The herald., 1898-01-24
THE SALUTE
AT SUNRISE
Has UShered in the Golden
Jubilee
SAN FRANCISCO DECORATED
AS SHE NEVER HAS BEEN UNTIL
THIS MORNING
SAN FRANCISCO DECORATED
Most Elaborate Preparations Made to
Celebrate Marshalls Discovery
of Gold in California
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.-Having
satisfactorily completed a fortnight's
engagement with the decorators, in
honor of California's golden Jubilee, San
with flags and bunting. Never has the
city looked so well, from the critical
standpoint of the carnival lover, as in
the gayest of Sunday garb she awaits
the weeks festivities which will begin
at sunrise tomorrow. All previous at
tempts at decorating the city, all the
arrangements for former professions
and jubilations, have been eclipsed by
the elaborate and artistic preparations
for the celebration of the fiftieth ami
versary of the discovery of gold in Cal
ifornia.
On every hand are displayed large
portraits of James Marshall who picked
up the first gold nugget in California In
the year 184S, the paintings and statues
of this pioneer of the gold fields being
draped with the color of the precious
metal he discovered in the Golden state
Yellow, the shade of the state flower, the
golden poppy, as we'll as of the precious
nugget, is the civic color in this week of
jubilee. All the streets are already
aflutter with it, but tomorrow there will
be flowing, ripping, dancing streams of
the states own favorite hue.
Across all the streets in the business
portion of the city are stretched, at fire.
quent intervals, rows of many-colored
flags. There are arches and pillars, in
scriptions and Devices, waving Stars
and Stripes, California bears on white
background and the flags of all nations
are displayed from every store and COM
mercial building. San Francisco has
outdone herself, and the visitors who are
crowding the hotels and filling the
streets are loud in their praises.
The jubilati0n will begin at sunrise to-
morrow with the firing of the national
salute of twenty-one guns at each ofthe
United States forts about the bay. The
day is legal holiday by proclamation
of Governor Budd, and the principal fea-
lures of the opening Of the jubilee will
be a monster parade. Fifty floats, Illus
trative of California's mining history
and mining prospects Will be in line.
There will be thirty bands and it is esti
mated that the procession will be four
miles long, so that the head of the pa
rade will have been reviewed by Gov
ernor Budd on Van Ness avenue and dis
missed before the end of the line moves
on Market street.
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rade; there will be literary and musical
exercises, ball under the auspices of
the Native Sons of the Golden West.
banquet by the California Pioneers and
fireworks display by the civic committee.
On each succeeding day Of the week
there will be some novelty for the en-
tertainment of visitors.
Games and athletic contests, flower
show, sham battle at the Preside, a
Wild West show daily, are some Of the
features of jubilee week.
The elimination of the golden Jubilee
will be the opening of the mining fair.
where will be shown the mining products
of every county in the state, valuable
nuggets, practical illustrations of every
phase of mining life and all kinds of
mining machinery.
THE WEEKS PROGRAM
Monday-Sunrise firing of national
salute at the forts.
1890 a. m.-Parade.
p. m.-Reception to visiting firemen
and collation. at Veteran firemen's
roome, Pioneer building.
D. m.-Concert at Woodward's pa
vilion.
p. m.-Literary and musical exer-
cises at Woodward's.
p. m.-Ball by Pacific parlor, Native
Sons hall.
p. m.-Ball and banquet, pioneers,
Pioneer hall.
$3.50 D. m-Fireworks, Twenty first
and Sanchez, Jones and Clay, Rincon
hill.
Tuesday afternoon and evening-Re-
ception and refreshments. Native
Daughters, Native Sons hall; dancing
at night.
Q p. m.-Football, United States army
VS.. National guard, Central park.
Wednesday, p. m.-Military and ath-
letic contests, army VS.. National guard.
Central park.
Thursday, 1 p. m.-Opening of the
floral market, Union square; concent af
ternooniand evening.
2:30 p. m.-Wild West show, Central
park.
p. m.-Turnfest, San Francisco and
Oakland Turnvereins, Woodward's pa
vilion; dancing at II.
Friday, 2 p. m.-Military display and
sham battle, Presidio.
2:30 p. m.-Wild West show, Central
park.
p. m.-Concert, city hall dome, day
and evening; floral market, Union
square; concerts.
Saturday, 1920 a. m.-Children's COM
petitive drill, Golden Gate park, fol-
lowed by lunch there.
2 p. m.-Baseball, army VS.. National
guard, Velodrome.
2:30 p. m.-Wild West show, Central
park.
p. m.-Procession preceding opening
of mining fair