El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-28
INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Last night the arrangements com
mittees met at Judge Hunters Office
Mr.. Prudential reported that the
matter of the T. & P. excursion rate
has been satisfactorily arranged. 1t
was stated that Mr.. Darbyshire, the
agent in this city, had evinced no dis
position to meet the committee OF ar
rangements half way, and it was neces-
| sary to go to headquarters in order TO
secure proper attention"
Mr.. Prudential reported further
| that Messrs. McCutcheon, D1llon.
| Courchesne, and himself, had seen
| Messrs. Mallen, Aguirre, and Escajeda
regard ing the part the Mexicans would
take in the days observance: They
were informed that a certain sum
would be given to prisoners in jail,
for extras and clothing.
Provision has already been made
for q great triumphal arch to span the
street in front of the Mexican consul
| late. This arch will support large sta
tues of Liberty and of washington and
Hidslgo, the great liberators OF Anne
RIGA. In the parade will be one or two
floats containing Mexican children in
fancy dress. One of the best features
of the whole parade will probably be
the Mexican colony. The men having
this section in charge hope to have l5O
men in line, with fancy sombreros and
typical Mexican costume. The Mex
leans are all enthusiastic about the
| celebration, and will make tnelr part
of it q big success.
| Mr.. Hunter reported from the com
mittee on fireworks that several tele-
grams had been sent before reply
was received. The reply which
reached the committee Saturday night
said that everything is being rushed.
The goods will have to come from New
York by express, but it is thought
there will be no hitch. The fireworks
committee have worked hard and de-
serve commentator. Their work will
increase until after the Fourth is gone
by.
| The knights of Pythias and the
knights of Labor sent word that they
will take part in the parade.
Mr.. Dillon announced that Leigh
Clark had been selected by the COM
mittee on speakers to read the Decla-
ration of Independence, and that Con-
sui Kindrick and W. M. Colwel1 will
| be the principal speakers for the occa-
sion.
Mr.. Slater outlined q provisional
program for the flag raising exerci-es
| in the plaza on the morning of the
Fourth. It was arranged that reserved
seats should be provided for members
of the chorus, close to the speakers
stand.
The next meeting of the committee
will be held at the Office of Leigh
Clark in the Mundy building, Wednes-
day night.
THE BICYCLE ROAD RACE.
The HERALD reporter was talking to
one of the promoters OF the 10 mile
road race for the Fourth of July. On
being asked how the matter was pro-
crossing, he answered.: "Finely; we
have been informed thatthe executive
committee heaving charge OF the
Fourth of July celebrations are going
to contribute S25 towards our expenses.
That will reduce the entrance fee to
to be one dollar.
Those wishing to enter these races
must do so by the LIST of July, "a the
entrances will close on that day." On
next Saturday night the committee who
have the races in charge will meet
to calculate the hsndicaps of the diff
ferent contestants entered up to that
time.
THE BURRO CAVALRY.
The HERALD man called on Col. ST
Ryan this morning to see how he was
progressing in the enlistment of bis
rough riders for the Fourth of July
parade. The boys are just swarminR-
| in to enlist. Col. Ryan has q regular
enlistment blank on which he puts
their names after swearing them in :,
| the age is also recorded. The oath
that is administered to the boys is
off and holding up their right hands,
they are asked if they sincerely and
solemnly promise that they will not
hurt any person with the
fireworks given them to shoot
The reporter was there at the time
that two or three of them came in, and
watched the methods of swearing
them in. They all took the matter in
good faith and as solemnly as if they
we're really being sworn into the SER
vice of the United States.
| Col. Ryan thinks that he may have
q little trouble to mount these boys on
burros, as he says, From the way
these boys have been coming in here
and going out and telling all the
others that they meet, 1 am afraid that
1 will have a good many more than I
can possibly handle.''
There is no doubt that this feature
of the parade will be one of the best.
When the boys learned that they would
be given all the fireworks they could
shoot free of charge, they began to
to flock to enlist in Col. Ryan's batal-
lion.
THE FIREWORKS.
The fireworks committee have made
a fine selection for the display on the
| Fourth, and in response to kilograms
the manufacturers have wired that
they are rushing everything, so it is
reasonable to suppose that we will not
be disappointed.
The following is list of the set
pieces
| l. Rainbow Wheel.
2. Rosette, "The Philippines
3. Cuban Flag.
4. "Salute to FL Paso's Volunteers. -
5. True Lovers knot;
6. Porto Rico Cascade.
I. Mexican Flag.
3. Bouquet to Lieut.. Hobson.
| 8. Texas Star.
10. Prismatic Rosette, Sampson"
II. Picture of Admiral Dewey.
IL. Spanish Mine at Cavite.
IL. Rattle Shin Maino