Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-13
COLUMBUS
If the Spirits of the Dead Can
Come at VIII
THEN YOU WERE PROUD TOSEE
The Honor Shown You Yesterday by the New
World and the Old.
Madrid and New York Guido Themselves In
Their Celebrations honorlng the Mem.
DRY Of the Great Mariner Queen Is
abella's Tights Cause Delay.

New York, Oct. I2.-It is doubtful
II the world ever saw grander display
OF soldiery in line OF march In times Of
peace than that which wound its way
through the brilliantly, beautifully
decorated thoroughfares OF New York
to-day 1t was worthy Of comparison
with the assembled hosts OF Napoleon
as they started on the fatal pilgrimage
TO Moscow, or the gathering OF the boys
in blue at Washington after the bloody
rebellion.
The climax of the quadrennial cole
bration of the discovery Of tho new
world was reached to-day. II was
climax that outstripped the expecta-
tions or even the hopes of tho men who
planned 1t. The number Of men in line,
the number of people who saw the
parade and went awey wonder
ing, and the decorations OF four
score thousand buildings exceeded
by half that which had been
expected. Not since old Father
Knickerbocker settled on Manhattan
Island has there been a crowd that
compared In numbers with that to-day.
There were people hore from every
state in the Union, from every country
on the globe.
The quarrelsome little sparrows had
scarcely begun to chirp and scramble
in the cutters this morning whom the
town was awakened by booming cannon
on the bay and as the sun rose higher
thuuderous reports from the awful guns
OF war crashed until IL seemed as though
the town was being stormed In earnest
The day was one OF Gods own MAX
ing. The blue waters Of the harhor
and OF the river was bluer than ever
in the softened sunlight Of autumn
time. Enough breeze was stirring 10
lift the millions Of flags into graceful
movement
The forereach OF winter was Just
enough obtrusive TO crisp the atmos-
phere. So IL was the hosts Of paratlers
and hosts Of on-lookers were comiorta-
BILE.
The first formality Of the day ashore
took place at eight minutes after 6
o'clock this morning when the battery
at Old Glory run up liberty pole pre-
sented by @. A. Forbes, surrounded by
an escort Of Anderson Zouaye veterans
in full uniform.
A cheer went up as the fash OF the
SUNRISE gun from Fort Columbus of
| AAAN b1NAlAN A1NR AAAt AlAFA AbA AAAN AAhf
white and blue to be scen Tutoring 10
! tho breeze and then rsnrS York seemed
| TO awaken into stf cH'slua .c'lvity.
/ And so the day wa ushered in and
countless thousands soon began 10 swarm
through the streets. AS far as the eye
could reach up and down the big
| thoroughfares men, women and chill
| dren were in such tumble OF confusion,
one was prone to wonder how the po-
| lice would ever get the streets cleared
for the parade.
But when the time came the sight
seers We're out of the way and the sol
| diers and cavalry and bands and all
found places where they belonged and
at the appointed time the great and
! grand body began 10 move.
And as IL moved there seemed 10 DO
no end to it. Hours after hours tho
| sightseers sat and stood and watched
and wondered. Hour after hour the
procession moved on and still the end
was not in sight. Bright faces
| filed the windows along the line
of march, house tops were
crowded, sidewalks crowded, reviewing
stands crowded, every balcony and point
from which the the parade could be
seen was crowded, and all this mighty
host stood and watched and waited and
wondered until the sun passed the
zenith and the shadows began 10
lengthen towards the east, but the pa
rade was still in motion and not one
man had seen 1t all.
Before the hour Of starting nm In
spring effect was produced by hum
dreds Of bands OF music playing on all
sides, soldiers, sailors, dromen, ETC.,
marched and countermarched through
the streets on the way to the different
spots whore they were 10 take UP posi-
lions preparatory to joining in with the
grand march up town.