Evening journal., 1905-10-31
ALL IS READY
FOR BIC PARADE
The Procession Will Move
Promptly at $50 From
Second and Harmony
speeIal b rhe Evenlng Jonrnal.


New Castle, oct S1.-At $50 O'Clock
tonight Chief Marshal Captain c. r.
Ilolcomb of the Halloween procession
viii give the order to move and one
thousand or more men, women and
children maskers will fan i'm line 20
take part in one Of the greatest "Holler
Eve celebrations that New Castle has
ever Witnessed.
The parade viii form at $50 O'Clock
on Harmony street. right resting on
Front street Horsemen will form on
Second street, north and south Of Har-
mony. Clubs viii form on Third street.
north and south of Harmony. Individ,
ual clubs viii form on Fourth street,
north and south Of Harmony. Wagons
floats, etc. on Fifth street north and
south Of Harmony.
The formation viii be as follows:
Chief marshal and six aides, band
First division-Marshal and three
aides horsemen, (hrst section in civ
ilian clothes, second In mask) band.
Second division Marshal, three
aides, clubs, individual maskers. floats,
teams automobiles.
The route is as follows: South on
Front 10 Delaware, to Ninth, 10 Young,
TO Tenth, TO Gray, to Ninth, to South,
to Third, To Delaware, TO Second, to
Chestnut TO Third, to Delaware. to
Fifth to South to Fourth, to Harmony.
TO Front to Delaware, to Opera House
and dismiss.
Horsemen are requested to report at
Second and Harmony streets not later
than 7.45 o'clock.
IN addition to the clubs and organi-
cations already mentioned that win be
i'm line the Lenape Fire Company. sixty
members strong, viii take part in the
procession and viii take out the entire
apparatus appropriately decorated for
the OCCASION. The Second Street
Calithumpian Band" composed of so
boys win also form part Of the pa
rade and Will be equipped with musical
, instruments Of all descriptions.
PLENTY or ILLUMINATION.
The committee on judges yesterday
selected five prominent citizens who
win pass upon the merits of the clubs
. and individuals IN line and who VIII
decide the prize winners. They viii be
stationed upon the upper porch Of the
Gilpin House. from which they can OBJ
tain "a fun view of the paraders The
block on Delaware streets between
Second and Third streets viii be H.
Illuminated by ten arc electric lights OF
2000 candle power each four OF which
will be located in front Of the armory
directly opposite the judges stand
These lights were installed by the Del,
aware Water Improvement Companl
and the trolley. company today A
soon as a prize winner is selected
messenger boy win be dispatched frou
the stand to notify the Individual O
club TO call at the Opera House an
receive the prize awarded
So great has been the demand fo
red fire that the stock has been ex
hausted and Ii was necessary for deal
ers to send to Philadelphia for an ex
ira supply Already 500 pounds hav
been purchased or ordered. nearly 10
pounds of whichc viii be burned in tn
vicinity of the judges stand.
+ During the course of the processio
and after Il is over no one win be ad
r mitted into the Opera House withou
tickets and officers viii be statione
at the door to see that this order
carried into effect. Ticket sellers wi
be on hand early I'm the evening to sup
ply an those who desire admittance {
the masked ball. and the vaudeville per
A., formahce which viii preoede its open
= ing.
TO APPOINT SPECIAL OFFICERS
~ Mayor Evan c. Boyd today appoint
ed "a number of special officers wit
y fun power TO make arrests and main
D. tain order. These men viii be sta
sr toned at various points along the lin
ST of parade and will take into custod
s. any unrllV or unduly bOisterOus peI
r- sons. Mayor Boyd also cautions per
10 sons who leave their homes unproteci
N ed druing the parade to see that the
" houses are properly closed up an
D. locked
Id Several additional prizes have bee
offered, among which is a pair Of
49, shoes from Robert shaw for the be-
decorated wagon in line and a ran
piece of decorated ohinaware by
Stokes Goodwin for the fattest ne
gress