The Fourth of July was celebrated by American residents in Shanghai with the same festivities as in previous years, In the morning the Unit-d States Consul-General, Mr. J. Gocduow, received a large number of American citizens and friends of other nationalities at the Consulate, which was specially decorated for the occasion. All the fereien Consuls, members of the Municipal Council, and' representative men attended, and there was enough and to spare of the hospitality and Tyood feeling for which our American friends are celebra: Numerous hongs displayed the sters and stripes and the Union Jack, and some offices were closed to business for the day, A great business was done at the clubs and hotels in American drinks, and on the Recreation Ground, where a baseball match was played in the attern on, visitors were entertained in a large marquee. The ships in harbour dressed flag in honour of the occasion, and during the day, the American men-of-war in harbour were boarded by numerous friends of the officers and men.
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