The herald., 1894-04-03
The Fiesta.
Every Indication That the Affair VIII
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Every Indication That the Affair Will
Be n Success.
The Santa Fe Railroad company has
acted muniicently in agreeing to
transport all the outside military com
psnies free of charge to and from the
city on tine fests military day.
This is an immense relief to the
finance com mittee, for this single item
OF transportation would have cost more
than all the carnival floats. 1t insures
a much larger military representation
than would otherwise have been possi-
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success OF military day.
Chief Justice Beatty of the state su-
preme court has accepted the invitation
to be here during the fiesta.
The Reign of the Queen OF the Angels
will begin next Tuesday about noon,
not only with noise of trumpets, but
by the firing OF cannon and musketry,
which will be a signal for all the bells
in town to ring, and the whistles of
factories and locomotives to toot their
utmost. With such eclst will the car
niVal be inaugurated as to inspire and
enthuse every citizen.
There ls a movement among the mer-
chants to effect universal closing of
stores on the afternoons of Tuesday,
grand opening parade day, and Friday,
military day. With all interest CEN
tered on the brilliant street parades,
little business could be transacted. II
is hoped that all the merchants will CO.
operate in closing stores.
1t is desired that all horsemen who
wish to take part in tue historic parade
on Tuesday, April 10th, vaqueros, riders
oil Shetland ponies, etc, should make
known their intentions 10 the secretary
OF the grand marshal at 1873 South Main
street.
The parade committee are issuing a
large number of invitations to citizens
to prepare their private equipages for
the coaching parade and to invite their
friends to do the same.
Yesterday morning the artistic COM
mittee, consisting OF Messrs. Eisen, La
Conte, Kohn and Van Week, made an
inspection trip to all the places where
the fiesta floats are being built. All
were found we'll under way and will be
completed Friday. Aside from the IL
carnival floats there are five other floats
being built in this city. that OF the
chamber OF commerce, Santa Monica.
the Foresters, the Maccabees and
knights OF Pythias, besides the numerous
and handsome private hoas OF the
meTchante. Other cities will have their
floats ready the last of this week.
Mayor Carlson of San Diego, yester-
day telegraphed Director General Mey-
berg that his city's float is coon to be-
finished here.
In writing to M. H. Newmark OF the
Southern California committee, E. NJ.
HaSkoll OF the Pomona Progress says
their float IS about completed. 1t will
represent the mountains and valleys oil
that vicinity in painting and a realistic
foreground, and will have a tabeau
group of the guardian angels Of science
and progress that hover over their city.
The Chinese exhibit promises to have
the elegance and gorgeousness that only
the orientals know how to produce. Mr..
Chan, interpreter, yesterday asked Mr..
Newmark to write to the collector oi
the port OF San Francisco to rush
through some Chinese costumes now in
bond marked for the Los Angeles thea
ter, as they are to be used in making
up the characters on their float.
Prof. Rhode is spending part OF his
vacation in drilling the public school ca
det companies, in order that they may
make as fine an appearance as possi-
BILE on children's day, Thursday, April
18th