, in MareSchal
Neil roses, was also very beautiful.
Mr.. E. V. Dale, aged So years. an old
veteran of the battle of San Jacinto,
from BraZoria county. occupied a carriage
alone, in the procession and appeared
very happy. Everybody respected the
old hero and he was not peIted.
On arriving, at the plaza the
E pSI's G Siyded each the hR gong into 0
opposite directions and passing around
the park were brought face TO face with
each other. The crowd on foot pressed
the carriages closely and the fight begun
and waged furiouSly for nearly an hour.
The occupants of the carriages had all
the ammunition while those on foot had
none. Phey began picking the fallen
roses from the pavement. and even tore
off the trimmings of the carriages, and
soon had the best of the tight.f Heavy
lunches of laurel thrown soon had their
effect. and many ladies lost their tenn
per and used their carriage whips indiS-
criminately on the crowd. One lady struck
Mr.. Doc Fitzgerald, passive SpectatOr,a
severe blow on the face with her whip.
but did not see fit to apologize for her
mistake. Mr.. H. p. Drought made an
ugly cut with his whip into the crowd,
struck negro and the boy ran into a
carriage horse in front of the Menger
and nearly caused runaway. A negro
driving in a Dhaeton by himself in the
procession, struck Louis Glaeser, a white
boy, in the right eye with the ends of his
reinS. The buckle on the straps made
cruel wound, and the boy was taken 10 a
drug store by sympathetic byStanders.
One Young angel with white wings APP
peaIed to the crowd for protection from
the missiles saying. Il wish you men
would make them quit.
A fakir on the north end of the plaza
began selling his goods on the top of his
stand. His green handkerchiefS were
stolen and used TO throw at the crowd and
he soon concluded TO quit.
The police were powerleSs to keep the
people off the park beds. and prevent
zone outright fight occurred. Mr..
Phil Shook. one of the horseback
party, lost his temper, and cutting man
In The face with his riding whip,
was assaulted, and fist fight on the
pavement resulted. Both combatants
Baker used his umbrella for defense.
While the crowd was very dense on the
plaza, waiting for the procession to come
along, Mr.. CriStoph Pfeuffer'S splendid
team and carriage took fright on Sonth
Alamo street, at an electric car. The
carriage was decorated and contained
several ladies, a child and the driver.
Dashing into Alamo street, past and into
the crowd Of people and vehicles, it over
turned buggy and horse at the corner,
and it's driver jumped out and was
dragged under the carriage by the lines:
The lady on the front seat caught one OF
the lines and held it, but the horses made
straight for the crowd OF women and chill
dren in the park aud struck very deep
mass of them, it being impossible for