The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-05
sy Associated Press.

Washington. D. c. Barch 4.-HlSIOf-
il Pennsylvania avenue IS ablaze with
light tonight. The committee having
in charge the Examinations and the
merchants occupying business houses
along its length have vief win each
other in producing the most brilliant
display One of the features of the
illumination is the stretching acros 3
he hundred and nine feet Of roadway
a large mum Der of electric festoons
They we're placed q hundred and fifty
feet apart and extend from the Peace
Monument at the foot of the Capitol
grounds TO the treasury bnilding and
hence TO New York avenue, a dist
apce OF about a mile and a quarter
The effect is wonderfully fine. The
Peace monument itself for the first
fire since its erection soon after the
close of the civil war is being put 10
the use for which it originally was
intended-that of fountain. Connec-
tons with the water service were
made and tonight the great volume of
water being thrown into the air IS the
focus Of powerful searchligfts in many
cqlors producing wonderfully beau
jtui spectacle a'rts coTS.ice AID the
beams OF ire streasury building are
outlined in incandescSht lamps As IL
the pOstOfice building, where are dis
PLAYED in the arches of its tower sever
al blue-gTeeh vapOT lamps of grear
brilliance. Powerful searchlights are
constantly playing Oh the majestic
dome of the capitol and on the front
of the new white marble municipal
building. The private business blocks
tor their mile of length are. as a rule
testc0ned and outlined with electric
lamps. The effect of the whole iIlumi-
nation is brilliant in the extreme and
has rarely If ever in the history OF
the city been eXcelled.
FINE DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
Approximately a quarter of a mil
lioa people tonight gazed with wide
eyed wonder and delight al what, no
doubt. was the finest display of aer
l2l fireworks ever seen at the national
capitol The exhibition which WAS
given on the ellipse south of the eXec-
UtiVt mansion began at 7:30 o'clock
and at that hour the great open spaces
Of the White Lot and the Washington
Monument grounds were crowded by
a dense thrOng ali eXpectanL aud eng
er 70 see the really wonderful eXhi-
bitiOn Of pyTotechnics. 1t is believed
tha; these crowds mum bered not less
than hundred and twenty-five thOus
and Then there were probably as
many more occupying TIL roofs and
windows Of the tall apartment houses
anC other buildings, private and pub
lie WniCh would make a tOfaI larger,
IL - thOughl than any ever before as
-embied ii Washington on a similar
occasion. The program was long
one and contained many special and
unique features of marvellous beauty
and spectacular effects. never hereto
fore seen III this country. The dis
hundred and one aerial guns. the ma
tiCuaI salute. and Was followed by
The lighting of 30 pTi- matte fires.
whIcd changed color a number OF
times. The illumination was superb
ans the effect Of the changing tInts
on the towering marble shaft Of the
NSs hiDgtOn monument was extremely
beautiful. Then came the Hight of 30
rocket bombs fired from several posi-
tons so as To blend their varied col
Ors, and then III rapid succession the
discharge Of a battery Of magnesium
balloons followed by marvellous
SIM Cluster and batteries Of fiery
c5hTas and the burning Of great guam
titles OF rUDy fire which gave its red
tint 10 every object within a radius
of many squares The Star Span gied
BsTner" excited the admiration Of the
great IhrOng Of SpsCt2 tors i was pro-
dCced by the electrical discharge of
many large bombs pictuTiHg the Ne
tioIal shield in its true colors suspend
ed among the clouds. One OF the great
textures OF tle display vas the won
derful pillar Of light rising q hun
drCd feet into the air. arranged in five
tiers and lighting Up the whole south
eru section OF. the CITY.
BATTERIES OF CANDLES.
candles emitting binding flashes
closely resembling real lightning and
followed by peaIs Of thunder. Auoth-
- new feature was tde cTeScendo re-
pestius bombs. The frs shell fred
broke with one explosion. the second
with TWO and 50 Ola up 70 tbe twenty
fist with Jweuty-Oue explosions. An
.ssTausinz feature Of this display vas