The sun., 1898-10-29
The Great Civic Pageant Was
Viewed by a Large Mass
Of Cheering Patriots
T INDEPENDENCE HALL
The Mayor Of Philadelphia De
livered the Grafton, Whilst 5000
School Children Sang Ap.
prOpriate Airs.-.Beautiful
Floats In the Parade.
Special Dispatch to The SUN.

IHILhDELfilh, WV So' 1uC NuAV'
and last day OF the Peace Jubilee in this
city opened this morning with every
promise of good weather, which held out
for the day. The wind, which was yes
terday little too sharp and penetrating
for the comfort of the spectators on the
open grand stands, moderated in the
night, and to-day, while tire tempe ature
was considerably lower than that of yes
terday, the cold was not so hard to en-
dure.
There were two events of almost equal
Importance arranged for the final day ot
the Jubilee; one, the rededication oi
Independence Hail. and the other the
civic parade, which was postponed from
Wednesday until this morning owing to
bad weather.
The exercises of the day began at l0
O'Clock with the rededication of Inde-
pendence Hall. Governor Hastings pre-
sided, and the oration was delivered by
Mayor Warwick, while 5000 school
children, who occupied the great stand
behind the speakers platform, sang
patriotic songs. At the conclusion OF
the exercises the Governor and the coni-
mittee rode at the head of the procession
until the reviewing stand, in the shade "
of the triumphal arcn was reached, when
they took seats and reviewed the parade
The parade was a great civic pageant
ot the Jubilee, representing in its enor-
nous length scores Of trades, organiza-
tions and schools. and its every feature
,f SnlI ha-
fore, has there been parade OF this
character so free from the monotony OF
the commonplace. To.day's procession
was in this respect revelation, and one
that was appreciated not a little by the
crowds that sat foi hours on the stands
or peered from windows and honsetops
along the route There were number
of dignitaries and notables at various
points on the line of march, aud each
was accorded generous applause as
soon as recognized General George A..
Snowden, with his fifty aides, heading
the pageant rode from start to finish be-
tween continuous living, cheering walls
OF appreciative and delighted humanity.
The most imposing feature of the
parade, however, Was the great number
of elaborate floats built especially y for the
occasion. The city of PhiIade lphia built
fourteen floats which were said to sur
pass anything OF the kind ever before
constructed in this country. They were
entitled columbus at the Court OF
Spain" "The Landing OF Columbus"
''rhe Birth of the American Flag,
"Washington Crossing the Delaware
'Our Reunited Country Limited Blue
and Gray" Liberty" dewey at Ma
nila," "United We Stand for Civilization
and Peace, "Hobson' Raft, "A Lesson
in Humanity" proud of Her Boys
"After Many Years." "A Trifle Embar-
rassed' and "Our Heroes"
The art schools Of the city prepared a
number of floats representing different
periods of art. Among the institutions
having floats in line were the Phlladel-
phia School of Design for Women, the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum with
four floats representing our new colonies,
''The Philippines" Hawaii y Porto
Rico' and Cuba" and the Master
Builders Mechanical Trades School.
The parade was reviewed by Mayor
and other city officers from the review
lIlS SldIlu III tiC SpuIN' vi AAoAbi. AAN
streets were almost az crowded as they
were yesterday, Though thousands OF
persons left the city after the departure
OF the Presidential party last night.
The civic parade was reviewed by Gov
ernor Hastings, Mayor Warwick, James
Pollock, Chairman Of the Civic Commit
tee; Henry Clay, Chairman OF the Mill
tary and Naval Committee; and others.
Among those on the stand 4were Mrs.
Pickett, widow of the famous Coincide
rate General; Lady Jane Gray Terrence,
Co,onel W. W. Alien, Miss Le Master,
Miss Leckler, Miss Huston, W. A. Con-
nor and Mrs. Connor, Councilman Jacob
j. Seeds, Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, and Mrs. Seeds, Commodore Jo'
siah r. Adams, vino had charge of the
naval review on Tuesday, and Mrs.
Adams, Mrs. Z. Il. Adams, Miss Rig.
neur, Fleet Captain Thomas Peterson, OF
the Philadelphia Yacht Club, Secretary
of the Commonwealth Dav id Martin and
ladies', Receiver Of Taxts R~ney and
ladies', Mr. and Mrs. Forrest b. English,
Louis +. Bcitler, private secretary to
Governor Hastings, and ladies, Mrs. X
Emmett L. Wilson, Misses Cora and
Cornelin English, Miss Jeanne i. Locke.
Mrs. J. Sperng and daughters, Miss
Grace Peterson.
Over $4,000 participated in the parade.
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