Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-13


band stand had been taken and sew
terai thousand people were crowded
ABOUT the stage. 1t was The larges.
crowd OF the week so far. and although
lightning was playing over the sky in
Ia very threatening manner, the sky
gave promise of a severe storm the
lthrong remained at the park until the
last event of the eyenipe had hoo,
held, and the fireworks display had
been concluded.
| Pleasing Program BY Band.
! the Navassar band gave one of the
most pleasing programs of the week
and to The delight of the audience tho
descriptive piece, 'The Death of Chs
ter was repeated, The bonds fame
Is spreading, and it easily j., the chief
attraction at the park. The ladies' ara
giving programs that combine nonr,.,
and classical selections in banny
manner, and the solists are ALI nrov.
ing themselves artists. Every num.
Der is received with great applause
and the band is forced to respond with
an encore for almost every selection
| The bands program for tomorrow
| evening has not been announced bu
1t VIII be composed largely of the Sc.
lections given during the week thai
The band has been asked to repeat. It
promises to be one of the best con.
certs of the entire week. 1t will in.
clude several spectacular numbers. in.
Guiding the Anvil Chorus.
The program tomorrow afternoon
will be as follows:
| 49,.
Overture. Raymond . Thomas
Solo for Clarinet. Long. Long Ago.
| ...-.-.-... -............. Ritter
Miss Elizabeth Shipley.
Characteristic, Down South 49,.
| -..-...-.-. ....-...-... Middleton
Selection, Fortune Teller Herbert
Rag. The Preacher and the Bear. F..
| .-........ ........-... Pryor
| Polish Dance Scharwenka
Solo for Soprano Saxophone. Old
| Home Down on the Farm. Harlow
| Miss Martha Hall
Operate Selection Faust 81 Guonod
Quartet for Trombones. . Stein Sone
Misses C. Gary. Alien. Brady and
| Mile
Descriptive, Cavalry Charge .Ludere
In addition to the concerts. the band
plays for the afternoon and evening
1 vaudeville program, and gives short
concert before the evening program oil
vaudeville.
Special Train Service.
For the accommodation of those
from out of the city who attend the
exposition the railroads have arranged
special transportation facilities for
tonight and tomorrow On both
these occasions the Milwaukee east.
bound train will be held until 1870. in
order that people from out of the city
may witness the entire performance at
the grounds Tomorrow night the Rock
Island will run a special train over its
Mercer county branch for the accom-
mediation of residents of the territory
south of the city and in Mercer coun
ty. The special will leave here al
l1:30 from the Twentieth street depot
Fireworks Are Good.
The display of fireworks last night
proved even better than Tuesdays dis
play. and included some of the pref
test pieces ever seen here The dis
play ended with a representation OF
Niagara Falls in fire The next fire
works display will be tomorrow night
when the chief feature of the fire
works will be the portrait Of the fire
queen, Miss Gertrude Schneider. il
fire. The following pieces are to be
displayed tomorrow night:
Salute of Two Aerial Guns. nine
inches in circumference, fired from
mortars to the heigh, of 600 feet, ant
exploding with loud report.
Grand illumination, red, yellow ant
green
Ascent of two large balloons (weath
; er permitting), carving magnesium
lights, flooding the entire neighbor
hood with dazzling light, finishing with
a string of jewels 5oo feet long. con
stantly changing coior as they float
through space.
Special device, criss-cross fire Of
various coIored firebaIs by three spe
) cial batteries
Display of 65 one and two-pounG
rockets containing national combina
: tions, and fired from different points
I so as to blend the varied colors and
, effects
Batteries of large saucissons (four)
giving the effect of thousands of ser
penis twisting and gyratiug in the air
Display of four magnificent bomb
t shells, II inches in circumference
(These are the size Al d quality we
have been using with at success.)
! Flight of six 6-pounr iamopd chair
+ rockets.
Salvo OF SIX S-'nch ds fair bomb
shells. giving we or st novelties
and effect.
/ Flight of six 3-poun isteroid rock
cts. containing twin S s which f,oa
; away on parachutes
{ Royonet tourbillions umbrellas n
/ fire, in ascent and des mt
Special Device-"The Groy of lew