" PAGE EIGHT."
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, TUKSDAY, JULY I, 1904.
GREAT CELEBRATION OF
THE NATION'S NATAL DAY
Eagle Bird Screams in Joyous Exhilira
tion, to Accompaniment of Bursting
Bombs and Cracking Crackers.
Celebration Opens With Monster Parade After Which Patriotic Ex
i erases Are Held, Hon. J. Bruce PolwJrth of Cathlamet,
Wahkiakum County, Washn Electrifying the -
; w ; Crowd With His Eloquence. r !: r .
Yesterday's celebration of the Fourth
tf July was unquestionably the most
successful In the history of Astoria.
The citv was crowded with visitors
during the entire day. the weather was
good and the exercises were carried
nut cromctly and without hitch. The
committee nad been scrupulously care
ful with the arrangements, and there
wa8 no delay in pulling off the events.
The free excursion boats run to all
nearby " points brought hundreds of
visitors to the city. The celebration
had been well advertised and the
crowds came early' and stayed late.
Many of those who came to the; city
for the Fourth were women and chil
dren, and all day long the streets were
crowded. .
The Monster Parade.
At 1 o'clock the big. parade took its
way through the principal portion of
he city. The turnout was really a
magnificent one, the presence of al
most 200 soldiers from Forts Stevens
and Columbia adding greatly to" the
Interest In the procession. The line
of march was densely packed with on
lokers, who vigorously applauded the
men In line. The formation of the
parade was a follows: - 1 " " 5 J
4 ,. Grand Marshal and Aides.
1 Platoon of Police,
f r G. A. R.
-i- Eagles Military Band.
' United States Troops.
Chairman O'Connell.
; Liberty Car.
' " Mayor and County Judge.
Orators.
Clergymen.
City Officials.
Eagles and Float
Foresters and Float.
Red Men and Float,
Finnish Brotherhood and Float. .
Clerks' Union and Float.
Carpenters' Union and Float.
Mercantile Floats.
The liberty car was an attractive
affair and the young ladies who rode
on It were tendered frequent ovations
by the enthusiastic multitude.
The Patriotic Exercises.
- At the corner of Eleventh and Duane
streets a stand had been erected and
here the patriotic exercises were held.
Father Waters of St Mary's Catholic
church delivered the invocation, after
which the declaration of independence
was read by John C. McCue. Then
followed the address of Hon. J. Bruce
Polworth of Cathlamet, Wahkiakum
county, Washington. The crowd was
anxious to hear Mr. Polworth's ad
dress, which was characteristic and
interesting throughout It was a beau
tiful word picture of the progress of
our great nation, and at frequent in
tervals the speaker injected some of
his well-known wit. to the genuine
merriment of his hearers. The day. he
said, was one that told of the advance
ment of all humanity toward the Ideal.
"Liberty Is not the work of a mo
ment Its growth Is gradual; It comes
slowly but Irresistibly, as the morn
s
I't.
minds or" any aggregation of intellec
tual giants. It does not spring from
the successful efforts of the few upon
whose brows history has placed the
laurel wreaths "of "victory. It Is the
result of causes working along con
verging lines for untold years; from a
sequence of eVents originating In ob
scurity; from causes operating within
the mass, arising out of and springing
from the needs of humanity responsive
to the demands Induced by awakening
Intelligence. Radium-like, It charges
with its own principles, its own Inher
ent qualities, those with whom It comes
In contact, gaining momentum as fa
vorable opportunities arise; for a pe
riod dormant, owing to the negative
condition of the mass, again moving
with pristine vigor, more often im
pelling men than Impelled by them, and
recognized .when culminating In the
event whose 128th anniversary we are
today celebrating."
Tribute to Motherhood.
Mr. Polworth. paid a tribute to the
women jot , the land in the following
language; ,.. , - -i. ijs..
