San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-23
DIAz'S BIRTHDAY.
BEFITTINGLY H0NORs
THE PRESIDENT.
Grand Celebration in Every Respect-Sud-
den Death-Injured in Fight.
Other Items in General.
Special Correspondence.

Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 19.-The
citizens of Monterey celebrated
President Diaz's birthday on the
18th and Independence day on the
10Th as they never did before. The
Zaragoza, the city hall and the
Hidalgo plazas were tastefully dec
Grated with orange wreaths, ever
greens, national flags and bunting,
and SO were all the stores, hotels
and residences that fronted them,
and at night were illuminated
with incandescent and arc lights,
Chinese lanterns and colored
lights of all descriptions, which
made the plazss and the city hall
look as bright as in midday.
Nearly all business was suspend
ed in the afternoon Of the 18th to
give the clerks aud working PEG.
pie half holiday to take their
families to the plazas.
The scene on the plazas at night
was very picturesque. They were
full of men, women, boys aud
girls, while two military bands fur
nfshed the music.
| The Casino club gave grand
ball in honor of President Diaz.
The Cinco de Mayo plaza was also
crowded. AS the fiesta is going on
there it always draws big crowd.
Before the break of day OF the
10th the citizens were aroused from
their slumbers by the firing of can
non, the ring of bells, the blowing
OF steam whistles and music by
the military bands. This was kept
up fully twenty minutes. A salute
of twenty-one guns was fired by
the artillery.
At 8 a. m. the governor and staff,
federal and state officers, munich
pal officers and civic societies met
at the state capitol and from there
they marched between a squadron
of soldiers, who lined the street to
keep the crowds back, to the Hi.
dalgo plaza, where platform was
erected at the corner of the city
hall for them and the other ora
tors of the day. At the close
of the speaking they returned
to the state capitol in the
same order and there, dispersed.
At II a. m. another salute was
fired and the bells rang through
out the city.
| At 5 p. m. there was a military
review and music at the Alamo.
da and fully twenty thousand
people went there to witness it.
The park was tastefully decorated
with the national colors, and SO
was the penitentiary which Is
across the way from the park.
At 6 p. m. there was another
salute fred the bells rang and the
steam whistles blew for twenty
minutes, again as in the morning.
The Zaragoza and Hidalgo plazas,
Like the night before we're crowded
with people. The Hidalgo plaza
was one blaze of light. There were
eight arc lights suspended around
and above the Hidalgo statue, and
one on the west and another on
the east side OF the plaza. Around
the cap stone Of the pedestal were
arranged incsndescent colored
lights, green, white and red. In
front, facing the city hall, was
large oil painting, in gilt frame,
OF Morales; on the north side a
painting of Abasola; on the west
side one OF Guerrero, and on the
south side one Of Alende. AT each
corner were placed two small brass
cannons with ammunition, a stack
OF nine rifles with fixed bayonets,
swords, flies and drums.
There was attached to the
gallery of the city hall a
colored electric flash light,
and when the electric current was
turned on it displayed the follow.
ing memento: "Honsry Gloria
At mortal Hidalgo,"
At the northwest of the plaza
there was an arch erected across
the street. 1t was covered with
colored incandescent lights. The
| following inscription In large let
tiers was displayed on in: "In
Honor of Hidalgo Y. Castillo"
| All the incandescent lamps
were 80 arranged that they showed
the national colors, green, white
and red.
| Last Monday morning Mr..
Tansy, who has been for several
years in the employ of the Next
can National railroad as engineer
running from here to Saltillo. At