The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-03
HERRING TO Be PARDOND MPNAM IN THE TOMBM THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
RECORD BREAKING CELEBRA-
TION TOMORROW.
Town Decorating Today-Lights on
Executive Building-Splendid Ar
rangement at the Drill Shed.

Tomorrow will be the Glorious
Fourth.
This afternoon the town is rapidly
taking on her holiday regalia and by
morning will fairly glisten in the splen-
dor of her gaudy robes.
Nearly every business house on Fort
street is decorating. This is also true
of American Hotel street parts of King
street, Bethel, Merchant o4nd other
parts of the business center. Many re-
sdences, especially along the route of
tomorrow's big reception, will also be
elaborately bedecked with flags and
bunting.
The arch in front of the Criterion on
Fort street is greatly admired. Today
there has been put on it painting of
President Mckinley and President Dole
shaking hands. Near is an American
shield and on various parts of the arch
are American and Hawaiian national
embelms. The arch over King street
at Nuuanu is also very pretty 1t
bears the name Hawaii Nei" in the
same relative position as the word
Manila" appears on the Fort street
arch. On top is an eagle with Ameri
can and Hawaiian flags and shields.
On the face of the arch are the words
E Pluribus Unum and De Plurium
Unum, and the date July 4, 1899.
Minister Mott-Smith is superintend-
ing the work of decorating the Execu
tive Building. The principal ideas will
be flags on all the staffs and a perfect
halo of electric lights. Strings of lamps
are being stretched all over the top and
down the sides of the building to the
ground. A big gang of men from the
Hawaiian Electric Company's works
have been engaged all day upon the
job. Red, white and blue globes will
go on these. There will be a set piece,
q in nf hI1il6inP
lights will be on tomorrow night.
People will be surprised tomorrow
evening on entering the drill shed. The
scheme of decoration there Is entirely
new. The design is by George w. r.
King. who is an expert in his line. 1t
Is hard to described the shed as it will
appear. Certain it is that people on
entering it will wonder for time where
they are at.
One particularly striking thing is a
gallery that has been erected on both
sides of the hall This is just out of
reach of the dancers and commands a
view of the whole hall Several hun
dred people will be seated in the gal
leries.
From the entrance of the hall to the
extreme rear is one mass of bunting
and evergreens. Not a section of the
walls or ceiling are visible. All of the
stage scenery has been taken out and
that part of the hall will also present
a bank of decorative ideas Never in
the history of the drill shed has it been
so elaborately dressed; and never has
it looked so pretty.
A section of the committee is engaged
this afternoon arranging eVergreenS
and flags in the opera house for the
exercises tomorrow.
Tomorrow's program will begin with
the salutes at daylight Next will come
Z
8 o'clock. The neighbOrhood of Union
square will be about the best place to
see this as the procession will pass in
review there.
Literary exercises will begin in the
Opera house at IL o'clock sharp. Fol-
lowing is the program:
Overture ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Festival
Amateur Orchestra, Wray Taylor
leader.
Invocation ....... Rev. w. NJ. Kincaid
Reading of Declaration of Independ-
ence ................... Francis BoggS
Solo-Star Spangled Banner. ......
Annis Montague Turner.
Address Rev. NJ. S. Levy
SOlO-COluInDla ............
Annis Montague Turner.
Address ............. Harold NJ. Sewall
Introduction of Resolutions. .........
.............P. G. Jones, II. r. Cooper
SonB-Amerlca ............... Audience
March-Liberty Bell .................
....................A Amateur Orchestra
The events of the afternoon are the
sports at 1870 and baseball at $3.50. At
dark will be the grand fire works dis
play on the grounds of the Executive
building and at o'clock the ball in the
drill shed.
The celebration promises to be quite
the biggest ever held in Honolulu.
Thousands of people will follow up
every detail of it, All the stores and
government offices will be closed the
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