St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-05
RELICS OF THE DAY.
Accidents and Incidents of the
Holiday Celebration.


Holiday Celebration.
Yesterday was busy day for the fire.
men. FirecrackerS started half a dozen
small fires which the department was
called upon to suppress. In the after
noon the firemen were called to the cor
ner of Seventh and Pine to put out a
blaze in pile of lumber in the rear of
the Olympic theater, blazing shed
back of 1878 Cedar. and 70 put out 500
fire in an upper room Of No. $40 Jackson
street.
DR.. j. G.. Corcoran, who was injured
by an explosion of potash and sulphur,
is doing nicely at st. Joseph's hospital.
Yesterday portion of his right foot was
amputated.
The police officers on day duty yester-
day were ordered out last night, and re-
NAMED on extra duty during the early
Dol ton of the night to meet any posi-
BILE emergency. A reserve force was
also kept at the central station. The
day, however. was quiet-from police
standpoint. There were very few ar
rests.
Charles Mckay, of North st. Paul, a
young man aged about eighteen, had his
left hand badly shattered yesterda y,
while loading toy cannon.
Fourth of July celebrators found a
new method of showing their patriotism
by making noise, last night. Torpe-
does were placed along the track of the
cable company, which the passing cars
exploded. From the WabaSha street
terminus to Sibley street constant
fulisade was kept up from early in the
evening until late, the tracks being
strewn with torpedOeS, and the recur-
ring sounds suggesting to old cam
paigners that of sharp picket firing.
The WabaSha street bridge was
crowded by men and women, young
fellows and maidens, and lads and
lasSies, who listened to the strains of
music waited up from the boat club
house on Raspberry island, and viewed
the rockets and other fireworks set off
on the West side bluff.
Third street and Jackson streets had
their full quota of patriotic persons last
evening. who fired rockets, giant crack
ers, Roman candles, ''nigger chasers,"
ETC., for their own amusement and that
of pedestrians, and to the terror OF
street car and other horses, aud ladies
afraid of their drapery.
The defeat of to didn't affect the
spirit OF independence in the members
of the st. Paul base ball team, for they
entertained large crowd in front of
the International hotel with display of
fireworks.
Pedestrians along East Seventh street
had difficult time in making Roadway
last evening. From early until late the
small boy held SWay-and IL did seem as
though all of the species had cOugre-
gated there-making sensitive tympa-
NUNS vibrate with every variety of ex-
plosive.
Street-sweepers had a vacation on
the evening and night of July 4. There
would have been little sense in an
effort to keep the streets clean, and so
the brigades were given holiday. The
streets were a 'sight to See." Charred
paper, rifled packages and all the de-
bris incidental to celebration of In
oughfares. By tomorrow morning,
however, st. Paul will have resumed
her wonted clearly appearance.
A very large crowd was in attendance
all day at the picnic of st. James par
ish, which was a grand financial as
we'll as a social success. Neil Kellaher
won the standing jump prize, jumping
feet inches. e. j. Murphy won the
gold medal donated by Whitnev'S
music store for the 100 yard dash, max
ing the run in II seconds. Miss Frances
Lynch won the large wax doll voted to
the most popular little girl in the par
ish, and Miss Smith won the young
ladies god watch voted to the most pop
ular young lady in the parish. Every
thing passed off very smoothly, and
those assembled on the grounds thor
oughIy enjoyed themselves with the at
tractive programme prepared. The
c., NJ. & o. shop band discoursed music
during the day in a very satisfactory
manner