The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18
'1NllL Be / FAMOUS Day.
Details Of the Fourth Of July
Celebration.
SEATTLE WILL GUIDO HERSELF

SEATTLE WILL GUIDO HERSELF
Chairman - Each Ce0D1tteo IL
CoaAaeat That His Own Depass-
nent VIII Eclipse All Former
ReeerAs-Sone 81 the striking
Features Of FirewerkA sports ana
Parade - Novelties In Reserve.
EVERY chairman Of epey conpsdtee n
conaectos 1pffh TIE approaching
Fourth Of Jhiy celebration Is confident fiat
the Celebration h lis pArficula, department
u'N excel hat Of any former year. TAN
<ufh Chairman e4ssbnose. of tie sports
committee. and Re uu tel you that the
programme Of Athefie and hcpcie contests
this year 0'tu b ty odds tie richest and
fullest tbe, offered b the Pacific NCcrth-
Desf. julius Redeishemse,. chairman of
tie committee on decorations. sings the
same song IS to tie f1s.ses and furbeLous
Of arches. lights. foupers and bunting that
are to stUe Spectacular effect to the streets.
%. Crehton. 7pbo Is looking after tie
ftewor&s. says this years display 7eu
surpass any eVe' seen here. Chairman
Lobe. Of tie n,asie committee, Is going to
see that the funefof tastes Of people are
satisfied 0'1b MELODIES Of ~ binds, from
the marital notes Of Betish band to tie
sacred chorus rendered BY 500 Seattle and
Tacoma Ooices. Chairman Edsen. Of tie
parade committee. Is planning great things.
and the general conmsatee Is eiUdng hdn
the funds to execute hts plans.
l. a. 6IadtAu. OHIO has seen acting -
chairman Of the general committee. said
yesterday: as rule. I khhsk Il Is hsex-
pedtenf and Sn70ise to boast tn Advance of
suhaf sDe are going to do. because some
times public expectation Is aroused to 4
point fDhere II cannot Be satisfied. But
haze no feas of such . result this year.
Or committees ass laying plans for cele-
bration Ohich Q'u f., so,pass anything of
the hind u,s hAps ebe, had.
ST. THINK the galaxy Of athletes that
will grace our sports this year will
mark an era In our history" said Chair
man Ambrose last night. rEverything
seems to be coming our way. The gener-
GUS response Of the public has enabled
the finance committee to give US good
appropriations. This OF itself. however,
would not secure a good sporting pro-
gramme. But we have been equally
athletes In the Northwest free to enter
the various events on the Fourth. In
plain terms, and without undue boast
Ing. We are going TO give Seattle and her
visitors the finest sporting programme
they have ever seen"
The minor sports win be held on Pho
neer square, and Chairman Ambrose
says they will begin at $50 o'clock q. m,
whether there IL one person there at
that time or 10000.
For each event In the minor sports q
first and second prize are offered. ex-
cept catching the creased pig and the
two tug-of-war contests. The very
crowd Of spectators. Tho full list Is az
follows:
Threeiegsed race
Wheebxrrow race.
Boys sack
FIFTY yards DISH, girls.
Fifty yards dash, boys under =
Mems sack race.
Messenger boys r.cs-.
Newssoys' relay races blocks, { beU 20 q team
Catching creased pig
Boys dog team race
fte-eating contest
Rore climbing contest.
Newshoys' susofwsr
Lougshoremen and Coast Seanen
The competiti.s drill between At least two com
psnies II the National Guard Of Washington win
also occur Pioneer place
The messenger boys race Will be an
actual response TO a call. the delivery
OF message to given point and return
10 the point of starting In the news
boys relay race there Will be two teams
OF four boys each. and the distance 10
be covered VIII be eight blocks The
tug-ofwar will be Of peculiar interest.
because men from the battleship Iowa
viii take part In II.
A special attraction for people young
and old will be a balloon ascension. for
which Chairman Ambrose has already
made definite arrangements The aero
naut Is now I'm the city and the contract
for the ascension has been closed. The
time and place at which IL Is TO occur
will be announced later
In the department OF athletics, Prof
Crane IS receiving entry blanks that have
been properly filled out by athletes from
all over the Northwest. and the pros
poets were never so favorable for a great
athletic meet
IL has been decided 20 offer a special
| prize for meet between Eddie Dixon
and George Paris whose close race Of
/ last year VIII he remembered hy ALT
After declaring the race n dead hsa, the
Judges recoasidered their decision ard
gave the race to Dixon. Paris friends
have been anxious TO see another raca
/ between the two men. and have felt that
/ nixon owes II to Paris TO give him an
other GO.
THE decision 20 make the lacrosse csr,e
free appears 90 afford general sa,tS-
faction not only to members OF the COM
Fniitee, bat TO the public as we'll. The
game viii be played az the Madison street
park. and there viii be no charge what
for admission