The herald., 1898-07-05
GREAT and GLORIOUS
OF THE FOURTH
AT SAN BERNARDINo
Nature Assists Art and the Result
Is Gratifying to All
Present

| SAN BERNARDINO, July 4.-As the
cannon belched forth their smoke and flame
| this morning to usher in the great natal day
of the republic, Nature took hand, and
the artillery OF heaven answered that of
| earth, as peal after peal of thunder re-
sponded to the roar of the artillery of
earth. The early morn was ushered in by
a veritable thunder storm, that reminded
one of an eastern holiday. The rainfall was
| light and by 8 o'clock the sun came out hot
and sweltering, with an eastern wind dur
| ing the forenoon. Visitors came in from the
outlying districts at an early hour, while
all the railroad trains were loaded to their
full capacity, until the number of visitors
was numbered at nearly the 10000 mark.
The parade started at the minute, and,
while it not so large nor attractive as many
in former years, there were some hand
some features in it. The railroad shops had
an deliberately arranged float, represent
ing some of their work, and with see-saw
at work, on one end of which were Hawaii
and Manila while Cuba occupied the other.
The notices on the float were expressive,
such as "Annex Hawaii" Freedom for
Cuba" "Hold the Philippines, Uncle
Sam Cutting the Chains That BIND the
| Cuban Slaves" Parsons & Bailie had 4
| float representing a gunboat, ornamented
| with war pictures. The knights or the
| Maccabees had float, with the queen bee
| of the hive on a throne in the center. while
| around her were grouped a dozen Knights
| in armor and the regalia of the order. The
| independent Order of Foresters had
| float, in which, under protecting canopy,
stood Truth, Justice, Liberty and BeneVo-
lence represented by Misses Marie Parker
Della Wendelborn, Mary Stephenson and
Ruby E. Nigel making a most beautiful
group. In front OF them stood the altar
| and other insignia of the order, the whole
| a beautiful design artistically carried out
Another attractive float was that of the
| Odd Fellows, on which was the lodge goat,
with it's attendant guard.
| After the parade the exercises at the pa
vilion, in the presence of from 1900 to 200
| spectators, commenced with the band
leading a chorus of 100 voices in "Colum-
bia,'' under the leadership of c. e. Percy;
prayer, by Rev. j. II. d. Browne; reading
of the Declaration of independence. by
Mrs. Kendall Holt; singing of Star Span
eled Banner" grafton, by Wilfred M
Peck of Riverside; closing with America"
and benedction, by Rev. A. ]. Frost, ID.
The orator of the day made many allus-
| ions to the recent successes of the army in
Cuba and at Manila. that brought out deaf
ening applause. He landed with the Pill
grims on Plymouth Rock, touched on Bun
ker Hill, Ticonderoga and other revolu-
tionary points, then came down to Vicks-
burg and dissected the civil war to Apo
mattox in an eloquent and effective man
ner that held his audience.
| A feature of the parade was the leading
by wheelmen, in front of whom, on ele-
gantly decorated wheels, were Lillian Nee,
dressed in blue, covered with stars, and
Stella Lndley. dressed in stripes of red
and white the two making beautiful rep
resentation of the flag. and May Smith, as
a goddess in white There were many
wheelmen from Riverside, among whom
was George Campbell a small boy, but an
expert cyclist.
| The afternoon was devoted to sports a I