Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18
Anniversary Of the Mem
orabIe Day Celebrated
BY People Of Boston and All
the Surrounding Towns.
they Have Heard the Stories of the
Famous Fight and They All JOIN in
Paying Tribute to Men Who Fought
TO Win Our Liberty.

Boston, June 1.-THE 10th anniver-
sary of the battle of Bunker Hill was
celebrated, Friday. throughout this
city, Lynn and other nearby places. In
Boston business was suspended, the
Stock Exchange. banks and wholesale
and retail mercantile establishments
having arranged to close for the day.
Many of the wholesale houses will not
open until Monday. As usual the great
est point of interest was at Charles
town and that section of the city was
thronsed with visitors from a late hour.
Thursday night. The feature of the
celebration there was 4 military and
civic parade. Next in point was a dedi-
action of Il monument to Gen. Jos.
Warren on Warren street, RoXbury.
Mayor Collins and other city officials
reviewed a parade in the forenoon and
later with Gov. Bates attended the eX-
ercises at the monument.
AT Lynn thousands of persons w.t.
messed the dedication of a large num-
Der of stones marking graves Of Revo-
lutionary soldiers, including three mon
uments in the memory of Capt. VIM.
Harrington, John Adam Dagyr and
VIM. Atwell, prominent among the
early settlers and soldiers of Lynn.
metropolitan rowing regatta. hors =
racing at Clyde park, Brookline, bicy-
Gle races, two National League base
ball games and Il host OF other events
comprised the athletic program in Bos-
ton and vicinity for the day. The
weather was fine.
Patriotic exercises were held in the
old North Church on Sales street, under
the auspices of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. In this historic
edifice from whose belfry signal lights
told Paul Revere of the march of the
British troops hundreds of children as
sembled to hear again the lessons Of
patriotism.
The day in general dill not vary much
from the celebration in previous years.
Guns, fireworks and fire crackers play
ed prominent part and the hospital
surgeons were kept busyssdressing the
wounds caused by the careless hand
ling Of explosives.
A monument in honor Of Gen.
Joseph Warren was dedicated in RoX-
bury in the presence of thousands of
of the statue to the city of Boston by
the art commission and the unwilling,
Mayor Patrick A. Collins delivered an
address OF 10 minutes duration. An
Grafton by Henry W. Putnam followed.
Later parade was formed under
Chief Marshal Isaac p. Cragg. In the
line were datac1mantS from the 9th
Regiment, RoXbury Horse Guards,
Grand Army. Sons OF Veterans, Spanish
and Masons.
After the parade Gov. Bates. Mayor
Collins, Eon. Charles S. Hamlin and
Hon. Charles T. Galliger made appro-
,riate addresses.
The statue is a joint gift Of the city
Of Boston and the people of Roxbury
| and is the work of Paul w. Bartlett.
the artist sculptor.
The military and civic parade was
the feature os the afternoon celebration
in CharlaStown. Included in the line
was attachments Of United States
artillerymen, Unitel States Marines,
companies from the various regiments
OF the state militia. Spanish War Vet
| Grams, and frlternal societies.
The chief event of the days festivi-
| ties. however. was the electrical parade
in the event. GOrgeously decorated
| floats, scintillating with hundreds ri
electric lights, travnrsed the principal
streets Of the districts. These floats
| We're alleSnrical representations Of the
great events in the couhtry's history.
| AS a result of the careless handling OF
| toy pistols. 1recrackers and othchr explo-
sives incidental to the Bunker Hill day
celebration. more than 300 people sought
midnight. yesterday, and midnight, to-
day. But few of the patients were dan
gerously injured. the majority suffering
| from powder burns. blank cartridge
wounds or decorations caused by firecrack-
ers exploding in their hands
| TGrpedoeS placed upon the street car
tracks caused a serious accident on Hunt
ington avenue. tonight. Brookline car
passed over one of the explosives and was
tured the eardrumS of Miss Ellen Fahey
of Brookline. and she suffered greatly
from the shock. She is reported to be
| in serious condition. Another woman
| on the car whose name could not be
learned, was also severely injured.
Hundreds of other accidents not report
ed to the police were treated at drug
stores and physicians offices.