The morning times., 1895-07-05
KOisisst Fourth of July Wash
ingtOn Has Known for Years.
ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT FALL
All the Streets Popped, Kissed, Sput-
tered and Banged the Day Long.
Celebrations by the Revolutionary
Societies, Oldest Inha bitants' As
sociation and Other Bodies.

The fusilade of fireworks that began a
week age, continued in spite of police in
ference, grew uproarious at midnight Wed
nesday, iedd down a little i'm the carly
morning yesterday, broke into renewed
activity al dawn, ratified steadily all day
long aud became a storm Of sounds and
thous sand clouds of colored lights at
night fall, is gone for another year.
All kinds OF Fourth of July fire
works have been cheap this year,
and probably never before was as
much powder burned in this locality.
The cannon crackers were bigger and
louder than ever before, the devil shooters
more numerous aud more devilish, the
candles aud rockets of later and improved
patterns, while the Chinese have brought
on a tremendous noisy invention and some
one has found a method of throwing
colored lights by the bushel 1t only re
mains for a genius to furnish a machine
that will show in brilliant colors the sound
waves of Yankee Doodle" america"
etc, while the music floats through the air
as each wave glows in fire.
REV ELRY OF FIRE AND COLOR.
With the morning boats and trains hun
dreds escaped to the country, where they
could take their fireworks at will and for
the rest enjoy the day in comfort and quiet
There were family parties, picnics small
and great and crowds for the ball grounds.
the river resorts and other amusement
places. But the exodus which began Wed
ncsday and continued unBii noon had no
visible effect upon the throngs that filled
the streets with jublant patriotism.
Rain came with the evening, but only
seemed to give a better background for
the revelry of fire and color The usual
| crowd gathered on the Capitol plaza and
watched while Pennsylvania avenue danced
and popped throughout its length, from
| Peace monument 70 the Treasury, from
! O'Clock TO 10 All the time from a thousand
! private celebrations rockets shot up i'll
every quarter of the city at once, keeping
/ the sky filled with slowly falling and dis
! appearing clouds of white, red, yellow,
blue. purple and green lights.
On the avenue. the hotels, restaurants,
variety stores and Chinatown were the cen
/ ters. AT Quong Sang Lungs shop, near
/ Third street, a long cable wound round a
sCantlIng was thrust out from window
| about 8: 80 y. IN. A crowd gathered quickly.
PANDEMONIUM BROKE LOOSE.
A dozen figures appeared on the balcony
near the cable nimble Oriental touched a
light TO the END of the cable and turned 1t
loose. four other Cinnamon simultaneously
Ai7"'So AN'l't''i e''iiioS' q Pouii'i VI iSu iiiC
| was turned loose on the ledge just above
the doorway and pandemonium was loose.
! From the moment the cable caught fire a
! yolley OF sounds ike the firing in the thickest
/ battle broke loose To add TO this. bunChes
OF these new-fangled Chinese crackers were
tossed upon the street. The crowd in
creased and danced among the zig Tagging
fire that spurted first from one side, then
I from another.
The heathens in the second story windo ws
jumped back and forth and chattered amid
constant rain of fire that lit up weirdly
their strange features and grote3que garb
At the same time there was a constant
I batting OF echoes from the tail buildings
near which the Chinese laundry opposite
! poured forth rockets, fire balls and crackers
and some entcTprising American Onthe nexi
square was hurting colored lights into The
air by the cart load.