Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-05

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when preparations were completed
IA Inc display had once begun the
.so,le in charge had the good taste to
Lave no intermissions. Jack o Ian
,e,rs danced from place TO place about
,ne enclosure. and wherever one paused
80 EXPLOSION followed. Rockets, bal
ioops. mines, fountains, bombs, bate
r;cs and shells were sent heayenward
n yolIeys for half an hour. filling the
=, with showers OF FIRE. Explosions,
some,imes half mile above the earth,
took place, and consultations number
inc thousands Of beautifully-tinted stars
scaied away over the Potomac, borne
BY gentle northern breeze.
MAMMOTH SET PIECES.
Three set pieces Of mammoth proper
tons were among the last and grandest
features Of the entertainment. The first
was Jefferson" There was F" fizz :"
and sputtcr audible mile away as jack
a. lantern touched his torch 20 the piece
and then a mammoth face in paints Of
white fire, cncirclcd by an oval frame
m red. with banners Of national colors
feStooxcd gracefully about it, burst out
of the darkness. II glowed for a
minute in full brilliancy. Then an eye
went out with an explosion, followed
by portion Of the nose, and last Of
all blue stars of banners. The face Of
the titular patron Of simplicity and
mostentation was probably not recog-
nizablc 10 the masses Of spectators,
hut when the letters of his name be-
meath were made ont his memory was
honorcd in prolonged cheers.
The largest piece represented the
National Capitol, with excellent por-
traits of the President and Vice-Presi-
dent. fanked by notices and emblerns.
This piece was 100 feet long by rs in
heigh,--,he largest set piece ever fired
in America.
A VAST BOUQUET OF FIRE.
A fight Of five thousand rockets at
once, forming vast floral bouquet in
the heavens, terminated the display.
No estimate of the numbers who wit
messed the fireworks would be trust
worthy. One felt but could not see the
throngs. The voluntary dispersion of
the multitude when gathered in the
park. which is open upon all sides,
would seem to be q simple affair and
easy enough Of accomplishment; but
the experience of the evening proved
contrary. Carriages became entangled
with each other. and pedestrians wan
dered about in bewildcrment trying to
find their way around, through, or out
Of the brushes which occurred ina hun
dred places.
LCDICRoUs EPISODES IN THE CRUSH.
No one was hurt, so far as is known,
but many ludicrous episodes occurred.
Family parties became separated, wives
and husbands lost each other, and pa
rents found themselves leading children
not their own. Calls of one to another
IN the darkness sometimes indicated
distress or fear, but the people
were for the most part exceed
ingly Jolly, and laughed at themselves
aud each other as if it were
all part of the programme. Immedi-
ately after the regular display of fire
works occurred the night parade of the
Flainboau Club, OF Topeka. Kansas.
Although this organization Is compare
lively a small one. numbering only sew
enty-iive or one hundred men. it has
perhaps attracted as much attention as
any civil or military body which has
participated in the Inauguration ceremo-
mes. lis white, ghoStly uniforms;
its precision Of drill. and its peculiar
hollow torches. whose flames can be
blown up into slender. Quiyering plumes
of fire six feet in height. were all new
features in Washington and were all
subjects Of remark when the Club made |
lis first appearance on Pennsylvania |
avenue last evening.
\ UNIQUE NIGHT PARADE.
Tonight about half-paSt 8. Just as
the immense crowd was returning from
the exhibition Of fireworks at the White |
lot, the Flambeau Club came march
ing in regular open order down Fif-
eenth street between the COrcoran
and the Treasury Department
N a perfect tornado of fire. accompa-
ned by an incesSant yolley of explo-
lions and the continuous. kissing roar
# ascending rockets. Every member
# the Club had slung over his
honlGer capaci0us white bag
He'd with rockets. Roman can
lies. red and green fires. Catherine
wheels. torpcdoes. bombs, and fireworks
# every conceivable description. which
we're lighted on portable frames or dis
haigcd from shect-irOn tubes with
uch Notwithstanding rapidity as to
ierally I'll the street with a hurricane
{ fiery projectiles, and the dense cloud
{ smoke through which could be only
imly seen the white spectral uniforms
the Club. The marching was
erfect in time and regularity.
DC inceSsant discharge of fireworks
OF being allowed TO interfere in the
.ast with the precision Of move
lent. People in vehicles fled in
'rror before the advancing column Of
noke and flame which was headed by
va or three huge blazing wheels and
ON every part Of which burst fires
I'd explosions. The Club was con-
an;ly and skilfully supplied with
esh ammunition from large wagon
hich followed it, and as il wheeled
On Fifteenth street into Pennsyl-
MIA avenue in a glare of red fire p"
lid the shouts Of the vast multi :
&c Of spectators, il suggested "
owing square attacked on all sides at !,
.ht and defending itself with mus !,
Try. bombs, rockets. and hand-gre- =,
des. 1t was one Of the most striking =
tureS Of the whole pyrOtcchnical dis :
", and the Club was followed down 9
nnsylyania avenue by at least 10000 :,
,ple. a
II was half-past 10 O'Clock when :,
eSident Cleveland arrived at the ball y
IN. He was immediately escorted T.
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