St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-04
CELEBRATIONS OF TODAY.
MINNESOTA BOAT CLUB FACES THIS
FORENOON.
FIREWORKS AT COMO PARK.
Everybody Celebrates the f17th
National Anniversary Ex-
Gov. St. John and Other No
tables Address Temperance
PeopIe-Base Boil and Yacht
Races at White Bear.

history has more activity been dis
played in the direction Of honoring the
day in some way. There will be
picnic parties !nnumeIable. There
will be events at every lake resort,
at every village on White Bear, and
every point on Minnetonka. Lakes
Como and Harriet will be the scenes of
elaborate doings. But the event of the
day for st. Paul people, aside from the
races at Hamline, mentioned elsewhere,
will be the annual regatta of the Min
nesota Boat club. This club has gained
so much renown by its victories of the
past two years that it has grown to be
the pride of the city, and increased in
event.
The regatta will begin at 10 O'Clock
this forenoon. The club extends no
special invitations. but will gladly well
come all its friends, and these are
legion. The programme is as follows:
Senior four-oared shells
Crew No. l. Crew No. 2.
I. l.. Wann. bow. W.N. ArmsI'g, bow
Percy Houghtou, 2. n. p. Langford, 2.
l.. NJ. Mabon, 3. Il. o. Nettleton. 3.
E. j. Halbert, Archibald Wright,
stroke. stroke.
Junior four-oared shells
Crew No. /. Crew No. 2.
81. p. Bend, bow. F.. j. Shepard, bow,
r. F. MacLareu. 2, G. w. Gordon, 2,
F. L. Bigelow. 3, A. H. Paget, 8.
Mp. Lang ford, ,stk. L. Corning. stroke.
Challenge four-oared shell race
Crew No. l. Crew No. 2.
g. e. Senkler. bow, W. R.Wallace, bow,
E. 81. Davidson. 2, F. H. Sabin, 2,
}. II. Murphy, 5, James Denegre.
A. &. Wedge, stk, e. M. Bend. stroke.
Maiden single race-H. P. Bend. R.
F. McLaren, George E. Senkier, j. II.
Murphy, l.. w. Prendergast. T.. K.
Baker.
Junior Single race L. Corning, T.
L. Wann, q. Corning.
Senior Single race-A. Fl. Paget, T.
l.. Wann, l.. Nj. Mabon.
Junior Double race-Crew No. /: 81.
7. Bend, bow; n. p. Langford, stroke.
Crew No. 9: j. H. Murphy. bow; r. T.
Maeiaren, stroke.
Senior double race-Crew No. l: l.. M.
Mabon, bow; Percy Houghton, stroke.
Crew No. 2: w. n. Armstrong, bow; :;
George o. Nettleton, stroke.
Tub race.
Swimming race.
Quarter-mile dash-George o. Nettle-
ton, w. n. Armstrong. A. II. Paget,
l; l.. Wann, L. Corning, Archibald
Wright.
Quarter-mile dash, Stone cup-Open
to all.
Tub race-Open to all. 2.
Swimming race, one-eIghth mile.
Presentation of prizes. ~
The officers of the course will be as
follows: Referee, DR.. Archibald Nc
Laren; Judges, c. W. Gordon and E. A.
Jaggard; timckeepers, H. w. Brown
and ii. E. Bigelow; starter, John A.
Kennedy; regatta committee, H.. =.
Bend, L. L. Wann, J. ID. Denegre, j.
NJ. Blakely, +. r. Bigelow and w. N.
Armstrong. Music by FIRST Regiment
band. IT
fhe prizes to the winners of the races
will be presented by the following
ladies': The senior four by Miss Arm
strong: to the junior four. by Miss
Julia Noyes: to the senior double, by
Miss Day; to the junior double, by Miss
Blakely; senior single, Miss Stickney {;
junior single, by Miss Bass; maiden
single, by Miss Grace Upham; quarter
mile dash, byMiSS Wanzer; swimming
race, by Miss Beardsiey; tub race. by
Miss Wheel0ek.
IE addition TO these prizes there are
three eups-the mayors cup, which will
be presented by j. j. Parker to the
winning senior four: the cltIzens' cup
to the junior four, by w. l.. Lightner,
and the Stone cup to the winner of the
qaarter-mile dash.
AT COMO.
Selbert's full band will give concert
at Como park this afternoon, and another
concert this evening. The programmes
of both concerts are elaborate, and made
up Of the choicest and most popular Sc
lections. Mr.. Seibert is laying out to
give the tiirongs the best entertainment
in the way of music tina; has been heard
in the city for many day.
The evenings display of fireworks
about the lake will be one of the most
magnificent ever seen in these parts
The pyrotechnics are furnished by the
park board and city railway jointly.
Prot. and Mrs. Woodell, the famous
worlds fair balloonists, will make
an ascension and two parachute
leaps in the evening. giving mag
nincent fireworks display from the
skies. They will take up with them d
large stock of Dyrotechuies, and will
discharge them OH the way up, and also
on the way down In the parachutes. 1t
will be a sight that no one should miss.
The ascension will be made at about
7:30 p. VI.
In the afternoon there will be many
picnic parties at the park.
EX-GoV. ST. JOHN TO CRATE.
Announcements OF the temperance
and prohibition celebration at the cor
ner of University and Prior avenues
tomorrow afternoon have largely over,
looked the fact that the young peoples
societies Of Christian Endeavor, Christ
ian Temperance leagues. Epworth
leagues. Nomen's Christian TEN.
perance unions. Father Mat hew
Total Abstinence societies, etc.,
are to be represented by key.
G. B. Wilcox, Hon. d. NJ. Sui
livan and Mrs. L.W. Irvine, of st. Paub;
Prof. A. q. Drew. of Hamline. and Rev
T. McClary, of Minneapolis. Other
speakers will represent still other soci-
cites. Mr.. Owens address will take
place at 10:30 a. m. ana ex-Gov. st.
Johns at O'Clock. Arrangements have
De6n IHdQe 10 SPdG d large cE0Hu. lie
Unga Svea Singing society will furnish
music. Il
PICNIC PARTIES. /
st. MichaeFs church will hold its an
nual Fourth of July picnic at the cor.
ner of Smith avenue and Page street,
above the high bridge, and Oh the Mis-:
sissipp street and West st. Paul cal
line. An elaborate programme of sports
is planned, including horse race, bi-
cycle race, running races, etc. For all
games good prizes are up, and this
promises to be the crack picnic of the
year.
Among the other church societies that
will hold pienics are rhe Cathedral
parish, ST. Patrick's, st. James, ST.
MichaeFs, ST.. Vincent's, ST. Peter
Claver's, the Swedish mission. The
Germania turnverein will be among the
many other societies enjoying picnics.
AT WHITE BEAR.
At White Bear there will be games OF