The morning call., 1891-07-04
FOURTH OF JULY.
How the Glorious Holiday Will
Be Observed.
En- Early Morning salute-Parade and Liter.
airy Exercises-The Regatta-Three
Displays of Fireworks.


Displays of Fireworks.
At daybreak this morning the guns of
Light Battery A, Second Artillery Regi-
ment, \. q. c., will announce the beginning
of the celebration of Independence Day
with national salute-a gun for each
State in the Union. This military honor
will take place in the neishborhoud of the
Market-street cut, under the supervision Of
Captain Sine.
Shortly after o'clock the organizations
invited to take part in the parade will be-
come a prominent factor on the streets, as
positions will have to be taken up and
everything got III readiness for the lorna
ton of the parade, which will start ire
cisely AT $3.50 o'clock.
The Federal troops, under Colonel W. r.
ShafteT, viii have the right OF the line.
They will form on Fremont street at Q
o'clock, at the same time that the citizen
soldiery, under General Dickinson, are
forming brigade line on Golden Gate ave-
nue. aud that the Native Sons are assem-
bling on Davis street
THE PARADE.
Invited guests will inert at the Palace Ho-
tel at a. NJ AT 9:l5 o'clock the signal to
get ready VIII be given. and at $50 O'clock
Grand Master Bert will order the procession
10 move. 1t will do so in ten divisions.
which. by that time, will have formed on the
follow ing streets, with their right resting on
Market street: First Division, Fremont
street; Second Division, Main street; Third
Division, Drumm street; Fourth Division,
DAVIS street; Fifth Division, Beale street.
Sixth Division, Front STREET.; Seventh Divi-
sion, Battery street; Eighth Division. First
street, Ninth Division, Sansome street;
Tenth Division, Second street.
The line OF march VIII be up Market street
to Montgomery, to California, TO Kearny
to Market, out Market to Van Ness avenue,
On which thoroughfare the procession will
countermarch and down Market to Fifth.
where it viii be reviewed by Grand Marshal
Bert and his aids.
The arade will be dismissed about II 80
o'clock Il the morning, and an hour and
half later the literary exercises Will begin
at Metro polltan Temple. The programme
viii be- follows:
PrayeTIChapian e. 4 r.. REV d. " Simmons
Columbia, the Gem Of the Ocean, -. go.
-. Golden West quartet
Song-'Star SPaH gled Banner Mime. Await Gray
Drcisra -on o. Independence. Judge rank Nlurasky
Hdud-'Eec0llecti0us OF the War. s... r Boyer
a f
Poem " rttrn by frank H. tisssaway
............ Miss Ida Kruger
Band Patriotic, selections
sSng@"The Land Ne ile Miss carol 5i' Grouse
One singer Of the PeopLe.l
iAccompanlsl, Miss Eme spcoGeri
on THE FRONT.
The regatta, which promises to be fea-
lure OF tile celebration, viii consist of row.
ing events in the forenoon and a rate for
NhltehallS in the afternoon. The COM
nttee announce that tie morning pro-
ETamme Will commence sharp al 10 o'clock,
ana any contestant who does not report to
them at that hour viii be disqualified from
competing. The same rule Will be invoked
in the afternoon, and any Whitehall which
does not show up at o'clock in tile after
noon, precisely, will be stricken from The
list OF entries.
The rowing races win all start from the
Berry-street Wharf, thence to the Arctic
OH W OrkS and back, pull OF about two
miles. The first event will be the profess
>iunal four-oar barge race, for prize of
SlU0 here are three entries, viz. The
Arlels, with /. Oser, II. Petersen, T. Ten
ness and c. Petersen; the Pioneers, with
r. Crowley, u. Leahy, VI. Stokes and J. I.
Sullivan; the DoiphinS, +. Conway, George
Van Gtlpn, o. Brausch and +. Smith, all
representative crews.
Next in order will be the amateur single
Scull race with three competitors, all from
the ARIEL Club, viz: j. b. Muirhead, II.
TerrIll ana II. Nittkopp.
The third event will be the professional
sugle-Sculls, Tor two prizes Of $40 and $50
Here again the Ariels send three men to
represent them, namely: II. Petersen, c.
Petersen and W. II. Grewney, while the
Pioneers are represented by J. I. Sullivan.
The amateur 1Our-oar barge race will fol-
low. The South End Club will send as their
repr esentatves III this contest: William
Parker. q. DankP, f. Danke and ". Shea :;
CONSWaln, j. Healey. Their competitors
from the Ariel Club will be II. Wittkopp,
II. Tank, J. j. Larkin and G. PheIan, with
a. Carroll as cOXSwain.
LAUNCHES AND WATERFALLS.
Following these will be a race between
the napiha, petroleum and other gas
launches steam barred, but as tins was an
afterthought on the part Of the committee
and the arrangements had not been com
pleted the names Of the entries could not
be learned last evening.
The competitors viii all start from the
scratch except in the race for professional
Single-sculis, in which Petersen will be
handicapped one minute.
The race for Whitehall boats will start
promptly at o'clock from Melggs Wharf.
There are sixteen entries. The prizes are
first $50, second $50, third $40, fourth $50
fifth box of soap.
The course will be as follows: From
MeigEs Wharf around Blossom Rock buoy.
leaving the buoy on the port. thence to the
stake boat. off Meiggs Wharf, leaving the
boat on the Starboard; thence to stake-boat
at Fort Point leaving tile boat on the port
and thence to the finish off Powell street.
The Master Mariners will gave regatta
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, open to all
corners. The start will be from Howard
street Pier !, thence 10 Hunters Point. 20
Oakland Pier, to Fort Poigt and then to
Section of the sea-wall.
The tug-boat Relief will furnish trans
portatlon TO the judges and press represen-
tatiyes during the regatta. The steamer
UkiHh, under the supervision of Colonel
Mentone. Will accommodate those who wish
TO follow in the wake of the Master Mariners
race. She Will leave the Tiburon Ferry
Wharf precisely at l O'clock in the after
noon
The display of fireworks will take place at
dusk in three widely separated parts of the
city, namely: Harrison street, between
Eighth and Ninth; Alta plaza, and Wash
ington square.
CELEBRATION NOTES.
The Exempts and the Exempt Firemen's
Sons Will take the old hand-engine big
Six" 10 the corner of First and Folsom
streets at l P. NJ, and give practical illus
tration Of how fires were extinsuished in
the SOS.
The following shoe dealers have agreed to
close their stores to-day IN order 10 give
their employees an opportunity to celebrate !:
% II Luche' a huenls, DescaisO " FRANK,
kast & Co, j. Il. Russell, Rosenthal Bros
4 Co, Nolan IL Sons, COhnreich Bros.
Nolan & Rourke, b. Katschineski
According TO Lieutenant Finley the day
will be a cool and pleasant one, with occa-
sional fogs, which are not expected to be as
dense as last evening.
The people Of Lorin, Alameda County,
have made preparations for an extensive
celebration. which will consist of games
from u to p. N. 4; Grafton and entertai nment
at 80; fireworks at o'clock and a ball
Immediately after.
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Plenty of Money Contributed to Meet
All Liabilities.
The Executive Committee met last night
to finish up odds and ends of business con-
nl with hn I.c.----I