The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-05
SPREAD EAGLE Day
ssANKATo TAKES THE LEAD IN
LESSER MUNICIPALITIES I'm
CELEBRATING .T.
TWO MILES OF FANCY FLOATS
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THE GREAT FEATURE OF THE DAY
AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VIEW
THE PARADE.
FIREWORKS TOO REALISTIC.
Afkfn Hotel Damaged to the Extent
of $4,0eo-Big Crowds Out at
Fargo.
FIREWORKS TOO REALIsT

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MANKATO. MINI. July 4.-Manka-
to's celebration to-day has been q. hum
mer. Every part of the programme was
carried out to perfection. At least
10000 people congregated on Front
street to see the different events. The
crowd was the largest, excepting that
on Barnum circus day. ever seen here.
Burglaries and DRINKS, usual incid-
ents of July 4 were unknown to-day.
The Industrial parade at &c o'clock was
nearly two miles in length, nearly every
business house In the city was
represented by q float, also the city
officials and fire companies. The Grafton
of the day was delivered by Can't. Fl.
A. Castle of st. Paul, at u:30 o'clock.
The address was q mastery effort.
well delivered, and he was highly com
pli1nented by the mass who heard him.
At 1:30 the fire department gave a drill
on Front street making a quick run
from their respective stations to city
hail. Bands were numerous and dis
coursed music between the events. The
base ball parade followed, participated
in by the Mankato Maroons and Austin
Eagles. The ball game between Man
kato and Austin for puse OF $3.50 this
forenoon was won by Austin. by a
score of to A. Another game for a
$3.50 purse this afternoon resulted In a
score of 8 to z In favor Of Mankato.
The balloon ascension and parachute
leap by Prof. Ward. Sioux CITY. was
made at s O'Clock and was a grand
success. The fire works display this
evening was grand. never before ap-
preached by any city In this part of
the state. The celebration as a whole
was a success throughout Business
houses were generally closed this after
noon.
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$ LITCHFIELD, Mimi. July 4.-This
city has used former ceIebrat-
ions as object lessons for the one PLAN
ned for to-day. Our Fourth Of July
celebration was widely and well adyer-
Used. and that coupled with our ex-
cellent programme and our well known
ability to Hget there brought at least
10000 people here from surrounding
country.
Hon. s. A. Flahirty of This city read
the Declaration of Indepe adence and az
orator Of the day Oar Reese of st. Paul
made q characteristic speech, brim full
of American patriotism He was fol-
lowed by Hon. A. F. Nordine Of Will
mar. Mayor Bisseu presided. Our
parade far surpassed anything Of the
Kind attempted by any small town in
the state. The general verdict was
that 1t was the finest display Of floats
ever seen Special features of the par
ade are too numerous to attempt to
mention, but the floats alone were over
two miles long, representing every
feature the ingenuity of man could
devise for commercial and industrial
display, In the afternoon at O'Clock
occurred a successful balloon ascension.
The day was flied out with bicycle
races. horse races, gun club shoots, ball
games and all manner Of athletic con-
tests and sports. The day closed with
a fina display OF fire works r
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