The record-union., 1897-06-22
CHANGE In THE PROGRAMME.
Literary Exercises Of the Fourth to
Take Place in the Daytime.
The New Pavilion Selected DIR. Van
Norden Will be Orator of
the Day.

Several members of the Fourth of
July Executive Committee had done
considerable interviewing before the
committee convened last evening, and
1t was pretty we'll understood that when
the Literary Committee should put in
| Its objections to the evening entertain
lnent programme, as outlined at the last
meeting, those objections would be sus-
tanned by the committee as a whole.
1t was further understood that when
the literary programme had been with
drawn from that of the evening enter
tainment the latter would be cut so
short that the old question of having
a grand pyrotechnical display in the
evening would prevail, and that the
acrobatic mandolin performance here
tofore decided on would be heard of
no more.
1t was first decided to appropriate 500
for the Knights of PythiaS (who Will
march in uniform in the parade) to be
used in entertaining visiting members
| of the order who will take part in the
/ procession.
Then Mr.. Beckwith, Chairman of the
Literary Committee, started the ball
rolling which was intended to rescind
| the action of the last meeting with ref
erence to sandwiching the literary ex-
| ercises between acrobatic and mando-
| lin performances. He said the COM
| mittee did not consider the sandwich
proposition in good taste. No orator
could possibly do justice to his SUBJ
| ject in the time to be allowed him,
and the Chaplain for the evening would
| probably not desire to see red fire
| thrown upon the closing part of his
! invocation. The committee, Mr.. Beck
with said, had ascertained that the New
| Pavilion. at Fifteenth and M streets,
might be had at practically no expense,
| and that the intention was to have the
| exercises held Immediately after the
| day parade.
J. O. Coleman. Chairman of the Even
| ing Entertainment Committee, accept
+! ed the situation as gracefully as posi-
! BILE, and seeing that the tide had set
| in against his plan he took the initia-
| tive in upsetting previous arrange
ments. He moved that the resolution
touching upon the subject which had
been adopted at the Last meeting be
| rescinded
There was no opposition, and the lit
erary exercises will be held In the New
Pavilion at the conclusion of the day
| parade.
| Mr. Coleman next reported that the
evening entertainment would take place
as scheduled. The Sacramento Athletic
| Club would give a performance, the
| local Turn Verein Club would do like
wise, and the Y. NJ. G. A. Octet would
render national airs at intervals
+l..c a q
also consulted with the Southern Pa
cific officials, and had secured the fod-
| lowing independence Day rates:
| Special round trip-First-clas tickets
will be sold at all offices ON the South
ern Pacific Company's lines on the af-
| ternoon of July I'd, Sd, 4th and 9th,
as follows: One and one-third to sta
| tions distant from selling station 10
| miles or less; one and one-hfth rare 10
stations distant from selling station ooV
miles or less, but more than 2oO miles.
| The other committees reported prog
| ress, but the expected move LOT nre-
| works was not reached.
| On motion of George w. McMullerl,
| the business men along and X streets
were requested to decorate their places
of business on July 3D., so as to have
everything ready for the oth
| The Literary Committee announced
| that the attractions at the New Pav1l-
ion will be: Prayer by the Chaplain,
Rev. c. L. Mel; Grafton, DR.. Charles
Van Norden: poem, c. P. Massey; read
| ing of Declaration of independence, u.
| J. Simmons
| The committee will meet tomorrow
evening. at which time the ever-recur-
ring question of fireworks viii, 1t IS
said. be again taken up.