The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-01

| 1It6uU 1ON OcuUO VI Olo LIOV1uCc u
| Quebec has been compelled to decline til,
Invitation to participate in the Portland
celebration of the Atlantic and ST. Law
renee railroad. Gen. Manager Hays O
the Grand Trunk will not be able to b.
present, neither will President Wilson o.
the Maine Central or Sir Dominica
CoInaghi, English Consult at Bos
| ton.
MIR. ThomassT. Stokes of Boston, presi
dent of the Victorian Festival association
and chairman of the Victorian club, ha,
| accepted an invitation from Mayor Ran
dali to be present at our joint celebration.
| MIR. Stokes will arrive Sunday and re-
man over Monday.
| Mayor Randall received letter from
Rear Admiral Belknap, q. S. N, yester
| day permitting Commander Tverson to
land Cadets on the 4th from the Enter.
prise.
| Captain L. L. Reamey of the Montauk
will send detachment of thirty-eight
sailors to take part in the parade Lieut..
]. S. Brown, commanding, and Lieuts.
(junior grade) Clifford and Bigelow
Captain Reamey. with Ensign Camp as
aide. and Chief Engineer Fl. ". Spangle1
will be special guests Of Mayor Randall
and ride with him in the procession.
Prof. Wood S large chorus and Chandler
| band, had a fine rehearsal in Reception
hall last evening.
The young ladies who are to represent
| the forty five states in the city of Port
land floats are requested to meet at the
| Aldermen room at z. 80 clock SATURDAY.
evening.
| The committee on the Fourth of July
parade has changed the route as an
nounced yesterday, on account of illness
along the line of march originally desig-
mated. The column will march north
from City hall up Congress street,
through Washington, Cumberland, High,
Deering, State, Congress, Vaughan,
Bramhall, Western promenade, Pine,
Bracket, Dsnforth, State. Congress to
City hall, where the parade will be dis
missed.
| The column will be reviewed by the
mayor and staff and invited guests at
| Congress square. The committee respect
fully and earnestly requests all our citi
zens to decorate their residences and
places of business in honor of the day.
and event, especially those along the
route of procession.
Following the commemoration exercises
of the Grand Trunk railway at Fort
| 1lan mark 0I1p co1diar Iadc fr,,r, ~,
necticut will give an extended order drill
upon the Eastern promenade. The move.
ments to be executed will include forma-
tion for attacks, advance Of skirmish line,
upon supposed Notifications which will
be carried by assault using blank
cartridges. Persons with nervous horses
should observe due caution at the dis.
|charge of the musketry. The drill will be
followed by a battalion dress parade, and
the fine soldiership of the Connecticut
boys eyinced at the Memorial day parade
will be accorded more elaborate demon
stration on the Fourth.
Thisswill be- the programme for the
| illustrated concert:
March-Stars and Stripes,
| Chandler's Band
American Hymn-Illustrated,
| Chorus and Band
Overture-Light Cavalry,
Chambers Band
God Save the Quesn-C complimentary
| to our guests, Illustrated,
Chorus and Band
P lantation Scenes,
| Chandler's Band
Suwanee River-Illustrated, ws
| Chorus and Band
Potpourri of Late Songs,
Chandler's Band
Star Spangled Banner-Iaustrated,
| Chorus and Band
Indian War Dance,
Chambers Band
Old Kentucky Home,
Chorus and Band
| "reminiscences of the War, Illustrated.
| Chan dler's Band
America, Illustrated,
Chorus and Band
| The entire audience is requested to ioin
with the chorus and band in closing the
1920 anniversary of our national inde-
pendence with grand rendition of the
| national anthem.
Mr.. E. G. SWEET has arranged with
Manager Keith for the use of large
number OF the stereopticon war scenes,
incidents, cartoons and portraits now in
use in Keith's theatre; also views of the
famous dynamo and engine rooms, and
other sections of Keith's, the most
palatial theatre in the world. The views
will be interspersed with the numbers OF
the illustrated concert on the Western
promenade Fourth of July evening.
This is the list of the marshal and his
aides:
Chief Marshall. S. Sanborn.
staff and Aids-E. G. Milliken, F. ",
May herry, F. Fl. johnson, Flavel Chaplin,
H. Nj. Castner, H. g. Gerrish, John It.
Pagan, John j. Lynch, 6. Fred Murch,
E. ii. Foster, Fred Dow, G. II. Baker,
Il. A. Burke, D. W. Heseltine, G. W.
| Comedian. Lester Douglass, bugler; a.
l.. Hanscomb, W. H. Hatch, j. III.
Boardman, l.. P. Huston, A. l.. Doug.
lass, +. Il. Cram, A. M. Sawyer, &. Ii.
| Pierce.
| The different organ izations of the great
| parade will form as follows:
| Connecticut troops on Chestnut street,
right resting on Congress street.