Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
4 .JUBILANT CITY.
Milwaukee Celebrates Where the
Hamlet Stood, Fifty
Years Ago.

rived. Wnlle YET lnc Teu outline OF inc
sun was barely discernible through the
morning mists on the 10Th inst. The san
was scheduled to appear this mornlfag AT
6:14 O'Clock and it WAS not more 5ss.91n Dt
than the battery that was Stationed on
the lake front to greet it's appearance
with salute. When the first ray shot
across the bay there was a roar that
shock the town and awakened the sleepy
inhabitants. Instantly it was answered
from thousand factories, where en-
gineers had been awaiting the signal,
and almost as quickly the pealing of
bells was heard from every steeple. Roar
followed roar. whistle piled on whistle
and bell on bell until all were lost in one
great wave of sound that seemed to
cover the city. The Andy johnson in the
bay aided the battery in the salute.
With all the noise nobody could stay
in bed and the town was astir early.
People focked out onto the streets to
find that the faint promise of a fine day
had materialized ill a glorious reality.
The sun shone as bright as though it
was trying to make special effort for
the occasion and the atmosphere was al
most as balmy as a spring day. AS it by
magic the decorations of yesterday had
doubled and tripled during the night and
from end to end the city was gay with
holiday attire. Flags f1oated from every
housetop that was provided with a staff
and streamers and festoons decked every
street. Very early the streets were filed
with the sound of music, as the various
bodies marched to form in the parade,
and the crowds that followed the sounds
filled the sidewalks. Every street car
after O'Clock was packed and thou
sands upon thousands of people who
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favorable point on the line of march
walked in. Very early, too. the trains
began to bring in the crowds from out of
town and before noon the thoroughfares
We're perhaps as lively as they were ever
known to be in the history of the city.
The big parade was the event of the
morning. 1t was past noon before it
was over and the crowds stood for hours
on the sidewalks to see the soldiers and
the governors and the various societies
and to hear the music of the endless
bands. For the old settlers the recep>
ton at the Academy was the event of
the day and dozens of them came down
hours before it opened to be sure to be
on time. The building was crowded to
the doors and there, were thousands who
would have been glad to have attended
if they could have got in. The day
will end with the great bicycle parade to-
night, which will attract even great
the general illumination of the city.
The streets may have been as well deco
rated before, but it is certain that there
never was a time when such an illuminu-
ton was provided. Thousands of cleo,
trio lamps have been strung on the build
ings of the city. and tonight the streets
will literally be blazing with lights.
One of the prettiest decorations of the
evening was the bunch of arc lights ell
circling the lantern on the top of the
Pabst building. They made a perfect
blaze of light which was to be seen from
all parts of the city and the surrounding
country and were as pretty as the crown
on the Administration building in Chi
cago or the World building in New York.
Many people would like to see them
burning every ght. Many business
houses, particularly on East and West
Water streets, Wisconsin street and
Grand avenue. have effective arrange
ments of incandescent lights. This even
ing the city will be ablaze with light.
The forty-foot flag ON the city hall
building was raised at precisely { o'clock
i'll the morning. Along about s O'Clock
while the aldermen were at the lake
front Aid. Bryden's flag was hoisted to
its position on Juneau park.
The event of the afternoon was the
general reception at the Academy of Nh
sic. which was announced to begin at 3
o'clock. 1t was not Il reception in the
usual sense of the word, though termed
SO i'll the official programme. but rather
a memorial meeting. The theater was
crowded as it probably never was before.
All but the gallery seats were reserved
for old settlers and other specially invit
cd guests. Mayor Koch welcomed the
visitors to Milwaukee and Gov. Upham
spoke as the representative of the COM
monwealth of Wisconsin. Gen. F. c.
Winkler was the orator of the day and
each of the visiting governors spoke brief
ly. Vocal music was furnished by the
male choruses of the Arion club and the
Musical society, which rendered the
song "Milwaukee's Fifty Years" com
Gregory. The .Arion band Of Oshkosh
furnished the instrumental music,
When the parting Good Night famed
out Thursday night on the lake front.
in the midst of shooting stars and sprays
of fire. and expired in a shower of rock
cts, Milwaukee's semi-centennial cele-
bratlOn was over.
The second day of the celebration was
ushered in like the first with the boom
ing of cannon and the blowing of whis-
ties. but there was not quite so much OF
either as on Wednesday. And when
the day dawned and it was found that
the weather clerk had granted another
fine day. the fun began afresh and the
city gave itself up to a second long
round of pleasure, business being aban,
doned with a recklessness strange indeed
for conservative Milwaukee.
Wednesdays crowds on the street were
repeated and the success of the events
of that day were duplicated. And there
were events enough to keep every body
interested. At 8 o'clock the informal
reception at the new city hall began and
lasted until II o'clock At 10 o'clock
Il reception to the citys guests began
at the Ptister and lasted until the guests
were loaded into carriages and taken for
a drive around the city, which consumed
the balance of the morning. At the
same hour began the most interesting
event of them all, the reception at the
Plankinton to the pioneers and old set,
tiers of the city. and while those events
were going on the tiremen were giving
their interesting exhibition on the city
hall square.
In a great industrial parade. several