Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-05


How the Day Was spent by MANY Large
Crowds 60 Ia hay Ridge and on the
shore-Fi works at Night aud the
Usual Train of Accidents
Fourth OF July, eighteen hundred and
ninety-live, was not unlike those of its
predecessors in many respects. Cele-
brating the e. ent began the day before
by Young America with his FIRE cracker
and bomb. and as night grew on apace
the patriotism increased, aud by time
the morning dawned it WAS renewed by
the flying Of the American emblem from
the dome of The old State House, the
public buildings and many private resi-
dences, followed by ''bomhs bursting in
air. T" Everybody seemed bent on having
good time, and teams were brought
into requisition from yeryquarter, deck
ed OFF with flags aud bunting Some
went to one place and some to another
hut all Annapolis and Anne Arundel
county appeared to have emptied itself
into the beautiful grounds of Bay Ridge
for the day. What the railroads could
not carry were conveyed in double and
single-horse teams with every cOnceiv-
able vehicle 1t is estimated that fully
ten thousand people were at the Ridge.
The groves and summer houses Oh the
ground, the cafe and every available
place was crowded with pic-nickers,
and all the amusements were well pa
tronized throughout the day. The Fer
ris wheel appeared to have theadvautage
Of some of the older amusements, and
its swinging cars were almost constant
ly filled with passengers, ,swingngaround
the circle in mid-air. The electric cars
were also well patronized. The gravity
road and razzle-dazzle did not do so
good Il business. The merry go-round
WAS well patronized by the children.
The most popular feature of the amuse-
ment and the most lucrative one for
the company was the toboggan bathing.
So great was the demand that bathing
suits could not be supplied fast enough,
notwithstanding some five hundred new
suits had been added to the bathing de-
partment this season.
Over three hundred bathers were in
the water at one time. The tohoggan
slide is new feature to the bathhouse
this season, and the novelty WAS draw
ing card. An attractive programme of
music was presented. 1t included the
presentation of fancy and national dan
ces by the Congress Of Nations, portray
ed 10y one hundred young ladies, under
the direction of Prof. w. L. Auer. The
participants were in costume and their
ev0lutions delighted large audience.
The music was furnished by Prof. Cllas.
4. Wright's full military orchestra, un-
der the direction of Prof. j. III. Wright
La addition To this there was given a
musical number entitled "Columbps'
Discovery of America. Notwilhstand-
ing the large crowd, there were no acci-
dents of serious nature, aud bit few
persons were seen under the influence of
liquor on the ground. About six O'Clock
Il number of iiguratiye fireworks were
sent off from the bandstand on the
beach, which attracted a la &c crowd.
| A loud explosion would take place in
| the air, from which would come forma
tions of fish, birds, images, the American
| flag, liberty-lell, and various figures,
winch would float in the air for some
distance and then drop in the water off
the long pier.
As train time and boat time approach
ed, the crowd WAS immense, and car
after car was filled. The large steamer
Columbia was crowded To her full clpa-
| city. and MANY We're refused admittitncc
on board. The rain in the afternoon
drove many from the groves To the cafe,
| hotel dancing pavilion and other places,
where they remained the remainder of
| the evening. The only accident that
occurred of any consequence during the
| day, aud that not serions, was the acci-
deItal discharge of Il pistol in the hands
OF a Young man, the ball of which ell
| tered the foot of q young lady inilicting
painful flesh wound. She was assisted
to the cars 10y several friends and brought
to Annapolis, where she lived, and a
physician called, who dressed tile wound.
Several boys received slight burns OH
the hand from fire crackers.
AT night there was general display
Of fireworks from Il number of private
residences, consisting principally of Po.
| man candles, sky rockets, iire-crackers,
wlistling bombs, blue and red lights.
which gave the city quite patriotic
scene in the darkness of the night. Sew
eral persons received severe burns on
the hand from fireworks. John Cullen
had his hand dreadfully lacerated by the
explosion Of a large cannon cracker
tearing away a portion of the iIand. lie
was taken to the drug store OF DR.. j.
NJ. Worthington who dressed the wound.
He was sent to the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, Baltimore, this morning for treat
ment.
Accidents
A young son of j. +. McCusker was
painfully injured by fireworks explod-
| ing in his pocket.
William III. Caulk was burned on he
1 neck hy a sky rocket