Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
Great Celebration at Woodstock. Conn.
speeches by President Harrison. Sem
Ato' dawley. Congressman Reed and
otners-Notable Observances Elsewhere.
WOODSTOCK, Conn.,, July 5-Despite q
urlzzllng rain the crowd at Roseland Park
lhursday was fully as large and enthu-
s siastlc as at any previous celebration.
congressman Russell raped the COM
pany to order ut II O'Clock and nominated
Governor Bulkley for chairman OF the
day. The Governor in brief speech &C.
copied the honor and expressed his pleasure
W o1nclally welcoming and presenting to
Che audience President Harrison. Hearty
applause and ringing cheers greeted the
PRESIDENT as he arose. Among other things
the President said:
am sure look into the faces this morning
OF body OF citizens filled with honest pride IN
the story OF their country, and full of serious
purpose to maintain those institutions from
Oil faint OF corruption or decay. We stand
to-day us Nation exempt from all fears
OF foreign hurt 1t Is not in the power
OF any people upon earth much to harm US.
except our own people. We do not say this In
any spirit or boastfulness but rather in one of
thankfulness for that Divine providence which
has given us such location and assignment
among the nations OF the earth tina, no peo-
PIE OF great power touch US on any side.
Al! the more exempt from thoughts of for.
e'gn assault, ought our thoughts turn to dan.
gers which are internal and from which alono
we can have serious harm. All the more should
every thoughtful citizen consider. how he may
promote the public veal, how he may hold up
our institutions in honor among ourselves Sc
curing and promoting both in State and Ma
t'onal legislation those measures which have
best promoted, not individuals, not the special,
but the general good Of all the people,"
Senator Hawley was next introduced and
spoke briefly In advocacy of worthy eel
| cbration Of the Fourth of July. He said
Natior. which has no sacred days, no ira
d1tions, a. bit OF cloth to wave and shout
for, Is mighty poor; but Nation
which has such days and traditions
and such flag, and does not i'm
prove them, is wonse still and deserves to
Ole. 1t was the boys who were taught to
celebrate the Fourth OF July that saved the
Union. Congressman Thomas B. Reed. of
Maine, was the next speaker introduced,
His subject was 1.-The Victory"
When Mr.: Reed had finished Governor
Buckley introduced Secretaries Noble and
Tracy. Neither was down on the pro-
gramme, but each made a few remarks
marks in a patriotic strain. The first
speaker of the afternoon was President
Gates, of Rutgers College, whose subject was
Liberty Through Allegiance to Law"
Will Carleton then read his poem,
''Rhymes to the Day." and Senator Hiscock
got through part of his address on Amer
lean Political Pessimism" But the rain
soon began to fall more heavily than ever.
and Mr.. Bowen announced that the rest of
the programme, consisting Of the Doxology
and the benediction. would be carried out
at his residence.
CHICAGO, July 5.-The Fourth was cele-
DRAFTED in the ordinary way. notable OBJ
servance was the parade of the Eight Hour
League and it's picnic at Cheltenham beach.
Thousands attended the circus, ball games
and races All the city parks were crowded,
At nnlght there were many public and
private displays of fireworks OF an
elaborate character. The record of
accidents forms long list, many of them
serious, and some may prove fatal Twen-
ty-eight fires were recorded between mid
night Wednesday and 6 o'clock Thursday
evening. The losses, however, were slight
Dispatches have been received announc-
Ing the observance of the day at Braid
wood, Galena, Bloomington, Galesburg,
Joliet, Windsor, Paxton, Benton, and in
fact nearly every city and town in the
State:
DEs MONIES, 10, July 5-There was no
celebration of Independence day in this
city, but business was suspended and
everybody was abroad. The chief attrac-
tions were the new geological garden and
bicycle tournament at Athletic Park
Over 10000 people attended the celebra-
ton at Cedar Rapids The usual military
display, horse and foot races, balloon as
cension and parade were features. The
trades display was three miles long and
represented over 200 firms The speakers
were Hon. Frank Zdrubek and Hon Carter
HARRISON of Chicago A lavish pyrotech-
nical display concluded the celebration.
THE FOURTH ABROAD.
PARIS, July a-President Carnot un-
vailed the Bartholdi statue of Liberty here
in the presence of an immense crowd, in
which there was large sprinkling of
Americans. The speeches all contained
references to the day and were compi-
! nentary to America NJ Spuller, the French
Foreign Secretary, recalled the Centennial
exhibition at Philadelphia, where France
had been especially saluted for her won
derful progress in all that made nation
great, under the agis of a republican con-
glorious Nation but all that American So
ciety was it owed to labor, to peace under
the reign Of liberty, liberty under the reign
OF law and equality by law. These were the
cardinal principles upon which was built
the glorious edifice of our repubicanism,
Whitelaw Reid, the American Minister.
also spoke
LONDON, July 5.-Mr. Lincoln, the Amer
lean Minister, held reception Thursday at
the legation, at which over 400 guests were
present Music was furnished by the
famous Hungarian band. In the evening
Mr.. Lincoln presided at a floral fete to
| commemorate the l0Gth anniversary of
Christ Church in Lambeth.
FALL OF A GRAND STAND.
| A Child Killed and Over 100 Persons In
jured at u Race in Oklahoma City.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ind T., July 5.-The
grand stand at the race track collapsed at
s O'clock Thursday afternoon, injuring
more than 100 persons, many fatally One
thousand people crowded into tho stand
when the horses came to the post, and
then suddenly, without any warn
ing, the structure went down, burying
moro than 500 in the ruins. For a
SECONDLY the outside spectators were para