The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-21
THE THIRD DAY.
The asusI Ia the state Fair and ReunIDn-
old Veterans Pouring in From
all Quarters.


| Scenes at the Fair GToundS.-The Hand
| Contest The Races. sc.
From our Topeka Exchanges: The
rare spectacle of several hundred men
comprising brass bands from every sec
tion of the state combined into one gi-
ganIic band and all playing one tune,
was youchsafed tie people of Topeka
and their several thousand visitors yes
terday morning, aud il was indeed u
| grand sight. The men played exceed
Ingly well, considering tile shOrIf.prac-
| tice they had had together, and the inter
est the people felt IN the spectacle WAS
sufficiently demonstrated 10y the vast
crowd which had assembled 10 witness
the unusual sisht. The pavemenis along
Kansas avenue for half mile W. re Il
moving tnass Of human beings, while
the street itself Was literally packed with
vehicles of every description. The
march of the bands was somewhat i'm
peded by this fact. though in such a jam
it was wonderful that they were enabled
to get along at all. The men looked
well and marched like veterans, elicit
ing cheer afler-cheer from tue crowds
along the line.
THE RUSH OF VIZ TORS
continues with unabIted vIguT. and ey-
cry Incoming irtin Is crowded 10 It's Ut
most. In some instances il would seeIn
AS though whole towns bud bcen depnp-
ulated ia order u swell tue crowds IN
Topeka for this, the greatest week the
state has ever seen. The running of
special trains has had the tendency u
relieve the regular trains somewhat,
though not enough tU make any per
cepiible difference. Everybody is head
ing toward Tnptka, and everybody is
determined To got there If such IA thing
Is possible. Great Hs The crowd was
yesterday, il will bc much greater to-. day,
as there is nobody going away, but
thousands coming in. Cots ly the hun
drrd have been laiu down in every
Available place, and the scores of eating
placrs which abound un every side are
well paIr0niZed. Vehicles Of every de-
scripIion have becH pressed into duty Ia
carry passengers Ia and From the lair
grounds. and there is u C1nsiS Il STR anI
of these betwc, nOhe city and Ihr lHii,
place.
At THE FAIR GROUND.
The fact that the btnd contest wIs Ia
take place anu tta deferred RACES from
Tuesday afternoon ~efs Ia come oil yes
terday morning drew thousands ,o the
grounds and the cons qurnce was that
the scene there at That time was an TN
Usually lively aud animate done. There
were more un the grounds ia The morn
ing than iGrT.; hal heretofore hccn IN
any afternoon, iiis tSEau,l siaiTd and the
amphitheaire being well a.!sJ. white
around the grounds there we've hund1 GUS
and thousands inspecting the various *,
bihns and Watching thIns, at the mill
liz 1aiip.
c+Sp pourHrrr.
An impronlpiu camp fire was held iii
the large pavilion Tuesday evening, Ut
which experiences wcr'' freely eX-
changed, short speeches being the oIdcr
of the day, and the platform being open
To anyone and everyone. The Mndocs
were on L.H1 ~ they generally are
whenever they cHs- CDpiribntc Ia any
good cause, and gave some hnc sflec
tinns.
A gratifying feature "f soldiers re
unlsns, aud one which is especially
noticeable al Camp Dnuthitt, is the wei
come extended Ia GDniradrs al every
race and nation without distinction,
The little squad of c0lortd men mum
bcring about ski, en-, who came in from
AtehIsOD yesterday morning. under the
command Of Capt. Philip Porter, were
as welcome as any GOmr9des who had
preceded them. The arms some of them
carried and the uniforms some of them
wore, carefully preserved for years, were
badges of the highest honor emitting
them To iite cordial recognition oil sol
diers every where. ana it wBs given them.
AS they halted for IA III Jnent while
awaiting assignment of quarters a crowd
quickly gathered around, and scores of
hands S0rc extended to warmly grasp
the hands of the BLOCK men, who had
"helped us stop the bullets" On many
a field they made true the words 80 OF
ten spoken, "The colOTcd troops, indeed,
fought nOhly," Their blood flowed in the
Union cause, swslliEg The stream that
started from whittier skins, lGt IGt from
Drawer hearts.
Watermelon was q prominent subject
of discussion II all parts of the camp
yesterday. Cholera mOPbus was also de-
bated with in many quarters.
A collection was taken up in the
grand pavilion Tuesday evening for the
benefit of Boston CoPbcti, tho slayer ct
Wilkes Booth and avenger of Lincoln.
About $50 was realized. Cnrbet Is
with the Clond county veterans.
THE MILITIA CAMP.
The boys in camp on the fair grounds
are getting tolerably well settled III
aliZe more than at first tho necessity of
observing the requirements of discipline,
anu are performing the several parts
allotted TO them with diligence and
cheerlulness. Quite number of visitors
remained on the grounds until after six
O'Clock Tueaday evening to witness the
dress parades, which passed of without
hitch, and quito creditably in both regi-
mepts. The regimental and company
officers are assidiOus in their efforts 10
make the men Us comfortable us cIrcum-
stances will permit, and the best Of feel
ing generally prevails.
Gen. Anderson appeared ut headquar-
tiers yesterday morning and took person
al charge OF tho enplmpment. Major
Needham has acted in his absence with
care and Intelligence but has of course
been embarrassed in greater or less de
gree by the fact that las authority was
merely delegated. Now that Gen. An
| derson u on the ground, the real work
| of the camp will 20 forward regularly
Company drills werS had regularly
Yesterday, and the ground mountings
went OIL considerably smoother than on
| Tuesday. The sen,incls pairnlled their
beats as regularly rs though much de-
| pended on the performance oi their dd-
| ties, aud carried themselves generally
with PR cision,
COUNCIL OF WAR.
a cOuacil of war vas held at division
headquarters yesit rday afternoon, which
WAS participated in GY Gen, Anderson
aud stall and the commanding officers
| OF the several b.Idies nf troops To ar
| range the details at the shan battle. IL
will take place on Friday, Immediately
| after Mr.. Blainc'S address, so that the
largest number possible may have the
opportunity of seeing il. The field Sc
| lecled L. along the creek aud IN the grove
south uf the race course. All the arms
of the srryicc will he reprssenird, and
! - great yaTietY ol mOYemenls will be
displayed AS the guGund wiH permit of.
| A picket liue will 6Tm in front at the
tWn bodies Of trOOps represent tue nppus-
ing forces, and picket firing will com
mence us soon As MIR. Blaine finis hes
speaking.
THE BAND PARADE.
At . 30 Il. III. yesterday The band pa
rade formed in front Of the capitol
square, and 400 musicians fell promptly
into line. The hands were preceded by
Major Shreve aud his assistant, Captain
Lewis Sailor, mounted ON prancing
steeda, and then came tho bands closely
massetl, the comets, the tubas, baritoaes
drums, etc, arranged in line at right an
gleG to the PROCESSION. lfopeka's hand
some drum major, w. X Byrth and tht
= drum major of the Cow Boys band,
bearing aIoit pair of mammoth horns
led the bands, Prof Lewis Heck, tn,
conductor, walking between. The sigh
: was an inspiring one, the bright uniform
r and glitteriug Instruments dazzling tn
3 eyes and rejecting the suns rays from
thousand shining paints: WheI
the parade turned into Kansas aN
enue tram Ninth street Sherman
Y Marching through Georgia. was CON
menced, and oyer 900 Instrument
broke 10 as grand a melody as ever hu
: man ear in this western oounir
a listened TO. The thousands OF peopl
e that lined the avenue and crowded door
| anH 1x,indavs annlanded and cheerpt