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PHE NEWS. TOCCOA, GEORGIA. OYER THE GLOBE. Condensation of curious, AND EXCITING EVENTS. France’s rrim. —strikes—the western boom —DEATHS OF EMINENT MFN—ACCIDENTS, FIRES AND SUICIDES. The pojie has sent a dispatch l»38tow- ing his blessing upon the Catholic con¬ gress in Spain. Hon. William H. Barn urn, chaiimau of the national democratic committee, died at Lime Rock, Conn., Tuesday. The new charcoal blast furnace of Mons Alto, Iron county, at Mont Alto, Pa., was totally destroyed by fire Tuis- day. Carl Rosa, the well known musical di¬ rector, whoso wife was the famous Mad¬ peritonitis. ame Parepa Rosa, died in Paris from ' Malietoa, the deposed king of Samoa, has apologized, and the emperor, Will¬ iam. has decided that the cx-king may be liberated. The Grand Trunk railivay workmen think they have discovered that the re¬ cent accident was caused by the break¬ ing of one of the axles of the engine. The Chopensaw Mill company’s mill, lumber yard and all of the houses except three, situated in Natchitoches, La., were burned Monday afternoon. Lois 130,000. In *the house of commons Tuesday evening, liberal, the motion of Samuel Smith, fostering censuring spirit tne government India, for carried by drinking in was a vote of 113 to 1 3. The boiler of a dredger hurst in the harbor at Calais, France, ou Monday. The explosion killed seven persons and injured several oihers. Tbe bodies of the killed were horribly mutilated. The men at work on the cable line on East Seventh street, 8t. Paul, Minn., 1,018 in number, left their Avork at 1 o’clock p. m., Monday. The men were d/satisfied with the wages they received, A portion of the gang of desperadoes who have been robbing and committing murderous assaults upon the farmers in the vicinity of McCleilandtown, Fayette county, Pa., have been eqjitured at last. The Iron Mountain railroad (part of the Missouri Pacific system), has given notice that all unnecessary Sunday train service, both passenger and freight, will be discontinued on that road after May 1st. Mr. S. J. Ritchie, of Akron, O , is in Ottawn, Out., and hos had an interview with the premier relative to the proposed visit to Cufiada of the Inter State com- merce commission, with a vieAV to these gentlemen having a conference with the government. It is understood that. May or Juno will be a convenient time for the meeting to be held. In view of the United States ont railway M rc " £ systems, th ,“ °'"“f it “ is n nad an- ticipated that great benefit to both countries will arise from the visit of the commissioners. A swindler, calling himself TV. B. Bryant, aud purporting to be a traveling and passenger Kansas agent of the lias Chicago, St. Paul City road, been victimiz¬ ing railroad men throughout the south, lie was last heard of in Bowling Green where he swindled the Louisville and Nashville agent by mi ana of a forged check for {j?75. Ilis game is to claim to l»e an agent of the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City road and ask agents to cash checks for him. Of course payment of these checks would be refused at the of¬ fice of the Chicago aud Kansas City road. The swindler is well supplied with fold¬ ers of the road, but has a very limited knowledge of the ^passenger business. TELEGRAPHIC. In Russia the Cronstradt police have discovered stores of explosives which Were to be used in an attempt on the life of the czir. Carle Rosa, the well-known musical director, whose wife was the famous Madame Parepa Rosa, died on Tuesday in Paris, France, from peritonitis. In the United States Court on Monday, at Fort Smith, Ark., Judge Parker sentenced four men and one woman to be hanged on Wednesday, July 17. Since April 25, 800 wagons and car¬ riages and 5,200 people have passed through Por.ca buck from Oklahoma, ou their way North to Kansas. General Mciritt will go into camp for a few days seven miles North of Arkansas City. the Lloyd's agent at Berlin reports that Steamer Weser has yellow fever on board, several officers and twenty-eight men The being ill, and three having died. North German Lloyd steamer, Wes- ;t, Captain You Schuckman, sailed from Baltimore April 27 for Bremen. A L„ general strike of the building trades wa 8 Wednesday, g „r„,ed at Philadelphia P... on for au average advance of twenty-five cents per day, and union workmen, nearly all carpenters, joiners, bricKlavors incKiajtrs hodcarrieis noacarneis ana and stone- stone uiasons m the city are idle. The strike affects about 3,000 men. Preliminary arrangements are Vlabamt being made man 1 for ran another ,nr, bi- town town m in Aiauama on the I nc of ilic Alabama Great South- cm railroad. It has not been named Vet, nut arrangements for its location arc about u> ut, consunmied consun.a ea. a\ V syndicate synaioatc com- cm posed of capitalists from Newlork, 2sew Orleans and France, who, in the aggre- gate, represent shout $20,000,000, are at work securii'o- gaa<f mineral lands and rights U in ,he Moim.nin .e.ri.ory, propose to erect furnaces and build a town. The new company will plant a colony that is to be as thoroughly the „i-i; child of Gotham ,, ,, as is • r Fort . ti Payne av the child of the Hub, and there will be a zealous rivalry between the two in en- terprise and prosperity. A BIG BUILDING. T L lw°h.if W f fC f r p9 V °“ Wednesday, \V ke be^n staking l- the ' for tbc’.r f builuiug which ground wril be the largest in the country. The raa : n build- mg will be 60x364 feet, part two aud part three stories hi_li. It will lieside hare a building contaiirng 36,OriO square feet ol drv floor. Two liundred and fifty cars of ciVeri d has alr-ad v hern order 1 * ' ca, « d 1 oqn 00i A red ... i brivk . ana 500,00u (AAA fire ri ro but k will be used in the c ns'ruction of the building, all of whic h has been con tract ed f<>r. The e cimbt is com. uoced ; of lcr*il V, 6 baC ^ fc< * up u_ b ’ , l , ho t, Bcnnitt .. c Sewer P;pe of Jackson. Michigan. The company, works will be located in 'Walker couciv, Ga near the State line Jtm # U ^ Sotitli of f’kUronnOT ■ Tenn lena. . 