The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-27
TEN MILES OF PARADE,
CHICAGO ENTERTAINs A MILLION AND
A HALF OF PEOPLE.
All the Noted American Statesmen and all
Societies Of Importance Participated in
the Greatest Parade Ever Made
on American Soil,

ing fair, no social function, however
magnificent, could signalize to the
great masses the Inauguration of Col
umbian week fetes. There must be
parades and band music to do this.
And today in glittering sunshine and
bracing air the people had both. The
hundreds of thousands who crowded
the town today came not alone from
the cities of the land, but from the
prairies and the mountains westward,
from the Southland and the more
rugged North, from seaboard to sea-
board, from britain's border line to
the Cult, people came to see and be
stirred.
And today there was parade line
ten mil long which should and did
impress the great and earnest masses,
as also the dignitarles of other nations
and the big wigs of our own, that the
Columbian Exposition was thing of
the near future. Inaugural Day was
peoples day. The official opening of
the dedicatory fete was marked by a
civic parade. Some uniforms not
strictly civic were in the line today
but tomorrow will be the day of mill
tary pomp and glitter. The major
general of the United States army was
grand marshal for the civilians DEM
Onstration because he knew how to do
it we'll and not because it was a pa
rade of troops. The Chicago Hussars
were in line but were incidental and
served as an escort. The people in
town were astir early today. The
booming of cannon to signal the start
of the procession was not heard until
il o'clock. Out from the already
crowded hotels and from
boarding houses of the outskirts peo-
pie came long before hand, even
with sunrise. They frightened the
streets with movement and color.
Though the procession was ten miles
in length the route of this parade was
only three miles of distance and the
streets compassed within three were
\ kept clear from every obstruction be-
tween the curbs. The police early
applied themselves and when 10
o'clock came the great stretch of pave
was clear banked up with throngs on
the curbs all along the route. LAS
governor after governor went by each
was greeted with cheers. No dis
tinetinction was made in any case, IL
was enough for somebody to shout:
"There is another governor" for the
crowd to set up long and prolonged
cheer. The second grand division
was led by the Independent Order
of Foresters, $1,000 strong, who made
a fine appearance as they swept down
the street in regular formation OF
twenty files front. The dark green OF
italy fioated in tidal wave behind,
the crimson regalia of Foresters and
numerous italian societies cheered 10
the echo as they went by, each man
marching as though he was q dlrect
heir of the discover Columbus. In the
rear was gigantic float representing
columbus Discovering America"
showing the Santa Maria approach
ing the rock bound coast on which q
number of Indians stood eagerly
scanning the approaching vessel. Be-
hind the float tramped 300 Greclans
wearing as decorations their native
fIag-blue and white. Eight thousand
men of the patriotic order OF the Sons
of America were over an hour going
mast. their ranks broken at frequent
intervals by bands which WORKED IN,
dustriously at Americas natlonal
music. Then in close even RANKS came
the descendants of those who won
the battle of the Boyne. Three thou
sand and five hundred men OF the
Chicago Turner's society headed by
the national commission of their ordei
Looked exceedingly we'll in neat uni
forms. grey shirt, trousers and mats,
Each man bore upon his left breast q
white and terracotta Chicago badge'
Thev we're followed by 700 men OF the
Bohemian Turner's society and THESE
nv fiftv Germans who marched PROUD.
iy beneath the red, white and blue OF
their adoption and the req, Wnlle anu y
black under which they marcneu al Il
less peaceful times. There was soo q
strong reminder of the heather az lzuU
bonnie Scots hove in sight, every ay
man in tarlton. The bagpipes, Whlch
we're many throughout the column
sbriek ed shrilly and whenever tney
died away the big brass band az tne
had of the clans doomed out Scottlsn
nonsic an dear to the men VINO Swung
along in solid ranks behind. me ocoas
we're decidedly the feature OF ING pa,
rade and $50 men of the Royal Sc c;J
reoiment. clad in Royal Stuart PLAID
called forth loud cheers OF approval |.
Eifty men wearing the uniform OF tn ne
famous Black Watch regiment we sit,
next in line, followed by seemlh Ky
endless strings of plaids representa-, u
wick and John O'Groat,s. me uia ,o1.
s %dh cold of the Sons of st. George i .s,c
loved the Highlanders; Then came
ramk after rank of Polish ana oe ooen
I rana containing about ZOOO
,oen After them came ten LILIES tie
LIZ many ranks and with proporsio >
ota number of men and every ma vi a
a sMed Z Tn four carriages were SIX
muu nretty girls in attire OF the var var
7en p PHI costumes of Sweden ana
oS s u Two hundred boys from S,1 M en ne
DIVA nan;ar and high schools OF chicago
a. in various styles of uniform Z, ga ~
Az az ayery now and then to Iust cy
nS go aynressiens of their scnooi
i i.n1Is Then tramped eight rep Gst n
fo e of every grand army pos ra;n ~
t EioeSo and Cook county was r esn,,,
Cn nnad NV numerous delegation. d irom
forced "; cities. The veterans
neignDolinS ooo etrono and in the