The record-union., 1893-07-05
YESTERDAYS CELEBRATION.
1t Was in All Ways CreditabIe to
the City.
An Excellent Procession and Other
Attractive Features-Reaatta
and Fireworks.

and Fireworks.
The national holiday was honored in
this city yesterday in ''the good old
way" but for all that there was fresh
ness and vivacity displayed that made all
the features seem new and attractive.
The weather was all that the most ex-
acting person could have wished for. A
cool and refreshing breeze blew up from
the southeast, laden with ife-giving
ozone and relieving the participants in
the procession of that tired feeling" that
atfiicts the average Fourth of July frol-
ickers in other parts Of the country.
1t was typical California summer day
more particularly of the Sacramento
kind. The sky was without cloud, and
from almost every housetop the beautiful
stars and stripes stood out in grand re-
lief against the blue heavens above. The
streets were thronged with healthy. hap
py and gaily-dressed people in all stages
of development, from the infant in arms to
those who have had four-score celebrations
OF similar kind. There was really moth
ing wanting to make the occasion one of
unusual enjoyment, and the people made
the most of it.
The usual salutes were fired in Capitol
Park at sunrise, noon and sunset by a de-
tachment of men from Battery b, but at
all hours there was maintained a steady
boom from exploding bombs and fire.
arms, supplemented by the constant rat
tie of lesser explosives.
AT 10 o'clock A. NJ. the bells of the Ca
thedral, Congregational Church, German
Lutheran Church, the engine-nouses and
other places pealed forth for full three
minutes. 1t was then high noon at Chi
cago, at which hour Madge Morris Wag-
per of California touched the electric
button that set the liberty bells all over
the nation ringing in honor of the natal
day.
At the conclusion of the literary eXer-
cises Mayor Steinman entertained Mr.
MacSherry, the Orator of the Day, at the
Maison Faure. His other guests were
the Chairman of the Literary Committee
and George w. Ficks of the Grand Army.
In the evening the Literary Committee
gave Mr.. MacSherry ride about the city
He expressed himself as delighted with
Sacramento, which he regards as one of
the pleasantest cities in the State. He said
she and her people had been grossly ma
hgned during the Capital removal agita-
ton.
THE PROCESSION.
Grand Marshal George II. Clark and
his aids were quite prompt n forming the
procession and getting it under way. The
sidewalks all along the line of march were
thronged with people. The gaily deco
rated officers. horses and carriages, fire
engines, allegorical cars, etc., made a
very pretty picture as the column moved
through the streets, with the several
bands playing patriotic and inspiriting
airs.
a unique feature of the parade was the
x,f4 b,-y l.
aids, all OF whom were dressed in the
Continental style-blue coats, buff knee
breeches, top boots, cooked hats and
powdered wigs. They all had good
mounts.
Then, again, the military companies
appeared to unusually good advantage.
The men marched with the precision of
trained soldiers, and their uniforms and
accoutrements were clean and bright
The field guns Of Battery b were all
drawn by large, gray horses, and this
uniformity of color produced a very
pleasing effect.
Music for the First Division was fur
nIshed by the First Artillery Band; the
Grand Army Drum Corps did similar
service for the Second Division and the
Hussar Band for the third,
The trades display, while not as ex-
tenslVe as on some former occasions, was
very good, many of the wagons being
uduuSOInely decorated.
Ihe tlre department, always an attract
i've feature OF Fourth of July PROFESSIONS.
showed to unusually good advantage
yesterday. The uniforms of the officers
and men looked like new, and the
brightly burnished engines, ornamented
with wreaths, bouquets and festoonings OF
flowers, pleased the eyes of all.
The categorical cars, or floats, were con-
structed on new and original designs bv
George Boyne, and would have proven
attractive features OF the celebration in
any of the great cities of the country.
One represented a fortress, bristling with
miniature cannon aud garrisoned by
boys in Continental uniforms, with the
Goddess OF Liberty sitting aloft.
Another was a splendid representation
OF California, the decorations of the car
being typical of the several designs com
posing the States coat-of-arms.
The Grand Army veterans marched
briskly in the procession with the
younger men comprising the National
more venerable Pioneers had thought
fully provided themselves with large
carryalls.
There was one feature of the parade
that attracted no little attention-the dis
play made by the New York Bakery. A
number of boys bore banners with such
inscriptions as: THE New York Bakery
is Still ON Top"; 1--WE Are in the Lead
and Mean to Stay There" etc. The out
tit marched in the line with the trades
display. 1t derived its significance from
the fact that the bakery has been for some
time lighting boycott.
There was large delegation of MEM
bers of Clan Gordon, who appeared in the
picturesque Highland costume. They
were accompanied by several pipers in a
carriage.
AT THE THEATER.