The western recorder., 1898-06-23
brigade. composed Of British, SWISS
and Germans. Intend to remain ashore.
PUEsLo.s ANNUAL FESTIVAL.
A weaIfh Of Entrrfninmenf Extending
Oyer Three Days In July.

A wealth Of Enterfninmenf Extending
Ovsr Three Days In July.
Pueblo. the second city In the state
of Colorado M to population. and the
greatest smelling center In the coun-
Try. takes welI-enrned pride In its an
nunI festival known as the Pageant OF
States and Nations. Though this Gus
tom is but year old. the enterprise
Ia OF such n populur nnturc TINT the
entire southern portion Of the state
has taken nm interest in II. and Rocky
Ford. Colorado Springs. Denver ana
several other cities viii be represent
ed with floats. In Pueblo all the res
idents are organized into clubs OF pco-
pie having the same nnfive state or
country. Thus there are the Pennsyl-
yania club. the Missouri club. the
Germany club, the italian club and
even the Chinese club. Each club
tries 10 outdo the other In the grand-
eur OF Its display. and the friendly ri
valry thus created results In fine ex-
hibits. In addition to the clubs. there
In a central committee well supplied
with funds which looks after the fire
works, music and other special feat
ures.
The dates set for the pageant are
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday, July
o. huu D.' i(uIluk tut Whtci ihSt
over the Colorado Mineral Palace. the
most wonderful building Of its kind.
has been completed. renovated and
surrounded by park. That will be
the scene of all the indoor features OF
the program. The pageant opens Sun
dny mt 2.30 o'clock In the afternoon
with n sacred concert at the Mineral
Palace. and the national hymns will
be sung by chofuses composed OF ma
tlves of the several countries, accom-
panied by several large brass bands
and stringed orchestrns. For that
evening there Will he nmusemcnts at
MInnequa lake and other music about
town.
With sunrise Monday opens the real
old-fashloned Fourth of July, the an
nIvcrsary OF the day when the liberty
bell. from the belfry of Independence
hall Mt Philadelphia. proclaimed the
message that the Stars and Stripes
were supreme. with thousands of
men In the field fighting for the honor
of Old Glory IL is not strange that the
patriotic citizens OF Colorado have
desire TO celebrate the coming M
tlonal day with unusual enthusiasm
A national salute will announce the
day and then the fun begins In real
earnest. First thing on the program
IL parade Of nll the bands. and that
will merge into the Pageant Of States
and Nations, which forms Mt the Min
eral Palace Mt 3:30 II. m. This event
gives promise of celebration that
will rival the N1nrdi Gras nt New Or
leans or the Festival of Mountain and
Plain mt Denver. No more need he
said. Monday afternoon there will be
n display OF day fireworks, something
new in the field of pyrotechnics. There
will be fireworks In the evening of
the kind that make the heavens bril-
liant with splendor. and to close the
day n masked dance In front OF the
grand stand
But TINT will not close the program,
for on Tuesday there will be an indus
trial display such as can only be fur
nlshed by the home of the Bessemer
steel works. the Philadelphia smelter,
the Pueblo smelter, The Colorado
smelter. the Lannon foundry. the Iron
City foundry and score of other
plants which work day and night
converting the wealth OF the Rocky
mountains into commercial products.
With II all there will be music TUES
day afternoon the masked carnival
takes place That evening the naval
combat will take place on Lake Min
ncqua. This lake is three and one
half miles In circumference and has Il
depth OF thirty feet. An entire fleet
OF ships have been built. and explo-
sion OF all these at the grind climax
cannot help but remind the spectators
Of the Spanish fleet after they met
Admiral Dewey in Manila harbor.
The program closes with dances Mt
both the lake pavilion and the Mineral
Palace. During the pageant the Ro-
yer Wheel and Athletic Club gives
state bicycle meet ut their track on
Lake avenue.
On account of the Immense crowds
assured. the Colorado Passenger As
sociation has made very low rates to
Pueblo for the celebration.