The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-05
WAS A REAL HOT THING
The Greatest Fourth the Garden
City Ever Saw.
IT BROUGHT GLAD NEWS
How SIMPSONS Grand Victory Was Gel
ebrated in Missouia - He Is the
Idol of the Hour-Events
of the Day.

does. 1t was a hot thing, Missoula's
Fourth of July. 1t was the greatest day
the Garden City ever celebrated and the
town did its share toward showing the
of the nation of the magni-
fcent gift bestowed on 1t by Sampson,
Shafter and the brave men in their COM
mands. 1t was. too. the pleasantest day
in the history of the Western Montana
department Of the Standard. Ii was the
happy duty. or, rather. privilege. Of his
office to give To the people here and up
the Bitter Root the glad news of the
magnificent achievement of the Ameri-
can fleet.
on the very eve of the nations birth
day Missoula was blue. There Is no
doubt of that. There was none of the
snap and dash that usually characterizes
the eve before the Fourth. Everybody
wanted to go to bed and many had gone
when the news Of the Sampson victory
was telephoned to the Standard office.
The few stragglers about town were
soon summoned to the Standard Office
by the cheers and yells and bombs that
wrecked silence and all hands joined in
the din. Then bicycle couriers were sent
all around town with the glad tidings
and in less than half an hour the night
WAS WHAT II OuE0l 10 nave btths ctiVhS
men acted like children in their glee and
there was nothing which could make a
noise that was not impressed for the
time.
1t was late in the morning when the
crowd went home and IL was early in
the day when the GROVE came back.
There was no time to waste in sleep.
Then early came the Standard with full
Ter particulars of the affair. The Bitter
Dnnt fra{1ht fro In uraS hold I'LL the ar
rival of the overland. so the Standard
could be sent up ahead of time to the
people celebrating at Hamilton. There
was such a rush at the Standard office
as was never seen before. The papers
were wanted everywhere and they were
wanted badly. The people got them and
they were happy. The city bulletin OF
the Standard confirmed tonight the
news and the crowd vas happy as 1t
never was before. Sampson was the idol
of the hour and he hao strengthened his
hold on the people all day. is the
way Missoula's Fourth began.
The hours before the morning parade
We're spent in learning the news and
celebrating II n when the fever of
excitement was running high the parade
started. 1t was enjoyed by the biggest
crowd that Missoula ever witnessed.
The line was managed splendidly, and
aside from the delay in starting there
was no hitch in the whole parade and
not an accident marred the event. The
fire department had the head of the line
and presented n magnificent appearance,
Following was the car of state finely
decorated. Next came the band. ahead
of the marshal and his aides, who were
followed by the Federation of Labor. In
the rear OF the Federation moved the
Standard float with flags bearing the
name of Sampson. Accompanying boys
threw from the float to the crowd along
the line of march copies of the STANDARD
with its message of joy and glad tidings,
A thousand papers were scattered
among the crowd and when the parade
was over not one could be found along
the route of the procession.
Next was the handsome float of the
Garden City brewery, followed by Buck
Armery and the employees of the North
ern Pacific shops, all in uniform. Floats
of Magee d Hayes and the Missoula
Mercantile company, with historic float.
showing General Gage receiving the
protests of the Boston boys regarding
the actions of his soldiers, won greai
applause.
The Red Men Of Missoula lodge were
out i'm force. Following them was tn,
Red Cross float. which was one of tn,
finest features OF the parade. The may
or and aldermen, with Hon. Il. ID
Weed, the orator of the day, came next
and the Foresters' float and hat of tn
Golden Rule store were ehind Tn,
clever battery of Arthur Quinn brcugh
up the rear. and brought out more ap
plause han n other feature of tn
line. The Northern Pacific shop me-
and their battery took the prize for tn,
best appearance, and were pleasant.
remembered and handsomely enter
tanned by Reinhart Martin Then tn
procession was over.
An immense crowd gathered at tn
court house to hear the exercises. A
of the programme as wa
carried out. The music of the ~juvenil
choir and the Demoss family was de
lightful, and the recitation of the Dec
laration of Independence by II. c. Stit
from memory won applause for tina
gentleman. Mayor Webster made
neat speech, and the Grafton by +. /
Weed of Helena was a splendid effor
Mr.. Weed. always eloquent, wa
4 his best to-day. and inspired by IN
: good news of the night and morning
was even better than usual. He spok
eloquently Of the republic and its mis-
I sion, inc Ia an able argument
5 favor of the territorial acquisition
( which he thinks will be a necessit
. forced upon us by the war. His pie
was listened to with earnestness by n
v large audience, and he was repeated
d interrupted by applause. After lunC
r the athletic sports were started off wit
a fine l0-mile bicycle race betwet
Hathaway and Rails. in which Raj
won by half a length in 2s minutes ar
d - seconds. The finish was n of Il
$ best ever seen here. Hathaway W
bothered a little by a team IN q
= bridge and by a piece of tin near Ma
II street, which may have made a diffe
II nee. The sports on Cedar street.
e front of the court house, resulted
follows:
Three-legged race-Pope and RaI
won: Graham and ISLANDERS. secon
One hundred-yard ~dash-Burge wo
m Brady. second. Quarter-mile run-Bur
n won: Rails, second. Girls under Il
Jessie Hutchinson won; Alma DE-
champs, second. Girls under 16@Jess
= Hutchinson won; Edna HIATT, secon
Boys under PA. Cell won: c. Hoehr
second. Boys under 16-Shanders wo
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