The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-06
CELEBRATION OF
GLORIOUS FOURTH
An Old.Fashioned Patriotic Demonstra.
tion in This City.
The ORGANIZATIONS IN LINE
Trade Division Was One of the Great
Features of the Parade. Fireworks
in the Evening Postponed on Ac.
count of the Rain..Other Features
of the Days Observance.

demonstration of patriotic spirit. and
the city was not outdone by any mu-
nicipality in the country In the loyal
| and unstinted manner that the day Of
Freedoms birth was honored. The
parade was two and one-half miles in
length, and was moving from 10 o'clock
| until noon. The weather was Oppres-
sive, but that in no way detracted from
the appearance of the marchers.
a feature of the days celebration
which had been eagerly awaited was
the fireworks display on the court
house square in the evening. This had
! to be postponed on account of rain.
but it will take place this evening, and
Professor Haydn Evans and his male
glee club and Bauer's band will give
concert. The fireworks will be shot
off from the ground on which the Vol
unteers' tent is situated.
The city was crowded with people
from o'clock in the morning until
In the afternoon, and by this time the
streets were pretty well deserted, the
people having gone to the various
pleasure resorts in and out Of the city.
Just about the time the rain started,
then they began returning to town.
and until 10 o'clock the street cars
We're packed like cans of sardines, con-
veying the people home.
PARADE AND TRADE DISPLAY.
The first five divisions Of the parade
were made up of veterans, civic So
cieties, carriages containing city and
county officials, and bicyclists. The
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enterprise of Scranton business men.
Grand Marshal II. N. Dunnell gave
Tie word of command at 10 o'clock and
the slOng line assumed motion. George
b. Rice was chief of staff: w. F. Albro
was color-bearer; and Edward Rich
ards was bugier. The staff was made
up of Major James w. OakfOrd, James
II. Hopkins. w. L. Davis, A. r. Whit
more, f.. c. Youmans, II. S. Alworth,
Emil Schimpff, c. w. DeWight, Joseph
Oliver, John II. Fellows, James O'Hara,
y. II. Syron, Isaac Brown and George
d. Brown. All were mounted and they
wore patriotic colors. Their steeds
were caparisoned literally with the red,
white and blue.
Franklin w. Martin was marshal of
the first division with f. c. Youmans,
w. N. Cole, Levi Getz. NJ Y. Houpt,
Charles O'Malley, James Chambers, l..
NJ. Bunnell and f. l.. Haas as aids
Lieutenant Ezra s. Griffin Post, No.
1S9, Grand Army of the Republic, was
the first organization. Bauer's band
led the veterans. Joshua II. Thomas
was in command of them, and there
were upwards of $50 afoot and 100 in
carriages.
float came next with Miss Bessie
Sloat representing the Goddess of Lib
erty, seated in the center of q group
of forty-five young girls, representing
the sisterhood of states. On either
side of the wagon an escort of Camp
8, Sons of Veterans, marched and be-
hind came the remaining members of
| the camp. They had forty men in line
Captain p. DeLacy commanded the
veterans of Colonel Monies Post, No.
3l9, forty marching afoot and several
carriages following containing mem
bers upon whom the fatigue of the
march would fall too heavily. The old
Neptune hand engine in charge of a
delegation from the Volunteer Fire
mems association made up the rear of
the first division.
THE CIVIC SOCIETIES.
John NJ. Hornbaker was marshal of
the second division, which with the
third consisted of the civic societies.
The aids were Morton l.. Wage. A. f..
Norhis. ID. A. Beemer, G. W. Powell,
II. f. Bradshaw. A. S. Pursel, NJ. D..
Hockenbury, ]. w. Benjamin and ]. J..
Green. Scranton Council. No 229, Gar
field Council, No. 354, Dunmore Coun-
Gil, No. 1929, and Moses Taylor Coun-
Gil, No. ISL, of the Order of United
American Mechanics, were first in line
They were captained respectively by
NJ. d. Hockenbury, Henry Swinkle and
Charles Sherrar. Guth's band furn-
ished them music. OF these organiza-
tions the membership in line was about
400.
Company A. Patriotic Guards, Of the
South Side, under command of Cap
tain August Weymeyer, followed with
forty members in full military uniform.
They were led by Washington Drum
Corps of the Patriotic Order Sons Of
America. Next in line We're the fol-
lowing Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
lea camps: Camp No. 25, commanded
by Captain o. S. Lutz; Camp 70, COM
manded by Moses Ace; Camp No. III,
commanded by Charles Constantine;
Camp 11S, commanded by Captain
James p. Stanton, and headed by the
RingSold band; Camp 242, commanded
by Captain ]. s. Woodling; Camp 333
commanded by Captain w. B. Bisbing:
Camp 43O. commanded by Henry Wirth;
| and Camp 572, commanded by Cap
tain George B. Thompson. There were
upwards of 800 members of these so.
cieties i'm line.
THE UNIFORMED SOCIETIES.
The third division was made up of
three uniformed societies, Canton Scran.
ton No. 4, Patriarchs' Militant, Scran-
ton Division No. go uniformed rank,
Knights of Pythias. and st. Aloysius
Young Mems Total Abstenance and
Benevolent Society of st. Johns parish,
South Side. w. c. COules was comman-
der of the first organization, Captain
David Brown of the second. and p. F.
Walsh, of the third. The st. Aloysius
members were led by Forest band in
handsome new uniforms.
+. c. Deans was marshall of the divi-
sion, and his aids were Sig. Brandt, DR..
G. f. Hill and George w. Skillhorn
and G.. w. Houpt.
Deputy Register of Wills. James II.
Hopkins, was marchall of the fourth
division and it consisted of carriages
containing the following city and county
officials: c. G. Boland, Jos. p. Phillips,
S. w. Roberts. Giles Roberts, John De-
muth, c. L. Pryor, ex-Sheriff John ].
Farey. A carriage decorated for the
Scranton Truth contained the following
persons connected with the paper: r
w. Jordan, James J. Cummings, Thomas
+. Barrett, Martin O'Malley and Jerome
Barrett.
The fifth division commanded by Alex.