Show THE FOURTH How I Vas Celebrated nt Home and Abroad PAns July fiThe reception usually held at the United States Legation on the ith of to the July did not occur yesterday owing illhealth of Mrs MoLane wife of tho Minister NEW Yon July 5The Fourth of July hero was oppressively hot the thermometer dancing up among the nineties Business was entirely suspended There were several yacht races the best being the regatta of the Larchmont Club on the Sound in which no less than fortyeight vessels took part The chief interest centered in the Shamrock rock and Titana the latter winning by two and 1 half minutes The United Labor party held a rather thinly attended celebration of the day at S Academy of Music at which John Mo I Mackin and others delivered speeches The Veterans of 1812 celebrated the I Fourth by raising the Sag on the old fort in Central Park a reunion and a dinner There are only three of the veterans living in this I vicinity They are General Abram Dally aged 9 years George Brigger aged 0 and Penny Morris aged 8 Tammany Hall in its wigwam held its I 99th celebration of the day Governor Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia was down on the programme for the first long talk He was received with applause that shook the building and had only begun his speech with the words Away down in old Virginia Vir-ginia where I live when he was interrupted inter-rupted by a call for three cheers for Virginia Vir-ginia which were heartily given Virginia today ha said clasps hands with New York in the hearty celebration of the day Their citizens are smoking the pipe of peace together He wished John Kellys eye could look down upon the scene and see how closer and closer the sections are sectons coming together I hea the voice of thereat the-reat soldier who sleeps at Riverside saying Let us have peace Governor Wilson of West Virginia spoke next The reconciliation between the otatehai is completed and if thero are stragglers who have not yet learned that the war i over they are indeed to be pitied Letters of regret were read from the President Governor Hill General Sherman Secretaries Bayard Endicott and Fairchild AttorneyGeneral Garland Speaker Carlisle and others A closing short talk was made by Congressman Con-gressman S S Cox who made the late incident inci-dent of the battle flags the text for a sarcastic sar-castic arraignment of the Republican party especially Governor Foraker who would he said if ho had lived in the days when a babe was born Bethlehem have sent onto on-to Jerusalem for an order enjoining the heavenly host from singing Peace on earth and good will to all men and a mandamus compelling them to sing Hate on earth ill will t men President Cleveland in his letter of regret said in part While there has been the greatest propriety priety in the annual celebration so long continued con-tinued of this day by the society founded upon patriotic principles and devoted to the creed most in consonance with the preservation preserva-tion and protection of the American institutions insti-tutions it seems to me at this time when the party with which this society is affiliated affili-ated is largely charged with the responsibility responsi-bility of guiding the course of the Government Govern-ment the celebration of the 4th of July should in the language of your invitation revive with a more than usual fervor the day memories which gave significance to tho dayFOTNAM Conn July 50nly about 1000 persons were present at tho celebration prons by Rowen at Roodstown yesterday Among the addrhsses was one by the Hon Clark E Carr of Galesburg who delivered an eloquent ealogy on the late John A Lo gun ExSecretary Windom spoke on The Saloon in Politics Senators Harrison of Indiana and Allison of Iowa were not able A1 > to be on hand WASHINGTON July 5 Tho President spent Lba Fourth of July very quietly riding in < fronTOJK View in ± Il5 zucruing as usual and afternoon rejoining Mrs Cleveland Ihere fa tt IS EunoPE LONDON July flThe Independence Day reception at the American legation in London Lon-don yesterday was the largest ever held Among the guests were James Rnsell Lowell Low-ell Mr and Mrs James G Elaine and Miss Blaine The day was appropriately observed by Americans in all the leading cities of Europe Eu-rope Phelps proposed The Fourth No country coun-try to Americans like home Responded toby to-by Blaine who said the United States is the only country with a known birthday AH the rest began they know not when andrew and-rew in power they know not how I there had not been a Fourth England and America Amer-ica combined would not be so great as each actually is There i no Republican and no Democrat today All are Americans Great enthusiasm was manifested There were 1800 guests at Minister Phelps reception including many notables CITY OF MEXICO July 5In honor of the the of all nations American holiday flags al natons were displayed throughout the city and the standard of the Republic hoisted at the palace pal-ace The American residents celebrated by a bal and social reunion at the hall of the French Philharmonic Society |