"Again, there is one whose ear is
ever attuned to the majestic hymn of
freedom; whose soul throbbed In uni
son to Its sublime notes; whose pro
phetic Intuition and poetic vision saw
In the future the realisation of the
dreams of the present; who saw hu
manity raised from a lower to a higher
estate and a measure of happiness and
contentment for all; who whispered
these glad tiding to those In whose
hands the weapons of warfare might
accomplish the result so earnestly de
sired; who swept aside all doubts. In
spired with her sublime and matchless
courage, and made these dreams reall-
tiea; who waited In heroic grandeur
breasts with but a single purpose,
single aim, a single thought!
Our Stored Stewardship.
"There has been entrusted to our
care and keeping the sacred flume of
liberty, and it Is a responsible, onerous,
yet a glorious, trust! We owe as such
guardians a duty to those who come
after us, to those to whom we must
render an account of our stewardship,
and that is that there shall be no di
minution In the light given or In the
vlaltty of the sacred flame; that those
things entrusted to us have not dimin
ished, but that, while jealously con
serving what was given, we have added
thereto by those things resulting from
Increased power, experience, knowledge
and love of humanity. Thus wtli we
be laying the foundation for the future
of our country so deep and broad, so
grand and glorious, that we cannot
conceive of it nor tongue portray Its
beauties. Then wilt our nation be the
arbiter of the world's destinies, ever to
be found on the side of peace and free
dom; then will glory consist not In ter
rttortal aggrandisement but In the pro
mulgatlon and dissemination of those
principles which will Insure the ad
vancement and elevation of all man
kind. "But these things are only possible
by bearing ever In mind that eternal
vigilance Is the price of liberty."
The benediction by Rev. H. II. Brown
of the First Presbyterian church
brought the patriotic exercises to a
close. The Eagles' Military band ren
dered several patriotic selections dur
ing the exercises.
Winners of Special Prizes.
The committee awarded the follow
ing special prizes:
Society having largest number of
members over 50, with best float Red
Men, first prize; Foresters, second
prize. '
Union having most appropriate float
Clerks', first; carpenters', second.
Best mercantile float H. W. Chrls-
tensen.
Best outside decorated store or build
ing S. Dangizer & Co., first; Peterson
& Brown, second.
The Program of Sports.
After an exhibition by the Astoria
hose team, a program of sports was
carried out on the downtown streets,
with the following results:
Race for boys under 15, 75 yards-
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Commercial Club Football Team
Preparing for Winter's Work
on the Gridiron.
follows after the night It has no will be given to the tolling masses, who
birthplace, king nor subject, high nor
low, rich nor poor, and Its abiding
place is in the hearts of men. It is
not the peculiar perquisite of any na
tion. None can claim It as an ex
clusive possession; none possesses In
Its fullness and entirety. It Is not
the outcome of the struggle; who (First price, $3. Frank Ceams; second
prize, 1 2, Wesley welcn.
Race for boys under 10, 75 yards
First prize, 12, Fred Stevens; second
prize, $1, Oscar Carlson.
Fat men's race Won by John Cor
no: prize, box of cigars.
Sack race, boys under 15, 30 yards
First prize. 13, Wesley Welch; second
prize, $2, Walter Smart.
Three-legged race, boys under 15, 30
yards Won by W. L. Buckley and
Wesley Welch; prize, $2.
Three-legged race, open to all Won
by Corno and Johnson; prize, 13; sec
ond. L. Hartwle and Frank Raymond;
prize, $2.
Two hundred and twenty yards, open
First prize, $10, Cravln;, second prize,
$5, W. Johnson.
Boys pick-a-back race First, $2, Ed
O'Neill and Hy Jockimson; second, $1,
W. I McCroskey and Earl Holmes.
Tug of war Won by Jake Wedel,
Otto Gramms, F. Cronln and Bert
HuntV prize, $15.
One hundred yard dash First prize,
$10. Cravln; second prize, $5, J. F.
Cronln.
