Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-28
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
PLEASING FEATURE PROPOSED
FOR g. A. B. ENCAMPMENT.
Fall Of Pehn" to Be Reproduced in
Observation-Disclosures to Meet
This Afternoon and Evening.

Interest in the coming encampment Of
| the Grand Army Of the Republic is in
creasing every day. At o'clock this after
| noon the committee on reunions will hold a
meeting at the headquarters in New York
| avenue. This evening the committee on
| literature for the encampment, of which
! General Thomas NJ Vincent is chairman n,
will hold meeting at the same place. A
number Of important matters will come up
| for consideration.
One OF the most pleasing features Of the
program for the encampment will be a
| grand display Of fireworks. Chairman
Mitchell Dyrenforth Of the fireworks COM
mittee and his assistants have been for
weeks considering the plans. While they
| have not been fully developed. it is under
| stood that a moderate price for reserved
seats will be charged without in any way
| interfering with the privilege of the general
| public, who may not desire such accommo-
dations.
| The peace jubilee display was held on the
| monument grounds, where adequate seat
| ing capacity was furnished and where
nightly at least LOG, 600 people witnessed the
| tee expects that the same grounds will be
| available this year, and will shortly confer
| with Colonel Bingham, who has in the past
| aided such projects relative to it's use
Pyrotechnic Reproduction.
The committee. 1t is understood contem-
plates giving grand pyrotechnic reproduce
| ton Of the Fall Of Pekin,' as we'll as some
other historic reproductions. All the
! scenery of theater will be used, except
that pyrotechnical devices will be added.
Among the countless tricks of the art which
it is proposed to show will be the magical
illuminations of the grounds by constantly
nyip o0ln fro, h,,rG tiy,or hall
tanning floral designs, diamond chains,
hanging chains, hanging gardens, torrents
of illuminated gold and many wonderfully
brilliant rockets.
Mr.. Dyrenforth. who is president of the
Business Mems Association, originated the
idea OF deriving a revenue from the fire.
works display. meeting Of the commit
tee will be held soon, at which time it is
expected arrangements will be perfected
whereby contract gratifying from a
financial point OF view will be entered into
with the Pain Fireworks Company.
Members Of the Committee.
The members Of the committee, besides
Chairman Dyrenforth, are: w. c. Long,
vice chairman; F. W. Behrens, E. F. Buck
ley, B. M. Bridget, George Bushee, E. J.
Babcock, ]. A. Burkart. p. B. Chase, E. S.
Clark, Robert Castelberg ]. H. Crawford,
DR.. Harrison Crook c. B. Cropley. Richard
Cornwell, F. w. Clements, T. 8. Cadwala-
der, Frank P. Davis, L. o. De Lashmut,
Jules A. Demonet. George w. Driver, E. H.
Droop, Charles Early Lewis Eiseman, r.
P. Emerson, Jesse c. Ergood W. ]. Ethel.
| G. b. Eppley, j. D. FraZee, w. T. Galliher,
B. S. Graves, o. B. George, Frank B. Gill
more, George B. Gardner Samuel Gompers,
| F. L. Harvey, Alex. Hecht, Charles F.
Herman. w. s. Hoge. Sam Hart, Jesse L.
| Heiskell, Louis Hartig. DR.. H. L. E. John
SON W. c. Johnson, George A. Jones. V.
Baldwin johnson. R. E. Joyce. John a.
7 ,Iart T onfe
| Ter, Daniel Loughran. A. H. Lewis, M. F.
Latimer, j. William Lee, D. P. Mccarthy,
G. j. McCubbin, Otto Mears. John Mitchell.
jr., Alfred Mayer, E. S. McCalmont, George
| F. Muth, John G. Miller, Thomas R. Mar
shall, Robert Mitchell, Hart Momsen Wal
lace W. Marin. Ed. McC. Noel, James F.
Oyster, W. H. Olcott, A. D. Prince, A. W.
Patterson. DR.. E. NJ. Power w. f. Roberts.
| Samuel Ross, DR.. Jesse Ramsburg, B. F.
| Saul. j. H. Small Samuel Smoot S. w.
| Stinemetz, Myer Strasburger E. SHETLAND,
| A. c. Steinbrenner, Emil G. Schafer Frank
H. Thomas. Evan Tucker, Nathan Waller
STEM Burton r. Walters, w. H. Zeh and
George P. Zurhorst.
An application was received by Secretary
Buckley today from H. F. Bot. director Of
the Central Pennsylvania Band of Altoona,
Pa, applying for employment during the
encampment. The band has forty must
clans and Is said to be one Of the best in
the state.
! Work Of Chairman Weller.
Chairman NJ. I. Weller of the committee
on public comfort Of the G. A. r. encamp-
ment, is preparing a list Of the boarding
and private houses Of Washington at which
visitors may be accommodated during the
encampment. Copies of this list will be
mailed to all the Grand Army posts in the
United States and will aid in advertising
the reunion next fall.
Each list sent out by this committee con-
tains the price that will be charged the
boarders or roomers, and gives the number
each house can comfortably accomm Odate.
Mr. Weller is exercising his ingenuity to
prevent the Overcrowding Of visitors during
the encampment week, and when a persons
| name Is received as desiring to accommo-
date visitors the house Is thoroughly in
spected before the applicant Is put on the
committees list
Memorial Bridge Corner Stone.
The desire of the members OF the Grand
Army of the Republic to participate In the
| laying of the corner stone to the proposed
Memorial bridge leading to Arlington is to
be made the basis Of concerted movement
throughout the country, to the end that
Congress may at the present session make
a sufficient appropriation toward this pro-
| ject to allow beginning to be made.
nucleus to this national organization
was formed last night at informal din
ner given by Mr.. Frank Hume to a small
| party of friends, mostly newspaper men,
who are Interested in the project. 1t was
decided to announce later a committee on
ways and means for the purpose Of crystal
! LIKING sentiment on the subject this COM
| mittee to include prominent local citizens,
| state governors and Grand Army men,
Congress will be asked to carry out the
| earnest recommendations Of President Nc
Kinley and President Roosevelt, as en-
bodied in the plans which have received the
hearty approval Of the Secretary of War
for this bridge.