The times., 1899-04-29
PREPARATION FOR
THE GREAT PAGEANT
Three Weeks in Which to
Complete the Work.
Great Progress Being Made in AL
the Departments.
The Various Organizations Which
VIII Participate In the National
Celebration of Peace.

The National Peace Jubilee is aboom
and Washington will experience many
changes during the next three weeks. The
three days of carnival. May %, "a, and %.
will witness wonderful celebration, and
the city will be clad in holiday raiment.
! Great preparations are being made for
| the pageant. Work has been commenced
on the floats for the several parades. De-
| signs for arches, canopies, stands. etc,
have been accepted and they will soon be
erected. The work of preparing for the
| illumination of the city. the Capitol and
other buildings will begin at once and the
big night spectacles will soon be in place
1t is expected that not less than 200 900
people Will attend the Jubilee from all
| parts of the country. a score of States
have been filled with all manner OF ad-
vertising matter. from the 24-sheet poster
to the humble handbill. Splendid rates
! have been secured on all railroads. giving
\ one-half fare for the round trip from all
points within radius of 600 miles from
Washington. This includes a ten-day
stay at the Capital before starting on the
return journey.
The committees are all hard at work
| and the general headquarters resembles a
beehive from morning until late at night
| There are now twenty three committees
| and several hundred subcommittee, in
| Guiding nearly / 500 active business and
professional men. The committees are as
| follows:
| Stands, etc. Chaplin Brown; badges and pro-
| grammes. II. p. Murphy; decorations and illumi-
nation, NJ. Dyrcnforth bands and concerts, Dr.
| +. ]. Howe; press, II. /. West; civic parade,
! William Dickson; fireworks George W Driver;
| historical pageant. V. Baldwin johnson: school
] paradcs DR.. II. p. Pardon; Jubilee reveiries, f.
b. Hay; sllutes and chimes, s s Yoder; finance,
| Capt \. Nailor, ir. special features, c. C. Lam
| caster; floral parade, Col. Henry May: advertis-
| ing, +. A. Sebring; railroads, L. NJ Saunders:
| military and naval parade, Gen. H. c. Corbin;
| privileges, j. c. Hornblower; law and order,
| Major Richard Sylvester; information and ac-
commodation, L. T. Wright; legal matters, Leo
| Simmons
The programme as adopted contains
many details and incidentals which will
| go to form a happy round of pleasure in
connection with the important items. The
| programme in brief is as follows:
First Day, May %: sunrise-National salute,
thirteen guns, from gunboats. Ringing of Metro
politan Church chimes, and program of pa
| triotic selections.
| Meridian u M.-saute to the Union, forty.
five guns, from gunboats. Fort Myer, and arsenal
grounds, simultaneously.
? O'Clock p. m.-Parade of military and naval
organizations. The parade will pass in review OF
other distinguished citizens.
| Night-Public reception by the President at the
Executive Mansion. Ringing of Metropolitan
Church chimes, and programme OF patriotic
| selections. Spectacular and aerial fireworks by
| Pains fireworks company The Battle of Ma.
na,'' and final devices: portrait of President Ne
| kinley and the Vice President; American flag,
| Sjx75 feet, 1000 feet in the air. Band concerts
at south front of Treasury Department and at
east front of the Capitol
III.
nightly.
Second Day. May 81: o'clock p m.-Parade
of flower decorated private equipages. Suitable
| prizes will be given.
Parade of civic organi=atioEs-Th parade will
| be followed by another Of fowerdeoorated BIZ
| cycles public conveyances, floral, patriotic fra
ternal and tradesmen's tableau floats business
wagons, etc, in competition. forming the most
diversified parade of the Jubilee.
| Night-Spectacular and aerial fireworks by
Pains Fireworks Company. Destruction OF Ger.
| vera's Fleet Portraits of Secretary and Assist
ant Secretary of War, and generals of the late
| war. Repetition OF the American flag. Band
concerts and Examinations.
Third Dag. May 2i-2 O'Clock p. m.-Hstorical
pageant The pageant has already been de
scribed in full, and will be one of the big fea
lures of the Jubilee There will be thirteen float.
in line besides nearly 1000 soldiers and sailors
4:30 O'Clock p. m.-At east front OF Capitol
patriotic addresses by OF the leading orator.
of the country.
Sight-Spcctacular and aerial fireworks by
Pains Fireworks Company. ''Chargc at San Juar
| HILL" Portraits OF Secretary of the Navy Ad
/ mirals Sampson and Schley. Illumination of west
front of the Capitol Columbia Bouquet "
Band concerts.
The eliminating feature of the Jubilee
will be the Jubilee Revelrie an event OF
spectacular character. in the spacious
| Convention Hall, beginning about clock
the third and last night. No person will
be allowed upon the floor of the hall un-
less In fancy or grotesque costume and
unless unmasked
Upon q stage at the hall. will be given
prior to a dancing programme the Kings
Revelriee,' the King of the Jubilee having
been previously received with appropriate
ceremonies by his court and followers