1789 — 1889 . Grani CclsMi of tlie Nation's ill. THREE DAYS OF REJOICING ONE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE WASHINGTON TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE. EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK, Speeches. Parades and Decorations. I f 9 A mil rf SM-f W S MARTHA WASHINGTON. un Ap ‘89, Constitutional Go\-ern- ment in the United States was ushered in with the inauguration of George Washington as first President at Federal Hall in NeAv York. General Washington had traveled by coach from Mount Vernon to Elizabethtown, J-> journey being one continuous ova- t ‘ on - At Elizabethtown he was con\-eyed in a barge, rowed by thirteen harbor pilots, and followed by a procession of boats to the city, There the installation ceremonies took place on April 30 in Federal Hall, located at Wall and Broad street, on the site of what is now the massive United States Sub-Treasury building. And now-, a hundred years after that mo¬ mentous event, the Centennial of the birth of Constitutional GoA-ernment has been cele- brated in a style of unparalleled magnifi- fence. There have been three days of na- tional rejoicing in the Metropolis. Three days marked Avith parades on land and sea, banquets, receptions, decorations, fireworks and illuminations. The Empire City was one vast field of decorative display. 'Flags and bunting Avaved and fluttered eA-erywhefe l -nJ as the proudest mansion rendered tribute to the joyous occasion by a display of the national colors or gaily decorated picture of ^, e P c s the Washington. counti - y came Visitors pouring from into the u city . by every train, and it is estimated that at least 500,000 strangers were in town to view the ceremonies. A detailed account °, f what occurred during the three days of the Centennial Celebration is subjoined. THE FIRST DAY. - The President Embarks ilt Elizabeth- port fot* New York. President^^Prh President Harr'son Ite Secaetlrv the^^ other im of the Cabinet, the_\ ice-President ' Jnsttcos of theLmted States Supreme }^ii f , V . a T- on |,^“\^» 8l «ngton in a special ’. eac k 1 ng EazabethtoArn early Monday ln^abetivtown ihe last, car of , the tram was detached. 1 his was the President's ^ ^he °l President the train and went his family on to Eliza- were , ,' EnzabethtoAvn by Govern-or P 611 -! 0 t^overnors house, whei-f. h-onbmet Fresidem Har- nt iTT™ 01 ' C I r t? n 8 me ot f distinguished men of New T Prc f?" „. a , r „ , » , triere ., . was a procession e ,F resi e / lt ^viewed. Over 4000 1 sons m hue. rp There were five stands and trnee arches. Conspicuous m tne parade were cerrVb^°ha t^ C Sirl Lffn SSe ^ and ^d g nnp--- t he ckur ? h kell sran S' the ^ b ''. e!e . K deem 1 a- t«d IwiJiL 'Php bro 2 ght 4°™** h ls V launch fiv»m tri 1J *\T 88 ^ . Club tn a ne in'^°? Lispatcn. 6 i ^r- i rie St lanrch hid Hh T* se th™^P?SSitteSp.ht * t„ 8 President, his P l!SSiii™ I ‘fte modore Ramsay oue mUitaiw ^of and one naral Secretary Governor Hill New Iven York- Governor Green of New CoinmitL Jersey ouR^eep- the teen members of the tion, and the Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and General Government Mrs. Harrison and the ladies of the Presi- ^ PgV ^mner.^d^hen C^dat froul tbat were the foet of West Twenty-third street from which point they ' were ta'ken to their hotel in carriages. The Grand Xaval Parade. The line of twelve United States formed ships of the war - yachts and steamboats were in Porter. upper bay N.. under Admiral DaA-id D U. S. ’President as chief marshal and Avere revieAved by the from the Dispatch. The twelve*war vessels in line to welcome the President ^were the Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, - Yorktown. Vesuvius. ‘Juniata MtanSta Brooklyn Jamestown, Kearsa-e 05 ’ Ymtk " j and Essex ! With all her bunting flving to the breeze and her yards squared and braced, the Dis- , ^ »pp«l-.hc. * JSb- CvPH |% J s ; sir© te ® n 1 ill •* mm* « ~ fsokiax. hall , where Washington was inaugurated. Captain the Dispatch Cowles, her commander, had ordered dressed both “rainbow” and “yardarm” fashion. Two large brass cannon. which glittered like gold in the sunshine, had been mounted on the forecastle deck and were used for saluting. The parade was a grand oae. Warships of boats, ssahng steaci yachts yachts, steamboats: and smaller bo^ts. the aggregate The being 500 vessels, joined in s** 1 - men-of-waz- were anchored in column off Literty ana nJIis Islands. The merchant marine farmed ia the Upoer Bay, heading nerth-nertheata in double column. The war ships