Show the inauguration celebration in the closing dayube april and the first of may an event occurs that is witnessed only in a lifetime the centennial celebration of the inauguration augu ration of george washington as president of the united states the metropolitan says it will be H monster affair the biggest thing of the kind the nation haa ever seen all the states and territories from maine to california and from minnesota to texas are taking a band i it and the committees at work throughout the country have nearly completed their plans the new york committee which started out to collect to defray the espouses of the celebration obtained it promptly As the work of preparation is of great magnitude it has been apportioned among ten organizations consisting of representative men conspicuous in all the walks of life chief of these is the committee on plan and scope to which are submitted all the suggestions plans and purposes of the others for approval or al of this mayor grant is the chairman ample arrangements have been made for getting people into and out of the city and likewise for their accommodations in boarding houses and hotels at the regular prices A largo number of boats have been mortgaged for the occasion which after bringing brin girg troops and other organizations to the u will bo utilized by them s lodging places the great military display will take place on may ast 1st and the industrial parade on may ad the latter will give the mighty hosts of spectators a comprehensive view of americas vast progress during the the of all the states and territories are expected fo be present polio wing as nearly as practicable the gramme pro observed on the occasion of the inauguration of george washington pros dent harrison with his cabinet and the justices of the supreme court will be received at elizabethport Elizabeth port N dapril JAp ril were a naval procession will be formed and the distinguished guests win be escorted to the place of disembarkation at the foot of wall street where the president following the example of the father of bis country will enter a boat manned by a crew of thirteen members of the marine society york it was this society that put george washington ashore a hundred years ago A reception at the new york city hall will follow and at night the centennial ball ends the first days festivities tivi ties the latter will be a grand affair on thursday april being the second day of the celebration and the centennial anniversary of the first inauguration augu ration the president will go to st pauls church at 9 a m as washington did and sit in the pew occupied by the latter when he was there governor hall will sit in governor cliftons Clin tons pew exercises follow the religious ceremonies at 10 president harrison sitting in chair with bible at his hand K parade takes place in the afternoon and at night a banquet in the metropolitan opera house in short for three days new york will give herself up to patriotic jollity the streets will be thronged thron ged by a million or more additional people the guns will boom and the american eagle scream her loudest |