The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-04
Salt Lake Patriots to Celebrate In
Style.
BEST DISPLAY in YEARS
FIRE WILL FLASH FROM NOUN
TAIN PEAKS.
Splendid Programme Prepared For
Liberty Park - Parade Leaves
Monument at 9:3O-Line of March
Rockets On Ensign Tonight
Speeches and Presentation.

Long before midnight last night the
celebration of the Glorious Fourth be-
gan with banging of guns and popping
of firecrackers until the city might
almost have been in the midst of an
artillery battle. Today the celebration
continues in more formal manner than
has been the custom in Salt Lake for
many years.
The early dawn will see little band
of n. G.. L. signal corps men climbing
TO the summit of Ensign peak and as
the sun begins to redden the mountain
tops Old Glory will float forth from
The Herald flagstaff on the mountain
top. AT S o'clock the Veteran Artillery
mems association will waken all slug
CARDS to a realization that the ma
tons birthday is well begun with a
salute of guns from Capitol hill. Then
at $50 sharp the big parade will start
from the monument The line of
march will be as follows:
From monument corner south on
Main to Fourth South, east on Fourth
South to State, south on State to Sixth
South, east on Sixth South to Fifth
East, south on Fifth East to Liberty
park
Order of Parade.
Here is the order of the parade as
announced yesterday:
B and c Utah volunteer artillery,
commanded by Lieutenant o. r. Grow,
u. S. V.
First Regiment Band.
Governor Wells and staff.
Signal Corps, Captain Greenewald
commanding)
Utah National Guard.
Commanded by Colonel NJ. L. Ritchie.)
Held's Band.
Invited Guests, Officials and Speakers
in Carriages.
Veteran Firemen.
Other Organizations.
The CT. a. r. will fall out at Fifth
South and State and take cars to the
park
Programme at the Park.
At Liberty park the following pro-
gramme will be rendered:
Mucis ...... .........K. of P. Band
Prayer, Rev. Z. g. Hunt, Heath NJ. Z.
Church.
Reading Declaration of Independence,
Richard r. Lyman.
Grafton :. ........Judge w. H. King
Presentation of sword to Lieutenant
Pearson, U. S. N.Senator ]. L. Rawlins
Response ........ Lieutenant Pearson
Grafton -. Fisher 5. Harris
The J. H. Leyson company yesterday
received from the Gorham manufactur-
ing company of Providence, r. l., the
sword which will be presented to
Pearson as a tribute from
the people Of Utah. The weapon which
is a beautiful piece of workmanship,
was yesterday placed on exhibition in
the Leyson company's window where
it was an object that attracted adj
miration from all who saw it,
The sword is not entirely finished as
engraving and furnishing
to be done, but 1t was for
warded in its present state in order
that the presentation might be made
during Lieutenant Pearson's visit in
Utah, after which it will be returned
to the manufacturers for completion.
Seats For 5000.
There will be ample accommodations
for those who desire Go hear the
speechmaking for seats for 5000 people
were erected yesterday. The speakers
stand was decorated yesterday by Mrs.
E. Z. Shepard and Mrs. Edna Smith
and will be gay with flags and bunting.
From the summit of Ensign peak
there will be a mammoth display o.
fireworks in the evening. Red and
gold fire will be burned in immense
quantities there so as to represent a
volcanic eruption. Two hundred
pounds of fire powder We're sent to
Bingham yesterday and it will be
burned from the summit of the
Oquirrhs, while similar quantity will
)urn from the highest peak of the
range. From Ensign peak
here will be flights of rockets and
Roman candles eliminating in one
)urst in which IA rockets will be sent |
,ff as nearly together as possible.
The display will begin at 9 o'clock |
md will be visible from all parts of the |
,ity and viii be a fitting elimination |
# large day.