Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-05
DEDICATION OF
CAPITOL TODAY

HARRISBURG,O Oct. 3. Everything
is ready for the formal opening of
tomorrow festivities attending the
dedication of the capitol Over four
hundred members of various fraternal
organizations have already been ap-
pointed to act rs guides and form the
walking information bureau for visit
ors tomorrow. Each and every one of
the members of this large committee
has been given a handsome badge fur
nished by the publicity committee and
with it they will wear the emblem of
their organization in order that broth
er lodgemen will recognize them and
feel more at home.
RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS.
Special orders were issued yesterday
to the local heads of the various rail
road companies in this city to make
arrangements for special trains to car
ry the crowds to and from this city to-
morrow morning and night. The ord
ers call for all special trains to leave
their various starting points III time
to arrive in this city at or before 10 80
O'Clock tomorrow. Excursions will be
run from all points in the State, but
the details have not been announced.
The Reading road will start an excur-
sion train from Norristown on Thurs
day morning at 6 80 o'clock, stopping
at all intermediate points and reaching
this city shortly before 10 O'Clock. In
to all points and will leave this city
at 10 80 O'Clock. The Reading road
will run as far as Norristown train
large enough to accommodate all its
patrons while the Pennsylvania, North
ern Central and Cumberland Valley
roads will run as many special trains
as are needed to get the visitors from
the city to their homes.
FIREWORKS ALONG RIVER.
While the fireworks will be the
principal attraction along the river
beauty of the scene will be due to the
number of boats on the water, if the
night is clear. Rivermen have had all
their rowboats engaged for weeks and
hundred or more canoes are expect
ed to be afioat In addition, most of
the sand flats will be filled with chairs
and steam tugs will pull them out in
to the channel shortly before the fire.
works start. Persons with CONNER
cial turn of mind who are sufficiently
fortunate as to be located in the vicin-
ity of Third and State street are ar
ranging to reap a harvest, if possible
tomorrow. One merchant who has
store at the corenr of these streets, in
the Brady house, directly opposite the
grandstand, has fixed up three tiers of
seats. The lower tier, just little
above the level of the sidewalk, has
seats which may be secured for the
ceremonies at So each. An other tier
has been built just above; ten dollars
each will be charged for seats there.
Seats on the balcony above will also
be sold at $40 each.
CAPITOL LIKE BEE HIVE.
The capitol was like beehive dur
ing the early hours last evening. The
dome was lighted and so were many
of the rooms and visitors passed
through the great building by the
thousand. What it will be tonight and
tomorrow can only be conjectured.
Many of the Hill departments were
open last evening and heads of depart
ments did not attempt to keep visitors
open and the sightseers allowed to
stream in one door and out the other
at will.
The capitol will be open to visitors
will again be lighted up during the
evenings.
At snndown tonight tho lights about
the streets will be turned on, if posi-
BILE. The searchlights are in place atop
the Union Trust and the Mt. Pleasant
Press buildings and they will begin to
play on the capitol about 80 O'Clock
tonight. The same program will OBJ
tain tomorrow night.
VISITORS POURING IN.
Visitors are pouring into the city for
the dedication and this is evidenced
nowhere better than at the capitol
All day yesterday, as we'll as last even
ing. the corridors and departments