The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-12
CONTINUING THE CELEBRATION.
New York Does Honor to coIums
bus Memory.
The Principal Event OF tho Day Was tho
Grand Naval Parade, Which Was q
Great Suceess-The Fire WORDS Dis
play From the Brooklyn Bridge Mt
Night Was Very FIne-Cstholic Parade
In Philadelphia.


bration to-day was the naval parade,
which was a great success The weather
was perfect and business generally sus-
pended. The city seemed deserted and
everybody was on the water front OF the
bay or aboard steamers, yachts or row.
boats. Tho parade WAS ono OF the most
novel sights ever witnessed. The best
display was L series of gigantic floats,
illustrative OF the advance in ship build
ing since Columbus voyage. Tho men
of-war participating were the United
States steamships Philadelphia, Milan
tononoh, Atlanta, Dolphin, Vesuvius,
Cushing, St. Mary's, French flagship
L'Arethuse. station cruiser Bausan,
Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel.
In addition to these was large
number of steamboats,, steam yachts,
tugs and ferryboats. The New York
naval reserve was aboard sixteen tugs,
divided into four squadrons. The bay
seemed covered with sailing and steam
crafts of all descriptions. Tho process
sion was m ade up of ten divisions,
headed by tho naval reserve fiotilla.
The guests o. the parade committee
were abroad tho Howard Carroll and in
nluded Vice President Morton. members
of the cabinet, diplomatic corps, Cover
nor Flower, ex Presidents Cleveland and
Hayes and other notable persons. The
parade started AZ 1890, amid such
shouting and cheering and whistling
and booming OF guns rs has never be-
fore been heard in New York bay.
Clouds OF bunting hovored over every
vessel. The scene was dazzling and
glorious and New York made 4 demon
stratit IL she nced not blush for.
AT o'clock in tho evening the parade
OF tho United Catholic Societies was
| started at Fifty-ninth street and Eighth
| avenue. There were 25,OUO Roman
| Catholics in line under command of
| Father Keefe and Victor Bowling. Arch
bishop Corri2an reviewed the parade as
| 1t passed the Roman Catholic orphan
| asylum.
| At p. m, tho time the big parade
| started off, hundreds were assem- blea at
the Seventh Regimentarmoryt to hear tie
German singing societies. 1t was one of
tho most successful singing festivals the
city has ever had. Some time ago a
prize was offered for tho best oantata.
This was won by DR.. Naolannet, of
| Baltimore. There over 1000
voices in the chorus
The fireworks displayed on the Brook
! Ign bridge began at 1920 and lasted
until midnight. The display was geor-
| geous There were illuminations from
! tho towers in the shape of Chinese suns,
six feet in circumference, and of illum-
mating power which enabled them to
| be seen at distance of twenty-five
miles, showing the American and Italian
colors. There were groups of bouquets
and thousands Of rockets fired stimuli
! taneously from the towers, crossing and
intersccting in their flight. Millions OF
magnesium stars Of this spreading va
riety and of tho largest calibre were
fred skyward from .nortlrs distance
| Of 500 feet.
AS wind up to the evening there
was second fall of Niagara, which
occupied the length OF tho bridge from
tower to tower. There wore more than
| 500 square feet OF waterfall in the shape
of liquid fire. Immediately after this
| display 5000 rockets were fired off
simultaneously in tho form Of bouquet.
From the start to the end all kinds Of
fire works were discharged and tho most
fastidious individual was satisfied.
The military parade which occurs to-
morrow Will be gigantic affair and
possibly the largest OF its kind ever
held. Wednesday is tho anniversary
day proper. 1t is q legal holiday and
one which will long be remembered.
| PHILADELPHIA, Oct. lSpeciall-
| The Columbian celebration by the
| Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia
began this morning by q parade of 5000
boys of tho parochial schools and was
flttingly concluded this evening by a
torchlight procession and pageant par
ticipatcd in by 10000 Catholics and
viewed by 100000 people Of all denom-
nations The parade was held ON
Broad street and the line of route was
from Montgomery avenue to Moore
street. concentrating to Spring Car
don street, distance Of five miles.
Many houses and clubs along the route
were handsomely decorated and blazed
with lights and the street on both sides
was closely packed with a surgipg
| crowd.
The first division OF the parade con-
sisted OF 10000 members Of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union. The second
and third divisions were made up of
different societies OF the church. In
each division were q number Of floats
portraying scenes from tho life OF Co
lumbus and the early history of the
country. AT Race street, where the
Catholic high school is situated, Arch
bishop Ryan, Mayor Stuart and num-
Der OF prominent clergymcn and lay
men awaited the procession and re-
viewed it as it passed.
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