The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-07-09
THE FOURTH IN cGUR D.ALEHK
A Large Crowd Of People Assembled to
Celebrate the Day.
GEO. w. PREscorr,

Auc IUuieu VI July CcicUIdtlOn III
this city eclipsed anything of the kind
ever attempted before. With the sun
showing forth in all its glory and a
gentle breeze blowing from the lake the
thousands Of people who gathered here
to celebrate the ll6th anniversary of
that memorable event in our history.
when the old liberty bell at Philadelphia
rang out American independence, had
perfect day.
About II o'clock in the morning the
Spokane train, with twenty-one coaches
and 800 people on board, arrived at
the depot, large number being men,
beers of the Irish-American association,
accompanied by Father Held's Junior
band. The Irish-Americans, headed
by the band marched from the train
direct to the pavilion where the opening
exercises of the celebration took place.
Jas. Graham. of this city, introduced
Neal O'Sullivan, who delivered the ad-
dress Of welcome on behalf of our citi-
zens. In eloquent terms he welcomed
the visitors, expressing the feelings of
brotherhood that he said would always
exist between the citizens of the Queen
City of the lake and the Magic city by
the falls. Then, as now" the speaker
said, would We say, Your city is our
city 1t comprises the Ceur d'Alenes
and the Rockies; your Magic city is our
hub, and this picturesque watering
place is destined to be the haunt of
your leisure-your world-famed Killar-
ney." His remarks were full of patriot
ism both for America and Ireland and
met with hearty applause.
The Auditorium orchestra then took
a position on the platform and dis
coursed sweet music to which the peo-
pie danced until the departure of the
train in the evening.
About shutdown the kid band,
headed by the city officials of Spokane
and officers of the society, visited Fort
sherman and serenaded General Cariin.
That gentleman responded in a few re-
marks. closing by inviting the boys to
accept his hospitality in the near future.
The program of sports took place in
front Of the Bancroft house. Miss Hat
tie Howell, Of Spokane, was awarded
the prize, pair of handsome vases, as
the best lady walter at the pavilion.
The following prizes were awarded in
the athletic sports:
Tug Of War-Married men VS.. single
men; won by the married men.
Hop, Skip and Jump-Dan Collins
first prize; AL Doane, second prize.
Throwing Heavy Hammer-D. ID.
McClelland, first prize; A. \. Melon
aid, second prize.
Putting Shot-A. A. Mcdonald, first
prize; ID. ID. McClelland, second prize.
onehundred Yard Dash-H. O..
Adams, first prize; Dan Collins, second
prize.
Standing Long Jump-Dan Collins,
first prize; J. Il. Caplice, second prize.
Running Long Jump-Dan Collins,
first prize: ]. b. Caplice, second prize.
The town was beautifully decorated
with flags and bunting. especially the
business part. The edge of the side
walks were lined with evergreens which
added much to the appearance.
Many of the visitors enjoyed boat
rides on the lake, quite number spend
ing the day quietly at different points
on the lake rather than with the crowd
in the city.
Estimates place the number of visit
OTIS to the city at about 1900 and more
orderly crowd is seldom seen together
Our visitors enjoyed the day and left
for their homes in the evening pleased
with their outing.
The celebration at Fort Sherman was
no less success and full report of it
may be found in our correspondence
from the post.