New-York tribune., 1908-05-03
BIG CATHOLIC PARADE
Continued from first page.

-,,,b cardinal Logue and ali the prelate5
ioined in hand clapping
The 1ith Regiment Band headed the second
land division. in which were fully thirteen thou
ssr5 men. the chief bodies being the knights of
columbus the Ancient Order Of Hibernians, and
.ho Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association.
po5erck J. Kennedy chief marshal Of that
division and when its front ranks were at 49th
street. the band played Onward. Christian Sol
der" and tremendous applause swept across
5s1h street. and was taken up by the thousands
in the avenue. and on the grandstand. Here and
there large groups of women ard children sang,
and the echoes Of
With the cross Of Jesus
Going on before
died away among the trees in Central Park
GREETED BY APPLAUSE EVERYWHERE.
Marshal Kennedy saluted the dignitaries as he
passed The De La Sale cadets were next in
order ard then came thousands of members of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians. their standard
bearers carrying aloft banner of green, on
which were pictures of St. Patrick and Arch
bishop Farley.
A storm Of applause greeted the numerous
councils Of the knights Of Columbus they
passed in review. headed by their splendid uni
formed body. Cardinal Logue particularly
pleased with the appearance Of the knights. on
they marched, the civilians like companies Of
regulars. eIu those OF more military hnONleuSe
with 3 celerity and evenness that won express
sions Of approval from General Barry. And all
were long and loudly cheered. The enthusiasm
below 42d street had no sooner subsided than
the multitude north of that section took up its
diving notes and carried them until they re-
solved into a tremendous expression Of ap-
rroval
When q company Of negro Catholics. repre-
senting the Church of St Benedict the Moor
came along one enthusiastic person cried The
popes black regiment" and in a second the
crowd yelled with delight The black Catholics
turned their faces toward the dignitaries- The
old Prince Of the Church was deeply impressed
Il is doubtful if any other body in the PROCESSION
received such an ovation those Catholic
negroes
John Byrre was chief marshal Of the last divis-
ion in which there We're more than fifteen thou
sand the chief organizations being the Clasoh
Point. military cadets. St. Anthony cadets ana
7etachments Of the various parishes In nearly
e--e~v instance the rectors were at the head OF
their respective parish organizations, and all
shared in the outburst Of love and deFotloh'
The crowds at the grandstand who were familiar
,.f4b the facts reserved q special cheer for Mon
sgnor Murphy. 70 whose ability and hard work
much cf the success of the festivities was due
MRS. SAGE \ SPECTATOR
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Square. proceeded to 57th street, where the
various companies disbanded or marched to
their home stations. An interested spectator
z,7e Mrs Russell Sage. who viewed the marchers
from No es2 Fifth avenue. General Barry and
the members Of the general committee joined
Archbishop Farley and his guests on the grand
stand and remained there until the last OF the
long line Vas in sight It was exactly o:Z0
O'clock when the last company passed the grand
stand
INSPECTOR Walsh was in charge of the police
at that point Hardly had the last ranks
reached 50th street than the solid mass marched
or the grandstand, and for a few moments 1t
looked as if there would be serious injury done
% some Of the enthusiastic Inspector Walsh had
toreseen Just such a crush, and had lined 5oth
street frcm Fifth avenue TO Madison avenue
with z Gordon Of blUecoats- cry went |
Up from the crowd, The Cardinal, The Car
dnal." and every man, woman and child
struggled to get a glimpse # the man in the
red robe Inspector Walsh led the way, and. |
before the crowd could realize it, had the Irish |
prince OF the Church at Madison avenue But
the crowd was in pursuit and succeeded in see
ing his bent figure slowly mounting the stairs
at the ArchbishOps house.
Despite the multitude that viewed yesterdays !
demonstration, variously estimated at between |
half and three quarters Of a million. there were
no serious accidents reported. Several women |
tainted near the gTandstand, a little girl was |
bruised in the crush, ard other minor mishaps |
occurred What might have been serious i
affair occurred at 51st street and Fifth avenue |
crowd was seated or standing top of a |
temporary structure. and under il many |
more A few steps away, at a private house, !
another crowd had gathered on a low balcony. |
IL gave way. and those on it fell to the street /
On top of one another, but not one Of them was /
seriously hurt
POLICE KEPT BUSY.
. After the procession dinners were given at |
various clubs
II vas almost / o'clock to the minute the |
unne scheduled for the parade to start, when
inspector Cortright and his squad Of mounted
men gave the signal for the march north from
18Th street and Fifth avenue. The punctual-
iiy was due ii great measure 10 the excellence
u ene police arrangements The bluecoa1s
we're everywhere long before the time set for
tDe organizations which were 10 participate
- Ihe parade began 10 arrive. There need,
~0"eVer. for their early attendance on the
e07ne' Tor hours before the paraders began to