were in holiday attire. Flags and bunting were displayed in abundance each Signal flag3 knotted together were run over ship beginning from bow to stern, and mast to mast, at the water's edge directly over the bow, From here the streamers ran to the bowsprit or jibboom, then to the fore royal truck, from there over to the lofty main, thence to the mizzen royal truck, de¬ scending the mizzen, to the outer end of the spanker gaff on down to the taffrail over the poop, and finally ending at the water’s edge under the stern.' There were six revenue cutters—the Grant and one each from Baltimore, Washington, Charleston, The Sandy Philadelphia and Boston. Hook pilots bad six pilot boats in tbe parade, and over 400 merchant craft were also in the line. The river and Sound steamboats and tugs were formed in two grand divisions, in charge respectively. of senior and junior rear admirals The nautical schoolship St. Mary's took part in the demonstration, but she was an¬ chored in the East River, dressed in flag6,and when the Dispatch approached her yards were manned by the boys the same as on the naval vessels. A small tug from the Brooklyn Navv Yard was stationed at the entrance of the Kill von Kull. As soon as the President’s vessel came in sight a signal flag was displayed. Then when the Dispatch steamed by the fleet of war¬ ships, orders were given to the sailors to man yards. aloft As the command, “All hands lay and man yards,” was trumpeted across the into decks, the blue'jackets in Sunday attire ran ready lay ship rigging and up into the tops, to out on the yard arms. When the order “Layout!” was sounded the sailors walked out on top of the lofty yard and, facing dotm the bay from where the President’s boat approached, saluted the Commander-in-Chief. With the order “Lay¬ out,” the first gun was fired from the flagship other Chicago, closely followed by those from fired the full Presidential warships in the fleet. Each ship a saluto of twenty-one guns. The Chicago’s brass band in full dress played the National air as the President passed, and the sailors gave three rousing cheers. As soon as the President passed the war¬ ships Dispatch the merchant marine fleet followed the and the river parade began. The Dispatch steamed to a position off Wall street, where she was anchored Avhile the review Avas held. The course of the parade was around Gov¬ ernor's Island into the East River, taking the east shore, passing the President’s boat on her starboard side and continuing up the East River to the stake boat off Newtown Creek, shore thence down on the Avest. of the East River, around Fffteentk Pi ft 5 a *t street, er r? around U P , the 7?, 0rt stake l 1 , boat Ftiver to the to west shore, down the west shore of the Hud- ernoD^Island anerd^mi'sa 1 ! 1 revleTV ^ crv " be .y acb ,*' sr l uaf lron was a beautiful feature. P_ , ^ >r ?.?. eS ? 0n ° f k undred s '? f - The spectacle , im l ,re f sive - T ' a S beautiful one. “ f r 7 ' Pier, every - - sailing ship in SteamerS WCre ww > nen iVl tne 1 S 1 esioent ^ s hn boat l: tn l S - psissed a each 1 squadi 011 i^s Commodore lo caused salute blowing to be of C ? r s-earn AAh.owLs ol a pei lod not to exceed half a lnut< :' v; he same salute , . av^ given . when , the ,, fleet _ , passed up the North River and was abreast of the war snips at anchor about Thirtieth st lien . . before , . the \ ' passing m review ice lute Admiral, off Goa ernor s island, the samesa- Avas given. The magnificent parade was witnessed by an front immense both crowd, the Ease which lined the water 011 and North rivers. Tne firing of camion and tne tooting of mnumer- able wiiistles responded to with turnul- tuous cheers from the assembled multitude. All in all, the marine parade was the greatest ever ivitnessed in this country’’, if not in the world. The President Lands. On the arrival of the Presidential party in the East River, opposite Wall street, a barge manned by a crew of twelve shipmasters from the Marine Society of the Port of New York, with Captain Ambrose Snow, Presi- dent of that society, as coxswain, rowed the President ashore. The crew of the barge that rowed President Washington fromEliz- abethport to the foot of Wall street were members of tlie same society The old salts wore black frock coats, striped trousers and tall silk hats. The bnr^e was christened Queen Capiolana and belongs to ciety Dispatch. again The members of the Marine So- unfurled the old banner borne before Washington oil his march up Wall street April 29, 1789. The banner is five feet square, and was originally of Avhite. The name of the society is on it in gold and blue letters. When the barge reached the pier at ““id Wall street, and the President had landed the cheers of the assembled thousands, * solute of »“ ~ ‘“' ei f I u 4 Bh . €mm; JmMmmii fi k H M j m ‘sgslsflu — i 'Mm Rlfc fe'r. i' sfe-j. . W&gsfjgjr M ! ' 1 jffigU /Jjl ^ k » • „ M f - c ?/> i a . m * T '' .