San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-16
CHARITY CIRCUS.
GRAND STREET PAGEANT VIEWED
BY THOUSANDS.
Largest Parade Seen For Years
Three Bands, A Calliope and
Hundreds of Rare Animals
and Fine Performers.

The weather was all it could be
wished this morning for circus
day, being cool and cloudy.
The streets were filled with a
curious; expectant throng all
morning, from s o'clock until II,
the hour that the parade moved
down Flores street to the business
centre. By this hour the streets
and walks were so crowded as to
make pedestrianism almost an i'm.
possibility.
When the parade appeared, it
was headed by Mounted Police
men Mitchell and Parker and
moved across Military and Main
plazas, through Soledad and
Houston streets, to Alamo plaza,
around this plaza to Alamo street,
and down Commerce to Flores
street, and thence back to the cir
Gus grounds near the Arkansas Pass
depot.
After the policemen came Grand
Marshal Will Sullivan and his aids,
then a four horse road wagon of
Woodward & Briggs, the wagon
containing the officers of the circus,
Messrs. George Walker, ]. j. Ste
vens, Irwin, Feight and others. A
clown came next and then followed
Carl Beck's fine band.
l.. P. Peck's elephant, "TeXas"
came next, and then Woodward &
Briggs exhibit cage, containing a
deer and dog, passed in review.
James Clavin's cage, followed by
a baboon Gagged, representing
Scholz's Palm garden, preceded
George Koerner's cage Of beautiful
goats, while L. Wolfson's man.
moth cage came after them, con-
tanning the most harmless animal
known to the world, dude.
Ronse & Wahlstab had a cage
containing boy with big Ger
man hound.
Newton & Weller had a cage Of
monkeys and birds, en-. Aiken
donkey, and then came two more
ClOW III Col
Frank Bros. cage came next and
then two more clowns in a police
patrol wagon drawn by a donkey,
after which the equestrian per-
formers passed by. w. D'Albinps
cage, in.which was a swan, came
next and following were Pancoast
& Sons colored prize fighters, G. A.
Showers cage of monkeys, colored
clowns on donkey back, eques-
TRANS and bareback performers,
Wagner & Chabot's $4,000 beauty,
"Queen ILL.," more clowns, Soils
Brass band, Zouave costumes, Ben
nett's Horse and Dog show, Bicyc-
lists in boomers, HofheinZ's pony
cart and miniature drag, Mayer
& Adler's cage, Daniel in
the Lions Den; Merchants
Transfer company, "a heavy tioat,)
r. Becker's cage, with dog and boy;
the phonograph, Silverthorn &
Wagner, Wolff & Marx, very pref.
ty design, with jubilee singers on
top the cage; Staacke Bros, with a
cage Of ducks; Moke Millinery
company, with an OK team float
and a snake with imported snake
charmer and southern darkies;
Kypfer & Seng, Bon Ton Millinery
company, Spring" beautiful de-
sign; Lujan Shoe Store, White
Machine company, orphans on
pretty float, the Fifth cavalry
band and two troops Of cavalry, in
costume Of Arabs; cowboys and
Indians Of the Wild West show,
and last of all the great calliope Of
G. n. Leroux.
The performance began at 2 o'clock
sharp, and at the hour the LIGHT
goes to press is in full swing. 1t
began with the usual grand entry,
of all the performers, and act after
act is succeeding in rapid success
sion, to the great amusement Of a
tremendous crowd in attendance.
Peanuts, lemonade and balloons
are selling rapidly, while the chew
ing gum is going like hot cakes.
1t is expected tonight's perform
ance will far eclipse the attendance
Of the afternoon.
The young lady riding with
Marshal Sullivan in the parade
was Miss de Rudio, daughter Of
Capt. de Rudio, of the United
States Post Sam Houston.
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