San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-12
PRICE SIS a Year
Columbus Day in Gotham.

NEW YORK, Oct. l2.-Cannonades
have ushured in the great day. The
Chimes OF Trinity and Grace the
bells of every church from the Bat
terry to Harlem have rung out the
great tidiugs that on October 18th
four hundred years ago the new
world was discovered At Fort
WadsworIh, ~ Fort Hamilton, at
Riverside park from the great guns
at West Point TO the rifle pits on
Sandy Hook there have belched forth
great volumes OF sounds. Flags flew
10 the topmssts of every ship, OF every
public building, AID every point
where the military is encsmped. The
city is now fairly massed with strang-
ers and the price that are being ask
ed and paid for available windows
are almost beyond belief. Fifth
Avenue windows are in some
instances commanding $500 for the
day and the night parades. The
military parade Is already forming
and Major General o. G. Howard will
lead with his regulars. These COM
prise Engineer Corps from Willett's
Point and West Point, Corps of
Cadets, available companies of in
structiOn command from David's Is
land Recruiting Department, the
First and Second Brigsdes OF New
York Militia, regular United States
troops from the Atlantic Coast and
Lake Stations, cavalry from Fort
Myer, near Washington; the Gar
rison from Fort McHenry, Baltimore;
the garrison from Fit. Warren, Boston
the Engineer battalion, 200 West
Point cadets; troops in New York
har bor-about 900 from FIT. Hamll-
ton, FIT Wadsworth and FIT Colum-
bus; 900 marines from the war ships
Misntonomoh, Pnilsdelphia, Vesu-
vius, Atlanta and Dolphin; the Pro-
visional brigade OF New Jersey mill.
tia, about 1000 strong; Gov. Abbott
and sta fl, escorted by the Essex troop,
mounted; Pennsylvania militia and
Gov. Pattison and staff, escorted by
the Philadelphia City troop; Con-
necticut brigade, 1000 strong; Rhode
Island militia, 500 strong; the Fire
Department, New York, composed of
seventy companies, under Chief Bon
ner; visiting firemen from Brooklyn
and other places; the Volunteers, Ex-
empt Veterans; Grand Army posts OF
New York and Brooklyn, 900 strong;
italian, Spanish, Swedish, German,
Polish, Bohemian, French, Irish,
Danish and other uniformed foreign
societies. Gen. Mcmahon will be In
command, with Lieuls. r. H. Patter
son and David Price and aids, mount
ed. The lines are forming along
Bowling Green, where once stood the
statue of King George, along state
aud Whitehall streets, and on all
streets south of the City Hall. The
great free stand at City Hall has been
TANNED since the dawn of day with
vast mass OF humanity, and all
along the route, which Is the same
tor afternoon and evening parades,
the surging crowd is waiting the
coming of the militia. All along
broadway to Fourth street, west and
Washington square, to Fifth Ave.
and past the great reviewing stand
where the national authorities await
humanity visible. Early this after.
noon the Columbus monument at
Fifty-ninth st. and Elgth A We. will
De unveiled, and tonight through
brilliant illuminated streets the great
ClNlC pdSbdub Will ldhc pldOos hO
order of parade is Platoon of police
bicycling clubs carrying lanterns
mounted cavalier announcing the
triumph of Americs-Tw mount
ed Heralds-Cappa's seventh regi-
ment band grand marshal Col. john
J. Garrett and staff float. THE Car
of Fame". Group of Indians showing
costumes OF different tribes float,
Gar OF Prehistoris America"-Group
of TOltecs Float, "Homaget to Column
bus"-Group representing members
or the court of Ferdinand and Isabel
la Float. THE Santa Maria"-
mounted Cavalcade Float "The Car
of Liberty"-Groupe OF Dutch and
Puritan cOlonists, George Washing.
ton and his staff The q. A. 4.
Naval cadets float. 1.-The Press"
float Poetry and Recommendations
"Music" Float THE Car Of Science"
Float "Supremsoy of the American
Woman" -Columhia's car Of state
The car Of Electra-The Red Men
Many characteristic groups will fol-
low.