««»»* IN AT TBDBRAI, HALL. The PresideDt was received bv Governor IIi11 ’ the M ayor of the city of New York, HamUton Fisb ' President of the Committee, aad William G. Hamilton, Chairman of other ^mnuttee guests on were States. then escorted The President to the Equita- and ble ® u “diug, where a reception aud collation the carriages on the route: First Carriage—The Plan and Scope Com- celebration)—viz. m j ttee (having the general Messrs. supervision James M. of Var- the : nurn. Cornelius N. Bliss, Frederick S. Tail- madge Second and Samuel D. Babcock. of Yew Carriage—The York GoA-ernor of the on the back seat, with the President of the United States on his ri Shthand. On the trout seat the Mavor of the Clt y of Hew York and the President of tbe Centennial Celebration Committee. Third Carriage—The \ ice-President of the the Lieutenant-Governor of tho State of New \ork, the Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Justice of the United States. Fourth Carriage—The Secretaries of the ^easury, War and Navy. Secretary Blaine tenor, "~jof the Postmaster-General, th. General the Attorney and the Secretary of Agriculture? sdsnu and Seventh Carriages— The Asso- Ciate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Army Eighth Carriages—The Generals of the |i^^p!^, (retired), the Admiral of the NaAry. the CoiIunandil,g the Army' and Ninth Carriage—Ex-President Cleveland ‘^d ex-President naves and Senator Hiscock. At the Eqait * ble BulIdin »* At , the Equitable Building President Karri- son was formally welcomed to the city of «AS?i B jSL 1 Sj ,f Jit **' n bufldmgwas iass? " Dners hand- “ portraits. The inaugural ode which was song at the dimr. inauguration of Washington was sung bv a Among Bushrod those Was'nington, who received the President was of West Virginia, a Washington, great-great-grand -who bears'a neuhew of President blaaee to his illustrious striking " resem- ancestor. After the reception the party repaired to the rooms of the Lawyers’ Ciub in the tag, where the banquet was served. The roems were handsomely decorated with ehrubs. flowering plant?-, floral emblems and emblematic dericss. A fall leneth costrait of <rf the Washington, Boudinot by Peale, now iri possession family, was hung facing tfch Mm f£ 2j k. rirrrr^ item IMS IgMB p l *L m jgjjgjjgggpi m mmm m iSHHH ft Hr m w I * i f % 0 / w Hi •'D 5> f ‘■-.1 v ><* V ’« ■ 1 GEORGE WASHINGTON. President’s table. At that table also one course of the banquet was served on a set of china used by General visited the Washington residence at of Borden- General toAvn when he Boudinot. At the banquet the hrvited guests included represeutatiA’os of all the learned profes¬ sions, all mercantile pursuits and manufac¬ Ger¬ turing interests, the various exchanges, descend¬ man societies, foreign consuls and ants of distinguished Frenchmen. Public Reception at the City Hall. At the close of the reception in the Equita- ble Building the line of march was resumed to the csty Hall, where a public reception was given by the President in the GoA-ernor’s At the steps of the City Hall a represent a- tion of girls from the public schools, in white dresses, strewed the Presidential pathway with j^ flowers, and Miss Abrahams, of the orma i College, made a short address of welcome; In the center of the Governor's room was a raised dais covered with red velvet, on which the President sat Avith t be Governor on his right hand and the Mayor on his left. Above this Avas a flags beautifully decorated canopy, covered While with and streamers of bimting. re- eeiving * the £g. people the President stood behind a bra rail | Governor Hill was on his ri „ ht and Ma or Grant on his left . In the short time allotted to the reception a constant stream of people entered the Gov- ernor’s room to pay their respects to the President At nOG u the reception ended and the Presi- <Jeut ivas driven to the home of Stuyvesant Fish NIo. o 0 Gramercy Park, where he and MrSi Harrison dined Centennial Inauguration Bail. Iu the ev-ening at 9 o’clock the centennial ball Avas given in the Metropolitan Opera House. host The Mayor of the city the of NeAv York, as and as Chairman of Committee on th ®. Centennial Celebration of tbe President Inaugu- ration th United of George States, Washington arrived as the Metro- of ® at P oiltan Opera House at a quarter past 10 £• “p a n J au ^. a ^. P a ®^ received the President , of the United States and other dis- tinguished The President guests. brought ball by was to the U“ e Chairman of the Committee on Enter- taimnent, accompanied by the Mrs Governor Harrison, of the state of Nsw York aud ‘ the Vice-President and Mrs. Morton, the Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Jones, The manager of the ball, Mr. E. C. Stanton, m °t the President at his carriage and con- dacted him into the building, Mayor where the formal £’ reception the by the Corps toox arid of place. ne of the Second Battery were drawn up m line m the vestibule; As Stanton escorted the Pr^i- dent through the 5 Broadway entrance eignt *"SMs ss-fl» ^ were conducted to the floor in the folloAv-ing order escorted by a guard of honor: The Mayor. The President. The Governor. The Vice-President and Mrs. Harrison. The Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Morton, The President of the General Committee and Mrs Jones In front of the President’s box the Chair man of the Committee on Entertainment -was presented to the Chairman of the Exe- cutive Committee and the members of the Committee on Entertainment and of the Committee on Plan and Scope. After the presentation the opening quad- rille was formed by the manager of th e ball. At midnight the the President above and his the party Avere