The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-28

FOURTH OF JULY PROGRAM NOW
SETTLED.
A Great Demonstration Satur-
day Night in the Harbor to Monday
Night at the Ball-Fine Athletics.

This is the last week prior to the
Fourth of July celebration and nearly
everybody is reserving a good deal of
enthusiasm. , The leisure time of the
committeeman in charge of the cele-
bration for the next half-dozen days
will be occupied in arranging the
many little details in connection with
the gigantic demonstration.
The festivities will open on Satur-
day evening in the harbor with a
grand display of fireworks and a water
carnival. Chairman Kennedy of the
committee in charge of this feature of
the celebration says that the display
will be the finest ever exhibited on
these shores. An American committee
consisting of Ed Towse, G. w. r. King
and T. B. Murray, have been selected
to assist in Saturday evenings enter
tainment
The fireworks will be sent up from
scows floating in the harbor. A good
view can be had from nearly all of
the wharves.
The water carnival procession will
move up the harbor at 7:3O o'clock
sharp on the same evening. The en-
tries must be in at the Hawaiian News
Company's store by Friday noon of
this week. Cash prizes ranging from
| SIS to $50 will be given to the best
illuminated merchant or coasting YES
sci, steam launch, barge, ships boat,
| skiff, canoe and float.
The judges will view the procession
from a special boat in the harbor.
On Sunday the pastors of the vari-
Gus church bodies will preach appro-
pirate sermons for the day. AT the
evening service in Central Uunion
Church Rev. d. p. Birnie will hold a
special American service.
On Monday will occur the grand
cenSoration. Americans will observe
sary of the Republic of Hawaii will
not be lost sight of. At daylight will
be fired the national salute.
The parade and review will start al
9 o'clock. Grand Marshal W. II. Hoogs
expects to have his column made uI
by Wednesday. The sailors and
marines from the Philadelphia and
| Marion, the National Guard, Mounted
Reserve, Mounted Patrol, Citizens
Guard, and the Sharpshooters com
panies will be among the organiza.
tions in line. Then there will be
! bicycles, unofficial floats, masquerade
characters, masquerade squads, hacks
and public vehicles, business and de-
livery wagons, all bedecked with rib,
bons and bunting and decorated with
flowers, in the column. Prizes are tc
be awarded for the best decorated We.
hicles and the most original masler.
The parade will form at the Execu
tive building. The line of march viii
be out of the King street gate down
Merchant, to Fort, to Hotel to Ala
kea, to Emma, to School, to Fort, tc
King and back to the Executive build
ing.
The literary exercises and music al
the Opera House at 1880 o'clock will
be under the auspices of the Ameri
cans. Rev. j. M. Monroe of the Christ
ian Church will open with prayer. The
De Koven Club, composed of twenty
young men, will sing, after which
Professor j. L. Howard of Oahu Col.
lege, will read the Declaration of IN
dependence. United States Minister
Sewall will deliver the address. After
singing "America," with the Phila.
delphia band accompaniment, Rev. d
p. Birnie will pronounce the benedic
tion.
The national salute will be fred al
noon on Monday.
The sports for children will begir
at the base ball park at 1880 o'clock
the field sports will be held at the
park also.
The postponed league game between
the Star and St. Louis clubs will be
played at $3.50 o'clock in the after
noon. The grand ball at Independ
ence Park pavilion will come off in the
evening. The invitations will be is
sued on Wednesday.
THE LADIES.