The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-10-14
THE 4OOth
ANNIVERSARY
Appropriately Celebrated
The GrandeSt Military and Civic Display
Ever Seen in New York.
The Columbus Monument Unveiled in
Central Park.

NEW York. Oct. l2.-This. the third
day of the Columbus iubiation. was one
Of Gods own making The blue waters
of harbor and of rivers are today bluer
than ever in the softened sunlight that
falls through the haze of autumn time.
Enough breeze was stirring to lift mil
lions of flags into graceful movement.
The season seemed through the day to
have paused in complacent Incidence to
watch the doings on this island Of Man
haitian. The fore-reach of winter was
Just enough obtrusive to crisp the |
atmosphere. SO it was that the hosts of
paraders and hosts of onlookers we're |
comfortable in their exercise and in |
their packed conditions. a glorious day
has it been and glorious spectacle of
military flash and color and glorious
aggregation of piled together humanity.
The first formality of the day ashore
took place at q o'clock this morning.
Then it was that at the battery wall old
glory was run up to meet and greet the
first sunlight coming over the Long
Island woods The great big starry ban
ner caught the yellow CLINT of the suns
! light level bars as it shot about the barge
/ office tower. The ceremony of hosting
old glorJ was performed by &. X. Forbes.
who was surrounded by an escort Of the
| Anderson Square Veterans association
in full inform. Early as was the hour
there was IA crowd of people present to
witness it and cheered as the flash Of the
surise Gun from Fort Chambers off the
battery gave the signal for the red, white
and blue to the breeze Hardly had the
blue cncircling smoke disappeared into
the morning breeze when New lork
seemed to have awakened into a state Of
GLAD activity. Throughout the still
morning hours portable stands and carts
built up with slanting rows Of seats be
gan to be statiOued at points of
vantage from the Battery up Broadway
to Fourth street. then west around Wash
ington square to Fifth avenue, TO Fourth
street, to Fourth avenue, to Seventeenth
street. to Fifth avenue and to Fifty
nnty street, whore the parade was event
uallv TO disband. The route Just men
toned was the one followed by the great
military parade. and it is safe to say that
: u
seat or standing room to be had
anywhere in the windows. on the roofs,
ON the steps. lamp posts, stands or else
where. where human being, large or
small could find ii perching place.
Fabulous prices were paid for windows
and balconies. in fact. only a millionaire
or a person born under the most lucky
star could aspire to a seat IN the latter.
Fully 1000 men ny the time the pa
, rade was started at 10 IL. IN. were either
, on the march or ready tojoin in with the
parade led by General McMahon. His
, fifty aides with gaudy sashes looked like
United States cavalry. Meanwhile the
central point of congested humanity was
: at and about the reviewing stand ir
Madison square. The crush was simply
,iabolical At ! o'clock music was
heard down the avenue and soon the
white coats. the Imposing trappings and
= the bear skin hats Of the "Old Guard.
in charge Of Gen. Mclean. headed by
the 'Dld Guard" band came in sight. II
was the escort Of Governor Flower anJ
, staff The guard then went to the Fifth
g avenue hotel and escorted Vice President
I Morton to the stand 1t was after II
. o'clock when Mai jor General SchOtield
and the members of the cabinet were
F. escorted from the Fifth avenue hotel tc
e the reviewing stand by squad Of police
Baron Fava. the ltalian minister. oc
a cupiei the position of honor beside the
I governor and vice president. The head
OF the grand pageant reached the cit!
! hall at 1923 IA. nj. Grand Marshal Gen
= Monahan and his aides were loudly
: cheercd by the thousands on the CRANE
e stand. and. bowing gracefully. he ac
o knOwledged the ovation with wave q
s his baton. But the hand clapping ano
I applause were even louder as the cadet,
: of the United States military academy a
g West Point in p'atoons and level lines o
quiet gray went by. They were march
= ing for the honor Of the first militar,
g school in the world and they knew ever,
|. eye was upon them. Their guns hao
o one varying slant, their step was the pre-
cision of clockwork, With band he
tween followed the Ninth infantry. Col
:, G. c. partlett commanding. mounted on
u a coal black charger that curreted It
e the strains OF the band. These regular,
i had an easier and more swinging stcl
!. than the cadets and their move
). ments were not quite So even
= They also carried Ahclr guns with less
S care rs to alignment. but they ncverthr
less .Iada "A brave show. Other regulars