escorted in order to sup- per room, which order avjis observed on re- taming. The Metropolitan Opera House was magnifi- cently decorated. The banquet hall and ball- room color. were hung The ceiling entirely in garnet with and cream was covered cream-colored bunting crossed with strips of flowered cretonne, 5000 yards of bimting fend 1500 yards of cretoxme having Avitl been used. The-Avails were covered 3000 —nded hv small American fte platform (or the President and the SfZSlSSSfijS A handsome hand embroidered silk banner. representing the President’s flag, Avas placed over the President’s canopy: Over the proscenium arch hung au enormous portrait of General Washmgton, m (b® miast of a group of American radiated flags while red, white and clue streamers graceful festoons from the centre of the dome over the auditorium. Tbe great ballroom was thronged from an early hour. Six thousand tickets had been issued. Every box was filled by the repre- sentatives of leading New York families and then* friends. All the boxes were elaborately decorated. Two orchestras of fiftj men each played throughout themght. All the ladies wore beautiful and expensive dresses. Mrs. Harrison’s dress Avas of Juhe richest gi-os grain, cut en princesse. The waist displayed an applique of magnificent filled silver and pearl trmumng and was up to the neck with gauze, feathers, held m place by a band of ostrich from which the fair face of the President’s wife seemed to rise Tlie trans- parent sleeves rescued to the elbow and were tu oO o O 60 u q oU !il El * WHl S B i PH it 1 / — W ■ . j i Yl/fj r p i . triumphal arch, foot of wall street. neath the long silk train. The front was en- tirely draped with superb embroidery m the Grecian key pattern worked in silver and pearls, meeting panels of silvar brocade, tne design featners. The embroidery on the front of the skirt was edged with a firm moire ribbon, from which depended a shower B? silver pendants failing on trJle pleating and glistening as the light played oa xt. _ TEF *5FroXD . DAY ... . _ SerwiccH . at „ St. ^ Pauls. Oa Tuesday. sarvxc^of A*ill 30, the second day of the jubilee, thanksgiving, pursuant to the proclamation of the President, were held in the churches in New York and throughout the country at 9 a. m., being the hour at Avhicb religious serArices ivere held in New York city on Broadway, April 30, 1789. church As St. that Paul's, Washington in loAver Avas the attended after his inauguration, the chief re- liSious commemoration, therefore, was that in this edifice. This service was conducted by the Right Rev. New Henry York, C. Potter, D. D., LL. the D., day Bishop of of as the service on ducted Washington’s inauguration Bishop of New in York, 1369 the Avas Right con¬ ReA-. Samuel by the Pro\-oost. The church Avas artistically decorated. From Stripes. the The steeple porch floated the hung Stars with and the Avest was American flag. The chancel was a mass of flowers, with the national emblem depending from the ceiling. Washington pew, in which President Harrison sat, Avas also decorated Avith the Stars and Stripes. the Chief Justices All the Cabinet members, of the Supreme Court, ex-Presidents Hayes and Cleveland, and many other notable people were present. The services were as follows: 1, processional hymn: 2, Our Father, etc.; 3,. Psalm lxxxv.; 4, first lesson, Eccles. xli\ r . l 5, Te Deum; 6, second lesson, St. John vim; 7, Benedicite; 8, Creed and Henry prayers; C. Potter. 9, ad¬ dress by the Right Rev. recessional hymn. Bishop of New York; 10, At tiie Sub-Treasury. At the close of the religious services at 9.45 A. M„ the President and party proceeded to the Sub-Treasury building, at the of corner the_in- of Wall and Nassau streets, the scene auguration ceremony on April took place. 30th, 1789, where the literary exercises I w ifcP' 4, a HI ■ilk fr is MT. ATERNON, HOME OF WASHINGTON. The literary exercises began at 10 A. M., and consisted of an invocation by the ReA-. Richard S. Storrs, D. D., LL.D.; Whittier; the reading of a poem by John Greenleaf an ora¬ tion by Chauncey Mitchell Depew, LL.D.; an address by the President of the United States, arid the benediction by the Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan, Archbishop of New York. At the conclusion of the literary exercises , the President and members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the United States Avere driven to the review¬ ing stands at Madison square to review the military parade. Other guests were carried to the reviewing stands by special train on the Third A Avenue Elevated Railroad. The Grand Military Parade. Just as the literary exercises at the Sub- from Treasury Pine began and the BroadAvay. military parade The started street troops had formed in various side streets up toAvn, and proceeded down toAvn by avenues east and Avest of Broadway and Fifth a\'enue to join the main line below Pine street, 14,000 men joining the head of the parade by way of Pine Street on the east, and 24,000 men joining it from the west by way of Rec- tor Street and the side streets from there to the Battery. Thus the Avhole parade, except the Grand Army, aars made np in all its points at Pine Street. The line of march was up Broadwav. past the great stand at City Hall Park to W aver- ley place, there Avheeled to the