The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-05
GLORIOUS FOURTH
Operations Began ON Saturday
MIGHT.
GRAND PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY
Wind Interfered With the
Water Carnival.
Waterfront Crowded With Spec
tators-Explosion on Com
mittee Scow.

| The commencement of .he dual cele
| bration of the declarations of Ameri
| can and Hawaiian Indepen ienca he.
gan most auspiciously Saturday night
by the most magnificent display o1
| fireworks ever seen in the barEo~
They were set off from scows anchored
| between the Philadelphia AMI Marion
Barring premature explosion by
which two of the set pieces AMI several
hundred small bombs and rockets ere
lost the affair was a complete success
During the explosion several men en-
gagged in setting off rockets, etc. re-
ceived unexpected charges in various
parts of their anatomy and in the ex-
citement they jumped overheard tC rid
themselves of any suspicion Of fire
The display began at 7:30 and con-
tinued for nearly four hours. Crowds
of people gathered along the wharves
from one end of the harbor to the
houses special arrangements were made
for the guests and between the two
places the Hawaiian Government band
was stationed and played at frequent
intervals. The Healani Club had the
Hawaiian Quintette Club to play dance
music and sing and ample provision
of the same character was made at the
Myrtle Club House.
The celebration began with what was
intended to be a grand water carnival
but, owing to the high wind prevail
ing, this was in measure failure.
The harbor was one perfect multi
tude of lights-red, white and blue of
course playing the most prominent
parts From the houses toward Wal
kiki to the Philadelphia and even out
to Mauliola, where two strings of lights
appeared, here was brilliant illumina-
tiOn
On the Philadelphia there was
string of red, white and blue lights
extending from the bow up and across
the masts and then down to the stern
where there was an American flag in
electric lights. The Naniwa was light
ed and both the American and Japa
nese men-of-war kept their search
lights at work, out on the bay and
again upon various parts of Honolulu.
None of the other vessels in port were
decorated to any extent. The boat
houses were resplendent in Japanese
lanterns and electric lights. The feat
ure of the illumination on the Healani
house was a large star of red, white
and blue lights with a blue "H' as a
center. This was set up at the highest
point and extending from it to the
landing below, were strings of Japa-
nese lanterns. The Myrtle house was
strung all about with Japanese Ian
terms.
At 1880 o'clock the band, stationed on
the small wharf midway between the
Healani and Myrtle boat club houses,
struck up with music and the pleasure
of the evening began.
From the dredger and two large
scows, anchored between the Philadel-
phfa and Marion, there shot forth
perfect shower of rockets, Roman can
dies, bombs and other fire works, keep
ing busy large number of men.
At intervals followed the various
pieces -skyrockets shooting in differ
ent directions, exploding high up in the
sky and showing golden showers or
balls of red white, blue. green and
yellow fire; shells bursting in air;
rosette wheels, colored China flyers,
trumpet wheels. coIored geysers, re-
volving comets: star mines. bomb
shell mines and a hundred and one
other pieces, set of from different
parts of the dredger and scows
The railroad scOw was used for rock
o10 ho
large mortars and the dredger for all
the other pieces. The members of the