The record-union., 1895-04-17
A Great Parade Takes Place in
the Southern California City.
OVER TWO HOURS IN PASSING A
GIVEN POINT.
SIX Prisoners Make Their Escape From
the County jail at Madera-Contest
to be Made on the Lead Pencil Doc
ument Alleged to be the Last VIII
of the Late Senator Fair.
special to the RrcoRn-ux1or.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
Los ANGELES, April 16.-An Los An
geles was astir at an early hour to- day,
and long before the hour when the popu-
lace IS abroad the streets presented an
animated appearance The street cars
were crowded almost from the first trip,
as the residents from the surrounding
suburbs made their way to the business
section of the city, and the sidewalks pre-
sented an animated appearance. 1t was
the opening of the Fiesta, and all Los
Angeles was apparently determined to
make it the success it deserved.
The magnificent spectacle of the parade
demonstrates that Los Angeles is equal
TO all occasions, and can do herself proud,
no matter what she undertakes. Not
wlthstanding the immense length and
variety of the floats and other features of
to-day's pageant, there was a series Of
floats that represented the growth and
historical changes OF this locality, around
which the interest centered. This is why
to-day the parade was called the pageant
of the Pacific,
While the nineteen floats of the pageant
constituted the chief interest in the parade
to-day, it would be unjust not to state
That the displays Of the seven other divis-
ions III point of splendor surpasses all ef-
forts In the same direction last year. The
doubling IhOmases who did not expect
such magnificent results are all ready in
their testimonial to the gentlemen who
devised the floats, and che wonderful
manner in which they were executed.
The floats Of the pageant OF the Pacific
were effects alike pleasing TO erudite on
account of the historical points they rem
4,
their brllliaucy and artistic effect. The
conception OF having something besides
the conventional parades common in the
Eastern cities, where splendor and mag
nlhcence alone were the objects striven
for, has res ulted i'll giving an added zest
to the appreciation of what now appears
TO be an established institution of this city
La Fiesta.
The series of nineteen floats were his
torlc IN illustration Of the vast empire IN
the PacinC countries OF North and south
America. Twelve floats were devoted to
the Spanish pioneers, missionaries and
the native tribes with whom they came in
contact, others TO the tribes of Pacific
Oceanica, Robinson Crusoe and the Aleu-
tlans, while others were descriptive of
the a American civilization OF the Pacific
At an early hour brougham with it's
four prancing steeds and all all2me with
the CLEAN of fiesta cOlors stopped in
lFOnI OF the queens door, ana received
her gracious majesty and bore her in state
to the university station, where she was
received on board a Pullman waiting to
bring her into the city. All the maids
Of honor awaited her. There were
twenty of them, and they, too,
had been gathered up by the diff
terent vehicles in little groups and
whirled out of the city to the station to
meet the Queen. When the train whirled
into the station and the cavacade was
the court and outsiders were all in the
line of march. 1t formed q beautiful
feature of the day parade. The maids OF
honor were all in white and they all car
ried white parasols, like inverted morn
ing glories, and they wore great Leghorn
hats with white flowers and snowy rib
bons floating in the breeze. The center
of all was the Queen Of the Fiesta. From
the crown Of her golden juliet cap to the
tiny golden slipper she was every inch a
queen. The golden brocaded robe and
rich blue velvet, the glittering, shining
mass OF jewels that flashed and sbone in
the sunshine, lent a magnificeuce to her
stately beauty.
The parade was over two hours in pass
ing given point, and was greeted with
applause all along the line.
This evening Hazards Pavilion was
packed with merry-mak and grand
concert took place. The feature for
tomorrow will be a grand illuminated
parade IN the evening, embracing the
pageant of the Pacific, and grotesuue
military and other organizations, in
which many novel features will be intro
duced.