The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-11
WAS A BIG DAY
Vast Crowds visitE the City
the Fourth.
Parade of Secret Societies in. the
Forenoon, and an Address in thel.
Afternoon. <

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=, SeldC m has Mankato seen so many
strangers within her salts as En-
cay. lndeI endence day capped the
1 climax OF the week for attendance,
and had the day. opened with favorable
weather the crowd would have been
still greater. As it was, the morning
was CLOUDY and threatening, and soon
after ten O'Clock rain began TO fall
| and continue to come down for three
hours
F. The incoming trains were all crowd
! ed, ana the 1Cads were unable to get
sufficient cars to haLdle the traffic
! A large number drove in from the sur
rounding country by team.
| The parade of secret orders was had
| in the forenoon just before the down
! pour of rain commenced. The Odd
Fellows were cut in large numbers,
lnclu0ing 10th lodges and Canton Col
tax in uniform. Canton Apollo Of st.
taul Was also In nLe, in tull regalia.
The ether lCGgts III line were the
Sons OF Holman, Sisters OF herman,
! Modern Samarilans, Catholic Order OF
OF esters, and the Modern Woo0man
forester team and the Athletic club.
lie Mankalo. st. Charles ard Blue
Earth bands were in line.
! The column pres eDted an interesting
spectcble, and was viewed by thous
ands of IeCtators. After marching the
prescribed course and reaching
Lincoln park, the clouds were so
Thu ealening that the column marched
back again ard dispersed.
Judge Lorin Cray, Judge j. E. Por-
ter and j. c. 1hro we've the judges to
see which organization was entitled to
the $40 prize. They awarded it to
Canton Apollo. The Athletic club
hgored up second.
The exercises that we've to have
been held at Lincoln La1k at II a. NJ.
we've postponed until 2 p. III. at the
opera house. AS this tact was not
generally known, TIE house was not
filed. Gen. Baker resided, and DR..
Geo. W. LAWS olened the exercises
with prayer.
DR.. John Merritt Driver CT ked
Wing, formerly Of this city, gave the
address, taking as his subject, The
Constitution OF the Unitea States. 4"
He said that history would show that
two men in this country have estab-
lished Observation-Disclosures and
Mckinley. Washington helped make
the constitution, while Mckinley was
called On 10 interpret it after long
study. DR.. Driver reviewed the origin
and lolmation OF the constitution,
ana likened it 10 pedestal.
Owing 10 misunderstanding, the
music was not present.
The shows were well patIonized
during the afternoon, when both sides
Of Front street for many blocks were
damned with humanity, almost all
being visitors to the city. Everybody
seemed to be having a good time, al
though the air was sultry, the st1 let's
MUDDY, and the atmosphere was con-
tinually lent by explosions of caps,
torpedoe and crackers of various
kinds.
The police had ORDERS to stop the
shooting CT giant fire crackers on the
street, so as to avoid frightening |
horses and causing runaways, which |
would likely be disast1 ousr in |
the crowd. 1t is fortunate that no
accident OF this natu1e happened.
In the evening the display of fire.
works was interrupted by wind and
rain storm which came up with re-
markable suddenness. Water fell in
gocd Iart of the night
The Japanese snow lent was blown
down, but nobody was hurt. There
was general scampering tor cover all
along the street, where thousands of
pleasure seekers were out.
The Elks had prepaI ed fine display
Of fireworks, and man had come
from the Wholesale house furnishing
them to superintend the firing Of
hem. This had just started when
he storm broke ana put an end to it.
There were a good many pretty
private displays OF fireworks earlier in
he evening.
Had there been no rain yesterday,
he Elks would have cleared up a
handsome sum out of the carnival
hows. As 1t was, the receipts were
Tut down about half.
The ball game inthe afternoon at Sib-
ey park was won by the Lake Crystal
cam, which succeeded in getting
leven scores to four tor Mankato.
The Blue Earth band arrived Thurs
lay morning, together with crowd
f people frcm along "the. branch. - ;
The band NUMBERED some twenty
ieces. .,
Gov. Van SAINT and staff took their @
departure tor Fairmont Thursday i
vening. The train was little late, a
nd the governor was introduced TO I
many of the crowd that had gathered h
0 see him off.
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The Omaha road sent out two special
rains Thursday to Bingham Lake,
D handle the crowd. This was one
lore than had been figured on. A :,
pecial took care of the crowd on the !;
lmore branch. The Milwaukee eve II
ing train was held until late, to care :,
1r the crowd.
Chief Gregor Wermerskirchen of
t. James and the chiefs of police. of g
7inona, st. Petersand Tracy were in v
le city Thursday, assisting the local L
lthorities. =
Robt Manske, 3 four year old boy
hose home is at the corner of Broad "
nd Plum streets, was run over by u
am Thursday and seriously. in L
lred, near the City Hotel.
While G.. A. Hultengren of South s.
end was driving home last night his
Irriage was run into by hack and T
amaged. His little son was hurt.
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VIM. T. Liedloff, clerk in the Office T