St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-09
GOTHAM DECKED OUT.
New York Will Celebrate
Americas Discovery in a
Fitting Manner.
The Old Town Decorated
From Castle Garden to
Harlem.
Religious Services by the
Hebrews Begin the Cele-
bration.
One Hundred Thousand EX-
pected in Line in Wednes-
days Parade.

atty under the sun, excepting possibly
the Hottentots and Chinese, will take
part In the celebra ton commemorative
of the discovery of America by Column
bus, to be held in this city during the
next six days beginning today. For the
last three days New York has been
decorating as she never decorated
before. From old Castle Garden to
Harlem there is scarcely a break. 1t is
almost one continuous line of decoration,
not only on Broadway. but on the less
prominent thoroughfares, And, from
the general effect, there seems to be
enough flags, bunting and drapery of
various kinds to encircle the globe
with a monstrous band of red, white
and blue, green and yellow. Solemn,
dignified old Trinity and PauFs have
taken OH gorgeous array of bright col
Ors that almost make them appear
young again. The business blocks, the
private dwellings, the hotels and places
of amusement, are gracefully. beauti-
fully hung with bunting and flags.
Religious Services.
The services today and tomorrow will
be religious. Today the Hebrews; to-
morrow the Christians will offer thanks
to the Almighty. each after his manner
of belief. for having guided Columbus
to America and for having established
here government of religious freedom.
There will be parade of students and
school boys Monday morning at 10
O'Clock. 1t will be parade that could
hardly be reproduced in any other coun-
try in the world. 1t will be 400 600 strong.
There will be 10000 sturdy New York
public school boys, 10000 free school
children. 5000 youths from the parochiai
of whom will appear in caps and gowns,
1t will be a magnificent display of the
rising generation, a sample Of what may
be expected twenty years hence,
rebuEe to the croaking peSSimists who
would have you believe the world is
going to the bow-wOwS. Included in
this parade Will be 500 Indian boys from
the government school at Carlisle.
s.The Triumph of Columbus''
will be sung by chorus of 800 voices at
the Carnegie music hall in the evening,
and after that is over the great bridge
across the East river will be Illuminated.
Colored fire will be burned on top of the
lofty piers, and the huge girders and
monster cables will be lit up with gilt
ter of electricity.
The naval parade will be the feature
Of Tuesdays programme. In that will
appear war ships from all the great
powers of the earth, the pick of Eng
lands navy, men-of-war from France,
Italy and Spain, swift cruisers from the
tria and the Philadelphia. Atlanta,
Vesuvius and Montonomah, OF the
white squadron, floating the glorious
stars and stripes. The sister republics
of South America will also be re pre-
scented. Plucky little Chilli will send
the famous Capt Pratt as a representa-
tive of her naval powers.
Following the vessels of war will
come the fleet of ocean grey hounds.
Then will come 100 merchantmen and
steam yachts. In the entire parade it is
estimated there will be from 200 to 3OU
vessels.
The Line Will Form
at Gravesend bay at 1880 p. M, and
thence Will move up the bay to point
in North river opposite the Grant monu-
ment.
In the evening the Roman Catholic
societies will parade and be reviewed
by Archbishop COrrigan; the German
SlHSluS SOclctlto VIII DIT Lll6 same time
give Il concert at the Seventh reg iment
armory. But the greatest attraction of
the night will be at Brooklyn bridge.
From the lofty arches of that modern
wonder will be given display of fire.
works that will startle even the old
Fourth of July veterans. From the top
of the great span to the water will be
Niagara Falls" of fire 500 feet long and
$50 feet high. Then there will be ma T.
wells of Roman candles, sky rockets and
colored fire.
AS the first rays of the sun appear
above the horizon Wednesday morning,
Oct. IL, the few inhabitants who have
had the hardihood to go to bed will be
aroused by the booming of the cannon.
There Will be such bombardment, the
likes of which has not yet disturbed the
peaceful waters of New York harbor.
BY the time the smoke from the belch-
ing cannon has cleared away the parade
will form.
Parade Participants.
1t will surpass anything in the way of
parade that has yet been produced in
New York or in America since the close