Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-23
COLUMBUS DAY.
IT'S OBSERVANCE IN CARSON
AND EMPIRE.
The School Children Contribute
Largely to the Celebration.

promptu and gotten up ON a days
notice, those who witnessed the pro
cession and heard the exercises say
they were never so pleased as by the
spectacle of nearly 600 school child,
rem in line each bearing the Ameri-
can flag. 1t was a sight that will
never will be forgotten by the spec
tators.
The procession marched in the
following order:
Co T, \ n G, Capt Maish,
Custer Post, No ., p a Doyle, P C.,
Custer Relief Corps, No 10, Mrs w
FL Crisler, President.
Federal, State and County officers,
County and x-County Superintend-
ents of Schools
Board of School Trustees.
Principal, Teachers aud Pupils of the
Carson Public Schools
Young Mems Institute.
Young Ladies Institute.
Citizens generally.
The exercises at the East front
of the Capitol were also very inter
esting and ably conducted. The
address by Hal Howe and the rem
deripg of the ode BY Miss Ella Foley
are worthy Of mention. especially
the latter.
Those who are responsible for
the celebration are to be congrat-
ulated IN the signal success Of every
thing connected with it.
When the Carson celebration was
over, special train of three cars
took the G. A. r., Carson Guard
and Ladies Relief Corps, accompan>
led by the Carson Hand to Empire,
where an invitation had been extern
del for one and all 70 enjoy the
si-ht IF mammoth celebration at
the sea port town. When the train
arrived
AT EMPIRE,
The depot was crowded with a
mass Of struggling humanity As
far as the eye could reach was to be
seen display Of the National col !
ors while down the Carson river floats
edafac smile ofthe Santa Maria that
historical ship which batrled with
the atlantic SO long on its voyage of
discovery
The city police, who were out in
force, had great difficulty in keeping
back the immense coneourse of peo~
pie, but finally the long procession
began to move.
Grand Marshall Bill Kinney
guided the procession down Main
street, which was gorgeously decked
out in red, white and blue.
After going through the Park the
ong column turned into CONNER
;ial Row, past the First National
Bank, by the Court House and New
City Hall, which were gorgeously :
decorated, on past the Riverside
Electric Light Works and up to the /;
opera House, where the crowd was
2 great as to stop the cable cars for
nearly an hour.
The Exercises in front Of the OPP
IA House were listened to by nearly
ZOO people s
Space will not permit a personal
MENTION of all who took part in the
engthy program.
Over the main entrance in large
etters was the inscriptions:
TO Religious Liberty and Free
'ublic Schools, with a portrait Of 5,
and picture # the first r.
andin4. e
The ceremonies were conducted by c
'ert Ullrick, who read the procIama- Ct
on. The flag was then raised a
In;d cheers ana s},uted by the G
shool children in the following Il
ords i
4 pledge allegiance to my flag ana T
le Republic for which ii stands. 2,
ne nation indivisihle with Liberty
nd Justice for all. Z
Jennie May, Emma Driscoll, little
i'm Woodbury., Katie Stahl and .Jen~ II
lie Lloyd and the choir handled F
leir pats in COOL style. The main of
atrfe Of the exercises was eight E
tile girls eachrepresenting aletterin so
lie name columbus" coming out in di
i'm and reciting historical verse, or
With song by the little nc
lorus of eight. They are members S.
Miss Stina Wapnar's class "