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Show FOUR CENTURIES Since the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus AND NEW YORK CELEBRATES In a Manner Unprecedented in Recent History The Festivities Commenced Com-menced Today With Keliicioas Herviees in the Jewish Churches, to Be Followed by Christian Churches Tomorrow C.rand Military Mili-tary and Civic Pageant. New York, Oct 8 The week of celebration celebra-tion in honor of the four hundredth anniversary anni-versary of ths discovery of America by Columbus begins here today. In anticipation anticipa-tion of the events in connection with it the city has been decorated as never before. Along Broadway,, from the Battery to Harlem and on most of the minor streets scarcely a break exists in the stretches of bunting. Tho services today and tomorrow are religious. Today religious exercises were held in commemoration of the event in all the Jewish churches, many of them very impressive and beautiful. Tomorrow To-morrow the Christian churches will commemorate com-memorate the event, Monday there will bo a grand parade of 4000 school ehildren, public, parochial and private, and the Indian boys from the government school. In the evening there wiil be an Illumination of the Brooklyn bridge. Tuesday there will be a naval parade with war ships from all the great naval powers, followed by the swift trans-Atlantic liners, merchantmen and steam yachts. In the evwuiug there will be a stupendous display of fireworks from the Brooklyn bridge. Wednesday, anniversary day, will be inaugurated with the booming of cannon, followed by a military and civic parade, in which it is expected -100, W0 per-sons per-sons will take part. Then the Columbus monument will be dedicated. In the evening even-ing there will be a gorgeous pageant. |