The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05
Wonderful Pyrotechnical Display
Closes the Display.
WITNESSED BY A GREAT CROWD.
Mighty Set Pieces B1aae Forth In
Honor of Scattle's Guests. Ad-
mfrul Dewey, Uncle Sam and John
Bull Dfsplayed-Counti Rock
cts Light Tn the Heavens With
stars Of Fire and Crowds Cheer.

With the crashing OF big bombs sent
hundreds of feet into the air. the bursting
OF rockets with their hundreds of colored
stars and OF other rockets. which sprin-
kled the heavens with fire, and with mar
Vicious pyrotechnical set pieces. Seattle
closed the biggest, jolliest and most pairi-
otto Fourth OF July celebration in her his
tory.
II was a fitting end. The green hills on
every side of the fireworks stand were
black with countless thousands of citizens
and visitors. As the finer set pieces were
igntea. or bomb. or a beautiful rocket
was set Off. the crowd rent the air with
cheering while the chorus of Obs that
went up with the ascension of the first
rockets deafened the sound OF the bombs
that followed. The dark clouds that came
up from the southeast shortly before the
display began gave the hes. kind of
background, which was only relieved by
the glare from a distant forest fire. The
wind that brought the clouds served to
carry away the smoke and helped make
the display a success.
1t was shortly after O'Clock when the
long-waitng crowd was startled by the
unannounced whirr of a monster rocket
which moment later sent an hundred
stars scurrying back to earth. The exh.bi-
ton proper began when the attendants APP
piled the torch TO a big set piece reading:
Seattle Welcomes YOU Then came
rockets strung together and rockets that
scattered with a bang. and rockets that
left fiery star of magnificent proportions.
Three monster flower pots sent red. white
and blue stars tumbling after each other
in brilliant splendor.
The second set piece caught the popular
fancy even before II was entirely lit up.
The motto was "Our Boys On TO Manila"
and to one side was the figure Of WASH
ington volunteer. This was closely followed
by set piece which represented Uncle
Sam congratulating Admiral Dewey and
bore the words. Good Boy. Dewey"
The first big bomb to explode UP among
the clouds brought forth shrieks Of
fright from nervous women. With almost
no noise at all something would so up out
Of sight and a full minute later burst with
a terrible crash. only heralded by it's own
flash a second before.
The largest figure piece OF the display
was in honor of the friendly Anglo-Saxon
feeling and represented Uncle Sam and
John Bulb with clasped hands under the
American and British ensigns flying from
the same pole. This piece was in co.ors
and very artistic. 1t brought forth more
applause than any of the others
Away to the left of the city's display
some one tried to fire set piece presum-
edly advertising some enterprising BUSH
ness man. 1t did not burn clearly and the
crowd did not know what it was until a
loud-voiced small boy yelled out that the
piece was meant for Admiral Sampson.
The crowd caught the idea and cheered
loudly.
Another round Of rockets. whistlers,
monster cartwheea bombs and Niger
ton of the crowd that dared approach very
ton OF the crowd that dared approach very
near Then came Goodnight in blazing
letters OF fire.
Fifteen thousand people tried to come
down town right away after the display,
and many thought 1t strange that there
were no cars TO carry them. Every street
down the big hill from Madison to Yes,er
way had a black stream Of people on each
sidewalk. The cars were packed for more
than half an hour afterwards