The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-13
COLUMBUS
HONORED.
Discovery Day. Cele-
brated in New York.
CAPPED THE CLIMAX.
Grandest Military Parade Since
the War of the Rebellion.
COLUMBUS MONUMENT UNVEILED.
People Present from Every Country on the
Globe-Most Imposing Fagearts Ever
witnessed-Scenes and incidents.

Witnessed-Scenes and incidents.
New YORK, Oct. 12.-The climax of the
series of fetes in honor Of the Columbus
anniversary wss reached today in the
grRndest military pageant seen in this
country since the close Of the war OF the
rebellion People were present from every
state in the Union and every country on
ethe globe.
The morning was ushered in by the
booming OF cannon from all the forts IN, the
herbor and American and foreign war
ships
The parade started from the Battery
shortly after 10 O clock and marched up
Broadway and Fifth avenue TO Fifty ninth
street. where the Columbus monument
was unYeiisd. The first division was made
up of United States regulars, e battalion
of cadets from the United States military
school at West Point and the batteries from
81 the neighboring forts, the division mum
bering 3, SEQ.
The second division consisted of United
States naval brigade of LOO blue jackets
and marines; the third. of 1900 state
militia of New York. New Jersey, Con-
necticut and Pennsylvania; the fourth, OF
5000 Grand Army of Republic veterans
and Z. 500 sons of veterans; the fifth OF
1900 letter carriers; the sixth of 600 New
York and visiting flremen; the seventh, OF
1000 exempt volunteer and veteran fire.
men and Seventy-third New York volun-
teers: the eighth, OF $500 Italian and
French societies; the ninth. Of 1000 Ger
~msn- American societies.
The exercises al the monument con :
sisted OF addresses of presentation TO the
city and responses. and blessings By Arch
bishop Corrigsu.
At $3.50 the organizations deployed inside
the streets awaiting their turn to fail in
line, stretched from Vesey street tC
Fourth. Al this rate the parade will no,
end till after dark.
VIEWING TIE PARADE.
The central point of congested human
fly in the long line Of the parade was about
the official receiving stand at Madison
square. The ''old guard" escorted Cover
nor Flower, Vice-President Morton, Gen.
eral Scofeid and members of the cabinet
TO the receiving stand. In the party were
Secretaries Rusk, Elkins. Nobis, Hayes
and General Howard and staff Baron
Fsve, the Italian minister, occupied po-
sition of honor beside the governor and
vice president Among the others on the
ANAo~1A~ AAoO-
end wife, ex Governor Waller, Cavalier de
Bonane, Italian censul-general, Marquis
Imperial, and other notabies.
The crowd around the reviewing stand
swarmed within the lines marked OF and
the police were compelled TO summon the
patrol wagons and drive them along the
line.
coNsTERNATIoN ENsUED
but the crowd gradually worked backward
The head Of The grand parade reached TIT
city hall at 1925 g. n. amid scene oil
great enthusiasm. The West Pointers
called out even greater applause than the
followed in full strength. Then came the
Twenty -hrst infantrg- Both the Ninth
and Twenty-third presented a fine ep.
pearance and il was hard to award the
pain between them Then came the en-
gineers' rumbling artillery and Sixth in
fzntry, till the enthusiasm reached tls
climax with the appearance of the blu,
Jackets and narInes of the naval brigade.
The applause Of the day was nRturallJ
reserved for the local militia. Genera
FITZGERALD rode ut ths lead followed bl
the gallant Sixty-ninth, who received
TREMENDOUS OVATION.
There was much enthusiasm when IN,
crack regiments, the Seventh, Twenty-sec
lyn and other visiting regiments snd sepa-
rate companies were also I0erallY 2p
plauced. Nor was the naval reserve
sighted The @. a. R. postE, old veteran
firemen. as well as those in active service
Italian societies, German Turn Verein.
aud Scbuetzn corps were all heartily
greeted.
When the leaders Of the great parade
reached Union square it was estimated
that fully 150 900 people were packed
therein. The police were unable to drive
them back IS the cross street was iammeC
full also.
AS the column passed the reviewing
stand. Vice President Morton, Genera
Scofeld and others were kept busy lifting
their hats in acknowledgement OF saiutes
when Fifsy-ninth street was reached
Grand Marshal McMahon took up his posi-
ton beside the Columbus memorial arcl
and reviewed the pageant. The scene q
this point
sURpAssRs DESCRIPTION.
tits impossible to describe the immen.
sity OF the crowd. Several women werl
40 severely crushed as to require an ambu
lance and a number OF ladies tainted.
ts estimated there we're SO, 600 men in line
It took fully six hours 10 pass q givel
point. The parade was over fifteen mile
long
After the military pageant the crowd
directed It's steps TO Central park, wher
the Columbus monoment was unveiled.
The Evening Parade
NEW York, Oct. 12.-HardlY had til,
last strains of music died away from tn
neighborhood of the Columbus monumen
than New York and the FIVE hundre,
thousand or more visitOrs were eager I