The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-13


miles long. After the military pageant
the crowds directed their steps TO Central
park, where the Columbus monument was
unveiled. The exercises at the monument
consisted of addresses OF presentation to
the city and responses, and blessing by
Archbishop Corrigan.
Hardly had the last strains of music
died away from the neighborhood of the
Columbus monument than all New York
and $4,000 or more visitors were eager 10
witness another pageant. The scenes of
the morning were repeated. 1t seemed as
II 100000, instead of 5000, 900 people had
gathered to watch the last of the days
series of events celebrating the discovery
OF America, parade remarkable from
the fact that it made wonderful showing
of the use electricity could be put to as II
power and as a light. Shortly after s
O'Clock the different bodies which were to
take part in the parade mustered about
Battery and the lower part of Broadway,
and the police began to clear the
line of march. The way was cleared and
the crowd waited. but the procession
did not appear. An Associated Press re-
porter hunted up and down the line try
ing to find the cause of the delay, and at
length ne found it, All the matter was
Queen Isabella's tights. 1.-THE Goddess of
Liberty has taken my tights" exclaimed
Queen Isabella, "and I'm not going to sit
with Ferdinand wearing an Indian
squaw's dress" This was spoken from
float No. of the allegorical pageant as
the procession was being formed. Queen
Isabella was not the only one in trouble.
Fame and Electra had an argument over
blonde wig and sparks flew. America
Vespuccius blamed poor old innocent
William Penn for taking a cape. Penn
and Vespuccius made search. and it was
discovered that one of the Toltec
sun-worshipers was the guilty one.
While these troubles were disturb
ing the minds of the character
portravers, mass of impatient humanity
extending from the Battery to Central
park was wondering why the procession
did not loom up. After an hour had
elapsed and the parade had not started
Mayor Grant sent word that she must 60
on at once. Those in command of the
floats were told to hustle. They did so,
and at $50 the big show was under way.
The route of the parade was up Broadway
to Fourth street, west around Washington
square to Fifth avenue, to Fourteenth
street. to Fourth avenue, to Seventeenth
street, to Fifth avenue TO Fifty-ninth
street.
First came platoon of mounted police,
followed by body of bicyclists 1000
strong, each bearing flag and lantern.
The cyclists rode twelve abreast, and
formed column at least a mile and
half long. After the wheelmen came
twelve heralds, mounted on fine white
steeds and preceding Col. John G. Garnett,
grand marshal. and aides. The aides were
all dressed in the uniform of the Austrian
guards. The brilliant cavalcade was
roundly cheered and won the deserved ad-
miration of all. Following was the banner
Of fame and then came twenty historical
cars. The "Car of Fame" led the long
line and was followed by band of prehis-
toric Americans. After this group
came the "Car of the Stone Age"
or prehistoric car, surrounded by a
number of Indians. Float No. 8 was the
sun-worshipers. The fourth float was en-
titled 1.-THE Victory Of Genius" A statue
of Columbus came next Then came a
group representing Cortez, Pizarro, Amer
leo Vespuccius, Ponce de Leon, Cabot and
other great mariners. Following came a
body of Spanish knights, then the cortege
of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella,
the Spanish court on horseback and then
a model of the caravel Santa Maria. The
Puritan car, which came next, represented
Puritan wedding, John Alden and Pris-
ella. both riding the same horse, and
other pretty features. A group of Dutch
colonlsts next attracted attention, and af-
ter them came William Penn and the
Quakers, as we'll as a body of mounted
Indians. The car of the capitol, a model
of the capitol at Washington City. lighted
| within and without, came next, and
was an object of applause and
attention. In addition the forty-four
states were represented by as many daugh-
ters of veterans, who presented most
picturesque appearance. The naval ca
diets and junior naval reserve next showed
up in the line of march, and after the Sew
enty-first Regiment band came a group
representing Gen. Grant and President
Lincoln and staff. Immediately behind
them was an American standard and the
banner of liberty. The liberty car was
next in line, and showed "Liberty En-
tightening the World" In front of Lib
erty sat Justice, supported by Equality
and Fraternity. Behind Liberty was
Peace, Goodwill and Hospitality.
| Then came group of all ma
tions, body of Continentals. an
| immense banner and Gen. Washington
and staff, escorted by the Washington
| Continental guards, Washington light in
| fantry and frontier scouts. Coming after
| the scouts were the chiefs of the allied
| tribes, on horseback, and then body of
Indians and barge banner. Following
| the last namekbGnner was the car of the
press. The press was represented by a
| beautiful woman dressed in black and
| coming out of an ink bottle. She held a
| weather vane in her hand. and was sur
rounded by poems. Behind her number
| of printers were at work, showing the
| whole process of printing newspaper.
| Official programmes were distributed as
souvenirs from this car as it rolled along.
| Following the press car came the car of
music the car of sciences. the car of
| poetry and romance, and then came the
| car which won probably more applause
| than any other in the parade, the
! scar of American women" intended to
| show the supremacy of American women
over those of all other parts of the world.
| Next came the car Of the oceans. followed
| bv Coumbia's ship Of state, by more BAN
! ners, by more music and by the battalion
| OF progress. Last and not least of the
| beautiful floats came the car of electricity,
! labeled, "The Hydra Of Lightning Con-
trolled by the Genius of Edison" 1t was
thirty feet long. drawn by ten horses and
| illuminated by 500 electric lights Thirty
| beautiful young girls in metallic costumes
| stood on a revolving disk and reflected