The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-03
BATTLE OF MANILA
1t viii Be Seen tonight at the
Fair Grounds.
PORTRAYED IN FIRE
Everything viii Be Ready at
Eight O'clock

Tonight Pains Celebrated Worlds Fair
and Coney Island Fire Works display will
be seen at the Fair grounds in all its
magni1cence and grandeur.
Il is brought TO this city by Colonel H.
c. Toler who never does anything by half
and has no such word as failure in his
derful success of the exhibition insures
something splendid for the citizens OF
Wichita and the surrounding country 10
see. Another gaod feature is that it is
for the benefit of the Wichita hospital
who are anxious TO go into their new
home free from any liabilities.
This pryrotechnIc display is based on a
historical event of such recent date that
it viii be double interesting. In living
fire will be seen the battle Of Manila,
where the hero of the hour-Dewey-
knocked he rouge Of the battleships off
the Spanish fotilla. Another feature will
be the picture of Dewey seen in fire. 1t
will be twenty by twenty and can be seen
by all. The program of the evening will
commence promptly at $50 and is as fol-
lows:
l. Salute of aerial 13-inch guns fired from
iron mortars. exploding in mid-air
with tremendous report.
2. Grand illumination OF tho grounds
with powerful colored lights, chang
ing color.
3. Ascent of monster balloons carrying
magnesium Nights, flooding the en-
tire neighborhood with dazzling light
finishing with a string of jewels 100
feet long, constantly changing color
as they float through space.
4. Display of one and two-pound rockets,
containing Pains famous Manhattan
Beach combination.
5. Twin fiery pigeons flying to and fro.
6. Huge batteries of gigantic sancissions.
7. Salvo Of 15-inch bombs. with the latest
novelties and effects.
6. Flight of asteroid rockets, emitting
electric rabbits.
9. Display of Rayonet tourbulions, FORM
ing umbrellas of fire in ascent and
descent.
10. Aladdin's jeweled tree, changing into
a gigantic golden fountain.
II. Mines Of fiery kissing serpents.
Il. Salvo Of 1S-inch Shells colors de rose,
amethyst. rubies, pearls, sapphires,
Old gold, cerise. etc.
13. Ascent of hanging chain rockets, first
introduced in pyrotechnics by Pain.
gated stars.
10. Device (comic) Jocko, the acrobatlc
monkey, performing amusing evolu-
tons on the horizontal bar.
16. Devil among the tailors; a very anus
ing piece in pyrotechnics.
II. Salvo of 24-inch shells, containing all
the latest novelties and effects in
vented by Pain for 1898 season at
Manhattan Beach.
10. Ascent of 4-pound rockets, the Piar-
AIDES. or seven floating stars.
20. Ascent of 4-pound rockets-opal show
ers, lavender blossoms and evening
stars.
q. Aerial novelty-Display of Pains 1898
novelty, the repeating shells; open
ing red, changing to white, finishing
blue.
%. Mammoth silver fire wheel, 100 feet in
circumference, with intersecting CEN
tiers. The whole finishing as NAM
moth kaleidoscope.
% Explosion of giant cracker mines.
"a Display of A-inch bombs-liquid fire,
cometic rain. prismatic jewels.
Is. Grand portrait in outline of fire of the
nations hero, Commodore Dewey.
26. Swarms of frefIes and lightning bugs.
q. Pains aerial novelties, hanging gar
deus.
%. The great bear.
%. Peacock plumes.
30. National streamers.
81. Electric stars
80. Magnesium stars, consisting Of 8, 4
and 6-pound rockets.
80. Aerial Indian jugglery, and essence of
moonlight created by the discharge
of Pains celebrated Pinch bombs.
81. Flight of S-pound rockets, with float
ing festoons Of fire. called by Mark
Twain aerial sleigh bells.
IS. Golden cloud. studded with Jewels,
produced by the simultaneous dis
charge OF 9-inch shells
IS. Battery Of Italian steamers
ST. Battery OF electric spreader stars.
IS. Battery of PAINS chromatic candles.
80. Battery Of golden showers.
40. Salvo of PAINS Manhattan Beach
Misunderstanding stars. cornucoplas,
etc.
Il. Ascent Of congreve rockets, with com
etic stars.
a. The starry flag; produced by the ST.
multaneous discharge OF s-inch
bombs OF red. white and blue.
43. Prismatic whirlwinds.
II. Omnituple repeating bombs-emeralds,
pearls. rubies. etc.
AZ. Mother OF thousands-the 1855 bomb.
IS. The Battle OF Manila. showing the de-
struction OF the Spanish gunboats.
bombardment OF fort, with terrific