Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-10-20
GOTHAM OUTDID HERSELF.
YEsBl RDAY's PARADE CAPPED
Il THE CLIMAX
The People of the Metropolis Fur
..,nish One of the Greatest DEM
20 constructions in the Nations
History-Columbus Mon
ument Unveiled.
A ClitterinQ PAGEANT


New York. Oct 13.-The military pa
rade yesterday capped the climax of the
most successful of consecutive public
dtnonstr: tons in the nations history.
Everything in this wonderful week of
Columbian celebration has progressed in
sliding scale of Increasing merit. The
fcr,Cr @: rncStness and universally of
the religious exercises of that twin
Sabbath day Saturday and Sunday
last, We're followed by the remark ,ble
school and college procession of Monday
That, in turn, yielded in interest to the
great naval pageant Of yesterday. sup
rlcmcEtcd as it was by the demonstra
ton of the Catholics Of New York N
the evening. But the assembling, move
ment and disbanding of the forces of
the army, navy and national guard. the
organizations of the Grand Army of the
Republic and of the various societies
participating in the military parade yes
terday under the marshalship of Gen.
Martin Il. McMahon, in celebration of
the 400th anniversary of the discovery
of America cclpsed all preceding events,
scvcr;,ly and collectively.
BY o'clock the streets and ferries
were swarming with people, a large num-
Der of whom were soldiers in uniform,
bound for their different armories. AS
the morning wore on the visiting lire
companies. headed by bands of music,
began pouring into New York from Jcr-
sey City, Hobok"n. Brooklyn. Williams
burg. Staten Island and elsewhere, pre-
scouting a goodly sight in their red shirts
and shining fire hats as they dragged
modern and historical fire engines be-
| hind Them IIynrvhO1v seemed llDDv,
even if they did have to pay quarter
for three cent badge Or invest 80 cents
for the privilege of standing an hour or
so on an overturned dry goods box, only
to have it stolen from them in the long
run and resold, perhaps dozen times
during the course of the day. Before
the hour of starting a thrilling and in
spring effect was produced Ey Il hum
dred bands of music playing on all sides,
as the troops, sailors and hre-
men, ETC.. marched and coun-
tcr-lnarrhcd through the streets
on the wa to the dlt-
tcrcnt spots where they We're to take up
positions preparatory to joining in with
the grand march up town. The line OF
march was from the battery up Broad
| way to Fourth street, around Washing
ton square to Fifth avenue, thence to the
scene of the unwilling of the Columbus
IN THE EVENING.
After the military pageant was over the
crowds directed their steps to Central iarh'
yelled. Among those who took part were
Vice President Morton. Gov. Flower ana
Sta Senator I'LL and the 9 9eers of w tine
made by the following gentlemen: CARO-
Barsoti. president of the Columbus m9nu-
ma mad d't;esnoi,. in bchalf Of the Italian resi-
| dents of America: hi l.ngi lseversi i'll ne
half of the lrosrcsso italio- AmerlGano; ms
lister. in behalf of the Italian, government
Hon; Hugh J. Grant; his exeellency Roswell
i eWfr WRs Of Ssw nSFk Of ,he
committee of one hundred. Archbishop Cor
riGan, blessed the monument; and it was I'M,
| yelled by Annie Barotti. daughter OF the
president of the Columbus executive, com
mittcc. During HE ceremonies the Italian
bands played Italian and American hymns
No fairy tale from the realms of Mother
Goose or from the pages of Arabian Nights
| ever caused the chiliSh brain more aStonsh
pageant the almost countless thousands OF
people who saw it tonight. The glare OF
the fire on the streets. the flashing Of rock.
cts, the blazing Of torches shone out
against the sombrs night in Il wild. weird
way and transNcd the nutitudes with awe
The blare of hundreds of feet, and the
| tramp of thousands of horses, the lumber
ing of the heavy 1oats over the pavement
added to the spectacle. Leading the process
son were twelve hcr.ds with twelve trum-
pets, and from the way each herald blew
each seemed to possess the wind of old
Acous. Farther down the line was {; band
of sun worshippins Toltrcs, and then a
| group of prehistoric Americans. Still be-
yond was a glimpse Of Columbus with his
| hardy crew of mariners gazing for the first
| time at the shores of the new world. It
was Il carnival, gr;lnder and more 'nagniti-
| cent than ever shown by the famed Mardi-
| gras of New Orleans or the Yelled Prophet
procession of st. Louis. TO take, things in
| their order the usual platoon of mounted
police led the way. But they were not con-
sidcred q part Of the carnival. Their APP
| pcarancc was entirely too common to every
| day life to be included in the wonders. The
herads sounding fanfares were the real
| leaders. After them came 5000 bicyclists,
| strangely dressed and each bearing a dragon
| decorated with Chinese lauters.