St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-05
HOW We CELEBRATED
st. Paul Puts in the Day in
the Approved Patriotic
Style.
In the Earlier Hours the City
Is Deserted for Lake and
Grove.
Railroads Loaded Down, and
Passengers Very Badly
Handled.
The Night Given Over to Fires
and the Customary Fire
works.

HIe'tlolIo Will IlSlI HGdfuy lduGl dl lllS
and baby carriages, to the public and
private resorts of the citys The Fourth
was most glorious one, and a more
prOpitious day never shone upon Amer
lean loyalty. Bang Bang! to the
right, and zizz-boom-hah! to the
left of the celebrant enthused
the entire population with
true spirit of the great day of indie
pendence. AS early as o'clock in
the morning tie local trains were
jammed and crowded with the anxious
picnicker and pleasure seeker. Aside
from the great bulk of human freight
weighty and varied quantity of holiday
delicacieS Snugly slowed away in huge
baskets, boxes and bags. Meu, women
and children turned themselves loose
upon nature in its eXhiIarating garb
and balmy and recreative influence.
The lake resorts were uncom-
fortably crowded, and many a visitor
left the boat docks disappointed.
at being unable to furnish his family or
girl with the delightful luxury OF ride
upon the lake. White Bear was visited
by 10000, Elmo by 1000, Lakes Vadnais
and GervaiS by horde, and Four Lakes
was enlivened by negro picnic, which
did much to dazzle the quiet neighbor-
hood of that secluded resort Mime
tonka was the protective point of many
OF the elite, who INDUCED in
THE SPECIAL ATTRA CTIONS
offered by the leading hotels. In all
these retreats patriotism, pleasure and
glory reigned supreme the en-
tire day, and when the warm,
WARY hut CROFT f,ad f1rD,,,I
his steps homeward, he met the usual
disgusting irregularity in railroad trans
pOrtatlon. Trains ran to White Bear
every hour and to the other resorts as
often as the traffic demanded. In each
OF these cases, however, trains were
run which were entirely insufficient to
accommodate the migrating throng
People were jostled and trampled upon,
and small children We're bruised and
sickened in the frantic scramble for
seats and standing room. On no line
was this meager provision for such
signal occasion more outrageouSly prac-
ticed than on the Wisconsin Central road
between here aud Four Lakes. People
by the hundreds were actually left
standing under the depot sheds, be-
cause the conductor with an already
overcrowded and dangerously laden
train refused to attach, cars enough to
transport the indignant throng. The
train in charge of Conductor j. Muir
ply, which was scheduled to leave Four
Lakes at 6:10 last evening, did not ar
rive there until 9:15, when only three
cars were backed in to accommodate
750 passengers. Crammed in like cat
tie, the suffering load of humanity were
compelled to stand, sit ON the platform,
brakes, and hang on to the rails and
windows IN order to get into
the city, which was only accom-
pllShed after innumerable bitches,
and an endless acquisition to the
horrible lead. White women were
forced to stand face to face and inhald
the nanSeating breath of intoxicaten
negroes at a SiX-inch range. Wome
and children tainted and groaned,
while men refused point blank to pay
their fares because they were thus out
ragged. Of yesterdays railroad op-
pressing the affair at Four Lakes will
ring iii the ears of the victims of that
terrible ride for a long time, and the
company is justly cenSured for the bold
Quoted handled the weaker vessels Of
humanity who were burdened with
babes and bundles.
IN THE CITY
all was noise and gayety, with enough
accidents and the usual gotta of fires and
arrests to make the day the parallel in
every respect of those in former years.
The ubiquitous small boy. in whose
breast the glorious Fourth has burned a
hole so large that it could only be
healed by the continuous and daring
explosion of crackers and pistols, was
on deck as usual and managed his end
of the days festivities admirably. The
cable slot was used for the ascension of
rockets, his mothers clOtheSpin for the
discharge of cannon crackers and his
fathers revolver was hooked for the
thunderous glory which at his hands
should issue from its muZzle. At mid
night the principal streets were lit
tered and StreWn with the remains
of the many combuStbleS, and the hack
man, who at this time counted his daily
harvest, found his days work a grand
pecuniary success.
Fifteen thousand people were gath
cred at the state agricultural grounds.
The demonstration was that of the SYM
pathiZers of the eight hour league, and
was simply grand, and of stupendOus
nature. A parade on the race track
included a representation of all the
trades of the CITY. Churches held picnics
in the immediate suburbs of the city,
or on the church or parish grounds, and
at these innocent children reveled amid
parents love and clover.
Almost all business being suspended,
it may be well said that the liberty and
independence so emblematic of the day
was enjoyed and signaliZed by every
man, woman and child in the city, from
the poorest laborer to the richest lord,
patriotism alone recognizing them as
one grand voice of great nation.
THE NIGHT SCENE.
No better appreciation of the charae-
ter and extent of the night celebration
in ST. Paul could have been obtained
than was afforded by the scene pre-
sented about 9 o'clock from the summit
of the GLOBES tall tower. The night
was exceedingly dark, and the sky
formed background of inky blackness
upon which to reveal the brilliancy
of the pyrotechnic display. From
that great elevation the city
lay spread out like panorama of dark
ness, relieved only by the white electric
lamps and the yellow glare of the gas
Jets everywhere. The discharge of eX-
plosiveS had been so general during the
day that murky cloud hung over the
city-a diaphonous sort of veil through
which the fireworks cleaned weirdly.
Seldom, on the recurring national
holidays, has st. Paul so gener-
ally and generously INDUCED in fire
works as on last evening. No quarter
of the city was without its just and full
share of the display, and for nearly two
hours the stars and setting moon were
shamed by dazzling glow of brilliant
eolored lights, which paled the ineffect-
ual fires of the every day celestial IL
Nominations. The fiery tails of rockets
crossed each other in such profuse and
reckless splendor that the sky resem-
bed an illuminated railroad may of
Western boom county. with the molten
balls of candles lavishly scattered
through to represent the gorgeous town
sites, ready for settlement.
The Day at South st. Paul.
Many of the passengers on the Kan
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