The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-05
CELEBRATI0N OF THE FOURTH.

T The Heat and Rain Conspired to Drive
 People to the Shore and to Their
 Homes.
 "The quietest Fourth I ever saw in New Haven" said an old resident last night, in speaking generally of the day yesterday, and this seemed to be the general opinion. Although an inn mense crowd was out in the forenoon to see the parade, it quickly melted away and when the exercises began on the Green at o'clock in the after noon barely 200 people occupied the space in front of the speakers stand, although later on there were 800 in the audience. Many accidents were re- ported, as will be found in another column. Only one alarm of fire had been sent in up to ' o'clock last night and that one was just a few min utes before seven and was for tri- fling blaze in the Eighth ward. The streets in the central part of the city which are usually thronged almost to the degree of being impossible were as quiet as on any ordinary day. But on going to the various shore resorts the whereabouts of all the people could be at once discovered. All these places were crowded and the numbers at Savin Rock greatly exceeded any crowd there for five years. It seemed that half the population of the city had gone down for the day. The beach was lined with people, all the hotels were crowded and every fakir and stand keeper wore a beaming face as he was busily engaged in ralling in the nickels and dimes which the big crowd spent freely.
 For all of this the heat was responsi- ble. The Fourth of July committee de- serves great credit for the entertain" ment which it arranged. Another reason, probably, why so few people attended the public exercises in the afternoon was the threatening clouds which appeared shortly before the pro- gramme began. This was one of the
 hottest parts of the day and at 2 o'clock the weather bureau ther-
 mometer registered 94 in the shade. But this heat which drove people out
 of the city was kind to the street rail-
 road people. All the trolley cars were
 packed and crowded to the capacity of
 the running boards and the way the
 cash bells kept time to the jingle of
 nickels was enough to make Klon-
 dke miner turn green with envy.
 The fire cracker brigade fought nobly all day from early Sunday night until
 late last night and only left the field when money and ammunition was ex- ha o1t Inc
 generally characterized as unusually quiet, the big fireworks dealers all stated that their sales had been the largest in years.
 The excursions by steamer were all enjoyed by large crowds and the base ball management had no cause for | complaint, as a good sized ground of fans attended the game at Elm City Park.
 The exercises on the Green began at 2 o'clock, the Second Regiment band opening the programme with the Stars and Stripes Forever" Mayor Farnsworth was presiding officer and after the opening piece by the band made a short address The remainder of the programme was as follows: An overture, Festival" by the band invocation of the divine blessing by Rev. Father John Russell of St. Pat rick's church, patriotic medley by 1 the band
 | The Declaration of Independence | signed in 1776, was then read by Rev | F. R. Luckey of the Humphrey street church.
 The days roation was by Rev. Dr. ! Levi Gilbert, the pastor of the Trinity | M. F. church. The main part of this l fine address Is given in another part of 1 the paper.
 1 Rev. David Levi of the Orange street | synagogue gave the benediction and the
 exercises concluded with the singing of
 America" by the audience, accom-
 panied by the band. 1 The committee which had charge of 1 the literary exercises and that which arranged for all the music were as fol- | lows:
 | Literary exercises committee-Hon 1 Lyman H. Johnson, chairman; pr. w
 P. J. Burke, secretary; Mrs. Mary l. l Davis, w. J. Fuller, L. S. Beach, w. A l Whitaker, J. Meyer, A. H. Farnham, F
 A. Hermance, W. S. Compton, Dr. P. E
 Browning, Herman Scharf. l Music committee-Major Luzernt Ludington, chairman; w. W. Stow
 secretary; Dr. P. F. Browning, w. F l Stahl, Thomas J. Kennedy, Thomas l Murray, John Trace.
 { This programme was intersperse6 | with music by the band.