The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-28
CUBA LIBRE LIVES IN PAIN
PYROTECHNIST HAS EMBALMED
THE STORY OF THE WAR
From the Explosion of the Maine to
the Affair at Santiago, the Chief
Incidents of the Bloody Contest
VIII He Depicted for Fair Week
Visitors to st. Paul-HtstOry
Written In Fire.

VIII He Depicted for Fair Week
- Written In Fire.
More than 100 men began work on
the Peace Jubilee grounds, University
avenue and Grotto street, yesterday
morning. Today the grounds will have
been ploughed. up and prepared for the
mighty structure of wood, iron and
canvas, from which will be shown dur
ing state fair week the greatest spec
tacular production in fireworks the
world has ever seen.
George Beal, Mr.. PAINS superintend-
ent of construction, arrived here yes
terGay morning with twelve assistants,
and is now In charge Of the mechanical
work. He received yesterday 10000
feet Of lumber, all of which will be
used in the construction of scenes. The
amount of lumber required altogether
Will be 100000 feet, part of which will
be put in grand stand. The seating
capacity Of the circus shaped stand
viii be 10000.
SO immense are the plans of the dis
play that the management found it
necessary to secure permission from
the mayor to blockade two streets, Au-
rora avenue and Avon street, thus Sc
curing more than 600 feet square.
NJ. L. Berry, formerly general repre-
sentative of Mr.. Pain, now local man.
ager for st. Paul citizens, has received
letters from the passenger department
of nearly all railroads terminating
here assuring him and the citizens as
sisting him. of their hearty co-opera-
ton. They have in most cases, ar
ranged for putting up immense guam
titles Of the vigorous Pain advertising
paper in all towns through which they
pass for d distance Of 200 miles. They
are also advertising the display in
their reading notices III newspapers,
and in other ways drawing the atten-
ton Of the public to the most stu
pendous spectacle ever attempted by
the fireworks king. Some lines have
even offered to furnish free transpor-
tation to the Pain representatives as
an indUcement for them to spread the
glad tidingS from Dan to Beersheba-
In the case Of no previous spectacle,
not even the ice palaces, have the va
rious elements of the city combined
their energies SO quickly and extern
sively to make it a success as they
are doing now. Thousands of people
not directly interested in the state fair
are coming to st. Paul the first week
In September just to see Cuba" and
read the history of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war in a bewildering series Of py-
rotechnic effects.
Mr.. Pain has promised st. Paul a
display that will rival in grandeur any
thing Bulwer LYtton, Kingsley or
Ill Ao,.
about the brilliant fetes of ancient
Rome. The effect might be best COM
pared with Lytton's description of the
furious eruption of Mount Vesuvius,
that destroyed Pompeii and Herculan-
cum in the twinkling of an eye.
Cuba" will contain twenty-eight
sublimely realistic pictures of scenes
and battles between American and
Spanish forces on sea and land, the
principal scenes being laid in Havana
harbor, Santiago and Manila. Famous
the world over for his ingenious and
dramatic pyrotechnical displays, Mr..
Pain brought all his almost enexhaus-
ibie resources to bear to make this
as life-like as it is within the
bounds of possibility to do SO.
Many novel and ingenious effects
never before seen in PAINS pyrotechni-
cal works, have been introduced in
this spectacle. The battleships of
America and Spain are seen In rull ac-
ten, all movements of the ships being
arranged with historical accuracy. The
thrilling cannonading, cries of comba-
tants, crashing of timbers. burning Of
ships, exploding of magazines and the
luTid glare Of the war fire make
vivid picture of sensations and realis-
tic interest that is indellibly stamped
upon the minds of al! who witness it.
The use of heavy guns, extensive bat
teries, shells, etc, with explosives,
serve to create a picture of battle so
grim and fierce that one easily ina
gines that he is actually viewing the
real war.
- Workmen were busy constructing the
lake yesterday. They must first lay
the cement flooring and cement Sides
and then when it has hardened, flood it
with water. A number Of the ballet
will arrive this week, and then the re-
hearsals will begin. These are always
Interesting, ana attract large crowds
OF spectators who like to watch the
actors in the open air.
The fireworks to be used in the pro.
dCction will come to this city when
everything is ready for the exhibition.
They will be stored in a safe place,
where they will not do any damage in
case of an explosion. By the end of
this week a large crowd Of workmen