The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-27

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The programme 70. the Great Northern
celebration on July 5 and Was deter
mined on BY the executive COMMITTEES as
lis meeting last night ct the Nerehsnts'
and Manufacturers Exchange, and the
posters viii be printed today. Gov. John
II. McGrav will be president Of the day,
Senator John b. Allen orator, Gen Net
cafe grand marshal, E. c. Hughes reader
and Rev. DR.. Alison chaplain.
The programme for the two days will Be
- follows: The morning Of the ID will be
devoted TO visiting the United States bar
Dor defense vessel Monterey. In the After
noon there will be IN exhibition BY the
fireboat Snoqualmie and . baseball game
At Madison park At7:3o p. m there.viii
be . tug-oi-war On Pioneer place, followed
by an electrical exhibition 1t the coal and
mineral palace. On the morning on the
9Th the national salute will b iired from
the monster guns OF the Monterey. At 10
Z. m. viii occur the civic and industrial
parade, in which the police aad fire depart
ments Of the city, the state NH
litiA United States marines. Knights
OF Pythias and other uniformed
organizations. industrial floats to the
number Of sixty or seventy five, the labor
and trades unions and other organizations
with several bands Of music. will
take part. After the parade there
will be literary exercises AZ Uai-
versity square, at which the Grafton Of
the day viii be delivered by United States
Senator John B. Allen. In the afternoon
there will be baseball game at Madison
park and swimming and sculiing matches
on the lake. In the evening there will be
an open Air concert ct Madison and Leschi
parks, an illuminated bicycle parade down
town, an electrical display At the coal and
mineral palace and an exhibition OF tho
search lights OF the Monterey. Madrona
park has been engaged for . separate cele-
bration on the Fourth by the Popuiists,
which will consist Of picnics and appro-
pirate literary exercises Of . patriotic
character.
All the railroads west of the Cascades
and oil the steamship lines have agreed to
sell half-fare round.trip tickets TO the Sc
attic Fourth of July celebration on the LIST,
ID. 81 and 4th. good TO return until the 9Th.
Chairman E. O. Graves read the foisow-
ing letter from President James ]. Hill, OF
the Great Northern railway. which indi-
Gates that he still intends At some later
date to fulfill his promise of bringing
large number Of prominent people from
the East to Seattle:
Ny Dear Sir. Your letter OF the 18th duly re.
ceved. and replying beg to asaure you that IL
was great dissppoia tmeut 10 me no; 70 be able
to take the party West over our new liue. as
originally intended. the middle OF this month.
The gentlemen whom l ts.t the greatest inter.
est IN, and whose interest would be Of more
value tn the state of Washington than many
times the number Of ordinary visitors. include
men engaged in iron mining. coal min
ing. the manufacture OF Steel on
large scale ana some of the largest
bansers and merchants in the country,
also the principal lumbermen from Michigan.
Wisconsin aud Minnesota These latter are be-
coming interested in the lumber oil your state
and desire TO invest largely I'm timber and the
manufacture OF lumber, with a view Of con-
tinuing their supply, ~ the Eastern forests are
being rapidly cut You and the other members
Of the committee viii, an sure. understand
that party OF such men, ngsged - they are in
the branches named, cannot leave home now FOR
any length OF time with any degree of sasisfac-
ton to themselves As soon a. matters tase
better share these parties will b ready 70 make
the trip. They 10 anxious TO 90 ~ We are
TO have them, but the trip must be SO timed -
TO enable them to leave homo under conditions
different than would be possible at the present
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