left, past the stands at Washington square, and turned up Fifth a\ T enue under the citizen’s arch. Going up Fifth avenue the line Avas eastward along Fourteenth street to the Washington Monu¬ ment at Union square, entirely around Union square, past the great stands erected there, and to Fifteenth street by Broadway, Fifteenth Turning the westward line extended through street up Fifth avenue to Fifty-seventh street, Madison passing the Presidential reviewing stand at square, the Worth Monument stand opposite, and the big stand at Forty-second arches Twenty-third street, and under the triumphal At at Fifty-se\-enth and Twenty-sixth streets. street it dismissed. When the Presidential party, in eleven carriages, entered Sub-Treasury, BroadAvay by way of Pine street from the it drove over the whole course of the parade between these tAvo guards the regulars of men, arid the militia veterans on the the right. left and on Every regiment and post, as the party of honor approached, in turn saluted, and after the carriages had passed, fell in behind and marched uptown. It is calculated that 52,000 men took part in the military parade, 'divided as 1000 United States army regulars; 1000 marines and sailors; 400 West Point cadets; 37,000 national guardsmen; 12,100 Grand Army men; loO members Loyal Legion. This great body of troops formed one of the grandest military processions ever seen in th TlS”e Theie were Ate.e Three tare, grand erarnl divisions divisions, n a» follows: Troops in regular service.............. State militia ..........................37,150 Grand Army posts....................12,350 Loyal Region.......................... 150 Total ...............................52, 000 In the militia division theVroops represent- mg each State inarched by themselves under the leadership of their respective Governors. In the matiei of postion in hnerthe States ranked mithe order oftheir admission to the h«drfhiSroo£ sr^. Hum,* k“iff 1 and attended by of brilliantly-uniformed number officers, of State was an rin- posmg one. follows: troops on par nae was as Penn^rlvania................•■•••••:* Dei S,^J0 New Jersey ........................... 3,700 Georgia............................... ,3° ......................... M^riand .......................... , South Carolina.’...’..’... 350 New Hampshire....................... 1,000 Nm-gmia ........................... 500 New korte. ............................12,000 AorthCaro.ma........................ 150 Raode Isiand.......................... 450 Vermont.............................. 750 Kentucky............................. ;50 ■ Ohio. ................................ „ 3, Louisans.............................. 4 j 0 , Missi^ppi............................. &0 i./'i ................... Distinct °f ................... 'IV pcarda................................ xe~cs................................. ->> ; { West * ......................... 30® ' Major General Schofield, chid c£ the army, ——----; ,, , ^r‘jass« jsrst 3 CT&.¥ wg*S ^nd division, followed by the G. A. R. Beaver, of Pemisylv a nia;RobertSM>r _, of New Jersey; John B. Connecticut, Oh Morgan G. Bulkeley. of er Ames, of Massachusetts; E. ^ aca son, of Maryland; John P. | Shi 0 ST&r »&.=W a a Royal C. Taft, of RhodeMaad, W. P. M Imgham Of Vermont- Simon B. I Kentuckv; Joseph B. , ’ Roljert I Frances Loiutj, of T Missi^ippr, Nichols, of I^thoana, • , , j • rida gam brands J wJSwStak F j . I 5 meS&«aoL“UrToTtt, Stt» « New York took part in this magnificent ex¬ hibition of the country’s militiamen. The strains of martial music, the ringing clatter of hoofs, the rumble of artillery wag¬ with ons, the tramp of thousands of soldiers, and waving banners and flashing swords bayonets, was a scene to stir the heart of every patriotic citizen. The paraders end of were the hemmed in from beg inn i n g to march, by a solid mass of cheering humanity. Almost all the houses along the line of march were brilliant with flags and bunting', and from every window the faces of men, wo¬ men and children looked out upon the marching soldiery. Along the 2L& £T5S%JS2l . . JSS . the sidewalks were so densely packed mamteOth it was almost impossible to move. The grand stands on Union and Madison Squares Even Avere filled with cheering occupied spectators. thousands of the housetops were patriotic by enthusi- onlookers, and the scene of asm was one never to bd forgotten. The Banquet. At 7 o’clock Tuesday evening the Metropolitan the. center- nial banquet Avas given in Opera House. The President sat at an oval table withm the concentric rmgs of tables, ps sa c p& -p. c “ d Major-General Schofield Mayor t presided by requestmg at tne banquet, clergyman and present opened to it a say grace. Before the speeches began the speeches were given by thirteen of the most famous orators in the country, selected by the sponseto Literary thirteen Committee. patriotic They sentiments, were in de- re- hvered in writing by thirteen other dis- tinguished Americans/ Magnificent Displays of Fireworks. New „ York bathed . fire Tuesday Avas in on evening. The people \vitnessed the most mag- mficent pyrotechnic Ten extraordinary display ever seen in this country, fireworks exhibitions of were giving simultane- ously fit Luion Battery Par_v, Canal Street Washmgton Park, Fifty-ninth Square, ompkms, Eighth