The record-union., 1896-07-04
AMERICANS DAY OF DAYS.
Il Will be UShered In by a Salute From
Cannon.
Five Prominent Features of the Cele-
bration. and When They
Will Occur.

This is the day we celebrate. There
are others, it is true, the Fourth OF
July is the great American day-the
day that fires the hearts of young and
old, and incidentally tons upon tons of
Chinese bombs and other explosives.
Sacramento is never behind in the
matter of providing for proper OBJ
servance of the National anniversary
and her manner of celebrating 1T to-day
will be on a scale of magnificence
never before excelIed here. Business
generally will be set aside and the day
given over to the celebration.
While there are no unusually elabor-
ate decorations, many of the business
houses and public buildings have been
made bright with the colors Of the Ma
tional flag, and there will be a sea OF
bunting waving in the breeZeS above
the house-tops.
In order that the public may learn
what the features of the celebration Will
consist of, and the hours at which they
will take place, they are here presented
In condensed form:
Salute of thirteen guns at sunrise.
Procession to start from Fourteenth
and j streets at 10 o'clock.
Route of march-Down j to Second
to K, to Tenth, to n, and countermarch
on Tenth back to the Plaza.
Literary exercises at the Plaza di-
rectly after the procession.
Bicycle relay racing at Agricultural
Park at , p. M, fifty miles, between
the Capital City Wheelmen and the
Terminal Club of Stockton.
At 4:30 O'Clock the Horribles will
parade. Line of march-F'rom Ninth
and ], down J to Second, to X, to
Tenth, to J, to Fifteenth, and counter
march down ] to the Plaza, where
services" will be held.
The fireworks will be at Agricultural
Park, commencing at $50 o'clock
Vehicles can enter only at Twentieth
and F and Twenty second and II
streets, and will not be allowed inside
the paddock
Military men have advised the last
division in to-day's procession, com
posed of cyclists, to move in an order
which, if adopted, will make that divi-
sion one of the most attractive ever
seen in this city The proposition is
that the wheelmen form in two lines
single file, each side of the street
begins the two lines will turn off at the
head of the division, right and left
moving to the rear, each advancing
line coming up TO rear of column in ad-
vance and then wheeling. There viii
be two lines of cyclists moving in two
directions constantly, and yet all the
while keeping the head of the division
column up to the rear of column in ad-
vance, or rather up to the Marshal o1
the division.
Thus, instead of having to pause anG
dismount to move at a walk the cy-
clists will simply keep going in double
eliptical route, and of course more rap
idly than the rest of the procession
which is just what is wanted. 1t will
be a continuous countermarch. each
cyclist simply following his or her file
leader. 1t is really easier than moving
in a straight line.
Military men hope that the movement
will be adopted, and say that it is per
fectly simple and cannot fail, and will
be charming variation in column
movement The committee of the cy-
clists have the matter under advise
ment.
All the wheelTnen who are to go fr
the parade are requested to be at the
Pavilion at $40 a. m. sharp.
The fifty-mile relay bicycle race a.
Agricultural Park promises to be g
very hotly contested one. The Stock
ton men have selected team of fas
riders, and it is said their intention il
to trail the Sacramento men on each re
lay and then make a squirt at the finish
and if possible capture the heat.
The riders for the Capital City Wheel
men will be Robert Smith, Thomas
Welch, Louis Payen, VIM. A. Hubert
Walter Leitch, Ed Pope, C. P.'Wil.
son, Jacob Hirsch, George Readman
Lester A. Young.
The Terminal City team will be Ar.
thur Healy, ole Christerfuson, Otto
Salback, C. Thetheway, Eddie Fisher
Walter Hansel. Jerry Fisher, Joe Maley
Bert Castner, Al Thorp.
Admission to the Park win be p cent.
for adults and 10 cents for children
under II years. There will be seats fol
everyone.
The final meeting was held at tht
Golden Eagle Hotel last evening, wher
Grand Marshal George c. McMullen anC
his numerous staff of aids met and per
fected their plan of operations. Very
little was TO be done, however, beside: