St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-05
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS
Far Beyond Any Descript iona Brilliant
NIGHT.

Far Beyond Any Descript iona Brilliant
Night.
The public celebration of the day ended
with display of fireworks. In character it
was like all displays of fireworks, but in vol
ume and variety it is said to have excelled
any former pyrotechnical exhibition upon
this continent. WithaI it was successful to
the minutest detail. The scene of exhibi-
ton was at White lot, an area of two or three
hundred acres sloping gently away from the
south front OF the treasury, execu-
tive mansion and state department.
uncounted crowds began early to find their
way toward the spot from every quarter of
the city. For an hour or more they waited,
CON .nentng meanwhile upon the singular
appearance of the monument, hundred
rods beyond the fireworks enclosure The
lower third of the shaft was not visible, but
all above was dimly outlined like q ghost of
itself against the black skies, rejecting to its
peak
THE RAYS OF ELECTRIC LIGHTS
in the city half a mile away. 1t seemed
enormously higher than by daylight and to
have not the slightest relation to terrestrial
things. When the preparations were COM
piete and the display had once begun the
people in charge had the good taste to leave
no interInissions. Jack-o'- Lanterns danced
from place to place about the inclosure, and
wherever one paused an explosion followed.
Rockets, balloons, mines, fountains, bombs,
batteries and shells were sent heavenward in
voleys for half an hour, filing the air with
showers of fire. Explosions, sometimes half
10 HOY f.onl- rIa and
stellations numbering thousands Of
BEAUTIFULLY TINTED STARS
fioated away over the Potomac borne by the
gentle northern breeze. Three ''set pieces''
of mammoth proportions were among the
last ard grandest features of the entertain
ment The first was Jefferson" There
was a ''fZz'' and sputter a mile
away as Jack O'Lantern touched
his torch to the piece and then
a mammoth face in point of white fire,
encircled by an oval frame in red with ban
ners in national colors festooned gracefully
about it, burst out Of the, darkness. 1t glowed
for minute in full brlliancy, then an eye
went out with an explosion, followed by a
portion of the nose and last Of all the blue
stars Of the banners. The face Of the tabular
paper of simplicity and unostentation was
'N'"DS~O "a
spectators, but when the letters of his name
| beneath were made out his memory was
HoNoRED IN PROLONGED CHEERS.
The large piece represented the national
capitol with excellent portraits Of the
president and vice president, fanked
| by notices and emblems. This
| piece was 100 feet long by 75 in height-the
largest piece ever fred in America. The
flight of 5000 rockets at once forming a
| vast floral boquet in the heavens terminated
| the display. No estimate of numbers who
witnessed the fire works would be trustworthy.
One felt but could not see the throngs. The
voluntary dispersion Of the multitude when
gathered in the park open upon all
sides would seem to be a simple affair and
easily enough Of accomplishment, but the
ex perience Of the evening proved the con-
trary. Carriages became entangled with
each other, and pedestrians wandered about
| IN BEwILDEgHEyT,
| irving to find their way around through or
out Of the crushes, which occurred in hun
dred places. No one was hurt so far as
known, but many ludicrous episodes occur
| red Family parties became separated,
wives and husbands lost each other,
| and parents found themselves leading
children not their own. Calls Of one to an-
other in the darkness sometimes indicated
distress or fear, but people were for the most
part jolly and laughed at themselves and
each other as If it were all a part Of the pro-
gram.
Immediately after the regular display of
fireworks occurred the night parade Of
THE FLAMBgAUx CLUB OF TOPEKA, KAN.
Although this organization is compare
| lively small, one mum bering only Is or 100
men, It has perhaps attracted as much atten-
ton as any civic or military body which has
! participated in the inauguration ceremonies.
It's white ghostly uniform, It's precision drill,
and IS peculiar hollow torches, whose flames
can be blown up into slender quivering
plume fire six feet in height, were all new
| features in Washington. and we're all the
! subjects of remark when the club made its
first appearance on Pennsylvania avenue last
evening.
Tonight about $50, Just as the immense
crowd was returning from the exhibition OF
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