Square, street and avenue, East U iA-er Heights, Park, Mount Moi’- ris Park, ashmgton and m the Annexed District. In each of the displays, Avhieh were as nearly of ahke beautiful as possible there were a number Aery seu pieces representing various but^t.ie objects, emblematic and otherwise, granaest of all was the one used, mosi, each place appropriately, It as the finale at ; represented the colossal the figure of ashmgton as he applied taking oath of office as the first President of the L mted States. I he piece was an exact farin' V9 Sub-Treasury ~T and ", in 7*. between Wall “ street. thirty It was sixty feet high h, and fortj feet wide av hen set off. The figure was all of colored fire, fire, surrounded surrounded by by brilliant sun fires and and colored colored stars stars of of the the 0 Union. Great crowds of people viewed the fire- Avorks, and many pubhe-spinted citizens il¬ luminated their houses AA-ith Chinese lanterns in honor of the occasion. During the eA’en- - mg an open-air concert , was mven at . the ,, re- Viewing stand at Madison Square by the combmed singing society of the city and vicinity More than 2000 smgers, under the leadership ot Tieod Thomas, sang patriotic and other songs New York’s streets StSJ^ 5 ?SP 5 celebration passed aAvay in a furore of patriotic good feeling. THE THIRD DAY. A Wonderful Civic and Industrial Parade. inoi 100 large floats x qd mdes of paraders. muac. Americans. 6000 ~dj000 firemen. Germans. J” school boys. This . is a brief review of the great; civic . . parade on Wednesday. 9 ver 100,000 men apphed for positions m line, , but the com- nuttee decided to limit the procession to ^OjOOO The display iaen ,- exceeded , , anything , . „ ever neiore attempted in the way of showing the indus- tnes of the nation. The immense bony of men and the largo floats on Avhieh the tableaux were exmbited foraaed a line over twenty miles m length. All nations were represent- ed, as well also all trades and branches of mechanics. floats Among the 100 beautiful tableaux in large were the following: The first settlers, in a canvass-covered im migrant Avagon, with lots of cattle, giving a complete “The picture of the forefathers’ life. First Continental Congress,” 1774.— Accurate embodiments of the first legislators of the Republic. & - v l a %5?. I vail m Yu W-- me*! f*j B TRIUMPHAL 1 ARCH, WASHINGTON SQUARE, ence,” ‘ ‘Signing 1775.-Thomas of the Declaration of Independ- Jefferson and his con- dition. freres, according to accepted models and tr a - “General Washington and His Generals Mounted.”-A picture of the principal gen- eral officers of the American Army in the War of the Revolution. 1776.—A “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” painting of reproduction that momentous of event. the celebrated *“ picturesque “Washington Avinter at Valley Forge,” 1777.—A scene. p H^lfand Srround- ? irst production ings ith appropriate of Federal its , An Vl emigrant - strip, grouoinz« dd Holland ships which showing brought a model of the German emigrants Tbs to this country. float of tbe revolutionists of '48 was R, ^uncted VfJbSS r^r^LtriSr^" ™T ireepress witih S Representation and A of the 'united cities of Br^kl^Bridge. M^hauics with emblematic'filmr^s'of chenrirtrv. an d tadustrv rioon the four corners. The art and love of music typified by Finish Lo^hu. castle surrounded by German ma£S stu- ° rocks = F ; ue art was represented whole'in bv a the platform carrving £ a wreath, the beneath purest ; iors G f architecture. On a pedestal . the wreath was a figure intended to represent Art and architecture. ■ War and statesmanship were represented flags and ; on a float; at the base were cannon, v?ar relics placed wita a pedestal bearing the bust of Lincoln. ? The Arion Society had a magnificent Scat „ with a large dolphin. Ou either side of tne dolphin were pedestals bearing flames of immens fire In e tripods from which sprang ; f*cnt of the dolphin and were instrmnenta female figures represfflit- oear- irig the lyre, Surmovaiticg pen, the dolphm ing music. was a n e Arinn in full costume ox vne ancient l, s» 3 sarts .»*»»»* - sssswjsss jawtf-asR.stMrtSiS ^/^Xrflv, the emblem of the fairks, fa anfSella gla*> *s p throne, with a largo cap ^srm^ tor the background. Waftw representation opera and th« thrown ft float;bearing pyramidal upon l*seof beftntw k 2KS?A2 rock and a s£» bust of J^sysss The float representing German renown in histo ry showed rocks representing the mighti- est peaks g^y discovered by Humboldt, reacfcm ami cascades, down to falls tbe and tropical different regions.