Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-04
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
WAS usHERED IN IN VERY NOISY
FASHION ALONG ABOUT
MIDNIGHT.
THE LOUD BOOMING OF CANNON
From the HifitoPs, and the Explos-
ion of Giant Crackers and other
Fireworks Was n F~esture-The
Big Public Celebration of the
Day-The Programmes for n
Parks and the state Fair Grounds.

The Inauguration of the Fourth was
reasonably noisy, and fell but few de-
grees short OF the celebrated outburst of.
patriotism and fire works in 1876. when
everybody cut loose. went broke, and
remained up all night to burn powder,
smile" and have a general good time.
There was considerable cracking Of
revolvers loaded with blank cartridges,
ever and anon" as Artemus Ward
wauld say, a paper balloon fioated laz-
lily across the sky, and there was some
skating of sky-roekets up and down the
streets, reminding the reminiscent OF the
good and jolly days of Charles w. Sea-
bright's regime. when pat" Gavin and
some other of the boys used TO burn
powder 10 some purpose and make life
gerous Il pedestrians on Market street
in the vicinity OF Twelfth and Four
teenth. To be sure. the cannon doomed.
There were some hundreds of eoncus-
sions caused by the explosions of giant
crackers, of which several new patent
sorts were introduced, and male human
ity had a certain amount OF a certain
sort of fun. The welcome to the Fourth
has seldom been surpassed. The
racket was kept up we'll on TO W
O'Clock, but, whether because OF a short
age OF ready cash or exhaustion from
the extreme heat of the past few days,
we know not, the crowd, on the streets,
at midnight, rapidly thinned out, and
two hours later there was comparative
peace.
OId-fnshioned Fourth.
One of the principal celebrations Of
the day will take on an old-fashione1
patriotic tinge, and will oe held at Mo-
Fart Park, where very elaborate feat
ures will be conducted. The pro-
gramme was arranged by the citizens
committee appointed by Mayor Andrew
#. Sweeney.
At | O'Clock the distinguished guests
will be conducted in carriages from the
Mcclure House to Mozart Park. The
patriotic public meeting will CON-
menee at 2 o'clock. The principal 40
dresses will be made by ex-CongresS-
man John o. Pendleton and Hon. c. l..
Weems, of st. Clairsville. Frank w.
Nesbitt, Esq, will read the Deelara-
ton OF Independence and will also read
a sentiment written for the occasion by
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
The patriotic music will be rendered
by Meister's full band and q male cho-
rus, conducted by Mr.. Harry X. Bell.
A special programme has been ar
ranged. While the meeting is in prog
gress there will be dancing and prize
bowling in other portions OF the
grounds and IN exhibition of
Japanese Fireworks.
This exhibition will be the most elab-
prate of the kind ever given in Wheel
ing, and will be conducted by a spe-
cial representative of the manufactu-
rers, who arrived in the city yesterday.
The intercollegiate field day exer-
rises will also be conducted in the af-
ternoon. Prof. Il. j. State, physical in
structor at the Y. NJ. e. A, will be in
charge. The programme of events has
been published heretofore. The young
athletes represent the schools of this
city and all surrounding towns The
FIRST prizes are very handsome gold
medsls, twenty Of which have already
arrived.
All arrangements have been perfect
ed for the night features, which will be
The climax of the festivities. Eleven
large cases of fireworks have been
hauled to the enclosure, and a large
quantity of lumber vas used yesterday
II constructing the framework for the
lifferenSs set pieces.
There will be various special feat
ures after the field day events, and at
Sis O'Clock the
Fireworks Display.
Will be given. The manufacturing
house guarantees this to be the most
elaborate exhibition of p~yrotechnics
ever seen in Wheeling. A fine pro-
gramme, including the dozen set pieces,
was published in the Sunday Register.
The concluding number will be tac
magnificent pyrotechnic spectacle, "The
Battle of San JUAN" depicting that
memorable victory for the American
arms in the late Spanish-American
war. sirt;
The Wheeling Traction Company has
promised a better car service than has
ever been given in this city. All the
new cars will be placed on the line and
the service from Forty-third street
north late at night will be all that
could be desired. Patrons need not
rush to the incline when the fireworks
display is over, as a sufficient number
of cars will be provided to convey all
back to their homes, running as late
as may be necessary. The incline cars
run every three minutes and will han
die the crowd, but patrons are advised