The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-29
THOUSANDS SAW FIREWORKS.
Como Programme Last Night the
Feature OF the Carnival.

At 10 o'clock at Como last evening every
light in the park went out, and all the cars
on the line to and from the Twin Cities
stopped business temporarily. The fire works
were over. but a most enjoyable band con-
cert was in progress, and the crowds were
loath to leave the pavilion or the grounds
Slowly the people and carriages began to wend
their way through the darkened paths the
glimmer of hundreds of bicycle lamps being
all the light they had to go by. Fortunately
there was no hurry about the movement OF
the crowd and no confusion ensued. Horses
were quiet and pickpcckets were noticeable
on account of their absence. The police serv-
ice was. good, and very orderly gathering
OF people pushed its way leisurely UP to the
street car station and watched with surpris-
ing patience the labors Of the big cars as
leading to the grounds. They were filled
rapidly, and an occasional spark of light
under the wheels or about the headlight or
motor gave the people something to hope for
now and then.
There was a running fire CT comment along
the tracks. and much fun was INDUCED In
at the expense of every body. Relief Agent
Hutchins, who happened to be one of the
hundreds waiting fer cars to go home on,
was assailed on every side with demands that
he, in the name of the Relief society, make
some effort to straghten out matters.
The street railway had a number of men
on the scene. and numbers of people were
assisted in climbing over the fronts and the
rears Of the cars. while many were perched
on top, which latter fact caused cries OF hor-
ror from the passengers when the cars went
under the low bridge this side of Como. But
every body "ducked" and nobody was hurt.
There were thousands of people at Como
last evening and the display of Trevor ks
was very beautiful: If the sure enough
effect of sky rockets instead of guns and
cannon was commented the great bombs
were real enough and loud enough for the
most particular and the entire effect as the
rockets wiggled like snakes from b1ttleships
to fort. and from fort to battleshp, aid
thousands of red white and blue stars and
sparks rained down from above. was beyond
description. The band, stationed on the stand
in the water, kept up a continuous programme
of national airs. Unfortunately the | tie
torpedo boat. which was to have steamed out
into the water during the midst of the firing,
was accidently tipped over by the mel
operating her, and went to the bot om In a
very real kind of way. but unbeknown t.
the crowd
The fort was situated in way to bring out
a most artistic scenic effect, in the midst OF
dropping willows. The battleshlp, plac d
some way from shore. looked very warl:ke
and with rockets and candies throwing
streams of fire from every point. and when
a little torpedo boat was blown up and burned
every one felt that nothing could be more
complete than this imitation battle.
The display closed with scattering fire
rected toward the pavilion and the music.
The crowd was enormous. Many Of those
who had taken part in the bicycle parade
and wandered about in their odd costumes.
There was a large sprinkling of the fashion,
able element in carriages, on foot and b.
bicycle.
After the lamps went out some gasoline
lights were brought into use until the pavil-
ion could be cleared. The best Of the even
ing was then over and there was little fault
finding heard
The cause of the scarcity of light was
weakened power and not break down of any
kind, as MANY thought. The cars made slow
progress till near the city,