Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-09-18
MExlcANs TO ossERvE DAY.
From Sunday . Daily)

All details for the exclamation of
 September Id, Mexico's Fourth of July.
 'h glorious fashion, hnvc been arranged
 by the Iibcrtyloving and patriotic
 Mexican residents of the city.
 Ninety seven years ago, on the niga,
 Of the 18th of September. in the little
 town of Dolores, Mexico, the noble
 priest, liidalgo, the father of Mexican
 Independence, struck tho first note of
 pubic revolt against Spanish opprcss.
 lon. The clarion notes of the good
 Fathers liberty bell have not bee nal. lowed to die out of the memory of tn.
 Mericans, for on the night of eacn 18th of September. when the clock tolls th.
 eleventh hour, the president of the rc.
 public rings again tho treasured bell
 or Iiidaiso in the presence of as
 many of the multitude as can stand
 within the great plaza of the city.
 It IS n little bell to have wakencd a proplc from slavery, and the hand | that first grasped the cord to send forth the call to arms against Spanish ! tyranny was that of Spaniard and n 1 priest. and since the "Mother Coun. try and tho church were Mexico [. most cruel oppressor-, an have excm. plided in the noble Hidalgo the Christ. ly spirit of humanity. that is vassai to no power of church. state or environ. mcn,.
 By happy coincidence another great Mexican anniversary is celebrated in conjunction with Independence Day. Porfffio Diaz, the now twcnty.three years president of Mexico, was born on 'b" 18th of September. just twenty years after the good Ilidalgo had rung his church bell and marched with hi, little band of patriots out of inc town of Dolores.
 The Mexican calendar is speckled all over with feast days and holidays, all observed with much gusto, but the crowning eclat is given. by common to the president. birthday, fhs 18th. and to Independence Day. the lGth. of September. On these two days lhe capital and the nation are in gala dress and all business k suspended. cx- | rept that of singing, marching. eating, drinking and shouting "Viva el Presi. , icnte," "viva In Rcpublien, Y" "viva [ M"xico,' "Que Mueran los Espan. [ 'l"s" fDea'h to spaniards).
 Festivities will open Sunday night in [ Doushcr'y hall, with n grand ball. The grand march will start at Q o'clock, lnd al n o'clock a salute of 2I guns C sill be fired, when the Act of Indopend. 'ncc will be read by the president of s 'oeiedad Zaragoza, r. Madrid, follow. i 'd ny patriotic speeches delivered by \ ?. NJ. Rodriguez and others. {
 Al sunrise, Monday, another salute { will be fired, and at 10 o'clock tho lit. |, 'rary exercises will commence In r )ougheriy hall.
 Fred Madrid, president of the So. : icdad Iarngosa, under the auspices of ( which the celebration will be held, will n leliver the opening address. He will $ ,o followed by P. l.. Pinuelas, secretary [ f inc organization, who will read the r . Act of Independence. The oration n ,in be'delivcred by Santiago Richard. n
 The pusical feature of the program l, ,ill commence with poem recitation " Miss Feliciias Contrcrss, followed q " a selection by the orchestra. Reef. q ations by Miss IIerminia Fcmbers ani z, iiss Angclita Tafoya, come next, with sl orchestra selections during intermiss q pns. The singing of the Mexican m. r, ional hymn by group of Mexican p oung ladies will close the forenoon or. q rcises. and at noon another salute of l guns will be fired. b
 In the afternoon barbecue will be q cid on vacant lot on North Me. ai ormick street. Refreshments will be eryed, in addition to the barbccucd q leat, there will be excellent music and Ia
 prominent speaker from California to m deliver n patriotic address. At ol a,