The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-29
OVER 100000
SEE BIG PARADE
TWENTY THOUSAND MEN AND 54
FLOATS IN LINE IN
NEW YORK.
WITH FOUR DIVISIONS
All The Epoch Making Events of the
Last Three Centuries Were De-
picted -- Prominent Men
Marched Miles.

New York. Sent. 2S.-Through the
streets aecu.a.en 40 6@n.srg, and
lined WIN rAe greatest crowd ever
gathered in New York thoroughfares,
parade of 10000 men and "a floats
passed today before the ENJOYS of
twenty-one nations participating il
the Hudson-Fulton celebration. In
passing the epoch making events of
three centuries, represented in gigan-
tic figures of wood, plaster, paint and
tinsel, were reviewed.
100000 See Parade.
From 10th street along Central
Park West and down Fifth avenue to
Washington square, over five miles,
it is estimated that more than two
million people were gathered. From
roofs, towers, windows, grandstands
erected almost the entire length OF
the route, fortunate thousands viewed
the spectacle, while enormous crowds
surged against the police liens at the
curb.
The parade was dramatic, historical
and cosmopolitan Mayor McClelland
and Herman Ridder. vice president of
the celebration commission, covered
the entire distance afoot There was
no military show or vehicles. All,
with the exception or platoons Of po-
lice, were afoot. The numerous patrl-
otto scenes were wildly cheered.
Among these were pulling down the
statute of George Ill.," Publishing
The Constitution "Storming Stony
Point" Capture of Andre, Wash
instan Taking the Oath of Office.
Seated in the court of honor on the
grounds of the new public library at
43rd street were Vice-President Sher-
man, Governor Hughes. foreign er-
voys and other notables.
Tamamny had her stawarts iu
frock coats and high hats Squares
of school children, college students
and members of cosmopolitan socie.
ties followed Then others, seemingly
without end
People Wanted Souvenirs.
With the end of the parade at Wash
ington Square, the crowds literally
stormed the floats in an effort to ge;
souvenirs. It necessitated military
severity by the police to save the Gre
atoms from being torn to pieces.
Six thousand sailors from all the
ships attended performance in the
Hippodrome tonight, the guests of
thn celebration cny1l m ic
Dir. Cook Governor Hughes, and
Governor Fort were among the
guests of a banquet rendered by the
citizens of uptown New York to the
distinguished visitors
The Great Parade.
The line of parade had to be select
ed with great care because of the
great size of the floats, which are
said to be the largest and most elah-
crate ever exhibited. They vary in
dimensions from 20 to 40 feet high, 80
feet long and IA feet wide. They could
not pass under the elevated railroad,
and even the electric decorations of
the Court of Honor and reviewing
stands on Fifth avenue, opposite the
new public library, had to be changed
at the last moment to accommodate
them.
The four main divisions summar-
ICED the history of the country. First
come the Indian period, with floats de-
picting the Five Nations with their
totems, the legend of Hiawatha, the
pF rIo i
in kissing snakes, and then a success
sion of allegories.
The Dutch period followed with
floats representing the discovery OF
the Hudson river; the fate of Henry
Hudson who was set adrift by his mu-
tinous crew in Hudson Bay in 1911
and never recovered; the reception
to Peter Stuyvesant, most famous OF
the Dutch governors general; the first
ship built on Manhattan Island, and
other matters of like typical signif
canoe. All impersonations in this Ill
vision are by the United Holland So
c'eties.
The Colonial Division.
The third division, colonial, was
treated with greater amplitude thar
any of the others. Twenty-one floats
depicted as many scenes and legends
from the reception of Schuylers Iii
dans to the pursuit of Ichabod Crane
by the headless horseman OF Sleep,
Hollow Impersonations and escorts
we're by the English societies, repre-
senting British rule, at the front
The Society of the Colonial Wars
the Junior Order of American Me
chanics; the Patriotic Order of Son
of America; the United Irish Socit
ties; the Sons of the Revolution; th
American Continentals; lineal dc
scendants of Paulding and Van War'