The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-20
GRAND REVIEW AND PARADE
CLOSE WEEK OF SUCCESSES
Magnificent Pageant Witnessed By ThOuS-
andS Who Thronged Broad
Street.
FRATERNAL ORDERS OF CITY WERE IN LINE
Great Richmond Carnival and Free Street Fair Now
Thing Of the Past, But Was the
Greatest of Its Kind.
THE CELEBRATION SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS
THE CELEBRATION SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS
The Crowds Who Witnessed the Exercises or
Carnival Week Reached Enormous Proper
tons-OVer One Hundred Thousand Visit
ors Estimated to Have Been Present.
Interest Manifested Was Some
thing Heretofore UnknoWn

The Great Richmond Carnival and Free
Street Fair is now a thing of the past
The long and impatienuy awaited ceie-
bration has been held, and 1t came luliS
up to and even surpassed the most san
suine expectations. 1t proved the great
est affair of its kind that this secuo1i
eyer knew and was surpassed only by
the New Orleans Mardi Gras 1here
have been Carnivals and Free Street
Fairs held in various cities OF the East
and West but these We're lar surpa7S'so
in extent. eIaborateness and character Oh
the exfibjts by the Richmond ceiebra-
,;on Parties who had been in attend
a,ca at these various Street-tairs are
authority for the statement lila1 'iie
Richmond Carnival outclassed anstiiiils
ot a similar character ever atte1npteu
in this country. The greatest crowds
that ever assembled in Richmond VIII
.,ttast 10 the truth of the statement
mat the Great Richmond CarilNai anu
Free Street-Fair was an unquanheo SUI
cess.
CLOSING FEATURES.
The closing festivities of the gaia week
were held last night, when the review
and fraternal parade and mlhic Niaiui
Iras took place. ,,,+,,
,rna u,arade was one of particular eeauty-
w. Io,,r, Ii,,o nj the members of the secret
societ.es, with their resalia and the i1oa,s,
representing the principles of each, caught
.,..rx eve while the handsomely-costumeu
Hnir,,ts of the Golden Horseshoe were
again the favo:ites-
ORDERS IN LINE.
The orders represented in the line were
The Junior order Of United American Me-
chanics, Knights Of TytAtas, and me fSoSal
arcanu,n. OF these the Juniors mad 'sie
largest representation by a great nuii,ps.
Each order had beautiful lloats' ana e'et9
one a work af art.
The parade formed on Adams and
Grace Streets, and were slightly delayed
at the start by the failure OF sollie %
the participants to report on unle.
The column was headed by the COM
nlittee on Paradas in costume Oh the
knights OF the Golden Horseshoe. anu
we're under Colonel II. c. Jones, chatr-
r,an %axt came the Knights under
Colonel Hawes.
O'N HARRY. THE FIRST.
DIRECTLY following these was cavai-
caae which caused much laughter ana
endowment to the spectators Inns "as
tn, g1,ard of honor TO King Harry l, OF
the House of Eichelherser Mounted
,,,on camels. as was also His Majesty.
ode the Kings body guard, "Abduia'
an morgan r. Nillsl, Allah tA1r
eugene IA. Cloves, 'tAhud" Chr. "A. II.
NTeyer,. All were clad in the costumes
of tne desert and their mounts were ied
by native Arabs. King Harry ana ms
rnards attracted much attention as thes
PASSED down Broad Street at swlhsihs
trot, armed with feo lights siio ~ i-t'7
StS
King Henry I, OF the House OF Naien-
tine. King of the Carnival, appeared IN
closed carriage with his court officers
in their saudy robes.
THE JUNIORS.
Ne~t came the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics. nine hundred
strong. and representing eight councils.
,rhsse were led by Mr.. Davis Botton'
chief marshal, and staff as follows; a.
c. Nelson. chief OF stan; r. b. Whar'on'
IT l.. Woodson, L. ". Miller. w O.
nay C. Eearlnan, w. a. Stock, S. A.
Safa,,an aud C. A Hin. Mr.. Bottom
.,n6 staff were mounted. and wore the
reralia of the order. Following the ch1ef
marshal came the councils IN order
named: Rescue, No. i, l5o men, unuer
= C. Gorman: Patrick Henry, NO. II
$50 men, under o. c. Markham Seiel SON.
No ~ so men, under j. j. Davis; a.
w Glenn. No. Z. 100 men, under Il. J.
CARTON: Grove. No. 40, 40 men. under l..
G. waldrop: Goodwill, No 2e 80 men
,,h,ser ]. r.. Jewell: Aurora, No. IS 16o
men under 7. ]. Dance; r. e. Lee, No.
II. 200 men. under a. L. Jones.
The men marched in a column of
+,-aa the t,rst three wearing red sashes,
The next white and the third blue. making
the sold alternate colors throughout the
live The effect was beautiful Head
ang the column Of the Juniors was
beautifully constructed float repsesensIns ing
rear of the column was a handsome
aoat representing the modern brick
school l-house. showing the object OF the
organization. ~
THE PYTHIANS.
The next in line was the knights OF
Pythias. with very handsome float rep
resenting Pythian Castle This float
contained eighteen men in costume, and
was decorated with the banners OF the
nine lodges in this ci-y. The float was
presided over by the Red Devil with tail
ard horns.
FslfsvtnE this was the Uniform Rank.