The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-08
CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF
AMERICAS DISCOVERY.
a Pageant Unparalleled in the
History of the Metropolis
For Five Hours the Pro-
cessiOn Continued.

Thursday, October 18th, New York |
City celebrated fete unparalleled
in her history. The weather was per
feet, each day apparently more beau
tiful than the day before, aud all
things combined to make the celebra-
tons in honor of the discovery of
America most perfect. On the Sat
urday previous, services were held in
the synagogues, and on Sunday the
churches commemorated the event
with fine music and addresses calling
attention to the wonderful advance
of the last four centuries. Monday
commenced the official programme.
The educational institutions of the
State were out in full force. In New
York City 10000 children of every
nationality, creed and color, gathered
In line. There were white, black and
the tawny Indian; there were Roman
Catholics, Hebrews, Professionals, Ital-
ians. Scandinavians, all together;
there were college students. sailor
boys and little girls. Mayor Grant,
attended by the members of the
Board of Education, led the column
down Fifth Avenue from Fifty ninth
street to Washington Square, and
the crowds that gathered on either
side of the line of march applauded
loudly as, one after another, the regi-
ments of youngsters marched by.
The greater part were from New
York, but there were divisions from
Brooklyn and Jersey City. st. Fran
els Xavier College sent its uniformed
cadets, as did st. Benedict's Colored
Home; Manhattan College and Col
nmbia College were represented, and
the New York Catholic Protectory
sent a band that more than rivaled
the older and more famous ones
In the evening the Columbian
Cantata was heard at the Music
Hall by crowd Of the elite of New
York City, who not only enjoyed
the music, but applauded to the echo
the finished speech with which
Chauncey Depew introduced the
score. Monday evening the Column
bian Committee made the sky brill
ant with fireworks and colored
lights from Brooklyn Bridge, while
many buildings, notably the World
building, stood out with startling
distinctness in blaze of electric
light.
Tuesday came the Columbus
Naval Parade, when noble feet of
honor, including ships of war of our
own navy and representative of the
French, Italian and Spanish navies,
escorted by numberless yachts, ex-
cursion boats and tugs of every des-
cription, passed from the Narrows
up the Hudson to Grants tomb
where, amid salvos of artillery they
disbanded, the men-of-war remaining
there at anchor, the escorting steam
ers returning down the Bay. 1t was
beautiful sight The great "Phila-
delphia" and the low lying and
wicked looking "Miantonomah" led
the line, while the French gun-boat
"Hussard," fankel by the ATLANTA"
and the Dalton" followed in due
order. Next came the italian cruiser
'sGiovanni Bausan" with the coast
survey steamer "Blake" and the
dynamite cruiser "Vesuvius." These
were followed by the Spanish IN
fanta ISABEL" The shores of the
Hudson were crowded. Every
steamer along the piers was gayly
decked with flags, and the piers
themselves were perfectly covered
with men, women and children. The
flights of Weehawken and the whole
length of Riverside Park were alive
with people, who cheered the ships
as they went by, laughed at the
screeching of the tugs and rejoicec
in the balmy air that seemed to quiet
every fear of undue exposure. A
haze rested over the Harbor, dim
ming somewhat the outlines of ships
and hills, but softening everything
and making one think that it must
have been just such day on which
the great explorer first touched the
New World.
The evening brought again a dis
play of fireworks and illumlnatlons
New York City was not to be out
done by the Columbian Committee
and the whole length of Brooklyn
Bridge with its lofty piers was
blaze of light, while for miles arount
there could be seen the magnificen
rockets and bombs, that showereo
their sparks over the whole of the
East River and the adjoining sec
tions of New York and Brooklyn.
Wednesday, October 18th, was
day long to be remembered by the
thousands who gathered in the city
of New York. From every section
they came. The railroads had made
every provision possible, and train:
without number from north, east
south and even west, brought thu
spectators who crowded the stoops
mounted trucks, climbed lamp posts
filled every available seat in Windows
along the line of march and on thu
stands that had been arranged will
q prodigality that seemed to leave
no possibility of disappointment t
any one. To describe the whole
thing with anything like justice
would require space far beyond tina
allotted to us.
The military parade started from
the Battery, and, taking III its add
t;ons from one street and another a