New-York tribune., 1901-07-04
THE DAYS CELEBRATION.
WILL BE REMEMBERED
HERE AND IN THE DISTANT
PHILIPPINES-SONE OF
THE DETAILS

with all the usual rites OF fre and saltpetre
the Fourth will be celebrated to-day one-hat
the world round. 1t will come 10 the swarthy
black eyed boys OF Porto Rico first and the
Iagal youngsters OF the far away Philippines
Will he the last to bid it goodby
The coming OF the Fourth in this city will be
attended much the same on former occasions.
Although the intense heat may have turned the
minds of many from thoughts OF fireworks to
meditating means OF refrigeration and self
preservation. nevertheless the Fourth is still
welcome and in the same way.
II the Fourth be hot as the weather prophets
IN their aerial windy lookouts persistently de-
clare, the heat will be somewhat assuaged by
the fact that 1t is the Fourth. To begin with II
Is expected TO be hot the Fourth. It would
be only half Fourth If it wasn't hot All the
associations of this anniversary are hot It's
day Of fire, of burning powder, and as often of
burning buildings
In the belief, however, that the heat Of to-day
will eclipse it's predecessors, crowds took the
earliest opportunity yesterday to rush out of the
city Many who were detained by business
closed their offices the day before and took
trains out of the city TO get ahead OF the crowd.
Evidence Of the great out rushing of humanity
yesterday seen early in the day. The wait
ing room of the Grand Central station by noon
was packed with a surging crowd, which seemed
needless Of what train 1t took just long it
would take them away from the steaming streets
10 go. Ihe reports that the present heat wave
extended completely over the Atlantic seaboard
made many hesitate on going TO resorts former
ly thought to be cool
Il had planned to go to the Blue Mountains
exclaimed one woman in a northbound electric
car. but they tell me it's hotter there than
here"
Then after a pause she added:
Well, might as well go now; I've bought
the ticket. They won't give me my money
The torpedo fakirs who pitched their camps
along the cutters of thu streets. did not appear
to do such a rushing business yesterday as in
repeating marbles" and his 'kango clubs"
seemed to be received with indifference by many
an urchtn who had experimental with the novel
ties to his disappointment.
Take see marbles, shentlemens," shouted one
fakir in Nassau-st. "Schrike ze balls-bang-so.
Every time Ze strike. ze-bang-sol"
All Ze day, jest Ze same. Wat do I call zem?
1 will tell, Zee ist zee bales nfernel eternel -
Zee lie" shrieked small boy. Strike 'em
in a new place. bang! strike 'em in an old place;
they es no good
But the frecracker man. with his historic red
packages and puuks, sold his wares, and the
crowd seemed TO believe that They all
powder: no clay
The fad for novel torpedoes. so marked last
year. seemed TO have swung hack this year TO
the old fashioned cracker
The big wholesale fireworks houses in Park
Place crowded with customers all day.
ROllCemen pdIrOlleQ Jne doors 10 keep HgnIe0
tobacco we'll out in the street, and the passing
newspaper boys stared at the thought Of having
one of those hundred thousand f1recracker
bundles all his own.
The Illumination at night will be given by
Tammany Hall in the city, and Mr.. Pain at
Manhattan Beach. Mr.. Croker has always
shown a great fondness for fireworks. evil
denced at his reception OF the silver candidate
last fall and at the celebration of Tammany and
To He'll with Reform" January l. 1895.
Consequently there will be a good deal Of burn
ing powder in Fourteenth-st tonight in re-
rnembrance OF the absent.
In the daytime Tammany is to have several
set pieces in the form of speeches from different
Democratic orators Governor Jennings Of Flor
da is to touch off the largest piece. which is
pected 10 burn fully half an hour
Senator Grady. Congressman Charles E.
Hooker and several others are 10 be the Roman
candles with dozen balls of as many colors
10 delight the crowd. 1t is said that a large
piece representing Commissioner Clausen in
park chair will be shot of after shutdown.
PtCnics will be held AT different shore and
river resorts among them being the picnic OF
the New-York Letter Carriers Association at
Union Hill. N J. On Wards Island the patients
of the Manhattan State Hospital to have a
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