Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-06
OBSERVE The NATIONS DAY
Eebraskans oOngr'gate and Celebrate the
Day Of independence.
DEMONSTRATIONS OF UNUSUAL WVAcIn
Country ok Join in Festivities In
Cities, while TO~wnspeoPIe seek
Refreshment and Pleasure
in the Picnic Groves.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., July 5.-(spe-
cial.)-The day was an ideal one here for
the Independence Day celebration, with
Just enough clouds In the sky to take away
the oppressive heat. The city was crowded
with visitors from the n~eighboring towns
and country. The eworks in the evening
were very fine. The Omaha Guards and
their Calling gun section attracted more
attention than anything on the street.
Two games Of ball we're played between
the Argos and the Uniques of Omaha. The
morning game was the most one sided
AFFAIR that has ever been pulled of on the
home grounds. The locals winning by q
score Of IA to 2. The Argos were able. TO
hit Hart whenever they liked. Batteries:
Uniques, Hart and Gibson; Argos, Delany
and Glszier.
The afternoon game was almost a rep
etition Of the one in the morning Score by
innings:
Argos ............. 1 1 o o o 3 2-s
Uniques .......... 0 2 o o %
Batteries: Argos. Lacy and Glazler; Uni
ques. Nelson, Clark and Gibson.
PLATTsMoUTH. Neb.. July 5.-(special.)
old Glory foated to the breeze yester-
day from the public buildings and many
residences. A large number Of Platts-
mouth people spent the day away from
home, some going to Omaha, others to
Louisville, where Attorney A. L. Tidd de-
livered the address,, others to Nehawka,
Nebraska City and local groves. A large
cannon cracker broke one of the large
| plate glass in the front of Arthur Helps
store. The son of ed Fitzgerald had one
hand badly lacerated by a bullet from
a pistol in his own hand, and another
boy came near loosing his life by the &C
cidental discharge Of a gun.
ExcursiOns Into York.
YORK, Neb., July 5.-(special.)-Excur-
sion trains brought hundreds of people to
York to celebrate the Fourth. Few farmers
attended the celebration. They were In
the grain fields, harvesting the largest
crop of winter wheat and oats ever raised
in York county.
The program, as arranged, was carried
out. Vaudeville artists performed day and
night on stages erected at four corners
Of the square. Strings Of electric lights
made the court house park as bright as
day.
Among the principal features Of the day
was the sham battle between Company A
and York cadets and a game Of ball be-
tween Lincoln Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION and York, which resulted in q
score Of II to Q in favor of Lincoln.
There we're few accidents. One young
mans face was perforated with powder.
A hrecracker carelessly thrown too near
him was the cause.
HARVARD, Neb., July 5.-(Special)-
Harvard made no effort to celebrate yes
terday, the citizens uniting in small picnic
parties, both at their homes and nearby
| Nroavng and In 0Atno 20 nkhaR tAurno 70
celebrate. Rainstorms are threatened
every day. but as no rain has fallen for
several days and a strong wind having
blown most of the time. harvesting Is
progressing finely and a large part of the
winter wheat is already in shock.
BELLEVUE, Neb., July 5.-(Special.)-
The people OF Bellevue turned out in large
numbers to help the people Of La Platte
and vicinity celebrate the Fourth. Read
ing of the Declaration Of Independence and
short addresses by Thomas Nolan and
others we're the principal features of the
forenoon. A base ball game between the
Bellevue base ball club and La Platte, In
which La Platte was victorious by q
score of s to 6, terminated the exercises
of the day.
FAIRFIELD, Neb., July 5.-(Special.)-
The parade. which took one hour to pass
q 6ANCA pOlhAI NoD up VI hdhu-
some floats representing the various bust
ness enterprises and civic societies Of the
city. Congressman Shallenberger, Mayor
Joseph Kyne, Rev. r. NJ. DRILL and Rev.
Robert L. Wheeler Of South Omaha deliv-
cred patriotic ADDRESSES. The ball clubs
from Alexandria and Holstein contested
for prize money in a fast and interesting
game, Holstein winning by a score Of 6
to 2.
EXETER, Neb., July 5.-(Special.)-An
hours light rain yesterday morning men,
aced the successful consummation Of the
Fourth Of July celebration here, but when
the first train arrived at 8 o'clock q. m.
and the sky was again clear, all fears
were dispelled. The forenoon trains
brought about 1000 people. The address.
was delivered by Frank Murphy of Seward
whose exhorting was permeated with pa
t%riotic, American sentiment. The main
feature Of the day was the base ball game
between Friend and Exeter. for a purse
Of 500. which was won by the locals. There
were the usual sports in the evening and
display Of hreworks at night.
serve Free Dinner mt OsceOIa.
osCEoLA. Neb., July ~6.-(Special .)-Th,
glorious Fourth of July in Osceola was al
ideal day and there were no accidents Il
mar the festivities OF the occasion. Th'
Grafton by Rev. Knox Boude was splendid
The free dinner made a hit with the nu
merous crowd.
SEWARD, Neb.. July ESPECIAL 9TH,
celebration here yesterday was a hugt
success in every respect. While there
were a few clouds all day, yet there wal
no rain and the only disagreeable feature
was the extreme high wind. The attend
ance at the park was estimated at 5000
In the morning the Seward base ball team
defeated Utica. the score being IS to 2
and in the afternoon they defeated the
Staplehurst team, 4 to 2. The orator
was by Colonel Bixby, who gave an ex'
cep~tionally good address. The remainder
Of the day was taken up with the usua
tub, sack and potato races, and in the
evening the young people enjoyed a dane
at the park. There were only two acct
dents reported. and one was from tn,