Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-04
DEDICATION OF
CAPITOL TODAY

HARRISBURG, Oct. g. 3.-Everything
is ready for the formal opening of
tomorrow's 5 festivities attending the
dedication of the capitol. Over four
hundred members of various fraternal
organizations have already been APP
pointed to act as 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 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 in 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 90 o'clock, stopping
at all intermediate points and reaching
this city shortly before 10 o'clock. In
the evening special trains Will be run
To all points and will leave this city
at 30 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 citv to their homes.
FIREWORKS ALONG RIVER.
While the fireworks will be the
principal attraction along the river
front tomorrow night, much of the
beauty of the scene will be due to the
number of boats on the water, if the
night is clear Riyermen have had all
their rOwbOats engaged for weeks and
a hundred or more canoes are expect
ed to be aflOat. 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 a CONNER
cial turn Of mind who are sufficiently
fortunate as to be located in the yiCin-
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 s. each. An other tier
has been built just above; ten dollars
each will be charged for seats there.
Seats on the balcony above viii also
be sold at $40 each.
CAPITOL LIKE BEE HIVE.
The capitol was like a 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.
open last evening and heads of depart
ments did not attempt to keep visitors
out The doors were merely blocked
open and the sightseers allowed to
stream in one door and out the other
at will.
The capitol will be open to visitors
tonight and tomorrow and the dome
will again be lighted up during the
evenings.
AZ S'lllA4ON IL iOh III iiit Tx iiN' tNbDiN
the streets will be turned OH, if posi-
BILE. The seaIchlights are in place atop
the Union Trust and the Mt Pleasant
Press buildings and they will begin to
play on the capitol about Z 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
were thrOnged with transient visitors.
The city is in gala dress and most of
the business buildings are covered
with bunting. The cards of admission
to the speakers stand on the grand
stand were prepared at the executive
department yesterday. They are works
of art. Each is somewhat smaller than
the average size of the visiting cards
for men. They are of heavy white card
board with beveled edges, the bevel-
ing being gilded. In the upper left
hand corner of the card the coat-of
arms of the State is heavily embossed
in gold. Mr. Roosevelt's card bears
simply "The President" Governor
Pennypacker' card is prepared in the
same way, only 'The Governor" be-
ing written on it.
DAYLIGHT FIREWORKS.
The ceremonies and amusements com
mittee of the citizens committee yes
terday announced that an additional
attraction has been prepared for what
might otherwise have been dull hour
of dedication day. The fireworks con
sist of a bomb which is projected sky
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