The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-21
EIGHT-PAGE EDITION

As-NQ IN.
whose marching the bag pipes swelied their
droniug notes. They included 90 men Of the
Royal scots regiment, clad in roysl Stuart plaid
and fifty men wearing the uniform OF tho
| famous Black Watch regiment. and those in
| turn by the plaids of every clan OF Mac between
| Berwick and John o'Groat's. Britain came next
4 In the black and gold of the Sons of ST. George
| and then, shifting nationality again. came 2c00
| members-of the Croatian and Polish sec!ettes
Then @,oOo of the yellow haired sons of sweden
In Carriages were sixteen pretty girls. repre-.
| senting In their attire the national female cos
| tunes of sweden and Norway. Then came 2001
boys from tho city schools. Then representa-
| tives from every Grand Army post in Chicago
| and Cook county. and many from adjacent
| Counties, in all about 500, followed by foas
| representing the famous old Monitor as she APP
peared before fighting the Merrimac. sous of
Veterans. Modern Woodmen of America, uni
formed RANK of Royal Arcanum and Knights of
Pyihias, 2,oo0 in all, closed the division.
The third grand division was headed by fifty
mounted men, members OF the uniformed
| Knights of St Patrick. Next came the uni
| formed rank of the Catholic Order Of Foresters.
| $50 strong. Then forty-fve courts of the Order
| OF foresfers with 4,4i0 men as q subdivision:
thirty-four courts and 1850 men as another sub
| division. and thirty y-one courts with 2.6A men
| as third subdivision. Following them came
| 100 men of the Hibernian Rifles and 400 men,
| bers OF the Ancient Order of Hibernisns Next
| i.uV tAtnOiic hnlgnts OF America, SVU members
| OF the Catholic Benevolent Union, 900 Polish
Catholic orders aud 900 members of the Society
| oil 81. John, the Baptist Miscellaneous Catholic
societies numbering l,2o0 closed the parade.
One-twentieth of the population marched
| IN the parade. and the other nineteen
twentieths. reinforced by 1000 visitors,
packed the streets. perched on roofs and
window sills and jammed the various
stands along the line of march. The
gigantic procession of 5000 people passed
through the streets without delay, always
moving swiftly. The crowd that witnessed
the procession was something astonishing
| Chicago, at different times, has handled
throngS of visitors, but this one was beyond
anything she has ever dealt with before
1t is estimated that at least I. zoo. 600
people viewed the parade, and after 1t was
over majority of the downtown res
taurants were compelled to close their
doors until they could attend TO those who
had already gained admittance. In the
| nam, however, Chicago was equal to the
occasion. Naturally some incidents, such
as fainting women and children tramped
upon, and here and there a man
dropping from roof, occurred. That the
parade was handled in perfect manner
and was permitted to finish its march
police.
Although the parade was scheduled to
start at l0:45 q. m. IL was almost 1890
when Chief of Police McClaughtry saluted
Vice President Morton, who reviewed the
parade on a tastefully decorated stand,
where he was surrounded by the members
of the cabinet and of different legations
and a throng of brilliantly dressed ladies,
accompanied by distinguished guests. As
the different governors passed the review
ing stand, some on horseback and others
in carriages, each was greeted with o
succession of cheers, which kept him bow
ing many minutes. The crowd was i'm
| partial in politics, rs it yelled as Justify
| for Gov. Flower. of New York, rs it did
| for Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio. After the
| dignItaries had passed, came tho rank and
| file Of the parade, and in formation ten
| files wide and in double rank they rolled
like human wave past the re-
viewing stand for almost three hours
| As each successive body reached
| the east side of the federal
| building it was greeted by thousands of
! little girls, arranged in the shape of and
| draped in the colors Of the American flag.
| Each little tot carried in her hand q
diminutive banner, and as tho sweet,
| childish voices rose to cheer the martial
men the little pieces of bunting iuttered
| wildly. It was a beautiful and inspiring
sight. The Indian boys from the indus
trial school at Carlisle, Pa. aroused
enthusiastic cheers as they passed.
| Then came the German Turner'S. followed
| by brawny Scots, after which were Poles
| and then Swedish societies, seemingi
| without limit. Sons of st. George, Sont
| of st. Patrick, Sons Of Garibaldi and vaxi
| Gus and sundry other ranks of sons fol-
lowed in quick succession. Foresters in
| great numbers. Independent and Catholic
| orders were ont in force.
| The reviewing stand was at the north
| front of the government buildings, 'front.'
| ing on North Adams street, between Clark
| and Dearborn. 1t was thanked by addi-
| tional stand, on the Dearborn and Clark
| street fronts, as we'll as the government
building itself, all superbly decorated. In
| the absence of President Harrison, Vice
| President Morton was given the place of
| honor as reviewing officer. Grouped with
| and near him were the governors of the
| various states. foreign diplomats. other
| dignitaries and distinguished guests, while
| on the side stands on Dearborn and Clark
| streets were 400 school children dressed
| in the national colors, who sang patriotic
songs from time to time as the procession
| filed past. In all about 5000 people wit
messed the parade from these stands
| Despite the immense crowd, surprisingly
! few serious accidents were reported. In
| Vulnerable women tainted, but they
| quickly revived, and the only sertous ac-
| cident was at the corner OF State and
Adams streets. where four women were
showed into a basement by the crowd.
| Three were unhurt. but the fourth conld
| not be revived ard was taken to q hospital,
where her condition was pronounced criti-
| cal. A drunken man tell from \ roof 10
an adjoining building. twenty feet below,
| without apparently disturbing him. Gov.
/ Fifer was thrown from his horse at Adams
and Ia Sale streets, the animal falling
| with him. He was severely bruised, but
not badly injured
This evening there are assembled in the
banquet hall of kinglie's restaurant as
| noteworthy an assembly as ever gathered
| in Chicago. 1t was the banquet OF the
! Fellowship Club gwen TO the friends and
houored guests of Chicago. The prepare
tions of the hosts were worthy of the dis
| tinguished guests. The hall was hand
| someiy decorated and illuminated. Among
those present were Vice President Morton,
| Ex-President Hayes, Chief Justice Fuller,
| Chauncey VI. Depew and Whiteiaw Reid,
| besides some four score others of equal
fame 10 partake of the dainties provided
for them. Mr.. Scott presided. After
| grace by Cardinal Gibbons, the Imperial
quartette sang america" Early in the