Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-07-07
THE CELEBRATION.
EVERYBODY PLEASED WITH ITS
UNIQUE FEATURES.

EVERYBODY PLEASED WITH ITS
UNIQUE FEATURES.
The Balloon Ascensions-The Bicycle Parad
Pianka and Her Lions-The Literary Exer
cises-The Tree-Fallins and Buck.Sawin!
Matches - The Foot.Races and Jumpin,
Matches-Etc
Sunday was clear summer day
but oh, so hot That did not proven
excursionists from coming in, how
ever, and by two o'clock severa
thousand people had gathered on tn,
bluff opposite Tumwater falls, to wit
ness the balloon ascension, promised
at 2 o'clock, and which from some un
explainable cause did not take place
| till four o'clock, during which time
people fretted, fumed, sweltered and
I (some of them)-swore! The ascen
sion was soon over, however, after thu
work OF initiation began, and "Prof.
Hamilton made an ascent severa
hundred feet by aid of the balloon ant
returned to earth safely sustained in
his downward journey by parachute
1t was so hastily, easily, and GRACEFUL,
done, that many wondered whether il
was worth four miles OF travel and two
hours of waiting to have the the two
minutes of horror modified by the
business-like, matter-of-fact proceed
ing of the professional aeronaut
Fortunately several hours of daylight
interviewed before might closed hel
sable curtains around" and all were
enabled to reach home before the cur.
few bell had sounded the hour fol
covering fires and retiring to rest.
Nothing Of public character was
on the programme for Monday, ex.
eept another balloon ascension al
Tumwater and two performances oil
Pianka and her lions ON the Blinn
block, Capitol hill. These proved a
very enjoyable feature to our many
visitors, however; business was brisk,
and sociability was at high flow
with the town and everybody in holt
day attire.
The third day, the glorious Fourth
was not inaugurated by the booming
OF cannon, nor did the curtain &c
down at its close amid q brilliant dis
play of rockets and red fire, those
features doubtless seeming too "chest-
nutty" for repetition on this alto
gether original celebration. Instead
of a parade of floats, q goddess, and
department and society drills, a BIZ
cycle parade was the opening feature
of the day. 1t started from Union
flats, Eastside bridge, and moved down
Fourth to Columbia, on Columbia to
Third, on Third to Main, and up Main
to Sylvester park, where a large con-
course of people had assembled to wit
ness the events of the day. Here too
a break occurred in the entertainment.
The bicycle parade, after passing over
all the byways of the square made its
exit n full hour before the literary
exercises on the band.stand began
and many people after waiting patient
ly-the majority standing-till Time
with laggard feet caught up with the
procession, left the grounds to mingle
with the throng in social recreation.
Those who took prizes in the bi.
cycle parade we're:
Frank Ball, who was awarded a BIZ
cycle belt.
Miss McFadden a cyclometer.
Floy Taylor, perfumery.
Ted Taylor, electro lamp.
Miss Richardson, sheet music and
50 worth of soda water.
Daisy Calhoun, Queen lamp.
I. N. Henry, hat.
Ernest Stump, 3 pounds Lowney's
candy.
Robt. Frost, foot bicycle pump.
Lorrie Percival, bicycle shoes.
Hazel Eugley, perfumery.
Raymond Halves, sheet music and
cuff buttons.
Bertha Hall, water set.
Roy Terpening, sweater.
Ed. Halves, ten shaves at barber
shop.
At the exercises on the square
Mayor Remnant presided. After
music by the band, and reading of the
Declaration of Independence by G. G.
Heifner, the orator OF the day, Chief.
Justice Gordon was presented by the
Mayor. With the full knowledge
that no synopsis OF his remarks will do
credit to the talented gentleman, we
are still constrained to reproduce a
synopsis which will at least show the
depth and breadth of u true Ameri.
cans soul on public matters.
Judge Gordon spoke of the very
great change occurring in the charac-
ter OF the celebration OF the nations
birthday since the time it was first es.
tablished showing that in the begin
ming it was observed in grief and tears
by those whose dead "were buried on
the battlefield of the revolution"
whereas at the present time it is made
the occasion for revelry; the speaker
proceeded to show the situation as it
S<>ASSSN shioo6hOut Iuc Country JUST
prior to war being declared with Spain
and how the declaration united the
people. Then followed review of the
principal events of the war in the
course of which he said 1.-THE areHe-
ing angel of death who went through
out the land of Egypt was not more
sure and terrible than was Dewey at
Manila and Schley at Santiago. Not
in the annals of war was ever destruc.
ton more swift, terrible and over.
whelming than that which overlook
Cervera's fleet outside Santiago har-
Dor one year ago yesterday. Nothing
can be found in history that equals it.
Sienkiewicz's description of the burn
ing OF Rome, and Victor Hugo's por-
travail of the field of Waterloo sink
into insignificance when compared with
it. Millions picture of Satan's expul-
sion from Paradise alone approaches
it. With the iron hail from Schley's
guns sweeping their decks, ships burn.
inc hQnooth thar