Show independence DAY one feature at least of the celebration was a grand success the tiec oration of the city the proprietors prie tors of business hops houses and private residences displayed excellent taste and much enthusiasm in the matter of orna ornamenting their premises with the national colors in ila all parts of the city and in the business entre centre especially there was a profusion of flags and hunting some of the exhibits in this line being of a very artistic and expensive character establishments at which refreshments liquid and otherwise dispensed were about the only business houses which were not closed there were throngs of people on the street all day and the weather was excessively warm there was no disorderly conduct or occurrence worthy of note during the dagand the people showed a determination to be good natured and to enthusiastically notwithstanding the disappointments they met with THE PARADE probably at no previous celebration held in this city were thore there more in the streets street than were were yesterday for an hour before tile the procession began to move As is usually if not inevitably the casa with Four fourth of july parades this one was late in starting and the vaster vast crowd who waited and sweltered sheltered ered in the sun received but meagre pay for all they suffered the entire column contained scarcely half a dozen features that would have done credit to a town one fourth the size of this true frue a number of trades unions showed a large number of members in the line but with one or two exceptions these bodies badii s displayed no attempt at a uniform and had an improvised appearance as if the marchers barchers mar chers had bad been hastily gathered from the crowd the car CO containing the goddess of liberty and the little girls representing the states and territories of the U union nion r was one ne of the few creditable things in the parade the so called carof beauty bore on the outside sixteen young ladies in chaste costume and inside were seated half a dozen or more members of the guitar and mandolin club in spanish costume creating an all incongruity which destroyed any classical effect that might have been intended and approached the absurd aside from these two cars the procession contained nothing in the nature of a tableau or classical classica 1 allegory the column was composed almost wholly of trades unions and advertising cars care and wagons with brass bands interspersed at suitable intervals all of the latter were good and presented a fine appearance the fire department part ment found time between alarms of fire to let a representation appear with the engines and apparatus in the crumn the veteran Fir emens asso association ciati was one feature of the parade which recalled the glories of lormer former celebrations of independence day is this city the organization was out in strength and the familiar faces of its members were pleasant to look upon the line of march was as advertised confined entirely to main street both sides of which were thronged thron ged with multitudes who dispersed in disappointment when they had seen the whole column AT LIBERTY PARK there was a large attendance at liberty park to listen to the oration and other exercises winch which were an bounced in tile the pro gramme of the j day i at a few minutes nal before 2 s the liberal hand band played tile the star i spangled banner when governor i thomas called the assemblage to order and made a few remarks which left no tangible impression upon his hearers bearers and were merely j a heterogeneous concatenation of s extraneous phraseology an appropriate prayer was offered by rev bev J ti rt thrall after which there was more music heber M wells esq then read in a superb manner the declaration ot of independence his bis rendition of it being warmly applauded there was another air by the band after which hon C E allen alien gave an oration the address was strong able anti and patriotic and was delivered with eloquent and impressive effect fhe speaker con fined himself to themes appropriate to the occasion and was listened tv A with marked attention prolonged applause rewarded his fine effort the band played hail bojum columbia 11 after which elder arthur stayner pronounced tile the benediction which closed this portion of the days exercises THE FIREWORKS A good goa view af the display could sot ot be ob bained without ascending capitol hill except from the tallest of the bi business siness buildings and those who did get a good view were digap pointed the phe fireworks would have been considered creditable had not the public bein been led by the unconscionable scio advertising that had been beell lone done to expect something so far more mor lavish extensive and costly than was actually given on previous occasions in this city we have bad displays ot fireworks that would compare favorably with list bight and which were not heralded with a tithe of the exaggeration that characterized characterize the advance an noun cements of tho the entertainment entertain ment of last evening multitudes of people went up oil 00 capitol hill and many other sought bought the elevated roofs and will dowson dows of the taller buildings of tho tb I 1 city from W which to witness the spec 3 bacle some of the features of abo tb exhibit were vere very fine and beautiful fult and the whole would have beao 4 voted excellent had bad not something much better have been promised |