The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05

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The glad tidings that statehood had
at lust come was received in Salt Lake
with wild enthusiasm.
1t was some time after the receiving
sounder at the Western Union, through
which the message came. had clicked
out the announcement that President
Cleveland had signed the proclamation.
before the demonstration became gen
eral, but when it did there was such
hubbub as never before rent the air or
fell upon the ears of the inhabitants
of Zion.
Whistles sounded, cannon Numbered,
bells tolled and the deafening sounds
of hundreds of bombs formed but a
part of the greatest jubilation wit
! messed in the intermountain region.
On the streets and around corridors
men shook hands with each other.
strangers and acquaintance alike, as
if all were equal and every man as
good as his neighbor, all giving vent
to expressions of joy and salutations
such as Happy new state to you" or
"All hail to Utah." and the whole
multitude seemed inspired with a
! lofty spirit of patriotism such as has
has never been seen here.
AT an early hour the streets were
thronged with busting, animated, en-
thusiastic crowds, particularly along
Main street in the vicinity of lie
Western Union office. All were
anxious to hear the first news
proclaimed that the crown of the
! greatest union on the face of the earth
had been studded with the brightest
diadem of them alI-Utah. 1t was just
9:13 o'clock when the flash was re-
ceived that the proclamation had been
signed, and no sooner had word been
caught than Superintendent Brown
grasped a shotgun, ran out in front of
the office and fired two resounding vol
! leys. This was sufficient for a mas
sing of the crowds in front of the tele-
graph office and as the full meaning
| of the signal became known a mighty
cheer from hundreds of jubilant
threats rent the brisk morning air.
The news spread as if carried in
electrical currents in the atmosphere
and soon the whole city was In one
wild state of excitement. Merchants
began to decorate their places of bust
ness patriotic citizens hung out the
national colors on their private resi-
denceS and within a remarkably brief
period the city was clothed In holiday
attire. On every hand were indica
/ tions of festivity and "Old Glory"
waited in the breeze from every build
1 ing in the business portion of the city.
| AS the hours passed on the multi
tudes on the streets increased and
beaming countenances testifying to
universal jubilation were to be seen on
every hand Toward II o'clock the
steam whistles began to sound. A
monster whistle, provided by the city
1 council, footed from the tower of the
| joint city and county building steadily
! for two hours, while the noise from
every whistle on every factory in the
city sang out in melodiouS accompani-
ment. At 11:30 the battery of the
National Guard of Utah fired the
national salute-tWenty-one guns-from
| Capitol Hill. The reports of the can
non interningled with the ringing of
bells and blowing of whistles produced
a noise that usually would be con-
! sidered unbearable, but yesterday the
sound was as agreeable as the softest
strains from an instrument, because
| it shouted out that an event of the
/ greatest moment to the people of the
state had taken place.
| To attempt to enumerate the places
| decorated would be vain. Everyone,
! particularly in the business section,
took occasion to make displays of the
national colors.
The z. c. NJ l. had magnificent
/ silver star, representative of the latest
I addition to the national emblem, en-
| shrined in eVergTeens with the stars
and stripes for background. NumeT-
/ Gus flags dotted the entire front of the
| building
The city hall and the fire department.
headquarters we're studded With flags
1 and presented a. holiday appearance.
! Suspended between the towers of the
temple a magnificent specimen Of Old
| Glory futtered in the gentle breezes
| that rolled down from the Wasatch
range. In the evening there was a
most brilliant display of electrical "
| Nominations.
One of the prettiest displays was in
/ front of No. q East First South. where
a star of immense proportions had been
artistically constructed bearing the
inscription 1.-THE FOrty-fifth Star" in
red, white and blue.
In front of the Citizens Electric Light
company's office on Second South there
was an artistic electrical Illumination
last night.
Colonel Isaac Trumbo's residence was
/ becomingly attired in colors of red,
white and blue, and literally covered
/ with flags
One incident which illustrated the
deep feeling of satisfaction experienced
! by all Utonians transpired at one of
the hotels in the afternoon. A party
of old men who have been residents of
Utah an their lives sat exchanging
"reminiscences of days gone by. After
While the conversation Jagged and
the group of old settlers sat silent with
bowed heads as though buried in the
past. Statehood" finally unused one
abstractedly, well, we've been fghtin'
| for it night on forty years. and then
they all got up and shook hands as
| if by common impulse. tA
1t is doubtful if the enthusiasm will
again be so stirred up among the peo-
pie even on Inauguration day as yes
terday. 1t seemed as if old and young,
men and women were waiting only to