The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-13
DISCOVERY DAY,
Two Gorgeous Pagoants in Honor
of Columbus.
FIFTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS MARCH
In New York City by Day and at Night
r Gllttcriug AIIcEorical Parade
Takes Placc--An Enormous Crowd
orPcoplo Throns the strccts.-.cclo-
bratfon of tho Day in Other Places.

Nrw YoRE, Oct. l2.-It ia doubtful ii
tho world ever saw grander display OF
soldiery in line Of march in times OF
peace than that which wound its way
through the brilliantly decorated thor
ouchfares OF New York to-day. Four
hundred years ago the widest
dreamer would have laughed to sCorn
prophet had one been SO bold as to
presage the doinGs Of to-day on the then
wild wastes discovered by Columbus.
As far as tho eye could reach up or
down any of the big thoroughfares were
men, women and children, boot blacks
and newsboys, horses and wagons, and
street cars and carts. Then the bands
bevnn TO be heard and marching troops
and clattering hoOfs, shouts OF officers
and rumbling OF the heavy artillery in
A very bedlam of confusion. But some
how or other when the time came the
sight seers were out OF the way and the
soldiers and cannon and cavalry and
bands all formed places where they be-
longed and at the appointed time the
great grand body began TO move, and ms
il moved there seemed TO be no end TO
it, .
What the decorations cost to set this
entire town in a nutter with bunting
and bright color-anything like an ex-
act calculation OF the expenditure,
would be impossible, and even rough
estimate is difficult OIL account OF the
immense extent OF territory over which
the decorations extend. Mr.. Dunsel,
the head OF one OF the great decorative
establishments talking OF the total
spent in city decorations, says: ~
should say at least one million on the
large buildings and houses alone. Tho
extent to which the city has gone into
this thing has been u surprise to all
dealers in decorative goods. The de-
mand is tremendous. A roll OF bunting
which sold Il week ago at So. cost on
Saturday last Sl2, and this week you
could not get bunting at any price"
MIR. Williams, oil the Ives, Blake Il
Williams Company, wholesale dealers
in flags and banners, said OF the tre-
mendous demand for goods OF that
kind during the past week:
"Its unprecedented in the history OF
the trade"
'Atwhat figure do you estimate the
cost OF decorations in this city?" was
asked
III you include fireworks, special
electric lighting and such things
should say that two million dollars was
conservative estimate"
The head OF the grand pageant reach.
ed the city hall at just 1925. Grand
Marshal General Mcmahon and his
aides were loudly cheered by the thou.
fands on the grand stand, and bowing
gracefully, he acknowledged the ovation
with wave Of his baton.
But the hand.clapping and applause
were even louder as the cadets OF tho
United States Military Academy, the
West Pointers, in pIatoons and level
lines OF quiet gray went by. They were
marching forth in honor OF the first mil
itary school in the world, and they
knew every eye was upon them.
The blue jackets came from several
ships, the Philadelphia, Manitonomah,
Atlanta, Dolphin, NCsuvius and Yer
mont, but there was nothin. to dis
tingush one body from another
While the appearance OF the regulars
naturally produced enthusiasm tho ap-
plaGSc OF the day was reserved for the
local militia.
Governor ?att;son, at the head OF
PenasylvauiN's troops. Governor Alb
bGtt with New jcrsey's, and Governor
Bulkecy with Connocticut's, wore in
stantly recognized and loudly APP
plaudel.
Uf coar-c tho G. A, Il. posts, the old
veteran :ircmca, As vol IS those in the
paid department, tho Italian societies,
German Turn.verc;n's and SchUcizon
CORPS were heartily greeted.
When tie limo reached Union Square,
it is estimated that fully 10000 men,
women and children were packed there.
in.
Several women wcro so severely
crushed il tho crowda around the me-
lnorlai arGh AS TO require tho assistance
oi tho police in cxtricptiGg them. A
number Of lAdie8 tainted
Il is cl,ima!ed tina; $4,000 mon wore
III limo to-day. It took fully six hours
TO pass given point, The parade was
over lil!oea miles long,
After tho military pageant was over
tho crowds directed their stops to Cen
iral Park, where tho Columbus moau.
ment was unveiled.