New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-27
THE NEBRASKA Sitter ANNIpERSARI'
A BIG INDUSTRIAL PARADE IN LNcoLN~IHf
GROWTH OF THE sTATE

, RIG INDUSTRIAL PARADE IN LINCOLN
GROWTH OF THE STATE.
1tncolo Neb Nav 90 (speclal.-Everybody In
Lincoln tonight IS convinced that NebrasHa II uc
biggest STATE in t. Union and Lincoln u'' biggest oy
in Nebraska. The air Is fill OF fireworks, doheh
brass bands are playing against time In 'he puphc
sonare the stately white Capitol Is illuminated, ana
b,Iar,ous workers are reproducing tho traditions Of
Nice in the crowded streets II the stat" were my
years old instead Of twenty-five the anniversary cc'c
bration conld hardly be made morc imposing
This afternoons Industrial parade embraced the
regulation number OF r~.tlcss horses. swapping cur
and frightened riders The bands were not all har-
monous, and unruly team, caused some COMMUNION
in tho ranks but the procession was nearly or'e
mile, long and Governor lloyd who reviewed 1t from
the balcony of the Lincoln Hotel, smiled as ben"V-
olenty as though a murder had not been comHlu"u
this sunny day within "A few yards OF wh'dr he Sa''
Colonel L. X. sizcr, In SILK hat, cominand'a 'ho
first division. This headed bv the Nrhr'SMi
University cadet band, with four companies Of cadet
Infantrymcn. After these came body OF young
yebrasaans covered with sunhowcrs. Then cam"
on imitation log hut Intended 10 represent the first
Nebraska homestead, built near Beatrice IN l7oJ.
Among the notable individual displays was that OF Tie
Sebraslm State Journal Hight news cart, drawn by
six milk white horses hoTnessed tandem fashion The
most interesting exhibit WAS full sized rnilrpnd
locomotive whose clannng bell WAS heard long lc-
fore Il came intD view
Nebraska women, prOverhally beautiful In tn,
West ndorncd many Of the handsomcst floats on
one of these were three damsels. In white caps and
skirts ironing shirts, cuffs and cOlars. between
towering starch. boxes, from which hung Hines of
freshly laundcrod shirts. Near the end came about
100 bicyclisis, and women, their wheels trimmer
with bunting, and looking like many Catherine
wheels.
At the Capitol this morning Governor Boyd presided
nt a public meeting and delivered an address. lie
said IN part. From n population OF $1,000 In
1867 10 IO5OOOO In lo9O; from 10000
head Of domestic animals then t. 1o,!73!oOO now ,
from an assessed valuation OF s-Ovcoooo at thtt
period 10 one Of o5oO0O,OOO at the pre.cnt time
from 200 miles OF railway. twenty five years ago to
900 miles operated to-day tbs Is brief story of
internal dcvelopmGnt and growth found In the progre,
Of no other state
j. VI. Lambcrtson, prominent Lincoln att0T-
ney was the oratOr of the day. lie SAID,
antong other things "Thc growth o. tho
state since its admission ha, been scady.
The total railroad mileage built III Nebraska IN tW,nS
five wears Is cqual 10 that constructed III f.hsIhhn
scotland ireland and Wales In the same period ~
what is thought 10 be strictly an agricultural country
The value Of home manufactures hs shown Dy thc
census Of 1870. only T36,OJ4, whlle al lhe Pf'N
ont time as shown by the report OF the Labor COM
missioncrs IL j. 49, 731 ,GDl and the total pfOduct III
Ia-o was s:,1 81 OG1 The valuation 0f property IN
thc wear i'm which Nebraska was admitted mo th'
sIStcrhood OF state, $50 l15,2J2. THIS unnonnl
,dly was very high assessment, made dfce'Iy aitr
tlc War The valnc Of all properly. real anu per
sOnal In the state exceeds ~ l,OOO,OOO,O0O