Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-30
Big N. Y. PARADE
HUDSON-FULTON COLUMN is TWO
HOURS PASSING ONE
POINT.
100000 WATCH SHOW
Contains 10000 Men Afoot, Headed by
Mcclellan and 81 FIoats-6,000
Sailors at Theatrical Perform
ance-Dr. Cook at Banquet.

New York, N. Y.-Through miles of
streets ablaze with bunting and lined
with the greatest crowd ever gathered
in New York thoroughfares, a parade
of 10000 men and 81 floats passed be-
fore the ENJOYS of "a nations partici-
pating in the Hudson-F Fulton celebra-
ton. And in it's passing, which occu.
pied two hours time, were reviewed
the epoch-making scenes of three CEN
turtles, represented in gigantic figures
of wood, plaster, paint and tinsel.
After day and night of rain. the
skies cleared, the sun came out and
with just enough crispness in the air
TO the crowd, the most spectacular
land feature of the celebration was
held without an untoward incident
From One Hundred and Tenth street
along Central park west, Fifty-ninth
street and down Fifth avenue to Wash
ington square in the lower part of the
city-the route of the parade and a
distance of over five miles-it is esti.
mated that more than 100000 people
gathered.
AS a parade it was as democratic
as it was historical, as cosmopolitan
as it was democratic. Mayor George
B. Mcclellan and Herman Ridder, vice
president of the Hudson-FultOn cele-
bration commission, headed the line
and covered the entire distance afoot.
There was no military show, no distin-
guished personages in vehicles; all,
with the exception of the platoons of
police mounted on their shiny-coated
bay horses, were afoot.
It was before a distinguished gath
ering, seated in a court of honor on
the grounds of the new Public Library
at Forty-second street and Fifth ave-
nue., that the paraders passed. Vice
President James S. Sherman was
flanked on either side by Admirals
Lepord and Seymour of the French
and English squadrons respectively.
Governor Hughes, Seth Low, Prince
Kuni of Japan and the German grand
admiral, Won Rooster were seated
nearby.
Tammany, with 1000 stalward men,
bers in "Prince Alberts' and high
hats made picturesque showing.
Squads of school children, New York
university, Columbia City college and
Rutgers college students, members of
Irish, Italian, French, Sotch, Swedish
and other cosmopolitan societies fol-
lowed, and behind them came others
and others, seemingly without end.
Everyone wore holiday humor and no
one laughed or apparently enjoyed the
silk-hatted, frock-coated and gray
gloved ranks of Tammany, led by
Charles F. Murphy, more than did Gov
ernor Hughes.
Crowds Storm Floats.
With the end of the parade at Wash
ington square, the crowds broke out
of bounds and swarmed back and forth
across the square, literally storming
the floats in an effort to get souvenirs.
1t necessitated military severity on
the part of the police to save the crea-
lions from being torn to pieces.
The police had never before been
called upon to handle so large crowd,
but acquitted themselves with credit,
for the line of march was kept well
cleared and in the brushes there were
only minor accidents, the victims of
which generally were nervous women
More than 5000 sailors from all the
ships now assembled in New York
harbor, attended the performance at
the Hippodrome as the guests of the
Hudson-Fulton commission. Practical
ly every seat in the vast theater was
occupied by bluejacket of one nation
or another and all hob-nobbed togeth-
er, swapping cigarets and tobacco and
exchanging pleasantries.
D Frederick A. Cook, the explorer,
Governor Hughes, of New York, and
Governor Fort, of New Jersey, were
among the guests at banquet tend
cred by the citizens of uptown New
York to distinguished visitors