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Show A GRAHD PARADE A Stream of Humanity Oircr Fifteen Miles Long. HMTlViTIES IX NEW YOIIK. CommtmorallDg the Dhcomj ot America by Columbus. Till Ml KKIIIIIAI. I'lliriNr. imnrnlllf. I Piinrllua' ' l'roeen Ion -Ih.lnr or I Irelra. II." Jlu.l naa.illlrpiif L.vrpireu. Ni.w Yuiik, Oct. 12 Tho csntral point of thu congcstol humanity In tliu lung line of paiado was about Iho rlllclal reviewing stand In Malison Biluart.Th"Old(luard"ecortidUov erucr Flower, Vlce-PrislJiut Morion, (lent ml S-jchofleld and members of the Callnot to tho ro lowing ptand. In tho patty weru Bocretarlea Kusk, l:i. kins and Jotlc,HaytP, Oeu. Howard and stall, llaiou 1'ava, tho Italian inlnlHer, occupied a iwsltio" of honor btjldu the, gove'ior and Ice-Presl. dent. Among the others, on adjoining atands, wnu Iluisell llnrrl.on ami wire, cx-Ujvernor Waller, Cavalier Do lbim lie,tliu Italian consul general, tho .Mariiils lmi irnill and other nota. Lie;. Thoirowdarounl tberovleulug stand anarmtd within thelliitsmarkod nil and thu pollcu were compelled to summon patrol wau-'a an I drive them along the lint, Conitiriiatliu eutued I ut thu crowd gradually worked backnurd. Till. 1IIAII Op Till UIUNIl IA11AI1K renched the City Hull at 111 J5 a, in, and tberu ai n tceno ul great enthupl aim. Die West Polnlin c.illelcut even greater aj plausc than thu leaders ol thu j aradr. Thu Nluth regulars fob loMel lu full strength. Tin n camu the Koventi -tint lulantry. Iloih tho Ninth ami IhlilylhlM preeinttd a lino earancu and 11 was hard tn award lliu palm Utwetn tin m. riien cime the eiihlnterv, the arllllerynud thu Hlxih liifnutry till the enthiiilam reached the climax with thu appear. ante ol thu bluejackets and marines of tho naval brigade. Hit applauie of Iho da) waa naturally rusurve 1 for the local mllltla. Hernial KIIKtralJ rode at thu head, followid bj tho gallant Hlxty.nluth, who received at remeul ous ovation. There was intu'.nlum when the crack reglmentshehevintb, rwcnty.second and Beviuty.rlrpt,camo along. Ihollrouklynaud other visit. lug regiments and sej urate iumulcs woruulto liberally appluuJod, nor was tho naal revirvu alighted. V, hiu theleaJera of thogrrat (arads reached Uulouiiiuarull was intimated that H1L.V 1(0,00(1 rBJlLU weru lacked then 111. Tho (njIIco were unable lo drive them backus the cups sttett was Jammed lull also. As the column lapsed thu revlewlug slnuj, N lcl'r(pldiut Morion, (lemral Hi ho. field and others werukejt bu.j lifting their hats In acknowledgment of caluttM, hen Flftj -ninth st reet was reichc I (irand Marshal MuMahon t ok up a position besld. IhuColumbus memorial arch and revlt wed the ugeaut. The scuno at thlsiolut surpassta discrlp. lion. It Is Imposiltlo to describe the linmonpltyof lliu crowd. Beveralwo. men weiu so severely cruiheti as to rdmlto an ambulance and a nnml er of IsolM fainted. It Is Mtlmatod that DUjUUd men were In line. It took fully ill hours to jus n Klven olnt. lne tarajo was over llfleen rallro long. Alter the military pajeaut thu crowds dlreitel their ettv tu Central Park, where the Columbus monument waa unMllid. II rdly had THU I.A6T HT1UI.N3 OF J1118I0 died away from tbu neighborhood of thu Columtua monument when 60O,O0U or more visitors wire tager to wltutts auotber pagtaut. Tho siencs of thu morning were repiatel. It seemed as If 5,O(X),U0a Instead of 3,lW ',1100 had gathered lo wateh the la' great plght of thethriedu!' series uf e vents eule-brallcgthedlsoovir) eule-brallcgthedlsoovir) of America. The I arade was remarkable from tho fact that It mado n wonderful showing of the iitoekctrlelly could to put teas a power and aa alight. rihortly ulter 8 ii'iloikthodllTerent bo Ilea wno weru to take pan In thu aradu Hundred aliout thu Iiattery and Iho lower (art of llroadway, und thu polleu began to clear tho line of mureh. The way was cleared and tho crowd waited but the proeusslon OIJ not ap. iear. An Associated Press reporter minted up and down the line, trjlug to llud thucuuseol the delaj, and at length he found It. All tho matter was Queen Isabella's lights. "Dm (lodde.a of Liberty lias taken my lights," exclaimed tfuton Isabella, "and I'm not going in sit with her-dluaiid her-dluaiid wearing an Indian piiuaw'n dreos." 