The herald., 1897-07-05
ENDEAVOR
RIBBONS
Flanked by the Stars and
Stripes
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
A BLAZE OF PARTI-CoLoRED
WELCOME
The Main Body at Salt Lake City
Holds Services in the Famous
Tabernacle
Associated Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCIsCO,J July 4.-The broad
area of this city is sea of color, decora-
tive. ribbons of the Christian Endeavor
societies, the Stars and Stripes and the
bunting hung in honor of the national
holiday, floating with the breeze in
mingling waves of blue and gold, purple
and white, with the motto of the young
peoples organization displayed on ev-
cry hand. From the ferries to the out
ermost civic limits by the Golden Gate,
buildings, both public and private, busi-
ness houses and residences are covered
with variegated colors and with inscrip-
tions of welcome. The grand arch on
Market street is the most conspicuous
of all the decorations. With it's thous-
ands of electric lights Illuminating the
many colors of its adornment from each
feature of which grand welcome fairly
blazes, the hospitality of which it is the
demonstration, should go far to compen-
safe the travellers for the weariness of
| an overland trip in summer.
The advance guard of the Christian
Endeavor delegates who arrived in this
city yesterday received few additions to
their numbers this morning. Probably
| the total number of today's early ar
rivals did not exceed four hundred. By
tomorrow, however, they will be COM
| ing in on every train and boat and late
| this evening or early tomorrow ten spe-
cial trains containing IS cars and PIP.
| passengers will arrive over the Southern
| Pacific from the Santa Fe alone. Sew
eral distinguished delegates are already
here, including John Willis Baer, gen.
| eral secretary of the organization, who
came in this morning. and Tamil Evan
gelist David of Ceylon. who has made
the trip from his Cingalese home spe-
cially to attend the convention From
now until the close of the convention
members of the reception committee,
which numbers 1000, will meet every
train and boat and escort the visiting
| delegates to the convention headquar-
ters in the Mechanics pavilion.
In order TO avoid the inconvenience
that would attend the assigning to quar-
ters of delegates arriving in the city af-
| ter midnight, arrangements have beer
| made with the railroad companies
whereby no trains will come in later
a. m. Such trains as would under ordi-
nary circumstances land passengers in
San Francisco between these hours are
| to be side-tracked on the other side of
the bay. The passengers will remain
on board until the regular local trains
begin to run, when they will be trans
ferred and carried through on the
| locals
| The street car companies will run cars
from the ferries during the convention
at an earlier hour than usual beginning
at daybreak every morning. This ar
rangement will put the reception and
registration committee to the necessity
| of being on duty from 5 o'clock in the
! morning until after midnight. To at
tend properly to the reception and regis
| tration of visitors the committee will be
divided into three watches, each to stand
| six or seven hours duty each day.
The railroad company is at loss to
| find accommodations for all the cars
that will arrive this week. They expect
to have the yard at West Oakland filled
| to it's fullest capacity as well as every
available sidetrack between Oakland
and Niles and Port Costa. Over 45O
| Pullman cars are expected.