The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-12
Majestic Ships Of War and Peace
full Carriers Of Commerce in
Stately Line
A Wilderness of Bunting on the
Sea, Deafening Roar of
Cannon.
Million People Line the Banks Of the
Kiver-CoIumbian Festivities Com
tinue In Now York.

OF New York. Brooklyn and jersey City
turned out and lined up along Fifth avenue
to witness the parade of the school children
in honor Of the Columbian Anniversary.
To-day they lined up on each side of that
greater, Rrander thorouRhfare, the Hudson
river, to witness the imposing naval par ade
to an even greater extent shan yesterday.
The city il buried in bunting, and the
fashion extended to the siRht-seers them
aelves, almost every one of whom displayed
the national colors on the lapel or elsew here,
as personal adornment. All parts of
these cities surrounding New York harbor,
except those bordering on the route OF the
parade, wee almost deserted. III 10 esti-
mated that not less than million people
were masssd on both shores from the
battery TO GRANTS tomb, to witness tho
stately p ocession aa it moved grandly up
the broad waters of the majestic Hudson.
The start was made at 1890 O'Clock from
Grsvesend bay in three columns 800 yards
apart. Foreign war vessels occupied the
center with the ships Of the United States
on either side as an escort. As they en-
tered the narrows n salute of twenty-one
guns was fred from either shore. The or
der of the parade was as follows:
The patroliinR fotilla, manned by the
naval militia of New York, to clear the
way. naval division consisting of the
United States steamer Miantonomah. the
United States flagship Philadelphia. the
French flagship L'Aretusa, United States
steamers Atlanta and Dolphin, the French
gunboat Hassard, and the survey steamer
| Blake, United States steamer Vesuvius the
| Italian cruiser Bausan. the United States
| oh i'm
| Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel. lighthouse
steamer Amerlca, revenue steamer Dexter
and the United States steamer Gushing.
4 special escorting fleet followed the ma
val division. The first division Of it was
composed of the fire and dock Departments
boats and fifteen yachts; the second divis-
| ion of seventeen municipal boats and sew
enteen yachts; the third division of thir-
teen steamboats,; fourth of fifteen steam
and ferryb boats; fifth of twenty-five steam
boats and tugs; seventh Of twenty eight
propellers, steamboats, and tugs; eighth of
twenty-five tugs and propelle s; ninth of
: eight meI chantmen; tenth of fourteen mer-
chantmen, and the eleventh of floats illus
tratinR the prog ess of ship building since
the days of Columbus.
The last of the feet of the naval reserve,
consisted of sixteen tugs, divided into four
squadrons As the parade passed the Bat
tery park another salute of twenty one guns
was fired. ! hen the mighty host along the
procession continued on its course up the
river the cheers swelled to mighty roar
from hundreds of thousands of throats.
When One Hundred and Twenty fifth
street was reached the boats cast anchor
and Mayor Grant, with municipal guests,
pa ssed along the line amid the booming of
cannon, and the parade was at an end.
Never before was shipping in she harbox
SO profusely decorated as to-day. Forests
of mnsts on both North and East rivers
were hung full of futtering flags, ana
when the anchors of the war fleet were
weighed and the command of Commodore
Erben communicated by signal to the ves-
sells to move down stream to the rendezvous
below the Narrows, salute after salute rang
out in the deep diapason or the shrill roar
of the steam craft while colors were dipped
in honor of passing men of war. The spirit
of carnival was abroad in all the waters of
the beautiful harbor. ocean steamers, barks,
, fishing schoonsrs, tug boats. ferry boats.
excursion steamers and even numbering
lighters, pile drivers. grain elevators and
ali odd and shapeless craft seen
about the rivers, being bright
with bunting. As the parade
advanced up the river, the tugs of the naval
reserve were kept busy driving back excur-
sion boats and other craft. There was one
, small. low lying craft that easily eluded
the efforts of the officers to keep the for
eign element out of the parade. Like a
flash of light upon the green waters of the
harbor IT dHrted in and out at Will among
staid old warships. passing them as though
4 they we g at anchor Even the bare legged
urchin, dangling out on the end string
piece, knew this fairy like craft Even as
l he impaired the knowledge to his oompan-
ions, 40 did the others in different grades
of life point out the little yacht as the
Vamoose, VIM. Il. Hearsts wonderful water
1horouRhb ed.
At eight o'clock this evening the parade
OF Catholic societies WAS started at Fifty
ninth street and Eighth avenue. They
1 marched to Broadway and Fourth streets,
where the parade disbanded. There were
1000 Catholics i'll line under command of
a Fathers keefe and bowling Archbishop
Corrignn reviewed the parade as it passed
the orphan asylum. In the Seventh regi-
/ ment armory the German singing societies
t held festival. There were over 400 voices
} in the chorus.
The fireworks display on the BROOKLYN
bridge began at 1880 and lasted until mid
night, the display being gorgeous. There
were iluminatons in tho shape of Chinese
suns. six feet in circumference, and the
illuminating power of which enabled them
, : to be seen twenty five miles. As wind-up
! to the evening there was q second fall OF
Niagara, occupying the length of the bridge
. from tower to tower. Immediately after
' this display five thousand rockets were fired
off simultaneously iii the form of u bouquet.
Practically Disbandcd.
Nrw York. Oct. 1.-THE advisory conf
mittee of the Western Traffic association