'I his was spokeu from lluat So. S of tho allegorical ( ae,eant aa tho procuelou was being formed. (Juien Isabella wai nut tho only onu lu trouble. trou-ble. "Fame" and "I, Itch" ha I till argument over u wig, and sparm lluw, "Amerlcus Vespucius" blsmud poor old Innocent William Pe.in for taking his cs e. Penu and Vesuilus madoa search and dlscovorod one of the Tultiu nun w orshl ern au thu guilty one. While thu troubles were Ulitiirblng thu minds of the character lwitrayom, a mass of Impatient humanity extend, iugfroiii tbellaltery lo Central Park was wondering why tbu procession did not loom up. After au hour had lapped and tho parade had not slarlid, Muyor Oraut tent word that It must gu mid at once. Thosd lu command of thu floats weru told to hustle. The) did so, and at D 10 Till lllll HHOW WAUUNUFIlVlAY. Tho rnulu of the parade was up Iliovla to Fourth itreet, wist around Waabltigton square to Fifth avenue, to Fourteenth street, lo I' Mirth avenue, to Hevpiiteeiilh street, toFmimveiiui.to J ifty-nhth plnut I'list'-amoailatuoti ul mounted po llitifolloieid by n tuJy uf I , vui.l lin stronu, each Inarlng n ll and lantern. Tho ijcllits roite Iwrlrt abrrist ami lormeJ a column at leaitn mile and n half Jong. After tbu wheel, men cama twelvu heralds m .uutsd nn lliiewbltu steeds, and prceiilniit d. enel John O. Oarnett, grind inarphil, and his nidp, all dictpul In the unl forms of Austrian Riiar la The bill. Ilant cavaliada was roundly Uicered and won the ilipirvtd adiuirsli ,u of all Following wasalnnner ,1 fnne, audthpucame twent7 hl'lu leslrtrs Tno tar ol 1 amu led tho long line and wasfolloaod by a laud of rrUtstcrlc Atmtlciup. After this group cam the car of tbu atone Age, or thu riliittotbi car, purround.il b) iinumbrrorliill-ans iinumbrrorliill-ans 1 loat No. 1 was the car ol thu Bun Worshlers. The foutlh dial w a entitled Iho Ylctoiy of (Itnlus. A Ptslueof Columbia cameiiixt Then came n group representing Cortes, J'Jzatro, Amtrlco Vifj ueol, Ponce du l.eon, Cabot an I other great mariners. Following came a body of riinlli kulglif, tlnn the cortohoof King IVrdtoaud atidQuein IiaUlla, Iho H nniili cordon eu liurio-tmck, liurio-tmck, and the n n mo lei ol Hie caravel "oinla Marlu" Iho Puritan car, which came next, reinvent d u Puritan wedding, John Allen and Priscllla loth riding thu iuin hone Olbirprett) featiirrs wile upnup uf Dutili toIoul.iU ami sfi-r Hun isme William Pen n and the J Jikemns well a a Unjy if moiiiitcWndltiip. The cir of Capitol, moJel of the Lapltol at Washington, lighted wllhlii and with-(Ut, with-(Ut, camo next and wasanoljei t of ajplauiu unl ntti ntlou. In nu llllon the fully -four Btatei were rei resented by aaminy daughter of viterans who preeehtcd u Ictures'iue appparanee. Till! tAVAI. CAI1K1S and Junior Naval llesnrve next phawid up In tbu Una or march and alter IhuBeventyOlrst rce.lu.eiit band camo a gioup rspripentlng General llranl, l'risldent l.lmoln and stall. Immediately behind them was thu American standard and a banner of I Iberly. "Lllnrly Car" wa next In line and showed Liberty en! ghlenlng the world. In front of I.lti. rty sat Justlre, suppoilej by l..uallty an I Fra trrnlly, llehlud Liberty wasl'iuie, Uooilwlll mil Hottallty. I hen came thn group uf all nation., a bidy uf Continentals, an Immoniu Launer uinl Uuncral Waihlimtoii and slair, upcorted by the Washington I outlnin-Ul outlnin-Ul (luarda, the Ws.hlm.tm llht Infantry In-fantry und frontier st uts Coming mtir tho tcouta wiru tho chltfs uf allleJ tilbes on horseback, alU then a hoJy of Indians and another lattro' burner. Following thu lut named banner was the "Car of Iho Presi." riiepieti. wan repri tenti d hyn Usull-fill Usull-fill woinon drts-ed lu black, an I torn,, lug utof an Ink bollle. Hhu held a wealhct-tauu In her haul and was surrouudded by eons llehlud her weru a number ot printers at work, si ov lug tho whole piocess of tinting a iiowspspur. Orllclal programmes wire iliitnbutod as souvenirs Irom Iblscsrnslt rolled along. Following lb "press oar nmti the car of Pootiy and Itomauce, and then name thu ear which won. prubvbly, more applauso than any in the pirade, thu car ot American woman, nud lntenled ti show the siipremac) of American women over those cf all other arts of the world. Nut camo the car of Oci nni, followed by Columbia's ship of state, by more bauuerr, by more muslouud by the luttallon of l'rogrt.s. Last, and lint lt lalltlfiil ef the lloatp.waslhu iar of l.leetrn, latnled "Ily ,.i of Lightning Coulrnlled ly (, ilus l.Jlioli." It was thirty feet long, drawn by ten liiirses and IllumUated by SDUl oloctllc lights. Thirty b-aullful Joung girl., lu mi talllo coiturnei.ptood on a revolving dUk and r.llretcd tho Ihouunda ol lights on the iloat. In tho centre of this group was a globe, with a long latitudinal marked In electric lights. It Jsiafutoaay that such u magnificent lloatuottriieforo wasseen. the rear ofthei.rad Mas brought up by IU0U marchers Irom the order of ited Men, who j teecntod a plcturesijue sitctacli. |