The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-10-03
NEW YORK'S GREAT TIME
Arrangements Completed for
the Columbus Anniver-
sary Festivities.
THE GRANDEST CELEBRATION THIS
COUNTRY WILL EVER SEE.

It Commences Next Saturday with ssrv-
ices in the synagoEuss Sunday tho
Christian Churches WIN Eulogise the
Discoversr--sohooI Boys Parade Mon
dRy--The Naval Parade --- Wednesday,
Oct. 12, the Great Day--Two Monster
Other Exeroises-- Hundre =
of Thousands of visitors Expected.
NEW York, Oct Preparations for
| New Yorks celebration of the 400th ami
versary of the discovery of America by
| Columbus are about completed. The cere-
monies will begin on Oct g. when the
first of the religious service will be held.
| Oct. 10 is the date selected as the ami
versary proper. The National Guard of
neighboring States will participate in the
military exercises.
Every indication points to the grand
est celebration ever seen in the United
| States and the number of visitors during
the week will run up in the hundred
| thousands.
| The celebration will cost more than
| 100000. With that amount there will
be given a military parade, a night pa
gesnt, naval parade, school parade, a
fireworks display, and a banquet. Pro-
vision will also be made for the general
decoration and illumination of the city
and the erection of fifteen grand stands
The programme for the celebration is,
in brief, as follows:
Saturday, Oct. s, services in syna-
| gogues.
Sunday, Oct 0, services in churches.
Monday, Oct. TO- school and college
parade, opening of loan art exhibition at
the Academy of Design.
Tuesday, Oct. IL, naval parade.
Wednesday, Oct. IL, military parade,
dedication of the Columbus monument,
night pageant, and fireworks display on
the Brooklyn Bridge.
Thursday, Oct. 13, banquet.
These are the official arrangements
Besides there will be celebrations by or
ganizations and societies and other enter.
tainments. A monster parade of RomaE
Catholics will be a feature of Tuesdays
celebration.
On Saturday morning the celebration
will begin. Religious services will then
be held in the Jewish synagogue in COM
memoration of the day.
Nearly all the Christian churches will
hold special services with elaborate musi-
cal programmes on Sunday, Oct. 9.
On Monday. Oct. 10 begins the secular
part of the celebration, and from sunrise
until midnight of the following Thursday
New York will do nothing but celebrate.
On Monday will take place the big
parade OF the schools and colleges of New
York and neighborhood Sixty-two out
of the sixty five public schools in this
city will take part, besides scores of high
schools, colleges and private institutions.
More than 20, 600 will be in line. Ten
thousand boys, from 12 to 1S years of
age, will represent the public schools.
| Four thousand more will come over from
Brooklyn, and the Roman Catholics will
send 5000 from the thirty eight parochial
schools in this city, and from the various
colleges and orphan asylums. Several
military schools, industrial schools and
trade schools will also participate,
together with a number of uniformed or
ganizations OF boys.
The public school boys under 10 will
not be allowed to join the parade, nor
will others over 12, whom their teachers
do not think physically able to stand the
strain of the parade.
One hundred and forty gross of Ameri-
can flags will be distributed among those
who will parade. The parade begins at
10 o'clock.
The public school boys will be led by a
grand marshal, and will be divided into
twenty battalions of 500 each, led by u
school principal as commander
Each battalion will be further divided
into ten companies, each led by Il boy
chosen by his fellows.
Those in charge of the parade have
already begun drilling the boys in simple
military evolutions.
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pairing The most important of all will
be the opening of the big loan art exhibi-
tion at the National Academy of Design.
A number OF minor celebrations and
entertainments given by societies and
clubs will close the days festivities.
AT 1890 p. IN. on Tuesday, Oct. II,
occurs the big naval parade, for which
the Atlantic coast, from Boston to Cape
Hatteras, has been ransacked for vessels
TO take part. The vessels will assemble
in the lower Bay, and form in two lines
as an escort to the Government ships in
the centre, and 100 boats of the mer-
chant marine will be in line, and about
fifty Government ships, which will con
sist of warships, cruisers, revenue
cutters and lighthouse tenders. Boats
belonging to the Fire, Police and Dock
, departments, and foreign men-of-war will
Reserve and a fleet of steam yachts will
accompany tho fleet
! The start will be made on the first OF
the ebb tide. The feet will move up the
lower Bay at the rate OF six miles an
hour to the upper Bay. As it rounds
Bedloe's Island the guns on Governors
! Island will fire salute.
The line of parade will then be up the
North River to the foot of 10th street
, where the parade will disband.
. The fleet will parade distance OF
twelve miles Boats will be on hand tC
! convey sightseers out to the parade, and
owners OF high buildings, commanding a
view of the river are already putting 4
premium on their roots.
If possible, several boats will be de-
voted TO the use of the poor children o.
. this city, giving them view of thu
l parade free Of charge.
1t is certain that the cruiser Phila
delphia, the monitor Miantonomah. the
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