The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-05
DEPENDS ON The WEATHER
The Fireworks Display May Take
Place Tonight at 7O'ClOck.
Minute Guns VIII BE Fired ut 6:3O
p VI. if Conditions Are, in the
Opinion of the Management, Fa-
vOrabIe for the Scheduled show.

The postponement last night of the fire
works, which VIII take place tonight was
d disappointment which brought coEsid-
cradle criticism upon the committee Sev-
eraI thousand people tramped down TO the
Washington Monument grounds and
waited there until nearly O'Clock before
they were notified that there would be no
display.
1t was not decided to postpone the dis
play until after the afternoon papers of
yesterday had gone to press. Then there
was no adequate way in which the thou
sands who understood that the fireworks
were 10 be exhibited could be notified that
such was not the case Bulletins We're
posted in front of The Times and other
newspaper Offices.
Two soldiers in military uniforms were
stationed at the corner of Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue. with instructions
to inform the crowd that there would be
no fire works that night They had loud
voices and used them Justify. Most of the
crowd headed in the direction of the
White Lot was thus turned back
In order to prevent a recurrence of the
general dissatisfaction caused by the
pOstponement of the fireworks display
last night, the committee in charge of
that part of the Inauguration festivities
today made the announcement that the
display would be made tonight If the
weather is propitiOus.
If the display is TO take place a num-
Der Of heavy saIutes viii be fired at in
tervaIs of one minute. beginning at $50
o'clock and continuing for a considerable
time. The reports viii be loud enough to
be heard without difficulty in all parts
of he 1f-v-
uIed to begin at O'Clock. and viii be con-
cluded before the Inaugural concert be
gins at the Pension Office Visitors ana
residents of Washington viii thus be en-
abled to witness the fireworks and also
attend the concert
The management of the fireworks exhibit
ton made the announcement this morning
that the fireworks would nearly all be Of
an aerial nature
Many persons teIephoned 10 headquart-
ers in quest Of information which they
were unable to obtain Consequently
many Of them made arrangements to go TO
the White Lot. Similar trouble viii be
prevented this evening by the plan of fir
ing minute guns
The exhibit last night would have been
9 miserable failure If any attempt TO 20
ahead with il had been made. At first
II was the intention to make the display
no matter what the condition of the
weather was.
The grounds surrounding the 9Ionu-
ment were in a bad condition, late in the
afternoon and soon after o'clock it was
decided that it was imperative tha. the
fireworks should not be set off
his conclusion was arrived at after It
vas observed that the threatening clouds
which had hung over the city al the
afternoon were so low that the tz2 of
the Monument could not be discorned
The huge rockets. which form such a
prominent and brilliant part Of II dis
play DO not explode until over so feet in
the air Consequently. they would have
pierced the clouds before they exploded
and the fiery clouds Of stars would be
hidden from the view Of the spectators.