- types of caverns, picaresque birds and animals in front a W t*°»P <* «*■“*». kno«I*te *ud»S ^ \ % |» mM i \l m m | fl ^Ss§ WASHINGTON'S COACH, his *» globes, -MjwsftjssJ-a books, telescopes ami instruments 0 -science. j., ion The second operatn . rpnr « a t ivas » troupe repress Draoed la the in- figure , - - - Meycrbii-" _ . ‘Beneath Bee- thoAen, eDer an the troupe arc Gfetchen and Me- phistopheles. , beaU+^^pcd f flor!tf in* which was an old h d pi ‘ - ess t ie earliest times in working d Flowe rS ftfsd beautiful emblems were float The ekriy > patriotic d in the efforti of of the the Genrauf Revolu v> - ar "tent , re p resent ect i-y a platform bearing surrounded bv caniiou flags and war- 1 i, I etapl fm e 0 , 5 -S«b c ,,DeK»«>audoa U! v float With nnmense ca. ved otand.jd. at. mg wreaths festooned aa ,th grape-and staff lm^ springing from the central . ismg from one of the famous tons of Heidelberg, -Ground this AAeie grouped the figuies that, us H, al, 7 accompany the bacchanalian scenes. The industry of breadmakmg aa as repra- sented by an immense oven ornamented with huge pretzels and loa\-es, Boar barrels and everythin '- used in the art Columbia greeting Germania, Helvetia, with twenty-two living female • j figures emblematic of the cantons *>£ the Swiss Republic. Alpine with 4 n crag, chamois and a ; g roll ]gj- p shoAAing Tell in the act of defA'ing ; Ges j The educational division of the parade was j Rn interesting feature. It consisted of about j four thousand children from the New York 1 I aad Brooklyn public schools, under com- mand of General A. P. Ketchum. At the j be ad of the children marched J. Edward , SimmonSi Superintendent President of the Board of Educa- j tion, and John J, Jasper, , ashington’s carriage was in the histori- : C al section of the parade. Wax figures rep- re sented George and Martha Washington m ; the act of gazing at the people from either j w indow of the vehicle. The carriage was escorted by German Knights on horseback, , representing the body of men sent to this coan try by Frederic!; the Great for the pur- : pc lSe G f presenting a SAVord to Genei-al Wssh- . i n g lo „ The horses were caparisoned in an- | eient the style, 4 dd]c with bo small kettle drums hanging at W . The Friendship Volunteer Fire Company, of Alexandria, V a., of which General "Vvash- ington ^ was a member, took part in the pa- bid ra e Xhe had wit h them their engine f that avh.s ^ put in service about 1850- Tt also carri a number of old leather buc&ets , ffime o£ which v , ere ^ whea tVashington b was a member of the company, nbedta and whe n like the other mem bers. he •» th » s “™ ° f «- *“ buckets that were carried can be traced back to the year 1772. On some of them is the name “ Friendship,” which is almost obliter- a ted. The civic and industrial parade lasted much longer than the soldiers’ parade, but a host of it shouting, the end. enthusiastic The spectators viewed to beautiful historical floats exc ited great applause. Nothing equal to this j parade has ever before beeu seen in this country, and it will probably be a long while j before its like is seen again. j Shortly close, the after doors the long the Metropolitan parade had come to a of Opera House Avere thrown open, and the National Provident Union, a patriotic beneficial or- ganization, Century celebrated the Birth of thef Second of the Constitutional Gov- eminent of the United States. The presiding officer was Congressman William Warner, and the orators were United States Senators j obn w Daniels and Shelby M. Cullom. Ap- held, propriate literary and musical exercises were and thus was brought to a dose the g re at series of celebrations iu commemoration of the centennial of constitutional govern- ment j n the United States. __ A TKAIN WRECKED. It Takes Fire and Twenty Passengers Burn to Death. A terrible railway disaster occurred just west of Hamilton. Canada, at 7 o'clock in the morning, resulting in the death of about twenty persons. The limited express from Chicago, ran off the track a mile n est of Hamilton, at the Junction cut. The engine struck the water tank, turned over, and the train dashed against it. The smoker and the leading day coach were tele- i j scoped and imprisoned eighteen passengers in the cars, which immediately took fire, and they Avere burned to death. None of their names Avere knoAvn, and when taken from . the wreck four hours afterward the : bodies were burned beyond reeog- ; nition. They all came from the Nortc- western States and were mostly on their way to the centennial celebration in New York. Fifteen of the dead Avert men and ! three were women. In addition to the eigh- 1 teen mentioned two men were killed out* right and twelve Avounded. PROMINENT PEOPLE. b - h - ( ox 18 ia !pd iecturm ,. rin S , out _ rt « est. The Czar is learning to play tha cornet, J. D. Dana, tha geologist, is seventy-five. Vox Moltke. the soldier, is eighty-eight. Alfred iticpn Texnyso.a, ^ the iiuet, i-t is.se.enty is v’-entv- nme - Gunmakep. Krupp’s annual income is ?1,- j 095,000. Queen Victoria's favorite dish is tapioca I pudding. Crown Princess Victoria, of Sweden, has giveu bi f h Sf.natop. Ingalls has a passion for bright aEd is very dressy. John Wanamaxep- the new Postmaster- General, is worth $10,000,000. Within the past few rears Secretary d °° bM ‘““UT* Ueorgs Bancroft, the historian, ■ h has en- ceased hes literary w° r/ :. Secretary Proctor is going Wertj to.look ChIm^epIain says that ail domestic John nnimais hail an instinctive fondness for Bright. financia Bussell Sage. Jay Gould's frisnd ', is seventy years old and worth $40, 00°,000. Dn. McGlynn will mer m a iect^r^ tour rm-ou c a and ireiam. The King Greece buys his “ London, while the Queen secos lO P-ru for her costumes. David Sinton is the richest man in Cin- c innati. born in a cabin in Ireland, and worth now s5.(JOO.(XX.>. *,.^0 q Natalis has been inducei to re- .~i~ Servih Milan will, there- JrV, Mss. Grover or™, C_l veland .vr> _ts k eq^ently _ .. seen * °rk thoroagh-qrvc ? usually trim mo .her.