Pie-eating contest Prizes, $1; won
by Leo Furnle and George Beard.
Race for glris under 15 First prize,
$3, Clara Johnson; second prize, $2,
Florence Johnson.
The celebration was concluded with
the fireworks display in the evening
and a band concert at Eleventh and
Duane.
crushed her grief with a heroism un
equaled on any field of carnage, and
who made It possible for mankind to
be free.
"To her who did these things to wo
man, who has reared the world's heroes
to her whom we revere and love as
mother, wife, daughter, sweetheart, we
have denied the right of suffrage and
placed her on a par with the blanket
ed wanderers of the plains, the Cos
sacks of the new world. Have we at
tained to all that savors of freedom?
Is our work along these lines finished
and complete?
No Trust on Freedom.
"We have trusted' about everything
else, yet we have no trust on freedom,
though our article Is the greatest,
grandest, most majestic and sublime
the world has ever seen. Out of the
peoples of the world, from every ton
gue and from every' clime', it has gath
ered Its quota and is making of them
a nation the1' greatest apostle of free
dom humanity has ever known, and
which will carry to the uttermost ends
of the earth the gospel of liberty, fra
ternity, equality, which offers to the
people of all lands a shelter and a
home where Is possible the greatest
individual effort; where education is
as free as the wild bird's song; where
are Its very foundation, who in peace
are its pride, and in war its defense,
that place a high and exalted one
to which they are so justly entitled; a
nation where the grim specter of mili
tarism has n place, for It presents
to the whole world the offerings of
the copyrighted product of any master; peace and la times of war millions of
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LINE WILL BE VERY STRONG
Harry GrahAin to Play and Illalr,
Wisconsin's Fatuous Tackle,
Will Strengthen the For
ward Brigade.
Kiely Wins Championship.
St. Louis, July 4. Thomas F. Kiely
of Ireland won the all-around athletic
championship of the world from five
other noted athletes at the games held
today under the auspices of the A.
A. U.
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The Commercial Club football team
was organised for the coming season
at a meeting held at me ciuoroom
Sunday evening. The officers select
ed were as follows:
Captain Harry Graham.
Manager George Ohler.
Treasurer Frank Woodfleld.
The team will begin at once to ar
range Its schedule for the season. It
is the intention to bring to Astoria the
crack elevens of the northwest, and
the sport-loving people of this city
will see some great ball during the
winter. Last year's team finished with
a clean record, and Coach Abercromble
expects to make even a better show
ing this year. Last year Fort Stevens
scored against Commercial on a fluke,
one of the soldiers having run out of
bounds with the ball and carried It
over the goal line. Because of the
fact that the Commercials had scored
about 80 points In the game, the Ir
regular score was permitted to stand.
This was the only time Commercial was
scored against, even the fast team of
Indiana from all the Indian schools
falling before the locals.
Harry Graham will be back in the
rame this year. ' He was hurt some
time ago and could not play last sea
son, but he has been playing baseball
this year and will be In the Commer
cial line during the football season,
He Is equally as good at football as
at baseball, which Is about as sweep
Ing a compliment as could well be paid
to him. Abercromble, Commercials
powerful fullback, has about decided
not to play this season, but he will
doubtless reconsider his determination
when the scent of battle is wafted from
afar. He will coach the team and do
everything in his power to make the
season successful.
Blair, Wisconsin's famous tackle, is
now a resident of Astoria. He played
with Wisconsin when that team went
east to meet Yale. The Tale eleven
scored a touchdown In the last few
moments of the play, but never once
gained through Blair. He was in the
;99 team and achieved a national rep
utation. That he will play with Com-
merclal this year Is about certain.
"We will have lots of splendid ma
terial from which to choose," salj Mr.
Abercromble yesterday. "All of the
men who played with Commercial last
season will be available next season,
and with Harry Graham and Blair we
ought to get a line that will give us
the northwest championship. a oi
the men are enthusiastic, which is a
material consideration among ama
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